The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working with India’s Jaipur Foot Organization to fit its patients with prosthetic limbs more efficiently. 

The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld a superior court’s decision that a mother must pay her ex-fiancé $3.5 million in damages for allegedly falsely accusing him of sexually abusing their daughter. But the girl’s mother says she still believes her former lover is the guilty one.

Prithvi Kumar’s social life has come a long way since he first moved from India to New Hampshire in the 1970s for work. Seeking out other Indian immigrants on his arrival, Kumar found he had few doors to knock on.

An Indian American man who is suing several U.S. Secret Service agents and Boston police officers for alleged violations of his civil rights during the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston recently said he remains optimistic about his case, despite losing at least two key battles in court last month.

A Nashua man intends to admit in court that he set fire to the house of his former boss, hotel manager Navin Patel. His admission will be in exchange for a plea bargain with the state.

His Highness Aga Khan the IV — whose father, Prince Aly Khan, was Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Nations and a Pakistani independence leader — received an honorary law degree from Harvard University at the university’s commencement ceremony on June 5.

Buddha may have been opposed to caste and class divisions, but he was not a feminist.

That was what the attendees of the Wednesday discussion group in Cambridge learned on June 25 from a retired Indian history professor, who is currently doing research at Harvard.

At law firms in the United States, the billing rate for basic legal services like document review starts around $200 an hour and can appreciate significantly if the firm handling the work is located in a big city like New York or Washington, D.C. 

Restaurant features off-beat interior, Asian-French fusion menu

Walking into the French-and Asian-inspired Banq Restaurant in Boston is like entering a wooden cave.

Owners of several local South Asian restaurants say business is getting hit hard by the rising costs of fuel and food — so much that at least one 20-year restaurateur says he advises entrepreneurs to stay out of the food-service industry.

Bostonian hipsters would love to get a hold of Vijay Daryanani’s rolodex — or at least get into some of his parties. The spiky-haired 32-year-old once hosted Jamie Foxx at a bash in VENU, a trendy Hub night club, and Red Sox and Celtic players (think Coco Crisp and Laurence Maroney) have popped in on his events.

Indian photographer Dayanita Singh was recently awarded the prestigious Robert Gardner Fellowship in Photography by Harvard University’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology.

Memories from a long journey through Nepal to the birthplace of the Buddha are behind a local author's new collection of stories about religious experiences from around the world.

A crowd of more than 850 erupted in jubilation when Malayalee singer Usha Uthup opened AsiaNetUSA's concert in Arlington on May 30.

Two students from Boston returned to their native Bangladesh this summer to bring together young people from different social and educational backgrounds.

The Massachusetts Chapter of the Indian American Forum for Political Education recently placed five high school and college students in political internships in the offices of elected officials throughout Massachusetts.

Hindi classes have become more popular at the Shishu Bharati school of Indian languages, school officials say.

In Nashua, New Hampshire, four extra Hindi teachers were added this year, and the number of children who are studying India's national language is increasing "quite a lot," according to the vice principal for the language curriculum at the school Seema Sundara.

At least nine Indian Americans from Sharon traveled to Jordan in June as part of a cultural exchange trip.

The trip was organized by Interfaith Action, a Sharon, Mass.-based group committed to pluralism and diversity, that also sent Christians, Wiccans and members of other religions to the Middle Eastern country.

Tabu recently backed out of a music video at the last minute and had the producers in a pickle as they had no alternative at their disposal. The music video “Main Nahin Jaana” made for Music Today had the lead as a small town girl who aspires to be a star but ends up becoming an escort girl and committing suicide.

“Jaganmohini,” a remake of a yester-year hit Vittalacharya film, has the same sheen and magic. In fact, it has even more awe-striking graphics, scenes and beauties this time around. It is a double delight for “Jaganmohini” aficionados (minus Jayamalini), and a revelation to the younger generation who did not watch the original version or know about it.