Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers at Lokvani! [more]

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The word "philanthropist" in our vocabulary means someone who gives money away. To Mohan and Shama Nannapaneni, it is taking some of the issues of development, education and health into consideration and the desire to help through the Mohan Nannapaneni and Friends Foundation. They share their views with Lokvani on this extraordinary journey. [more]

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Professor Prema Pandurang who is on a Dharma Prasar Yatra was featured this week on NBC's Today show. She spoke to Lokvani about her unique career and the vital importance for Indian American youth to find their roots. [more]

The more clearly you can see into the future, the better off you will be. As forward-thinking as modern design is, subjective measurement is still quite popular in classifying the performance of designs which will interface with people such as sports shoes, feel of shift quality in autos, golf clubs and orthopedics. Here is what you can do to change it. [more]

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Rani apologizes to the media for the scuffle that broke out in Varanasi. Bollywood makes a big leap, Rajshri Production's Vivah premieres online. [more]

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The top award went to the Duniya All Stars team from Vancouver, British Columbia, who were awarded a trophy, medals, and $2500. Second place was awarded to Lethal Bhangra Crew (LBC) from Merced, California, while the third prize went to Cornell University.. [more]

"Compositions of Surdas, Tulasidas, Bharatiyar and others can never be considered light or less classical" said O.S. Arun whose concert clearly showed his expertise at rendering both the traditional Carnatic compositions and Bhajans. [more]

Two artistic creations, one an English opera by Gustav Holst conducted by Jonathan McPhee and the other a Bharatanatyam dance choreographed by Ranjani Saigal, presented two different perspectives on the famous story of Sathyavan-Savithri. Amudha Pazhanisamy danced to the accompaniment of a live orchestra featuring Geetha and Rasika Murali and Arun and Ranjani Saigal. [more]

Financial Planning and Management for Seniors was the topic of discussion at the 12th Conference on Seniors organized by the National Indo-American Association for Senior Citizens (NIAASC). [more]

TIE Boston's Third Annual Workshop on Global Sourcing dealing with Financial Services, High tech Manufacturing, Biotech and Telecom/ Networking will be held at Northeastern University on November 18th, 2006. [more]

Indian American Forum for Political Education will hold its 24th National Convention at the Hyatt Regency, in Cambridge, MA on Saturday, December 2, 2006 with talks by Sen. Kerry, Rep. Frank, Capuano, Meehan, Delahunt and State Representatives Barve, Chivukula, Dandekar and others. Don't miss it! [more]

Asian American Convenience Stores Association invites you to their Second Annual Convention to be held on Dec. 2-3 in Tampa, Florida. [more]

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, for the first time in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry and supported by the Government of NCT of Delhi, is once again organizing the 5th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, scheduled for 7-9 January, 2007 in New Delhi. [more]

Arjun Ramamurti, a senior from Lexington High School won the New England Regional, a silver medal, a $3000 scholarship and an opportunity to compete for $100,000 at the prestigious 2006 National Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology. [more]

The mission of Sahayta, a non-profit organization based in India, is to provide holistic (financial, emotional and social) support to people afflicted with cancer. [more]

Meghna Chandra, a student of Neha Parikh, recently presented her solo dance debut (Arangetram) in Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance style at the Amato Center for Performing Arts, in Milford, New Hampshire. [more]

Take a look at the currency and bullion rates. How is the Indian market performing? We have the answers. [more]

Congratulations to Sandeep Bansal, Ryan Bhattacharyya, Sitaram Chandawardar, Shailesh Goregaokar, Ekta Mehta, Samir Mehta, Kavitha Muralidharan, Madhavi Muralidharan, Sarthak Pani, Durga Rao, Sai Tenneti, Bharat Venkataraman and Sirisha Yalamarthi, who were winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one puzzle for kids and one for adults. [more]

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Abu Malik makes his debut with this album featuring fabulous singers like Sonu Nigam, Daler Mehndi, Sukhwinder Singh, Abhijeet and others. [more]

Shirish Kunder's first venture, Jaan-E-Mann, could have followed the ABC's and 1-2-3s of Hindi filmmaking to the T. But it can't really fit in the usual formula box. [more]

V Srinivasan, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Infotech, a very successful IT company attributes his managerial success in part to the wisdom he gleaned from a 2000 year old text - The Thirukural. [more]

From turkey to cranberries and mashed potatoes, say Thanksgiving, the culinary way. [more]

Two junior cricketers from Hyderabad created history when they added a world-record 721 runs in 40 overs to eclipse the 664-run stand between Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kamble set in 1987-88. [more]

The US Senate's overwhelming 85-12 vote on November 16 in favor of the Indian civil nuclear legislation is a significant step forward for building a strategic relationship between both countries. [more]

Two heads are better than one! [more]

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Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action - W.J. Cameron. [more]