As the leaves change colors ushering in the gorgeous New England fall, we welcome the festive season of Navarathri. It is time for Kolu, Garba and Dandiya. In this issue we cover a vareity of events. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Trupti Patel)
Jit Saxena is the CEO and Co-Founder of Netezza, which is the market leader in enterprise-class data warehouse appliances. He is one of the top twenty five finalists for the 2005 Mass Technology Leadership Awards. One of the first Indian Americans to take a company public in New England, Saxena talked to Lokvani about his company and his passion for entrepreneurship. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Dakshin)
"Only Gandhian philosophy can serve to uplift the downtrodden in rural India," says Atmaram Sarogi who works diligently through Sarva Seva Sangh and Gandhi Samarak Nidhi to educate the Indian youth on Gandhian philosophy. [more]

(This article is sponsored by The Boston Group)
The legacy migration process can be a cost-effective and accurate way to preserve legacy investments and thereby avoid the costs and business impact of migration to entirely new software. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Aishwarya has emerged slimmer and sexier after her trainers put her through a weight-shedding schedule of exercise and diet for her new film Dhoom 2 with Hrithik Roshan. Apparently, Aish's contract stipulates that she slip into a bikini in Dhoom 2. [more]

"Demographic trends and historical traditions have come together to make India, along with the United States, China, Europe, Japan and Russia, among the key players of this century," says Singh, India's Minister for External Affairs. [more]

What would you get if you blend amazing talent, perfect technique, energy, beauty, creativity, excellent costume and great music? It would have to be the Kathak performance Bhav-Raag-Taal. [more]

Watching Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar along with his worthy heir Anoushka welcomed so warmly by a an audience of more than 2500 at Symphony hall was a moment to be cherished by all. The maestro and his music were a treat for everyone. [more]

The Free Immigration Clinic hosted by AASRA and IAFPE proved to be a popular event. [more]

Over 200 children and adults spent Saturday, October 1, attending the Karma-Yoga Conference held at MassBay Community College. [more]

New England Marathi Mandal celebrated Ganesh festival this year in a very traditional way. NEMM also organized a Ganesh Pooja, followed by the famous Marathi play 'Tarun Turka Mhatare Arka'. [more]

The Boston Chapter of the Network of South Asian Professionals (NetSAP-Boston) organized a South Asian dance and comedy drama "Bend it Like Auntie". [more]

Kerala Association of New England proudly presents 'Shyama', the mystical Indian Woman, a classical Dance Ballet by Shobana and an ensemble of four artists on Sunday, October at 3 pm at Littleton High School. A must- see program for all the south Indian classical dance lovers. [more]

Attention High School Seniors and Juniors! Come and meet the Director of Admissions of Tufts University at the Lokvani sponsored College Workshop on Sunday, October 16 at 2:00 pm at the Nelson Auditorium, Anderson Hall, Tufts University in Medford, MA. [more]

Learn Quest Academy of Music presents Violin Maestro T. N.Krishnan on October 15th, 2005 at 6 pm at Keefe Technical School in Framingham. He will be accompanied by Master Rohan Krishnamurthy on the mridangam. [more]

Asha for Education, a non-profit organization dedicated to catalyzing socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children, presents a concert featuring Penn Masala, the premier Hindi a capella group on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 6:00 pm at the MIT Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge. [more]

One of the world's greatest buildings will be explored in a new exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum starting October 15, 2005. [more]

See the play that superhero Rajnikant is raving about.. NETS presents Y.G. Mahendra's hilarious tamil play, arguably his best, Kadhilka Neramundu on Oct. 8, 2005 at 3:45 pm at Littleton High School. [more]

Sangita Keshavan, a sophomore at Algonquin Regional High School, Northboro, MA, gave her Arangetram at the Sorenson Theatre at Babson College on August 27, 2005. [more]

Violin debut by this young prodigy was a treat for the rasikas of New England. Student of Smt. Tara Anand, Suhas Rao was accompanied by Dr. Pravin Sitaram on the Mridangam and Ravi Balasubramanian from Pittsburgh on Ghatam. [more]

Congratulations to Sarwan Aggarwal, Sandeep Bansal, Shailesh Goregaokar, Amar Gupta, Amit Jain, Biren Jaspal, Hemanth Javali, Dattatraya Joshi, Amol Mehta, Shail Mehta, Kavitha and Madhavi Muralidharan, Sarthak Pani, Bipin Parekh, Ameek Ponda, Laksh Puri and Rekha R., who were winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one puzzle for kids and one for adults. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Sounds Of India)
Mix a bit of pop, a dash of Bhangra, a pinch of rap'n'reggae with a lot of fabulous voices and what do you get? A spicy recipe for success - or so hopes music director Pritam! [more]

'The War Within' screens on October 14th, 2005 at the Cambridge Cinema, Kendall Square. [more]

'Rain of Petals', a collection of poetry by Prabhakar Duvvuri offers a shower of life's experiences in lyrical form. [more]

Delicacies and sweets for the festival of Dussera. [more]

"My mother and I decided to depict scenes from the Mahabharat in the form of dioramas for the Navarathri Golu because it would be very fun and interesting to make" says Divya Chandramouli. [more]

Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain, has refused to comment on whether he will play in the Challenger Series. [more]

Laugh away your blues with these gems! [more]

Country scene in Andhra Pradesh, India. [more]

"An equation for me, has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God" - Srinivasa Ramanujam 1887 - 1920. [more]