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D.A.V. Montessori Celebrates Annual Day, Graduates First 5th Grade Batch

D.A.V. Montessori Celebrates Annual Day, Graduates First 5th Grade Batch

Click here for Photo Collage By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: How can Hindu parents educate their children with a mainstream curriculum and yet inculcate them with Vedic knowledge and values? It is a challenge elsewhere in the United States, but not in Houston. Arya Samaj of Greater Houston operates a one-of-a-kind D.A.V. Montessori School, which provides […]

Standup Ethnic Comedy Tickles Up Support for Open Forum

Standup Ethnic Comedy Tickles Up Support for Open Forum

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Before people started arriving last Friday night, May 19, the three radio show hosts were musing over the previous times they had organized these annual comedy programs. “Back in 2008, nine years ago, we did our very first one,” started Subodh Bhuchar, the most gregarious and witty one of the three, […]

Diary of My Climb to Mera Peak

Diary of My Climb to Mera Peak

By Rick Pal HOUSTON: Mera Peak is a mountain in Nepal’s Sagarmatha Zone. At 21,200 feet, it is the highest trekking peak in the world. Rick Pal, a Houston entrepreneur and executive, recently trekked to the top. This is an excerpt from Rick’s diary on the summit day.    High Camp. It was 1:30 am […]

CG Ray Hosts Reception for MD Anderson Cancer Center GAP Attendees

CG Ray Hosts Reception for MD Anderson Cancer Center GAP Attendees

HOUSTON: In 2002, the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) leaders, Dr. Durga Agarwal and Ashoke Nath, had helped connect MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to several medical institutions in India — TATA Cancer Center (Mumbai), S-Vyasa ( Bangalore) and AIIMS (Delhi). This introduction resulted in the visit of an IACCGH delegation to […]

Rajamathangi Homam Celebrated at Sri Meenakshi Temple on May 14

Rajamathangi Homam Celebrated at Sri Meenakshi Temple on May 14

By Kamala Raghavan PEARLAND: Sri Meenakshi Temple celebrated the Rajamathangi Homam on Sunday May 14, on Mother’s day. About 150 devotees participated in the Pooja at the main temple in front of the presiding deity Sri Meenakshi conducting the Homam in front of the Utsava Murthy of Rajamathangi (Sri Meenakshi) by Priests Sri Manickasundaram Bhattar, […]

FIS Presents Mentorship Certificate to HCC Graduate from Telangana

FIS Presents Mentorship Certificate to HCC Graduate from Telangana

HOUSTON: Foundation of India Studies (FIS) has presented a mentorship certificate to Srividya Jindam, an international student at the Houston Community College (HCC). Srividya hails from Telangana state in India. The mentorship certificate was presented by FIS Chairman Krishna Valalala at a banquet hosted by the HCC Office of Entrepreneurial Initiatives in the main campus, […]

Sundru J. Malkani: Engineer, Bridge Enthusiast and Spiritualist

Sundru J. Malkani: Engineer, Bridge Enthusiast and Spiritualist

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Most people knew Sundru Malkani was very fond of tennis and bridge and he offered free lessons to anyone who approached him. He coached his sons in tennis and chess, which are treasured memories for them. Malkani even coaxed many of his friends into playing bridge well, a game that he […]

SEVA Clinic, a Charity Medical Facility Inaugurated in Pearland on May 20, 2017

SEVA Clinic, a Charity Medical Facility Inaugurated in Pearland on May 20, 2017

PEARLAND: The Pearland area physicians are starting a charity, primary care medical clinic, the “SEVA CLINIC”. ‘Seva’ is selfless service in Sanskrit. The clinic is setup as a ‘Texas Not for Profit’ entity with 501C(3) tax-exempt status designation by the I.R.S., and will serve the people in need in the Pearland area. The founding chairman […]

Opportunity Fair for Women Enhancing Healthcare, Career & Civic Engagement

Opportunity Fair for Women Enhancing  Healthcare, Career & Civic Engagement

HOUSTON: Women’s Voice for Better America, a network of diverse women, is thrilled to open the doors of opportunities for women to become self-sufficient and empowered. Women’s Voice for Better America will host its 2nd annual Opportunity Fair for Women on Saturday, August 12, 2017 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at Memorial Hermann – Southwest, 7600 […]

IACF to Award $35,000 in Scholarships to Senior High School Students

IACF to Award $35,000 in Scholarships to Senior High School Students

  HOUSTON: The Indo American Charity Foundation (IACF) will hold its Annual Scholarship Day on May 30, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the FBISD Administration Building, 3119 Sweetwater Blvd, Sugar Land. Scholarships amounting to $35,000 will be dispersed among the twenty-nine outstanding senior high school students from Fort Bend ISD, Alief ISD and Stafford […]

Vignettes of a Still Unruly, but Fast Changing West Delhi

Vignettes of a Still Unruly, but Fast Changing West Delhi

By Jawahar Malhotra NEW DELHI: This Metropolis has many personalities, depending on which part of the city you are in. Several decades ago, the border of Punjab was right at Delhi’s doorstep (until Harayna Pradesh was formed in 1961) and Punjabis streamed into the city, especially the west and northern parts, ushering along with them […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Mah Chole di Daal (Split Urad & Split Chana Dal)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Mah Chole di Daal (Split Urad & Split Chana Dal)

It is amazing how many people are still unfamiliar with this most popular Punjabi daal of all and keep asking how it is made or tastes. So, by popular demand, below is a reprint of Mama’s Mah Chole di Daal recipe. It is a daal that is not normally available in most Indian restaurants unless […]