Main Tera Hero – Official Trailer (HD)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOWB0yGTrNY[/youtube] Watch the EXCLUSIVE trailer of Main Tera Hero. Starring Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’Cruz & Nargis Fakhri Directed by David Dhawan Main Tera Hero releases on April 4, 2014!
Hang Up Telugu Movie New Teaser
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mejqy4LYRCQ[/youtube] Sudhakar Komakula and Natalie Rout’s Hang Up Telugu Movie Audio Songs Release Function Banner – Magnapex Media & Entertainment Star Cast – Sudhakar Komakula, Natalie Rout, Raghu Pathy, Angela Kumar, Aditi Master, Mahesh Sriram, Probodh Chiplunkar D.O.P – Hyder Bilgrami Editing – Hyder Bilgrami, Tirthankar Das Music – Das, Shyam Vai Producer – […]
India House Announces $8 Million Culture Center at Annual Gala
Click here for photo collage By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: At its 8th annual gala, India House announced plans to build a community culture center to host activities for 800 people at a cost of $8 million. The gala took place on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Hilton Post Oak Hotel with attendance by […]
Memorable Second NBA Half-time Show for Infused Performing Arts
Click here for photo collage By Anjana Menon HOUSTON: On Wednesday, February 12, twenty-three dancers from Infused Performing Arts Bollywood Dance Company between the ages of twelve and thirty put on a great halftime show in front of tens of thousands of fans who had come out to watch the Houston Rockets defeat […]
Ash and Leena Shah Host VVIP Reception for Actress Neha Dhupia
By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: Prior to the South Asian Chamber of Commerce (SACC) gala last weekend, Co-chairs Ash and Leena Shah hosted a VVIP reception for special guest Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia at their West Houston swankienda. An entrepreneur who led Impex into a worldwide supplier of films for packaging, Ash recently sold his company […]
Shivangini Academy of Arts’s Performances Kathakaar and Khidki
By Nandita Sharma HOUSTON: We all know the Hellen Keller story. When Anne Sullivan entered Hellen’s life as a teacher, her mind was a blank slate. It was the teacher who worked tirelessly at filling it with the missing colors. From time immemorial, people have said that there are no real new ideas or problems. […]
Best in Class Education Supports the “Gift” in Each Student
Education Center Specializes in Preparing Students for Gifted Programs HOUSTON: Most school districts in the U.S. offer gifted programs for students performing significantly above their grade level. Each school district has its own admission requirements, including here in the Katy, Allen, and Plano school districts. Parents and students may find it difficult to prepare for […]
Elected leaders, Businessmen and Film Stars Mingle at SACC’s Gala Dinner
Click here for Photo Collage By Manu Shah HOUSTON: Houston politicos and business elite, a few Bollywood and Hollywood actors and one extremely funny standup comedian emcee made for an interesting and entertaining combination at the 20th Annual South Asian Chamber of Commerce Gala held at the Westin Galleria on Wednesday, February 12. The often […]
Samskriti Celebrates 20 Years of Service to Houston Arts
HOUSTON: In 1994, two friends, Thara Narasimhan and Rathna Kumar, decided to start an eclectic non-profit arts organization that would bring to Houston high caliber performances of all Indian art forms by internationally reputed artists. True to its vision, Samskriti has presented eminent artists like Vyjayantimala Bali, Alarmel Valli, Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Dr. Vempati Chinna […]
Hubbs Makes Sure Desi Weddings Have an Electric Karma All Their Own
By Manu Shah HOUSTON: Therese Cole Hubbs is no stranger to Hindi words like kanyadaan, hasta milap, jaimala, misri and antarpaat. In fact, it’s often the other way round. Having coordinated six hundred and eleven Indian weddings with her wedding planning company, Electric Karma International, Therese is usually the one explaining Indian wedding rituals and […]
Local Houstonian Grabs International Science Fair Medal
HOUSTON: Manvitha Katta, of Houston, recently won First place in the Taiwanese International Science Fair (TISF). She was awarded a medal and 5000 Taiwanese Dollars. Manvitha was one of the 2 students representing the United States. The hosts of TISF, the National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC) invited over 50 international students from 21 countries […]
Houstonians Gather to Support Non-Profit Headed by One of their Own
By Sachi Shenoy HOUSTON: HAAS, a community organization of Konkanis in the Houston area, hosted a fundraiser for Upaya Social Ventures on Saturday, February 8 at the Techniplex Conference Center in Stafford. Owners of the Conference Center, Naren and Hansa Patel, graciously offered the venue to support this special cause. The program was kicked off with a […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Daal Di Roti (Daal Dough Flat Bread)
When it comes to roti – the staple diet of most Punjabis and people of Northwest India – there are several varieties of flours to suit the seasons, like bajra or pearl millet during the winter months and eaten in the arid areas; makkayi or corn for the autumn harvest or kanak (wheat flour), which […]
The executive committee of the Los Angeles chapter of OFBJP
ARTESIA, Calif., United States An Overseas Friends of the BJP-LA chapter was formally inaugurated Jan. 26 at the Haveli Restaurant here with Artesia Mayor Tony Lima as the chief guest. After Anil Mahajan welcomed the gathering, Dilip Butani explained to the audience details about BJP’s “Mission 272+, 2014.” National OFBJP-USA president Chandrakant Patel then formally […]
Four University of South Florida Students Killed in Crash
TAMPA, Fla., United States Florida Highway Patrol troopers say they’re trying to determine what entrance a driver took on Interstate 275 to end up going the wrong way and crashing into a car carrying four University of South Florida students. All five died in the morning crash Feb. 9. The crash claimed the lives of […]
Texas Doctor Honored by Board of Obesity Medicine
Dr. Suresh Prasad’s knowledge and background in the area of obesity was recently recognized when he was honored as a Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, one of the relatively few doctors in Texas to be so honored. Prasad was among only 158 physicians nationally who successfully completed this year’s exam out of […]
A Fresh Rom-Com with a Mind-blowing Performance from Parineeti
What does one do with the oft-repeated romantic comedy genre to remain fresh and connect? How does one reinvent something that has almost become passé with overuse? Young director Vinil Mathew and his co-writers have the right answers: the done-to-death NRI locales and characters are eschewed, the humor and emotional moments are devised to come […]
Bhagat Singh’s house and school in Pakistan gets Rs. 80 million for restoration
Lahore: Legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh’s ancestral house, school and his village in Punjab Province in Pakistan will be restored under a Rs. 80-million project. “We have allocated Rs. 80 million for restoration of the house and school of Independence war hero Bhagat Singh. The amount will also be spent for the uplift of Singh’s village where clean drinking water […]
Telangana Bill in Parliament tomorrow, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy may resign
New Delhi: With only five days left of the last Parliament session before national elections due by May, a desperate government is now reportedly working out how to push the controversial Telangana Bill through the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, without a discussion if it has to. It will be a tricky manoeuvre because the main opposition […]
Exercise May Be the Most Effective Weapon Against Aging
Keeping active may be the secret to staying young for both mice and men. Researchers from Canada’s McMaster University discovered that endurance exercise could halt the aging process in a group of mice, even though they were genetically engineered to age faster. These furry creatures continued to exhibit the same youthful appearance as normal mice […]