Lokvani: Desi Information

Lokvani Talks To Clark Siddiqui, Immigration Attorney
"There are no two cases that are the same", says Clark Siddiqui, Immigration Attorney, "Each time I create a folder for my client, I realized that there is a life behind it." more...

Community Stalwarts - Narain and Vidya Bhatia
To Lexingtonians, the Bhatias are a ubiquitous presence in the mainstream scene, involved to their very core in activities that elevate and sustain this diverse community. more...

Technology - (Sponsored by The Boston Group)
Macromolecular Crystallography: Its Role In Understanding Disease And In Drug Development
Technological advances of the established crystallographic procedures have become an obligatory and essential component of the drug discovery process. more...

Bollywood Baatein
The Big Bachhan is ready for Hollywood, we are glad to report. more...

KARYSHMA Rocks The House At Wellesley
Karyshma's repertoire of influences and instruments seduced one into new depths of musical rapture. more...

Leader Mortgage Named Fifth Fastest Growing Company For Second Consecutive Year
Leader Mortgage Company, Inc. was ranked 5th in the Boston Business Journal's List of the Area's Fastest Growing Private Companies. more...

Indian Americans In Burlington Talk To Town Candidates
Rita and Rajesh Shah hosted a lunch on March 20th for four candidates from the Town of Burlington, who are running for re-election for various elected positions. more...

World Boston Holds A Talk On India, Pakistan And The Disputed Kashmir
World Boston, the largest non profit in International affairs organized a talk on India, Pakistan and Disputed Kashmir by Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History, Tufts University on March 10th in Boston. more...

India Foreign Ministry Secretary C. M. Bhandari Addresses UMD Indic Studies Seminar
UMASS Dartmouth's Center for Indic Studies hosted a special seminar conducted by Mr. C. M. Bhandari, the Joint Secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs, India. more...

Holi Celebrations
Last weekend's Holi Hungama brought back nostalgic memories of Holi celebrations in India. more...

Youth Forum - The Toilet Operas And Ritualistic Theatre
The inherent problem is that I can never appreciate this kind of concrete, linear, conventional theatre, for I cannot forget that these are simply actors on a stage, acting out a situation that is not real. more...

Theater Review - The Toilet Operas
"The Toilet Operas" is a very sophisticated homage - both an epitome and farce - to Miro and his uber-real friends. more...

For The Mathematically Inclined
Congratulations to R. Dhillon, R. Kulkarni, R. Mirchandani, P. Mutalik, A. Shah and S. Shah who were winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one puzzle for kids and one for adults. more...

Music Review - Main Hoon Na
(Sponsored by Sounds of India)
In Main Hoon na, Malik brings back some of the old world charm that permeated all of RD Burman's compositions. more...

My Thoughts on the Veer Savarkar Movie
I know that you are unhappy, but is it not acceptable for a few families to suffer for the good of a whole country? - Veer Savarkar to his wife. more...

Film Review - Munnabhai MBBS
Tapori with a heart of gold, a hugging thug if you may! That is Munnabhai MBBS aka Murli Prasad Sharma for you. more...

Book Review - Tales From Indian Epics
The author H.R. Chandrasekhar has rewritten some of these timeless classics in a clear, engaging and entertaining manner. more...

Recipes - Burmese Dishes
(Sponsored by Milan Restaurant)
Sample some of these Burmese Dishes. more...

Jokes - Weathering The Weather Blues
Don't knock the weather; nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in awhile! more...

Humor - E-nglish
Now that the SMS is the mantra of the day, people communicate by telephone without actually opening their mouths. more...

IDRF Holi
While the participants had fun celebrating Holi, they were also contributing to Ved Mandir, a NGO in J&K working for the victims of terrorism. more...

Akhand Japa Marks Chaitra Navaratri At Satsang Center
On March 21st, the first day of "Chaitra Navaratri", around 150 people took part over a 12-hour period in the "Akhand Japa" held at Satsang Center. more...

Opinion: A Republican Viewpoint
We Indians should work hard to get a place and voice in the Republican Party. more...

Conference To Consider "The Future Of Secularism"
An international conference on "The Future of Secularism" will take place Friday-Saturday, March 26-27, at Yale University. more...

Preview - Between The Lines: Negotiating South Asian LBGT Identity
'Between the Lines' is a festival of film, video, readings and discussion that will be held at MIT between April 1-3, 2004. more...

Preview - Fire to Ice by Sudarshan Belsare
Using an array of media, including puppets and video, Bharathanatyam dancer Belsare presents an expressive and unique dance interpretation of the epic of Draupadi. more...

Picture Of The Fortnight
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