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Dhol Vajda Countdown for the New Year’s Eve: Celebrations Galore at Synn Ultralounge in Houston

By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: What exactly happens when a top Bollywood promoter of Houston collaborates with a sensational DJ who pumps up the Bollywood music? Yes, galaxies collided and the meteors showered at the plush Synn Ultra lounge on Wednesday, December 31, to usher in the New Year 2015 amidst the crème de la crème […]

Glamour & Glitz: A Dazzling New Year’s Eve Gala

Glamour & Glitz:  A Dazzling New Year’s Eve Gala

HOUSTON: Bollywood Shake Events and Aalponaa Event Designers hosted a dazzling New Year’s Eve party on December 31, at the Grand Ballroom of Safari Texas Ranch in collaboration with Friends ‘n Friends, a community networking group. More than 700 glamorous guests of all age groups partied together and welcomed 2015 with their families and friends […]

India House Kicks Off New Year with Bash

India House Kicks Off New Year with Bash

By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: For those who wanted to start off the New Year with a festive and Bollywood mix, India House Houston hosted its first New Years Eve Bash on Wednesday, December 31. With live performances, delicious food and a dance floor, the event was well attended to full capacity. As a party for […]

The Band Rocked the New Year’s Party at Naren’s BB’s!!

The Band Rocked the New Year’s Party at Naren’s BB’s!!

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: So, it was a spontaneous idea to get a New Year’s party together, as Swatantra Jain made calls to a list of his friends who were still deciding where to go. And Narender Sehgal was game, with the new banquet hall he just finished putting the final touches to, just next […]

Grand New Year and Vaikunda Ekadasi Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple

Grand New Year and Vaikunda Ekadasi Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple

 By M.K.Sriram and Akilan Gopal PEARLAND: It was a great and divine start to 2015 for several thousand devotees who worshipped at Sri Meenakshi Temple on New Year’s day.   The forecasters predicted a rainy and cold day, but this did not make any impact on the spirits and minds of the devotees – they came […]

New Year, New Perspective

New Year, New Perspective

By Akriti Keswani HOUSTON: It’s a brand new year again, and all of a sudden, everyone is reflecting on what resolutions they need to make, in order to change themselves for the better this year. With this New Year, I hope to bring new perspectives into the picture so life isn’t just filled with the […]

Namadwaar Celebrates 7th Annual Srimad Bhagavata Mahotsava

MANVEL: December 21 to 27, was a joyous, blissful week in Houston with the Srimad Bhagavata Mahotsava and Grand Madhura Utsav spiritual and cultural celebration held at Houston Namadwaar. Organized by Global Organization for Divinity and Love to Share Foundation America, the event saw over 100 devotees from across the USA join Houston devotees for this […]

Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) Beats the Million Dollar Matching Goal

Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) Beats the Million Dollar Matching Goal

On January 14, 2014, land was procured for the 225-bed community eye hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan and SEF set goals to start fundraising for its tenth hospital while still wrapping up the work on its ninth hospital in Kanpur, which was completed and inaugurated in October 2014. To help achieve the fundraising goal for the […]

Annual Board Meeting of Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois

Annual Board Meeting of  Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois

By Nand Kapoor ILLINOIS: Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois called its annual board meeting on December 17. The meeting took place at Taco Express 1127 Fairview Ave., Westmont Ill. The attendees at the meeting were Gurbachan Kaur Shewakramani, Vinita Gulabani, President, Nand Kapoor advisory board member and past president of AIA, Sudaksha Kapoor, Kamal Gupta […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Aloo Frans Bean (Potatoes and Green Beans)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes:  Aloo Frans Bean (Potatoes and Green Beans)

      The lowly aloo (potato) is not so low on the culinary scale for Indian food as it is, by far, the most used vegetable in desi cooking. You find it in samosas, paranthas, rice biryani, daals, curries, chaats, pakoras, cutlets, sautéed with other vegetables and, of course, cooked in many ways on […]