SOUTHBOROUGH, MA—She is known as nightingale of South India, and has performed all over the world. Although soft-spoken during face-to-face conversations, Bombay Jayashri’s melodic voice pierces through heart when she sings. Ms. Jayashri, the award-winning vocalist, composer and teacher of Indian classical music was born to a family of five

WALTHAM, MA—As Akshaya Patra USA gets ready to host its annual fundraising Boston gala, its multi-faceted social entrepreneur visited Boston from California last month and talked about giving back and her own journey on Chai With Manju. Ms. Tilak, who traveled throughout India with her mother as a child, worked

BOSTON—We all wonder about our destiny, how is it created and can we change it? Brahma Kumari Sister Shivani, an electronics engineer-turned Raja Yoga meditation teacher, says that one cannot escape one’s past karma, but it can be changed by present karma. In an exclusive video interview in Chai with

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Sanjeev Kapoor is one of the most recognized faces on Indian television and definitely the most famous chef of Indian cuisine around the world. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited United Arab Emirates, Kappor was invited by the UAE government to cook for the Prime Minister. In an

ANDOVER, MA—Endowed with a spiritual bent since childhood, Dr. Shashikala Dwarkanath, MD, the 2017 Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award, says spirituality is not just a feel good philosophy. It is simple, and so is the message of oneness of Vedanta. “It makes a Hindu a better Hindu, a Christian a

BOSTON—He has brought India’s top artists like A.R. Rahman and Shankar Mahadevan to Berklee college of Music. He is co-founder of Berklee India Exchange, which fosters collaboration between India and Berklee College, provides opportunities for Berklee musicians to create and perform original Indian music, and supports music education in India

WALTHAM, MA—Conscious Capitalism, which was co-founded by best-selling author and Babson College Professor Raj Sisodia, is fast becoming a global movement. In an exclusive video interview with Dr. Manju Sheth on Chai With Manju celebrity series, Sisodia talks about how his Indian heritage of spiritualism and hotbed of American capitalism

BOSTON– Having first learned tabla playing in Patna at an early age and later being in the tutelage of Pandit Kishan Maharaj from Benares, Sandeep Das has now left a mark on the Indian classical music scene, and more importantly in the area of collaboration between Indian and Western music

WELLESLEY, MA—Babson College President Kerry Healey is a well-known figures in Massachusetts. She served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth from 2003 to 2007 with Gov.  Mitt Romney. A graduate of Harvard University, Healey held several positions in the Republican Party. After retiring from politics, Healey joined the Babson

BOSTON—For a small-town boy who grew up in Kota in Rajastahan, who didn’t know what he wanted to do in his life, building a company from scratch and then selling it for $900 million is not an ordinary feat. Greatly influenced by his parents in early childhood, Mukesh Chatter learned