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Indian Consulate in Houston Promotes India Energy Week
HOUSTON: The India Energy Opportunity Roadshow 2026 was successfully held in Houston on24 September 2026, showcasing India’s bold upstream reforms, Samudra Manthan, and investment opportunities under OALP X & XI. Secretary Mr. Neeraj Mittal, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, delivered the Keynote Address, highlighting India’s accelerated upstream strategy, transparent policy reforms, and new incentives shaping the petroleum & naturalgas…
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Excitement, Learning Mark the First Day of Chinmaya Bala Vihar
By Sweety Trivedi, Photo by Bharath Rao HOUSTON: Chinmaya Mission Houston marked the beginning of its new Bala Vihar year on August 23, 2026, with renewed enthusiasm, devotion and excitement. The occasion carries special significance as the Mission continues to honor the enduring vision of Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda, who founded Chinmaya Mission in 1951 and went on to establish…
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India House Celebrates 22nd Annual Gala with Ravi Kishan
HOUSTON, TEXAS — September 17, 2026 — India House celebrated its 22nd Annual Gala on September 6th at the Marriott Sugar Land welcoming a full house of community leaders, elected officials, business leaders, supporters, families and friends. Hon. Ravi Kishan, celebrated Indian actor, film producer and Member of Parliament of India, was the Guest of Honor, while Hon. D. C.…
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Indian Consulate in Houston Promotes India Energy Week
HOUSTON: The India Energy Opportunity Roadshow 2026 was successfully held in Houston on24 September 2026, showcasing India’s bold upstream reforms, Samudra Manthan, and investment opportunities under OALP X & XI. Secretary Mr. Neeraj Mittal, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, delivered the Keynote Address, highlighting India’s accelerated upstream strategy, transparent policy reforms, and new incentives shaping the petroleum & naturalgas…
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Sugar Land Resident Sanatan Kadakia Launches Hollywood Film
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS: After building a successful career in technology, Sanatan Kadakia has quietly emerged as one of the South Asian community’s most active supporters of independent film. On October 2, followed by a North American VOD release November 13, Kadakia celebrates the release of Séance, the latest feature film in a growing portfolio of productions that have earned attention…
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Appeal for Kidney Donation
HOUSTON: Hi, I’m Meera. I’m a wife, mother, daughter and sister and I’ve been happily marriedto my husband and we live in Houston, Texas with our 15-year-old daughter, a sophomore inhigh school. She is the joy of my life. I’m also a caretaker for my older parents who shuttle between Washington and Houston. I was diagnosed with lupus at a…
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Pallod Pariwar’s Journey through Blood, Bonds, and Blessings
BY IRA SHARDA (Have you) ever heard of a family of 155 people gathered from all across the globe, across four generations, going on a two week pilgrimage and sightseeing tour of a state? My friends hadn’t, my dad’s colleagues hadn’t, but my mum had; it was her blood that linked me to the Pallod Pariwar as a granddaughter, niece…
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Mama Turns 94 with Many Admirers Around Her
By Jawahar Malhotra KATY: When she turned 78 in 2006, it was a total surprise to her when she entered Gourmet India restaurant where 70 people shouted “Happy Birthday, Mama”! Stunned and overcome with emotion, she was also delighted to have the affection of so many around her. And it has been a birthday event that her sons Jayant and…
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VFS Global Expands Consular Application Centres in USA; Unveils 8 New Centres
• 8 new locations include Boston, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Edison, Orlando, Raleigh, and San Jose • These 16 Indian Consular Application Centres (ICACs) across the US will facilitate the Indian diaspora and other applicants across the United States of America with India Visa, Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), passport application, renunciation of Indian citizenship, Police clearance certificate, Global Entry Programme…
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Transformative AI Bootcamp by IIT Alumni at Proposed Outreach Center
By Shashikant Sarada, PE HOUSTON: Driven by a collective desire to give back to the state that has provided so many opportunities, members of the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) community launched the AI for Engineers & Scientists (AI4ES) Immersive Bootcamp in Houston on August 22 and 23. The event was the inaugural program of the proposed Outreach Center in Houston, a Texas-centered initiative dedicated to workforce…
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‘Jugnuma’: A Riveting Flight of Fantasy
By Renuka Vyavahare Story: Set in the late 1980s, Dev (Manoj Bajpayee), an orchard owner, lives with his family in a picturesque house nestled in the Himalayas. Each morning, he steps into his workshop, straps on a massive pair of handcrafted wings, and casually heads to a nearby cliff—where he takes flight like a bird. Review: This surreal ritual is…
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