If you don’t like my government, don’t take the pensions and don’t use the roads - AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. [more]

Activist Sushil Pandit (SP) who is the founder of Roots in Kashmir, an organization that works to connect second generation members of the Hindu Kashmiri exiled community that had to leave Kashmir during the exodus of 1990 and Major Ashok Kaul (AK), a retired Army Major and a film producer, talked to Lokvani about the state of Kashmir today. [more]

Sri Chanchalapathi Dasa is the Senior Vice-President of ISKCON, Bangalore and Vice-Chairman of the Akshaya Patra Foundation. He shared spiritual insights with Lokvani. [more]

(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)

When Evelyn Sharma had to give a talk at Donald Trump's National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, she tip-toed to Los Angeles on a holiday. There she was spotted doing yoga on a hilltop, before heading to Washington DC. [more]

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Preetesh Entertainment was launched in Boston with a fabulous comedy variety program. With fantastic production effects, excellent technical support, unique visuals and a cast of very talented artists made this a night to remember. [more]

by Shekhar Shastri
Meru Education Foundation and LearnQuest Academy of Music presents Gandharva Choir, an Indian Classical Music Choir consisting of 32 musicians and conducted by Paandit Madhu Mudgal on June 24th in Weston, MA. [more]

by Ramya Srinivas
The Sarasa Natya Academy under the guidance of the Artistic Director Smt. Preethi Ramesh conducted its fourth annual day on June 10, 2017 at the Chinmaya Maruti Auditorium, Andover, MA. [more]

Academy of Creative Arts will be hosting arts and crafts, chess and public speaking summer camps starting June 25th. [more]

The Needham, MA school committee voted to rename the new Central Avenue building, which will replace the Hillside School as the Sunita L. Williams Elementary School. [more]

Come participate in Ekal Math Bee 2017 on June 24, 2017 from 2-5 pm! Try out your math abilities while helping children in Rural India get access to basic literacy. The event will be held at Tufts University, Medford, MA. [more]

Do you know that 2017 is IIT Bombay's Diamond Jubilee year? Prof. Ravi Sinha, Dean of Alumni & Corporate Relations, and team will be in Boston on Thursday, June 29, 2017 evening to discuss Institute's Diamond Jubilee plans. [more]

NESSP Sai Temple is proud to announce that new temple construction has made phenomenal progress and reached near completion and plans for a grand inauguration of 40,000 Sq.Ft. Sai Temple during August-September of year 2017. [more]

Brahma Kumaris welcomes Sister Shivani to North America. She will be in the Boston area to talk about Awakening: Inner Happiness And Freedom on July 4th in Foxboro, MA. [more]

If you are watching Pujya Niruma and Pujya Deepakbhai on TV regularly and waiting for self-realization, your wait is over now! Atmagnani Pujya Deepakbhai Desai will present a free Self Realization Seminar and Gnanvidhi (Scientific Process of Self Realization) at the Burlington Marriott from July 14-17, 2017. [more]

This year’s show 'Charmer, Warrior, Guide' is set to rock Boston on July 16th, 2017, and will help Vision-Aid raise funds to support its existing programs while expanding its reach to include two new locations In India in 2017. [more]

Darius Sinha, a fifth grader from MA, and Priya Shokeen, an eight grader from NH are among the 35 state merit winners in the landmark 10th annual Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. [more]

"It is exciting to serve in the IRS at this time. GST is about to be rolled out and it will bring transparency" says Amarjeet Singh, who serves as Additional Commissioner at Customs for State of Gujrat at Ahmedabad. An IIT graduate, he talked about his passion to serve India and shared how his work at the revenue services impact India. [more]

Dr. Salil Desai, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been named as an outstanding engineering educator by The American Society for Engineering Education and will receive the DuPont Minorities in Engineering Award during the Society’s 124th annual conference. [more]

Sadhguru looks at why joy is our fundamental responsibility and answers the common yet pressing question, “How to be happy in life” while giving us 10 tips towards making this a reality. [more]

by Pandit Jaya Naraya Badal Ji
A simple pooja of Lord Shiva removes distress and poverty, grants learning strength and wealth, and bestows all desires. It also gives the devotees the transcendental knowledge by elevating the power of thoughts and rekindling the ability of discrimination. [more]

by Sudhir Parikh
Freedom and spiritualized freedom are the watchwords of the Upanishads. The True state of the self, the soul, is Bliss, Wisdom, Love, Peace. It is to be so happy that no matter what you are doing, you can enjoy it. [more]

Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Gandharva Choir, Ekal Math Bee, Nrityanjali 40, and Youth Camp by Acharya Vivek. [more]

Congratulations to Ramachandran Balakrishna, Kishore Balsara and Avanish Gowrishankar, who were the winners of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all! [more]

by Priyanka Jain Vora
Bollywood hits of the week are in! My new favorite track of the week is “Ullu ka Pattha” from the upcoming film, Jagga Jasoos! This is a fun track likely to lighten up your day! Another stellar track is “Jiyo re Bahubali” from Baahubali 2. It’s a powerful, patriotic track sung by the infamous Daler Mehndi! Check out the list below. [more]

by Mahendra Shah
Hope this was not your Father's Day! [more]

Father's day has passed by but here is some fun [more]

Butternut squashes and what not.... [more]

Preening station - perfect for an artist! [more]

The path in front of you is rarely a straight line. It’s full of bumps ... Embrace the bumps in the road. [more]