On February 21st 2010, ISW hosted Dr Enas and Dr. Sudesh Kannan for a very informative talk on Heart Disease among people from the Indian subcontinent. Dr Eans took the crowd of 100 plus people through a very telling journey of how heart disease develops, how do Indians compare to others in the world in terms of % people who develop heart disease followed by Dr Sudesh giving tips and sharing his personal experience on how changing lifestyles can prevent this deadly disease.

The 5th annual Vocabulary Contest conducted by ATFS Learning Center was held on January 23rd, 2010.

Children of grades 2 through 8 participated enthusiastically to compete within their levels. Each one hour written test consisted of various sections including vocabulary challenges, alphabetical order, analogies, and sentence correction. ATFS conducts this test each year to foster the spirit of competition and learning in young children.

A Marathi Mela organized by Sarita & Ratna brought together Marathi speaking families, where the children made paper kites and adults played games celebrating Makar Sakranti. The gathering ended with  Haldi Kumkum, and several families signed up for the classes.

The ISW Cultural & Language is starting Marathi classes in Spring 2010 on Saturdays at 10.30.

For more info about the classes, click here

By Raj Melville

We have been fortunate to visit our home, in Bombay, India, on a regular basis the past decade. With the dawn of the new century, India has been propelled onto an accelerated trajectory of growth. Each trip continues to assault the senses with changes in every direction. New buildings seem to spring out whole from formerly deserted land or shoehorned into the crazy quilt urban landscape. The acrid whiff of thousands of trucks, cars and two wheelers gets stronger every year. The continuous hum of traffic, the incessant honking adds to the background noise.