Republic Day Celebration at Arya Samaj of Greater Houston
HOUSTON: January 28, last Sunday witnessed remarkable celebration of India’s Republic Day at the Arya Samaj Greater Houston by coming together of the star performers of its both the schools, DAV Montessori and DAV Sanskriti School. The Sunday assembly heard the talk by Acharyaji encompassing the Vedic concept of nation building and the role of its citizenry. […]
IMAGH Inducts its Boards and Unveils New Goals for 2018
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The meeting in 2016 when the new Executive Committee was unveiled was on board the Star Cruiser after it slipped through Galveston Bay on a crisp Fall day. This year, the Indian Muslim Association of Greater Houston became landlubbers and held its Board meeting over lunch in the cozy upstairs private […]
Bihar Association of North America’s Annual Gala Night
HOUSTON: Bihar Association of North America (BANA) organized its Annual Gala Night on December 31st at Irene Stern Fulshear Community Center. In a colorful program of the evening BANA members and their children presented a variety of dances, songs, music and games. On the occasion BANA also released Biharika 2017 – the 15th edition of […]
Unless We Are United, We Will Never Succeed As a Community
By Kul Bhushan Uppal HOUSTON: Here is a short message for our community in the Houston area. Unless we are united, we will never succeed as a community… If we can envision a world where we support each other and help each other find their place in this ever-changing society, then we can become the […]
Holding a Mirror on India’s Education. We Need a Revolution!
By Bhamy V. Shenoy HOUSTON: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in India have the maximum number of professional colleges per capita in India. In addition to being the cradle of banking, these districts are a cradle of private professional colleges (17 engineering and 8 medical). However when it comes to standard of education, they cannot […]
Gur te Ajwain da Wadda (Molasses Carom Seeds Patty)
In North India, every child knows the joy of eating gajjak (a soft molasses swirl) or ravri (hard molasses pellets) especially during the winter months when these are plentiful. You can find villagers who come to the city for a few weeks with their bags of gur (jaggery or sugarcane juice rock molasses) and set […]