Bollywood Rockstar Neha Kakkar to rock Boston on Friday, says she will make sure attendees have the best time

WESTBOROUGH, MA— Bollywood Rockstar Neha Kakkar said on Thursday that she will make sure all the attendees of Sonu Nigam-Neha Kakkar concert on Friday have the best time. She plans to sing her favorite and popular songs. Bollywood superstar Mr. Nigam and Ms. Kakkar arrived in Boston Thursday evening for

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Superstar Sonu Nigam talks about his music and how he prepares for his shows as he gets ready for his Friday Concert

WESTBOROUGH, MA—As Bollywood superstar Sonu Nigam arrived in Boston Thursday evening for his much-awaited concert with Neha Kakkar on Friday, April 12, at DCU Center in Worcester, MA, he briefly chatters on Chai With Manju. “I am looking forward to tomorrow,” said Mr. Nigam, the household name of Bollywood music

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Renowned Nephrologist and Entrepreneur Dr. Brian Pereira on Habits for Success, Role of Mentors and His Medical Career on Chai With Manju

BOSTON—He has done everything any individual would like to do in a lifetime—well, almost everything. He is a renowned nephrologist and a veteran biopharmaceutical and healthcare leader with hands-on experience in financing and growing companies. Last year, the company he has headed as CEO was acquired by Otsuka Pharmaceutical for

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Blockbuster Bahubali Producer Shobhu Yarlagadda on Lessons Learnt From Failures on Chai with Manju

CAMBRIDGE, MA— Shobhu Yarlagadda, the man who is truly the Bahubali of the Indian cinema industry whose Bahubali I & II together grossed Rs 2,460 crores ($371 million)—highest ever by an Indian film, had failed twice before he launched his television and film production house. “Failures were stepping stones,” Mr.

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From High School in Gujarati Medium to Harvard Speaker: Film Producer and Distributor Jayantilal Gada on Chai With Manju

CAMBRIDGE, MA—With only high school education in Gujarati medium, he began his career by opening a small video library in his father’s tiny grocery store in Kurla neighborhood of Mumbai. Today, Jayantilal Gada is one of the Bollywood’s renowned film producers and distributors. He co-produced Bollywood blockbuster Kahani with Vidya

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Bollywood Actress Tanushree, Who Helped Launch India’s MeToo Movement, Talks About Her Life on Chai With Manju

CAMBRIDGE, MA– Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta, the harbinger of the #MeToo movement in the Indian entertainment industry, believes in destiny and says she is here to play a role in the society. She was recently invited to speak at Harvard University’s student-organized India Conference, and sat down with Chai With

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AIF CEO Nishant Pandey, Venkat Srinivasan and Raj Sharma Talk About How AIF is Impacting Lives in India on Chai with Manju

BOSTON–Founded in 2001 at the initiative of President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, AIF has impacted the lives of 4.6 million of India’s poor. With main offices in New York and California, 12 chapters across the U.S., and its Indian operations

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Harvard University Physics Head and Dirac Medal Recipient Subir Sachdev on Chai with Manju

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Quantum entanglement and particle wavefunction may sound too complicated for most people, but for Subir Sachdev, the Herchel Smith Professor of Physics and Chair of the Department of Physics at Harvard University, it is a fascinating subject. His research describes the connection between physical properties of modern quantum materials

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Nilanjana Bhowmik, Head of Boston’s Latest Woman-Led VC Firm and the Second Largest TiE Chapter in the World on Chai With Manju

BOSTON—By her own admission, she says she belongs to India’s “brain drain” generation. She was born in India and came to the United States in 1991. Today, Nilanjana Bhowmik heads Boston’s latest woman-lend venture capital firm: Converge. She was elected president of TiE Boston this year, and became the first

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On Chai With Manju, World Hindu Congress Chair and MIT Professor S.P. Kothari Talks About Upcoming Hindu Congress in Chicago That Will Headline Dalai Lama and 2,000 Delegates

CAMBRIDGE, MA—When S.P. Kothari, the Gordon Y. Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, was asked to helped lead organize the giant World Hindu Congress 2018 in Chicago this year, he took the opportunity. “I think there is tremendous latent force there, and

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