AROUND TOWN NEWS
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April 2012 -
A poll on parental perspectives on school quality, supported by the Gates Foundation, was discussed at Emory University, considering school reform, issues of immigrants, and what the ethnic news media can do.
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April 2012 -
Exhibitors at the Ahmadiyya Health Fair represented holistic medicine, fitness training, acupunture, isometric exercise technology, chiropractic, homeopathy, reflexology, reiki, light therapy, dietetics, sleep, massage, and exercise.
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April 2012 -
Asian cuisine in Atlanta is plentiful. Opportunity to experience similarly eclectic Asian music is few and far between. Emory’s annual Asian Music Festival, presented over three days in February 2012, provided such a wonderful gift.
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April 2012 -
Hundreds of families gathered at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Lilburn to celebrate Uttarayan, the first major Hindu festival of the year. Uttarayan, or Makar Sankranti, the kite festival, is explained.
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April 2012 -
Atlantans raised funds for Ekal Vidyalaya schools while listening to Samir Date (Bollywood composer and playback singer) and Dipalee Somaiya (SaReGaMa winner) in their program “Bollywood Milestones 1961 – 2011.”
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April 2012 -
Twenty-three Muslim women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Canada, Morocco, and America attended the Amadiyya Muslim Community's Seerat-un-Nabi to commemorate Prophet Muhammad who conferred rights upon Muslim women.
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April 2012 -
At the Shiv Mandir of Atlanta on February 20th, 2012, the Hindu festival of Maha Shiv Ratri was celebrated and plans for the new mandir described. The celebration is explained.
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April 2012 -
Feb 18th, 2012 was a great day for Telugu music lovers in Metro Atlanta: Amrutha Varshini organized a musical night and Antakshari competition, and 55 participants from 11 teams battled with charades and fun musical quizzes.
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April 2012 -
Brothers Salim and Sulaiman Merchant entered films as scorers of background music and are now noteworthy among the new crop of talented composers. They spoke to Khabar during a visit for a concert at the Fabulous Fox theater.
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March 2012 -
A mixture of Indian-Americans and Americans from Atlanta’s organizations, companies, and government were invited to Consul General Ajit Kumar’s Republic Day Reception, where he spoke of U.S.-India relations and economic issues.
