Lokvani Talks To Siva Kumar, Chef And Co-Founder, Walnut Grille
If you are craving a fresh, flavorful vegan and vegetarian experience then you must head to the Walnut Grille in Newton, MA. Chef and co-owner Siva Kumar has taken the definition of an ‘experience’ seriously." I want my customers to feel they are going to experience something unique when they come in and so the ambiance along with the food was important to this effort, he says.
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Lokvani Talks To Shivani Shah
Shivani Shah is a first generation, born and raised in Massachusetts. She did her undergraduate studies in business at Boston University and obtained a law degree from Suffolk Law.
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Lokvani Talks To Amit Dixit, Founder And Executive Director, SAAC
The term ‘activism and community engagement’ may assume a new dimension as Amit Dixit’s vision for the South Asian Arts Council takes shape. In 2007, Amit officially launched and became the Executive Director of South Asian Arts Council, a Boston based nonprofit responsible for bringing South Asian innovative arts programming to the various mainstream communities.
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Lokvani Talks To Anil Saigal
Dr. Anil Saigal is the President of the India Association of Greater Boston. Under his leadership, IAGB is bringing the Independence Day celebration back to the Hatch Shell. Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University, Saigal talked to Lokvani about IAGB and the upcoming show at the Hatch Shell on Sunday August 17, 2014 at 4 pm. Be there!
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Lokvani Talks To Lakshmikant Laikangbam
Lakshmikant Laikangbam is one of the co-founders of KEN, the knowledge exchange network that was created by NRIs from Manipur to improve the lot of the people in Manipur. Lakshmikant talked to Lokvani about the opportunities in Manipur and what KEN is trying to do.
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Lokvani Talks To David Parker, Executive Director EForAll
First and foremost, Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) embodies the organization’s core belief that people from all walks of life, with all types of venture ideas, can become entrepreneurs. Since we launched nearly four years ago, we have worked with a diverse set of individuals ranging from MIT Sloan graduates to individuals who never finished high school. - David Parker, Executive Director, EforALL.
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Lokvani Talks To Laura Weinstein, Curator, South Asia Art MFA
It is less well known that the MFA has the largest collection of objects from the Indus Valley Civilization outside of Indian and Pakistan. We have also developed an important collection of 19th century Indian art in recent years, acquiring Company School paintings, early Hindu god prints by the Calcutta Art Studio and Raja Ravi Varma (1890-1910) and now the collection of colonial silver - Laura Weinstein, Curator
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Lokvani Talks To Angha Sirpurkar-Childress
Barakat’s mission of providing education to children, especially girls, and women in South and Central Asia is very close to my heart and am passionate about this mission. Also, an opportunity to be back in South and Central Asia and to empower girls and women through education, while growing the agency is very gratifying - Angha Sirpurkar-Childress, Executive Director, Barakat, Inc.
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Lokvani Talks To Neelkant Mishra And Mahender Singh
"The temple has been constantly attracting more devotees. We want to serve our devotees and add services for the next generation. This is why we would like to build a new temple," say Neelkant Mishra and Mahender Singh who are founding members of the New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar that is planning to build a formal large Baba temple.
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Lokvani Talks To The Nrityotsav Team
Nrityotsav, the festival of dance to be held on November 8th at the Regis Theater features fabulous productions in variety of dance forms including Kathakali. The core team of Poornima and Kedar Risbud, Venki and Pallavi Nagesha, Shekhar and Vanita Shastri talk about the event and why people should come to it.
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Lokvani Talks To Dr. Anita Shankar
Dr. Anita Shankar, a Medical Anthropologist by training has been impacting the lives of the underprivileged rural women around the world. She talks about her field and her work.
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Lokvani Talks To Amita Chopra
Amita Chopra, a physician by profession, talks about Raja Yoga, science and the benefits of meditation that she has been practicing along with her husband Dr. Sanjiv Chopra for many years.
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