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3 April 26, 2013 3April 26, 2013 COMMUNITYRahat, Rahat All the Way

BY SANCHALI BASU

& VANSHIKA VIPINHOUSTON: Rahat Fateh Ali

Khan had his mesmerizing ef-fect on the Houstonians again at his performance at the Reliant Arena on April 20. No matter how many times they listen to him, the Houston crowd never seems to get enough of his music. Even though he makes an appearance every year, the magic of his voice com-pels Houstonians to pack the arena every time without fail.

The show was brought to Hous-ton by Rehan Siddiqi of Hum Tum Shows, who has brought many successful shows in the past. He was the show promoter and the mastermind behind organizing Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s show in Houston this year. He recently presented Houston, in the last few months with two other successful shows, Adnan Sami and Strings. Both shows were sold out events. The audience enjoyed Adnan Sami show and the team had to put together a second performance which was also a sold-out event.

A la Adnan Sami, a much slim-mer Rahat made his entry into the arena in a very becoming black shalwar kameez and started his performance with a tribute to Alla (Alla Hu). He dedicated the song to his uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Rahat is continuing the work that his uncle had started in ex-posing the western audiences to the likes of Qawwali music of the Sufis, ghazals and now Bolly-wood music. MTV Unplugged the acclaimed acoustic music series which showcases the work of to-day’s top artists and introduces the stars of tomorrow, carries most of his popular numbers.

The crooner then went on to sing a varied medley of love songs like Kaisa ye ishq hai, Tum jo aaye zindagi mein, Bicchde to jee na paaye making the audience long

for more. He again paid tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with his rendition of the Ghazal Tumhe Dillagi.

His extreme devotion to music and remarkable classical training from a very early age reflects in his singing and transcends all cultural boundaries. The back-up singers and musicians accompanying him are some of the best from Pakistan and India and provided ample sup-port and raised his music to a dif-ferent level.

Somehow many of the popu-lar Bollywood Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s numbers are in praise of the beautiful eyes of the woman and he sang all of them Surili ankhiyon wali, Tenu ankhiyan udik diya, Tere mast mast do nain and of course Dagabaaz the latter be-ing the latest of his super hits.

He dedicated Dagabaaz to his wife since it was her birthday. At the end, after he sang the song and with a smile he said “ Ise seri-ously mat lijiyega,” (do not take this dedication seriously, since the song talks about betrayal).

During the intermission Rehan Siddiqi and the other organizers thanked and acknowledged all the

sponsors and media partners and brought them on stage. There was a special presentation to the singer by Rolls Royce, Houston.

The second half of the show had the evergreen songs like Sajdaa, Teri ore (where he sang both the male and female voices effortless-ly), Mein Tenu Samjhawa, Dil to baccha hai ji.

He ended the night with Mast Kalandar and it did not seem like the Houston audience had had their fill because there were so many more popular songs of his which remained unsung, and therefore, young audiences gathered near the stage asking for more.

This just gives Houstonians the excuse to have him back again next year for more of his magical melodious singing.

As promised by Rehan Siddiqi, the show was a successful event which was enjoyed by everyone.

For further details about the show and for upcoming shows contact Rehan Siddiqi at 713-545-4115.

Or visit Hum Tums Shows web-site at www.humtumradio.com

For Photos see Collage on page 15.

Ramleela at Cullen Performance Hall on Oct 27, 2013

HOUSTON: Indo-Americans in Houston will welcome fall 2013 with an exciting presentation of dance drama Ramleela 2013 amid Dussehra and Deepawali (also called Diwali) celebrations. Kusum Sharma, the executive director of Shri Natraj School of Dance will stage this show at Cul-len performance hall, University of Houston. This is the fourth year such Ramleela will be held at this facility with ample parking for revelers who in the past year have numbered nearly 1500.

In the pantheon of Hindu festi-vals, Diwali probably holds pride of place among Indians in Hous-ton. The festival of lights falls on November 3rd 2013 this year. Al-most everyone makes curry their dish of choice on that day. Many non-Hindus either light diyas in their own homes or help their Hin-du friends to light up theirs. Apart from the visual spectacle of the festival, the symbolism of Diwali, the triumph of light over darkness, resonates with people of various faiths.

In the four weeks preceding Di-wali, Hindus all over the country re-enact a story with the same moral. Dusshera falls on October 12, 2013.

Ramleela is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Lord Ram, ending up in ten-day battle between Lord Ram and Ravan, as described in the Hindu religious epic, the Ra-mayana. A tradition that originates from the Indian subcontinent, the play is staged annually often over ten or more successive nights, dur-ing the auspicious period starting with the Dussehra festival. Usu-ally the performances are timed to culminate on the festival of Vi-jayadashami day, that commemo-rates the victory of Lord Ram over demon king Ravana.

UNESCO proclaimed the tradi-

tion of Ramleela a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005.

This year Ramleela 2013 stage show in Houston will be held on Sunday, October 27, 2013, from 4 PM to 6 PM at Cullen perfor-mance hall located at 4800 Cal-houn Road, Houston TX

Shri Natraj School of Dance has staged Ramleela along with various non profit organizations in Houston since 2005, more details can be found at www.shrinatraj.com\Ramleela.html

This year’s drama will be enriched with new episodes, variations, thrillers, and pyro-techniques. The drama will be accompanied by amazing Indian classical entertainment, and spe-cial effects.

The performing team will be teeming with Indian merchandise, and sponsors. This largest Indo-American event of this kind in Houston is also an excellent op-portunity for businesses to show-case their products and services to the community.

Kusum Sharma, the dance di-rector at the Shri Natraj School of Dance, has been directing dance performances and shows for over 20 years. She is a trained Bharat-natyam & Kathak dancer and well versed in many Indian folk dances. Kusum expresses her heartiest ap-preciation to all the supporters, volunteers, performers and spon-sor who have supported the Ram-leela event in past years. This year as well Ramleela 2013 is soliciting both sponsors and volunteers to make this event a great success.

For more information, spon-sorship & volunteering contact Kusum Sharma at [email protected] or visit www.shrin-taraj.com.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, during his performance in Reliant Arena on Saturday April 20


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When Poetry and Wisecracks in Hindi are Music to the Ears, it’s Maasti!BY JAWAHAR MALHOTRA

SUGAR LAND: Too many ears had grown unaccustomed to the shudh (pure) Hindi that was being thrown out with rapid fire speed and for many it was a strain to catch the gist of the delivery from the versatile poets sitting on the dias in front of them. But they quickly picked up the mean-ings and were kept amused and in many cases in stitches at the Kavi-Sammelan on Wednesday, April 17 at the Madras Pavilion restau-rant in Sugar Land.

The kavi-sammelan has become an annual event for the past four years and has been held at various venues across town. This sam-melan brought in a packed house of Hindi lovers who paid the $50 ticket for a buffet dinner prior to the recitations and to be able to lis-ten to the poets. As in the past, it was organized by the local chapter of the International Hindi Associa-tion, this time along with the India Culture Center.

In shudh Hindi, Chapter Presi-dent Sangeeta Pasrija explained the goals of the IHA and how they had been able to get these three poets out of their current US and Canada tour of 16 cities, but it fell on a Wednesday. “In spite it hap-pening in mid-week, we are re-ally fortunate to have such a huge turnout,” she said and then turned to introduce the poets. The event started with a lighting of the lamp by Indian Consul Anil Matta.

Again, almost completely in Hindi, Swapan Dhairyawan, chap-ter Vice President spoke about the upcoming 16th Biennial National Hindi Convention that will take place in the Bayou City during the Labor Day weekend this year. He described the activities to be held on Friday, August 30; all day ses-sions and workshops on Saturday, Aug 31, culminating in a grand kavi-sammelan in the evening and wrap-up events on Sunday, Sep-

tember 1. Dhairyawan explained the ben-

efits of becoming Lifetime or An-nual members of the IHA and then introduced the Executive team of five including the Treasurer Rajiv Bhavsar and Joint Secretaries Rafi Ansar and Sanjay Sohoni and all the new members of the Adhive-shan committee.

The three poets - Dr. Kunwar Bechain, Dr. Suresh Awasthi and Deepak Gupta – sat through din-ner and met with several admirers before speaking at the event.

Dr. Bechain is a senior and rec-ognized poet, song writer, journal-ist and teacher. He has published 30 books. Some of his poems are included in BA and MA Hindi Class syllabus of several universi-ties and 22 students have received Ph.D. degree on his poems. Be-sides being a poet and teacher Dr. Kunwar is also an artist. During the past 53 years, Dr. Bechain has recited his poems in more than 4,500 Kavi Sammelans in India and abroad. This was his 5th trip of USA.

Dr. Awasthi, who hails from Kanpur, UP, is a conscious satirist,

journalist and educationist. He has published three books on humor and satire and eight books of his works are under publication. He has written title songs and screen-play of numerous TV serials. He has established himself by recit-ing his compositions in innumer-able Kavi Sammelans in India and Overseas. Dr. Awasthi’s recitation style is captivating. This was his second trip to USA.

Deepak Gupta is a young humor-ist from Faridabad, outside of New Delhi. He has entertained audience in more than 800 Kavi Sammelans in major cities in India and Middle East. He has one book to his credit and has contributed his poems in 12 poetry collections published in past few years. His poems are continuously being published in popular Hindi Newspapers and Magazine. TV programs such as Waha-waha, Arz Kiya Hai and Khabardaar Khabrein were ini-tially conducted by Gupta. This was his first trip to USA.

The audience was totally en-thralled by the three poets who spoke, jested and recited in pure Hindi for two and a half hours

non-stop. “The feedback has been very positive and we received en-thusiastic comments from the au-dience at large” said Pasrija.

“In spite it being a Wednesday evening; the show being sold out 3 days prior to the event is in itself a motivating achievement,” added Dhairyawan, “This encourages our effort to the Annual Conven-

tion and the support of all the avid Hindi lovers in Houston humbles us.”

For more information about the Annual Convention please call Sangeeta Pasrija 281-788-9750 or Swapan Dhairyawan 281-382-0348

The members of the IHA committee, including Swapan Dharyiwan on the mic. Photos: Jawahar Malhotra

International Hindi Association Houston Chapter’s President Sangeeta Pasrija welcomes the audience to the rectiation event on Wednesday, April 17 at Madras Pavilion in Sugar Land.

The three poets visiting from India, from left: Dr. Suresh Avashi, Deepak Gupta and Dr. Kunwar Bechain


April 26, 20136 April 26, 20136Benoy, Badal & Dennis Wins Jury Award for Best Production

at WorldFest Houston

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BY JAWAHAR MALHOTRA & SANCHALI BASU

HOUSTON: It had all the ingre-dients of a major movie event: one of the stars, the executive produc-er, and a large crowd of glamor-ous people from the Bayou City in their finest – all there to attend the world premiere of an Indian mov-ie at the 46th Worldfest Houston Film Festival last Thursday night, April 18.

The executive producer was none other than Houstonian Ash Shah, a serial entrepreneur who is better known for his business acu-men in film production of the type that is used in industrial packaging through his company Impex Glob-al LLC; real estate investments and trading than he is for film pro-duction of the movie type,

“This is something I’ve always wanted to do,” explained Ash of his major investment in financing and producing the Indian movie Benoy, Badal and Dennis which screened for the first time at the AMC 30 on Dunvale to a crowd of about 400 people who came out inspite of the late hour on a Thurs-day night. Most were from the In-dian community, and many were Bengalis since the movie is made in and shot entirely in Kolkatta and features a strong Bengali cast, including Shauvik Kundagrami, a transplanted Houstonian, as well as a Bengali director.

Ash and Shauvik were the star attractions at the screening of Benoy Badal Dennis, the trilingual (Hindi, Bengali, English) movie directed by acclaimed singer, ac-tor and director Anjan Dutta.

Worldfest founder Hunter Todd spoke briefly before the movie and introduced Ash, who spoke about his new venture. Shauvik added a few words of welcome before the movie started.

The protagonists in the movie are inspired by the three freedom fighters from Bengal, Benoy, Badal and Dinesh, who lost their lives for killing General Simpson in the Writers Building of Cal-cutta in pre-independent India. So great was the heroism and impact of these martyrs in Bengal that Dalhousie Square in the heart of downtown Kolkata has been re-named BBD Bagh after the young revolutionaries.

The movie revolves around the murder of a lounge singer and the involvement of the three char-acters Benoy (Jimmy Shergill), Badal (K K Menon) and Dennis (Shauvik Kundagrami) in the mur-der. It explores the approach taken by each character in dealing with the corrupt, manipulative leaders of the community.

The cast is ably supported by Naseeruddin Shah, Rituparna Sen-gupta, Sandhya Mridul and Sonali Kulkarni. Local Tollywood stars Parambrata Chatterjee and Tota Roy Chowdhury also appear in cameo roles. The music for the movie is composed by Neil Dutta (the director’s son) and its three songs by several popular singers including Usha Uthup and Nach-iketa Ghosh are catchy.

The movie gives a great bird’s eye view of present day Kol-kata with familiar sights like the

Howrah Bridge, Babu Ghat, City Center and Salt Lake; the police department, the Anglo-Indian community and the corrupt under-world. The movie depicts the com-plications and intricacies of differ-ent human relationships. Although predictable, the main characters do not meet until the very last scene, a la Bollywood, with a common goal in mind.

Two nights later as Worldfest wrapped up a huge celebration at the Marriott Westchase Hotel with nearly 700 guests, Benoy, Badal and Dennis won the Jury Award for Best Production to the delight of Ash Shah who was ec-static about his maiden foray into the film world. “This is very en-couraging,” said Shah as he spoke about future plans. “I will now be involved in the distribution and marketing of the film in India, but am also looking at the US market and other countries.”

“I was very involved in this proj-ect, even helping with auditions,” explained Shah, who wants to try his hand in production and acting in future films. He is getting many scripts to look over and welcomes them as he ponders his next move in the film industry.

This sort of heavy involvement in films is what Shah had in mind when he divested himself of his main business, Impex Global a few months ago as well as some other non-core businesses. “I am very blessed to have this opportu-nity,” the soft-spoken Shah said, “and a very supportive wife, Lina, who is cautiously encouraging!”

Guests during the world premiere of Benoy, Badal Dennis, last Thursday at the AMC 30 at Dunvale.

Photos: Jawahar Malhotra

Executive Producer Ash Shah(right) with actor Shauvik Kundagrami

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Shri Sita Ram Foundation Celebrates Ram Navami

HOUSTON: The festival of Ram Navami is the celebration of the birthday of Lord Shri Ram who was the seventh incarnation (Avatar) of Lord Vishnu and born in Ayod-ha, an ancient Indian city. Rama Navami is celebrated on the ninth day of Hindu month of Chaitra (April). Ram Navami marks the end of nine day long festival called Chaitra Navratri or Vasanta Navratri. On this aus-picious day devotees observe fasting, visit temples to offer special prayers, take reli-gious processions and the special readings of Ramayana are also held. Many devotees observe fasting or the Ram Navami vrat this day as it is believed to be an easy mean of gaining happiness in the material world and achieving salvation at the same time.

Ram Navami was celebrated in Houston on 20 and 21 April with gaiety and fervour by Shri Sita Ram Foundation ( www.ShriSi-taRam.org). The Foundation is a public non profit 501( C ) (3) organization engaged in Glorifying the Holy name of Lord Ram. Through educational and philanthropic ac-tivities it promotes the values and virtues exemplified by Lord Ram .

The Foundation organized a 24 hour Akhand Ramayan Paath at the newly built Govindaji Gaudiya Maath located on 16628 Keith Harrow Blvd, Houston, 77084 in the northwest part of Houston.

The main temple hall was nicely decorat-ed for the occasion . The Paath was started by Offering prayers in the traditional Vedic way first to Lord Ganesha, followed by all the main deities and then to Lord Ram and his Bhakt Lord Hanuman. The prayers were

conducted by Ram Sharma of Pearland, Texas.

The chanting of the Holy name began on 20 April by reading the Holy Scripture Ramcharitmanas by a large number of dev-otees gathered at the temple. Throughout the 24 hours several devotees took turns to lead the reading of the scripture, joined by many more in the main temple hall. The cel-ebrations concluded at 12:00 noon on 21s April, the time of Lord’s birth with melodi-ous kirtan by the devotees and bhajans by Surender Talwar. A large throng of several hundred devotees descended to participate in the final stages of celebration including some prominent people from the Houston Indian Community. Some of them included Dr. Durga Agarwal and his wife, Subash Gupta and his wife, Dr. Rahul Nath and his wife, Dr. K. Shukla and his wife, and many others.

In addition to celebrating Ram Navami, the Ramayan Paath was conducted at the Sri Govindaji Gaudiya Math to promote the new temple as well as sanctify it to re-ceive the three sets of deities ( Their Lord-ships Radha and Krishna; The Ram Darbar; and Gaur Nitaya ) through the continuous 24 hour chanting of the Holy name , ‘Ram Naam’ . The deity installation will be done at the Math during a 4 day festival starting 11 July to 14 July which is expected to be attended by many devotees from all over the world and from Houston.

For further details visit Math website at www.sggm.org

Devotees during the Ram Navami celebrations at the Sri Sita Ram Foundation.


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Club 24 Donates to Nine Local Non-Profi tsBY JAWAHAR MALHOTRA

HOUSTON: It may have been the coldest April 20 on record last Saturday and plenty of people in the immense backyard of Harry and Tara Shani’s Memorial area home would have attested to that as they mingled around for drinks and snacks. But the atmosphere was decidedly warm as the 60 or so members of Club 24 eagerly got down to the business at hand to distribute funds to select non-profits.

Despite the evening’s chilly temperature, the guests gathered around the central part of the backyard to hear from Club 24 current President Kamana Sharma and her team welcome everyone to the philantrophy event, which is one of four pillars of the char-ity’s mission. The other three deal

with building bridges between the Indian community and the main-stream; between the generations and encourage other members to get better acquainted with each other. The Club does have a mini-mum donation level for members, and matches donations upto 20 per cent.

Harry Shani spoke about his commitment to the Club’s out-reach and urged that similar efforts be made to strengthen other orga-nizations, including religious ones. Sharma talked about the Club’s ef-forts to foster relations with other non-profits through the donations that are made every year.

The event was organized by this year’s Chairs Aparna Kamat and Madhavi Kavadi, with Rakesh Joshi acting as this year’s Treasur-er. This year nine organizations re-

ceived a total of $37,600 in checks with the Club throwing in another $5,500. Both the donors and the recipients or their representatives were at hand to receive the large manila envelopes.

Those who received the dona-tions were Daya, International Hindi Association, PBS, Pratham, Rotary Club, Save A Mother, SEW International, UNICEF and USO. All the groups’ representatives

spoke admiringly of the support they received from the Club and how it helped their work.

A sumptuous dinner for the evening was catered on the back driveway by Bhojan Restaurant.

The hosts for the evening, Harry and Tara Shani welcomed the guests with (from left) Club 24 Treasurer Rakesh Joshi, President Kamana Sharma and Event Chair Aparna Kamat.

The recipients of the cash awards posed with Club 24’s immediate Past President Sangeeta Pasrija and President Kamana Sharma Photos: Jawahar Malhotra

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PEARLAND: Sri Meenkashi Pattab-hishekam, in other words, the grand coro-nation of Sri Meenak-shi was celebrated with great pomp and gran-deur at the Sri Meenak-shi Temple, Pearland on Saturday April 20.

MTS is having its an-nual 10 day Mahotsavam (Grand Festival) from April 19th to 28th, and the Pattabhishekam is one of the stellar events of this festival. Hundreds of devotees participated in the puja and events on this auspicious day.

The Utsavamoorhthy of Sri Meenakshi, the presiding deity of the temple was adorned most beautifully and lit up the temple with her radiance. The chanting of the priests in chorus elevated the devotees to an ethereal experience. The crowning moment of the event was indeed the offering of the jew-el studded crown and the divine Scepter to the Goddess, our Mother.

As per MTS traditions priests handed over the Scepter to the cur-rent chairman Tupil Narasiman, who takes the Scepter in a proces-sion around the temple. This was followed by a procession around the temple, where Sri Meenakshi

in all her glory was seated on a Poo Pallakku (flower palanquin) most extraordinarily decorated with more than 5000 flowers. This great task was undertaken by several volunteers who spent long hours under the leadership of the Reli-gious Activity Coordinator Roopa and her spouse S.Balakrishnan.

The procession was indeed the highlight of the day. The procession was led by the music played by the traditional nadaswaram and tavil. Groups of devotees were chant-ing the Rudram, while others were reciting Lalitha Sahasranamam.

All in all, it was as if the whole

temple was transported to the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai, In-dia. MTS most generously offered a wonderful dinner to all who had come from far and near. The whole event was extremely well co-ordinated under the leadership of the Chairman Tupil Narasiman and the MTS Board members.

The underlying significance of the event is that the devotees crown the Divine Goddess in their very own hearts, she is the queen and the ruler in their hearts.

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Krishna Dham, Houston witnessed hundreds of devotees and guests for celebration of Rama Navami, the appearance day of Lord Ra-machandra on Friday, 19 of April.

Lord Ramachandra is a very important incarnation of God, the Supreme Lord who came to the world as Rama, or Ramachandra, in the celebrated Raghu dynasty in the Treta yuga.

Lord Ramachandra set the per-fect example of an ideal king, son, brother, husband, and master. He is also called maryada-purusot-tama, “one who exhibits an ideal behavior.”

Festival began with ecstatic kir-tan by Jiv Jago youth group and Maha Arati by devotees. Alter of presiding deities of Sri Sri Radha Nilamadhava was beautifully dec-orated with flowers and fruits and colorful outfits, which was the ul-timate attraction of the day.

An interactive spiritual talk on Lord Ramachandra pastimes was given by His Holiness Rtad-vaja Maharaja from Ramayan and very well correlated with Srimad Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhaga-vatam. All the devotees and guests were eagerly involved in hearing the pastimes of Lord Ramachan-dra.

At the end, a full scrumptious vegetarian prasadam meal was served to everybody by ISKCON devotees.

Worshipers at the Hare Krishna Dham are grateful for this wonder-ful blessing, thus the reason for the joy during the event in which hun-dreds of Houstonians took part.

The deities of Sri Sri Radha Nil-amadhava preside over a welcom-ing aarati and kirtan each Sun-day at 5:30PM at ISKCON Hare Krishna Dham located at 1320 W 34th Street, Houston TX, 77018.

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Beautifully decorated Lord Ramachandra with Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman. Photos: Thejas Rajaram

Beautifully decorated Sri Sri Radha Nilamadhava.

Spriritual talk by His Holiness Rtadvaja Maharaja.


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Hindus of Greater Houston’s fi rst advisory board meeting with executive committee at Chinmaya Mission.From left: Sarvabhavana Das (representing Dr Hansa Medley), Dev Mahajan, Partha Krishnaswami, Jugal Malani, Vijay Pallod, Sanyasin Santhalinaswami, Satguru Bodhinatha, Acharya Gaurang Nanavaty, Vinod Mantri, Dr. Venugopal Menon, Sharad Amin, Richa Dixit, PC Sharma and Sanjay Jajoo. Photo: Paresh Shah

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Dev Mahajan, chairman of the board of advisors, after the inau-gural meeting, addressed the in-vited representatives from about 60 Hindu religious, social and cul-tural organizations in the Houston area.

The umbrella organization will unite all the Hindu organizations and each organization will nomi-nate one permanent representative to the team, Mahajan said.

The representative should have a passion for the Hindu cause and feel a part of the big, formal struc-ture, he said.

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when the board of advisors was constituted.

Each temple or organization is a blossoming flower, with its own beauty and fragrance. In becom-ing a part of the Hindu organiza-tion, the flower need not shed its beauty or lose its fragrance. While maintaining its own tradition and individuality, the organizations would join hands in support of a general cause that impacts all Hin-dus. The issues will not and should not pertain to an individual or an individual group, Mahajan said.

The new organization will estab-lish various operational commit-tees devoted to a specific function like youth affairs, festivals, inter-faith affairs or community issues.

Mahajan cited a recent bullying incident in which a Hindu fam-ily was affected in a local school district. Hindus of Greater Hous-ton authorized Mahajan and other volunteers to take up the cause and fight for the protection of the fam-ily.

Mahajan said a majority of orga-nizations and their representatives have felt the need for a strong, um-brella organization to represent the Hindu community.

The Jewish community has sev-eral different organizations in the U.S., but they have one umbrella organization to represent the Jews.

Hindus should have a similar or-ganization and hopefully, Hindu groups all over the U.S. could adopt the Houston group as a model and adopt it.

Though the board of advisors functions in an advisory role, the advisors bring credibility to the group as they each represent some of the major Hindu organizations in Houston.

Mahajan said the board will shortly formalize the mission and objectives of the new organiza-tion.

The board of advisors com-prises of Dev Mahajan ( Arya Samaj of Greater Houston), Gau-rang Nanavaty (Chinmaya Mis-sion), Ramesh Bhutada (Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh) , Prabhat C . Sharma ( Hindu Worship Soci-ety), Jugal Malani (India House), Dr. Hansa Medley (Hare Krishna Temple) and Dr. Venugopal Menon (Shri Meenakshi Temple).

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswa-mi, head of the Kauai Hindu Mon-astery in Hawaii and publisher of Hinduism Today, was the guest speaker.

“My guru was keen on the concept of Hindu solidarity. The magazine was started for making Hindus work together. Its motto is solidarity through diversity.”

The magazine does not promote the Hawaii ashram or temple, but promoted Hindus globally. Hindu-

ism today empowers the youth and its efforts devoted to educating the youth.

Hindus should come together with what is in common and show that we are force to reckon with when needed, he said.

Bodinatha Swami applauded the efforts of Hindus in Houston in solidarity.

“The Hindus in Houston are for-tunate to have over so many orga-nizations conducting worship and teaching programs in the greater Houston area. Normally, all that is needed is for these organizations to perform well their respective mis-sions. However, on occasion there is a need for a united Hindu front, for all Hindus to come together to address a pressing issue such as mistreatment of Hindu students, newspaper articles grossly misrep-resenting Hinduism or a natural di-saster where Hindus want to work together to create a joint response. The Hindus of Greater Houston, as an umbrella organization, is ideally situated to do just that. We were pleased to attend their recent membership meeting and see the diversity and large number of or-ganizations committed to its mis-sion,” Bodinatha Swami said.

“About 100,000 Hindus, with 18 established temples have es-tablished their presence and their significance in Houston. It is only prudent and proper that we create

a unified voice to be heard, that our commitments and concerns are understood as an important ex-pression of the mainstream. With that motivating philosophy, the or-ganization of the Hindus of Great-er Houston along with its Advi-sory Board with representatives of all the Hindu establishments in the area is created,” according to the new advisory board member Venugopal Menon.

Sharad Amin, president of Hin-dus of Greater Houston said, “A historic meeting of Board of Advisors of Hindus of Houston took place at Chinmaya Mission Houston hosted by Acharya Gau-rangbhai and the mission team. “I am confident that just like the first meeting of Hindu Leaders at Sandeepani Ashram in Bharat was called by Swami Chinmayananda ji in 1962, this will be also in-strumental in bringing Hindus of Houston together to work in Har-mony.”

Vidha Dixit, a high school senior, had this to say: “It was wonderful to see the camaraderie between so

many Hindu leaders in our com-munity. I was thrilled to learn about all of the upcoming Hindu events occurring throughout the Greater Houston area and I am very thankful to Hindus of Greater Houston for organizing this gath-ering. I strongly urge all members of the Houston Hindu community to attend events such as this in the future as it truly promotes unity and spirituality.”

“Hindus of Greater Houston has scheduled a banquet on July 13 where the Youth award will be presented to outstanding youth who have worked for the Hindu cause. Congresswoman Tulsi Gab-bard from Hawaii, the first Hindu to be elected to the Congress, will be the chief guest. All temples and organizations are expected to send their youth delegates in large num-bers. This year, HGH’s goal is to unite young Hindu professionals in celebration of the 150the birth an-niversary of Swami Vivekanand,” said Richa Dixit, coordinator for the Hindu Youth Award.


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HOUSTON: Everything is big-ger in Texas, and this year AA-HOA took its biggest event of the year to the next level in Houston as hosted its 2013 Annual Conven-tion & Trade Show from March 26-29, at the George R. Brown Convention Center. With a near record turnout, the entire event was an enormous success. In fact, the entire event was so successful that AAHOA received a special Congressional Recognition from U.S. Representative Sheila Jack-son Lee (D-TX) who personally presented AAHOA with a certifi-cate during the closing Gala Night celebration on Friday, March 29.

Earlier in the week, the two-day trade show surpassed previ-ous marks by welcoming more than 400 exhibitors. As the larg-est annual gathering of hoteliers, AAHOA’s Annual Convention at-tracts hoteliers and vendors from all over the country to network, to make deals, and to take advantage of superior professional develop-ment opportunities. The theme of this year’s AAHOA Annual Con-vention was “Inspired by the Past, Building for the Future,” and it fittingly captured the energy and passion of AAHOA members as they gathered in the heart of Texas.

As always, the AAHOA Annual Convention featured captivat-ing guest speakers. The Keynote speaker on Thursday, March 28 was General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.). For over 50 years, General Powell has devoted his life to pub-lic service. Having held senior military and diplomatic positions across four presidential administra-tions, Powell’s deep commitment to democratic value and freedom has been felt throughout the world.

He received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in 1958 and went on to serve in the United States Army for 35 years, rising to the rank of Four-Star General. From 1987 – 1989, Powell served as President Ronald Reagan’s Na-tional Security Advisor. He served from 1989 – 1993 as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for both President George H.W. Bush and for President Bill Clinton, and was not only the youngest officer and first ROTC graduate to ever serve in the position but also was the first African American to do so.

In all areas, he used the power of diplomacy to build trust, forge alliances and then help transform these unstable regions into areas where societies and cultures have the potential to prosper. He also worked at the forefront of Ameri-can efforts to advance economic and social development worldwide.

AAHOA also welcomed Steve Forbes, the well-known CEO of Forbes and Editor-In-Chief of Forbes magazine, as well as Pep-siCo Chairman and CEO Indra K. Nooyi during the Opening General Session on Wednesday, March 27 and Howard Putnam, the for-

mer President & CEO of South-west Airlines, during the Gen-eral Session on Friday, March 29.

“This stellar lineup of speakers and icons within their respective industries just set the stage for one of our best conventions ever,” said AAHOA Chairman Mehul Pa-tel. “AAHOA members came to Houston from all over the country to learn from the best in terms of how to achieve the highest levels of success.” In addition to these dynamic speakers, AAHOA pre-sented an Industry Issues Panel discussion moderated by former AAHOA Chairman H.P. Rama. This discussion included industry executives such as Wayne Gold-berg, President & CEO of La Quinta Corporation; Kirk Kin-sell, President, The Americas of InterContinental Hotels Group; Steve Joyce, President & CEO of Choice Hotels International; and Arne Sorenson, President & CEO of Marriott International.

These high-profile industry leaders discussed a wide range of issues affecting the hospital-ity industry. They also provided insights regarding strategies and solutions to overcome the big-gest obstacles facing the industry. AAHOA’s Annual Convention showcased an exciting lineup of education sessions in addition to special conferences for both our Young Professionals on Wednes-day, March 27 and Women in Ho-tel Leadership on Thursday, March 28. During these interactive ses-sions, attendees heard from indus-try professionals along with legal and financial experts on how to handle the biggest issues confront-ing the hospitality industry today.

“Being from the great state of Texas and hosting this Annual Convention in my own backyard, I can honestly say that all of the en-thusiasm from both our attendees and exhibitors for this weeklong event was more than justified,”

said Chairman Mehul Patel, who was also Convention Chair for 2013. “Every aspect of our agen-da was carefully planned to offer a well-rounded experience that our attendees will never forget.”

Attendees also enjoyed mouth-watering Indian cuisine and daz-zling entertainment featuring some of Bollywood’s biggest names, including Mauli Dave and her team of dancers, singers, and musicians on Wednesday, March 27. Thursday night’s entertain-ment showcased some of the hot-test names in comedy as attendees enjoyed performances by Dan Nainan, Kapil Sharma and Mantra.

Of course, no AAHOA Annual Convention & Trade Show would be complete without a spectacu-lar Gala Night celebration. On the final night of the event, Fri-day, March 29, AAHOA hosted a night to remember featuring top-notch cuisine and entertain-ment. Headlining this year’s Gala

Night were electric performances by Richa Sharma and Kamal.

“AAHOA Annual Conventions are already known throughout the industry for providing a wealth of personal and professional growth opportunities, and this year’s event did not disappoint,” said AAHOA President Fred Schwartz. “The energy and passion was apparent from minute one, and this event offered something for everyone.”

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April 26, 201318 EDITORIALIt is de rigueur now for both celebrities and civil society activists

to come up with demands for all sorts of punishment for rapists as the aftermath of the recent horrifi c case of sexual violence visited on a fi ve-year-old girl shows. And indeed, given the bestiality of the rapes that have come

to light, such demands fi nd resonance with the public. At the risk of going against the grain, we are not governed by public senti-ment but the law. So, while the anger on the part of civil society activists and their protests are valuable in getting an apathetic administration to take action against erring offi cials and spurring our lawmakers on to frame more effective legislation, some of the statements made by those leading the angry crowds and by Bollywood stars are likely to damage the progress made in trying to minimise these heinous crimes.

We have superstar Akshay Kumar demanding that the rapist in the current case — it now turns out that there were two — be hanged publicly without further delay. What about the due process of law?

Well, the action hero says nothing about that. Then we have civil society activists saying that the faces of the rapists must be revealed. While this sounds very tempting, this name-and-shame approach can prove to the detriment of the victim. Let us assume that the face of the accused is shown in the media.

In the identifi cation process, it is possible for the counsel to argue that it is the fact that the face of the accused has been in the public domain that has made it that much easier to pick out someone in an identifi cation parade. It is also quite possible that a subconscious connection is made with the accused owing to the fact that his face is already known.

None of this is to belittle the activities of civil society but to suggest that a little introspection is required and the process of bringing the accused to justice must be governed by the law and not just emotion, howsoever justifi ed. In revealing the face of the accused, there is also the risk that he could be the wrong person. He cannot be deemed guilty until proven so. If he is indeed the wrong person, then what recompense can there be for the taint?

Another fi lm star Priyanka Chopra spoke of her horror that the victim was just a child, not even a “girl completely”. Does that make the rape of girls or grown women any less criminal? There is no doubt that there are good intentions and genuine outrage. But that should not become counter-productive.

Demanding that numerous heads roll indiscriminately also takes away from the gravity of the situation. The answers have to be found in greater vigilance, police reforms, better laws and better enforcement.

Knee-jerk reactions will get some headlines and eyeballs, but the problem of perverts preying on young children and women will not go away. Both civil society activists and well-meaning celebrities need to keep their powder dry for the very long battle which lies ahead.

Hindustan Times

Margaret, Modi & ManmohanRuling with EmotionBY DIPANKAR DE SARKAR

The death of Margaret Thatcher has set off celebrations among her oppo-nents, these in turn attracting a torrent of criticism from her supporters.

In death, as in life, the former British Prime Minister’s legacy of divisiveness – backing policies that created divisions in society – contin-ues to haunt Britain.

At best Thatcher leaves behind a contested legacy: she won three terms, but was deeply unpopular among those who were left behind by her economic policies.

Thatcher holds many lessons for politicians in democracies, and some of them will no doubt be revisiting them in the weeks and months to come.

In India, there are strong parallels. Narendra Modi is often held up as a strongman – i.e. a potentially ‘strong’ ruler – by the mainstream media that contrasts him to Manmohan Singh, who is portrayed as indecisive.

This characterisation – an example of lazy journalism and amnesia – fails to take into account Manmohan Singh’s ‘strongman-like’ actions in introducing economic reforms in India and steering India through ex-ceptionally diffi cult economic times, confusing capacity with demeanour.

It’s worth reminding ourselves of events that led to the rise of Thatcher. In December 1976, Britain fell to its post-Empire knees when its fi nance minister Denis Healy had to go to the IMF cloth cap in hand, seeking a loan. The IMF agreed to lend $3.9bn if Callaghan’s Labour government slashed public spending.

The Sun called it ‘Britain’s Shame.’ Three more years of economic insta-bility followed, including the Winter of Discontent where striking workers unions refused to collect rubbish, before Thatcher made her grand en-try, took on militant workers unions, ruthlessly ended British mining and manufacturing in favour of the lucra-tive fi nancial services sector, lowered taxes, privatized state companies, sold off council houses and won a war against Argentina.

It seemed to patriotic Brits that, thanks to a strong woman, the Great was back in Britain. Market reforms meant that many ordinary work-

ing class people made money and they ditched Labour for Tory in their droves.

Thatcher was honoured as a ‘Con-viction politician.’ But in the process of reclaiming greatness, it is now claimed, she had created a nation riven by divisions over class, region, race and sexuality.

As with any student of international politics and economics, Manmohan Singh would have drawn his lessons from the British experience.

He chose a relatively gentle path to introducing economic reforms in In-dia. By necessity (chiefl y, the greater Indian poverty and social diversity) as much as inclination, Manmohan Singh was Mr Consensus to Thatch-er’s Lady Conviction.

It was, if you like, a very Indian way. Parts of the reforms were harsh but, like the Tories in 1983, the UPA were voted back for a second term.

Narendra Modi, on the other hand, appears to be more strongly in the Thatcher mould – at least superfi -cially so.

Like her, he is strident in his com-ments and given to oratorical fl our-ishes. He too is projected as the sav-iour.

But concepts such as ‘conviction’ and ‘consensus’, when read as mutu-ally antagonistic qualities, mean little. The evidence is that, in the best-case scenarios, the two go hand-in-hand in

democracies.Indeed, the revolution that Thatcher

ushered in and Tony Blair’s New Labour embraced achieved a lasting consensus among the three major par-ties – not by ruthless anti-unionism but by broadening the class base of benefi ciaries.

If there is a bottom line of governance in Britain today, it is that the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all support market reforms with a gentle face.

Thatcher won three elections for the Tories (1979, 1983 and 1987). Labour was thrown into the political wilderness, except in working class pockets.

However, some argue that the three victories came at too high a cost – closing down mining and manufacturing risked compromising something as fundamen-tal as Britain’s economic well-being.

In a country that is as socially, religious-ly and economically diverse as India, the long-term implications of such divisions can be much harsher.

In Britain, the social and economic fall-out of market reforms has been cushioned by state-funded safety nets. Gaps can be closed and social cohesion maintained through the welfare state. In India, such measures are still in their infancy.

Across the world, the style of gover-nance is moving perceptibly towards that of consensus, Blair, Clinton, Obama and Cameron being excellent examples.

There is a decreasing appetite for the ‘strong,’ 80s type politician who would bully their way through cabinets.

The real lesson of New Labour, ac-cording to its co-author Peter Mandelson, was that “it was not just about creating a new image, but required making tough policy changes and bringing the party behind them.”

Thatcher’s biggest mistake was that she was unable to change with the times, fi nally ousted as she continued to play the tough, ‘conviction politician’ over Europe and the deeply unpopular poll tax, thus imperiling the very reforms that she had ushered in.

In the era of coalition governments and rainbow politics, the art of governance is all about building consensus – it is the classic Art of the Possible.

Dipankar De Sarkar, Hindustan Times UK correspondent, writes a blog called Terminal 3, named after the Heathrow terminal from where fl ights take off to the Third World.

“There is a decreasing appetite for the ‘strong,’ 80s type politician, who would bully through their cabinets.”


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Eggplant are very popular in India and especially in the North where the most popular dish is baingan bhartha which is cooked with lots of onions; some peo-ple even add peas (fresh shelled ones are best) for an added taste.

The plant that bears the eggplant is native to the Indian Subcontinent but it is widely available all over the world and cooked in many ways. There are many varieties of the plant that produce different sizes, shapes and color, though typically purple. Eggplants have all the B vi-tamins, and are high in B9 (folate) as well as in calcium (1%), phos-phorus (3%) and potassium (5%).

For this recipe choose a large round eggplant that is not heavy: a heavy one means that it has a lot of seeds. A slightly tender, round eggplant is the best, but most times you will find enlon-gated ones. Still, choose the one that is tender but does not col-lapse when squeezed. Also, the green shoot (dandal) should not have any dark spots on it.

Ingredients: • 1 large round baingan• 2 medium pyaaz (onion)• 2 medium tamater (to

mato) – soft ones are best

• Some small shelled mut ter (peas) (if desired)

• 2 tablespoons of veg etable or olive oil

• Spices: namak (salt), mirch (red pepper), garam masala

Directions:1. Place a few drops

of oil on the eggplant and smear it all around the skin.

2. The traditional way to roast the eggplant is over an open flame - in the old days it was over an ingithi (bucket charcoal stove) – that allowed the eggplant to take on a smoked, roasted flavor. Now, for best results, cook over a gas flame.

3. If you do not have a

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gas stove but only have an elec-tric stove, place the eggplant in the oven on a metal tray and set on bake at 450 deg till it is soft in the middle. The eggplant will cook faster if you slice it in half. For ease of clean up, you can wrap the eggplant in aluminum foil. The cooked eggplant will shed water so use a deep tray.

4. You can also cook the eggplant in the microwave in a deep tray; again slice it in half, set the power on full and adjust the tim-er for 10 minutes till it is cooked.

5. Remove the eggplant from the fire, oven or microwave and peel off the roasted skin. Be care-ful as it will be hot! We often place the roasted eggplant in a bowl of water in order to cool it down fast.

6. Cut the green shoot off, leaving some meat on it. Cut the rest of the meat into quarters and then mash it, making sure it is not stringy.

7. Heat the oil in a skillet, wok or kadai. Cut the onion into small pieces and saute them in the oil till they are brown, then add the cut tomatoes and then add the spices (turmeric is usu-ally not used in Punjabi bhartha).

8. Pour the mashed eggplant and the green shoot (dandal) in the masala (also the peas, if desired)

and cook over low heat for some time. When you start to see some oil rise to the sides, turn the heat off; cover and let it stay for 10 minutes.

9. Uncover the skillet and if you want, sprinkle with garam masala though it is not necessary since the bhartha has so many onions. This dish is best eaten with roti. It is an honor to get the cooked dandal and remove the cooked meat off it. When thor-oughly cooked, the green shoot can also be eaten and is delicious.

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A Doubly Enjoyable Afternoon for Lovers of Marathi TheaterCOMMUNITY

BY ADITYA A. RAJE HOUSTON: Maharashtra has a

very strong performing arts and theater tradition. The modern-era Marathi theater scene really started to come into prominence in the latter half of the 19th century. The Sangeet Natak or Musical Play tradition reached new heights during this era and through early 20th century. The mostly mythology based Sangeet Nataks slowly gave way to farci-cal, social and experimental plays in mid 20th century. The Maha-rashtrian populace is a discerning connoisseur of this art form. This appreciation of theater continues to be very strong within the Maha-rashtrian families of Texas as well.

It is to cater to this hunger for theater that Houston Maharash-tra Mandal (HMM) organized a ‘Double Event’ on April 21, 2013. There were two great programs in a single afternoon, a Marathi play by Austin based Rangaman-cha Theater Group followed by an interactive show by renowned Marathi theater personality, Dr. Mohan Agashe. Both the shows were thoroughly enjoyed by the 250 strong audience. The event was held at VPSS Hall, 11715 Bel-fort Village Drive, Houston, TX.

HMM tries to invite Marathi theater companies to Houston during their North America tours. A lot of hit and acclaimed plays

have been brought to Houston in the past years, namely Dilip Prab-havalkar’s “Wah Guru” in 2012.

This year, HMM decided to encourage and give platform to our very own Texas talent. The Rangamancha Theater Group is an amateur group based in Austin, Texas. They performed their play called “Kaka Mala Vachva” (liter-ally, “Uncle, Save Me”). This is a comedy based on a series of events that happen to three typical young college boys living in a dorm, how they get into trouble and how they manage to get out of it. The two-hour play was followed by a short break where the attendees enjoyed some light refreshments.

After the play, Dr. Mohan Agashe took stage for his show called “Ek Tochi Nana” (“The one and only Nana”). The pro-gram is named after his legend-ary role of ‘Nana’ in Vijay Ten-dulkar’s internationally acclaimed play ‘’Ghashiram Kotwal’’.

Very few people know that Dr. Agashe was a trained psychiatrist before he became the acclaimed theatre personality that he is to-day. This interactive program was his humorous look at his career in theater, cinema and psychiatry.

The two hour program was inter-spersed with short clips from the famous plays and movies he acted in. The audience really enjoyed his

A scene from the play ‘’Kaka Mala Vachva’’ Dr. Mohan Agashe interacting with the audience.perspective on how things have changed in the theatre and film in-dustry since he started his career in the 1970s. It was also instructive to hear about his parallel career in psychiatry and the disappointing state of psychiatric care in India.

Neha Chimote, who along with her husband Rahul, is a new member of HMM; had this to say about the event: “I like watching light comedy plays and this play was thoroughly enjoyed. It was a

treat to hear an eminent person-ality like Dr. Agashe in person.”

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BY SUVEENA GUGLANIRICHMOND: What would you

do if somebody promised you a remedy that would remove all your problems? Would you give up one weekend of your life to acquire that magic potion that would restore you to complete health? What if you heard that the remedy was as simple as learn-ing to breathe? Well, such was the powerful message at the Spring Yoga Retreat led by VYASA lead-ers held April 5 –7 at the Gor-don Ranch in Richmond, Texas.

Approximately 100 people from all walks of life, young, old, doc-tors, scientists, engineers and homemakers alike came together to partake in this ancient message in search of the “Eternal fountain for youth and happiness”. For most, however the motivation for coming to the retreat was spiritual-ity. This was a community of like-minded students and teachers who came to strengthen their connec-tion with one another and enrich themselves with the timeless wis-dom of the Taiitreya Upanishad, wonderfully elucidated by Prof N. V. Raghuram co-founder of VYA-SA and Yoga Bharati. “The goal of the retreat was to bring aware-ness to our personal and everyday life and to be able to handle stress well” Dr. Sudha Rajan, President of the Houston Chapter of VYASA.

VYASA (Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana) was founded in Bangalore in 1975. The objectives of VYASA were to examine the efficacy of yoga prac-tices and to develop yoga courses to solve the basic problems of day to day modern life. Dr. Nagendra, Dr. Nagrathna and Prof. Raghuram began this institute which has since evolved into a one of the premier Yoga institutions in India. Over the years SVYASA has achieved several milestones, the major one being the deemed University sta-tus [since 2002] given by the Gov-ernment of India and another mile-stone with the publication of the International Journal of Yoga. The website of the institution (www.svyasa.org) is one of the most visited Yoga sites in the world.

According to Dr. Sudha Rajan, although VYASA has had a long presence in Houston since 1999, they have never had anybody that was dedicated to promote this ho-

listic science with the kind of ded-ication and commitment that was needed. They have had a variety of therapists that came and went over the years however it wasn’t until recently with the arrival of Smitha Vishwarupa and Vishwarupa in 2011 that all the efforts have come to fruition. The current Director of VYASA is Vishwarupa and the As-sistant Director Smitha or Smithaji as she is affectionately called.

The retreat focused on provid-ing these basic techniques com-bined with the philosophy and theories of ancient Yoga texts. Participants enthusiastically em-braced the teachings and gave up everyday comforts like hot show-ers and comfortable beds as they partook of simple vegetarian food and tried to absorb the ancient sci-ence eloquently described by Prof. Raghuram. As Yoga enthusiast Shubha Kope commented “Even though the showers were warm on the colder side, we used the meditation techniques to visualize steaming hot showers and never felt a thing”. One of the highlights of the retreat was the cultural pro-gram where the participants put together a variety of entertaining programs that delighted the group assembled there. Of note, was a demonstration of Advanced Yoga Technique presented by Vinyasa flow Yoga teacher, Helen, who made the difficult Asanas look deceptively easy. The retreat ended with a special graduation ceremony for the Yoga Instruc-tor certificate courses offered by VYASA Houston last year.

Amongst them was high school

sophomore Karuna Kankani, who claimed that Yoga has helped her manage the stresses of teenage life and helped her become more clearheaded as to what she wants out of life. She says that she is able to focus better for longer periods of time and that has shown in her schoolwork. Khyati Vaidya, a stu-dent at University of Houston says that she strives to make Yoga a part of everyday life and that has helped her to be more successful in her work. Other students that graduated and proudly held their certificates were Armin Kasnavia, Dr.Neeta Shukla, Naresh Sharma, Sneha Thakar and Venkat Krishnan.

So, what is the future of Yoga? With the changes in healthcare reform and as modern medicine becomes out of reach of the com-mon man and is unable to help them find a cure, more and more people are turning to alternative medicine as the primary means of coping and effectively manag-ing their disorders. Houston needs more of these Yoga retreats so that people can get away from work related stress disorders and replen-ish and renew their resources and learn to live as nature meant them to. After all Yoga is simply the “union” of mind, body and soul.

To learn more about Yoga as a Science contact Vishwarupa or Smitha at [email protected] or visit Keshav Sm-ruti center; 4018 Westhol-low Parkway, Houston, TX 77082 of call 888-964-2609.

Attendees at the VYASA Spring Yoga Retreat.

Assistant Director and Director of VYASA, Smitha and Vishwarupa.


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Mumbai’s New Terminal 2MUMBAI: Travelers travelling

to and from Mumbai are in for a pleasant surprise starting Septem-ber, 2013. The GVK-led consor-tium that operates the airport will throw open the swanky Terminal 2, or T2, that it hopes will outshine Delhi airport’s T3. Airport officials have released pictures of what the airport will look like once it is ready.

Located in the suburb of San-ta Cruz, T2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is a state of the art four level terminal spread over 439,000 sq. meters. Built in the shape of the alpha-bet X, the terminal is equipped to handle 40 million domestic and international passengers annually.

The top-most of the four levels will consist of the international departure check-in area and will be accessible using a six lane el-evated expressway. This express-way will also provide a smooth ride to those catching a connecting flight at the domestic Sahar air-port. The third level will be used for domestic departures while the second will be for arrivals.

An interesting construction fea-ture is a roofing system that pro-vides both thermal and acousti-cal insulation by limiting outside heat and aircraft noise and keeps the interiors cool. For internal il-lumination, MIAL has installed skylights consisting of an intri-cate combination of 272 pieces of glass sourced from China and built on steel framework. The entire layout of the skylights re-sembles a diamond-studded jewel.

Some of the other high-lights of the new Terminal are:

• 188 checking counters, 60 departure immigration coun-ters, 76 arrival immigration coun-

ters and 10 baggage carousels

• To help passengers move about easily across its four levels, the building has 47 escalators, 73 el-evators and 41 travelators.

• 21,000 square meters of retail space, lounges and travel services which will help boost revenues considerably

• Over 5,000 square meters of landscaping

• A multilevel car park to accom-modate 5,000 cars

The Hyderabad-based Reddys (father GVK Krishna Reddy and son Sanjay Reddy), who own a majority share in Mumbai Air-port, are avid art collectors and this terminal will showcase their extensive collection. 6000 pieces of Indian art from the 8th century to the 18th century will be dis-played on a 1.2 km-in-length wall.

According to officials, though the target date of the launch of the new terminal, including tri-als, is slated for September, the date for commercial operations might be shifted towards the end of the last quarter of this year.

HOUSTON: American Com-pletion Tools, a subsidiary of Parveen Industries, India is pleased to announce the open-ing of its new modern facil-ity for the manufacture, as-sembly and sales of its entire product range in the fall of 2013.

American Completion Tools designs and manufactures ser-vice and completion tools such as drillable Bridge Plugs, Frac Plugs, Cement Retainers along with Hydraulic Set Permanent and Retrievable Packers in ad-dition to Wireline, Hydraulic, Hydro-Mechanical and Me-chanical Setting Tools for the oil and gas industry using state-of-the-art manufacturing processes.

A strong emphasis on consis-tent quality, customer service and ongoing product develop-ment over the years has ensured that its customers are provided with a wide array of superior products and services which help them maintain an edge in a highly competitive market.

An in-house hydro testing facil-ity certifies that all their products are tested in compliance to API standards. Highly trained domes-tic and international field repre-sentatives are always accessible for any questions and support.

Parveen Industries oversees seven plants in Delhi and Mum-bai with a down hole Prod-uct line in Burleson, Texas.

T. J. Sinha, General Manager, expressed the view that with the unveiling of this new facility, they will be better equipped to serve a growing and dynamic market. P. Kumar, CEO, also voiced the fact that the new facility will ca-ter not just to markets in America but Canada and Europe as well.

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April 26, 201324 April 26, 201324 SPORTSBY SINDHARTHA TALYA

BANGALORE (ESPN Cricinfo): Royal Challengers Bangalore 263 for 5 (Gayle 175*) beat Pune Warriors 133 (Smith 41, Gayle 2-5) by 130 runs

Chris Gayle can shatter dreams. Ask Ishwar Pandey, the highest wicket-taker in this year’s Ranji Trophy, who got smashed for 21 in his first over this IPL. Ask Mitchell Marsh, whose decent run with the ball this tournament was blown out of his memory, with his first over going for 28. Ask Aaron Finch, the third captain for Pune Warriors this season, who bowled an over hoping to restrict Gayle but didn’t bowl again after being blasted for 29. Ask Ali Murtaza, a special-ist left-arm spinner thrown into the deep end in his first game this season, only to be ham-mered for 45 in two overs.

The fastest hundred in T20 history was built on the misery of others, most notably a strug-gling franchise whose owners - they spent US$370 million to buy it - watched shell-shocked at their team’s bowlers being taken apart with a ruthless-ness only a game of Cricket ‘97 powered with cheat codes could have matched. After Gayle’s onslaught, there was only going to be one result, and further confirmation of that ar-rived when four wickets fell inside the first six overs of the Warriors chase. Their defeat was the second-biggest in terms of runs in the IPL’s six seasons.

The destruction inflicted on the Warriors bowlers broke a series of records. Gayle smashed the fast-est century in the format, brought off 30 balls; made the highest in-dividual T20 score (175 not out); struck the most sixes by a bats-man in a T20 innings (17); helped Royal Challengers Bangalore hit the most sixes for a team in a T20 innings (21) and reach the highest total in T20 cricket (263).

The helplessness of the Warriors players was writ large on their faces. Luke Wright smiled with trepidation when Virat Kohli took

a single to give Gayle the strike off his bowling, Yuvraj just shook his head as he watched one ball af-ter another sail over the boundary rope and pretended to snatch Gay-le’s bat at the end of the innings as he went over to congratulate him.

The only interruption to Gayle’s effort was a 33-minute rain inter-val. He had warmed up before that with two boundaries off Pandey, and proceeded to smack him for three more in the same over after the rain relented. Unlike some of his innings this season where he was relatively restrained at the start, he came out prepared to at-tack from the outset today. His previous innings, against Rajas-

Chris Gayle’s Fastest T20 Century Secures Win for RCBNEW DELHI: Ritu Rani scored

twice as India defeated Hockey Club Rotterdam 4-3 in their first game played in Rottterdam, today.

According to information received here, Poonam Rani scored first goal for India in the 8th minute. HC Rotterdam tried to reduce the margin in the 13th minute through field goal.

In the 19th and 23rd min-ute, home team struck twice to build pressure on India.

In the second half of the game, India, showing appre-ciable fluency and purpose, ap-plied pressure on the home.

A field goal scored by Ritu Rani in the 51st minute helped India to reduce the margin.

In the 57th minute a field goal scored by Namita Toppo helped India to level the score.

India stepped up the pressure and scored a winning goal in the 62nd minute with the penalty stroke converted by Ritu Rani.

This tour is regarding the prep-arations of the Indian Women Hockey team for the FIH Women Hockey World League Round- 3(Semi-finals) to be played at Rot-terdam, Netherlands from 13-23 June 2013. India will now play their next game against the Nation-al Team in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Chris Gayle launches to midwicket, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors, on his way to a century in just 30 balls.

than Royals, was an unbeaten 49 off 44 balls during which he batted 17.5 overs.

It helped Gayle that Warriors bowled to him on a length, allow-ing him to hit through the line and straight, with minimum effort that masked the immense power behind his strokes that cleared the bound-ary with ease. Only one boundary out of the 30 to his name quali-fied as a mis-hit, an outside edge past short third man. At least two shots cleared the roof, the shot that brought up his century hit it and re-bounded back into the lower tiers.

That Gayle was not going to hold himself back, having taken 29 off the fifth over from Marsh,

was evident in his approach to spin when Murtaza was brought on in the seventh over. Gayle de-cided to target the spinner with the turn, slog-sweeping and then smashing him flat for two sixes, then making Finch regret the move to bring himself on, ham-mering him for four sixes, all on the on-side. A rare yorker outside off from Ashok Dinda that Gay-le missed was perhaps the only moral victory he afforded War-riors before reaching his century, a landmark he celebrated with a punch of the gloves then kneel-ing down and raising his arms.

Murtaza may just have felt he could slip in a relatively quiet over when Gayle had mellowed down, somewhat, after reaching his ton, but Gayle demolished those thoughts. He punished Murtaza for three more sixes in a 28-run over, as Royal Chal-lengers began another phase of domination in their innings after a moment’s breather - the last six overs produced 85 runs.

Gayle’s innings was sup-ported ably by opener Tillakara-tne Dilshan, who was part of a 167-run opening stand, an IPL record, during which he only made 33. He quickly ceded floor to Gayle and played some at-tractive, text-book shots through point and down the ground. Un-like Dilshan at the start, AB de Villiers was the dominant part-ner in Warriors’ ruin at the death, thrashing 31 in just eight balls in a stand worth 44.

Each played their role in help-ing Gayle guide the innings, which he did with a big smile, good-hearted banter with the Warriors fielders during the carnage, and an animated reaction when he reached his century. He signed off in the match with a gangnam style gig at picking up two wickets in the only over he bowled - all a contrast to the man who made his first inter-national appearance against India in Toronto in 1999, when it seemed hard to imagine a debutant as shy as him would one day become one of the most colourful characters on a cricket field.

Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo.

NEW DELHI: Four-time na-tional champion Chetan Anand led the Indian bandwagon into the main draw of the India Open Super Series badminton tournament on the qualifying day at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Besides Chetan, the other three male shuttlers to have moved into the main draw are Subhankar Dey, Arvind Bhat and H S Prannoy.

The women’s singles qualify-ing round also saw all four Indi-ans making it to the main draw.

Rituparna Das, Trupti Murgunde, G Ruthvika Shivani and Saili Rane won their respective first and sec-ond round qualification matches.

Chetan had an easy first round match, but he had to struggle against Sameer Varma in the second round.

Chetan, who has been re-covering from an ankle in-jury, relied on his smashes to get the better of his opponent.

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What was England like when you first arrived there in 1981?

“I was only a nineteen year old student when I landed in Britain. She had then loomed as a tower-ing figure with immense influ-ence. Many of my colleagues at the House of Lords have paid ‘simply marvellous’ tributes to her that is ‘absolute treasures’. My tribute however is from a different perspective since Mar-garet Thatcher was somebody who has influenced my life from the day one of my arrival here.

I remember the Britain I came to, which was at that time the sick man of Europe, a country with no respect in the world economy. It was a country that had lost its empire just over three decades before, a country going down the tubes, with no prospects and no promise. It was a country where, when I first arrived, I was told by my family and friends that I would never get to the top, as I would never be allowed to get to the top as a foreigner, as there would be a glass ceiling. And they were absolutely right at that time. The Britain I came to in 1981 was a country where entrepreneurship was looked down upon, with im-ages of Del Boy and second hand car salesman defining the word.

And how was Thatcher able to transform the Britain of 1981 into a thriving economy and an Entrepreneurs’ paradise?

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Here are some excerpts from the interview.

up and the glass ceiling being shattered. Margaret Thatcher her-self led the way by achieving all the things she did as a woman, in smashing through the glass ceil-ing. Britain opened up not only to the world, with London opening up as a global financial centre, but did so with the spirit of enterprise and entrepreneurship being un-leashed in the country. It became a country where an attitude of aspiration, an attitude of com-petitiveness, an attitude of people from anywhere being able to get anywhere, was created. And I knew, even as a student, that there was only one person who initi-ated this, who unleashed this, and who drove this forward – that per-son was Margaret Thatcher – the Entrepreneur’s Prime Minister.”

How did all that specifically help the Asian community prosper?

“By creating the environment that she did, Margaret Thatcher enabled the Asian community in this country, an immigrant com-munity, to succeed, prosper, and excel. A community that had come, like the Ugandan Asians thrown

out by a brutal dictator in the late 1970s, with nothing but who dur-ing Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership were able to prosper and succeed, because of the enter-prise environment and the aspira-tion environment she initiated and championed. And what is more, I always say that Asian values are summarised through hard work, the importance of family, and edu-cation. Margaret Thatcher embod-ied those values herself. We have heard from so many who knew her so well, and who worked with her, about how hard she worked, and of the legendary four-hour sleep every night. We know the impor-tance she gave to education, being a highly educated person herself.”

In what way her family values were similar to those of the Asians?

“I had had the privilege of know-ing her husband Denis and learn-ing from him in great detail about his relationship with his wife, and the wonderful manner and dignity with which he conducted himself as the husband of the Prime Min-ister, never publicly interfering but always standing as a rock of sup-port next to her and supporting her from behind the scenes. Similarly we have also heard of her complete love and devotion to her husband who she doted on, and loved and respected so much. And we have seen the loyalty to her given by so many individuals, personified by Mark Worthington, her private secretary, who served her with ab-solute devotion and selflessness, especially during her illness in the last few years. Also, of course, her colleagues like Lord Michael Forsyth, who looked after her so well, as I have seen personally.”

How well did you know Mar-

garet Thatcher and what was your personal equation with her?

I was privileged to get to know her over the past decade or so, through the Royal Hospital Chel-sea, where I was a Commissioner for six years and where she was a regular visitor. I also knew her when I was President of the Me-morial Gates Committee on Con-stitution Hill, where she attended our annual ceremony. And of course I knew her in Parliament. I remember on one occasion speak-ing in a debate on enterprise and the economy, I was speaking from the front bench of the Cross-benchers, and she was sitting two feet across the aisle next to me, on the Opposition front benches. Throughout my speech I could see from the corner of my eye, she was nodding consistently in approval. Not only did this fill me with pride and mean a huge amount to me, I knew what I was saying must have been on the right track!

The Margaret Thatcher who I was fortunate to get to know was an always charming, always polite, and always beautifully turned out lady. It was genuinely a privilege to have known her.

How did the new attitudes of aspiration and competitive-

ness help you in the COBRA venture?

I came up with the idea for my business while I was a student in the Thatcher era. I started my business, Cobra Beer, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minis-ter. There is no way I could have done what

I did without everything that she did to enable it to

happen. I am a child of Thatcher. The flourishing entrepreneurial community in Britain today are children of Thatcher. The success of the Asian community in Britain today, which makes up about 4% of the population but contributes more than double that to the econ-omy, could not have been accom-plished without Thatcher. Marga-ret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, Lady Thatcher, when Britain was down on its knees, saw the ‘Great’ in Britain and she put the ‘Great’ back into Great Britain.

Lord Bilimoria is the chair-man, Cobra Beer Partnership.

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raced through the mind as the lines from his beloved poem Lead Kindly Light echoed through the cavernous auditorium, two whole, huge walls of which were splashed with projected slides; three more screens completing the semi-circular background that transposed the stage in front to a vil-lage setting in West Bengal. The scenes changed as the evening progressed and

took the audience of a flight of fantasy. Where the mind is without fear and the head

is held high, continued the female narrator as those of us who learnt the beautiful poem in high school recalled the words, long forgot-ten. And so began the lead in to the narrative drama Jagruti (Awakening), designed, pro-duced and directed by Debleena Banerji of the Prana School of Music and Arts of Katy.

The play tells the story of the struggle of a 7 year-old orphaned girl Anandi who

is adopted by a childless village couple Bijoya and Nikhil. She excels in studying and despite the objections of close-minded village leaders, goes off to college in the city and returns with her degree to teach the kids in the village. The cast - Achintya Ghosh, Jaya Ghosh, Praveen Srivastav, Sudip Bandyopadhya, Rupa Ghosh, Rit-tika Nandi, Aishani Saha, Anusha De and many more - were accentuated by the live background music provided by Biplab Sa-madder, Erich Avinger and Raja Banga.

The auditorium of the CrossPoint Com-munity Church on South Westgreen, packed with nearly 600 people listened with rapt attention as the story unfolded and the mes-sage of learning and educating sunk in.

For this is the message that Rishabh Shah, a senior at Seven Lakes High School had un-derstood when he visited the tiny village of Gayeshpur in West Bengal several months ago. He was motivated by the little kids he saw who were thirsting for knowledge in a crowded school supported by Ekal Vidya-laya, a non-profit organization that builds schools for marginalized children across rural and tribal India. He looked around for inspiration and found it in RICE – Remov-ing Illiteracy through Collective Education – an organization started five years ago by Tarun Mathur in Orlando, Florida who had likewise visited an EV school. Mathur per-suaded his own public high school to donate to EV and from there, the nucleus of RICE started, now with 5 chapters nationwide.

With his passion, Shah inspired others to start RICE at his high school and pull togeth-er this remarkable event to raise money for

the EV cause with the help of their parents and gurus at Prana School. While the chap-ter is only a few months old, this past Sat-urday, April 20 at their first fund raiser they collected more than $13,500 in donations.

“RICE has formed with the commit-ment to its mission of eradicating illit-eracy through collective education and by breaking the cycle of poverty by funding education for the underprivileged,” said Shah, President of the club. Through its af-filiation with EV, RICE is able to avail of Ekal’s global reach and operations and sup-port the 47,000 schools that EV runs in In-dia. Over 20,000 graduates of the program have come back to teach at EV schools.

The rest of the evening was comprised of a number of unique performances: World Orchestra by the students and the siblings of Prana School, Lehra Ghongroo presen-tation by Kathak Nrityalay directed by Keka Kar with live tabla accompaniment by the students of the Prana School and its principal Raja Banga. The final perfor-mance was the Prana Concert, a Raga-Jazz fusion with 7 well known musicians from the Houston music world. Talented vocal-ist Balkar Singh and noted violin player Biplab Samdder drew the images of In-dian ragas, while Erich Avinger and Aaron Hermes reciprocated with Jazz music using flute, acoustic guitar and bass guitar. Young drummer Ved Chitale and Salil Kulkarni on percussion added to the pleasure of au-dience engrossed in the fusion of various Indian ragas and jazz streaks intertwined.

Raja Banga contributed to this article

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For income producing prop-erties, the district uses three common approaches - market, income and cost. The market ap-proach is most often used on the basis, “What are properties simi-lar to this property selling for in the same area as of January 1?” For the income approach, “What would an investor pay in antici-pation of future income from the property?” The third approach related to cost for replacing the

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Why to appeal? You need to attempt reducing your property taxes every year, if you don’t ap-peal for protest every year the central appraisal district (CAD) will keep increasing the value of your property each year. It doesn’t cost owner anything to pursue the appeal, and that is the only way to get a fair share.

Where to file an appeal? You can file an appeal online or at the county CAD office.

How to appeal? You can file a protest based on the assess-ment data, market value com-parison, and unequal appraisal. There are three levels to appeal: (1) informal hearing (2) apprais-al review board hearing (ARB) and (3) legal judicial appeal.

You must know the facts:(1) You can appeal though your

taxes are lower than last year or assessed for less than market val-ue. (2) Property tax increases are capped at 10% per year. (3) The value cannot be increased at the informal hearing, where most ac-counts are settled. The assessed value rarely increases at the ARB. (4) The appraisal district will not take revenge, if you or your agent protest for you even every year.

(5) If the district has wrong area of your property, and if you request, they will come and measure the property again. (6) Taxes payments dates, taxing units usually mail their tax bills in October. The de-linquency date is usually February 1 or the delinquency date is on the bill. In general, January 31 is the deadline for paying property taxes. Taxes that are unpaid on February 1 are delinquent. Penalty and inter-est charges are added to the origi-nal amount. (7) Do not consider your tax assessed value to be in-dicative of your true market value.

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29 April 26, 2013 29April 26, 2013COMMUNITYNepal Day Celebrated with Cultural Evening

HOUSTON: Nepalese Associa-tion of Houston (NAH) organized a social and cultural evening to celebrate Nepal Day and the ar-rival of Nepali New Year 2070 B.S. on April 13. During the Non-resident Nepali Conference 2010 held in Houston, Mayor Annise Parker had recognized to celebrate Nepal Day in Houston every year. Since then, NAH has been orga-nizing various events and pro-grams in Houston City to celebrate the tradition, culture, heritage and identity of Nepali diasporas in Houston.”Houston is home away from home for many of Nepalese now. It is a matter of our pride and pleasure to be able to celebrate our national culture in the great city of Houston every year”, said Madhukar Amatya who was re-elected as the NAH President for second term in October, last year.

This year’s Nepal Day celebra-tion included a blood donation drive on March 30 at NAH office located in the Hillcroft area. Over 35 people donated blood during the event. Jyoti Ghimire, the coordi-nator of the event underscored the importance of blood drive, “blood is fundamental to human life and one of the easiest way to help to save lives”. Similarly, on April 6 Nepal Day Soccer Tournament was organized at Memorial Park where 6 Nepalese soccer teams

competed in the one day event. On the eve of Nepali New Year 2070, the Nepal Day celebration was marked by children art com-petition, family fashion show, cul-tural program, and dj night at Taj Hall located in the Hillcroft area.

The children art competition theme was Angry Bird Goes to Ne-pal. Angry Bird has become a pop-ular computer game that is enjoyed by millions of children and even adults around the world every day. Angry Bird-Rio, a movie based on Angry Bird that was released last year also enjoyed a great suc-cess among its fan. We want our children that are being raised here

to remain connected with Nepal, and such art competition helps us the children to connect USA and Nepal creatively stated the Gen-eral Secretary of NAH, Dr. Rupak Rauniar. The cultural program hosted several Nepali folk dances and recital of national songs from Nepal. Over 300 people celebrated the night in a family-based envi-ronment and welcomed the arrival of new year 2070 Bikram Sambat.

As the Nepalese community in Houston continues to grow in the Houston area, events and func-tions like this helps to preserve the rich South Asian culture in the city.

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