Arbaaz and Malaika Arora Khan to HOST a reality show!
The couple is all set to host a couple reality show called Power Couples Arbaaz Khan has decided to follow the footsteps of big brother Salman Khan, who is making headlines with his new season of the controversial reality television show, Bigg Boss! As confirmed by a leading entertainment daily, Arbaaz with his celebrity dancer/choreographer/judge wife […]
Salman Khan: Audiences Will See me in Double Size in Sultan
“AUDIENCES WILL SEE ME IN DOUBLE SIZE. MY TRAINING FOR SULTAN HAS STARTED; SO I NEED TO GET BIGGER AND FITTER FOR THE ROLE,” SAID SALMAN KHAN, WHO WAS LAST SEEN IN KABIR KHAN’SBAJRANGI BHAIJAAN. SALMAN IS ALSO SET TO RETURN AS HOST OF POPULAR TV SERIESBIGG BOSS There’s ‘double’ fun coming from superstar Salman Khan. After […]
Talvar Movie Review
Talvar is a minor miracle of a movie. Mining riveting yet balanced drama from a real-life murder case lost in a tangled web of fact, fiction, hearsay and insinuations could not have been easy. But not a wee bit of the effort shows. At one level, Talvar is a classic whodunit and a sharply observant police procedural that […]
Question of the day: Why on earth did Sridevi chose Puli over Baahubali as her comeback film?
If you are a Sridevi fan, get ready to be terribly disappointed with her comeback film into Tamil cinema In 1986, Sridevi starred along with Rajinikanth in Naan Adimai Illai. But little did the fans know that it will be the last time in many decades that Sridevi will make an appearance in Tamil cinema. […]
Plot revealed: Here’s what Salman Khan’s Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is all about!
So are you ready to know what the hit actor-director jodi has come up with this time around? After playing a lovable simpleton in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Salman Khan has reunited with Sooraj Barjatya after over a decade to give one of the year’s most anticipated release. With the film releasing this Diwali, the buzz around […]
Indian-American professor wins $625,000 MacArthur “Genius” grant
WASHINGTON: Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000 with no strings attached. Chandran, an IIT Roorkee graduate, has won the fellowship for his work in “transforming wastewater from a pollutant requiring disposal to a resource […]
Dhoni all for aggression, but within boundaries
DHARAMSHALA: For long, MS Dhoni has been known to be a man unperturbed by situations, someone who doesn’t get fazed easily, hardly spotted with animated on the field. So even if the next generation of the Indian cricket team – particularly the one representing the country in Tests under Virat Kohli – doesn’t shy away […]
Nine people killed in mass shooting at Oregon community college
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A rural community college became the site of America’s latest mass shooting on Thursday as a lone gunman burst into classrooms during the school day and mowed down terrified students before being shot dead in a firefight with police, authorities said. Officials said nine people were killed, plus the gunman, and seven injured […]
Houston Cha Raja: Shiv Shakti Mandir Celebrates 5th Ganesh Utsav with Grand Mumbai Style Parade at Hillcroft
By Preanka Desai HOUSTON: “Ganpati Bappa!” shouted Virat Maharaj, Hardik Rawal, and Temple Trustees from 2 Ganesh Moorti-filled trucks and Sunil T from atop the Ganesh orange Masala Hummer, and in unison, a crowd of over a thousand marching down a bustling Hillcroft responded “Morya!” – the mantra repeated frequently – as the Ganpati Visarjan […]
Gasp! Costs of College Funding Takes the Wind Out of First Genners
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: “You mean they should get a part-time job before college? An internship? Or a paid job?” It was a puzzling thought for the man seated on the back table trying to understand the intricacies of funding his son’s college education. “It’s a first time experience for us,” chimed in another person […]
HMM’s Ganapati Festival: A Cinematic Salute to Maharashtra
By Neeta Bhate Patwardhan HOUSTON: This year’s HMM Ganapati festival was a proud tribute to culture that has survived the dual threats of time and a new homeland. Each generation re-imagines festivals altering ever so slightly the original flavor, till one no longer even remembers why they take place. It was refreshing therefore to experience […]
Raja Krishnamoorthi Visits Houston to Muster Support for his Congressional Run
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: Who would have thought that this unassuming, down to earth, practical, pleasant person with no airs about him would be running for Congress in the 8th district of Illinois? The democrat, the son of Indian immigrants to the US, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and earned his bachelor’s degree […]
Mahatma Gandhi Week 2015 Speech Contest
HOUSTON: Many know him as Mahatma and many more know him as father of Bharat, India. But the world knows him as an apostle of peace and non-violence. Anyone ever wanted to know more about Gandhi ji and his values should have listened to the mesmerizing speeches delivered by about 40 children at Arya Samaj […]
House of Spices Launches New Product Line: Meharban
FLUSHING, NY: Welcome to a wholesome new product developed by the House of Spices that transports people back to a time when raw silk, and aromatic, exotic spices were traded along a route that spanned over 4,000 miles, connecting Europe and the Mediterranean to South Asia. The new product line, named Meharban, with its theme: […]
Festival Season Starts at Sri Meenakshi Temple
PEARLAND: As the summer ends and the fall season begins in September the season of Hindu festivals commences each year in full swing. Ganesh Chathurthi traditionally marks as one of the events that heralds the very early start of the thanksgiving in the year for the Indian community here in the United States, as early […]
Dr Harish Chander Khera 1939-2015
Dr. Harish Chander Khera passed away on September 26, 2015 in Houston, Texas at the age of 76. He was born in Dera Ismail Khan, India on June 22, 1939. He was a highly regarded General Surgeon whose abilities were only matched by his work ethic and character. Dr. Khera will best be remembered for […]
Dr. Vasanta Lakshmi Putcha, PhD 1946-2015
Vasanta Lakshmi Putcha, a long time resident of Houston, a role model, a respected NASA scientist, an intellectual and lover of Indian fine arts and a woman of many talents, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2015 after a tragic car accident the Wednesday before, September 23. Reportedly she suffered a stroke while driving and […]
Magical Bows and Strings of Ganesh Kumaresh bring Musical Downpour in Greater Houston
By Nalini Sadagopan WOODLANDS:On September 5, we entered the beautifully decorated Berry Center Auditorium of Greater Houston for an unforgettable evening of music by world-renowned violin virtuosos Ganesh and Kumaresh. The brothers, dressed in deep blue and dark attires, appeared to be impregnated musical clouds that drenched the packed audience with a brilliant musical downpour. […]
Bala Vihar Houston Pledges, “Unto Him Our Best”
By Padmashree Rao HOUSTON: They said it with words and music. They showed it with symbols. Spoken or symbolic, the essence was that of pure love. With happy faces, bright colors, beautiful flowers, glowing lamps, a poetic pledge, and a spirited presentation, the members of Chinmaya Mission Houston welcomed another new year of Bala Vihar […]
