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Dream of Tagore Grove & Statue to be Fulfilled at Ray Miller Park

HOUSTON: Tagore Society of Houston (TSH) would like to welcome all Houstonians to the Unveiling Ceremony of the statue of Rabindranath Tagore at Tagore Grove, Ray Miller Park on Friday, September 13 at 7:00 PM. This momentous occasion is a landmark in supporting TSH’s ongoing efforts to spread the vision and the message of the […]

Baba Ramdev to Visit Houston

HOUSTON: Renowned Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev will visit Houston on Sept. 26 as part of his week-long US tour. Swami Ramdev, popularly known as Baba Ramdev, is the inspiration behind Patanjali institutions, including Patanjali Yogpeeth (USA) Trust. He has popularized Yoga in India and abroad through his TV shows and Yoga camps. He has also […]

The Most Interesting Man in the World

By Vidha Dixit HOUSTON: As a curious Hindu youth growing up in the suburbs of Houston, I always cherished the Sunday mornings and afternoons I would spend with my grandfather. I can still clearly remember munching on my mother’s warm aloo-mattar and enjoying the lively conversations between us. We would talk about a host of […]

Swami Vivekananda – Laser Light Show by Manick Sorcar

HOUSTON: The laser documentary on Swami Vivekananda is now here in USA for a three-month tour across the nation, after its phenomenal success in India where it was displayed in a number of cities, receiving rave reviews and was nationally telecast. Although it is called a laser show, “Swamiji” is far from a traditional laser […]

Dharma and Yoga Fest in Houston

HOUSTON: Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA (HSS), Houston Chapter and Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH) with the support of many other Dharmic organizations, will host “Dharma and Yoga Fest” on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. This event will be followed by Janmashtami celebrations […]

Arya Samaj DAV School Open for New Session

HOUSTON: The new session of the DAV Sanskriti School opened on Sunday, August 25 with much enthusiasm from both students and parents. The School aims to inculcate Vedic values and culture in children, with two hours of instruction followed by Prasad. Classes start at 10 am every Sunday. Naitik Shiksha (moral science) and Conversational Hindi […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Moong Di Daal Da Halwa (Moong Daal Halwa)

Halwa has existed for centuries in Asia, North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Jewish world. It refers to a dense, sweet confection that can be either slightly gelatinous, flour-based, typically suji (semolina) or the crumbling nut-butter based, usually made of tahini (sesame paste). Halwa can also be made with sunflower seeds, nuts, […]

Indian Idol Junior Anjana Padmanabhan

Indian Idol Junior Anjana Padmanabhan

The bubbly and cute Anjana Padmanabhan from Bangalore was recently crowned as the first Indian Idol Junior(Fremantle Media India). The ten year old – who had been the favourite of all the guests who came on the show and also made Shreya Ghoshal weep with her talent – was awarded the trophy by none other than the living […]

Cast and Producer of Life OK’’s Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq talk their hearts out

Cast and Producer of Life OK’’s Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq talk their hearts out

Life OK is all set for a new line-up of shows with BBC Productions’ new venture Ek Boond Ishq to go on-air from 9 September, 2013 in the 8:30 PM primetime slot. With this, comes the new development of Savitri replacing Junoon – Aisi Nafrat Toh Kaisa Ishq. The show produced by Beyond Dreams will air its last […]

Can Ranbir and Shahid pull off an Aamir and Salman?

Can Ranbir and Shahid pull off an Aamir and Salman?

If latest reports are to be believed, the 1994 cult comedy Andaz Apna Apna remake may feature Ranbir Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor in lead roles. Like it or not, but the latest buzz doing rounds it that the Kapoor boys are all set to pull off the Khans act in the second version Andaz Apna Apna. Reports state that […]

Will Zanjeer 2013 recreate the magic?

Will Zanjeer 2013 recreate the magic?

Tick tock tick tock! The clock is ticking and the anticipation is building. Will the new Zanjeerbe as good and iconic as the old one? Uhh! We are super excited! The 1973 Zanjeer was an iconic movie and had a crazy star cast. The movie did not depend on the songs or the hero or the […]

Satyagraha movie review

Satyagraha movie review

Review: There’s a shot in Satyagraha – a rainbow glimmering for a second between jets of water pounding protestors – which typifies this film. Vibrantly layered, Satyagraha weaves together urban legends of corruption, encompassing corporate lobbyists to murdered engineers. It features slices of histories, Chauri Chaura, Mandal, Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Andolan. It takes a real issue – corruption – […]

Kareena flaunting a baby bump for ‘Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’

Kareena flaunting a baby bump for ‘Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’

Kareena Kapoor Khan has often expressed a nonchalant attitude towards motherhood but it is sure a good look on her. On the sets of Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, the actress showed off a bump, a rather unconvincing one though with the square contours of the padding visible through her pastel pink outfit. A Delhi traffic outpost […]

Yes I’m in Ajay’s next film: Kajol

Yes I’m in Ajay’s next film: Kajol

Bollywood fans who grew up watching multiple re-runs of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) have a reason to rejoice. While Shah Rukh Khan has been going strong on the big screen, Kajol has stayed away from it for the last few years. Until now, that is. In a recent interview to us, Kajol’s husband, actor Ajay Devgn revealed that […]

PM expected to approve joint grand targeted operation in Karachi

PM expected to approve joint grand targeted operation in Karachi

KARACHI: Sources at the Prime MInister’s secratariat said that Premier Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif woud give approval of a joint grand targeted operation during Tuesday’s meeting of the federal cabinet to be held in Karachi to finally decide regarding steps for peace in the port city. The joint operation would include personnel of Rangers, FC and Sindh […]

Microsoft to acquire Nokia Corp, to pay $7.2 bn for its device business

Microsoft to acquire Nokia Corp, to pay $7.2 bn for its device business

Microsoft is buying Nokia’s devices and services business, and getting access to the company’s patents, for a total of 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion) in an effort to expand its share of the smartphone market, the companies announced late Monday. Microsoft will pay 3.79 billion euros ($5 billion) for the Nokia unit that makes mobile phones, including its […]

Sexual assault case: Asaram Bapu blames media for arrest

Sexual assault case: Asaram Bapu blames media for arrest

Jodhpur: Religious preacher Asaram Bapu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in one of his ashrams, today blamed the media for his arrest and sought bail on grounds that he was unwell.The 75-year-old has to spend his second night in the Jodhpur Central jail as a hearing on his bail plea will continue […]

India raises British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘mistake’ in Syria speech

India raises British Prime Minister David Cameron’s ‘mistake’ in Syria speech

New Delhi: British Prime Minister David Cameron mistakenly named India among countries which had concluded that Syrian regime forces were behind a chemical attack near Damascus, India’s foreign ministry said Tuesday. New Delhi took note of the lapse during Cameron’s August 29 speech to lawmakers in London, in which he called for Britain to join military […]

Mallika Sherawat, Sunny Leone to come together for a TV show

Mallika Sherawat, Sunny Leone to come together for a TV show

By ibnlive Mumbai: Mallika Sherawat and Sunny Leone will be uniting for the first time on-screen for an upcoming TV reality show – ‘The Bachelorette India – Mere Khayalon ki Mallika’. Mallika has already started shooting for her much awaited series, which is the Indian version of American competitive reality dating game show ‘The Bachelor’. The actress […]

Why A.C.L. Injuries Sideline So Many Athletes

Why A.C.L. Injuries Sideline So Many Athletes

By Nytimes For athletes, few sounds are more ominous than the percussive pop that can signal a ruptured knee ligament. Tears to the anterior cruciate ligament sideline more athletes for longer periods of time than almost any other acute injury. Seasons, even careers, end when the A.C.L. tears. Until recently, however, researchers couldn’t explain why […]