Greater Houston Tamil School Westheimer Branch Moves to a New location
HOUSTON: Westheimer Tamil School (WHTS), a branch of the Greater Houston Tamil School (HTS), has moved to a new location – 8925 Lipan Road, Houston, TX 77063! The inauguration ceremony was conducted on Dec 20. HTS president Gopal Krishnan inaugurated the location and presided over the function. Westheimer Tamil School Principal Jegadesh Sankar Selvasrinivasan gave […]
Give Marrow, Give Life: A Chance to Save
HOUSTON: Beginning last year, Houston students Sachin Shetty and Sachin Sanam began their project to change the face of the National Marrow Donor Program, Be The Match. When they started their project, the statistics for minorities on the registry was very low. For example, only 7% of the registry consisted of Asians/South Asians. Both boys […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Pakore (Fried Fritters)
Some spicy North Indian snacks have become so popular all over the world that they are popping up in the most unexpected places: on the menus of other eateries. Pakore (or pakoras) are just one such item along with samose (or samosas). These inexpensive snacks are usually fried: though a few people try to […]
Dhol Vajda Countdown for the New Year’s Eve: Celebrations Galore at Synn Ultralounge in Houston
By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: What exactly happens when a top Bollywood promoter of Houston collaborates with a sensational DJ who pumps up the Bollywood music? Yes, galaxies collided and the meteors showered at the plush Synn Ultra lounge on Wednesday, December 31, to usher in the New Year 2015 amidst the crème de la crème […]
Glamour & Glitz: A Dazzling New Year’s Eve Gala
HOUSTON: Bollywood Shake Events and Aalponaa Event Designers hosted a dazzling New Year’s Eve party on December 31, at the Grand Ballroom of Safari Texas Ranch in collaboration with Friends ‘n Friends, a community networking group. More than 700 glamorous guests of all age groups partied together and welcomed 2015 with their families and friends […]
India House Kicks Off New Year with Bash
By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: For those who wanted to start off the New Year with a festive and Bollywood mix, India House Houston hosted its first New Years Eve Bash on Wednesday, December 31. With live performances, delicious food and a dance floor, the event was well attended to full capacity. As a party for […]
The Band Rocked the New Year’s Party at Naren’s BB’s!!
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: So, it was a spontaneous idea to get a New Year’s party together, as Swatantra Jain made calls to a list of his friends who were still deciding where to go. And Narender Sehgal was game, with the new banquet hall he just finished putting the final touches to, just next […]
Grand New Year and Vaikunda Ekadasi Celebrations at Sri Meenakshi Temple
By M.K.Sriram and Akilan Gopal PEARLAND: It was a great and divine start to 2015 for several thousand devotees who worshipped at Sri Meenakshi Temple on New Year’s day. The forecasters predicted a rainy and cold day, but this did not make any impact on the spirits and minds of the devotees – they came […]
New Year, New Perspective
By Akriti Keswani HOUSTON: It’s a brand new year again, and all of a sudden, everyone is reflecting on what resolutions they need to make, in order to change themselves for the better this year. With this New Year, I hope to bring new perspectives into the picture so life isn’t just filled with the […]
Namadwaar Celebrates 7th Annual Srimad Bhagavata Mahotsava
MANVEL: December 21 to 27, was a joyous, blissful week in Houston with the Srimad Bhagavata Mahotsava and Grand Madhura Utsav spiritual and cultural celebration held at Houston Namadwaar. Organized by Global Organization for Divinity and Love to Share Foundation America, the event saw over 100 devotees from across the USA join Houston devotees for this […]
Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) Beats the Million Dollar Matching Goal
On January 14, 2014, land was procured for the 225-bed community eye hospital in Jodhpur, Rajasthan and SEF set goals to start fundraising for its tenth hospital while still wrapping up the work on its ninth hospital in Kanpur, which was completed and inaugurated in October 2014. To help achieve the fundraising goal for the […]
Annual Board Meeting of Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois
By Nand Kapoor ILLINOIS: Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois called its annual board meeting on December 17. The meeting took place at Taco Express 1127 Fairview Ave., Westmont Ill. The attendees at the meeting were Gurbachan Kaur Shewakramani, Vinita Gulabani, President, Nand Kapoor advisory board member and past president of AIA, Sudaksha Kapoor, Kamal Gupta […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Aloo Frans Bean (Potatoes and Green Beans)
The lowly aloo (potato) is not so low on the culinary scale for Indian food as it is, by far, the most used vegetable in desi cooking. You find it in samosas, paranthas, rice biryani, daals, curries, chaats, pakoras, cutlets, sautéed with other vegetables and, of course, cooked in many ways on […]
Gourmet India: Central and Genuine
By Sarah Taqvi IAN Correspondent HOUSTON: It’s hard to come by Indian restaurants where all the dishes are authentic and more importantly, made from fresh ingredients. Gourmet India is one such restaurant that is centrally located along Westheimer. From chaats to tandoor grills, it is the perfect cure for the cravings of traditional North Indian […]
You Just Can’t Trust Nutrition Labels if You Want to Eat Right and Lose Weight
By Jawahar Malhotra SUGAR LAND: “So, as you can see, when you eat, the food goes down to the stomach and then ….,” he draws further down and across the white paperboard, “…. and then to the liver …,” he continues with his drawing, adding the kidney and the route food takes to be metabolized […]
Nikhil Agarwal Weds Naina Prakash
By Jawahar Malhotra SUGAR LAND: One can never tell how the meandering road of Life brings two people together. In the case of this couple, you might say that divine intervention played a major role many years ago when Nikhil Agarwal was still a rebellious teenager. “I would go to the Houston Satya Sai Center […]
Sewa International Helps Volunteers Celebrate a Unique First Birthday
HOUSTON: Sewa International has been working with the Bhutanese refugee population, in Houston for the last several years.Recognizing that many refugee children needed extra tutoring in order to succeed at school, Sewa set up a satellite office in Los Arcos Apartment to run after school homework classes for elementary school students. Through this program, Sewa […]
CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES: Four Things about Smoking and Lung Cancer
When people think of cancer, they naturally focus on their experience with it in their families, friends and associates. We often pay attention to breast and prostate cancer due to how commonly they are diagnosed. Unfortunately, lung cancer is the deadliest cancer. This is mainly because it is often diagnosed after it has spread regionally […]
