This year, the MassHealth program (the name for Massachusetts' Medicaid program) will provide health insurance for 1.9 million residents: children in low-income households; low-wage workers; elders in nursing homes; people with disabilities; and others with very low incomes who cannot afford insurance. This is more than one-quarter of the Commonwealth's population, including close to one-half of all children. Cost: $16.6 billion, 37 percent of total state budget appropriations. [more]

Dr. Aquinas Edassery is the founder of the non-profit, Swasthya Swaraj, which aims to provide comprehensive community health-care in the tribal district of Kalahandi in Odisha. He will talk about his experiences from the grassroots on May 22nd at 6:30 pm at MIT. [more]

If we have to describe India and its diversity through a color, we must bring all the colors of the rainbow in our palette. The culmination of all these colors unified together in one rainbow, this is what ‘Bahurangi’ is, which is aptly the theme of Hindu Heritage Day celebrations this year on May 20th in Marlboro, MA. [more]

Calcutta Club USA will host the third annual Sanskriti LitFest and Book Fair on June 10th in Acton, MA. [more]

Team Maruti, a team of bicycling enthusiasts consisting of volunteers and supporters of Bharathi Vidyashram and the Hindu Temple of New Hampshire, and their friends, will once again rally this year in support of the nation’s injured veterans as part of the Ride 2 Recovery Honor Ride on Saturday, June 3rd in Nashua, NH. [more]