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Children’s Health Update Help End Childhood Cancer

Children’s Health Update  Help End Childhood Cancer

Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children and adolescents, according to the National Cancer Institute, yet funding for pediatric cancer research falls far below that for adult cancers. You can help stop this disease in its tracks—in a surprisingly simple way. During Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in September, Stripes Convenience Stores […]

VSGH Gears Up for Durga Puja Celebration

VSGH Gears Up for Durga Puja Celebration

By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: It is that time of the year again and the air is filled with sweet nostalgic memories of sights, sounds and smells associated with the Durga Puja, all welcoming the goddess in all her glory. The Vedanta Society of Greater Houston (VSGH), like every year is getting ready to celebrate Sri […]

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES – Clinical Trials: Offering New Hope

CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES – Clinical Trials: Offering New Hope

For the majority of patients diagnosed with cancer, standard chemotherapy and radiation treatments often prove to be very successful in shrinking or killing cancer cells. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for everyone. For patients who need an alternative to standard therapies, physicians often recommend participation in a clinical trial. According to the American Cancer Society, […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Hatch Pepper Di Sabzi (Sauteed Hatch Pepper)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Hatch Pepper Di Sabzi (Sauteed Hatch Pepper)

In the southern US, a large green pepper which is very hot is usually available during the summer months in large quantities. These are called “hatch peppers” and for six weeks are plentiful and really inexpensive. In India, these types of peppers are not available, and the closest thing is bell peppers which aren’t as […]

Rain Stops for Houston ka Raja

Rain Stops for Houston ka Raja

By Malay Vyas HOUSTON: Jwala si chalti hai aankhon mein jiske bhi dil mein tera naam hai…Shiv Shakti Temple and Masala Radio’s Sunil Thakkar and the Crazy Masala Crew led Houston’s biggest Indian block party – Ganesh Mahotsav Visarjan with over two thousand devotees biding adieu to their beloved Raja, the 9 ft tall Lord […]

Hanmi Bank-United Central Bank Merger

Hanmi Bank-United Central Bank Merger

HOUSTON: Hanmi Financial Corporation, the holding company for Hanmi Bank, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Central Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of United Central Bank, effective as of August 31, 2014. With the merger complete, Hanmi becomes the second largest Korean American Bank in the United States with 50 banking offices and […]

Kumar Sanu Entertains Houston

By Vanshika Vipin STAFFORD: It was an evening of nostalgia at the Stafford Center as versatile singer Kumar Sanu took stage. Sanu’s name is synonymous with romantic hit Bollywood songs from 1990’s and the early 2000’s. Organized by Rehan Siddiqui of Hum Tum Shows, the event welcomed each attending lady with a red rose. After […]

IACCGH Announces the Award Winners for 2014

IACCGH Announces the Award Winners for 2014

By Manu Shah HOUSTON: IACCGH began the countdown to its 15th Annual Gala 2014 by saluting the entrepreneurial spirit, professional accomplishments, public service endeavors and the strong philosophy of giving back displayed by members of the Chamber and the Indo American community. One hundred and twenty five members and guests gathered at the upscale Mr. […]

City Lights – a Teaser to the Upcoming 7th Indian Film Festival in March

By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: Sutapa Ghosh, founder cum director of IFFH had a brilliant idea of doing something different this year. Not in keeping with the tradition of holding the annual Indian film festival around this time of the year in Houston, it was decided to move it to March next year to make it […]

Santhigram Wellness Kerala Ayurveda Opens at Hillcroft

HOUSTON: A State of the art Center in the mid of Hillcroft Shopping Plaza was formally inaugurated by Ken Mathew, the Councilman of City of Stafford in a grand ceremony.  Present also on the occasion were Dr. Gopinathan Nair, Santhigram Founder and CEO, Koshy Thomas, CEO of Voice of Asia Group of Publications, G.K. Pillai, […]

Yoga and Health: By Dr. Shirley Telles

HOUSTON: This past Sunday, August 31, Houston area community had the opportunity to attend “Yoga and Health” presentation by Dr. Shirley Telles at India House, Houston. The talk and practice was a presentation of India House in collaboration with Patanjali Yogpeeth (USA) and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. After extending a warm welcome to […]

Radio Hungama Ganesh Utsav 2014

Radio Hungama Ganesh Utsav 2014

KATY: On Saturday, August 30, the Radio Hungama Team celebrated the auspicious Ganesh Festival at the Rylander Elementary School in Katy, TX. This is the second time that Sridhar Dadi and the Hungama Team were able to successfully organize a free event for the community. The puja held by Radio Hungama was conducted by Sriman […]

Ipshita Prakash – Sascha Pinto Engagement

By Jawahar Malhotra SUGAR LAND: The families of Ipshita Prakash and Sascha Pinto came together over the Labor Day Weekend to celebrate their engagement with many friends from the Houston area at the Sweetwater Country Club on Sunday, August 31. A three-man jazz and pop music band serenaded the guests as the couple made their […]

Free Clinic is a Testament of Dedication to Serve the Sick and Uninsured

By Jawahar Malhotra  HOUSTON: The line forms at 6 am outside, even before the building doors open, come rain or shine; stifling heat or shivering cold, and without a place to sit. Some people bring their own foldable chairs, others simply sit on the floor or stand in the ragged queue that moves upstairs and […]

Rice Radio Presents an Assorted South Asian Experience

HOUSTON: KTRU – Rice radio’s specialty show “Navrang” has been on-air for the past 22 years.  In recent years the show has been hosted by the passionate and perky radio DJ and director Varsha Vakil; she humbly dedicates her time and efforts to showcase talented artists’ of South Asian origin. KTRU’s Navrang show represents the […]

Bollywood Shake Presents “Bollywood Extravaganza 2014”

Featuring the Mrs. Bollywood Pageant & Mr. Bollywood Contest HOUSTON: Houston get ready for this one-of-a-kind event the “Bollywood Extravaganza 2014” scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept 6 at 8 pm at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. There are many shows that come to our wonderful city, but this one is truly unique […]

JVB Preksha Meditation Center Celebrates Acharya Tulsi’s Birth Centennial with Mega Blood Donation Drive

By Seema Jain HOUSTON: “Money can buy books but not knowledge; it can procure medicine but cannot ensure health; can get servants but not service; can build temples but cannot inspire devotion” -Acharya Shree Tulsi His Holiness Acharya Shree Tulsi, born in 1914, known worldwide as one of the greatest Acharya’s of Jain Terapanth sect. […]

Asia Society Invites: Sri-Lankan Minister of National Languages and Social Integration

HOUSTON: At the invitation of the Asia Society of Houston, Sri-Lankan Minister of National Languages and Social Integration, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, will deliver a speech, ‘Road Map to Healing and Reconciliation in Sri-Lanka’, at the Asia Society’s auditorium in Houston at 7:00 pm on October 8.  Dr. Bandula Wijay, the Honorary Consul General for Sri-Lanka in […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Pethe Da Halwa (Pumpkin Halwa)

When an Indian – especially a North Indian – thinks of petha (pumpkin), their first thought goes towards the famous white, crystallized petha of Agra where entire shops are devoted to various flavors of this sweet delicacy and not one street is without a pethawala. Agra petha is so well known and popular that when […]

Arya Samaj Greater Houston Celebrates Foundation Day

HOUSTON: The Arya Samaj Greater Houston (ASGH) celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day during the weekend of August 16 and 17, with great enthusiasm and fervor. The program started on Saturday, August 16, at 9:45 am with the Indian flag hosting ceremony to celebrate India’s Independence Day.  A group of DAVSS students lead by Smriti Srivastava […]