Arsha Vidya Satsanga Celebrates Bhagavad Gita Jayanti
HOUSTON: Arsha Vidya Satsanga (AVS) celebrated their fourth annual Bhagavad Gita Jayanti on Saturday, December 14 at Shirdi Sai Jalaram Mandir. Gita Jayanti is the birthday of Bhagavad-Gita, the sacred text of the Hindus. It is believed the immortal “Bhagavad Gita” was revealed to Arjuna (the Pandava prince) by Sri Krishna himself in the battlefield […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes – Besan di Pinniya (Gram Flour Sweet Balls)
Pinniya are extremely popular in the Punjab during the cold weather months. It is very common to see people having one or two with their hot tea on a cold morning, or again with late afternoon tea. The ingredients in the pinniyas – sugar, oil, flour and nuts – provide a quick boost of energy […]
Migraine in teens linked to chewing gum
There’s good news for parents who suffer sleepless nights due to the headaches suffered by their adolescent children. All they need to do now is to find out if their children are chewing gum. And put an end to the habit. That’s the finding of a study by Nathan Watemberg of the Tel Aviv University-affiliated […]
PV Sindhu, K Srikanth crowned national champions
Young shuttlers PV Sindhu and K Srikanth notched up contrasting victories in the summit clashes to clinch the women’s and men’s titles respectively at the 78th Senior National Badminton Championship in New Delhi on Monday. It was the second national title for World Championship bronze medalist Sindhu after she registered a straight-game victory over Rituparna […]
India vs South Africa: MS Dhoni should be disappointed his bowlers didn’t win the game, says Graeme Smith
Johannesburg: His team abandoned plans to go for a win after coming extremely close to upstaging India but South African cricket captain Graeme Smith insisted that the last-minute change in strategy was not prompted by the fear of loss. In a pulsating finish to the first Test in Johannesburg on Sunday, South Africa fell short […]
Jhanvi to shoot Shaurya in Colors’ Sasural Simar Ka
Roli (Avika Gor) and Simar (Dipika Samson) plan to put an end to Shaurya’s (Rohit Khurana) evil plans in Colors’Sasural Simar Ka (Rashmi Sharma Productions) turns out to be a dramatic one. As seen so far, Roli and Simar are trying to trap Shaurya and they will succeed in doing so in the upcoming episodes. We […]
Saathiya actor Anas Khan shot for his death sequence on his birthday
On every birthday, people wish for a happy and long life, but people from the acting field have to just face the opposite sometimes. And this is what happened with talented actor Anas Khan who is seen as Umang in Star Plus’ Saath Nibhana Saathiya (Rashmi Sharma Productions). Anas had to sadly shoot for his death sequence on the […]
Sony TV’s two new shows Ekk Nayi Pehchaan and Main Na Bhoolungi to air tonight. Will they work? Let’s find out…
This year (2013) saw a lot of ups and downs. While some shows continue to rule the roost, the performance of others were said to be average. And it’s just a few more days before we welcome the year 2014 with open arms. This is when we will get to see a lot many new […]
Movie Review – Dhoom-3
Story: Chicago is hit by a mysterious thief targeting one bank – can Mumbai cop Jai Dixit catch the shadowy chor? Review: Straight up, Dhoom 3 makes you laugh, gasp – even sniffle. The most emotional of the Dhoom series yet, this is Aamir Khan’s show all the way. As revengeful circus star Sahir, whose father Iqbal (Shroff) dies after losing […]
My film does not have actors, it has characters: Sohail
Our pick of the trailers this month is Sohail Khan’s Jai Ho. While Sohail has earlier directed his older brother Salman Khan in Auzaar, Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya and Hello Brother, Jai Ho is his biggest film so far, given Salman’s superstardom at this point in time. What makes this trailer special, is that while it has the […]
Bobby Jindal will run for President in 2016: US
WASHINGTON: Top Republican leader and current governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal is planning to run for President in 2016, a top US Senator from his home State has said. “I do think, he (Jindal) will run. He is being running. He would be a significant candidate,” Senator David Vitter told private American TV channel C-SPAN’s Newsmakers programme in an interview. “I […]
Christie’s First Auction in India Breaks Records for Local Artists
Demonstrating the robust demand for Indian art, Christie’s first auction in India almost doubled its high estimate of $8 million to bring in $15.4 million, or 965.9 million rupees, selling nearly all the works on offer and breaking a number of records for Indian artists. Among the records broken at the sale, which was held […]
U.S. Flouts Its Own Advice in Procuring Overseas Clothing
WASHINGTON — One of the world’s biggest clothing buyers, the United States government spends more than $1.5 billion a year at factories overseas, acquiring everything from the royal blue shirts worn by airport security workers to the olive button-downs required for forest rangers and the camouflage pants sold to troops on military bases. But even […]
Devyani Khobragade case: US embassy paid for air tickets of domestic help’s family, say sources
New Delhi: The US embassy had paid for the air tickets for three family members of domestic help of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade when they were ‘evacuated’ from New Delhi to New York last week, sources said today. The tickets for domestic help Sangeeta Richard’s husband Philip Richard and their two children – Jennifer and […]
Arvind Kejriwal to be Delhi chief minister, it’s ‘AAP ki baari’
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. His one-year-old Aam Aadmi Party or AAP will form government in Delhi with external support from the Congress. “The aam aadmi will be chief minister, not me,” Mr Kejriwal said after meeting Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. He has requested that his oath-taking ceremony, at an […]
Pakistani Composer Usman Riaz Named TED Senior Fellow
By Indiawest UNITED STATES: Composer and guitarist Usman Riaz of Pakistan is one of 12 individuals in the new class of 2014 TED Senior Fellows, who will join the TED community for two years beginning in 2014. In his TED profile, Riaz said, “I began playing classical piano at the age of six and taught […]
Indian American Gifts $500K to CSUSB Nursing Department
By Indiawest SAN BERNADINO, United States: Physician and philanthropist Dr. Prem Reddy, of Victorville, has donated $500,000 to Cal State San Bernardino and its department of nursing. To recognize his gift, the university’s nursing lab will be renamed the Dr. Prem Reddy Nursing Laboratory. Reddy has been a long-time supporter of CSUSB. In 2006, the Dr. […]
Seattle Cabbie Attacker Gets 40 Months for Hate Crime
By Indiawest Calling a repeat felon’s outbursts during an attack on a cab driver “the most disgusting, ugly and racist language that I have heard in 30 years on the bench,” U.S. district Court Judge John Coughenour in Seattle, Wash., sentenced a homeless man Dec. 10 to 40 months in prison for brutally beating a […]
Pioneering Gurudwara Celebrates Forty Years of Building a Community
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The grainy black and white video clip and pictures showed a few young men discussing plans, cutting up lumber and a building slowly taking shape as they sought to build a home for the community’s small Sikh faithful. “ We were just about seven to ten Sikh families back then in […]
Dhanyawaad from all Hindi Lovers for a Year of Fulfilling Events
By Swapan Dhairyawan SUGAR LAND: Hindi lovers had a hat trick in 2013. A successful Hasya Kavi Sammellan of Shri Kunwar Bechain in April, a National Adhiveshan in September and finally the Kavita ki Shaam this past Friday, December 13. There were thoughts whether to do this event or not, but in keeping with the tradition […]