Jovelle Tamayo, Author at Valley News

Aparna Jayanti, right, teaches the Indian dialect Telugu to seven-year-olds Diya Mopala, left, and Jahnavi Padmaraju at the Hindu Temple at Rollins Chapel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Hanover, N.H. "We grew up talking and learning and speaking Telugu," said Diya's mother, Radhika Mopala. "If you don't teach them, the culture will stop." (Valley News - Jovelle Tamayo) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Indian-Americans Nurture Growing Community in the Upper Valley

by Jovelle Tamayo Story by Liz SauchelliMay 2, 2017

Lebanon — When Sheena and Rajesh Arora opened the Asian Super Store 17 years ago on Hanover Street in Lebanon, it was to provide a place for the Upper Valley’s growing Indian population to find groceries.What started as a place to purchase food,…