Nine people killed in mass shooting at Oregon community college
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A rural community college became the site of America’s latest mass shooting on Thursday as a lone gunman burst into classrooms during the school day and mowed down terrified students before being shot dead in a firefight with police, authorities said. Officials said nine people were killed, plus the gunman, and seven injured […]
Houston Cha Raja: Shiv Shakti Mandir Celebrates 5th Ganesh Utsav with Grand Mumbai Style Parade at Hillcroft
By Preanka Desai HOUSTON: “Ganpati Bappa!” shouted Virat Maharaj, Hardik Rawal, and Temple Trustees from 2 Ganesh Moorti-filled trucks and Sunil T from atop the Ganesh orange Masala Hummer, and in unison, a crowd of over a thousand marching down a bustling Hillcroft responded “Morya!” – the mantra repeated frequently – as the Ganpati Visarjan […]
IACCGH Gala: Celebrating 15+ Years of ‘Overwhelming’ Successes
Click Here For Photo Collage By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: Founded in 1999, the Indo-American Chamber of Greater Houston (IACCGH) has experienced tremendous growth in size and influence during the last 15+ years, as the chamber built bridges between India, the Indo-American business community and the mainstream Texas institutions and enterprises. As he welcomed the audience […]
Daya Seminar 2015: Right on the Money
HOUSTON: Money is the essential ingredient of everyday life. Yet, far too few women are financial experts and far too many leave the task of financial management to either their a male member of their family. Daya Houston took a step toward improving this financial knowledge gap with its free, annual seminar that was focused […]
Gasp! Costs of College Funding Takes the Wind Out of First Genners
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: “You mean they should get a part-time job before college? An internship? Or a paid job?” It was a puzzling thought for the man seated on the back table trying to understand the intricacies of funding his son’s college education. “It’s a first time experience for us,” chimed in another person […]
HMM’s Ganapati Festival: A Cinematic Salute to Maharashtra
By Neeta Bhate Patwardhan HOUSTON: This year’s HMM Ganapati festival was a proud tribute to culture that has survived the dual threats of time and a new homeland. Each generation re-imagines festivals altering ever so slightly the original flavor, till one no longer even remembers why they take place. It was refreshing therefore to experience […]
Raja Krishnamoorthi Visits Houston to Muster Support for his Congressional Run
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: Who would have thought that this unassuming, down to earth, practical, pleasant person with no airs about him would be running for Congress in the 8th district of Illinois? The democrat, the son of Indian immigrants to the US, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and earned his bachelor’s degree […]
Mahatma Gandhi Week 2015 Speech Contest
HOUSTON: Many know him as Mahatma and many more know him as father of Bharat, India. But the world knows him as an apostle of peace and non-violence. Anyone ever wanted to know more about Gandhi ji and his values should have listened to the mesmerizing speeches delivered by about 40 children at Arya Samaj […]
House of Spices Launches New Product Line: Meharban
FLUSHING, NY: Welcome to a wholesome new product developed by the House of Spices that transports people back to a time when raw silk, and aromatic, exotic spices were traded along a route that spanned over 4,000 miles, connecting Europe and the Mediterranean to South Asia. The new product line, named Meharban, with its theme: […]
Festival Season Starts at Sri Meenakshi Temple
PEARLAND: As the summer ends and the fall season begins in September the season of Hindu festivals commences each year in full swing. Ganesh Chathurthi traditionally marks as one of the events that heralds the very early start of the thanksgiving in the year for the Indian community here in the United States, as early […]
Dr Harish Chander Khera 1939-2015
Dr. Harish Chander Khera passed away on September 26, 2015 in Houston, Texas at the age of 76. He was born in Dera Ismail Khan, India on June 22, 1939. He was a highly regarded General Surgeon whose abilities were only matched by his work ethic and character. Dr. Khera will best be remembered for […]
Dr. Vasanta Lakshmi Putcha, PhD 1946-2015
Vasanta Lakshmi Putcha, a long time resident of Houston, a role model, a respected NASA scientist, an intellectual and lover of Indian fine arts and a woman of many talents, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 after a tragic car accident the Wednesday before, September 23. Reportedly she suffered a stroke while driving and […]
Magical Bows and Strings of Ganesh Kumaresh bring Musical Downpour in Greater Houston
By Nalini Sadagopan WOODLANDS:On September 5, we entered the beautifully decorated Berry Center Auditorium of Greater Houston for an unforgettable evening of music by world-renowned violin virtuosos Ganesh and Kumaresh. The brothers, dressed in deep blue and dark attires, appeared to be impregnated musical clouds that drenched the packed audience with a brilliant musical downpour. […]
Bala Vihar Houston Pledges, “Unto Him Our Best”
By Padmashree Rao HOUSTON: They said it with words and music. They showed it with symbols. Spoken or symbolic, the essence was that of pure love. With happy faces, bright colors, beautiful flowers, glowing lamps, a poetic pledge, and a spirited presentation, the members of Chinmaya Mission Houston welcomed another new year of Bala Vihar […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Bhature wale Chole (Chickpeas for Deep Fried Bread)
If ever there was a Punjabi dish that took off all over India, it probably has to be chole bhature (chick peas and deep fried bread). It is a dish that is at once spicy, eaten with plenty of garnishes like raw onions, sprinkled with chopped coriander leaves, achaar (pickles) and with those long, spicy […]
