New England will soon witness the wondrous colors of the fall and with it comes some community happenings that will appeal to all of you. Check out our local calendar. Lokvani also introduces a new column on Astrology. Read and see what is in store for you.... [more]

(This article is sponsored by Attorney Trupti Patel)
"I think some aspects of the old ways, the old system must be broken. For whatever reason the system was established, hundreds of years ago... But it should be open to everyone, open regardless of gender and caste. And new people mean new energy!" - Neelima Shukla Bhatt, Visitng Assistant Professor at Wellesley College. [more]

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"Never has there been a time when ahimsa (non-violence) was needed more than it is today," says Dr. Fitz, who is the Director of the Peace and Human Rights Committee at Eastern Connecticut State University. She spoke to Lokvani about the origin of the concept of "Ahimsa", its development over time and its relevance in the modern context. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
What are Aish and Sush upto these days? What is the deal with remaking old movies? Read Bollywood Baatein for the latest. [more]

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Over a thousand music aficionados gathered at the beautiful Sanders Theater at Harvard University to listen to the hindustani vocal legend Pandit Jasraj. The maestro delighted the audience by singing for nearly four hours. [more]

On September 13, "The Man With The Midas Touch" Pramod Haque shared his views of investment trends and advice on creating winners with a full house of TiE Boston members. [more]

World Music presents India's Anoushka Shankar on Sunday, October 22, 7:30 pm at The Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. [more]

IDCA invites you to The Fourth International Conference on India Development, which is scheduled for Oct. 14-15, 2006. [more]

Offices of the Multicultural Affairs and Student Life at RISD and Raagmaala cordially invite you to a Santoor (Hammered Dulcimer) concert "Masters of Indian Classical Music" featuring Nandkishor Muley (santoor) and Aditya Kayanpur (Tabla). [more]

When Gauri Banerjee, President of Saheli, the Women's support group asked her friend Harvey Leonard of WCVB Boston and Bostonchannel.com to predict the weather on October 1st for the Saheli walk for Domestic violence, he asked her to go right ahead with the event. [more]

Harvard St. resident Namarata Bhasin commented, "Ten to 15 people are dying each month in Bhopal, yet Dow Chemical continues to avoid responsibility. These poisons did not come from nowhere, we cannot let them continue to get away with murder." [more]

MITHAS, the premier non-profit cultural organization that has been bringing South Asian performing arts to the Greater Boston area, presented S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and S.P. Shailaja along with a huge orchestra of 12 performers to the light music lovers in the Greater Boston area on the 10th of September 2006 at the Natick High School. [more]

Some glimpses from the South Asian Intercollegiate Cruise where students from MIT, Harvard, Wellesley, BC, NU, Tufts, RPI gathered to have a good time while raising funds for a good cause. [more]

The Next Generation Leadership program is breaking new ground by mentoring and immersing young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields and interests in the skills and the practice of bridging the gap between scholarship and policy. Each fellow will receive a fellowship award, as well as travel and research-related expenses. [more]

Participants must pen a 500-word short story using this year's three new words: cousin, river, and turmeric. [more]

Over the summer, Soudamini Gadgil presented her solo dance debut (Arangetram) in Bharatanatyam - South Indian classical dance at Littleton High School in Littleton, MA. [more]

Over 500 people dressed in colorful traditional South Asian dresses representing many parts of the world came to witness the historic event, the inauguration of a four month long exhibition, " See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion" accompanied by films, poetry, music and lectures, at the Rubin Museum of Art in the heart of New York City on Saturday, September 16, 2006. [more]

When the President asked me what I wanted to be, I admitted that I had no idea yet. He then explained to me that by now I should know exactly what I wanted to be and show an interest in whatever subject that I liked. He then related an anecdote where he said that when he was seven years old, his teacher had explained to him how birds fly. That was when he decided that he wanted to become a pilot or study aeronautical engineering or space. At the age of 74, he realized his dream when he flew the fighter jet at G-force! [more]

Congratulations to Sandeep Bansal, Janani Baskaran, Sitaram Chandawarkar, Shivam Gandhi, Dattatraya Joshi, Abhishek Narendra, Sarthak Pani, Dimple Rana, Muneeba Syed and Bharath Venkatraman, 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)
Melody king Kumar Shanu tries his hand at film production. He also wears the composer's hat. [more]

In the epilogue to this book is a poem penned on Pedatha where cooking is defined as not merely a technique but an intuition, a flavor, a whiff. That is what makes this book so special. [more]

Recipes from "Cooking at home with Pedatha" by Jigyasa Giri & Pratibha Jain. [more]

Introducing AkashVani - Our new Astrology Column! [more]

A state legislator is awakened in the middle of the night by his wife, who whispers, "I think there's a thief in the house."
"Not in the House, my dear," her husband says. "Perhaps in the Senate, but not in the House. [more]

Rahul Dravid, Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh all offered support to Virender Sehwag as India Blue raced to 210 for 4 in the 32nd over, before the showers began and the final of the Challenger series was eventually abandoned. [more]

Can you guess this building ? [more]

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"Trust is the first step to love." - Munshi Premchand. [more]