To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power-nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy and noble - Aristotle. [more]

As the last few essays that I’ve written for Lokvani have been about Samskritam (aka Sanskrit) and in particular the SAFL program, I wanted to expand on it and talk about my experience with it. Go to www.safl.samskritabharatiusa.org for more information. [more]

On March 23rd, Mr. Prashant Bhushan, an advocate with the Supreme Court of India and a social activist, gave a talk on recent rise in corruption in India, the reasons that led to it, and how it could be tackled at the ground level. The talk was organized at MIT by Association for India’s Development (AID) Boston. [more]

After playing a fiery Punjabi girl in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Band Baaja Baraat, Anushka Sharma will be seen as a Goan girl in Anurag Kashyap's next, in which she is paired with Ranbir Kapoor. [more]

Chinmaya Mission Boston Walkers’ team participation in the annual Project Bread’s Walk-for-Hunger, oldest continual pledge walk in the country to alleviate hunger in Massachusetts communities. [more]