The Indian Elections are around the corner. Selling Democracy and Tea. A story link to the elections in the US media.

Meet Our Sponsor - Ratan Singhvi, Photographer.. [more]

Lead Features, Local Happenings, Performing Arts, Contributions and Lifestyle.

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Trupti Patel)
President and CEO of Abacus Software Group and Director of the Prashant H. Fadia Foundation, Saloni talked to Lokvani about her passion for the Arts and the activities of the Fadia Foundation. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Rachel C. Tadmor)
An MIT graduate, Aggarwal moved back to India and became Co-founder of Aspiring Minds, a company that conducts AMCAT, Aspiring Minds' flagship test to get Nationwide performance mapping and diagnostic on skills for aspiring job applicants. The scores are used by companies in many different ways. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
They’ve both gone on a personal and very special invitation from the Cannes Festival. Aishwarya attends the festival opening or closing every year, depending on the time availability. Abhishek just decided to accompany his wife on the special invitation of the Festival. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Jan Albrecht)
Vighnesh Viswanathan, Avinash Shukla, Srivatsan Raghavan, Prayuth Naduthota, Rasika Murali and Latika Sridhar won everything from first prize to special mention awards in prestigious Carnatic music competition at Cleveland! [more]

(This article is sponsored by Prashant H. Fadia Foundation)
Why Print? - The Advantages of Limited Edition Prints to Artists and Art Collectors is huge from reaching out to audience to building a clientele. [more]

Watch President Abdul Kalam inspire students at Northeastern University. Also Panchali Shabadam by Rasika Kumar and MIT Culture show. [more]

Beautiful, talented and well-trained, Rasika Kumar, an MIT alum delighted the New England audience with her brilliant Bharatanatyam performance. [more]

MIT SAAS celebrated its annual cultural show 'SAPNE' on April 3, 2009 at the Kresge Audotorium. SAPNE, meaning "dream" in English, provided the audience with more South Asian culture in one night than one could ever imagine! [more]

New England celebrity high-tech entrepreneur Desh Deshpande released a book written by Dr. Vanita Shastri entitled “Salem India Story – Maritime Trade between Salem and India: 1788-1845” in an elegant ceremony on April 18, 2009 at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington. [more]

.Eco-friendly fashions and one of kind designs, from local entrepreneur, Shubhra Bhattacharya Chandra. The business is committed to responsible and sustainable business practices, eco-friendly and organic fabrics and giving back to the community. She will present her collections in a series of shows in May. [more]

Telangana music, folk songs and dances enthralls the audience at Boston Telangana Night 2009. [more]

On May 11th, in the Boston Public Library, a panel comprising of a Bhopal Chemical Disaster survivor, a long-time activist and managing trustee of the Sambhavna Clinic, Bhopal, as well as two Boston-based social justice advocates and non-profit leaders met to discuss and answer questions about the disaster and find ways to green our economy to ensure ‘No More Bhopals’ happen anywhere in the world again. [more]

"Purity, peace, happiness, love and power are the five qualities that I found," said Dadi Janki, the administrative head of Brahma Kumaris. [more]

Indian American Forum for Political Education invites you to an exciting event of College Students Political-Internship-Program Award Ceremony on May 3oth at 5:30 pm with Honorable Ambassador Prabhu Dayal as the Keynote Speaker. [more]

In this article, Pratibha Shah will introduce you to another very common and useful spice/herb found in our kitchen. It is the cumin seed or ‘jeera’. There is hardly any dish in Indian cuisine (especially North Indian cuisine) in which these seeds are not used. [more]

Pertinent Tax tips from Nila Rakhit about After You File Your Tax Returns! [more]

I was in Bombay on November 4th watching the US elections through an Indian lens as the historic selection of the first black president unfolded. So five months later I felt there was a certain symmetry to be in India again right at the midpoint of the month long election process in the world’s largest democracy. [more]

The Asha Jyoti Community Welfare Society of Canada is a nonprofit, secular and charitable organization originally with the sole purpose of providing educational scholarships to the children of economically strained communities in India. [more]

Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the events during this upcoming fortnight including Amma's NE Spring Garba and Dandiya, Sugato Nag, Hindu Heritage Day 2009, TiECON East, IAFPE Summer Internship Dinner, Jagjit Singh Concert, Fancy Dress Competition, Sushil Baweja Group - Ekal Charity Concerts and Nayaki. [more]

Congratulations to Aseem Chandawarkar, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here is one easy puzzle for students and one for adults. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Sounds Of India)
The audio release of Pokkisham has had audience waiting with high expectations to see how the composer duo of Sabesh-Murali (brothers of Deva) would maintain the high standard that was set in their previous film with Cheran ‘Thavamai Thavamirundhu’. [more]

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She answered, "If I tell you, it will defeat the purpose." [more]

Your mother too!!!?
What's the difference? Mother is a mother! [more]

Oodles of Noodles and Cabbage Wraps. [more]

Signs of Spring - Great Meadows in Concord, MA. [more]

“One individual may die for an idea; but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives. That is how the wheel of evolution moves on and the ideas and dreams of one nation are bequeathed to the next” - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. [more]

A charming 3-bedroom, 2-bath house for sale in Carlisle, MA for just $449,900. [more]

Swami Sarvagatananda, the icon of Indian community in the greater Boston area for the past fifty years, passed away in sleep during the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, 2009. A person of intellect, generosity, nobility and saintliness, Swami mentored generations of students. [more]