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Author Don DeLillo once said: "America was and is an immigrant's dream." And this crossed my mind when interviewing journalist, foreign policy analyst and author Fareed Zakaria, an extraordinary Indian immigrant, who has made his American dream come true and inspired us all. He is the son of well-known Indian politician Rafiq Zakaria and journalist Fatima Zakaria. He started his journey as he says in a "salaried middle class family with enormous possibilities and wonderful sense of opportunity." His passion for international affairs led him from India to the United States where he says "people are judged by their talents and not by their origins."
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 Singer Swar Sanjeevani is scheduled to headline this Sunday's charity event for Ekal Vidyalaya — a nonprofit organization dedicated to education and village development in rural India. Seating for Sunday's event, which will be held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, Mass., is free and based on a first come first serve basis. Seating is limited to 500 spectators. |
|  The India Association of New Hampshire is scheduled to hold its annual Spring Festival this Saturday, May 18 at Nashua High School North. The organization’s 11th annual event will feature roughly 150 performers, with acts ranging from dance numbers to short skits. Performances are typically less than ten minutes in length and are carried out by small groups. |
|  A startup aimed at combining gesture-recognition technology with smart devices recently took home the grand prize of $100K during this year’s MIT 100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Founded by a group of MIT engineers, 3dim has patented 3-D gesture-recognition technology to be used in popular devices such as smartphones and tablets. The technology, which is similar to what’s used in Nintendo Wii and other consoles, would enable users to interact with their devices through thin air - without having to touch a screen. |
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Comedy play "Mirchi-Cola" continued its successful stint in the Boston area with a sold-out show at the Keefe Tech Auditorium in Framingham, Mass., on May 12. The play, which was written by New England resident Preetesh Shrivastava, first debuted in Boston last year to rave reviews. Since then, the event has shifted to additional venues, including showings in India.
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|  International women's rights activist and INDIA New England Woman of the Year 2006 Bishnu Maya Pariyar urged graduates of Pine Manor College to set lofty goals and work hard to achieve them during a speech earlier this month at the small liberal arts college in Brookline, Mass. Pariyar, the co-founder of Empower Dalit Women of Nepal, was awarded an honorary degree for her contributions to women's rights, most notably in her home country of Nepal. The South Asian country is still dominated by the caste system — an arrangement that creates a social hierarchy system that negatively impacts millions of lives. |
|  Over 800 audience members packed inside Burlington High School on May 10 for a showing of "Dear Father" starring talented actor Paresh Rawal. Rawal — who's currently in the midst of a nationwide tour — left the sold out Massachusetts audience in a state of awe, according to organizers.
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|  TiE-Boston recently announced the 20 winners of this year's TiE Challenge — a collaboration that gives successful entrepreneurs an opportunity to help young entrepreneurs accelerate their innovative ideas into actual companies. Based in Cambridge, Mass., TiE-Boston is part of the global TiE — The Indus Entrepreneurs — group that is the largest not-for-profit organization promoting entrepreneurship. TiE-Boston runs a number of programs to educate, mentor, network and inspire entrepreneurs in the community.
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|  A cheap and effective vaccine is being heralded by the Indian government as a major victory in the country's ongoing fight against rotavirus — a deadly instigator of severe diarrhea prevalent among infants and young children. In India, the fatal virus accounts for almost 100,000 deaths annually, approximately half of which are children less than a year old. Worldwide, the death total climbs to almost 500,000. |
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5/17/2013  A lecturer at Harvard Law School has moved one step closer to joining America's second-highest court following approval earlier this week from a key Senate committee. On Thursday, the 18-member body of the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan — an Indian native — to the DC Circuit Court. | 5/15/2013
Acacia Communications – a Massachusetts provider of infrastructure equipment and services for the telecommunications industry – recently collected $20 million in funding. The majority of those funds were provided by the Boston-based group Summit Partners – a growth equity firm that invests in rapidly growing companies. | 5/14/2013 A recent keynote address by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has many political analysts speculating whether the Republican could be eyeing a run during the 2016 presidential elections.
| 5/14/2013 A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors to pay a record $500 million in fines for selling adulterated drugs.
| 5/14/2013 During a talk at Boston University's India Symposium earlier in the month, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake said President Obama has labeled India as America's "most important" partner in Asia for the 21st century, according to a report from OneIndia.
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5/14/2013 If Parsis made doughnuts, they'd taste like Bhakra.
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| 5/9/2013 Weddings have become a huge business in the South Asian community, but sometimes it can hurt a bride and groom's bottom line. Vendors start increasing their prices and their competitors will follow suit because if couples are willing to pay the premium, they will keep their prices high. The Shaadi Bazaar team has some tips for brides to save some major bucks and still look gorgeous on your big day.
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The 5K walk/run was put on
by the Indian Association of Rhode Island (IARI), and took place at Roger
Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday, May 4, 2013. All
proceeds will benefit IARI's "Feed the Hungry" initiative.
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| 5/1/2013 In Parsi Cuisine you will find a unique blend of spices that makes the food very appetizing, nutritious and wholesome. Adapting to the local produce available in Boston area, Parsi Cuisine takes on a special flavor of this New England area. Here is my favorite recipe for “Dhansak, Brown Rice and Kachumbar” – a complete meal. Parsi Dhansak uses the proteins in lentils and combines these with vegetables to make a very satisfying comfort food.
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