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17th Annual Convention of The Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA)

17th Annual Convention of The Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA)

Aligs joining hands together to build the nation HOUSTON: There are sixteen associations of alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) across North America, under the Federation of Aligarh Alumni Associations (FAAA) who have been working together for many years with similar mission towards bringing about a positive social and educational change, which were the views […]

Academician Asks for “Branch & Root” Reform for India’s Education Ills

Academician Asks for “Branch & Root” Reform for India’s Education Ills

By Pramod Kulkarni Houston: A professor of English literature at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) with an 18-year tenure, Makarand Paranjape was the guest speaker on the topic of  “Education in India – Challenges & Imperatives”, hosted by the Indian Consulate on Saturday, July 21. Deputy Consul General Surendra Adhana welcomed an audience of […]

Ina C. Patel Named to New York Life’s Chairman’s Council

Ina C. Patel Named to New York Life’s Chairman’s Council

HOUSTON: Ina C Patel has been named a member of the 2018 Chairman’s Council of New York Life today.  Members of the elite Chairman’s Council rank in the top three percent of New York Life’s elite sales force of more than [12,000] licensed agents in sales achievement. Ms. Patel has been a New York Life […]

Raju Reddy Named Vice Chair of the 2nd World Hindu Congress

Raju Reddy Named Vice Chair of the 2nd World Hindu Congress

By Manu Shah HOUSTON: Silicon Valley will make its presence felt at the 2nd World Hindu Congress (WHC) with 200 technocrats registering for the conference. One of their own, Angel Investor Raju Reddy is Vice Chair – an invitation he accepted because he’s come to believe that it takes “scale” to make an impact. WHC […]

Cypress Woods Students Earn National Recognition

Cypress Woods Students Earn National Recognition

HOUSTON: Cypress Woods sophomores Govind Chada and Aayush Gupta were among the 9600 of America’s best and brightest students who traveled to Maryland to FBLA National Leadership Conference held June 28-July 1. Govind and Aayush earned their berth at the national competition after winning first place at the Texas State Leadership Conference. Govind and Aayush […]

Dr. Manu Vora Receives “NRI of the Year Award 2018” for Philanthropy

Dr. Manu Vora Receives “NRI of the Year Award 2018” for Philanthropy

NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS: Times Now, India’s leading English news channel from the Times Network and ICICI Bank hosted the 5th Edition of NRI of the Year Awards 2018 on July 11, 2018 in Mumbai. The NRI of the Year Awards salute the spirit of global Indians who have been an inspiration and made a mark for […]

Sanjay Grover, a Gentle Soul Passes Unexpectedly, 1972-2018

Sanjay Grover, a Gentle Soul Passes Unexpectedly, 1972-2018

MISSOURI CITY: Tragedy struck the Grover family again when their youngest son, Sanjay, 46, suddenly passed away while watching television at his home in Olympia Lakes, Missouri City. He had returned home from work and apparently suffered a massive heart attack, though he never exhibited any prior symptoms. A few years ago, the Grover family […]

Desis Make Waves in Cricket, the Prison and in Medicare

Desis Make Waves in Cricket, the Prison and in Medicare

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: In a continuation of the impact that desis are having on their adopted country, here are three more people who have surfaced in news stories recently. Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed patient information portability rules meant to improve care for patients and help […]

The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 7

The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 7

The story thus far… Gandhi realizes that he could be more effective at supporting the cause of the Indians in South Africa if he returned to India. Once in Calcutta, he drew attention to the plight of the South African Indians to the Indian government and media, where there was widespread support. But he was […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Jalebi (FRIED SWEET FLOUR SPIRALS)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Jalebi (FRIED SWEET FLOUR SPIRALS)

Talk to a Punjabi about jalebis (sweet flour spirals) and he will immediately mention hot milk to go with it! Jalebis are a dish adopted from the Persians, but now so Indianized that it is claimed as our own. Below is a reprint of Mama’s Jalebi recipe, which is a tasty sweet seldom found in […]

Namrata Dutt on Ram Gopal Varma’s Sanjay Dutt biopic: Why is he putting us through so much pain again?

Namrata Dutt on Ram Gopal Varma’s Sanjay Dutt biopic: Why is he putting us through so much pain again?

Ram Gopal Varma has lately created quite the buzz as he announced another film on Sanjay Dutt’s life. After the immense success of Rajkumar Hirani’s Sanju, RGV is all set to throw light on the darker side of the actor’s life, according to reports. The film which is tentatively titled Sanju: The Real Story, will unfold […]

Mulk – Official Trailer | Rishi Kapoor & Taapsee Pannu | Anubhav Sinha | 3rd Aug 2018

Mulk – Official Trailer | Rishi Kapoor & Taapsee Pannu | Anubhav Sinha | 3rd Aug 2018

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 | Official Trailer | Sanjay Dutt |Jimmy Shergill | Mahi Gill |Chitrangada

Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster 3 | Official Trailer | Sanjay Dutt |Jimmy Shergill | Mahi Gill |Chitrangada

DILBAR | Satyameva Jayate | John Abraham Nora Fatehi | Tanishk B Neha Kakkar Ikka Dhvani | T-Series

DILBAR | Satyameva Jayate | John Abraham Nora Fatehi | Tanishk B Neha Kakkar Ikka Dhvani | T-Series

TV actor Sidharth Shukla loses control of BMW, rams into three cars

TV actor Sidharth Shukla loses control of BMW, rams into three cars

Mumbai: Television actor Siddharth Shukla was arrested on Saturday for crashing his car into three others in Lokhandwala. The occupants of the other vehicles and the actor, were not seriously injured. The accident took place outside Shreeji Hotel on New Link Road at 5 pm when the actor was driving towards Lokhandwala from Oshiwara. The police said that Shukla […]

Manika Batra and six other Indian TT players denied boarding Air India flight

Manika Batra and six other Indian TT players denied boarding Air India flight

NEW DELHI: India’s table tennis star Manika Batra and six other players were left stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport after being denied boarding the Air India flight to Melbourne on Sunday. The Indian contingent, comprising 17 players, is due to participate at the ITTF World Tour Australian Open  scheduled to start from Monday. But only […]

Dhadak movie review: There is no ‘dhak dhak’ in this Janhvi Kapoor starrer

Dhadak movie review: There is no ‘dhak dhak’ in this Janhvi Kapoor starrer

Dhadak movie cast: Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Kharaj Mukherjee, Aditya Kumar Dhadak movie director: Shashank Khaitan Dhadak movie rating: One and a half stars Remaking Sairat was always going to be a tough ask for mainstream Bollywood. The edges of that searing 2016 tale of love-in-the-time-of-caste were necessarily going to have to be blunted and softened, […]

Memo from the boss: You’re a vegetarian now

Memo from the boss: You’re a vegetarian now

WeWork is no longer a safe space for carnivores. Earlier this month, the co-working juggernaut announced that it was essentially going vegetarian. The company will no longer serve red meat, pork or poultry at company functions, and it will not reimburse employees who want to order a hamburger during a lunch meeting. In a memo […]

E-visa fee hike may hit India’s plan to double tourist arrivals in 3 years

E-visa fee hike may hit India’s plan to double tourist arrivals in 3 years

India’s plan to double foreign tourist arrivals to 20 million in three years could hit a speed bump with 60 per cent hike in e-visa fees, according to tour operators. Operators want the government to reverse the decision. A few days ago, the government increased e-visa fees, taking the travel industry by surprise. For most […]

15 things your eyes, hair and skin could be trying to reveal about your health

15 things your eyes, hair and skin could be trying to reveal about your health

You can know about your fitness and health simply by looking at your eyes, hair and skin. This is because various underlying health issues such as heart disease, kidney problems and osteoporosis make themselves heard through the state of your eyes and skin. Eyes Various health conditions can be detected via our eyes, which is why ophthalmologists and optometrists […]