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Happy Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri The New Year ushers in a season of hope and happiness and harvesting. It is celebrated in different parts of India in different ways more...

Meet Tara Anand √ A Shining Star On The NE Musical Scene There are a few that have the aptitude to make music out of wood and strings. Tara Anand, one of New England's finest musicians in whose hands the violin seems to take on a form of its own talks to Lokvani. more...

Meet Raghava, The Artist "I do not like to use the usual tools of the artist - the paintbrush, the palette, the knife - I use my hands which give me a sense of incredible closeness to my artwork. Meet Raghava, a gifted artist from Bangalore. more...

Lokvani At The Pravasi Bharathiya Divas
Lokvani was proud to represent its readers and the Indian community of New England at the first ever Pravasi Bharathiya DiVas celebration in Delhi. more...

Alternate Software and Service Business Models What should be the business model for the software or services in this economy? What are customer expectations from such businesses? TiE-Boston's Software Service Business Forum discusses some of these issues. more...

Semi-Annual Poetry Reading In MIT South Asian poets from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds gathered at MIT to read poems in different languages - all pertaining to the theme of peace. more...

The Boston Pledge √ A Pledge To Revitalize Bengal The State of Bengal in India is a place whose legendary achievements have vanished in a hallowed past and its present is mired in severely impoverished living conditions. Born at the 2001 Bangla Sammelan, "The Boston Pledge" plans to mobilize resources to revitalize Bengal. more...

Walking Out Of A Wheel Chair As the New Year rolls around resolutions are made by all of us √ some of them unattainable. For Rita Kobert, her New Year▓s Resolution was to leave her wheel chair and be walking like the rest of us! Through sheer will power and hard work she attained her goal. Rita talks to Lokvani about her experiences and about services available to improve life conditions for the disabled. more...

Free Care In Massachusetts Many South Asians are unaware that health services are available to immigrants who lack health insurance. Many wonder √ can my mother and father visiting from India get health care? What about if someone you know has lost his or her job? Dr. Sarita Mohanty from the Young Physicians Society (YPS) writes about free care options. more...

Trusts - An Overview
Attorney Kaplesh Kumar lists the various types of trusts you should be using as part of your financial portfolio. more...

Humor - A Pain In The You Know What! Even though I can safely declare that no one will ever blame me of being wise, my wisdom teeth have been appearing regularly. more...

Recipes - Ultimate Chocolate Cake One of those dreamy delicious party favorites. Umm !! more...

Stand Tall - A Poem By Dr. Niranjani Dudani
Those long hours of studies,
A glass of warm milk from mother... more...

Film Review - Kehta Hai Dil Bar Bar The first film of Bollywood to be shot entirely on American soil under the supervision of American and Indian technicians starring Paresh Rawal, Jimmy Shergill and Kim Sharma succeeds in being a super entertainer. more...

Book Review -The Tiger Ladies A Memoir of Kashmir Sudha Koul Sudha Koul, a writer from New Jersey writes an absorbing narrative of her memories of Kashmir, her beloved land that is such a hot bed of turmoil today. more...