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| Our Voice And Yours |
Kerala's infant mortality rate (IMR) of 6 is lower than that of countries like Russia (8), China (9), Sri Lanka (8) and Brazil (15) and at a level equal to that of the US.
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| Lokvani Talks To Dr. Sundaresan Sambandam |  |
Dr. Sundaresan Sambandam, a Medical Oncologist from Rhode Island has taken on the task of establishing an endowed Tamil Chair at Harvard University. In this video interview, Dr. Sambandam talks about the initiative.
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| A Conversation With Grammy Award Winner, Tabla Maestro Sandeep Das |
by Shuchita Rao
The happy news of winning a Grammy has not inflated Boston based tabla maestro Sandeep Das's ego in any manner. Das, who lives with his family in Newton, MA recently spoke to Shuchita Rao about his journey in music thus far.
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| Bollywood Baatein |  |
(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has neither confirmed nor denied her presence as the leading lady in an upcoming spin-off of "Kabali" starring megastar Rajinikanth, asking people to wait a while.
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| Prof. V. P. Jain On Non-Violence Is The Cornerstone Of Jainism | (This section is sponsored by Masala Art)
by Jaspal Singh
"The Jaina philosophy is a parallel strand to the Vedic thoughts. It is pre-vedic in origin and belongs in the ancient history of India" - said Professor Vimal Prakash Jain in a well-documented lecture and internal seminar of India Discovery Center.
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| Ace Musicians From India To Join The Storm Of Melodies At Rāga-Rang |  |
by Pallavi Nagesha
A spring of melodies is poised to storm New England with the fifth edition of Rāga-Rang. The show is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 6pm at the Scottish Rite Museum in Lexington, MA. Here is what Shekhar Shastri, a poet-musician, and producer-director of Rāga-Rang, had to say!
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| LearnQuest Announces Artist Line Up For The 12th Annual Music Conference |
by Anish Khanzode
The 12th annual LearnQuest music festival will be held on Friday-Sunday, April 14-16 at the Center of Fine Arts at Regis College, Weston, MA. As in the past, the festival will feature great maestros and rising stars of Hindustani and Carnatic classical music.
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| Chinmaya Mission Boston Presents TM Krishna |  |
Chinmaya Mission Boston presents Magsaysay Award Winner
Vidwan TM Krishna on April 2nd.
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| Nrityanjali At NESSP |
The New England Shirdi Sai Pariwar temple in Chelmsford, MA hosted a Nrityanjali on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri on Feb. 25, 2017. Students from many different dance schools performed a variety of dances as a prayer to Lord Shiva.
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| Maha Shivaratri Celebrations At Sri Lakshmi Temple |  |
The Sri Lakshmi Temple in Ashland, one of the oldest temples in the New England area held a weeklong Shivaratri celebrations that culminated on February 24th, the night of Shivaratri, with many grand celebrations including the most auspicious Shankabhishekam.
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| Maha Shivaratri Celebrations At Shivalaya Temple Of Greater Boston |
by Geetha Patil
Hundreds of devotees thronged Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston for Maha Shivaratri celebrations with great religious fervor and piety on February 24, 2017 to pray and offer flowers, bel (wood apple) leaves, milk, honey and more to the Lord.
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| Bellingham Temple Kotii Vara Shiva Panchakshra Japa |  |
The temple organized a Kotti Vara Shiva Panchakshra Japa Yagya where they had people chant Om Namaha Shivaya jointly with the aim of having the 1 Crore Om Namaha Shivaya chanted in the temple.
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| HPHC: Asian Indian Survey |
To help serve you better and develop programs to meet your needs, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is conducting a survey about its insurance program for visitors from India, Eastern Harmony and many of its other services. There is a prize drawing of 1 prize of $500, 2 prizes of $250, and 10 prizes of $50.
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| Babson Hosts Second Annual India Symposium |  |
Babson will be hosting the second annual Babson India Symposium on March 3, 2017, in the Carling-Sorenson Theater.
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| Dharmendra Pradhan - Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas |
Indian community in New England Area welcomes Hon. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State, Ministry Of Petroleum & Natural Gas, on March 3, 2017. The event will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Suites in Chelmsford, MA.
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| The Waiting Rooms - A Gujarati Play |  |
Gurjar in association with Dhoom Entertainment presents an award winning superhit Gujarati play on March 10th at Woburn High School, Woburn, MA.
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| SUKOON - A Vigil In Memory Of Srinivas Khuchibhotla |
A vigil in memory of Srinivas Kuchibhotla is slated to be held on March 10, 2017 at 5:30 pm in the Boston Common to honor his life and memory.
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| Hindi Manch Presents Hasya Kavi Sammelan |  |
Hindi Manch presents Hasya Kavi Sammelan as part of the Holi celebrations on March 11th at the United Church of Christ, Burlington, MA.
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| Academy Of Creative Arts Is Delighted To Announce Its First Short Film Festival |
by Sonal Yadav
Academy of Creative Arts is delighted to announce its first short film festival in an effort to encourage local film making and film makers. Apart from screening of the two short films - "Epiphany" & "The Company you Keep" meet with cast/crew and discuss possibility to get involved in future projects. The event will be held on March 12th.
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| Bollywood Star Jaaved Jaaferi - Special Guest At AIF Gala |  |
Jaaved Jaaferi from Bollywood will be in Boston on March 18th for the AIF gala at the Copley Marriott.
Two surprises wait that night. Register early @ http://aif.org/event/negala2017/ to watch the night come alive!
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| Isha Inner Engineering Total Program |
Isha Inner Engineering Total Program will be held on March 16th in Chelmsford, MA.
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| Akshaya Patra Annual Boston Gala |  |
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor will be the event's keynote speaker. HGTV and Food Network interior designer Taniya Nayak will serve as the Master of Ceremonies. American Idol finalist Sonika Vaid will entertain at the Akshaya Patra Foundation's 2017 Boston Benefit Gala on Friday, April 28th at the Cambridge Marriott Boston.
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| Raj And Prem Goyal Award For Rising Star In Medicine |
Goyal Family Charitable Foundation and Lokvani.com invite applications for the "Raj and Prem Goyal Award for Rising Star in Medicine". Application deadline: April, 30, 2017.
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| Learning How To Get Hired |  |
Students who are blind practice essential job-search skills at Perkins' Work Experience Open House.
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| Sumathi Narayanan Makes It To The Top Yet Again In 2016 |
Sumathi Narayanan makes it to the top yet again in 2016, as the number one realtor in the town of Shrewsbury based on the volume of business done in the year.
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| Participants Needed: Saheli & Boston University Research Study |  |
Saheli and a research partner at BU are conducting a study to better understand the needs of South Asian women and families. Please take a few minutes to participate and help us to identify gaps to improve our services.
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| The Wealthy Are Different: They Own Life Insurance |
by Sangita Joshi Rousseau
Mainstream financial experts are telling the middle-class that "smart money" doesn't put it in life insurance. Except it does. And this knowledge may prompt some reflection by those who aspire to a more prosperous financial life, on which approach to emulate. 55.1% of life insurance cash value are held by the top 10 percent of net worth individuals.
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| Weekend Entertainment |  |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Gujrati Play: The Waiting Rooms, Rang Barse Holi Hai, Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishnan, Romu Majumdar, Chinmaya Mission-TM Krishna, Amritha Murali, Raaga-Rang 2017, Ekal Math Bee, Rachna Bodas, Abhisek Lahiri and MITHAS Annual Membership.
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| For The Mathematically Inclined |
Here are two problems for one and all!
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| Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week |  |
by Priyanka Jain Vora
Bollywood is off to an excellent start in 2017! Karan Johar's upcoming Holi film, Badrinath ki Dhulania, has songs that will keep your 2017 quite colorful. My favorite is the title track - definitely a hit for your next Indian event! This year continues to bring remixes of old classics that are becoming quite popular with this generation's listeners and dancers. In Badrinath, the song "Tamma Tamma Again" is a remix of "Tamma Tamma Loge" from Madhuri's 1990 Thanedaar. Do you know the true history behind this song? Find out more here!
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| Cartoon: Neighbor's Ride |
by Mahendra Shah
Do you take a ride with your neighbor?
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| Laugh A While - Jokes |  |
Retiring? Think again.
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| Recipes - Kale Is Cool |
It is so healthy that you cannot but try it with some Indian flavor in it.
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| Picture Of The Fortnight |  |
Beauty of Nature - A tree that says it all!
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| Thought For The Day |
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. - Albert Einstein.
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