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Jayati is a Senior Advisory Consultant in the Business Risk practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Jayati is the current President of the Network of South Asian Professionals of Boston. She shared some insights about a career in the life science industry and talked to Lokvani about her plans for NetSAP in the upcoming year. [more]

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A physician turned mythologist, Devdutt Pattanaik serves as the chief belief officer of Future Group, one of India's largest retailers bringing the wisdom of Indian mythology to Indian business. The author of several very popular books, Pattanaik shared his view of the world of myths. [more]

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Actress Deepika Padukone is yet to share screen space with Salman Khan, but says whenever they will do a film together, it will be a "special" one. [more]

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If you like Bhangra, Boston was the place to be on November 16th, 2013! Boston Bhangra, Inc hosted their 10th annual Boston Bhangra Competition, called BBC for short, at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston. This was their tenth straight sell out event with close to 3,000 people. The winners are.... [more]

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Talent, beauty and grace all came together on the stage of Miss India New England where teens and young women vied with each other for the crown. Shirin Bakre won the teen competition while Monica Gill was crowned Miss India New England. [more]

I truly believe what goes around, comes around. I have been fortunate to get blessings from many families who I was able to help over last thirty years.- Rita Shah, Family Services Coordinator. [more]

Tarun Bangalore, son of leading Carnatic musician Tara Anand, stunned the audience with his brilliant accompaniment to a fabulous vocal recital by Vidwan Pattabhirama Pandit. The concert was held at the Anubhava School of Music on Nov 17. [more]

On September 27th we witnessed a wonderful dance presentation by Smt. Sunanda Narayanan and her mother Smt. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan. The theme was “Classic and the Contemporary”. Smt. Sujatha who is a very famous poet, musician and a dancer scholar from Chennai explained in a simple way about how the Contemporary can be blended with classical to give a modern look. [more]

Soumya Rajaram, a student of the venerable dance institution Kalakshetra, which is renowned for its adherence to tradition and classicism, and of Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao, a veteran of that institution, enthralled the audience with a traditional Bharatanatyam performance at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington on November 3, 2013. [more]

It gives us immense joy to be writing about a truly special and memorable Hindustani concert that took place at the India Center, Shrewsbury in honor of Shri Gurusthan on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. The performance was a Hindustani vocal concert by Raganjali Guru Smt. Swati Panda. [more]

A team of four gifted singers from the Boston area, Mohan Subramaniam, Sowmya Shree, Valentino Almeida and Nidhi Tare Lad performed at “Chand Aahen Bharega”, a program presenting lilting melodies of Bollywood songs based on Chand. Puran Dang, Chairman of Ekal Vidyalaya New England was the chief guest. [more]

TiE-Boston held its Annual Gala Dinner on November 7th in Cambridge, MA. Over 140 people including Charter Members, Sponsors, and speakers from TiE events attended the event. The evening’s agenda included an Investor Game, a celebration of Amar Bose’s work, a talk by Anil Singhal, and an Awards ceremony that honored the accomplishments of Charter Members, who have built great companies and created immense value for the community. [more]

What a spectacular evening of kids programs at Keefe Tech School, Framingham on November 9th for NETS Children’s Day. Among all NETS events, Children’s Day take high precedence – reason being this is the one and only kid’s event. [more]

Gurjar celebrated its 35th anniversary with a gala event featuring a live band from India. Girish Mehta, Manisha Bhatt, Shobha Shastry and the members of the media were honored at the event. [more]

The Indo-American Youth Group (IAYG) launched its first event at “Newton Celebrates India”, sponsored by Mayor Setti Warren’s Office for Cultural Affairs on November 16th. The group was founded to provide an opportunity for community service, leadership and a forum for discussion for kids of Indian heritage from grades six through twelve. [more]

Kavita Srivastava, human rights activist and National Secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), talked about the ease with which the Indian government can assign a seditious claim on a law abiding citizen engaging in policy critique. [more]

Satsang Center in Woburn hosted a fabulous Diwali Celebration on 26-27 October including Rangoli Competition and colorful dance performances from various local groups organized by Jigisha Pandhi and Bina Negandhi. [more]

The United India Association of New England celebrated Diwali on November 10th at Newton North High School in Newton, MA with a rich cultural show, dinner, vendors and awards. [more]

Malden Bhakta Vrinda witnessed grand celebrations of Diwali and Govardhan Puja (New Year) during the Diwali weekend with more than 350 guests streaming in for the occasion to celebrate Diwali. [more]

On a Saturday evening of November 9th, over 200 devotees gathered for this soul absorbing Diwali Deep Yagna and Sri Laxmi Puja celebration in greater Boston suburb of Billerica. [more]

Celebrating the past 50 years and looking forward to the next 50 – the India Society will wrap up the year in grand style with the Semicentennial Grand Gala. Buy Tickets. [more]

Ever increasing, what is its worth and value to our children and new immigrants! Are there possible solutions or alternatives? [more]

On December 8, 2013, Hindi Manch will present the very first 'Hindi Manch Sahitya Sammlean'. Buy Tickets [more]

Dr. Vivek Murthy is nominated by President Obama to be the next US Surgeon General. [more]

Kunal Shah, son of Dhiren and Ashmi Shah of Needham, was presented with the 24th Annual Needham High School George Dennett Distinguished Career Award on October 25th. [more]

Sushil Vachani, Professor of Strategy and Policy at Boston University School of Management, has been named the new Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. [more]

Community service is increasingly recognized as an important means to promote positive development among teenagers. And community service is recognized, and appreciated, by college admissions officers. Admissions officers want to admit students who will contribute to their college community – is that you? [more]

Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including ISW Gala, Higher Education Costs and Bollywood Tollywood Social. [more]

Congratulations to Saba Lateef, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all! [more]

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Sanjay Leela Bansali's Ram Leela comes with great expectations! [more]

The two rival cricketers were talking. 'The local team wants me to play for them very badly.' Well, you're just the man for the job. [more]

Fusion thanksgiving - adding a spice to the Turkey of the day. [more]

The windmills. [more]

Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution” ― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India. [more]