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Reversal of fortunes

Reach of Indian-born philanthropists extends beyond US to native land

Al Kapoor and his wife, Alisa Taylor, of Weston helped the American India Foundation at a recent fund-raiser. (Bill Brett for The Boston Globe) Al Kapoor and his wife, Alisa Taylor, of Weston helped the American India Foundation at a recent fund-raiser.
By Kathleen Burge
Globe Staff / November 20, 2008

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Earlier this month, in a ballroom in the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge decorated with calla lilies and glittering fabric, hundreds of Indian-born immigrants in tuxedos and saris paid $500 a seat to listen to the plight of rickshaw drivers in the land of their birth. (Full article: 1103 words)

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