Houston India Conference Launches “Make in India – The Inside Story” on March 24-25
HOUSTON: Houston India conference is hosting first of the series conference on March 24 – 25 in Houston. The topic of 2017 conference is “Make in India – The Inside Story”. The conference is organized by Consulate General of India in Houston, India House, Asia Society Texas Center, Indo American Chamber of Commerce of Greater […]
3 Community Organization Partner to Present Workshop on Diabetes & Yoga
By Nikhil Jain HOUSTON: Sewa International along with JVB Preksha Meditation Center & VYASA organized a free community workshop “Multifaceted holistic approach to Diabetes through Yoga” on January 28. It was attended by over 100 people and was conducted by Dr. Sudha Rajan who has been practicing in the Clear Lake area for the past […]
Cricket 2017 Kicks Off!
HOUSTON: With the warmer than usual Winter, youth cricket season in Greater Houston area has started off with all 4 clubs conducting their opening day in January. These clubs are KYC & ECC in Katy Area, NWCC in North West Houston and SLYCC in greater Southwest Houston areas. More than fifty children under the age […]
Shaam E Ghazal: An Evening of Poetry
HOUSTON: International Hindi Association, Houston Chapter (IHA) and India Culture Center (ICC) proudly presents on Friday February 10, an evening filled of joy, entertainment and love by our own Houstonian Nausha Asrar and Archana Panda from California. This wonderful duo of poets will take you to a new height with their soft, passionate and absorbing Ghazals. In addition to […]
Ramesh Manek, 68, an Architect for whom Family Came First
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: There is a picture of Ramesh Manek in a white shirt, smiling broadly besides a yellow sign on a busy street in Abu Dhabi in the middle of the afternoon. “Men at Work” reads the sign, but it may as well have been referring to Manek, who was the hardest […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Aasan Tarike ki Dahin (Easy Homemade Yogurt)
Yogurt or dahin has had a sacred significance in the daily lives of Hindus since the very inception of Hinduism, and by extension, of Hindustani culture. Cows and cow’s milk have a special place in Hinduism as both are intertwined with the story of the young Lord Krishna. Dahin is also one of the panchamitras […]
Kareena to KIDNAP Mahi in Zee TV’s Jamai Raja
Zee TV’s Jamai Raja (Grazing Goat and Sagar pictures) will soon take a shocking turn in the show. The upcoming dhamakedaar episode will revolve around Mahi (Shiny Doshi), Satya (Ravi Dubey) and Kareena (Shagun Ajmani) which will scare the viewers. Click here to read more… Credit: tellychaakkar.com
&TV’s Waaris heading for a LEAP
It seems like TV shows are on a roll to bring a leap in their story line to make the ongoing tracks more interesting and engaging for the audience. After shows like Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, Kaala Teeka, etc. the latest to join the league is &TV’s popular series Waaris (Viniyard […]
Miss Universe 2017: How well do you know Indian contestant Roshmitha Harimurthy?
With hours to go before the next Miss Universe is crowned in Manila, the Philippines, the contestants are busy competing in the preliminary rounds, which began on January 26 with the one on national costumes. This year, life has also come full circle for former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, as she sits in the judges […]
Dangal broke box office collection, this is what real Mahavir Singh Phogat got
Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ is a super hit, doing business worth over Rs 300 crore within 17 days of its release, but Mahavir Singh Phogat, on whose life the film is based, is happy despite getting just a fraction of the sum. For sharing his family’s journey to the wrestling arena, the former wrestler-turned-coach, it is […]
Uber to expand engineering team in Hyderabad
BENGALURU: Uber Technologies Inc. will expand its engineering team in Hyderabad to develop tools that will help the company determine fares and driver incentives, as well as support its food and hyperlocal delivery service businesses around the world. Uber did not give details of the number of people it wants to hire. The Hyderabad team, […]
Jyoti Bansal: Meet the IIT-Delhi alumnus who sold his start-up for $3.7 billion
NEW DELHI: Indian-American entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal has agreed to sell his application intelligence venture AppDynamics to Cisco Systems for a $3.7 billion (Rs 25,150 crore approx) deal. The announcement has come a day before AppDynamics was to launch its initial public offer (IPO), which valued the company at $2 billion. Click here to read more.. […]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai criticises Trump’s immigration order
SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s India-born Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Saturday critcised US President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the entry of people from Muslim-majority countries to the United States and stressed its negative influence on US attractiveness for foreign talent. Pichai suggested that the ban could affect at least 187 Google employees as the Internet […]
Trump’s immigration order sends shock waves across Indian IT industry
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration order, the Indian technology industry is gripped with fear as shock waves spread across India’s silicon city. While the U.S. doesn’t hire on a large scale from the seven Muslim-majority countries set to be affected by Trump’s order – the Indian tech industry, that sends hundreds of employees to […]
Trump appoints Indian-American attorney to key White House post
WASHINGTON: US PresidentDonald Trump has appointed prominent Indian-American attorney Uttam Dhillon to a key White House position to assist him on ethics and compliance matters. Dhillon, who served as chief oversight counsel for the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, has been appointed as special assistant to the President. Click here to read more… Credit: […]
Evicted by son in US, woman seeks PM Narendra Modi’s nod to spend her last years in India
AHMEDABAD: In what may be called the mother of all ironies, a nonagenarian, who is a US citizen, is resisting her deportation to America citing she wants to spend her last years in her motherland. Ailing Kantaben Shah (90), who remains mostly confined to her bed in her elder son Jayesh Shah’s house in Paldi […]
I hope Trump bans Pakistani visas: Imran Khan
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday, while condemning the plight of Muslims prevented from entering the United States (US) under US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban, expressed hope that the ban is extended to Pakistanis. “I want to tell all Pakistanis today, I pray that Trump bans Pakistani visas so that we can […]
How ‘Garden City’ Bengaluru has degenerated into a garbage city
BANGALORE: The stench of rubbish hanging over swathes of Bangalore is so powerful it rouses residents in the middle of the night, the fetid result of a trash crisis that threatens its reputation as one of India’s nicest places to live. Hailed first as the country’s Garden City and then its Silicon Valley, drawing in […]
A school for grannies is making dreams come true in Maharashtra
Aajibaichi Shala is a school for grandmothers in Thane district, Maharashtra. Dressed in bright pink saris, the grannies all sit together in a single classroom and learn to write, read and multiply, all in Marathi. Click here to read more… Credit: hindustantimes.com
