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| Our Voice And Yours |
Happy Patriots Day and good luck to all the marathon runners!
New York offers free college tuition for undergraduate students!
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| Lokvani Talks To Ramesh Advani |  |
Trustee of the Indian American Forum for Political Education, Ramesh Advani talked to Lokvani about this organization and the Colors of the Commonwealth event being held on May 6 at MIT Wong Auditorium at 1:30 pm whose focus is to be united against hate crimes and to learn the mechanism available to safeguard against hate crimes.
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| Playing The Violin Is A Family Affair For Ragini Shankar |
In conversation with Suchita Rao, Ragini Shankar, a mechanical engineer by education and for whom playing the violin is a family affair, discusses her love for the instrument and exciting musical projects.
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| Bollywood Baatein |  |
(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Neeraj Pandey's Naam Shabana has become the most successful mid budget film of 2017. Taapsee Pannu marvelously plays the lead character.
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| IAB School Committee Panel | (This section is sponsored by Masala Art)
Indian Americans For Burlington organized a panel discussion with members of the School Committee and Superintendent of Burlington Schools to learn about the workings of the school system and to address concerns on April 9, 2017 at the Burlington Public Library.
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| LearnQuest Music Conference 2017 |  |
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.
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| Ace Musicians From India To Join The Storm Of Melodies At Rāga-Rang |
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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| Vision AID Update |  |
Vision-Aid has had a great start this year. Various programs have been rolled out in the field to help rehabilitate the visually impaired across our centers.
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| Foundation TV Hosts Red Carpet Awards |
Foundations TV and Gauri Chandna announced its 2016 Red Carpet Award Winners on Sunday April 9th at the gala held at the Lexington Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA.
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| NSF Announces Winners Of Science, Math And Spelling Bees |  |
North South Foundation (NSF) held its annual regional science, math and spelling contests on April 9th at Tufts University. The winners were...
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| NESSP Sai Temple Conducted Sri SeetaRama Kalyanotsavam In A Grandeur Way |
On April 8th, NESSP Sai Temple performed Kalyanotsavam to the Utsava Murtis of Sri Rama and Seeta Devi.
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| Shri Dwarkamai Vidhyapeeth Welcomes Hindu New Year With All Day Bhajan Utsav |  |
Shri Dwarkamai Vidyapeeth of North Billerica hosted its Annual Bhajan Utsav on April 2nd during the week of Vasantha Navaratri to welcome the beginning of spring or Hindu New Year. This event is a series of bhajan mala performed by different devotional groups/classical music teachers leading to formation of all day bhajan utsav.
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| VT Seva Organizes BLOOM 2017 |
Advika Swamy, Manav Guttalapalli, Shrikar Jemolla, Mounica Guttalapalli, Rathika Nair, Rahul Nail, Krishnakali Dasgupta, Mounica Guttalapalli and Ravi Nippani, along with Din Check help make BLOOM 2017, VTSeva's annual event, a huge success!
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| The Who & The What - A Provocative And Moving Drama |  |
Huntington Theater Company presents a provocative and moving drama 'The Who & The What' by Ayad Akhtar now through May 7th.
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| College Planning Seminar For Middle And High School Students And Parents |
Dev Mandir is organizing a college planning seminar for middle and high school students and parents by Anil Saigal on April 23rd.
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| Can An AI Machine Understand Indian Raga Music? |  |
IIT AGNE is sponsoring a presentation by Kaustuv Ganguli, is a professional vocalist, an engineer and a musicologist, trained in Hindustani music tradition. His presentation on April 26th at MIT will focus on on advances in AI and music recognition and include a demonstration of the AI Virtual musicologist.
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| God's Own Kitchen: The Inspiring Story Of Akshaya Patra |
Bestselling author Rashmi Bansal has published a new book God's Own Kitchen: The Inspiring Story of Akshaya Patra. The book explores the unique model and scale achieved by the Akshaya Patra Foundation's school meal program which serves hot school meals to 1.6 million children across India.
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| Ekal Math Bee 2017 |  |
Come participate in Ekal Math Bee 2017 on May 6, 2017!Try out your math abilities while helping children in Rural India get access to basic literacy.
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Colors Of The Commonwealth
A Panel Discussion On Building Alliances To Combat Hate |
IAFPE is hosting an panel discussion with Police Commissioner Evans and other leaders to address the concerns of the South Asian community that has recently been the target of hate crimes. The event is co-hosted by MIT India program, will be held on May 6 at the Wong Auditorium, MIT at 1:30 pm.
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| Prestigious Hertz Foundation 2017 Fellows Announced |  |
Suhas Rao, son of Sudhakar Rao and Usha Rao, is an MD/PhD student at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He will continue to pursue his PhD in quantitative biology at Stanford.
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| Goldwater Foundation Announces 240 Winners |
Aadith Moorthy, Arjun Balasingam, Arjun Jaini, Prayaag Venkat, Rohan Palanki, Saurabh Kumar and Vikram Sundar are among the 240 Goldwater Scholars for the 2017-2018.
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| Indian Americans Big Winners At National Geographic Bee State Competitions |  |
At least 20 Indian Americans and South Asian Americans are among the 54 students who punched their tickets to the 29th annual National Geographic Bee next month.
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Dr. Nidhi Lal Is Honored By Middlesex North District Medical Society
As 2017 Community Clinician Of The Year |
Nidhi K. Lal, M.D., M.P.H., an urgent care physician at Lowell General Hospital, has been honored by her physician peers of the Middlesex West District Medical Society as its 2017 Community Clinician of the Year, an award recognizing her professionalism and contributions as a physician.
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| Yogasanas Creating Health, Joy And Blissfulness |  |
Sadhguru looks at how yogasanas are a powerful process to enhance perception, and create a chemistry of health, joy and blissfulness.
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As NESSP Nears Completion Of Largest Sai Temple In North America
It Launches $500,000 National Fundraising Campaign |
New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar, which is nearing the completion of North America's largest Sai temple this summer, announced the launch of its final nationwide campaign to raise $500,000.
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| Weekend Entertainment |  |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Amritha Murali, Raaga-Rang 2017, Ekal Math Bee, Rachna Bodas, Pandit Ram Deshpande, Sufiyana Bahaar, 100 Years of Bollywood, Abhisek Lahiri, Samarpanam 2017, NE Walkathon, Velum Veikuzhalum, Nrityanjali 40 and MITHAS Annual Membership.
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| For The Mathematically Inclined |
Congratulations to Ramachandran Balakrishna, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all!
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| Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week! |  |
Bollywood hits of the week are in! My favorite of this week is “Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin,” sung by the actress herself, Parineeti Chopra. This is a beautiful, romantic number that will stay on the charts for weeks! Check it out below.
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| Cartoon: Curved TV |
Is your TV deformed or curved!
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| Laugh A While |  |
Laughter is the best medicine!
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| Recipes With Leeks |
Leeks are in season.....
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| Picture Of The Fortnight |  |
Guess who the architect is? Send us your answers at editors @lokvani.com
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| Thought For The Day |
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” - Albert Einstein.
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