Events 
Kathakali
April 15
Natyanjali
April 16
Mohiniattam Workshop
April 16-17
Balancing Life thru Vedanta
April 17-21
Ugadi
April 23
Lalgudi Violin Duo
April 23
Ina Mina Dika
April 23
Kanekari
May 1
Sada-E-Ghazal -
Ghulam Ali and Talat Aziz
May 6
Holi Hungama
May 7
India Sports Day
May 7
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
May 7
Humor
Looking at the market for house cleaning, Melvin Durai sees a huge potential.
When the dust clears,
'Cleaning Up' acquires a whole new meaning, as does 'hitting paydirt'.
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Happy Ugadi, Puduvarsham, Vishu, Baisakhi...
April is New Year month for many parts of India. The harvest is brought in, and everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Each part of India has its own name for the new year's day.
Arunima Menon recounts her Kerala experiences, and offers a recipe for payasam. Indogram wishes its readers Happy New Year!
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Remembering Jallianwalla Bagh
In Indian history, Baisakhi day is recalled with a twinge of sadness. It was on that day, in 1919, when over 350 people died and over a
thousand wounded by Gen. Dyer's cruel and deliberate firing at Amritsar. But the event also marked the Great Divide between the pre- and post-Gandhi era in India. The Indian spirit of freedom was watered by the
blood of these martyrs, and from that day on the British Empire was a 'Dead Man Walking'.
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Stirrings in South Asia - Nepal
Nepal has been a lot in the news -- For the murder of the King and his family. For the origin of the
hijacked Indian Airlines plane which resulted in a prisoners-for-hostages deal. For the 'Constitutional Coup' where
the King dismissed the elected government. With this article, Swarna Rajagopalan begins a series on each country in the Indian subcontinent, starting with
Nepal.
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A Cornucopia of Death
If you're in the throes of a scandal where fresh twists surface almost daily, what better luck than a series of deaths that keep a
nation riveted? Relief for the likes of Tom DeLay. After the Schaivo saga comes the death of the Pope, with talk of his being put on a fast-track to sainthood.
Arianna Huffington looks at it all with more than mild disbelief as the president, who hasn't attended the funeral of one US soldier, makes a beeline to the Vatican. More...
Tiruvayyaru Echoes to Puget Sound
In 1991, some music lovers in the Northwest got together to organize the first Thyagaraja Aradhana in the area. Since then it has been held
each year, rotating between Corvallis, Portland and Seattle. It has become a major gathering place for Northwest Carnatic enthusiasts to assemble for a day-long tribute to one of the
founders of Carnatic music. This year's gathering is on April 16, at Seattle. Free admission, free food and free music.
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Rammanohar Lohia -- Che Guevara of Non-violence
A PhD from Berlin at the age of 22, the young man decided to follow a path of sacrifice, spending over six years in British jails, helping found the socialist movement in India,
and spending his life in post-independence India carrying out non-violent agitations against injustice. A political activist and philosopher, and a legend
in his own time, Rammanohar Lohia would have turned 95 this year.
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Movies 
Mughal E Azam
Now in Color!
Apr 17 @ Joy Cinema
Book Review
Sure, we're all immigrants.
But if your experience of immigration was a late-20th century trip to the USA with a white-collar job, your taste of the immigrant life are
likely to be quite different than that of the heroine of this book.
She has left Sri Lanka for Malaya (as Malaysia was called then) as a young bride, and in less than optimal
conditions (forced marriage).
Lakshmi Jagannathan
reviews the novel by Rani Manicka.
Kudos!
To
Anarghya and Aishwarya Vardhana -- sisters who both won prizes in their respective categories at this year's Intel Science & Engineering Fair.
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