Happy Holi! Happy Easter! Happy Passover! As we celebrate many a wonderful spring holidays, we had the unique opportunity to attend a Seder at a Jewish home. Passover is a time when the Jews celebrate the exodus of the slaves from Egypt. The hosts mentioned that this is symbolic. All of us have had moments when we felt the elation of "escaping from Egypt". What was that moment in your life? [more]

(This section is sponsored by Attorney Trupti Patel)

In my conversation with Dr. Raj Sisodia, a founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement, terms like karma, contemplation, purpose, value, trust are liberally sprinkled throughout our interview. But what is interesting is they are associated with the hard-nosed world of business and capitalism. How can these two co-exist? How do you power profit with purpose? To Raj Sisodia, the answer is obvious. [more]

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Swaroop Sampat, star of the famous TV serial Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi and wife of actor Paresh Rawal, has returned to films with New England's Chandu Shah's Gujarati film Saptapadi. Swaroop talked to Lokvani about her work in the field of special education, woman empowerment and what it is to be married to Paresh Rawal. [more]

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Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, who looked fabulous in a pinkish-orange outfit designed by Namrata Joshipura at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Summer-Resort 2013, says her husband Saif Ali Khan likes her in all colors. [more]

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Meru Education Foundation pioneers yet another genre of entertainment in the New England area. With Raaga-Rang, an evening filled with melody and mode, local stars enthralled all with movie songs based on classical raagas. Shekhar Shastri, director of Meru Foundation, conceived this incredible show over a year ago, in consultation with the local musical icon, Tara Bangalore. [more]

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On the day of Maha Sivarathri, dancers from different genre – Bharathanatyam, Odissi, Kathak and other classical & folk styles assembled at Chemlsford Sai Temple to pay their tribute to the God of Dance – Lord Nataraja. New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar held its very first Nrityanjali celebration on March 9, 2013. [more]

Deepti Malhotra Nijhawan is an architect and urban planner by training, but her passion for working with India has led her recently to Boston University (BU) as Director of India Initiatives and before that to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over seven years where she served as Managing Director of the MIT-India Program. [more]

Saturday night transformed the Morse Auditorium at Boston University into English Vinglish. A Cappella at it best. Sa Re Ga Ma Pella, an a cappella showcase originally started by University of Michigan’s Maize Mirchi, asked Boston University’s a cappella group “Suno” to host this year’s event and it showcased musical talent from around the country. [more]

India's most successful non-film artiste and Celebrity Singer Adnan Sami is back in Boston after 7 years. This is the only show in the New England Region and people are coming from CT & NYC. The show is this weekend on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Buy Tickets. [more]

The Leher team presents Shaam-E-Leher: a Ghazal and Geet musical fundraiser for Sankara Eye Foundation on April 20th from 5 PM at Diamond Middle School, Lexington, MA. It will be a night of timeless ghazals and geets- reliving renditions by renowned ghazal artists like Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hasan, Pankaj Udhas, Reshma, Runa Laila, and more. Buy Tickets. [more]

Where should India invest next? The debate around this magnificent question came to a fore at this weekend’s India Conference at Harvard. This year’s theme of “India vs. India—Local Strength or Global Growth?” compels a decision to embrace India’s daunting complexity and seeming incoherence rather than oversimplifying the hackneyed ‘growth story’ [more]

With the chiming of the bells, chanting of the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Linga Abhishekam and dancing to the high energy drum beat, the Sivaratri celebrations at the Sree Vijaya Durga Temple transported devotees to a higher spiritual plan. [more]

The Bilwa patra has great healing powers as a purifying agent. It is this very purity and devotion which were resplendent in abundance during the Maha Sivaratri celebrations at the New England Shirdi Sai Temple located in Chelmsford, MA on March 10th. [more]

Shweta Narayan, environmental justice activist, and coordinator of the Community Environmental Monitoring (CEM) program for The Other Media in Tamil Nadu, India, spoke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 11. [more]

A Geeta Jnana Yajna was organized during Mar. 15-17, 2013 at the Courtyard Marriott in Shelton, CT. This event followed the tradition of Chinmaya Mission to spread the wisdom of Bhagavad Geeta and other Hindu scriptures to anyone interested in learning. [more]

Dwarkamai Sports Team organized their first Chess and Carrom Indoor Tournament at Shri Dwarkamai Vidyapeeth in Billerica, MA on February 16, 2013. The tournament was conducted to raise money for the Perkins School of Blind. [more]

The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) celebrates an unparalleled 200-year legacy of cultural exchange with India with its Sensational India! Festival, April 6 and 7 featuring a vibrant array of dance and music performances, traditional Indian cooking demonstrations, art-making activities and the popular Bollywood Dance Party. [more]

MIT holds its South Asian culture show on April 12, 2013 at the Kresge Auditorium. Come join us for one of MIT's most exciting shows of the year! There will be music, dance, food, and endless amounts of entertainment that will not disappoint. [more]

This year’s Akhand Ramayan Pat at the Sri Lakshmi Temple is scheduled to begin Saturday, April 13 at 11 AM with Srinivasa Abhiseka and Sri Vishnusahasranama. This is the twentieth year of this Parayan at the Temple. [more]

Connect Breathe Meditate Lead - Be part of the upcoming workshop from April 17-21, 2013. [more]

Kavyashree Mallanna and Celestial Minds, New England’s favorite Chess training center, is proud to host USCF rated New England Junior Open Chess Championship on Sunday, April 20, 2013 at Radisson, Nashua, NH. [more]

The latest variety and best prices on Indian Clothing and 1-Gram Gold Jewelry. Check them out for yourselves during the Burlington, MA open house on April 7. You can also find them at the upcoming Gem & Jewelry Show in Marlboro, MA during May 3-5. [more]

TiECON East is the only conference on the east coast that brings together established and startup entrepreneurs in Technology, Life Sciences, Education and Cleantech. The theme of this year’s conference is “Empowering Entrepreneurs”. It will be held at the Cambridge Marriott in Kendall Square on May 2-3, 2013. [more]

Leader Bank is honored to be the recipient of the Special Achievement Award as the “Top Minority Lender” from Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing). Sushil K. Tuli, President and CEO of Leader Bank, accepted the award at a MassHousing ceremony that took place on March 1, 2013. [more]

Foreign Earned Income Exclusion is a great tax saver! It enables certain taxpayers to avoid or reduce paying taxes to the US. Taxpayers who meet the requirements get to exclude, in 2013, as much as $97,600 of wages and other foreign earned income from taxes. Though this sounds incredible, it is true. [more]

College decisions will be out any day now. There was possibly some disappointment, but it’s best instead to focus on the positive – those colleges that admitted you. [more]

Leaving Boston after a blizzard that brought the East Coast to a grinding halt, it was my spring break. The Kolkata winter was still lingering, although one could definitely feel that spring was on its way in. For once I enjoyed the warmth of a shawl while sipping my early morning coffee in the February sun and feasting my eyes on the trees and flowers that dotted the urban landscape. [more]

The sacred and beautiful day of Holi is a day celebrated across India with great joy, gaiety and festivity. There are many meanings and much significance attached to this day. For some, it is the festival of Springtime, the heralding of warm weather and bidding farewell to the winter. It is also seen as a festival of love, the return of fertility. [more]

Catch up, register and purchase tickets for the upcoming events and concerts including Saptapadii, Dance for a Cure, IANH Dawat, LearnQuest Music Festival, Adnan Sami Live in Concert, Din Check - 5 Decades of Bollywood, TN Sheshagopalan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Akshaya Patra Event Featuring Fareed Zakaria, Hassya Kavi Sammelan, Shaam-E-Leher, Leela Samson, Sita Haran, and Boston Sargam Music and Dance Competition. [more]

Congratulations to Kishore Balsara, Aseem Chandawarkar, Suhas Joglekar, Arun Lahori, Saba Lateef and Samir Mehta, who were the winners of the last set of puzzles. Here are two puzzles for one and all! [more]

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A short track - only three songs - but lovely lyrics and original music. [more]

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?" [more]

Sprouts are wonder foods due to its high nutritional value. It ensures blood purification and strengthens the immune system. In Naturopathy,sprouts start at the very top. [more]

Spring Festival in Taskent! [more]

“ A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about. ” - William Feather. [more]

Give HOPE where isn't any! Become an Egg Donor. [more]