Radha Madhav Dham Youth Reach Out and Connect with Refugee Kids Living in Austin
AUSTIN,TX:On July 2, a group of youth and teens from Radha Madhav Dham headed over to the Capitol Building grounds in Austin, Texas. A little nervous, anxious, but very excited, approximately 50 youth, ranging in age from 7 to 20 years, headed out in anticipation of the community outreach event they had spent four days […]
India has a Pivotal Role in Global Order: USIBC
By Haider Kazim HOUSTON: India has a pivotal role in U.S. geopolitical strategy for a stable global order to prevent the world from sinking into chaos as seen in the Middle East, said Mukesh Aghi, President of U.S.-India Business Council. Tracing back the U.S. geopolitical strategy from the days of the Second World War and […]
Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha Celebrates 2nd Anniversary Festival
HOUSTON: Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Matha hosted its grand annual festival on July 4 & 5 to celebrate the second anniversary of the installation of the Deities of Sri Sri Radha Govindaji, Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and Sri Sri Sita Rama Laksmana Hanumanji. The celebrations started on July 4th with Mangal Aarti at 5:30 am. This […]
Debojyoti Mishra: The Music Man Wields Magic
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: Houstonians will have the pleasure and honor of experiencing music director Debojyoti Mishra’s compositions at the upcoming North American Bengali Conference (NABC) to be held at the George Brown Convention center from July 10-12. In the initial planning stages, the cultural and executive committees were overjoyed to know that he had […]
Ghost Whisperers in a Paradise Lost in Conflict in The Djinns of Eidgah
TORONTO: The internationally acclaimed play ‘The Djinns of Eidgah’, by Abhishek Majumdar, is making its North American debut at the Hamilton Fringe Festival on July 16-26. Played out previously in India and the UK to great success, it is produced by Toronto-based InDev Productions in its maiden foray into theater. The play interweaves true stories […]
Friends Forever: Brought to Houston by College, These Friends Have Stuck Together Ever Since
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It is a tale mostly of two cities – Bombay and Houston – but with a twist of Jaipur, Delhi and Bern, Switzerland added to it. In the fall of 1968, three teenage friends left their comfortable homes in then-Bombay (now-Mumbai) and made their way to the small city of Houston […]
Intensive Facebook Campaign Helps SEWA International’s ASPIRE Tutorials Win a Grant of $25,000
By Umang Thanki & Jackson Courter HOUSTON: State Farm’s recent competition known as Neighborhood Assist provided a significant opportunity for Sewa as it challenged community members to vouch for a cause and earn $25,000 that can be used to promote it. The general procedure involved selecting an area to support and providing a grant statement […]
First Victory for the Satyagraha Experiment
Great Summer Project For children! Enter Mahatma Gandhi Week 2015 Essay, I-Tribute, Poster and Speech contests. Visit gandhilibrary.org for registration and more information. All school going children can participate! These contests are being organized to create higher awareness of the inspiring life and work of Mahatma Gandhi to promote universal values of Truth, Non-Violence, Love […]
Houston Chariot Festival (Shree Jagannath Rath Yatra – 2015)
HOUSTON: The famous chariot festival of Lord Jagannath in puri will be celebrated on 18 July. Orissa Culture Center (OCC) in collaboration with Sri Sitaram Foundation is all geared for celebrating the eighth chariot festival in Houston on 18 July, at VPSS Haveli, 11715 Bellfort Village Drive, Houston, TX, 77031. All preparations are underway for […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Paneer Te Katti Sabziyan (Cheese & Mixed Vegetables)
All over India, and certainly in New Delhi, paneer (fresh milk soft cheese) is used in so many dishes served at restaurants that sometimes it’s frustrating making a decision on what other vegetarian item to order other than daal (lentils) or chole (chickpeas)! This just shows how much demand there is for the milk product: […]
