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Anil Shah And MRCC Group Buys G-Cube, Deal Seen At Rs 100 Crore
Anil Shah And MRCC Group Buys G-Cube, Deal Seen At Rs 100 Crore


Anil Shah, chairman of MRCC Group, MA, has announced acquisition of digital learning firm G-Cube in what it claims is the largest transaction in the corporate learning space in India.
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Lalit Sudan Elected Next President Of Vision-Aid


Vision-Aid, a Lexington, MA-based based non-profit organization, announced the election of its new President, Lalit Sudan who will assume office from July 1, 2021, for a term of five years. Mr. Sudan is a Managing Director of Market Data Group LLC.
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Lalit Sudan Elected Next President Of Vision-Aid
India Golden Period (200 BCE – 500 CE) – Philosophy And Religion
India Golden Period (200 BCE – 500 CE) – Philosophy And Religion


by Satyendra Sharma
There was a serious debate on the Vedic authority during this period. Classical Philosophy developed, particularly, Sānkhya, championing the concept of freedom of action. Other analytic models followed.
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Graduation Puja 2021


World Hindu Council in collaboration with Sri Kalikambal Shiva Temple, Bellingham, MA, held its 12th Annual Graduation Puja on June 12, 2021 with students graduating from high school and college gathered at the Shiva Temple hall, along with their families and friends, to mark this milestone in their student life.
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Graduation Puja 2021
Chinmaya Mission Boston’s Service And Response To COVID Crisis
Chinmaya Mission Boston’s Service And Response To COVID Crisis


Chinmaya Mission Boston donated ~1000 cooked meals in the past 6 months to the front-line workers of the Lowell General Hospital (LGH) to help and appreciate their work in the Covid period. CMB Members also volunteered at LGH's Mass vaccination program to administer 147,500+ vaccines.
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Sewa International Distributes Over 5,990 Oxygen Concentrators Across India, Despite Hurdles


Within eight weeks of starting its ‘Help India Defeat COVID-19’ campaign, Sewa International has distributed over 5,996 oxygen concentrators and 177 ventilators to 566 hospitals and COVID-19 Care Centers across India, covering 26 of 28 Indian states.
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Sewa International Distributes Over 5,990 Oxygen Concentrators Across India, Despite Hurdles
Sadequain In Boston: Art's Lovers Enthralled By The Exhibition Of Rare-collectibles Of Sadequain Art Work
Sadequain In Boston: Art's Lovers Enthralled By The Exhibition Of Rare-collectibles Of Sadequain Art Work


by Tahir Ali
The "Sadequain Gallery of Chicago, showcased a rare collection of Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi's paintings, calligraphies and sketches in the Boston area. This event was made possible by Lalarukh and Riaz Niazi from Chicago and in collaboration with Drs. Zafar Nafis Naqvi and Fozia Qamar Naqvi of Boston area.
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Indian Drag Conference


Dragvanti is hosting one of its kind event the “Indian Drag Conference” on June 25th. It will feature presentations by famous drag performers of India covering wide range of intersectional topics.
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Indian Drag Conference
Rally To Support Indian Farmers And The Indian Peoples' Right To Dissent
Rally To Support Indian Farmers And The Indian Peoples' Right To Dissent


Rally to Support Indian Farmers and the Indian Peoples' Right to Dissent at Harvard Square on June 26th at 6:00 pm.
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IDC: Musical Expression And Voice


India Discovery Center is pleased to announce to host the first lecture on Saamagaana for the western world on Saturday, June 26, 2021 as a part of the Outreach Lecture Series organized by the Center. The lecture will be offered by Dr. Rishiraj Pathak, a young researcher and musician, now in the Faculty at Delhi University, India. The lecture will be followed by another lecture on the musical rendering of emotion through voice as exhibited in Indian literature on June 27, 2021.
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IDC: Musical Expression And Voice
KHMC Concert - Tarun Anandaraj And Sindhu Anandaraj
KHMC Concert - Tarun Anandaraj And Sindhu Anandaraj


Karnatic Hindustani Music Circle presents a Carnatic Vocal Concert by Tarun Anandaraj and Sindhu Anandaraj on June 27, 2021 at 5:00 pm via Facebook Live.
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2021 International Yoga Day


Nataraja Yoga Center and Satsang Yoga present the celebration of 2021 International Yoga Day on June 27th from 9 am to 12 noon. You are welcome to join us to do YOGA Sadhana on Monday June 21st from 5 PM ...
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2021 International Yoga Day
NESSP: Upcoming Events
NESSP: Upcoming Events


Sankashtahara Chaturthi at NESSP.
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Cutting Edge CMEs, Spiritual, Healthcare, Business & Political Leaders At AAPI’s 39th Annual Convention In Atlanta


An impressive array of Bollywood stars, leaders in healthcare, business, spiritual, and political realms are planned to address and enrich the participants at the 39th Annual AAPI Convention & Scientific Assembly to be held from July 2nd to July 5th, 2021 at the fabulous and world famous Omni Atlanta at CNN Center and Georgia World Congress Center,
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Cutting Edge CMEs, Spiritual, Healthcare, Business & Political Leaders At AAPI’s 39th Annual Convention In Atlanta
Independence Day Cup - Cricket Tournament
Independence Day Cup - Cricket Tournament


IAGB, in collaboration with Hopkinton Cricket Club and Hoysala Social and Sports Club, is hosting the Independence Day Cup - Cricket Tournament in commemoration of July 4th - US Independence Day and upcoming India's 75th Independence Day celebration on August 15. The “IAGB Independence Cup” will be held on July 3-4, 2021.
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Satsang Center: Guru Purnima And Patotsav


Come and be part of Guru Purnima and Patotsav celebrations at Satsang Center on July 10th and 11th.
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Satsang Center: Guru Purnima And Patotsav
Vision-Aid Presents The Seven Selfless Sovereigns
Vision-Aid Presents The Seven Selfless Sovereigns


VisionAid presents Madurai R. Muralidaran's 'The Seven Selfless Sovereigns', a Broadway style dance musical, on Sunday August 1, 2021.
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Desai Foundation: Lotus Festival 2021


The Lotus Festival is back in-person this year at the beautiful Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA on September 18th.
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Desai Foundation: Lotus Festival 2021
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IAGB Community Youth Excellence Awards 2021: Call For Nominations
IAGB Community Youth Excellence Awards 2021: Call For Nominations


IAGB is pleased to invite nominations for the prestigious “IAGB Community Youth Excellence” award. Anyone, including parents, friends and relatives, can nominate a student. Students can also nominate themselves. The deadline is July 21st, 2021.
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Tara Srinivas - A Fulbright Scholar


Tara Srinivas of Brown University will spend a year in Spain as a Fulbright Scholar and will use patient-derived stem cells to study the role that epigenetic factors play in Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental condition that affects brain development.
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Tara Srinivas - A Fulbright Scholar
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Rajagopal “Raj” Echambadi Named Illinois Institute Of Technology's 10th President
Rajagopal “Raj” Echambadi Named Illinois Institute Of Technology's 10th President


The Illinois Institute of Technology announced Rajagopal “Raj” Echambadi will be its 10th president. Echambadi is the Dunton Family Dean at D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Echambadi is a graduate in mechanical engineering and has a Masters in Business Administration from Anna University, with a Doctorate in marketing from the University of Houston.
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Despite Hindu Protest, Nordstrom Refuses To Withdraw Insensitive “Brahmin” Cow Leather Handbags


Seattle headquartered luxury department store chain Nordstrom seems to have refused to withdraw “Brahmin” leather bags despite Hindu protest, which stressed that “associating luxury handbags made of cow leather with ‘Brahmin’ was very inappropriate”
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Despite Hindu Protest, Nordstrom Refuses To Withdraw Insensitive “Brahmin” Cow Leather Handbags
Turning Your Hobby Into A Business
Turning Your Hobby Into A Business


Turning your hobby into a business can provide tax benefits if you do it right. But it can create a big tax headache if you do it wrong.
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Poem: COVID Blues, Nothing’s Guaranteed


by Nagendra Rao
I realized, COVID or not, the clock keeps ticking,
we’ve got to keep mind, spirit and body moving
Some things will work out and some things will keep failing,
nothing’s guaranteed, so what the heck, let’s keep going!
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Poem: COVID Blues, Nothing’s Guaranteed
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Laugh A While
Laugh A While


I asked a train engineer how many times his train had derailed. He said, “I’m not sure, it’s hard to keep track.”
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Recipes - Corn


Mexican Corn Pie - It is summer and time for corn!
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Recipes - Corn
Picture Of The Fortnight
Picture Of The Fortnight


Alaska!
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Thought For The Day


Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
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Thought For The Day
Obituary: Niru Jinwala
Obituary: Niru Jinwala


Niru Vasant Jinwala, a resident of Belmont, MA since 1973, passed away peacefully on June 17, 2021 in Palo Alto, CA at the age of 76. Niru was a trailblazing entrepreneur and role model who in 1973 founded India Tea & Spices, the first Indian grocery market in the entire New England region.
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Ambedkar Lecture Series:Theorising Identity and Commemorating Past: Manifestation of lived Experiences of Dhanaks

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