Hindus of Greater Houston’s Annual Youth Award Gala
By Priya Prasad PEARLAND: As the sun, illuminating the silver Ratham (chariot) at Sri Meenakshi Temple Society (MTS), set on April 9, a packed audience gathered to honor Houston’s seva-minded youth at the 6th annual Hindu Youth Award and Gala held by the Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH). The event recognizes Hindu youth, ages 16 to […]
Houston Police Academy Cadets Visit India House
HOUSTON: Knowing and understanding different cultures can go a long way to breaking down barriers and dispelling myths about other cultures and beliefs. To have a genuine understanding and mutual respect for others, the Houston Police Department conducts a Diversity Bus Tour for the Cadets of its Academy taking them to different cultural centers of […]
Rasaanubhava’16: Annual Dance Day of Abhinaya School
HOUSTON: Students and parents of Abhinaya School of Performing Arts look forward to their annual dance event “Rasaanubhava” with great fervor and anticipation. The artistic director Indrani Parthasarathy, is well versed in Pandanallur & Kalakshetra style of dancing. She is also well versed in Kuchipudi and classical music. Anupama Nagasimha, a senior student of the […]
‘Life in Resonance’ Celebrated at the Ninth Annual BAPS Women’s Conference
STAFFORD: In physics, resonance is defined by a phenomenon that follows when a powerful, vibrating system causes another system to oscillate with greater amplitude at a specific frequency. In life, resonance is defined by the innate beliefs and timeless principles that drive an individual’s actions as well as his/her physical and mental state of mind. […]
Experience Indian Heritage at Vedic Fair on Saturday April 23
HOUSTON: Festive and Flamboyant Vedic Fair will be held on Saturday April 23, from 3:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, TX. A hit for last four years, the reaction to its sequel isn’t that surprising. As Vedic Fair is approaching students, artists, vendors and participants at Ashirwad A Blessing Temple […]
Raghavan Receives Fulbright US Scholar Award
HOUSTON: Dr. Kamala Raghavan, a Texas Southern University Jesse H. Jones School of Business Associate Professor of Accounting, has been awarded a 2016-17 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant. She will conduct interdisciplinary research on the impact of India’s adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards on financial reporting, auditing, and cybersecurity with this award. Raghavan served as president […]
TCC Taped Ball Tournament Winter 2015: Spartans(SCG) Winners, BIG12 Runners Up
HOUSTON: Spartans (SCG) won the TCC Taped Ball Winter 2015 tournament defeating Big12 by five wickets in a closely contested game. It was a well-deserved win for Spartans (SCG) who maintained a perfect record in the finals for the seventh time. Big12 had a great tournament reaching finals for the first time. The tournament was […]
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Visits YLDP Class of 2016
By Radha Chenna HOUSTON: On Saturday, March 26, YLDP held a session with its keynote speaker, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, at the Mayuri Indian Restaraunt. Divakaruni is a New York Best Selling author who integrates her Indian heritage and culture within her writing. She has written seventeen novels, in which two of them have been made […]
Internet of Things, Shaping Enterprises and Consumers
HOUSTON: “The nerds are back in style” said Anup Sharma, Global CIO for Oil and Gas at GE, during his keynote speech at the Jones Graduate Business School, Rice University. Through his light and articulate presentation, he engaged the audience on the topic of Internet of Things. Quoting how Airbnb and Uber are valued as […]
Fun and Fit Children’s Health Fair at New State-of-the-Art Children’s Clinic
HOUSTON: The Ibn Sina Foundation, a non-profit organization, announces a fun and free Children’s Health Fair at our new State-of-the-Art Children’s clinic located at 11220 South Wilcrest Drive in Houston. The public is invited from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 16. We will be providing free medical services in a fun atmosphere for children up to age 21 through this […]
JVB Preksha Meditation Center’s 16th Annual Family Retreat
By Seema Jain HOUSTON: JVB Preksha Meditation Center, Houston conducted its 16th Annual 3-day and 2-night Family Retreat Camp at 66-acre facility Camp Woodmen, Bellville, TX from March 25 through March 27 under the spiritual guidance and presence of Samani Vikas Pragyaji and Samani Maryada Pragyaji. About 75+ campers from all over the state of Austin, San Antonio, and the Greater Houston area came along to enjoy the calm and scenic […]
William Makes Dosa In Mumbai, But Kate Refuses A Bite
MUMBAI: Britain’s Prince William helped cook a Dosa in Mumbai on Monday after he and wife Kate met perhaps their biggest fan in India, making the 93-year-old’s dream come true. The Duke of Cambridge met entrepreneurs and inventors before getting his chef on using an automatic device called DosaMatic. After watching a demonstration, William gladly poured […]
Many jewellers reopen shops; gold discounts drop
More than half of country’s jewellers reopened their shops on Monday after keeping them closed for nearly six weeks in protest over the reintroduction of excise duty on gold jewellery. The resumption in business could boost demand from the world’s second biggest consumer and support global prices trading near their highest in three weeks. “Jewellers […]
Saina looks to relive 2010 Singapore Open title moments
SINGAPORE: Six summers ago, Saina Nehwal had stood at the podium with the gold medal dangling around her neck and the Indian ace will hope to relive those moments by clinching the title once again when the Singapore Super Series begins on Tuesday. Saina has played only three times in the last five editions at […]
Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra in ‘Aashiqui 3’
Sidharth Malhotra opens up about aashiqui, reel and real; actor plans to learn how to sing and play the guitar for the musical. On March 16, speaking to Mirror, Mahesh Bhatt who’d directed the original ‘Aashiqui’ and who, along with filmmaker brother, Mukesh Bhatt and Bhushan Kumar, will be producing the third part in the […]
Chakravartin Ashok Samrat: Abhiram Nain to join the cast as the grown-up Siyamak
One of most lauded historical sagas of recent times, Chakravartin Ashok Samrat is all set for a leap. As we know, actor Mohit Raina has been finalized to play the role of the Maurya Emperor. Some details of the supporting cast are also emerging. It has been reported that actor Abhiram Nain whom we last saw as Avdesh Singh in […]
Sachin Tendulkar unveils the poster of his biopic, teaser to be out on April 14!
Yes, the film every die hard Indian cricket fan is waiting out is finally coming to fruition. Sachin Tendulkar himself has unveiled the first look of his biopic, Sachin, on the microblogging site, Sachin. We had earlier reported how Shah Rukh Khan himself had tweeted the first look of the film, to which Sachin replied saying […]
Deported Pakistanis will have to face the law
The rejection rate of Pakistani migrants seeking asylum in Europe stands at over 90 percent. DW spoke to a lawyer from Pakistan, Zia Awan, about why Islamabad is unable to control illegal migration from its soil. More than 48,000 Pakistani migrants applied for political asylum in different European countries in 2015 and up to the […]
Narayana Murthy: Indian IT companies act as immigration agents
HYDERABAD: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump now has an ally in India in the form of N R Narayana Murthy. Trump, who has been vehemently opposing outsourcing of US jobs to countries like India and China, among others, has found support from Infosys founder Murthy, who on Tuesday said that the Indian software industry has been […]
RIL, BP ready to drop arbitration over gas prices?
New Delhi: Is Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) ready to bury the hatchet with the government over its dispute on natural gas prices, which is now in arbitration? Recent developments suggest so. RIL and its partner BP Plc. have initiated discussions with the government to drop the arbitration, said an oil ministry official familiar with the developments […]
