Forthcoming Modi Visit Galvanizes Indo-Americans
By Haider Kazim 20,000 to attend community reception in New York HOUSTON: The Indo-American community in Houston is enthusiastically looking forward to the forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hear him spell out his plans for development of his country and provide a new impetus to growth of India-US ties. The visit, […]
Dusshera and Diwali Mela at Skeeter’s Stadium on October 4
By Dr. Nik Nikam SUGAR LAND: Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA announces the Dusshera Mela 2014 to be held on Saturday, October 4, from 4 to 10 PM, at the Skeeter’s Stadium, in Sugar land, Texas. The highlights of the Dusshera Mela 2014 will include: Devine, Bhajans, Devotiona Dances, Children Costume Contests, Ramayan Live Multimedia, […]
Learning Samskrtam with Laughter A Novel Approach to an Ancient Language
By Padmashree rao HOUSTON: Even Lord Ganesa must have been smiling when an audience of all ages waited with curiosity on August 29, that Friday evening of Ganesa Caturthi. It was the introductory class of the “Easy Sanskrit (Sulabha Samskrtam)” camp in the Chinmaya Smrti hall at Chinmaya Prabha, Houston. Soon, curiosity melted into light-hearted […]
2nd International Conference on Genomics Keynote Address Delivered by Dr. Dronamraju
HOUSTON: The 2nd International Conference on Genomics and Pharmacogenomics was held in Raleigh, North Carolina, during 8 – 10, September. Delegates came from China, Japan, U.K., Italy, USA, Canada, India, Brazil, Russia and many other countries. The conference covered a wide ranging series of topics in Genomics and its applications in Cancer research, Birth Defects, Diabetes, Drug research, Alzeheimer’s […]
VSGH Gears Up for Durga Puja Celebration
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: It is that time of the year again and the air is filled with sweet nostalgic memories of sights, sounds and smells associated with the Durga Puja, all welcoming the goddess in all her glory. The Vedanta Society of Greater Houston (VSGH), like every year is getting ready to celebrate Sri […]
Reliving BITS Memories, BITSAA Houston Chapter – BITSians’ Day 2014
HOUSTON: BITSAA Houston Chapter met at Udipi Restaurant,Sugar land, to celebrate its 2nd Anniversary coinciding with the BITSians’ day, which is annually celebrated on first Friday in August, by 40,000 plus BITSAA alumni all over the world. Despite being a weekday, more than 30 BITSians,young and old, came together, driving from as far as Woodlands. […]
Katy Gideon Celebrates Sixth Anniversary with a Big Bang
KATY: Amongst hundreds of it’s old and current students and their families, Katy’s best supplementary education program provider – Katy Gideon celebrated it’s sixth Anniversary at their vicinity last week with great style. The absolutely free event offered the enthusiastic visitors more than what was expected. Spelling Bee competition, Face Painting, Balloons, Henna tattoo, Nail […]
CANCER CURE & PREVENTION SERIES – Clinical Trials: Offering New Hope
For the majority of patients diagnosed with cancer, standard chemotherapy and radiation treatments often prove to be very successful in shrinking or killing cancer cells. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for everyone. For patients who need an alternative to standard therapies, physicians often recommend participation in a clinical trial. According to the American Cancer Society, […]
Houston Crowns a Dream Spouse
By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: Beauty pageants are often associated with young single women so when Bollywood Shake decided to organize the first ever Mrs. Bollywood Houston contest on Sept 6, at the Hilton Americas, even ABC13, Fox 26 and TV-Asia ran features on it. Set in the elegantly designed ballroom decorated by Aslam and Abdul […]
Hanmi Bank-United Central Bank Merger
HOUSTON: Hanmi Financial Corporation, the holding company for Hanmi Bank, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Central Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of United Central Bank, effective as of August 31, 2014. With the merger complete, Hanmi becomes the second largest Korean American Bank in the United States with 50 banking offices and […]
IACCGH Announces the Award Winners for 2014
By Manu Shah HOUSTON: IACCGH began the countdown to its 15th Annual Gala 2014 by saluting the entrepreneurial spirit, professional accomplishments, public service endeavors and the strong philosophy of giving back displayed by members of the Chamber and the Indo American community. One hundred and twenty five members and guests gathered at the upscale Mr. […]
Bollywood Blast 2014 is a Hit
Click here for photo collage By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: The skies cleared up for Miller Outdoor to host yet another Bollywood Blast on the traditional Sunday of the Labor Day Weekend. In the Eighth year of being presented by Samskriti, Bollywood Blast 2014 was directed by Arzan Gonda of Rhythm India Bollywood Dance Company in […]
Distinguished Lecture Series with Secretary of State Nandita Berry
By Manu Shah HOUSTON: The Indo American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) facilitated a private meeting with the area heads of Chambers of Commerce, economic development agencies and organizations like ALF (American Leadership Forum) TiE and India House on August 28, at the Hess Club. The represented organizations had the opportunity to meet […]
City Lights – a Teaser to the Upcoming 7th Indian Film Festival in March
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: Sutapa Ghosh, founder cum director of IFFH had a brilliant idea of doing something different this year. Not in keeping with the tradition of holding the annual Indian film festival around this time of the year in Houston, it was decided to move it to March next year to make it […]
Santhigram Wellness Kerala Ayurveda Opens at Hillcroft
HOUSTON: A State of the art Center in the mid of Hillcroft Shopping Plaza was formally inaugurated by Ken Mathew, the Councilman of City of Stafford in a grand ceremony. Present also on the occasion were Dr. Gopinathan Nair, Santhigram Founder and CEO, Koshy Thomas, CEO of Voice of Asia Group of Publications, G.K. Pillai, […]
Yoga and Health: By Dr. Shirley Telles
HOUSTON: This past Sunday, August 31, Houston area community had the opportunity to attend “Yoga and Health” presentation by Dr. Shirley Telles at India House, Houston. The talk and practice was a presentation of India House in collaboration with Patanjali Yogpeeth (USA) and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. After extending a warm welcome to […]
Radio Hungama Ganesh Utsav 2014
KATY: On Saturday, August 30, the Radio Hungama Team celebrated the auspicious Ganesh Festival at the Rylander Elementary School in Katy, TX. This is the second time that Sridhar Dadi and the Hungama Team were able to successfully organize a free event for the community. The puja held by Radio Hungama was conducted by Sriman […]
Ipshita Prakash – Sascha Pinto Engagement
By Jawahar Malhotra SUGAR LAND: The families of Ipshita Prakash and Sascha Pinto came together over the Labor Day Weekend to celebrate their engagement with many friends from the Houston area at the Sweetwater Country Club on Sunday, August 31. A three-man jazz and pop music band serenaded the guests as the couple made their […]
Free Clinic is a Testament of Dedication to Serve the Sick and Uninsured
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: The line forms at 6 am outside, even before the building doors open, come rain or shine; stifling heat or shivering cold, and without a place to sit. Some people bring their own foldable chairs, others simply sit on the floor or stand in the ragged queue that moves upstairs and […]
Rice Radio Presents an Assorted South Asian Experience
HOUSTON: KTRU – Rice radio’s specialty show “Navrang” has been on-air for the past 22 years. In recent years the show has been hosted by the passionate and perky radio DJ and director Varsha Vakil; she humbly dedicates her time and efforts to showcase talented artists’ of South Asian origin. KTRU’s Navrang show represents the […]