The Rose Began Her Odyssey to Help in Treating Other Women
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It was the most traumatic time in her life, she recalled with emotion in her voice, even years later, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. With it began a year of treatment at MD Anderson Cancer Center and a bilateral mastectomy. She had gone to The Rose for […]
Save Kerala Fundraising Event
STAFFORD: The ‘Save Kerala’ fundraiser hosted by Dr. Sunanda Nair of Sunanda’s Performing Arts Center was a beautifully curated show for an important cause. It took place on Saturday, September 15, at the Stafford Civic Center. Kerala experienced a devastating monsoon this year, which caused many people to lose their homes and livelihoods due to […]
Life and Soul Health Fair 2018 Brings the Community Together in Service
MANVEL: On September 15, Love to Share Foundation America served over 250 primarily uninsured citizens of Greater Houston during its 8th annual Life and Soul Free Health Fair held at New Life Plaza in Manvel. The heath fair was officially kicked off by dignitaries – the Mayor of Pearland Mr. Tom Reid, the Mayor of […]
TravelGuzs Offers the Opportunity to Book Tickets to Turkish Airlines with Free Stopover
HOUSTON: Exploring a new place on the way to the destination is something interesting for every traveler for sure. Turkish Airlines offer such a facility to the customers to book a free stopover in Istanbul. Turkish Airlines started their journey in the year 1933. When they started, they just had five aircraft. But, now the […]
The Extraordinary Life and Times of Mahatma Gandhi – Part 16
Visit, Programs of Prince of Wales are Boycotted The story thus far…During the latter part of 1920 Gandhi advocated a triple boycott. He wanted an absolute boycott of the Government and all government institutions, including schools, colleges, and courts. If the people were free of these they could easily have their own schools, colleges, and […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes- Aaloo da Parantha (POTATO STUFFED CRISPY FLATBREAD)
This has to be the most well-known Punjabi parantha, and one that several readers have asked to reprint. Among older desis in the US, a hot, crispy Aaloo da Parantha is a comfort food that brings back memories of home. So here is a reprint of this popular recipe with some additional information and directions. […]
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Bigg Boss 12 Weekend Ka Vaar September 23 episode highlights: All housemates are safe this week
The twelfth season of television’s most controversial show Bigg Boss airs on Colors channel. In the list of celebrity contestants, there are names like Dipika Kakar, Karanvir Bohra, Srishty Rode, Nehha Pendse, Sreesanth and Anup Jalota with girlfriend Jasleen Matharu. The commoners have come in pairs and includes Somi and Saba Khan, Romil Chaudhary and Nirmal Singh, Sourabh Patel and Shivashish Mishra, Deepak Thakur and Urvashi Vani and Kriti Verma and […]
Batti Gul Meter Chalu movie review: The Shahid Kapoor starrer is a film with good intentions
By Shubhra Gupta Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Yami Gautam, Divyendu Sharma, Sushmita Murkherjee Director: Shree Narayan Singh Movie rating: Two and a half stars To make a message go down easy, you have to pad up the movie nice and proper. This is something that Hindi cinema used to understand and implement, as the default mainstream story-telling style. Batti […]
Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, John Legend make merry at Isha Ambani’s engagement bash
Bollywood celebrities Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Priyanka Chopra and others attended Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani’s engagement extravaganza in Lake Como, Italy. The engagement was a grand affair. We saw Karan Johar, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao involved in a hearty conversation. Juhi Chawla was all smiles for the shutterbugs. Later in the day, the guests […]
Indian-origin MPs in UK will be happy to assist India to bring back Netaji’s ashes from Tokyo: Vaz
LONDON: Indian-origin parliamentarians in the UK would be happy to assist India to bring back the mortal remains of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from Tokyo, a British lawmaker of Indian descent said here Wednesday. There are more than 20 Indian-origin lawmakers in the UK parliament. Click here to read more… Credit: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
As slam poetry finds favour among millennials, someone reminds us of Kabir’s verse
By Mansi Dua “People tell me ‘aap kavi hai, celebrity nahi (you are a poet, not a celebrity)’ when I ask for remuneration for my performance,” says Gaurav Tripathi. But Deepak Gupta quotes a different rate for each event he attends: “It depends on the venue, banner, and duration of the program and can be anything in […]
A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words!
By Brahma Kumaris A meaningful silence is always better than meaningless words! – By B.K Swathi Here, the word “meaningful” is crucial. It refers to a silence that is experienced when we are connected to the Divine Supreme intellect and not the kind of silence where we sulk and stay silent verbally in order to […]
Himalayan escapes for a perfect summer this year!
We have massive, stunning mountains, and then we have the Himalayas. A mountain range so stunning that it is oftelabelled as Gods’ favourite abode. If you have a mountain break on your mind for this summer, a good dose of Himalayas is just what you need. Miles away from the scorching, almost-baked cities, unexplored mountain hamlets are […]
Decoding the benefits of antioxidants in human body
By Swati Dubey Ever seen your mom dipping freshly chopped vegetables like brinjal and potatoes in cold water before cooking them? Cold water, which here works as an antioxidant and prevents these vegetables from oxidising results in spoiling their color, texture, taste and nutrient value. Similar is the case with antioxidants in the human body. They […]
Asia Cup 2018 scoreline: India 2, Pakistan 0
By Shamik Chakrabarty DUBAI: What a difference a change of format and setting makes! Less than two weeks after suffering a 1-4 reversal in the Test series in England, India continue to make merry in familiar conditions in the Gulf. On Sunday, they treated Pakistan as if the arch rivals were some cricketing minnow. Apart from Shoaib […]
Fitch ups India’s growth forecast to 7.8 per cent for financial year 2019
NEW DELHI: Fitch Ratings Friday upped India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.8 per cent, from 7.4 per cent projected earlier. In its Global Economic Outlook, Fitch, however, flagged tightening of financial conditions, rising oil bill and weak bank balance sheets as headwinds to growth. “We have revised up our forecast for FY2018-2019 […]
FPIs turn net sellers in September, pull out ₹15,365 crore so far
NEW DELHI: Overseas investors have pulled out a massive ₹15,365 crore ($2.1 billion) from the capital markets so far in September, after putting in funds during the previous two months, on widening current account deficit coupled with global trade tensions. The latest outflow comes following a net infusion of close to ₹5,200 crore in the capital […]
