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The Skies Clear Up Just Enough for SNC’s Vaisakhi Mela

The Skies Clear Up Just Enough for SNC’s Vaisakhi Mela

  Click here for Photo Collage   By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: All week long it had poured; two days earlier some parts of the city were flooded by an intense downpour with 80 mph winds that resembled a tropical storm more than the line of squalls that passed across the area. Organizers of the Sikh […]

Hindus of Greater Houston Present 2015 Hindu Youth Awards

Hindus of Greater Houston Present 2015 Hindu Youth Awards

By Anant Desai HOUSTON: Six young Hindu’s received 2015 Annual Hindu Youth Award from Hindu’s of Greater Houston.  This year’s gala was hosted by Chinmaya Mission Houston on April 11.  Next year’s awards will be hosted by Sri Meenakshi Temple. Hindu Youth Award recipients were Sriharsha Kethireddipalli, of Chinmaya Mission, Houston, Vyas Ramankulangara, of Vedic […]

A Hindu Luminary Passes On to His Heavenly Journey Padmakant Khambhati (1937-2015)

A Hindu Luminary Passes On to His Heavenly Journey Padmakant Khambhati (1937-2015)

By Thara Narasimhan HOUSTON: Padmakant Khambhati, a giant in the world of the Hindu community in the Houston area, and also widely respected and known nationwide, passed away this past Monday, April 20 after a brief illness. He was 78-years-old. Khambhati, hailed from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. His parents followed Vaishnavism and he along with his father […]

IACCGH Hosts Reception for Visiting Delegate Doctors from India

IACCGH Hosts Reception for Visiting Delegate Doctors from India

By Manu Shah HOUSTON: Visiting delegate physicians from India were welcomed and honored by the IACCGH at a reception hosted on 16th April at the Hess Club.  The delegates also had an opportunity to interact with the medical faculty from MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston’s leading doctors and IACCGH members. The evening was hosted […]

Masonic Golden Trowel Award Bestowed on a Treasured Brother Raj Bhalla

Masonic Golden Trowel Award Bestowed  on a Treasured Brother Raj Bhalla

By Jawahar Malhotra RICHMOND: Even as he spoke from the podium after receiving the coveted award, Raj Bhalla could not contain his impulse to poke some fun at his own expense with his well-known wit. He began with his experience as a member of his Masonic Lodge in Port Washington, New York when he was […]

West Houston (Westheimer) Tamil School – Spring Picnic

West Houston (Westheimer) Tamil School – Spring Picnic

HOUSTON: The West Houston (Westheimer) Tamil School of Houston, organized the spring picnic for this school year at Bayland park, Houston on March 29. There were closer to 100 participants including the family of the students, teachers & school committee members having invitations extended to the extended friends and family as guests for the day […]

38th Annual Classical Arts Spring Music Festival in Houston

38th Annual Classical Arts  Spring Music Festival in Houston

By Partha Krishnamurthy PEARLAND: If it is spring, it is time for the Carnatic music feast presented by The Classical Arts Society of Houston. The 38th Annual Spring Music Festival is being presented on the 25 and 26 of April, at the Sri Meenakshi Temple, Pearland. This festival presents a series of musical offerings anchored […]

A Great Day for Lovers of Punjabi, Big and Small!

A Great Day for Lovers of Punjabi, Big and Small!

      Click here for video..     By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Language is the key to a person’s culture and rootedness, and in this multi-cultured city – one would venture to say country even – raising a child to be comfortable in two, and maybe more cultures, can be challenging at best if […]

Annual Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammellan Once Again in Houston

Annual Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammellan  Once Again in Houston

HOUSTON: For the past seven years India Culture Center  Houston (ICC) and International Hindi Association (IHA) have brought a refreshing, enriching and fun filled entertainment to the residents of Greater Houston. Celebrity poets from India are invited to perform in different cities of USA once a year. The program has also been a great success […]

Club 24 Visits Turning Point Center

Club 24 Visits Turning Point Center

HOUSTON: A dedicated team of Club 24 Plus members visited the Turning Point Center on Sunday, April 19, as part of the outreach program of the club. They bought the groceries and cooked a hot meal for 90 residents for lunch. It was a very gratifying and a bonding experience for the members as they […]

Beware this Immigration Phone Fraud Scam!

Beware this Immigration  Phone Fraud Scam!

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The Indian woman at the gurdwara this past weekend was visibly agitated and distressed by the ordeal that she had just gone through two days earlier. She had just been swindled out of $3,800 and wanted to see if she could get some help in nabbing the crooks, and especially wanted […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes- Meethi Seviyaan Kheer (SWEET VERMICELLI PUDDING)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes- Meethi Seviyaan Kheer (SWEET VERMICELLI PUDDING)

This is another dessert that is especially associated with festivals, both Hindu and Muslim, just as chawal di kheer (sweet rice pudding) has become. Muslims make meethi seviyaan kheer or chawal di kheer on the occasion of celebration of Eid ul Fitr, but Hindus make meethi seviyaan kheer normally to commemorate raksha bandan or raakhee. […]