Re-living the Memories of Indian Classics with Geetanjali Radio
Click Here to see the Photo Collage By Vanshika Vipin HOUSTON: Shoba Joshi, also known as Shobaji, is a popularly recognized personality in the Indian Community. She is also a well-known radio legend in Houston as she has great experience in promoting, presenting and hosting radio broadcasts for over 23 years now […]
Local Supporters Gather to Celebrate AAP Victory
HOUSTON: On March 1, a group of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters gathered in a restaurant at Hillcroft Street to celebrate an unprecedented victory of common man in Delhi assembly elections held in the early February this year. AAP is a political party formed on anti-corruption plank two years back. Stunning victory on 67 out […]
Neeta Sane and Chitra Divakaruni Share “Life’s Lessons” at the IACCGH “Women Mean Business” Event
By Manu Shah HOUSTON: It was a woman powered evening with celebrated novelist Chitra Divakaruni and HCC Trustee Neeta Sane keynoting the Women Mean Business (WMB) event organized by the IACCGH. Sponsored by Shell and held at the Hess Club on February 24, the event attracted more than 70 ladies. IACCGH Executive Director Jagdip Ahluwalia […]
Evening of Color, Words & Poetry in Hindi
By Swapan Dhairyawan HOUSTON: International Hindi Association Houston Chapter (IHA) partnered with India Culture Center (ICC) and Jain Vishwa Bharati Preksha Center (JVB) on March 1, Sunday and held its Annual local talent event at the JVB Center. In the serene premises and extremely pleasant weather on Sunday, IHA held its Holi ke Hindi Bol […]
Patanjali Yogpeeth Held 3-day Yoga Workshop in Houston
By Ashwini Kasture HOUSTON: The Patanjali Yogpeeth (USA) Trust organized a Self-Development and Assistant Teacher program at Arya Samaj, Houston on schiller Road. It was a three day Training program which took place on Feb. 27, 28 and Mar 1. Patanjali Yogpeeth has been founded by Yogrishi Swami Ramdevji who is instrumental in spreading the […]
Sri Meenakshi Temple Vedic Heritage School Celebrates “VHS Day” by Students
By Mahesh Iyer PEARLAND: The two hundred plus (200+) students from Sri Meenakshi Temple’s Vedic Heritage School (VHS) woke up to a rainy and cold morning, on Sunday, March 1st, but that did not deter them from putting up their best, during a day reverberating with “Slokathon”, speech and group discussions. The younger students were […]
The Beauty of Empowering Women
HOUSTON: Pratham’s Beauty Entrepreneurship Program enables women from rural India to become confident, self-reliant, and inspiring individuals Mulla, Sanghmitra, Baishna, Kashmiri and nearly 270 others from rural, underprivileged pockets of India have done their parents proud. They have found their calling. Apart from supporting their families, these women aided with their vocation, their confidence, and […]
FIS Launches a Unique Project India BEE 2015 for Children
HOUSTON: Popularly known as FIS, the Foundation for India Studies is launching a new project in partnership with India House Inc, to connect the young generations of America with India through a unique quiz contest that stimulates and encourages them to learn about India. The first targeted group was the youth at universities. FIS assisted […]
Press Conference on Brownsville Federal Court Decision
HOUSTON: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee invited various community leaders to a press conference to call for the immediate appeal and overturning of the Brownsville Federal Court decision, overturning the President’s authorized executive actions on immigration reform. At the Press Conference prominent community members Rahman Morton President (MACC) were also invited. Morton mentioned in his speech to the community to not […]
Fun Festive Flamboyant VEDIC FAIR
KATY: A Fun, Festive, Flamboyant VEDIC FAIR 4, will happen on Saturday March 14, from 3:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Seven Lakes High School, 9251 South Fry Road, Katy TX 77494. VEDIC FAIR is a complete family event to experience Indian Culture. Admission for the fair is free. Preparations for this Fair have started […]
Texas Yoga Conference at ISKCON Houston
By Dayal Nitai Das HOUSTON: ‘OM in the Big Heart of Texas’ was the signature motto for the sixth annual Texas Yoga Conference (TYC) held February 20-22 at ISKCON Houston (Hare Krishna Temple and Cultural Center). Leading yoga teachers and speakers, along with hundreds of practitioners came together for a city retreat full of presentations, […]
Anirban Lahiri Hasn’t Looked Back since a Meeting with Tiger Woods Last Year
The best golfer in India played before an enormous gallery with the kind of buzz that is rare for his country. Anirban Lahiri wound up the winner, a day he won’t forget. Except that he wasn’t the star that day. Tiger Woods was in town. Lahiri and Shiv Kapur, who played college golf at […]
Indian American Teen Named ‘Child Genius’
Indian American middle school student Vanya Shivashankar beat 20 gifted teenagers from across the U.S. to win the title of “Child Genius 2014.” Thirteen-year-old Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas beat three other finalists to win $100,000 for a college fund in Lifetime’s intelligence contest “Child Genius.” Shivashankar, a student at California Trail Middle School, was one […]
10 THINGS only a Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah FAN will understand
It’s not always that a show on the small screen becomes such a phenomenon that everybody swears by it. From engaging audiences for over a decade to still containing to be the number one show on TV, Taarak Mehta Ka OoltahChashmah on SAB TV (Neela Telefilms), has become the cult comedy of the small screen. […]
Dum Laga Ke Haisha movie review: Ayushmann Khurrana – Bhumi Pednekar’s romantic comedy is a smile-a-thon all the way!
If you grew up in the 90′s, you would fondly remember the era of record tape, cassettes, VCR’s and walkman, with a faint smile lingering on your face. Ayushmann Khurrana’s Dum Laga Ke Haisha took me back in time, when I grew up in small quaint town of Ambala, away from the frenetic fast paced life. As […]
Shah Rukh Khan pays tribute to Raj Kapoor on India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun?
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan paid tribute to late actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, popularly known as the “Showman”, on his reality TV show India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun?. Years back, Raj Kapoor narrated the life of a joker in a circus through his popular movie Mera Naam Joker, hinging on “The show must go on” notion. It was when SRK […]
Ram Kapoor | Dil Ki Baatein Dil Hi Janne | Sony
Dil Ki Baatein Dil Hi Jaane is a passionate love story between Ram and Anandita. This is the story of Anandita who is suffering from a terminal illness and wants to embrace death to rid her loving husband and two kids of all the agony they are going through to bring her back to life. […]
10 Life Lessons From Lord Shiva
If there’s one god who can offer you lessons in the “Art of Living”, it has to be the popular Hindu deity, Lord Shiva. Popularly known as the lord of mercy and compassion, Shiva can annihilate evil, destroy ignorance as well as grant wisdom. Here’s a quick look at the 10 different life lessons we can […]
CURRENCIES: Surprise China Rate Cut Pushes Dollar Higher
LONDON (MarketWatch) — The dollar shrugged off a slate of weak economic data Monday to trade higher against the euro, yen and pound, benefiting from a surprise rate cut from the People’s Bank of China. The central bank cut its benchmark lending and deposit rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Saturday, raising […]
