Houston 2025 and Beyond
HOUSTON: The inaugural Houston 2025 and Beyond business forum and gala, July 9 and 10, at the Hilton America’s Hotel in downtown Houston, can be cogently summarized in the phrase “It’s about Houston and You …”. The idea is smooth out the deep troughs of the energy cycles with increased commerce through the Port of […]
Maha Pooja and Maha Yagna
HOUSTON: According to Pandit Pradip Pandya, Adhik Maas is also called Purushottam Maas. The Vedic calendar is based on lunar cycle and has 12 months for total of about 360 days. The Western calendar is based on solar cycle of 12 months for 365 days. To match the lunar and solar calendars the Vedic Munis […]
Fort Bend Rotarians Find a Talwar in their Hands!
By Jawahar Malhotra SUGAR LAND: In no doubt a first among the Fort Bend Rotary Club, the newly installed President was asked to sing a song in Hindi and he, not one for turning down a request, obliged and sang one of his favorite numbers – “Bohot shukariya, badi meherbani …” The thanks he sang […]
Gandhi Invites Untouchable Family to Ashram
Great Summer Project For children! Enter Mahatma Gandhi Week 2015 Essay, I-Tribute, Poster and Speech contests. Visit gandhilibrary.org for registration and more information. All school going children can participate! These contests are being organized to create higher awareness of the inspiring life and work of Mahatma Gandhi to promote universal values of Truth, Non-Violence, Love […]
International Yoga Day Honors Yoga Service Award
By Kirthi Jain During the opening ceremony of International Day of Yoga held for the first year at George R Brown Convention Center on June 21, 2015, the Consul General Harish Parvathaneni presented Yoga Service Awards to individuals who have exhibited exceptional service to the community in the field of yoga. We congratulated the following […]
Houston Rath Yatra 2015: A Unique Spiritual Experience
HOUSTON: Adi Guru Shankaracharya established the four centers for the propagation of the ancient Vedic Philosophy for the four Vedas. The Gobardhana Matha of Puri, Orissa is for the propagation of the Rig Vedic Philosophy. The core Vedic philosophy is centered on the permanence of the Supreme Being we call God and hinges upon the […]
Hundreds of Devotees Flock Around the World to be a Part of Radha Rani Rath Yatra
AUSTIN, TX: Radha Rani Rath Yatra (Radha Rani’s Chariot Procession) is a unique event that is the highlight of all the events held at the exceptionally beautiful Radha Madhav Dham located in Austin, Texas. Every year the Procession draws larger and larger crowds, and it is indeed a sight to behold. A magnificent chariot drawn […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Custard
India has been a destination for foreigners for many centuries, and especially Northwestern India which has been the place of many battles with invading hoards from ancient empires like the Greeks, Persians and Mongols and later by the Europeans: the British, French, Portuguese and Dutch. Each foreign culture left its mark on Indian cuisine, and […]
Business activity in India showing recovery: Goldman Sachs
Business activity picked up in the second quarter of 2015, largely on the back of better investment demand and improvements in commercial vehicle sales, Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday. The global financial giant said its composite gauge of business activities is showing a gradual recovery after a “surprising slowdown since the last quarter of 2014”, […]
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein: Salman Khan or Raman, whom do you wish to see win the arm wrestling match?
In the last episode, we saw Ishita(Divyanka Tripathi) and Raman(Karan Patel) going on a coffee shop date, late in the night. There, they spotted Rinky and Mihir together and we were glad to see the two bonding. Later, Raman was seen spilling juice on Ishita’s saree deliberately, so that the latter would go to her room and he […]
Sushant Singh Rajput to move in with ladylove Ankita Lokhande in their new penthouse!
Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande have been together since years now and people are wondering on when the two will get hitched. The love birds however, want to take it slow and are currently in a live-in relationship. SSR is busy working on his Mahendra Singh Dhoni biopic, and was earlier seen as Detective Byomkesh Bakshy in the […]
Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s sweet gesture for Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput!
Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput are married and are enjoying their new lives. If their wedding was less festive with only a few guests invited, their Mumbai reception was a grand one with the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and others making it to the event. But it did disappoint us to see that Kareena Kapoor Khan gave a […]
Prolonged sitting may raise cancer risk in women
Spending more leisure time sitting is linked with 10 percent higher risk of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancers in women, says a study led by an Indian-origin researcher. “The higher risk was present even after taking into account body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and other factors,”said the study led by Alpa Patel from […]
IPL Scandal: Chennai, Rajasthan Suspended; Meiyappan, Kundra Banned for Life – Top 10 Developments
The promoters of Chennai Super Kings or CSK and Rajasthan Royals have been suspended for two years from the Indian Premier League by a Supreme Court-appointed panel headed by former Chief Justice of India Rajendra Mal Lodha, that inquired into the huge betting scandal that has rocked Indian cricket. (Highlights |Read) 1) The panel has also […]
Nawazuddin Siddiqui: We Need a Movie Like Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who will be seen in the role of a reporter in Bajrangi Bhaijaan said a past experience as a journalist helped him in his character. Bajrangi Bhaijaan, also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and tracks the story of a speech-impaired girl, lost in India. Salman, a Hanumandevotee, promises to see her home safely, to Pakistan. “I […]
NRI forms joint venture to attract Indian investment to US
A non-resident Indian (NRI) has formed a joint venture with an American investment firm to attract Indian investment to the United States and create job opportunities in areas such as New England and Baltimore. The overall objective of this joint venture appears to be the promotion of economic growth under the EB5 Investments Programme through […]
$1 Million Bronze Idol Stolen from Indian Temple Recovered
NEW YORK – A bronze religious statue from the 11-12th century, stolen from a temple in India and worth $1 million, has been recovered by U.S. customs officials as part of a three-year investigation into former New York-based art dealer Subhash Kapoor. An anonymous collector of Asian antiquities voluntarily surrendered the stolen Chola bronze statue representing Saint Manikkavichavakar to […]
