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Saadhana Samvid: A Celebration of Musical Tradition

Saadhana Samvid: A Celebration of Musical Tradition

By Sasi Raghavan HOUSTON: The awareness and love for Hindustani Classical Music and its deep- rooted tradition has become widespread across the Greater Houston Area, thanks to the selfless efforts of the celebrated Maestro of Mewati Gharana, Pandit Suman Ghosh. Saadhana Samvid is one such effort conceptualized and conducted by himGuruji Pandit Ghosh in which […]

Celebrations at JVB Preksha Center

Celebrations at JVB Preksha Center

By Seema Jain HOUSTON: Under the auspicious presence and guidance of Samani Vikas Pragyaji and Samani Maryada Pragyaji, JVB Center celebrated three major events, Mahavir Jayanti, Akshay Tritiya and Tribute to Gurus on Sunday, May 15, with a magnificent musical play. 125+ community members were present to witness a resplendent ceremony of art, music & drama put together by the dedicated members of […]

Before We Visit The Goddess

Before We Visit The Goddess

By Dr. Venugopal K. Menon HOUSTON: ‘Before We Visit The Goddess’, is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel, the #1 Bestseller in India since it was published. It is the fascinating chronicle of three generations of women, from the grandmother beginning her childhood in the bustling city of Kolkata, the daughter coming over to America, and […]

Jeremy Malhotra Graduates from Columbia University

Jeremy Malhotra Graduates from Columbia University

By Jawahar Malhotra NEW YORK: The white tents on the South Lawn stood out in the bright sunshine under incredibly blue skies as the new graduates from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs strode across the stage to shake the hand of the Dean, Merit E. Janow and be formally recognized for their […]

Sri Vasavi Jayanthi Celebrations 2016 at Sri Meenakshi Temple

Sri Vasavi Jayanthi Celebrations 2016 at  Sri Meenakshi Temple

By Seshagiri Pabbisetty PEARLAND: As is well recognized Sri Meenakshi Temple has been a place of miracles. Sunday May 22 was another day of a miracle with a gloomy weather forecast of a day-long thunder showers turning out to be a bright cloudy day by the grace of Sr Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari, an incarnation of […]

Sewa International & VYASA Conducts Stop Diabetes Movement (SDM) Yoga Camp

Sewa International & VYASA Conducts  Stop Diabetes Movement (SDM) Yoga Camp

By Noopur Sapatnekar HOUSTON: Sewa International and VYASA in collaboration with Jain Society of Houston, organized a 10-day yoga camp from May 13 to 22 at Jain Society of Houston. This was the 4th camp for the year and 9th such camp in last 2 years. The camp is specially designed for diabetic and pre […]

Dr. Krishna Dronamraju Delivers the Darwin Lecture at Osmania University

Dr. Krishna Dronamraju Delivers the Darwin Lecture at Osmania University

HOUSTON: President of the Houston-based Genetics Foundation, Dr. Krishna Dronamraju, recently delivered the Darwin Lecture at Osmania University in Hyderabad. The topic of the lecture is the relationship between disease and evolution. Darwin himself proposed how natural selection acts as a selective agent for maintaining certain diseases and disabilities in human populations. Prof. J.B.S. Haldane […]

Cultural Summer Camps with Themed Creative Workshops

Cultural Summer Camps with  Themed Creative Workshops

MANVEL: Global Organization for Divinity (G.O.D.) USA will conduct two unique Indian culture camps in Pearland area this June. “Vibrant India” day camp for kids aged 5 to 8 years will be from June 6 to 10, and “Cosmic Connections” for children/youth aged 9 to 15 years will be from June 13 to 17. Both […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Baingan De Pakore (Fried Eggplant Fritters)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Baingan De Pakore (Fried Eggplant Fritters)

Pakoras – as well as samosas – have become so popular worldwide that these Indian snacks have become universal world foods, like quiche, donuts, dumplings and sushi. Pakoras are inexpensive and quick to make, and they are hard to resist: if you eat one, you’ll probably not stop and will eat many more. And among […]

JUNOONIYAT (Official) TRAILER | Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam | Releasing On 24 June

JUNOONIYAT (Official) TRAILER | Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam | Releasing On 24 June

The Roadside Ustaad

The Roadside Ustaad

US helped India remove ship from UN’s Libya sanction list

US helped India remove ship from UN’s Libya sanction list

NEW DELHI: The UN Security Council’s decision to remove from a sanctions list an Indian ship accused of loading illicit crude from eastern Libya is being talked about as the latest byword for global India-US strategic cooperation. India-flagged tanker Distya Ameya, chartered by a UAE-based firm, was removed from the sanctions list of a UNSC […]

Learn about the new twists in Colors’ Swaragini

Learn about the new twists in Colors’ Swaragini

All the fans of Colors’ Swaragini (Rashmi Sharma Telefilms) pay due attention to this piece. We have details of the upcoming track… In coming days, we hear that Sanskaar (Varun Kapoor) and Lakshya (Namish Taneja) are going to embark on a search for Swara (Helly Shah). As per our source, “During their search, they will also come […]

Anushka Sharma is good, says ‘Sultan’ star Salman Khan

Anushka Sharma is good, says ‘Sultan’ star Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has praised his ‘Sultan’ co-star Anushka Sharma’s talent. “She (Anushka) is good. It’s good to work with people, especially with talented people,” Salman told reporters here when asked about his experience of working with the ‘PK’ actress. This will be the first time Salman and Anushka will be seen sharing screen space […]

Sarbjit Movie Review

Sarbjit Movie Review

STORY: Indian Sarbjit is wrongfully imprisoned in a Pakistani jail – can his sister Dalbir have him freed? REVIEW: Straight away, Sarbjit is Randeep Hooda’s triumph. In 1990, a simple Punjabi farmer Sarbjit (Randeep) drunkenly wanders across the India-Pakistan border – a milestone in a field – merrily singing ‘Jai Jai Shiv Shankar’, suddenly captured and tossed into Pakistani […]

Trailer of Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ to launch on May 24

Trailer of Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ to launch on May 24

The trailer of Salman andAnushka Sharma starrer ‘Sultan’, is set to launch on May 24, according to a report published in IndianExpress.com. In the first teaser, we were introduced to Salman Khan’s character, Sultan Ali Khan, making way to the akhada for his first fight. Salman Khan floored everyone with his look and chiselled body. Click here for more… […]

Sairat’s star-couple bags Rs 5cr bonus

Sairat’s star-couple bags Rs 5cr bonus

Producers of the film are feeling super-generous as film crosses Rs 60-cr mark. It is appraisal season, after all. And why should film stars be any different? The leading lady and man of the biggest blockbuster in Marathi cinematic history, Sairat , have been awarded a bonus of Rs 5 crore each by its benevolent (and delighted) […]

IPL 2016: Kohli 54* powers RCB to playoffs

IPL 2016: Kohli 54* powers RCB to playoffs

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli played another match-winning innings as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Delhi Daredevils by six wickets to march into playoffs of the Indian Premier League season nine in Raipur on Sunday. The victory, their fourth in a row, also took RCB to the second in the standings and avoided the Eliminator in the next stage. After bowlers […]

US Responds To India’s Discriminatory Visa Fee Charge

US Responds To India’s Discriminatory Visa Fee Charge

WASHINGTON:  The US has told India it is bound by legislation on the recent visa fee hike – which has badly hit Indian IT companies, an issue that was strongly raised by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his bilateral meeting. “There are always two issues, one of course is the recent one, visa fee hike and the other […]

Weak oil prices may hit remittances from Gulf nations: CRISIL

Weak oil prices may hit remittances from Gulf nations: CRISIL

Continuing weakness in oil prices may impact remittances from Gulf countries into India, a report by domestic ratings agency Crisil said. However, it added that low oil prices have reduced the country’s trade deficit with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. “The Gulf lost some charm for India last fiscal, both as a destination for exports […]