Ambassador Rao talks about growing up, her greatest challenges, ‘grace’ under pressure

Dreams are the seedlings of reality, a wise man once said — and it was a true honor to meet Nirupama Rao, a woman of substance who at the age of 12 dreamt of being a diplomat. With sheer hard work and perseverance, she made her dream come true. She

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Dr. Sanjiv Chopra to speak on ‘Success Unprecedented: Unleash the Power of the Mind to Realize Your Full Potential’ at Health Expo: Health Tip of the Week

Dr. Sanjiv Chopra, an author and professor of medicine and faculty dean for continuing medical education at Harvard Medical School, will speak on “Success Unprecedented: Unleash the Power of the Mind to Realize Your Full Potential” during the upcoming Indian and South Asian Health Expo on April 27 at the

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Dr. Onaly Kapasi to speak about ‘Osteporosis: the Silent Disease’ at Health Expo; Health Tip of the Week

Dr. Onaly A. Kapasi, an orthopedic surgeon practicing in Boston since 1980, will speak on “Osteoporosis: the Silent Disease” during the upcoming Indian and South Asian Health Expo on April 27 at the the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass. “I have selected the topic as it is most cogent relative

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Gupta to Speak at Health Expo on Yoga Chikitsa for common conditions; Health Tips of the Week

Jay Gupta, RPh, MScIM, MTM, co-founder of the nonprofit organization YogaCaps Inc., will speak on “Yoga Chikitsa for Common Conditions” during the upcoming Indian and South Asian Health Expo on April 27 at the Marriott Hotel in Newton, Mass. Gupta will overview a number of chronic physical and mental health

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Dr. Salil Midha to speak at Health Expo on ‘Heart Disease: Prevention and Management: An Indian Perspective’; Health Tip of the Week

Asian Indians are considered to have one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world, despite their healthy and often vegetarian diet, and sadly the incidence is rising among younger people. Keeping that in mind, Indian Medical Association of New England is presenting well-known cardiologist Dr. Salil Midha,

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Chai with Manju speaks with Amjad Ali Khan

“Music gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything,” said the Greek philosopher Plato thousands of years ago, and like most beautiful things his explanation of music will remain true forever. We are a very lucky because we live in a

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Chai with Manju chats with Jaishree Deshpande

Jaishree Deshpande is a co-founder of the Deshpande Foundation. She is also the treasurer of Sparta Group. She serves as a trustee for the Museum of Science and is involved with HESTIA Fund — a fund established to support quality after school programming for low-income children. She worked for the

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Chai with Manju chats with Desh Deshpande

Albert Einstein once said “Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.” In this edition of Chai with Manju we were very fortunate to interview such an extraordinary couple of true value. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande and his wife Jaishree started their life with little but

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Elizabeth Warren Opens Up to INDIA New England

Elizabeth Warren is the Democratic nominee in the 2012 U.S. Senate Election in Massachusetts. She has strong ties to India as her daughter Amelia Warren Tyagi is married to Indian native Sushil Tyagi, a movie producer who has worked on films such as “Samsara,” a documentary by director Ron Fricke

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Senator Brown speaks to INDIA New England about India, immigration, re-election

Scott Brown is a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. A Republican in a traditionally Democratic state, Brown did what many thought was impossible when he won the Senate seat to fill the void left by political mainstay Ted Kennedy in 2010. He is the first Republican Senator from Massachusetts in almost

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