IACCGH Launches the International Student Internship Program
By Manu Shah HOUSTON: IACCGH Board member Narayan Bhargava cofounded an organization during his freshman year at UT which provided free consulting to struggling businesses in Austin by students who in turn gained valuable experience through solving real life business problems. Today, this has become a premier student led organization at the McCombs School of […]
Women’s Voice for Better America to Launch Opportunity Fair
HOUSTON: Women’s Voice for Better America, a network of diverse women leaders from Fort Bend and Houston, has launched a uniquely designed initiative to increase women’s access to Healthcare Choice, Career Progress and Voting Decision. Co-chairs of Women’s Voice for Better America are Neeta Sane, Anhlan Nguyen, Nargis Ahmed, Ponnu Pillai, Fheryl Prestage, Munira Panjawani, […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Celebrates Panguni Uthiram Festival on a Grand Scale
By Kamala Raghavan PEARLAND: Panguni Uthiram is celebrated at many temples throughout South India and the world. Devotees flock to many well-known temples such as Perur, Palani, Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore and Vadapalani Murugan temple, to name a few. The festival was celebrated in a grand manner at Sri Meenakshi Temple on Sunday, March 27. […]
Pratham Houston Gala 2016: Spectacular Fashion Show by Manish Malhotra
By Karina Hooda HOUSTON: Pratham will be hosting its 2016 Houston Gala on Saturday, April 23. The event will be held at the Hilton Americas on 1600 Lamar Street in Houston Texas, at 6 pm. The Gala is co-Chaired by Ajay and Dr. Sippi Khurana and Bashar and Brigitte Kalai. The Emcees for the evening […]
Vishal and Shekhar to Rock Houston on April 8
HOUSTON: Vishal–Shekhar is a music-directing duo consisting of Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani. The duo has worked in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Marathi films. Vishal Dadlani is also the vocalist of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram. Shekhar Ravjiani is a trained classical singer (under Ustad Niaz Ahmed Khan). He learned to play the accordion from his […]
Yoga: The Mind-Body Wellness Connection
By: Satyanarayana V. Chilukuri, M.D HOUSTON: One of the most striking areas of research, in the area of psychoneuroimmunology, is how stress impacts our mind and our immune system, and how psychological, neural and immunologic processes interact and shape human health and behavior (Ader R, Felton DL & Cohen N). Uncontrolled overwhelming stress is one […]
UHCOP Professor and Department Chair Rajender Aparasu Selected for Fulbright Specialist Roster
HOUSTON: UH College of Pharmacy’s Rajender R. Aparasu, Ph.D., FAPhA, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, has been selected for the Fulbright Specialist Roster. The Fulbright program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, serves to promote the international engagement of academic […]
GITS Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Presented by Prem Jyotish Presents Voices That Will Touch Your Heart!
Zee TV’s Iconic Singing Reality Show Reinvents With A First-of-its-Kind 30 Member Jury of Music Connoisseurs To Aid The Selection Process After screening 50,000 entries from across the world including North America and after over 8 weeks of grueling auditions across 14 Indian cities to discover India’s most talented singers, only the most striking voices […]
Fond Farewell for a Favorite Consul General
By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: Since 1995, Houston has experienced its Indian Consulate administered by six different Consul Generals. Each had a unique personality and imprinted a different impression on the local Indo-American community. Judging by the farewell reception sponsored by 22 community organizations, Parvathaneni Harish and his wife Nandita were certainly one of the favorites. […]
Four Tips to Help Take the SAT
HOUSTON: It’s never too early to start preparing for the SATs. The comprehensive assessment test is one of the key academic measurements college recruiters look at when determining if they should admit a student. This year, The College Board, the private nonprofit corporation responsible for creating the SAT, redesigned the test to include longer and […]
Find Out How Colors Influence Your Actions
HOUSTON: According to Vastu, the world of colors is unique in its own way and influences each and every action of our lives. While some colors make you want to get out of your chair and do something, others make you lethargic and want you to nestle down and relax. Some colors are so vibrant […]
IMS Opens 2016 Concert Series with an Unforgettable Concert by Pt. Ulhas Kashalkar
By Sunil Pangarkar HOUSTON: On Saturday, March 19, at the Jones Hall of University of St. Thomas, the connoisseurs of Indian classical music became part of a most divine experience. An experience in which the audience was rendered speechless. This was indeed The Concert of concerts by a Musician’s Musician. The featured artist was Padmashree […]
HMM Celebrates Holi
By Megha Ozarker HOUSTON: On March 20, Houston Maharashtra Mandal (HMM) celebrated Holi/Rangapanchmi at Bear Creek Park in Houston. HMM Committee Members greeted guests by applying dry herbal colors on their faces and wishing them “Happy Holi”. The weather was just picture perfect and sunny for adults and kids to enjoy the Holi event using […]
Empowering Local Employment
By Damodhara Jammli HOUSTON: ITServe Alliance hosted key speakers during March 2016 monthly meet.ITServe Alliance is a largest association of IT Services organizations. The alliance is the voice of all prestigious IT companies functioning with similar interests across United States. Through the years ITServe has evolved as a resourceful and respected platform to collaborate (STARTUPS / […]
Celebrate Indo-American Heritage Day
HOUSTON: The Foundation for India Studies (FIS) in partnership with the Houston Public Library (HPL) and Houston Community College (HCC) invites the community to an exciting celebration for Indo-American Heritage Day, Our Roots, Our voices, Our Heritage, Our Contributions. The Indo-American Heritage Day celebration will take place on Saturday, March 26, from 1 PM to […]
Classical Arts Plans Centenary Tribute to MS. Subbulakshmi for its Annual Spring Festival
By Vivek Natarajan HOUSTON: Classical Arts Society of Houston will be presenting its annual spring festival for 2016 on April 2 and 3. The venue for the April 2 is the Kalyana Mantapam of Sri Meenakshi Temple in Pearland and April 3 is the Stafford Civic Center in Stafford. These events on both dates are […]
Texas Oncology Cancer Prevention Series: Treating Cancer with Transplants
Traditionally. the term leukemia has been a very scary one for most people. Over the years, there has been a great deal of publicity around bone marrow transplants. This exciting treatment has evolved and now there are many versions of transplants. The technique has become much safer and has been critical in our ability to […]
Director Arun Chidambaram’s ‘KANAVU VARIYAM’ Wins Prestigious REMI Award in Worldfest
HOUSTON: Arun Chidambaram’s ‘Kanavu Variyam (Dream Factory)’ wins the Prestigious Remi Award. This award will be given in the 49th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival scheduled from April 8-17. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the World. They discovered Spielberg (Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List), Ridley Scott (Gladiator, The Martian), George Lucas […]
A Unique and Symbolic Mahasivaratri at Chinmaya Prabha
By Vinod Sharma & Padmashree Rao HOUSTON: Lord Siva, the ideal of auspiciousness, was invoked at Chinmaya Prabha and Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya in a weeklong Mahasivaratri celebration that began on March 6 and culminated on March 13. Befitting the holiest time of worship of the great three-eyed Lord, the celebrations were highlighted by three events […]
Grand Mahasivarathri Celebrations at MTS
By M.K.Sriram & Anu Mahesh PEARLAND: It was a Grand Mahasivarathri Day celebration at Sri Meenakshi Temple on Monday, March 7. Devotees started streaming in soon after the doors opened in the morning and swelled to a large gathering when the puja started at twilight. The weather was beautiful and more than 1,000 devotees thronged […]
