Charity Clinic Remembers … and Renews Commitment with Optimism
By Jawahar Malhotra STAFFORD: It began with vigor and enthusiasm to provide a brighter future for those who had nowhere to turn for immediate health needs, in a rented space in an office building off Tarneff and DeMoss on the southwest side, almost behind Fire Station 51 on Bellaire Boulevard. After giving it a lot […]
Kids Bring Their Grandparents to Play Some Games
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Every month, the Indian Senior Citizen’s Association comes together in India House where over 200 members participate in events planned just for the occasion and learn about the goings on of each other. They are first generation immigrants who have lived in the environs of the Bayou City for decades and […]
Vaisakhi, Even 3 Weeks Later, is Still a Gorgeous Spring Mela
Click here for Photo Collage By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It didn’t seem to matter that the actual day of Vaisakhi had passed by over three weeks ago, it was what the masses believed in and the spirit with which they celebrated when they gathered together last Saturday, May 7 at the Sikh National […]
Oh! To Know! To Share! To Enjoy! The Connoisseurs Creed
By Jawahar Malhotra KATY:One of the most un-club like clubs among the pantheon of organizations that make up the pan-South Asian diaspora’s support structure in the Bayou City, the Connoisseurs Club – named after the French word meaning “a person who knows a lot about something” – held its quarterly meeting in the house of […]
Indian Heritage Takes on the Court at Rice Basketball
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Basketball, Bollywood and bhangra, it seems, are made for each other. It’s the perfect court to show off all the synchronized moves that are part and participle of the colourful dance groups that are popping up all over the Bayou City at ball games, starting off from the Houston Rockets half-time […]
Desi Runners Test their Mettle at the Chevron Houston Marathon
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: This past Sunday was the testing point for all the strenuous training and diet that many runners in the Bayou City had been working towards for the past several months as an estimated 25,000 converged on the George R. Brown Convention Center to participate in the annual Chevron Houston Marathon. The […]
