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Gautam Rode to play the lead in Life OK’s Maha Kumbh!

Gautam Rode to play the lead in Life OK’s Maha Kumbh!

Talented actor Gautam Rode, who is winning the hearts of the audiences’ through his commendable performance in Sphere Origins’Saraswatichandra on Star Plus, will be seen essaying the lead role in Life OK’s next venture Maha Kumbh. Confirming about the same our source says, “Yes, Gautam has been roped in to play the lead role. Maha Kumbh is a finite […]

Aditya to die in Sony TV’s Main Naa Bhoolungi!

Aditya to die in Sony TV’s Main Naa Bhoolungi!

Sony TV’s  Main Naa Bhoolungi produced by Beyond Dreams and Dancing Waters is coming up with a major twist in the tale.  Samaira (Aishwarya Sakhuja) is playing her game cunningly to take revenge from Aditya and she has almost succeeded in doing so. In last episode you saw – Samaira tells Sunaina (Papiya Dey) that Aditya […]

IACCGH “Mapping Your Future” Session by UH Dean Ramchand

HOUSTON: Dean Latha Ramchand of the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston conducted a follow up session for her talk “Mapping Your Future” originally delivered on November 13, 2013 at the Hess Club. The Chamber also opened it up to women who had missed the previous session and wanted to […]

Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra Fast Becoming a Tradition at Durga Bari

HOUSTON: With much pomp and ceremony, Rath Yatra was celebrated at Durgabari on June 29. Well attended by more than 1000 people, this year marks the 3rd year in a row and it’s fast becoming a tradition at Durga Bari. People flocked to the temple early morning that day and waited patiently as Mahamahopadhyay Dr. […]

Storybook Indian Wedding Captivates Salt Lake City with Pomp, Revelry, Opulence

  For video clip click here   By Jawahar Malhotra SALT LAKE CITY: The pristine, cool morning air reverberated with the deafening sounds of the two dholuks that played in dueling cadence under the porte cochere of the Grand America Hotel entrance. The baratis (groom’s side) of the wedding party took their positions behind the […]

Aani Thirumanjanam Celebrated at Sri Meenakshi Temple

PEARLAND: The word “Thirumanjanam” means Holy bath. Aani (Tamil month spanning mid June -mid July) Thirumanjanam  is a special day (Uthiram Nakshtram) when an Abhishekam is performed for Lord Nataraja. At Sri Meenakshi Temple, Pearland Aani Thirumanjanam was celebrated on July 4, with the traditional Abhishekam which was witnessed by devotees on a slightly drizzling […]

NABC 2014: Prelude National Bengali Conference 2015 in Houston

By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: If NABC (North American Bengali Conference) 2014 was a snapshot of things to look forward to in 2015, we are in for a big treat in Houston in 2015. Orlndo, Florida held the NABC 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel with great gusto and enthusiasm from July 4-6. Bengalis from all […]

Silver Jubilee Janmashtami Celebrations by the Hindus of Greater Houston

HOUSTON: 2014 marks the 25th anniversary celebrations of Janmashtami (birthday of Lord Krishna) in Houston by the Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH). This community-wide event will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Saturday, August 23, 2014 in a bigger hall with 135000 square feet of space, which can accommodate over 10 […]

Training Teachers for a Fulfilling Bala Vihar at Chinmaya Mission

By Padmashree Rao HOUSTON: Chinmaya Bala Vihar teachers from several centers in North America assembled enthusiastically on the morning of June 28, at the Sarasvati Nilayam in Chinmaya Prabha, Houston. The occasion was the much- anticipated, comprehensive curriculum training program by Acarya Darshana Nanavaty of Chinmaya Mission Houston. After dedicating the day to Gurudev with […]

Houston Rath Yatra Brings Communities Together

Click here for photo collage   By Chetana Samal HOUSTON: It was 10:30 pm on a Sunday night. The Lords, the devotees and the ambience were all in unison – no one seemed to be in a hurry. The seventh Houston Rath-yatra, the annual journey by Lord Jagannath with his brother Lord Balabhadra and sister […]

AAPI Organizes 3rd Annual Free Community Health Fair

SAN ANTONIO: Continuing with the tradition of offering free medical services to the local population, where the annual Convention is being held every year, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) organized its annual Community Health Fair in San Antonio, TX on Sunday, June 29, even as the 32nd annual convention, attended by nearly […]

iEducate USA Encourages Math and Science Education in Series of Summer Programs at Crockett Elementary

HOUSTON: iEducateUSA, a non-profit organization providing classroom tutors to support math and science programs in HISD elementary schools, celebrated its annual month of education at Crockett Elementary consisting of a 3-day science workshop and a 3-week summer camp that has just been completed. The two programs were designed to help elementary school students of all […]

Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation Raising Record $5 Million

By Prakash Waghmare When the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi in his first maiden speech to the Indian Parliament talked about ‘issue-centric focused activities like Education to eradicate poverty’, it was as if he was referring to “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation” (EVF) mission. For past 25 years, “Ekal-USA” has been dispensing Literacy, Health care, and Integral […]

The Healthy Dose: Vaccination Verified

By Parth Dwivedi While dropping your children off to school you notice a small boy, their classmate. His eyes are red and rashes cover his skin. He has measles. This scenario should scare you and the solution is simple. Vaccinate your children. A small but significant number of people actively choose to avoid vaccination. As […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Aaloo Di Bhurji (Chopped Potato & Onion Sautee)

The lowly aaloo (potato) is probably one of the most commonly eaten vegetable in the world and is certainly one of the cheapest. It is found just about everywhere; there are stunted, small varieties found even among the sand soils of the desert in Rajasthan and West Africa where potatoes are especially pricey. Due to […]

NYC Cabbie Guilty of Arranging Pakistan ‘Honor’ Killings

NYC Cabbie Guilty of Arranging Pakistan ‘Honor’ Killings

By Associated Press, Indiawest New York — A New York City taxi driver was convicted July 3 of arranging two killings in Pakistan because he was dismayed that his daughter had left an arranged marriage. Mohammad Ajmal Choudhry was so humiliated that he arranged the honor killings of two relatives of a man who had helped […]

Bill Clinton to Travel to India in July for Foundation

Bill Clinton to Travel to India in July for Foundation

By Yoshita Singh, Press Trust of India New York — Former President Bill Clinton will travel to India this month during which he is expected to visit Lucknow and Jaipur and focus on critical issues, including global health, improved access to medicines, climate change and economic development. Clinton will travel to India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New […]

Teen Prodigy Cracks SAT, Earns Three Associate Degrees

Teen Prodigy Cracks SAT, Earns Three Associate Degrees

By Sinduja Rangarajan, Special to India-West Granite Bay, Calif. — When Maadhav Shah checked his SAT score for the first time, his first instinct was to check it again. He had a perfect score of 2400. “I was pretty surprised,” the young Indian American teen toldIndia-West with a shy smile. “But when it sunk in, I […]

Finding Fanny | Official Trailer

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O86FUOrlkY[/youtube] Presenting the official Theatrical Trailer of Finding Fanny. Starring: Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah. The film is directed by Homi Adajania and releases on 12th September 2014 Finding Fanny is a Fox Star Studios presentation of a Maddock Films Production.

Top 10 Texas Attractions

Top 10 Texas Attractions

1: The Alamo 2: The River Walk (Paseo del Rio) 3: The State Capitol 4: Dallas World Aquarium 5: Padre Island National Seashore 6: Houston Space Center 7: Schlitterbahn Waterpark, New Braunfels 8: Six Flags Fiesta Texas 9: Moody Gardens 10: Galveston Island Interesting facts:  – The Alamo was at first a Spanish undertaking known […]