May is a month of feverish activity - Spring days, exams, events and plenty of controversy. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Trupti Patel)
"Contributions from New England helped establish 270 schools in tribal areas which are educating 10,000 children and transforming nearly 1,000 villages through sustainable development initiatives," says Ram Nehra who is coordinator of the New England chapter of Ekal Vidyalaya. He spoke to Lokvani about the unique opportunity to educate the underpriviledged children in India. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Dakshin)
"Sikshana is unique since we try to add value to the already existing public school education in India by making the school, its headmaster, the children and local community accountable for the quality of education" - E.S Ramamurthy, Founder of Sikshana. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Aishwarya Rai's performance in his Mistress of Spices is one of her finest. Based on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's book of the same name, The Mistress of Spices revolves around the romantic and personal conflicts. [more]

Gas cluster ion beam smoothing appears to be a viable process for improving the surface quality of electronic grade SiC to a surface roughness of Ra as low as 3.8 A while removing the polishing scratches. [more]

The Indian Youth Group of India Society of Worcester recently celebrated Showcase India with colorful dances and music. [more]

Using a unique story telling technique Shekhar Sen, combined his classical music training and histrionic skills to bring to life one of the greatest poets and spiritual leaders of all times, Sant Kabeer. [more]

It's easy, quick, and painless! Your 5 minutes could be life saving for this young man and many other South Asians suffering from leukemia. Visit the SAMAR booth at the IMANE Charity Gala on Sunday May 14th at the Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA between 12:00 noon and 3:00 pm. Learn more about Lukemia. [more]

The O.S. Thiagarajan concert organized recently by MITHAS was mesmerizing, leaving the audience wanting more. [more]

Dr. Ryan addressed special issues associated with being an entrepreneur; particularly a woman entrepreneur, in the biotech area and in Massachusetts. [more]

World Music presents Zakir Hussain's Masters of Indian Percussion on Thursday, May 18, 7:30 pm at the Berklee Performance Center, Boston. Special guests include Ustad Sultan Khan, Niladri Kumar, Fazal Qureshi, Taufiq Qureshi, Bhavani Shankar, Khete Khan and Manipuri Jagoi Marup. [more]

Blackstone River Theatre and Raagmaala cordially invite you to an unprecedented Musical event 'Three Generations' of violinists featuring Dr. Mrs. N. Rajam, Daughter Dr. Mrs. Sangeeta Shankar and granddaughters Nandini and Ragini Shankar with master Tabla player Vinayak Netke at the Blackstone River Theatre in Cumberland, RI on May 19, 2006 at 8 pm. [more]

Year 2006 marks the tenth anniversary of the annually held Hindu Heritage Day. Organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, this inclusive event that brings together over 29 Boston area organizations that share our common Hindu heritage will be held at Marlboro Middle School on Saturday, May 13, 2006. [more]

From Bahai to Buddhism, African American Muslim to Turkish Muslim, from Christianity to Scientology, Hinduism and Jewish religion, it was a cornucopia of faith and belief and a forming of a world wide community at the Faith Quilts Project in Boston recently. [more]

Staged readings with "Partition," a fantasy by Ira Hauptman about self-educated math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan and his compelling relationship with Cambridge University professor G.H. Hardy, who brought Ramanujan out of obscurity in India to England will be held on May 15-16 in Cambridge, MA. [more]

Interested in obtaining part of the $2 billion the U.S. government is making available to small businesses this year? The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference from May 15-18 in Louisville, KY may be the answer. [more]

The Hindu temple provides a valuable sacred and social bridge for Hindus living in America. It is an invaluable Indo-American public space where Hindu believers within India, can come together in tolerance to worship, to talk, to socialize and to cement community bonds. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Praful Thakkar)
"Aaj kare so kal kar, kal kare so parso. Itni jaldi kya hai, jab jina hai barso". (Let me take care of this tomorrow or day after. After all, there is still some more time...)The truth is - House Market will never be better than what it is TODAY! Another truth: No one can say, with certainty, that house prices will be up or down in next few years. So take a leap and go for it! [more]

Congratulations to S. Balabhadrapatruni, S. Bansal, S. Chandawarkar, S. Choudhury, N. Deboo, P. Deshpande, M. Domadia, D. Joshi, P.Manjunath, T. Manjunath, N. Minocha, K. Muralidharan, M. Muralidharan, P. Nalamati, S. Pani, B. Parekh, H. Pillai, S. Rao, V. Shah, V. Sivaswami, G. Sudhir, S. Tenneh, B. Venkatraman and N. Yerneni, who were winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one puzzle for kids and one for adults. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Sounds Of India)
It seems Bollywood cannot get enough of Himesh Reshammiya these days. Even the great Subhash Ghai has used his talents for his upcoming suspense thriller and Reshammiya has delivered a fine score. [more]

Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos is an enjoyable, yet simple, novel about the struggles of an illegal immigrant family in a post 9/11 environment. [more]

We asked a few moms to share their secret recipes! [more]

No wonder English is so hard to learn. [more]

India has announced proposals to play two triangular series, one in Sri Lanka and one in North America. [more]

The Boston skyline on a spring day! [more]

Remember, remember always, that all of us... are descended from immigrants and revolutionists - Franklin D. Roosevelt. [more]

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