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
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
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
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
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 […]
Akshay Kumar’s Singing Voice in It’s Entertainment is Female
If men dressing in women’s outfits wasn’t a trend enough already in Bollywood, here’s Akshay Kumar trying out something new – he lip-syncs to a female voice for the song Johnny Johnny for It’s Entertainment. The song is the first to be released from the album of the forthcoming film It’s Entertainment, which marks the directorial debut of writers […]
Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan Repeat Famous Hug at Iftaar Party
Shah Rukh and Salman Khan have set an iftaar tradition of sorts. The feuding superstars, whose six-year-long animosity has now reached fabled proportions, hugged each other warmly at an iftaar party hosted by Congress MLA Baba Siddique in Mumbai yesterday. Salman, dressed in a blue shirt, and SRK, wearing black and stubble, embraced each other with some encouragement from […]
Being Part of Team More Important Than Being Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nottingham: Being instinctive is seen as Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s best attributes but the man who has captained India to unprecedented highs in the last seven years reveals that his often talked about gut feeling is backed by cold logic. In a rare interview on his 33rd birthday, Dhoni recollected the time he was made captain before […]
Ganguly predicts Germany-Holland final in World Cup
KOLKATA: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is set to fly off to England for commentary assignments, will miss celebrating his birthday with family at home when he turns 42 tomorrow but Bengal’s favourite son promises to be updated with all the football action. “That’s the way it is, can’t help,” Ganguly said before leaving […]
