Lokvani wishes all its readers a Happy 4th of July celebrations! Purchase tickets for Nayaki and Movie Star Bharath Mohanlal Shows. [more]

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Aparna Balaji is a well established carnatic vocal artist and comes from a family of illustrious carnatic musicians.During the annual recital of her students in Bedford recently, Lokvani talked to her about her music and her school 'Abhyaas'. [more]

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An information management and e-governance specialist, Satish is a former Editor of The Times of India Group and was the Head, Global Information Systems for the Vitamins Division of Hoffmann-La Roche at its headquarters at Basel, Switzerland. He currently serves as Chairman of e-Health Care Foundation. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Monique Kornfeld, Esq.)
Madhuri was on Karan Johar's season finale of Koffee With Karan. Do you know what Madhuri is up to? What is her next movie? [more]

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Dean Kamen, Reed Hundt, Bob Davis, Dr. Edward Benz spread the message that innovators from all over the world need to collaborate to create a strong and sustainable global ecosystem. [more]

(This article is sponsored by Prashant H. Fadia Foundation)
Sri Lakshmi Temple Architecture
This temple has followed the traditional South Indian architectural style. Learn more about the temple and the shrines within. [more]

June 16, 2007 in Boston will go down as a most memorable night for Hindi music fans. Siraj Khan, an avid OP Nayyar fan guided the audience through the Nayyar lane and singers Sudha Rao, Raghu Saranathan and Salman Dar did a phenomenal job singing Nayyar's great hits. [more]

NEHTI celebrated the festival of Aani Thirumanjanam with Bharatanatyam presentations by Sridevi Thirumalai, Ranjani Saigal, Jeyanthi Ghatraju, Sapna Krishnan and Tejas Putcha and a fabulous Nadaswaram concert by S.Kasim, S.Babu and Senthil Kumar who are Astana vidwans of Thirupathi. [more]

Indian Ink - This showing of Tom Stoppard's 1995 play, by the Small World Big Sky Productions, sponsored by NetSAP, chronicles the life of a poet, Flora Crewe, who finds enlightenment in British India. It is running at the Boston Center for the Arts from June 15 - July 1. [more]

The Rajnikanth fan club welcomed his latest film Sivaji with great fanfare to the Boston area. The Sivaji screening was sold out for three days with theater owners claiming that there was more excitement for this film than any other Hollywood blockbuster! [more]

Here are excerpts from a remarkable report written by MA State Treasurer Timothy Cahill on his visit to India between April 16-May 5, 2007. [more]

A set of luminaries - Senator Hillary Clinton, Jeff Immelt (CEO, GE) & Arun Sarin (CEO, Vodafone) - will be keynote speakers at the IIT 2007 Global Alumni Conference, to be held in San Clara, CA on July 6-8, 2007. Over 4000 attendees are expected to attend the conference that is being organized by PanIIT, Inc. [more]

Telugu Association of North America invites you to the "Destination AP: Capitalizing on a Flat World" conference from July 5-7, 2007 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington DC, featuring former US President, Bill Clinton, Mr. Chandrababu Naidu,Sri Sri Ravi Sankar, Vikram Akula, Janaki Akella, Srini Akkaraju and others. [more]

The RTI Act is being extensively used in India to obtain information from Government offices, and this recent action extends the implementation of the Act to all Indian citizens living in the US as well. [more]

IDRF is organizing the 7th New England Six-a-Side Cricket Tournament to be played in Burlington (MA) and Norwood (MA) starting July 21st. The last day to register is July 9, 2007. [more]

It's easy, quick, and painless! Your 5 minutes could be life saving for Vinay, a 28 year-old physician at BU Medical Center, and many other South Asians suffering from leukemia. [more]

A round up of community activities in New Hampshire. [more]

Mussel curry and delicious vegetarian kababs are amongst the very creative dishes that makes this restaurant adjacent to the Yale Campus in Connecticut very unique. The decor is fabulous! [more]

Telugu Association of North America Conference, PanIIT Conference, New England Cricket Championship, and Meru Camp for the youth should be part of your entertainment this weekend! [more]

The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies states prices have just begun to soften, risky loans are just now hitting reset dates, and lenders are beginning to tighten credit standards. [more]

Congratulations to Janani Baskaran, Amol Mehta, Ranga Raghupati, Amisha Sisodiya and Bharath Venkataraman, who were winners of the last set of puzzles. Here is one puzzle for kids and one for adults. [more]

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After the mega hit numbers of Mujhse Shadi Karogi, Sajid-Wajid is back yet again providing music for a David Dhawan-Salman Khan-Govinda special. [more]

Make way please, Tollywood, we finally have a Telugu film with heart by an independent director, Rajnesh Domalpalli. Created for his MFA thesis at Columbia, Vanaja explores issues of caste, politics, poverty, and sexuality in a sensitive and compassionate manner. [more]

Happy July 4th! Make way for Barbecue. [more]

Take a look at the currency and bullion rates. How is the Indian market performing? We have the answers. [more]

If you did not get any gift for the Father's Day, do not be disappointed! [more]

Arjun Yadav, the 25-year old allrounder, has been asked to join the Indian team which is caught in a flu-related illness crisis. [more]

Summer in full bloom. [more]

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Dalai Lama celebrates his birthday on July 6th. Here are some of his quotes. [more]