Indian American community life in Naperville, Aurora and the western suburbs of Chicago: temples, schools, local politics, festivals and families.
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From the 2014 Naperville Diary: a free introductory Art of Living talk on the Happiness Program, breathwork, and meditation, held in Willowbrook, Illinois.
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In 2014, the Washington Post named Metea Valley (No. 21), Neuqua Valley (No. 36), and Waubonsie Valley (No. 58) among Illinois's most challenging high schools.
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2014 has started well with two fabulous movies in the first two months, Dedh Ishqiya and Hasee Toh Phasee. Both these films have broken Bollywood…
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ThinkGlobal Arts Foundation's 2014 family theatre production 'Around the World in 8 Folk Tales' brought folk stories from eight countries to Naperville.
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Since before I earned my first personal training certification in 1995, the stability ball has been an integral part of rehabilitating the human body and…
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School of Rock Naperville's 'Old Skool' program had parents and kids rocking out together — a look back at the 2013 feature.
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The 'Chai, Chat with Books' club reviews Gone Girl: Gillian Flynn's devilish thriller of a marriage gone bad, deceit, and two narrators you can't trust.
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Part 2 of a three-part interview with Amish Tripathi: rejection by every publisher, self-publishing The Immortals of Meluha, and the free-chapter marketing
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Part 1 of a three-part interview with best-selling author Amish Tripathi: the philosophy of evil that sparked the Shiva trilogy and his instinctive writing
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Summer season was heralded by a hot discussion on the book of the month, ‘Paris Wife’. The book’s theme is the joys, trials and tribulations shared by…
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As a designer of custom closets, offices and other functional built-in cabinetry, I was recently asked, “Why should I go with Cambridge Closets instead of a…
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Chicago's Silk Road Rising staged a reading of Farid ud-Din Attar's twelfth-century Sufi poem Conference of the Birds — an essay on the birds' journey.
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Amish Tripathi, author of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy, appeared at Wentz Hall, North Central College, Naperville on June 30, 2013 — archived event.
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Assisted Transition of Naperville is a free senior-care concierge — helping families find assisted living, independent living, nursing homes and home care.
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Eye on India's 2013 festival ran June 7-July 14 across Chicago — Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Shubha Mudgal, Amish Tripathi and 25+ events.
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Suchitra Sharma's 2013 review of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect' at Silk Road Rising — a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister, in Chicago.
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Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi opened Chicago's Eye on India Festival 2013 at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace — on cinema's lost depth, Urdu, and art as
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Chicago's Silk Road Rising staged the world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 'The Lake Effect,' a family drama about an Indian American brother and sister.
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Chicago's fifth three-day veena conference and festival (April 26-28, 2013), curated by SAPNA, opened with Chitravina Ravikiran's inaugural concert.
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WDSRA recruited runners and walkers for the 2nd Annual DuPage Human Race 5K in Downers Grove, backing programs for people with disabilities.
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