Indo American News • Friday, April 22, 2011
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Friday, April 22 2011 | Vol. 30, No. 16
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This Week Inside
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Ekal Foundation Reports Higher Donations
Pratham Houston Gala 2011
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Awesome Blossom
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Area nepalese celebrate elebrate a Lively Vaisakhi
By Jawahar India. After years Malhotra of celebrating HOUSTON: On Vaisakhi, which the dance floor, for the Nepalese half a dozen men community is their or more, all of largest festival, at varying ages and Maharaja restaushapes, some with rant on the far west Nepali caps and side on Highway traditional kurtis 6, this year marked and pajamas, were the first time they dancing a folk had held it in andance in unison, other venue. with impromptu The hall was fessteps and flowtively decorated ing hand and arm and provided a movements. The stage and a large song that the singfloor to for dancer onstage, Janak Children and their parents participated in a colorful traditional dress parade at the Vaisakhi ing, which got Thapa (while his cebebration held this past Saturday. underway once Photos: Jawahar Malhotra little 5-year old dinner was over son danced along, both dressed tion for the Nepali community had “Many young Nepalese work around 11:30pm on Saturday, alike in black) had caught the managed to re-capture that home- late hours on the weekends and April 16, and went on till 2am on imagination, with its implorations ly spirit once again, all thanks to will show up only after 10pm,” Sunday! “They begged us to conto have fun, and took these men the hard work that many in the or- predicted Dinker Amatya, one of tinue,” said a delighted Amatya, back to their ancestral home and ganizing committee had put in for the organizers. “We’ll have over “but of course, we couldn’t!” This villages in Nepal where they had the past two months in not only ar- 400 people here pretty soon,” he was far cry from the same celebradanced like this before. ranging the evening but especially added as he surveyed the large Taj tion in the past few years and had And this year’s Vaisakhi celebra- also in spreading the word. Hall off Harwin Drive near Little continued on page 3
BAPs Annual Health Fair Promotes wellness
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BAPS Celebrates Swaminarayan Jayanti & Ram Navmi
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Dr. Manu Vora: Recipient of 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor
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Monzer Hourani, Chester Jones, Dr Ashok Tripathy, Dr Guru Reddy, Nilkanth Patel (front), Dr Dilip Patel, Dr Mukesh Patel, Dr Neekum, Ellie Hourani, Harish Jajoo (behind) continued on page 9
STAFFORD, TX: The thought of periodic health check-ups is daunting for many, however, early detection and prevention is the key to a healthier life. Nonetheless, preventable ailments such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are still largely prevalent across the United States. Recognizing early detection and prevention as vital for the well-being of communities, BAPS Charities dedicated April 2011 as Health Fair Month and organized a community health fair on Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Stafford, TX. The 11th Annual Health Fair opened with a guest speech by Texas A&M neuroscience professor, Farida Sohrabji, Ph.D and a keynote speech by Harris County Medical Society President, Dr. Guru Reddy, MD. “This great Success has been possible, simply because of the volunteerism and spirit that many of you have within you. The great success happens to serve 25000 individuals in the past 10 years,” addressed Dr. Guru Reddy, MD. “I’d like to thank all the volunteers today for
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