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Other Events of interest :
 Sunday, June
28th, 2009 – 6th Annual Asian Festival
12 Noon to 6:00 PM at Italian-American Cultural Center - 28 Mulberry Street,
Worcester, MA
Sponsored By - Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts & India
Society of Worcester
FREE ADMISSION
ISW is a proud co-sponsor of the event and will also be participating in the
cultural program and ethnic food (Indian) exhibition. If you would like to
participate in the cultural program or volunteer for ISW please send an
email to
bhavnasrivastava@hotmail.com or
tushar_dlg@hotmail.com. We will look forward to seeing you at the event.
FOOD AND TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM
Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos, Korea, Japan, Philippines & India
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Saturday, July
11, 2009 - Health Seminar: Managing Diabetes & Heart Disease: Heart
Healthy Eating
10:30 AM – 12:00 Noon at 128
Wheeler Road, Burlington MA 01803
The Desai Family Foundation (DFF) is
pleased to announce a complimentary interactive seminar to help raise
awareness about diabetes and heart disease, and educate the community on
disease prevention and heart healthy eating.
More>>
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Past Events of Interest
 Nevan’s
Fund to stage community walk on May 31, 2009
In Millis, the Clyde Brown
School community was recently stunned to learn a three-year-old preschooler
named Nevan Mahesh was diagnosed with stage four cancer.
A group of fellow parents and Nevan’s teachers, determined to do all they
can to help Nevan and his family, have organized a “Walk for Nevan’s Fund”
to raise money for his treatment at Children’s Hospital in Boston and the
family’s expenses.
More>>
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 Massachusetts
small business winner gets to shake hands with President Obama
Lumus Construction chief Sumul Shah has won the Massachusetts Small Business
Person of the Year award (More
at Boston Herald.com) - then gets to visit and shake hands with
President Obama.
More>>
 Peabody Essex
Museum - Sensational India! - Weekend
Festival - Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and April 5 - 10 am–5 pm
Celebrate PEM's unparalleled 200-year legacy of
cultural exchange with India at the annual Sensational
India!festival.
AAROH-USA and Alankar Events/Decorators present - Yaadon Ki Baraat -
Saturday April 18th 5 pm
AAROH-USA and Alankar
Events/Decorators present a Fund raiser concert for Ekal Vidyalaya - An evening packed with Live Bollywood songs -
at Keefe Tech Auditorium 750 Winter Street, Framingham.
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Saptaswar presents - RD Burman Nite -
Yeh Shaam Mastaani - March 21st, 09
Presented by a group of
very talented musicians, Saptaswar will be performing at the
India
Center on March 21st, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.
Part of a series of Theme Nites and plan to provide musical entertainment to
serious music-lovers, the first such presentation is “Yeh Shaam Mastani” –
RD Burman Nite.
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GarbaFest Paanch - National
Garba/Raas competition - February 21st, 2009 - at John Hancock
Hall, Boston
Boston University India Club [BUIC]
will host GarbaFest Paanch, Boston's premier
Garba/Raas competition, on Saturday, February 21st, 2009 at the John Hancock
Hall in Boston, MA. Teams
from all over the country will be
competing, and exhibition acts include BU's best Indian dance groups.
Visit
www.garbafest.com for more
information
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A Candlelight Vigil - December 4th, 6pm
Remembering Friends, Family and
all those lost and hurt in the Terrorist Attacks in
Mumbai, India November 26-29, 2008
The Asian
American Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts invites
Americans of all faiths to join in a Candlelight Vigil on December 4, 6 PM
at
City Hall Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts
AND
at
City Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
455 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608
Click
here to read more
Contact Information
Telephone:
508-842-9795 Answering Machine
Mail Address
PO Box 945, Worcester, MA
01613
India Center Address
152 Main
Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
President
Mrs Ragini Seth
Secretary
Mr. Ashish Cowlagi
Webmaster
Mr. Hemant Shah (webmaster@iswonline.org) |
w Thursday
June 25th, 2009 - ISW
2009 Seminar Series held a successful seminar on “Career Opportunities in IT
and IT/Healthcare” at India Center. The first in a
series of career and professional seminars held as part of
ISW’s 2009 Seminar Series had a strong turnout from the Greater
Worcester area. More>>
w Sunday
June 7th - IYG held its annual elections for executive committee and
its advisor for the next year (2009-10). Click
here to see the results
w Sunday May 17th
- Children in Cultural
School
 successfully
completed another year! The 2008-09 cultural school year ended on May 17th,
2009. Click here to
see the pictures of classes and students receiving graduation certificates -
thanks to Jiten Seth for taking such wonderful pictures.
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Saturday April 11th - ISW's Indian Youth Group
presented
 a
marvelous annual Showcase India at Westborough High School. Stay tuned
for more news on this as well as the pictures that tell the story. Click
here to see early
pictures
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Sunday April 5th - ISW Cultural School went on a day field trip to
Peabody Essex Museum. Read about it in this article by a Cultural School
Student - Nista Krishnan - 10.
More>>
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Saturday April 4th - ISW celebrated Ram Navami
on Saturday April 4th with
Puja, Sunderkhand Path, and
Aarti. Scores of ISW members participated in the celebration and the
prasad that followed Aarti. More>>
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Saturday April 4th -
Spring is Here - Jhoom
Masti Mein - ISW also celebrated Spring Garba on Saturday
April 4th with live music from Jhankaar. It was a beautiful,
colorful and musical night at the India Center. Everybody danced to the live
music played by our Musicians Mr.Vithal bhai, Radhi Navani and our volunteer
singer Abhijeet Nikte. More>>
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ISW’s newsletter re-launched as eSandesh magazine
- ISW is reviving old Sandesh newsletter in electronic form – eSandesh. The
newsletter, to be published twice a month and emailed to those who have
currently signed up for the email newsletter, will have several new
sections. More>>
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The new Executive Committee has updated the
events calendar for 2009. Check
it out - Click here
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India Society of Worcester in concert with Asian American Commission of
Massachusetts on 4th December organized a
Candlelight vigil for
Mumbai Victims at the Worcester City
Hall concurrently with the vigils at Boston City Hall Plaza and
at the State House in Providence RI.
To read more about the events as well as access media coverage links and
links for pictures of the events click
here.
To view past activities
in 2008, click here
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