Indian priest faces deportation for molestation in US
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American priest who admitted to fondling a girl while attending dinner at her grandmother’s home in Minnesota has been sentenced to 25 years of supervised probation, according to media reports. Father Leo Charles Koppala pleaded guilty March 17 to criminal sexual conduct charges involving a minor child and is likely to be deported […]
Indian-American professor convicted of defrauding students
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American professor has been convicted by a federal grand jury of defrauding the US government and students of $700,000 in research grants. Manoj Jha, a full-time professor at the Morgan State University in Baltimore, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each of four counts of wire fraud, and for […]
Sikhs in US to honour Oak Creek shootings police officer
WASHINGTON: A Washington-based Sikh organization has announced to honour Oak Creek police officer Brian Murphy, for his “sacrifice and exemplary service” during the shootings at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin two years ago, with a service award. The first officer on the scene during the August 5, 2012 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Oak Creek […]
No Pretensions in Pratham Gala for Raising Money for Kids Education
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It seems like it was only yesterday when Pratham Houston held its annual Gala but here it was this past Saturday night, April 5, once again at the Hilton Americas, marking the herald of the Gala season among Indo-American charities across the Metroplex. True to its superlative calling and tremendous outreach, […]
Exhuberant Holi Celebrations at Arya Samaj
By Roma S. Nayyar HOUSTON: Neither rain nor wind could keep away the spirit of Holi at Arya Samaj this year. Despite the rain and windy weather conditions, the Arya Samaj Greater Houston community gathered to celebrate Holi with friends and family on Sunday, March 16. Everyone had a blast throwing dry gulal of every […]
Jagdip Ahluwalia Receives GHP Award
HOUSTON: Jagdip Ahluwalia, Executive Director of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston, was recently recognized at the Greater Houston Procurement Breakfast. The award recognizes his tireless advocacy for business in, for and with Houston. The standing-room only event included participants from the public and private sector including Houston Mayor Annise Parker and the […]
Indian Muslims Association of Greater Houston Launches Youth Alliance
HOUSTON: The South Asian Youth Alliance (SAYA) is a secular organization being launched on April 27, under the umbrella of the Indian Muslims Association of Greater Houston (IMAGH). IMAGH was organized with three main objectives; community outreach, serve senior citizens, and assist young adults become important contributors to society. SAYA, will be the first organization, […]
Chaai Pe Charcha Comes to Houston
By Malay Vyas HOUSTON: The Biggest Democracy returns to the voting booth. Ballots are ready, candidates’ names have been printed and election officials are ready to mark the dark dot on about a few million fore fingers as India votes in 2014. If there’s an election jamboree in India, how can Houston’s NRI community be […]
Ketaki Kushari Dyson Speaks for TSH Fundraiser
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: The tone for the evening was set with a very soothing opening devotional Rabindra hymn by Shyama Mishra and as guests helped themselves to Fish Amritsari, vegetable kababs and wine, the Tagore Society of Houston’s (TSH) annual fundraiser got off to a good start at India House on April 5. Following […]
Kanya Sutra: The Essence of Womanhood
KATY: Kanya Sutra, The poetry of womanhood took place on Saturday April 5 in Katy. On an evening where fine arts lovers had plenty of other choices, the program drew a large eclectic crowd of music, dance and theater enthusiasts. The Bharatnatyam dance theater production is the first ever to explore parallels between a woman’s […]
Fighting Diabetes Through Yoga National Movement Launch by Sewa International and SVYASA
HOUSTON: Sewa International in partnership with SVYASA-USA (Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana) Houston center, had launched the Stop Diabetes Movement (SDM) – a fight against diabetes through Yoga. In the first of the series of six camps that concluded at Katy, Houston, 11 pre-diabetic and diabetic participants attended the 20 hour yoga therapy sessions over […]
India House Promotes Diversity
HOUSTON: India House is a nonprofit 510 (C) (3) organization and to “Promote diversity – Create a place where Indians and non-Indians are welcome regardless of their regional and socioeconomic background”, India House in partnership with the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Korean American Society […]
Zeeshan On Air Hits the Air Waves
HOUSTON: Zeeshan On Air radio was launched with much enthusiasm and exceptional response on Saturday, April 5 at 6pm on 95.1 FM and 1460 AM. Zeeshan Ishaq is back on air waves after a hiatus of several years as he was out of state due to his Corporate job. Zeeshan was pleased and escatatic as he received a lot […]
India’s Micro Entrepreneurs Run the Daily Service Economy
By Jawahar Malhotra NEW DELHI, India: In India, one realizes that there are as many possibilities to eke out a living as there are desires in the realm of the imagination. And since the vast majority of the population is below the poverty level and serves the economic classes above them, they have discovered ways […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Shalgam di Kurry (Turnip Curry)
Very few people actually enjoy eating turnips, because they say they don’t like the slightly radish taste and smell or the texture that is between cooked squash, onion and sweet potato. For this reason, it is really hard to make many people eat shalgam (turnips) without adding more spices to help to remove some of […]
