Sultan of Santoor and Maestro of Melody Captivate Houston with their Soul Stirring Music
By Sunanda Vashisht HOUSTON: Saadhana Sur Sang- A concert series for Connoisseurs presented by Center for Indian Classical Music of Houston (CICMH) held its second concert of 2017 on September 29th at Stafford Civic Center. CICMH, spearheaded by renowned classical Vocalist and torchbearer of Mewati Gharana, Pandit Suman Ghosh, is synonymous with purity and authenticity […]
A Last Diwali Party at an Iconic Jewelry Store
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: For the last month, with announcements of a liquidation sale, India Jewelers has started a long goodbye, which is hard to take for many of those who have grown accustomed to the landmark store tucked away in the shopping center on Hillcroft and the Southwest Freeway. About a decade ago, it […]
Houston Durga Bari Puja: Bringing Bengal to Space City – Puja 2017
By Partha Sarathi Chatterjee HOUSTON: Houston’s Durga Bari’s Durga Puja is one of the largest Pujas in North America. It won the very first Best Puja in the international category from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Durga Bari has decided to donate $10,000 from Puja to Mayor’s Harvey Relief Fund. Consul General Of Houston, Dr. Anupam […]
Vibha Houston’s Garba Brings Together Over 650 People
HOUSTON: Every year fall ushers in the festival of Navaratri, a millennia-old celebration of the victory of good over evil. The Indian community together celebrates this wonderful occasion by participating in Garba and Dandiya Raas. On September 30, Vibha Garba brought together over 650 people from varying backgrounds who are not just united by a […]
Navratri Celebrations at the Gauri Siddhivinayak Temple
HOUSTON: Navratri is a nine nights (ten days) Hindu festival, celebrated in the autumn every year. It is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of India. In the eastern and northeastern states of India, the Durga Puja is synonymous with Navratri, wherein goddess Durga battles and emerges victorious over the buffalo […]
Bajagovindam and Sri Venkateswara Kalyanam Celebrated on October 8
By Kamala Raghavan PEARLAND: The celebration of Sri Venkateswara Kalyanam appropriately titled “Bajagovindam” is one of the traditions at most South Indian temples during the month of “Purattasi”, and here in Sri Meenakshi Temple Society in Pearland we follow the same tradition The purpose of such festivals is believed to shower all of God’s creations […]
Presentations: They’re Not Just About the Words
By Sathvik Gujja HOUSTON: This past weekend, on September 23, Guaranga Hall was filled with emotion. A speaker, with the knowledge extensive enough to share his wisdom with thousands and manifesting the desire to help our youth raise their levels of achievement and abilities as effective communicators, enacted his discourse. During the first of many […]
Governor Abbott Appoints Draksharam And McGill to State Commission on Judicial Conduct
AUSTIN, TEXAS: Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sujeeth Draksharam and Darrick McGill to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for terms set to expire November 19, 2021. The commission regulates the conduct of the state judiciary, including the power to recommend for retirement, censure, suspension or removal of a judge from office. Sujeeth Draksharam of […]
Diwali Mela 2017 in The Woodlands
By Beth Kulkarni THE WOODLANDS: The Hindu Temple of The Woodlands (HTW) is very busy preparing for its annual Diwali Mela to be held on the temple grounds on Saturday, October 14, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Each year the Mela gets bigger and better, attracting many of the area’s non-Hindu residents who […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Upma (Spicy Sauteed Semolina)
With the passage of time, some South Indian dishes have become immensely popular in North India and among Punjabis to the point that they have become commonplace in many homes. Among the most popular are dosas (stuffed, rolled rice waffles), idlis (steamed rice flour buns) served with sambar (a lentil-based vegetable stew) and upma (spicy […]
Neil and Avni to MARRY again in Star Plus’ Naamkarann
High voltage drama in Guruodev Bhalla and Dhaval Gada’s popular series, Naamkarann, which airs on Star Plus, is keeping the viewers hooked to the TV screen. TellyChakkar.com had already reported that in the upcoming episodes of the daily, with the end of Gurumaa (Maninee Mishra) and Dayavanti (Ragini Shah), good will win over evils. Click here […]
Hrithik Roshan breaks his silence on the infamous spat with Kangana Ranaut
The infamous spat between forlorn alleged lovers Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut sees no end. The controversy that stirred infinite debates and became the topic of discussion for every industry insider saw a remark from the horse’s mouth itself. On Thursday afternoon, Hrithik Roshan took to his Facebook page and poured his heart out. The actor shared that […]
Chef Movie Review
CHEF STORY: Roshan Kalra(Saif) is a three-star Michelin chef who gets fired from New York’s Gulli restaurant after he punches a customer. Forced to take a break, he flies to Kochi to spend time with his son, Armaan (Svar) and his estranged wife Radha Menon (Padmapriya). It’s a fruitful trip because he manages to mend broken […]
Raghuram Rajan among probables for Nobel Prize for economics: The Wall Street Journal
NEW DELHI: Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan features in the list of probables for this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, The Wall Street Journal has reported. He is one of the six economists on the list of probable winners compiled by Clarivate Analytics, a company that does academic and scientific research and maintains a list of dozens of […]
RIL offloads US shale gas assets as falling crude oil prices dent profits
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday agreed to sell the first of its shale gas ventures—upstream Marcellus shale gas assets in northeastern and central Pennsylvania in the US—for $126 million. The assets held by Reliance Marcellus II LLC, a unit of Reliance Holding USA Inc. and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), were sold to BKV Chelsea […]
India plans to lessen its drug reliance on China
NEW DELHI: The recent tension between India and China has prompted the government here to think of measures to reduce its dependence on China for pharmaceutical products. The health ministry along with drug regulators is planning to take a series of measures to limit reliance on China as well as tighten the regulatory checks and balances […]
Illegal Indian immigrants in US: Many overstayed their tourist or student visas or are from broken marriages
Chirayu Patel was filling out university applications when he found out that he was living illegally in the US. It made little sense to him — he remembers legally migrating from Ahmedabad to Chicago at the age of 11 when his father was granted a US work visa in 1994. However, when Patel applied to […]
