PSH’s Vaisakhi Program Makes You Want to Get Up and Dance!
Click here for photo collage Click below for slideshow [picasa width=”300″ height=”200″ bgcolor=”#000000″ autoplay=”1″ showcaption=”1″ user=”indoamericannews@gmail.com” album=”es_PSHSVaisakhi2014″] By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Midway through the first half of the four and a half hour long Punjabi Society of Houston’s Vaisakhi program, the first of the bhangra competition dance groups came onstage and […]
IACAN Gala Celebrates Life and Offers Hope to Patients and Survivors
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: With cancer survivors lined up behind her, Kumud Nilekani stood onstage and sang a touching song celebrating Life, the theme of the Gala that the Indo American Cancer Awareness Network held this past Saturday, April 19 at the Westchase Marriott Hotel. But, just as much as the Gala was a celebration, […]
Fitness Day at Meenakshi Temple 5-K Walkathon and the Inaugural Basketball Tournament
MTS 5-K Walkathon By Dr. Al Alagappan PEARLAND: The saying “Healthy body is important for a Healthy Mind” is often heard; this theme was the background to Sri Meenakshi Temple Society (MTS) Fitness day held on Aprill 20th. The day started with the second annual 5-K Walkathon event with around 200 people (adults and children) […]
Classical Arts Society Takes Music Lovers to a World of Melody, Harmony and Melharmony
By Chittoor Ramachandran HOUSTON: Classical Arts Society presented its second part of the annual Tyagaraja festival as a two-day event on April 11 and 12. At its 37th year milestone, some of the ingenious changes made in the society’s course have been applauded by the music lovers of Greater Houston. The festival once again reassured […]
Ashirwad Celebrates to Appreciate Happy Day 6
HOUSTON: Ashirwad A Blessing Temple celebrated Happy Day 6 on Saturday, April 19, in Cinco Ranch High School, Katy. Happy Day is Ashirwad’s end of the year graduation and appreciation dinner. Highlights of the evening were Chief Teacher’s Commitment Award, Sloka-Thon, Sloka-Bet, Vedic Fair 3 Appreciation, “Karma”, Play by Ashirwad Students, Annual Sloka Recital and […]
Welcome Back Reception for Nina Magon after Completing NBC TV Show
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: Surrounded by a crowd of guests who came to welcome her back, Nina Magon expressed her appreciation for the outpouring of support. “I’ve been gone for five months while we taped all the episodes of the show in Los Angeles”, she said as she stood besides the displayed furniture in the […]
Nepali New Year Celebrated
HOUSTON: Nepalese Association of Houston (NAH) organized a social and cultural evening to celebrate 4th Nepal Day in Houston and the arrival of Nepali New Year 2071 on April 11, in Houston. During the Non-resident Nepali Conference 2010 held in Houston, Mayor of Houston Honorable Annise Parker had recognized to celebrate Nepal Day in Houston […]
KP George for Fort Bend ISD Trustee Position #5
HOUSTON: KP George grew up in a tiny village in South India. He began his education learning the local language, walking barefoot to get to school. Even as he did his homework in his straw hut by the light of a kerosene lamp and helped his parents farm before and after school, KP dreamed […]
NATA Health Fair Held with Passion for Community Service
HOUSTON: North American Telugu Association (NATA) organized a mega health fair on April 12 in Navasota, Texas. This event was conducted with the help of various HSBV and BCS doctors to celebrate World Health Day. “The fair benefited hundreds of people in the Brazos Valley,” said organizers Prof. Samba Reddy, a professor of medicine and […]
New Exhibition at Asia Society Texas Center Fascinating Depictions of Indian Gods and Goddesses
HOUSTON: Asia Society Texas Center will present a series of vibrant photographs by Brooklyn-based Indian contemporary artist Manjari Sharma and modern chromolithographs produced by the Raja Ravi Varma Press in an exhibition entitled Transcendent Deities of India: The Everyday Occurrence of the Divine, on view May 2 through September 14. This is the first time […]
Chitram: India’s Culture and History
HOUSTON: Would you like to enjoy a presentation showcasing India’s culture and history with a large cast of talented dancers and singers? Education Youth Service (EYS) – an initiative of The Hindu Temple of The Woodlands – is honored to have the multi-talented Kanniks, bring CHITRAM, a powerful visual and musical multimedia production to the […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Chane di Daal di Parantha (Chana Daal Parantha)
In most Indian homes there are always plenty of left over vegetable dishes, and especially some daal because it usually made in large amounts in a saucepan. Cooked daal of all sorts is so easy to keep, even in warm weather as it can be left in a pot for a day or two. Also, […]
IPL scam: Mukul Mudgal panel agrees to continue investigation after Supreme Court rejects BCCI panel
The Supreme Court has entrusted the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee to further investigate theIndian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal. The court has asked Justice Mudgal to list the investigating agencies he needs help from. The ambit of the probe will be limited to the 13 names that figure in the sealed envelope that the Mudgal committee […]
IPL 7: Glenn Maxwell, Lakshmipathy Balaji star in Kings XI Punjab’s 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sharjah: Glenn Maxwell produced yet another blistering knock of 43-ball 95 before Lakshmipathy Balaji returned with a four-wicket haul as Kings XI Punjab notched up a crushing 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third IPL-7 match here on Tuesday. After scoring 95 and 89 in his last two innings, Maxwell once again produced a […]
White House names Indian-American “Solar Champion of Change”
WASHINGTON: White House has named Indian-American professor Rajendra Singh as one of ten “Solar Champions of Change” who are taking the initiative to spur solar deployment across America. Rajendra Singh is D Houser Banks Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of Clemson University’s Centre of Silicon Nanoelectronics in South Carolina. “Today, the White […]
Indian-American mother accused of killing son kept his body in bathtub, ‘waited for husband to return’
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American woman in north Texas, accused of killing her son and leaving his body in the bathtub for four days, claims she did so in accordance with her Hindu beliefs. Pallavi Dhawan, 38, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 10-year-old son, Arnav, almost three months ago, describes the […]
Boy Who Hid in Plane’s Wheel Well Beat Long Odds in Surviving 5 ½-Hour Flight
Jumping a deteriorating airport fence, running across the airport unobserved in the darkness and climbing into the wheel well of a parked Boeing 767, as a California teenager did on Sunday, is not all that difficult, according to experts, but surviving the trip — in this case, a five-and-a-half-hour flight from San Jose, Calif., to […]
Saraswatichandra to end in June?
If sources are to be believed, it is Gautam Rode and Jennifer Winget-starrer Saraswatichandra, which will soon get the axe. The channel has decided to pull the plug on the show, which launched on February 25, 2013. It’s tipped to end some time in June. Originally produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production house, Saraswatichandra changed […]
Ram Kapoor praises Ronit Roy for 2 States
Two of the biggest actors of Indian television and you would expect them to be hard-nosed rivals as it happens in tinsel town. But that’s certainly not the case between Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor. Forget rivalry, both these actors seem to have only mutual love and respect for each other’s talent and work. Something which was evident […]
Vicky Kapoor’s entry in Life OK’s Nadaan Parinde to bring in a shocking twist
Scaling Heights’ Nadaan Parinde, which recently went on-air on Life OK, seems to be getting interesting by the day. While the story started off showing childhood friends Meher (Gulki Joshi) and Sameer (Karam Rajpal) falling in love with each other, the Panchayat has now asked Meher’s mother Nimmi to get her married. While Nimmi would have […]