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| Our Voice And Yours |
From 2001 to 2016, the MA state funding per student for higher education, adjusted for inflation, has gone down by $3,000 while the tuition and fees have gone up by $4,000.
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| Lokvani Talks To: Year In Review Part I |  |
2016 saw Lokvani interview a host of personalities who have made a difference in their communties - Sastry Dwivedula, Gitika Srivastava, Aparna Pattewar, Priya Ratnam, Lotika Paintal, Suman Murali, Jaya Vatsayan, Nirmala Garimella, Sheetal Acharya, Anuradha Upneja, Sujatha Meyyappan, Jeyanthi Ghatraju and Sripriya Moorthy.
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| In Conversation With: Year In Review - Part I |
2016 conversations with local and international celebrities included: Anupama Shah, Dr. AnandaShankar Jayant, Dr. Vivian Li, Aaditi Joshi, Rajiv Malhotra, Desh Deshpande, K. Srinivas Rao, Matthew Brown, Dhiraj Chaudhury, Lali Kumar and Anju Anguraj.
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| Bollywood Baatein |  |
(This section is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Actress Parineeti Chopra thinks despite the brief presence in the trailer of the much-talked Hollywood film "Baywatch", Priyanka Chopra is going to be fantastic in the film.
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| IAGB Holiday Celebration | (This section is sponsored by Masala Art)
by Jaya Voruganti
IAGB organized a holiday get together at the Mehfil Restaurant in Tweskbury, MA with more than 120 people in attendance. All Life members, members, past presidents, partners (banking and media), sponsors, supporters, community leaders and guests attended the event. The event was by invitation only and was overwhelmingly successful.
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| Shankar Mahadevan And The Berklee India Ensemble Weave A Magic Spell |  |
by Shuchita Rao
Shankar Mahadevan’s unflinching faith in the innate talents and hard work over several months by the Berklee Indian Ensemble under the guidance of Annette Philip and Rohit Jayaraman led the evening’s performance to be of stellar quality.
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| Rhythm Festival 2016 With A Vocal Classical Performance |
by Sanjeev Kumar
Rhythm Festival 2016 was held at Shivalaya Temple, Medford on December 10, 2016. Students of Pt. Nishikant Sonwalkar showcased Solo Performance of Dadra, Rupak, TeenTaal and Keherva and the variations on these taals.
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| Jaswinder Singh Live In Concert |  |
Jaswinder Singh, a new age ghazal singer from India who has been awarded ‘The Young Ghazal Maestro’ by Indian Music Academy, was Live in Concert at the Thoreau Elementary School, Concord, MA on December 11, 2016.
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| IAGB Hosts Second Round Of Antakshari Competition |
IAGB hosted the second round of its first-ever Antakshari Competition in Shrewsbury, MA. The winning teams were: Preetesh Shrivastava and Pratibha Krishnamurthy, Debarati Mukherjee and Reshma Nair, and Swati Dave and Medha Nadgir.
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| Desi Dhamaka |  |
by Nikita Minocha
Melodious songs, innovative tabla music, synchronized dancing, and creative fashion presentations are just a few elements from Desi Dhamaka 2016, which was held on December 4th at Worcester Technical High School.
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| Marginalized Hindus In Pakistan |
Members of the Pakistan Hindu Seva Welfare Trust shared insights into the plight of the underprivileged Hindus in Pakistan. The organization works to support the human rights of minority groups in Pakistan. The Hindu American Foundation hosted the event.
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| Blackstone Valley India Society Celebrates Diwali |  |
by Harmeet Kaur
The Blackstone Valley India Society celebrates Diwali every year and holds a huge cultural function filled with talented dancers, singers and actors. This was their 12th year in a row and it was held at Grafton High School on December 10th.
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| FSA Celebrates 10th Anniversary |
by Apurv Gupta
Friends of Shelter Associates (FSA) celebrates 10th Anniversary, raising $35,000 to build 100 toilets in slums of Pune, India.
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| Hindi Manch Presents: Hindi Manch Sahitya Sammelan |  |
by Maneesh Shrivatav
After the huge success earlier, Hindi Manch is proud to present the third “Hindi Manch Sahitya Sammelan” on December 18, 2016 in Concord MA. This unique event will feature Hindi poetry, two Hindi comedy plays – “Lailaaz Ilaaz” and “Grahdasha Ki Dasha”, songs and much more.
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| College Admissions Session For Middle School And High School Students/Parents |
New England Shirdi Sai Temple is excited to offer a Session on College Admissions for all parents and students in Middle School or High School on December 17th at 3:30 pm.
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| SBGB: 13th Annual “Samskritam Shloka-Recitation Competition” For Children |  |
Samskrita Bharati-Greater Boston (SBGB) is organizing its 13th annual “Samskritam Shloka-Recitation Competition” for Children on December 17, 2016 in Dracut, MA.
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| Happenings At NESSP |
On the occasion of Duttatreya jayanthi, NESSP is conducting a samuhika guru charitra parayan – A discussion on Guru charitra parayan. The devotees who sign up for chapter reading will read that particular chapter at home and prepare a synopsis of that chapter and present at temple on December 17th.
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| Hindu Heritage Camp At Satsang Center |  |
Satsang Center will host a Hindu Heritage Camp on December 27-28, 2016 for children between 6-12 years.The planned activities involve learning Hindu culture through art, personality development, leadership skills and fun with math.
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| Jet And VT Seva Presents : Celebration Of Equality |
Dont miss this opportunity to listen to Anuradha Palakurthi and witness Sailaja Chaudhury. The New England Chapters of Jeeyar Education Trust (JET), VT Seva and Prajna cordially invite you, your family and friends to partake in the celebration of Equality on Sunday, December 18th between 3 and 8 PM. The free and open to all event will be held in Ashland High School.
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| Isha: Health And Wellbeing |  |
Don't hand over your health to a doctor. Your health is your business.
-Sadhguru.
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| Justin Sun And Sneha Yerra Win Celestial Minds Chess Title |
by Kavyashree Mallanna
Justin Sun and Sneha Yerra won the Celestial Minds annual Chess event in K-3 and K-12 categories. This is 8th Chess event organized by Kavyashree Mallanna, founder and director of Celestial Minds.
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| Indra Nooyi Apponted To Trump's Strategic And Policy Forum |  |
Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Indra Nooyi has been hand-picked by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to advise him and help him run the country.
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| Savita Vaidhyanathan Selected As Mayor Of Cupertino |
Savita Vaidhyanathan is the Cupertino's first Indian-American mayor and takes over for Barry Chang during a Dec. 8 public hearing.
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| Career Prospects For Undergraduate Majors |  |
by Stephen Friedfeld
Here are the ten majors that received the most “yes” votes from prospective employers.
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| Geeta Saar - Essance (Nector) Of Geeta |
A simple understanding of Geeta focuses on Eternity (Permanence) of Soul, Instantaneous Destructibility (Impermanence) of our Body, Inevitability of Nishkam (Selfless Action) Karma, and Tasteless Joys in Life.
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| Weekend Entertainment |  |
Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Prabasi and Bindaas Masti New Year Eve's Party.
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| For The Mathematically Inclined |
Congratulations to Ramachandran Balakrishna, Kishore Balsara and Avanish Gowrishankar, who were the winners 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
Top Ten Bollywood Songs of the Week 2016 is coming to an end! Let’s see who is topping the charts this week! A new track that is fresh off Bollywood is the unique “Ok Jaanu” title track by the one and only, A.R. Rahman. Finally – something promising for 2017! We can hardly wait for the rest of the soundtrack to release. Another new one this week is the romantic title track from “Kaabil Hoon,” starring Hrithik Roshan. Songs from Befikre and ADHM stay at the top these past two weeks.
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| Cartoon: Currency Exchange |
by Mahendra Shah
Black or White?
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| Laugh A While - Jokes |  |
Holidays and it is time to laugh...
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| Recipes - Christmas Special |
Tried and Tested recipes for Christmas from our readers!
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| Picture Of The Fortnight |  |
A colorful pretty sky.
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| Thought For The Day |
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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