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Arya Samaj for Houston Food Bank

Arya Samaj for Houston Food Bank

HOUSTON: Arya Samaj Greater Houston organizes its annual Food Drive for the Houston Food Bank. Its members enjoy food every Sunday together after the weekly Satsang, called Rishi Langar’s Preeti Bhoj. But this time of the year is slightly different for them when they spare a thought to the recurring pain of the hungry people […]

FIS Scores Partnership with SAADA

FIS Scores Partnership with SAADA

HOUSTON: Philadelphia,PA based South Asian American Digital Archives (SAADA), a non-profit 501(c3) organization has sought partnership with Houston based Foundation for India Studies (FIS) to create a more inclusive voice to South Asian Americans at the national level by documenting, preserving, and sharing stories that represent Indian immigrants’ unique and diverse experiences. SAADA’s existing partnerships with Asian Indian […]

Diversity of Beauty Queens at Creole Heritage Festival

Diversity of Beauty Queens at Creole Heritage Festival

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The Bayou City was home to the fourth annual Houston Creole Heritage Festival this past Saturday, February 25 which featured a Mardi Gras Parade held downtown at Discovery Green. The lively and colorful all day event was presented by the Houston Shop Ministries to celebrate the food, music and heritage of […]

Abuwala Seeks Support for Yale Medical Outreach in Peru

Abuwala Seeks Support for Yale Medical Outreach in Peru

By Jawahar Malhotra MISSOURI CITY: Nafeesa Abuwala, is a pre-med sophomore at Berkley College in Yale University majoring in Cognitive Science and in the Global Health Studies program, hoping to graduate in 2019. She is originally from Missouri City where here parents live and her dad Ammar has a travel agency, Reliable Travel & Tours. […]

Golden Moon Festival: Gaura Purnima 2017

Golden Moon Festival: Gaura Purnima 2017

HOUSTON: Gaura Purnima is a festival that celebrates the divine appearance of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Navadwipa, India. Gaura Purnima means “Golden Full Moon”. The name signifies that Lord Chaitanya took birth at time of full moon and He blesses everyone with the moonlike rays of His teachings. Lord Chaitanya is non-different than Lord Krishna […]

Sightseeing in India Off the Beaten Path: Pune’s Medieval and Maodern Attractions

Sightseeing in India Off the Beaten Path: Pune’s Medieval and Maodern Attractions

By Pramod Kulkarni On the Road: This is the fourth episode describing my wife Jyoti and I’s visit to India during Dec.-Jan. 2016. After a nine-day trip in Gujarat, we spent four days in Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra, visiting family and friends, and taking in some of the sightseeing attractions. Rather than describe […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Choliya da Snack (Green Chickpea Snack)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Choliya da Snack (Green Chickpea Snack)

Most young people in the US are familiar with safayd chole (white garbanzos or chickpeas) since they are served often at restaurants and private parties. Usually they are eaten with white rice or some form of roti (Indian flat bread). Boiled chickpeas are even served in many mainstream American restaurants as an item to be […]

Baahubali 2 premiere: Queen Elizabeth II will watch it before anybody else in India?

Baahubali 2 premiere: Queen Elizabeth II will watch it before anybody else in India?

A day before its worldwide release, the most-anticipated film of this year – Baahubali: The Conclusion, will have its premiere in the UK. The screening, a part of the cultural events organised by the Indian and British governments to celebrate 70 years of India’s independence, will take place on on April 27. The British Film […]

Priyanka Chopra’s Oscar dress triggers a joke flood on social media

Priyanka Chopra’s Oscar dress triggers a joke flood on social media

Social media trolls are always on the lookout for an opportunity to mock something. Their latest victim? Actor Priyanka Chopra for the geometric Ralph & Russo gown she wore for the 89th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, US. While some fashion critics applauded PeeCee’s fashion choice, Twitterati took to relentlessly mocking her ensemble, comparing it […]

India sets the stage for a clash with US, EU at WTO

India sets the stage for a clash with US, EU at WTO

If timing is what matters in life as well as global trade negotiations, India could not have asked for a more inauspicious time than now for circulating the draft negotiating text for improving several provisions of the World Trade Organization’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), according to services experts who spoke to Mint. […]

India among the regions with highest potential: Hyperloop

India among the regions with highest potential: Hyperloop

In 2012, Elon Musk revived an interest in pneumatic tube transportation system and named it hyperloop, a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation that would propel a pod-like vehicle through a near-vacuum tube at greater than airline speed. The concept generated a lot of interest, with many people deciding to work on the project. […]

Despite demonetisation, India’s GDP growth stays 7 per cent: Govt data

Despite demonetisation, India’s GDP growth stays 7 per cent: Govt data

  The economy clocked a faster-than-expected growth of 7 per cent in fiscal third quarter, notwithstanding the demonetisation of high-value banknotes in November and the resultant impact on output and well as consumption. Data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Tuesday showed that the rate of economic growth in the three months ending […]

India IT Feeling U.S. H-1B Immigration Angst

India IT Feeling U.S. H-1B Immigration Angst

India’s information technology lobbyists are wrapping up a week in the halls of Congress as India’s sizable U.S. tech community worries about losing out in the Washington, D.C. immigration maelstrom. The U.S. H-1B visa, which grants extended permission for U.S. work for highly skilled workers, has been a boon for India and its émigrés. Many are […]

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

F.B.I. Investigating Kansas Shooting of Indian Men as Hate Crime

The F.B.I. said on Tuesday that it was investigating the shooting of two Indian immigrants by a white man who leveled ethnic slurs at them and questioned their immigration status before he opened fire at a Kansas bar as a hate crime. The suspect, Adam W. Purinton, was thrown out of Austins Bar and Grill […]

Narendra Modi’s Israel visit likely in June to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties

Narendra Modi’s Israel visit likely in June to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties

With India and Israel marking 25 years of establishment of diplomatic ties on 29 January, the two countries have planned a series of events including the exchange of prime ministerial visits before the close of the anniversary year in January 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Israel in June—the first ever visit […]

Govt survey: Over 20 per cent Indians suffer from diabetes, hypertension

Govt survey: Over 20 per cent Indians suffer from diabetes, hypertension

A government health survey conducted across 26 states and Union Territories has found that more than a fifth of India’s 125-crore population suffers from diabetes and hypertension. According to the National Family Health Survey-4, whose results were released on Tuesday, the overall incidence of diabetes was 20.3 per cent and that of hypertension 22.2 per […]

Aashiq Surrender Hua Video Song | Varun, Alia | Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal |Badrinath Ki Dulhania

Aashiq Surrender Hua Video Song | Varun, Alia | Amaal Mallik, Shreya Ghoshal |Badrinath Ki Dulhania

 

Phillauri : Sahiba Video Song | Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Anshai Lal | Shashwat | Romy & Pawni

Phillauri : Sahiba Video Song | Anushka Sharma, Diljit Dosanjh, Anshai Lal | Shashwat | Romy & Pawni

 

Virender Sehwag Takes Cheeky Dig At MS Dhoni During Pune Test

Virender Sehwag Takes Cheeky Dig At MS Dhoni During Pune Test

Virender Sehwag, in his post retirement avatar, has retained all the qualities that made him one of the most entertaining batsmen to watch. Carefree and fearless, Viru has grabbed the attention of fans, be it on social media or in the commentary box. The former India opener is everywhere, including featuring in his own chat […]

Rani Mukerji all set to make her comeback with an inspiring film titled Hichki

Rani Mukerji all set to make her comeback with an inspiring film titled Hichki

So here’s a good news for all you Rani Mukerji fans! After keeping us waiting for almost 3 years (Mardaani being her last film in 2014), Rani is finally coming back on the big screen with a women-centric film titled Hichki. Yes! Directed by Siddharth P Malhotra, Hichki is a YRF venture that’s basically said […]