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The Commission is holding its next public hearing in Lowell on March 31st at 6:00 pm at the Pollard Memorial Library and I would encourage South Asian women to attend and to let us know about issues that are important to you, your family, and your community, whether it concerns pay equity, stopping domestic violence, quality education and childcare, or another issue of importance to you.- Hanishi Ali. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Rachel C. Tadmor)
Tilak, an independent researcher who received his PhD in history of religions from Concordia University and Agarwal an ardent student of Hindu Dharma and Indian history discuss the misrepresentations in the book on Hinduism written by University of Chicago Professor, Dr. Wendy Doniger who denigrates and distorts Hinduism. They urge all to sign the petition demanding its withdrawal. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Vipul Shah's schedules for Action Replayy seem to be going awry for no fault of anybody's. With weather not cooperating and busy schedules of Akshay and Aishwarya, Vipul's out of luck. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Russian School of Math)
MIT Natya and BU Dheem hosted the First Intercollegiate Classical Dance Competition. Eight university teams presented brilliant original classical dance choreography. University of Maryland and Rutgers University won the first and second prize, respectively. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Prashant H. Fadia Foundation)
Aashish Swami was born in the tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh. His style of work has been developed due to Professor K.G.Subramaniyam's affectionate teaching at Shantiniketan. [more]

Luv Karia, Ami Shalabh, Alok Macharla, Anoop Macharla, Subh Agrawal and Chirg Sethi won the Boogie Woogie junior and senior Boogie Woogie dance talent competition hosted by the India Society of Worcester. [more]

On March 13th, world-jazz ensemble Natraj collaborates with Indian classical dancer Jayshree Bala Rajamani at Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA. The show begins at 8:00 pm. [more]

LearnQuest Academy's 5th annual conference will bring together in Boston, some of the greatest living luminaries of the Carnatic and Hindustani Classical Music world in one city starting on March 31, 2010 at Boston University. Here is a Hindustani segment sampler. [more]

The 2010 India Conference at the Harvard Business School will be held on Saturday, March 6th at the HBS campus and promises to be a huge draw for students, businessmen and corporates. The Conference is themed, “Turning Challenges into Opportunities" and feature keynotes by Rajat Gupta, Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande, G.V. Prasad, and Ambassador Arun Singh. [more]

A packed auditorium of over 100 people at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy heard Zain Latif, Principal at TLG Capital and Emmanuel Katongole, CEO of Quality Chemicals of Uganda speak of the immense opportunity for investment in Africa. The event was co-sponsored by TiE-SE. [more]

Nearly 30 people from diverse backgrounds, but with a common interest in supporting organizations making significant social impact, gathered at Tantric India Bistro in Boston for the first monthly meeting jointly hosted by Tantric, TiE Social Entrepreneurs Group and NetSAP Boston. The theme of the meeting was “Bringing hope to areas of Conflict.” [more]

The Indian community gathered together February 20th to experience God’s power and protection through this special celebration of Shivratri, organized by the Brahma Kumaris Learning Center for Peace in Watertown, MA. [more]

Over 150 people registered for the first ever ISW hosted Job Fair held on February 25th at the ISW India Center. Despite unrelenting rain and winds, the majority of the registrants showed up and met with over a dozen hiring companies ranging from biotech to IT services to several high tech start-ups. [more]

"There has been much less research on the Indus civilization than on other major civilizations and that the surviving texts cannot be read or interpreted," said Dr. Richard Meadow, Peabody Museum, as he spoke on the Indus civilization at Harvard University. [more]

Saheli is organizing a two-part workshop for South Asian parents and youth. The focus will be on improving inter-generational and cross cultural communications. Conversations facilitated by experts in building healthy parent–child relationships. [more]

Sign up for the IITSINE Annual Social to be held on March 13, 2010 at Burlington, MA. An evening of entertainment, food and fun. [more]

Swami Shantananda ji, Acharya of Chinmaya Missions in Northeastern USA, is giving a series of talks on Bhaja Govindam. [more]

"Asian Indians around the world have the highest rate of heart disease. This is true even when they have low levels of traditional risk factors such as cholesterol. Even non-smoking vegetarians under 40 who exercise regularly are often at high risk." - Dr. Enas, Director of the CADI Research Foundation. [more]

Madavi Oliver lived in New England for 20 years and moved back to Nagercoil, India with her husband Gaugarin Oliver, daughter Iris Oliver (12) and son Ethan Oliver (10) for the 2009-10 academic year. She describes her adventures in India. [more]

US is not the only country restricting visas. In support of the Indian government’s recent policy to restrict entry of foreign nationals for employment in India, the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Training has issued new guidelines1 for grant of employment visas (“E-Visa”). As a result, ceilings have been introduced on issuance of E-Visas to foreign nationals. [more]

Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the events and concerts during this upcoming fortnight including HBS India Conference, IITSINE Annual Social, Zakir Hussain Concerts, LearnQuest Music Festival and Aerdanareshwar Shiva Shakti - Triveni Ensemble. [more]

Congratulations to Sitaram Chandawarkar, who was winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one easy puzzle for students and one for adults. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Sounds Of India)
Pritam Chakravarthy delivers a sweet fun album. [more]

Did you come across these SMS jokes? The longest sentence known to man: "I do." [more]

Whose turn to keep mother this month?
Next time, make sure I get in February.
This time I kept her in July,
and you know July has thirtyone days! [more]

Super foods for brain power ! [more]

Reba Saldanha recently received the first place for this photo in the monthly photo contest awarded by the National Press Photographer's Association for Region 1. [more]

Every morning you have two choices. One continue sleeping and dreaming or second wake up and chase your dreams... Choice is yours. [more]