The Skin Specialty Series: Part I
By Bessie M. David HOUSTON: Healthy skin care is not only essential to preventing skin disease, acne or skin cancer; having good skin can make you feel better about yourself. Men and women alike can benefit from a good skin care regimen. There are three basic steps to healthy skin; Cleanse, Exfoliate & Moisturize. Within […]
Enthralling Ramayana Katha and Mass Prayer at Namadwaar
MANVEL: Srimad Ramayana Navaham – a 9-day English discourse series on the timeless Ramayana – was rendered by Sri Poornimaji, disciple of HH Maharanyam Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji at Namadwaar Houston from March 12 to 20. Sri Poornimaji also conducted a Mahamantra Mass Prayer during Namadwaar’s sixth anniversary celebrations on March 27. In her unique, enthralling […]
MP Mitra Mandal Celebrates Vivid & Colorful Holi Picnic
HOUSTON: Madhya Pradesh Mitra Mandal (MPMM) celebrated its 19th event as Holi Picnic on Saturday April 2, at Bear Creek Park, in Houston, Texas. This event was attended by well over 200 people who enjoyed Holi, food and beautiful outdoor weather at the park. The event started with yummy ‘Thandai’ (Traditional drink for Holi) followed […]
Ekal Vidyalaya & Indian Consulate Hosts ‘Beti Bachao – Beti Padhao’
By Nishu Aggarwal NEW YORK: On March 24, “Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation” and “Indian Consulate, New York” jointly celebrated ‘International Women’s month’, focusing on, Women’s Empowerment through education. The event also provided the first opportunity for newly appointed Consulate General (CG), Riva Ganguly Das to interact with the diverse Indian community for vibrant exchange of ideas. […]
Chitra Divakaruni’s New Novel: Before We Meet The Goddess
By Pramod Kulkarni Houston: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the Houston-based prolific novelist, has published a new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess, that is being published simultaneously in USA, UK and India during April 2016. According to Chitra, the book has been written in an unusual form known as a novel-in-stories. In her latest novel, Chitra […]
Annual 5-K Walkathon at The Sri Meenakshi Temple
By Dr. Al. Alagappan PEARLAND: The much awaited annual 5K walkathon event happened on Sunday, April 3, at the Sri Meenakshi Temple in Pearland. Around 125-150 cheerful participants both young and old with active sporting gear started to assemble slowly from around 7:30 am on a beautiful sunny spring morning. The event kicked off with […]
My Mother Called Me UNNI: A Doctor’s Tale Of Migration
What makes this book unique, informative and interesting HOUSTON: It is one of the first such publications from over 1.4 million Indians who have chosen the USA as their domicile. •It is the story of perhaps the ‘most educated, most successful and the most industrious’ group of migrants in the history of America. •It […]
Fan is Not Similar to Darr, Baazigar. Shah Rukh Khan Tells You Why
Actor Shah Rukh Khan said that one of the two characters in Maneesh Sharma’s film Fan are not similar to his films Darr and Baazigar. “People keep telling me that I do the same roles for the past 25 years. Even the critics say that. But I have tried that and this is different. And Maneesh was very clear about […]
Carlos Brathwaite’s stunning sixes seal West Indies triumph over England, second World T20 title
West Indies had never batted first in this tournament going into the final. Neither had skipper Darren Sammy lost a toss for a record nine matches before this. And what a match to get both right again! But since this was the World Twenty20 final, it couldn’t have been that easy. Partly due to Joe […]
Pratyusha Banerjee’s suicide: Why depressed celebs shy away from taking professional help
All that glitters is not gold. How well this proverb suits Bollywood? TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee’s suicide brings to the fore this stark reality once again. With dreams of fame and money in their eyes, thousands of women troop into Mumbai from far off lands hoping to become the next Priyanka Chopra or Deepika Padukone. But soon they […]
Amazon India’s authorized capital doubles to Rs16,000 crore
Mihir Dalal Bengaluru: Amazon India has almost doubled its authorized capital to Rs.16,000 crore, exceeding its massive capital commitment of $2 billion made in July 2014 and indicating the company’s intent to splash whatever cash is needed to become the country’s largest e-commerce firm. Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd (Amazon India) increased its authorized capital from Rs.8,500 crore […]
4,000 Indian millionaires shifted overseas in 2015: Report
NEW DELHI: India has seen the fourth biggest outflow of high net worth individuals globally in 2015 with shifting of 4,000 millionaires overseas, says a report. According to a report by New World Wealth, some 4,000 uber-rich Indians have changed their domicile in 2015, while France saw the maximum outflow of millionaires with as many […]
India, Saudi Arabia pledge to fight terror together
NEW DELHI: India and Saudi Arabia built on a strategic partnership to take big strides together in fighting terrorism, ramping up security and intelligence cooperation after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi King Salman committed to fighting the scourge together. In addition, Modi invited Saudi businessmen to invest in India, and opened the door for […]
East set for high-voltage fight as assembly elections get underway
The BJP’s electoral appeal in the absence of any perceptible Modi wave and the Congress’s tenacity against a spirited attack on one of its last fortresses will be under test when people in Assam’s 65 constituencies, and 18 in West Bengal, vote in the first phase on Monday. Of the four states and a Union […]
Ki And Ka Movie Review
The hero and the heroine of Ki And Ka share a birthday – April 15. So when they decide to marry, the couple chooses the same date as D-Day. While they are at it, one of them reminds the audience that the Titanic, too, sank on April 15. How very fitting! Ki And Ka, writer-director K Balki’s fourth […]
Terrorism has evolved, but responses have become old: Modi
Global terrorism has evolved over time and terrorists are now using modern technology and devices while national and international efforts to counter them have become outdated, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering of global leaders at a dinner hosted by U.S President Barack Obama at the White House. The dinner kicked off the fourth […]
Manager calls Afridi an ‘absolutely clueless’ captain
MUMBAI: Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam criticized Shahid Afridi following the side’s early exit at the World Twenty20, saying the captain had no idea what he was doing. Pakistan was knocked out of the tournament after losing three of its four group matches, including a loss to rival India. “A captain in his farewell […]
