AROUND TOWN NEWS
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September 2011 -
At the Hindu Temple of Atlanta’s volunteer appreciation day dinner on August 14, the temple also donated to Clayton County Police Officers Fund to aid families of officers killed in the line of duty, and awarded four scholarships to deserving students.
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September 2011 -
Rising sixth graders to rising seniors, students from all backgrounds and with no prior knowledge of Hindi required, came from as far away as New Jersey and North Carolina for a 10-day immersion Hindi program, presented by Balvihar Hindi School of Atlanta, using a federal grant.
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September 2011 -
India American Cultural Association (IACA) celebrated its 15th annual Festival of India and the 40th anniversary of IACA at the Gwinnett Center on Sunday, August 7, 2011. Past presidents and community members were honored amidst performances, booths, and gala mela atmosphere.
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September 2011 -
To facilitate quick communication and collaboration among organizations, a Facebook network group, Georgia Indian Associations Network (GIAN), has been formed for the officers of the organizations. There is no hierarchy—every organization is equal and can interact with others effortlessly.
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September 2011 -
Three outstanding women, Marilyn Johnson of IBM, Kanchana Raman of Avion Systems, and Jennifer Bonnett, of Startup Chicks and Nexpense, spoke at TiE Atlanta’s “Women at The Top – A Panel of Women Entrepreneurs” on August 10, 2011.
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September 2011 -
With the hall walls decorated, ceiling full of colorful flags, and two village huts built, Brahmin Samaj of Georgia invited people who had their entire family in USA and had not performed Yagnopavit Sanskar on their son, to have Sanskar without difficulties of organizing an event and with camaraderie among others.
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September 2011 -
Professor Subramanian Swamy (a visiting professor at Harvard University and President of Janta Party in India), spoke on corruption at a luncheon hosted by the India Awareness Foundation on Saturday, August 6, 2011.
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September 2011 -
The North American Telugu Association (NATA) organized its first multispecialty health fair, as well as a golf outing benefiting eye health camps in villages of Andhra Pradesh, and a fundraiser for a museum in Chennai for Telugu singer and composer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao.
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August 2011 -
The Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta (TAMA) celebrations included the literary multitasking feat of ashtavadhanam, seminars, a political forum, visits by Dr. Purandeswari, GOI minister, and Balakrishna, popular Telugu cine hero (both children of NTR—Nandamuri Taraka RamaRao), fundraising for a cancer hospital/research institute in Hyderabad, and more!
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August 2011 -
Five years after its debut in 2006, Arpan: an Offering, by Savitha Viswanathan’s Nritya Sankalpa Dance Academy, presented a program including a dance about emotions conceptualized, choreographed, and performed entirely by senior students, and a dance drama by Sheejith Krishna, a dancer from Kalakshetra, accompanied by two California artists.
