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Saturday - 03/14/15
Indian Consulate - Consular Sevices (CLOSED-FULL)
Indian Consulate Outreach Event (CLOSED-FULL)

Sunday - 03/15/15
Calcutta Book Fair
In Conversation with P. Sainath - People

Friday - 03/20/15
Uyirnokkam in Tamil

Saturday - 03/21/15
Ghazal featuring Kayhan Kalhor, Shujaat Hussain Khan and Sandeep Das
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O.S. Thyagarajan / MITHAS
Sri Rama Charita Manasa Akhanda Parayanam

Sunday - 03/22/15
Holi Hai (Sewa Holi)

Monday - 03/23/15
A Taste of Ginger

Saturday - 03/28/15
DAWAT 2015
Dance Ballet: Maya Madhavam
Maya madhavam- a Dance Ballet
RIHTS Shri Rama Navami Celebrations

Sunday - 03/29/15
Zakir Hussain And Celtic Connections
Zakir Hussain and Celtic Connections

Friday - 4/3/15
10th Annual LearnQuest Music Conference 2015
A Gujarati Play: Gujjubhai Banya Dabangg
Malladi Brothers / MITHAS

Saturday - 4/4/15
10th Annual LearnQuest Music Conference 2015
Sanjeev Abhyankar / MITHAS
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Sunday - 4/5/15
10th Annual LearnQuest Music Conference 2015

Friday - 4/10/15
Navarasa: the Nine Moods

Saturday - 4/11/15
TCF Fundraiser
IITSINE Annual Gala Dinner (Postponed)
Chhaya Geet
Ken Zuckerman / MITHAS
Navarasa: the Nine Moods

Saturday - 4/18/15
Raaga-Rang
AIF MANSI Summit-Maternal And Neonatal Survival Initiative (MANSI): A Call to Action!

Sunday - 4/19/15
Mega Health expo

Monday - 4/20/15
IndiArt - Art Competition For Children

Friday - 5/1/15
TiECON East 2015

Saturday - 5/2/15
O P Nayyar Nite
Chinmaya Melodies / CT
Holi - Festival of Colors

Thursday - 5/7/15
2015 ILC Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Friday - 5/8/15
Nilladri Kumar and Aditya Kalyanpur / MITHAS
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Our Voice And Yours


Couples now spend more than $30,000 to get married! Indian couples...
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Our Voice And Yours
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Lokvani Talks To Valentino Almeida
Lokvani Talks To Valentino Almeida

(This section is sponsored by New England Shirdi Sai Temple)

Dr. Valentino Almeida, Associate Director of Technical Operations at Vertex is a man with a golden voice. He will be featured in the fabulous musical Chaaya Geet, musical program comprised of popular Hindi Bollywood songs from different eras.The event will be held on April 11th at the Chinmaya Maruti Auditorium in Andover and is a fundraiser for the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA.
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In Conversation With P. Sainath

(This section is sponsored by Stephen Campbell, Mortgage Master)

Our nation’s greatest legacies are eroding rural India ruptures. No other country has a fraction as many schools of weaving, art, pottery, other crafts, epic stories, skills. So many of these are disintegrating or vanishing. Does one need to discover a reason for this being important or is that self-evident? Our approach to it is that we cover “The Everyday Lives of Everyday People.” - P.Sainath, Founder PARI. He will present on March 15th at 2pm at MIT.
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In Conversation With P. Sainath
Bollywood Baatein
Bollywood Baatein

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

Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says it would be wonderful to manage a casting coup of Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan in one frame, especially in an English film for the global audience.
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India Conference At Harvard - India’s Path To Global Leadership

(This section is sponsored by Masala Art)

Women are the largest migrant population in the country. Women rights are human rights. Women thrive, country thrives, said Kiran Bedi at the India Conference at Harvard, one of the biggest India focused student-led conference.
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India Conference At Harvard - India’s Path To Global Leadership
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A Star Studded Carnatic Artist Line Up At This Year’s LQ Music Conference
A Star Studded Carnatic Artist Line Up At This Year’s LQ Music Conference


This year’s LearnQuest Music Conference features six Carnatic Concerts – three vocal and three instrumental – by stalwarts in their respective genre. In vocal category, there are the renowned Malladi Brothers, Abshishek Raghuram and Sowmya Srinivasan whereas in the instrumental category there are Kadri Gopalnath on saxophone and Shashank Subramanyam on Flute.
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World Music Concerts: Shujaat Hussain Khan And Zakir Hussain


World Music presents a Ghazal concert featuring Iran’s kamancheh (spiked fiddle) master Kayhan Kalhor and India’s sitar virtuoso Shujaat Hussain Khan on March 21st and Tabla master Zakir Hussain on March 29th. Two mesmerizing shows!
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World Music Concerts: Shujaat Hussain Khan And Zakir Hussain
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Boston Bhangra Deepti Navaratna Shishu Bharati
“From Ruins To Timelessness” - A Warm Afternoon In A Cold Winter
“From Ruins To Timelessness” - A Warm Afternoon In A Cold Winter


Poets went out to watch the nature and walked to the Cambridge Public Library for an afternoon of warmth, poetry and friendship. The date was Sunday, February 22, 2015. What a gorgeous afternoon it became, the sun could not hide!
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Sri Ram Parivar Consecrated At The Hindu Temple Of New Hampshire


In a consecration function held evening of Saturday, February 28th 2015, the Hindu Temple of New Hampshire celebrated the “Moorthy Pratishtapana” (installation of deities) of “Sri Ram Parivar” (family of Rama), consisting of Sri Rama, Sita Devi, Sri Lakshmana, and Hanumanji.
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Sri Ram Parivar Consecrated At The Hindu Temple Of New Hampshire
NESSP Performs Satyanarayana Vrat Katha On Holi Pournami
NESSP Performs Satyanarayana Vrat Katha On Holi Pournami


New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar (NESSP) preformed Satyanarayana Vrat katha on the evening of the auspicious Holi Pournami. As an ancient Hindu religious festival Holi is celebrated as the symbol of victory “Good over bad”.
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UIA Celebrates Holi


United India Association's Holi Celebration was attended by about 300 people from diverse age groups, ethnicities and geographic areas on March 8th at the Sheraton Needham Hotel giving a true feeling of this festival of colors.
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UIA Celebrates Holi
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People’s Archive Of Rural India
People’s Archive Of Rural India


Join Association for India’s Development (MIT & Boston chapters) and Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia for a talk by editor, writer, and rural reporter, P. Sainath. He will be talking about his online photo archive initiative, PARI.
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S’rī’Rāmacaritamānasa Reading Event At SriLakshmi Temple


S’rī rāmacaritamānasa recitation in Boston began in 1975 though the diligent efforts of Sri Prabhulal Rathi and his wife Srimati Drupadi Rathi who had migrated from Pakistan. This year’s dates are March 21 and 22 and all are invited to participate in this festival recitation of S’rī rāmacaritamānasa .
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S’rī’Rāmacaritamānasa Reading Event At SriLakshmi Temple
Saheli Hosts Emotional Well-Being Sabha Series
Saheli Hosts Emotional Well-Being Sabha Series


Saheli is expanding to serve the community's Emotional Well-Being needs. Saheli will be holding three Emotional Well-Being (EWB) sabha's in three communities in the Boston area.
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Dawat 2015 - IANH Annual Grand Charity Gala


India Association of New Hampshire (IANH) is organizing Dawat 2015, its annual charity gala, on March 28, 2015 at Alpine Grove in Hollis, NH. The objective is to raise funds for multiple charitable non-profit organizations, both in the US & India, that IANH is involved with.
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Dawat 2015 - IANH Annual Grand Charity Gala
The Citizens Foundation: 2nd Annual Fundraiser
The Citizens Foundation: 2nd Annual Fundraiser


Get ready on April 11th for a fabulous fundraiser featuring Azhar Usman - One of America's Funniest Comedians.
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Ekal Vidyala New England Chapter Launches IndiArt 2015


With a successful launch of Ekal Vidyalaya’s Art Contest, ‘IndiArt’ in 2014, the team is holding the contest again this year. This year the theme of the contest is “Colors of Rural India”. The theme resonates with the vibrant culture of rural India and the young artists should find it equally fun and challenging.
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Ekal Vidyala New England Chapter Launches IndiArt 2015
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Vandana Tilak, LA Chapter Chair, Joins Akshaya Patra USA Advisory Board
Vandana Tilak, LA Chapter Chair, Joins Akshaya Patra USA Advisory Board


Vandana Tilak, LA Chapter Chair, Ayurveda practitioner and long-time supporter of Akshaya Patra has joined the 2015 Akshaya Patra USA Advisory Board. In this role, Ms. Tilak will continue her crucial work of spreading and growing awareness about the work of Akshaya Patra.
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Bacteria, Your Gut, And Your Health


According to current science, about 90% of our body is bacteria -- around 100 trillion organisms -- leaving only about 10% of actual human cells. These organisms are what we collectively call the microbiome.
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Bacteria, Your Gut, And Your Health
What Should You Know About Extracurricular Activities?
What Should You Know About Extracurricular Activities?


All parents and students know the importance of extracurricular activities in college admissions. However, with all the talk about extracurricular activities, it’s hard to determine what’s fact and what’s fiction. What are admissions officers really looking for in extracurricular activities?
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5 Reasons 2015 Is A Good Year To Buy Or Sell A Home


Housing market analysts are saying now is a good time to buy or sell a home. Here's why.
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5 Reasons 2015 Is A Good Year To Buy Or Sell A Home
The Mahima Of Giving
The Mahima Of Giving


It was the evening of New Year’s Day, just around the Dhoop Aarti, when all the devotees, volunteers, children, whoever was in the temple, were asked to gather around in the main hall, for an important announcement. As a total surprise, the whole group was informed that a small set of devotees had pledged $ 1.7 million
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For The Mathematically Inclined


Here are two puzzles for one and all!
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For The Mathematically Inclined
Weekend Entertainment
Weekend Entertainment


Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including O.S. Tyagarajan, DAWAT 2015, Malladi Brothers, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Chhaya Geet, Ken Zukerman, Raag Rang, IndiArt Competition for Children, Sadanam Balakrishnan & Troupe, Once Upon a Time NOT in Bollywood, and Tarang-Leher Unplugged.
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Music Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

(This section is sponsored by Sounds Of India)

Now here’s a light-hearted, feel-good film you can take the whole family to!
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Music Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Book Review: B.I.T - Bit By Bit
Book Review: B.I.T - Bit By Bit


Mr. Triloki Nagpal is a Mechanical Engineer from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology (B.I.T.), Mesra, Ranchi. He has written a book about his five years stay in the hostel of BIT from 1963 to 1968. He is also the father-in-law of New Englander Jharna Madan.
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Jokes - Laugh A While


A tourist was being led through a river in Corbett National Park. "Is it true," he asked, "that a crocodile won't attack you if you carry a torch?" "That depends, "replied the guide, on how fast you carry the torch!"
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Jokes - Laugh A While
Cartoon: Cricket Match In Marriage
Cartoon: Cricket Match In Marriage


Score!..
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Recipes - Festival Recipes - Ugadi, Gudi Padva


Festive recipes for Ugadi and the New Year.
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Recipes - Festival Recipes - Ugadi, Gudi Padva
Picture Of The Fortnight
Picture Of The Fortnight


Costa Rica!
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Thought For The Day


“The person who says something is impossible should not interrupt the person who is doing it.”
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Thought For The Day
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