In Conversation With Mannargudi Easwaran
"To become a good artist you require 7200 hours practice. Why 7200? For that is the number of hours you lived in your mother's womb," says Kalaimamani Mannargudi Easwaran who was invited to Phillips Academy to run a short course on Mridangam.
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In Conversation With Mommy Niri
Nirasha Jaganath (aka Mommy Niri), a mom to 2 little girls, exchanged her rat race life as a software engineer for her rug rats and now has new found fame as a blogger. She talked to Lokvani about her success in the social media space of her new high flying life.
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In Conversation With Swami Shree Mukundananda
"Spirituality is not mere philosophy. It is a practical effort because only through spirituality can you control the mind," says Swamiji. An IIT and IIM graduate, Swamiji gave us some insights into Yog and other aspects of the Hindu philosophy.
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In Conversation With Francois Gauthier
A distinguished writer-journalist of several high caliber books on India, Hinduism and global politics in the context of Hindus Mr. Francois Gautier is a trustee-founder of "FACT-India" which convene exhibitions and commissions films documenting Human Rights abuses in South Asia. He spoke to Lokvani about his work.
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In Conversation With Loksatta Party
We found the movement in Lok Satta Party, led by the able, sincere, and fearless Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, a doctor by profession, an IAS officer by choice, who quit his career after realizing that faulty governance process is the biggest hurdle in India's path of progress. Lok Satta Party was formed in response to the demand that India needs a new political culture challenging the current style of politics, and heralding new politics for the new generation. - Loksatta.
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In Conversation With Shyam Parande
Parande is an eminent social worker and chief coordinator of Sewa International, India, which is an organization that consists of more than 150,000 volunteers, 64,000 programs and 80 types of service activities in sixteen countries. He talks about the work of this organization and the impact it has had on the world around.
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In Conversation With Yugratna Srivatsava
"I am 13 years young Yugratna from organization Tarumitra, meaning ‘Friends of Trees’, which is an NGO of 1600 high schools and involved in promoting environmental awareness. I feel privileged to represent children and youth, 3 billion of the world’s population in this Summit on Climate Change". – Yugratna Srivatsava addressing the UN Summit on Climate Change recently.
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In Conversation With Binita Patel
"First and foremost… a PASSION for photography!! You’ve got to love what you do. Other things include: sense of composition, sense of color, understanding of the camera, understanding of digital editing technology, ability to look beyond the obvious, and above all…. patience" - Binita Patel, Photographer.
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In Conversation With Anjan Mukherjee
Anjan Mukherjee is the founder of HyCA technologies, a unique company that uses hydrodynamic cavitation for cleaning water. The research was done at ICT and some CSIR labs. Anjan describes his Mumbai based company that is making waves in India.
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In Conversation With Tejasvi Putcha
After graduating from high school in New Hampshire, Tejasvi decided went to India to pursue a career as a Hindu priest. He talked to Lokvani about his interest and motivation to become a full time priest.
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In Conversation With Shoba Narayanan
Winner of the dance competition at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana in 2009, Shoba, who is majoring in musical theater at Boston Conservatory, talked to Lokvani about her career choice and her upcoming recitals in Chennai during the December season.
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