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Our Voice And Yours


Happy Navratri to all our readers!

Forbes just released the list of 400 wealthiest people in America. It includes a number of people from Massachusetts.
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Our Voice And Yours
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Lokvani Talks To Hemal Rathod
Lokvani Talks To Hemal Rathod


Hemal Rathod is the founder and CEO of Amrit Sabha ADHC Inc. He is a native of Zimbabwe and currently resides in Massachusetts with his wife Priya. Lokvani talked to him about the South-Asian focused Adult Day Health Care center located in Northboro, MA.
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In Conversation With The RangManch Trio


The RangManch team of Madhavi, Ashwini and Vaishali has come together to put a fabulous Bollywood night featuring a set of incredibly talented singers and musicians. The event will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Keefe Technical High School Auditorium in Framingham, MA at 4:00 pm. The team shared some insights on the program.
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 In Conversation With The RangManch Trio
Bollywood Baatein
Bollywood Baatein

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

Actress Taapsee Pannu, who is currently riding high on the success of her latest release "Pink", says she doesn't find a difference between southern cinema and Bollywood as she has had good and bad experiences in both.
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New Dawn At “Ekal Vidyalaya”

(This section is sponsored by Masala Art)

‘Ekal is pulling all stops on village development in India and adopting ground-breaking methodology in the way it operates in rural-tribal areas’.
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New Dawn At “Ekal Vidyalaya”
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Inesh Vytheswaran Wins 1st Prize In The CMANA Competition
Inesh Vytheswaran Wins 1st Prize In The CMANA Competition


Inesh Vytheswaran, a student of Sri Mali Santhanakrishnan, placed first in the Intermediate Plus category for Mridangam at the Carnatic Music Association of North America competition.
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Kasim And Babu Brothers Present Nadhaswaram Concert


by Geetha Patil
On Sep. 25, 2016, Shri S. Kasim and Shri S. Babu Brothers offered one-of-a-kind performance at MIT. Hundreds of beautifully dressed audience assembled at the auditorium to relish the melodious duet Nadhaswaram Carnatic by eminent brothers.
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Kasim And Babu Brothers Present Nadhaswaram Concert
Arangetram: Shruti Das And Srimayi Chaturvedula
Arangetram: Shruti Das And Srimayi Chaturvedula


by Preethi Ramesh
Great infusions of talent and energy have been increasingly exhibited by young talented dancers of Boston area. One such performance was the arangetram of Shruti Das and Srimayi Chaturvedula, disciples of Guru Smt. Poornima Risbud, held in Sharon, MA on September 17, 2016. Both dancers provided a perfect amount of entertainment and a fine augury for the prosperity of the ancient classical dance form.
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A Vocal Concert By Antara Pal


by Rahul Ray
On September 10, 2016 Swaralipi Academy of Music celebrated the ‘Samabartan’ (Graduation) ceremony of Miss Antara Pal at Thoreau School, Concord, MA. Antara started taking lessons in Rabindrasangeet from her guru Ms. Swapna Ray at a tender age of six. At that time, she did not speak a word of any Indian language. But, through her music-training she sang effortlessly in fluent Bangla for almost two hours to a capacity audience who listened to her in rapt attention.
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A Vocal Concert By Antara Pal
Captivating Melodies On The Sarod By Pandit Debojyoti Bose
Captivating Melodies On The Sarod By Pandit Debojyoti Bose


by Shuchita Rao
Pandit Debojyoti Bose visiting from Kolkatta, India presented a Sarod concert at Learnquest Baithak on September 30 and created a powerful listening experience for Hindustani classical music listeners. He was accompanied by Pandit Hindole Majumdar on the tabla.
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Sonu Nigam Sets Foxwood Stage On Fire


Sonu Nigam held the audience spellbound for over two hours with his fabulous music with no back-up singer to support him at the Foxwood Casinos Theater. The orchestra, the dancers and the fabulous lighting and background visuals made for a fabulous event that had the audience absolutely mesmerized.
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Sonu Nigam Sets  Foxwood Stage On Fire
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Gayathri Maha Yagna At The Hindu Temple Of New Hampshire
Gayathri Maha Yagna  At The  Hindu Temple Of New Hampshire


by K. Arvind
The Hindu Temple of New Hampshire, Nashua, NH, inaugurated the Dasha Laksha Gayathri Maha Homam at the Temple premises on September 11, 2016. This year-long chanting marathon where volunteer ritwiks will perform havan, and simultaneously chant the sacred Gayathri Mantra a million times collectively over the year, is intended to seek the grace of the Almighty for the well-being of the community, especially the youth. The Temple invites members of the community to attend, participate and/or be a sponsor.
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Eleventh Annual Hindu Mandir Executives Conference (HMEC) – 2016


by Jaya Asthana
The 11th HMEC was held in Atlanta, Georgia from September 16 to 18, 2016. There were over 25 Grand Hosts and Co-Hosts of the conference mainly from USA and Canada. Some 200 adult and youth delegates drawn from over 70 organizations and 5 countries participated in the conference. The theme of the conference was: Awareness and Awakening: The Future Role of Hindu Mandirs and Institutions.
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Eleventh Annual Hindu Mandir Executives Conference (HMEC) – 2016
MIT-India Fall Reception And Book Talk With Professor Ross Bassett
MIT-India Fall Reception And Book Talk With Professor Ross Bassett


by Geetha Patil
MIT arranged its MIT-India Fall Reception and Book Talk with Professor Ross Bassett of NCSU on September 29, 2016. Prof. Bassett did very extensive research using students’ information from MIT Commencement Programs that listed the name, hometown of every graduate. This allowed him to construct a database of every Indian graduate who graduated until 2000 with roughly 1300 graduates from the start and wrote a book titled, ‘The Technological Indian-MIT and India: A 130-Year History’.
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AIF Launches Light A LAMP Campaign


Light a Lamp campaign will run from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016.
https://my.aif.org/fundraise/team?ftid=92105
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AIF Launches Light A LAMP Campaign
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Two Big Cultural Events At The Chinmaya Mission, Boston In Andover
Two Big Cultural Events At The Chinmaya Mission, Boston In Andover


The Chinmaya Mission, Boston in Andover has now developed an undisputable reputation for organizing high quality cultural events such as dance and music by top artists visiting from India as well as our own local artists. Two such great events will be taking place this month: Bharathanatyam program titled Desh and Carnatic Vocal concert by Oscar nominee Smt. Bombay Jayashri.
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Navratri And Diwali At Satsang Center


Upcoming events at the Satsang Center in Woburn, MA.
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Navratri And Diwali At Satsang Center
Garba-Batukamma-Dussera-Baba Maha Samadhi Pooja At NESSP
Garba-Batukamma-Dussera-Baba Maha Samadhi Pooja At NESSP


New England Shirdi Sai Temple is celebrating Samuhika Aksharabhyasam, Garba Raas on Friday and Durgashtami and Batukamma- Gauri Pooja on Sunday followed by Dussera celebrations and Baba Maha Samadhi Pooja on Tuesday. On occasion of baba Mahasamadhi, NESSP will be performing Baba Abhishekam, Samuhik Satcharitra parayan and palkhi procession on October 15th and Karva Chaut pooja on October 19th.
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Live Shivir With Acharya Ishan Ji


Acharya Ishanji will be conducting a live interactive shivir in 5 cities in USA from Oct. 21st through Oct. 23rd. In Boston area, this live shivir will be held from 11 am to 7 pm in Helm Auditorium at 67 Union Street in Natick, MA.
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Live Shivir With Acharya Ishan Ji
Boston Bhangra Competition 2016
Boston Bhangra Competition 2016


The Boston Bhangra Competition, called BBC for short, will be hosted on November 19th, 2016 at the Orpheum Theatre. The event has been sold out every year at one of the most historical theatres in Boston so buy your tickets now.
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N.P. Narvekar Appointed Endowment Chief At Harvard


N.P. Narvekar, 54, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard's $36 billion endowment and related financial assets, the largest college endowment in the world. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BA in economics from Haverford College.
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N.P. Narvekar Appointed Endowment Chief At Harvard
Coveted Literary Award To Alok Misra Of New England
Coveted Literary Award To Alok Misra Of New England


Alok Misra, a longtime resident of New England, was felicitated for his lifetime contribution towards Hindi language and literature at a state event in Lucknow on 14 September 2016. Misra was conferred with the coveted literary award by the UP Hindi Academy for promoting Hindi language internationally.
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Weighted Vs. Unweighted GPA


by Stephen Friedfeld
Parents and students often wonder whether weighted or unweighted GPA will be submitted as part of the application, and which is given preference by an admissions committee. First, it's important to note that the use of weighted vs. unweighted GPA is at the discretion of your child's high school. As such, students do not choose between one or the other.
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Weighted Vs. Unweighted GPA
On Losing My Cell Phone
On Losing My Cell Phone


by Parveen Minocha
It was an interesting period for three weeks, of losing the cell phone and getting the new one activated. I feel like it changed my life a bit or made me think about how I was doing things. I got some faith that people survived without a phone until a few years back and so can we. It is okay to be on your own sometimes, don’t have to count on the phone all the time. Probably there is a balance of using technology and still being able to live your life rather than being hooked to it.
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Weekend Entertainment


Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Yeh Shaam Mastani, Harsh Narayan, Dopehri, Desh: Sunanda Narayanan and Soumya Rajaram, Mashkoor Ali Khan, We Care Charity: Dil Se, Ramayan in English, Shadaj: A. Gokhale - P. Joshi, Bombay Jayashree, Diwali Extraordinaire, R.K. Shriramkumar, Belmont Diwali and TriNethra 2016.
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Weekend Entertainment
For The Mathematically Inclined
For The Mathematically Inclined


Congratulations to Ramachandran Balakrishna, who was the winner of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all!
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Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week


by Priyanka Jain
This Autumn, don’t miss out on hit tracks from the upcoming blockbuster Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, and Anushka Sharma: “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and “Bulleya” are the most popular from this album so far. New on the top 10 this week are songs from M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story: “Besabriyaan” and “Kaun Tujhe.” These are soft, soulful tracks – great for a romantic mood or relaxation!
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Music Review: Top Ten Bollywood Songs Of The Week
Cartoon: Walking Trail
Cartoon: Walking Trail


by Mahendra Shah
Desis on walking trails...
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Laugh A While


It is the season....
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Laugh A While
Recipes - Fall And Pumpkins
Recipes - Fall And Pumpkins


Squashes and spice make fall colorful and nice.
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Picture Of The Fortnight


On the trail near Kerala.
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Picture Of The Fortnight
Thought For The Day
Thought For The Day


Art is not the name of the copy of reality, art seems reality and that is the specialty of a true Art: — Premchand, the great author of India.
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Event Update
Friday - 10/07/16
Vishal Bhagwati Jagran
Umiya Dham Garba Night

Saturday - 10/8/16
Yeh Shamm Mastani, A Tribute To Kishore Kumar - 2
Subhamita Banerjee
MITHAS: Harsh Narayan
Umiya Dham Garba Night
Akhand Ramayana Parayanam

Sunday - 10/9/16
Vishal Bhagwati Jagran
Umiya Dham Garba Night
Abhijit Ghoshal
Akhand Ramayana Parayanam

Monday - 10/10/16
Vijaya Dashami (Dussehra)/Navaratri Celebrations

Friday - 10/14/16
Dopehri - by Pankaj Kapur
Umiya Dham Garba Night

Saturday - 10/15/16
We Care Charity: Dil Se (Moved to 10/16/16)
Chinmaya Mission Presents Desh: Sunanda Narayanan and Soumya Rajaram
MITHAS: Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan
Umiya Dham Garba Night
Navratri 2016
Yoga Day at SVC

Sunday - 10/16/16
We Care Charity: Dil Se
TMM Diwali Thiruvizha

Wednesday - 10/19/16
Karwa Chauth at Dwarkamai Sai Temple

Friday - 10/21/16
SETU Presents Ramayan in English

Saturday - 10/22/16
Shadaj: Apoorva Gokhale - Pallavi Joshi; Patho Sarathi Chatterjee
SETU Presents Ramayan in English
SETU Presents Ramayan in English
Ekal Garba NIght

Sunday - 10/23/16
Grand Diwali Mela
SETU Presents Ramayan in English
Chinmaya Mission Presents Bombay Jayashree

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