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Ramayana exhibition at New York Museum

NEW YORK: Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) of New York has announced holding "Scenes from the Ramayana" exhibition from March 31 to September 27.

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Durga Puja at Bharat Sevashram Shangha

CHICAGO: Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS), a no profit socio-religious organization in Aurora, a Chicago suburb, has slated a grand celebration of Basanti Durga Puja (Chaitra ...

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Rajan Zed named on Foundation for Inter-religious Diplomacy

NEW YORK: Religious statesman Rajan Zed has been nominated as Senior Fellow of "Foundation for Inter-religious Diplomacy", who will also act as Religious Advisor on Hindu issues to the Foundation....

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Holi fun & frolic at Fremont Hindu Temple

FREMONT: More than 1500 people across the Bay area celebrated the festival of fun and frolic, covering themselves from head-to-toe in bright colors in celebration of Holi at Fremont Hindu Temple....

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Fun-filled Festival of Colors at Sunnyvale Temple

SUNNYVALE: Thousands of Indians braved the gloomy weather forecast of rain to celebrate Holi at the Sunnyvale Temple, California on Saturday, February 27. The weather co-operated with the revelers, staying clear and slightly cool. ...

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300 at Silicon Valley Engineers' Week Banquet

SAN JOSE: On February 18, at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) and sponsors presented the 2010 Silicon Valley Engineers Week Banquet....

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CAIR applauds Karan Johar for portrayal of Muslims

LOS ANGELES, CA: The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) have sent a letter to Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents ...

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Indian CG impressed with visit to New Mexico

NEW MEXICO: On February 24 and 25, Mrs. Susmita Gongulee Thomas, who is the Consul General of India, San Francisco office, visited the state of New Mexico. The Consul for Community Affairs, Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha accompanied her on the trip....

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OhloneCollege gets grant for deaf studies lab

FREMONT: A $200,000 grant from the East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) to Ohlone College will furnish and equip a newer, more fully developed Deaf Studies/American Sign Language (ASL) Computer Laboratory at Ohlone College....

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Freedom of speech is worth defending, even when rude

Eleven students heckled the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren at different intervals at a University of California, Irvine (UCI) event on February 8 and set off a debate on what constitutes free speech and when it should be protected....

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