Laugh Your Sides Out in Hindi Till Your Cheeks Hurt !
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: For the packed, sell-out crowd of 350, the words couldn’t be truer; its why they had come out to hear these fluid and fast Hindi speakers. “English is a very peculiar language,” jested headliner poet Arun Gemini as he stood at the mic, “Some letters are silent. Well then, throw them […]
Students Discuss the Role Future Technologies Will Have
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Almost nine months after the class year started, the 48 high school students of the Youth Leadership Development Program were in the final stretch with the session that happened last Saturday, May 9 between them and graduation. Some felt the pressure of the previous months of competitiveness – and held back […]
Akshaya Patra Provides Emergency Meals & Builds Kitchen For Nepal Earthquake Survivors
STONEHAM, MA: At the request of the Prime Minister of India, Akshaya Patra is participating in India’s efforts to provide emergency aid to neighboring Nepal, which suffered a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25. Akshaya Patra, with the support of the TATA Foundation, is building a field kitchen facility in Nepal to sustain emergency meal […]
Festival of the GIRMITIYAS Arrival Day
By Ariti Jankie HOUSTON: Unique in India’s diaspora is the history of its 3.5 million people transported during the period 1833 to 1920 to European controlled colonies, to provide labor, following the abolition of slavery. The Gitmit or Indenture-ship system started a new chapter with added color to its ancient culture that has since […]
90 Kids Received Award from Hawa Masjid for After School Program
HOUSTON: On May 2, 90 refugee’s kids received Award at Hawa Masjid (Harwin & Ranchester). Chief Guess Sheriff Adrian Garcia attended and delivered a speech on his background to motivate the kids & asked them to stay away from trouble. Also Sam Merchant, representative from Congress man Al Green was present. At the Hawa Masjid […]
Sri Guruvayurappan Temple: Auspicious Inauguration Ceremonies (April 2015)
By Biju Pillai HOUSTON: Inauguration ceremonies of the newly-built Sri Guruvayurappan Temple in Houston, TX were held from April 18 to May 2, 2015. Thousands of devotees from nearby cities of Greater Houston and across the nation participated in the consecration of deities and Maha Kumbhabhishekam. The rituals exclusively included chanting of Vedic mantras, slokas, […]
IACAN’s Community Education Outreach Event
HOUSTON: Summary of presentation by Bunmi Ogunleye, M.Sc., CHES., RHIA, Manager, HIM, Harris Health System, at IACAN’s community education outreach event “Navigating Health Resources” held on Sunday, March 22 at India House “TAKE NOTE…. YOUR HEALTH and YOUR MEDICAL RECORD” MAINTAINING YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD: is an important step to managing your health. It promotes […]
Srabani Takes Rabindra Sangeet to New Heights with Soulful Renditions
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: It was a chance stopover en route to the west coast that Houstonians got to capitalize on. Houston was not a designated stop on Srabani Sen’s well chalked out America tour. Thanks to the valiant effort of a few die hard ardent Rabindra Sangeet lovers namely Arna and Uttam Dasgupta and […]
Singapore Sovereign Fund GIC and Norwest Venture Partners Invest $ 28 M in Local Services Leader Sulekha.com
CHENNAI, INDIA : Sulekha.com, India’s leading digital platform for local services, today announced that GIC, the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, and Norwest Venture Partners, a top-tier global investment firm, have invested $ 28 M into the company. Sulekha.com will use the capital to further expand its platform that connects one of the largest bases […]
The Houston Chariot Festival of 2015 Shree Jagannath Naba kalebara and Ratha Jatra: Orissa Culture Center
HOUSTON: This year is a special year for the devotees of Lord Jagannath all over the world. The three deities along with the Sudarshana Chakra residing in the temple at the city of Puri, on the east cost of India, will go through the human cycle of birth and death and birth. Every 12~19 years, […]
Children Enchant with the Gita at Chinmaya Prabha
By Shalini Konde HOUSTON: Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda once said – “Opportunities in life come to all of us almost all the time. They come in streams, in hosts and knock at our doors. We are either ‘out’ or sleeping ‘in’. Be awake. Be alert. Be prepared to make use of them.” Truly, one of […]
Silambam Houston Dance Company’s Krishna
By Thara Narasimhan HOUSTON: Unquestionably this was an incredible maiden production with outstanding dancers. The Silambam Houston Dance Company is a brand-new pre-professional dance company composed of senior students of Silambam Houston, a non-profit dance academy here in Houston. Its Artistic Director and founder Dr. Lavanya Rajagopalan has taken meticulous care to showcase spiritualism with […]
Bangladeshi Artist on Rice Radio
HOUSTON: Bangladesh, a country unexplored by many westerners took center stage on ktru’s Navrang show on Saturday, April 25. Houston based Bangladeshi artist Suparna (Rupa) Ghosh shared her Bangladeshi essence and enthusiasm with Houstonians. Rupa Ghosh a Rabindranath Tagore aficionado was at ktru with her Bangla edition of the Nobel laureate’s Geetanjali. Rupa Ghosh originally […]
A Musical Double Delight! KGSMA’s Annual Music Recital & Vidushi Dr. Sowmya’s Grand Carnatic Concert
By Dr. Lakshmi Srivaths HOUSTON: How can a pleasant spring weekend in Houston be made even sweeter? Only by intertwining vibrant musical presentations by the vivacious Houstonian children with a state-of-the art carnatic concert, dulcet yet drenched in classicism! Houston was fortunate to witness and experience this rare amalgamation of back-to-back musical presentations by the […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes- Mitthi Bread or Shahi Tukdre (Sweetened Fried Bread Pudding)
Most people think that Punjabis enjoy their paranthas the most of all types of breads, but the truth is that they enjoy breads cooked in many ways. And when they can’t get any kind of cooked roti, they will just as easily turn to regular bread with sabzi, toast with butter and jam or the […]
