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Indic Book Club and Friends of India Society Launch “Inside Chanakya’s Mind”

Indic Book Club and Friends of India Society Launch “Inside Chanakya’s Mind”

HOUSTON: Indic Book Club, a global, multi city, horizontal network of Academics, Authors, Artists & Activists made its American debut with its first event in Houston on Sunday, February 19 and buoyed by its success, did the International book launch of “Inside Chanakya’s Mind” the following Thursday, February 23. The first event was a talk […]

Tamil Chair at Harvard University

Tamil Chair at Harvard University

By Vidya Sridhar HOUSTON: Harvard University has accepted a proposal to set up a “Sangam Tamil Chair” in the Department of South Asian Studies with the focus being on Tamil Sangam Literature and all Tamil literature influenced by it. Tamil language has ancient literature dating back to around 300 B.C. Tamil is one of the […]

MahaShivaratri Celebrations at The Hindu Temple of the Woodlands

MahaShivaratri Celebrations at The Hindu Temple of the Woodlands

By Beth Kulkarni  THE WOODLANDS: The Hindu Temple of the Woodlands (HTW) held a magnificent celebration of MahaShivaratri, the night of Shiva, on February 24, continuing until Saturday morning at 8 am. The celebration began at 8:30 a.m. on Friday with Rudra Abhishekam. The Abhishekam, or bathing, of Lord Shiva was done with the traditional […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Besan di Pinniyan (Gram Flour Sweet Balls)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Besan di Pinniyan (Gram Flour Sweet Balls)

By popular demand from many readers, below is a reprint of Mama’s Besan di Pinniyan recipe, which is a tasty sweet to make especially during days of cool weather. It is reprinted with some additional information and directions. Pinniya are extremely popular in the Punjab during the cold weather months. It is very common to […]

To-be-mommy Deepika Singh shares TIPS on ‘pregnancy’

To-be-mommy Deepika Singh shares TIPS on ‘pregnancy’

There is no other better feeling in the world than experiencing the birth of your little one, taking the baby in your arms and holding their tiny fingers. There is one gorgeous looking actress who is feeling the same emotions. We are talking about the very talented Deepika Singh who is better known as Sandhya […]

Mahira Khan and Sheheryar Munawar will star together in ‘Saat Din Mohabbat In’

Mahira Khan and Sheheryar Munawar will star together in ‘Saat Din Mohabbat In’

Their second joint film (after the 2015 hit Ho Mann Jahaan) is Saat Din Mohabbat In, a quirky rom-com directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi of Zinda Bhaag fame. SDMI will be the debut production of The Dawn Media Group’s film wing, DawnFilms. The film, scripted by Fasih Bari Khan, follows a young man […]

Akshay Kumar to launch the new version of ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’

Akshay Kumar to launch the new version of ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’

Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon’s ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’, which became one of biggest chartbusters of the 1990s, has been recreated for Abbas-Mustan’s ‘Machine’, that marks the debut of Abbas Burmawala’s son, Mustafaopposite Kiara Advani. During the 1990s, Akshay scored his first big hit with Abbas-Mustan’s ‘Khiladi’. He also starred in ‘Ajnabee’ and […]

India’s unemployment rate drops 50% in 7 months on Modi govt’s rural push

India’s unemployment rate drops 50% in 7 months on Modi govt’s rural push

NEW DELHI: UP has logged the highest rate of decline in unemployment rate among major states in the period between August 2016 and February this year on the back of Centre’s focus on rural jobs scheme MGNREGA. According to the latest report by SBI Research, a wing of the country’s largest bank, SBI, during this […]

Railways Ministry in talks with 6 global firms for high speed trains

Railways Ministry in talks with 6 global firms for high speed trains

CHENNAI: Discussions by the railway ministry with top six global companies for the launch of very high speed trains in India that can travel at a speed of 600kms per hour were in the advanced stage, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Saturday. “We called for six top global companies who have technology that can […]

I-T dept attaches assets worth Rs 33cr allegedly amassed by AAP’s Satyendar Jain

I-T dept attaches assets worth Rs 33cr allegedly amassed by AAP’s Satyendar Jain

The Income Tax department dealt a body blow to the reputation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by attaching assets allegedly amassed illegally by Satyendar Jain, a senior minister in the Delhi government. The assets attached under the Benami Act include more than 100 bighas of land with investment value of Rs 17 crore and […]

Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina

Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina

A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in South Carolina, US, was shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shock waves across the country. But the county sheriff told the Indian mission that this “may not be a hate crime,” but […]

In India, Donald Trump has made US-based men less desirable marriage partners

In India, Donald Trump has made US-based men less desirable marriage partners

Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, his dramatic executive order on immigration in January (which was later stayed by a federal court) and a proposal to squeeze H1B work visa programmes that are used extensively by Indians has meant that young Indian men studying and working in the US are no longer in demand in marriage bureaus in […]

Attacks on Indian-origin people: Diplomats open channels, community rallies support online

Attacks on Indian-origin people: Diplomats open channels, community rallies support online

Alarmed by incidents targeting Indian-origin people in the US, Ambassador Navtej Sarna is quietly working the diplomatic channels by reaching out to governors, Congressmen and US administration officials, while the influential Indian community has been encouraged to mobilise public opinion and increase awareness. The Sikh Coalition, the largest Sikh civil rights organisation in the US […]

Uttar Pradesh elections 2017: After Kejriwal and Parrikar, Akhilesh Yadav asks voters to accept money

Uttar Pradesh elections 2017: After Kejriwal and Parrikar, Akhilesh Yadav asks voters to accept money

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is the latest addition to the list of leaders who have asked the electorate to take money from other outfits but cast vote for their respective parties. “I (have) heard that voters are being given money. My advice to you is to keep the money and vote for the bicycle,” […]

US to temporarily suspend special payment programme for H-1B visas

US to temporarily suspend special payment programme for H-1B visas

In a significant development for Silicon Valley and Indian IT firms and engineers, the Donald Trump administration on Friday suspended “premium processing” of H-1B visas — a fast lane used by US companies to circumvent long waiting periods to get their petitions for high-skilled foreign workers approved, or rejected, for an extra fee. Under “premium […]

India says talks positive amid US move to plug H-1B shortcut

India says talks positive amid US move to plug H-1B shortcut

In a significant development for Silicon Valley and Indian IT firms and engineers, the Trump administration on Friday suspended “premium processing” of H-1Bs, a fast lane used by US companies to circumvent long waiting periods to get their petitions for high-skilled foreign workers approved, or rejected, for an additional fee. It could severely impact the […]

Renowned Geologist Donates 100 Year Old Journals to OIL

Renowned Geologist Donates 100 Year Old Journals to OIL

RICHMOND, TEXAS – Norman Kent, a renowned structural geologist, has donated 100-year-old AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Bulletins/Journals, along with numerous geology books to OIL’s (Oil India Limited) Library in India. Kent, of Kent Geoscience Associates, has had extensive international experience in projects with complex geological plays in various countries like India, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, […]

The Great Night of Shiva at Hillcroft

The Great Night of Shiva at Hillcroft

By Vanshika Vipin Varma HOUSTON: Maha Shivratri is a popular Hindu festival that is celebrated every year in reverence of the Lord Shiva. It is a day of thanksgiving to the Lord for protecting us from annihilation. Religious penances are carried out to gain boons through the practice of meditation and chants of “Om Namah […]

A Blissful Sivaratri at Saumyakasi Sivalaya

A Blissful Sivaratri at Saumyakasi Sivalaya

  By Satchitananda HOUSTON: Siva means auspiciousness. On February 24th 2017, as Houston celebrated Mahasivaratri, a day that is most auspicious to Siva, thousands of devotees of the Houston Indian American community had one venue on their minds and calendar – Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya. In that iconic linga-shaped temple located within the premises of Chinmaya […]

Krishnamurthy to Head Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust

Krishnamurthy to Head Sankara Nethralaya OM Trust

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: With the start of the new year, local community activist and philanthropist Leela Krishnamurthy has been selected to head the Sankara Nethralaya Ophthalmic Mission Trust, a national non-profit in the US, which was established in 1988 to support the highly regarded charitable, not-for-profit Sankara Nethralaya, Ophthalmic Hospital, in Chennai, India. The […]