Rejoicing Devotees Pull the Chariot of the Gods
HOUSTON: In what has become an annual event, the Orissa Culture Center, along with the Shri SitaRam Foundation, in collaboration with other local organizations, celebrated the 8th Rath Yatra (Chariot Festival) of Lord Jagannath of Puri Dham this past Saturday, July 18, at the VPSS Haveli. Devotees and curious on-lookers crowded the procession that took […]
The Story Unfolds in the Movements of the Hands and Wrists
By Jawahar Malhotra STAFFORD: As the dancers five women and a man stood with their backs arched and hips thrust to one side to the audience, all you could see was their hands and wrists, twisting, turning, rising, falling and, if you were attuned to the subtleties, you could perhaps follow the story they were […]
5 Stop: Diabetes Movement Camps
HOUSTON: The ancient art of Yoga seeks to accomplish one simple goal with respect to the human body: to enhance human life; it therefore stands to reason that if the basic life-bearing mechanisms of the human body can be strengthened, then the quality of life and life itself may be infinitely extended. This concept of […]
Dr. Lulla Receives the NASA Exceptional Service Medal
HOUSTON: NASA Johnson Space Center’s internationally acclaimed scientist Dr. Kamlesh Lulla received one of the highest NASA honors- the NASA Exceptional Service Medal for his long and outstanding contributions towards developing technology collaborations for future exploration missions. Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut and Director of Johnson Space center presented the medal to Dr. Lulla during […]
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL)
The latest issue of Forbes India (dated July 24, 2015) features Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) in its maiden list of ‘India’s Super 50 Companies’. ZEEL is the only media company to feature in this prestigious list. In this list (which is not a ranking), Forbes India has picked companies not just on the basis of size or profits, […]
ICCL Senior Citizens Honor High School Graduates
HOUSTON: The Senior Citizens of the Indian Cultural Association of Clear Lake (ICCL) hosted its 19th annual high school graduation luncheon to honor the graduates in the Clear Lake area. Since its inception, there have been over 800 graduates that have been honored through this program. This year there were 53 graduates, and 28 attended. […]
Gandhi Invites Untouchable Family in Ashram
The story thus far….Gandhi permitted a lower caste family to reside at the ashram that he established at Ahmedabad. He met with much opposition. He also amazed and angered the British officers, upper-class Indians, and friends gathered at a foundation stone laying ceremony at Banaras University by speaking out against usage of the English language […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Ghar di Dahin (Homemade Yogurt)
The very heart and soul of India is the spirituality that it offers to the people in the country and naturally it is tied into the main religion, Hinduism. One of the chief tenets of Hinduism is the relationship to cows and cow milk, both of which are intertwined with the […]
