Our Voice And Yours!
Lokvani wishes all its readers a Very Happy Father's Day! [more]

LEAD FEATURES

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Lokvani Talks To Poppy Awasthi-Charnalia
	Artist and poet Poppy Awasthi-Charnalia talked to Lokvani about her work. Mother of a child on the autism spectrum, she talks about the journey of motherhood and the influence it has had on her art. She is working with Ekal Vidyalaya, to promote a national art competition, IndiART hosted by Ekal. [more]

Bollywood Baatein
We mourn the sudden demise of Sushant Singh Rajput by suicide. [more]

LOCAL HAPPENINGS

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Sewa International’s Boston Chapter Gives $50,000 Grant To Help Children With OCD
	Sewa International’s Boston Chapter announced a $50,000 grant to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to help children suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). This grant will help Pediatric OCD and Tic Disorders program in the Department of Psychiatry at the hospital to increase families’ access to care and reduce the waiting list. [more]

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Satsang Center Presents International Yoga Day
Nataraja Yoga Center and Satsang Sunday Yoga celebrate International Yoga Day with a day long program of Yoga. [more]

International Day Of Yoga - 2020 Celebrations
	Art of Living and Massachusetts Wellness Initiative to celebrate International Day of Yoga on June 21st. [more]

Pregnant In A Pandemic? A Fireside Chat Followed By A Classical Arts Presentation

Please join in for a Virtual Fireside Chat on Saturday, June 27, 2020, 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT. Hosted by Dr. Sunita Pereira, Chair of MANSI. Followed by"Reflect, Renew, Rejuvenate" featuring Jayshree Bala Rajamani, Founder, Bharathakalai School of Dance, Aparna Balaji, Founder/Director, Abhyaas , Mesma Belsaré, co-founder, Samväd, Shuchita Rao, Founder, RASA School of Music Mouli Pal, Founder/Director, Upasana Odissi Inc. Meena Subramanyam, Founder, Natya Vidyalaya. [more]

Ekal Presents Python For Beginners Workshop
	Learn Python while supporting education for children in rural remote villages of India. [more]

NE-SRS Presents Lecture Demonstrations By Aparna Balaji
With the current situation with Covid-19 we had to pause the Lecture Demonstrations by Smt Aparna Balaji avare. We are delighted to share that these Lecture Demonstrations will be resuming from June and will be conducted online through webinar sessions. [more]

Patotsav 2020
	Satsang Center will celebrate Patotsav 2020 on July 12th. [more]

YOUTH PROFILE

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Blavatnik Award For Young Scientists
Aditya Akella, Neil Garg, Prashant Jain, Subhash Khot, and Ryan Shenvi are among the 31 finalists for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists. The award is considered the world’s largest unrestricted prize for rising stars in science. [more]

PEOPLE

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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Delivers Commencement Address At Historic First Hindu Virtual Commencement Ceremony
	Rep. Gabbard guides students forward based on core Hindu philosophies. [more]

CONTRIBUTIONS

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DAWN Worldwide Highlights The Rise Of Gender Based Violence In COVID19
Geeta Aiyer, Founder of DAWN Worldwide, says it is critical now more than ever to take action and support grassroots organizations that are playing a pivotal role during this time. Global response to COVID-19, must be through gender lens to make sure that the unique needs of girls and women are addressed, all efforts and responses must include the positioning girls and women. [more]

How To Boost Immunity
	How can we help ourselves to build IMMUNITY? Please go through these videos. You will find something simple to help. [more]

LIFESTYLE

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For The Mathematically Inclined
Congratulations Nilesh Agarwal and Vijay Aivalli! Here are couple more for the mathematically curious minds. [more]