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Bobby Jindal announces Houston promotes harmony and US presidential bid peace on International Yoga Day

Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana. AFP Photo.

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ASHINGTON, | AFP | 6/24/2015 - Bobby Jindal, the governor of Louisiana, announced Wednesday he is running for president, becoming the 13th Republican to launch a 2016 campaign for the White House.

Jindal, who would be the first American of Indian descent to make a major run for president, announced his intentions on Twitter, hours before an address before supporters in his home state.

“I’m running for president of the United States of America. Join me,” he wrote, adding a link to his website which carried a short video showing Jindal telling his children that he is launching his campaign.

Jindal, 44, has been an intense critic of President Barack Obama’s strategy for thwarting and defeating extremists including the Islamic State group.

He has slashed state spending, opposes same-sex marriage and a national education standard known as Common Core, and advocates for the repeal of Obama’s health care reform law.

A graduate of Oxford, Jindal worked for the large consulting firm McKinsey & Company before returning to Louisiana to pursue a life in public service and politics.

Jindal is the son of immigrants, and in 2008, after a short stint in Congress, he became the nation’s first IndianAmerican governor.

His domestic popularity is minimal so far. In a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released in mid-June, support for Jindal registered at less than one percent.

The Republican primary race is currently led by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, with 22 percent support, according to the poll.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who has yet to announce his campaign, was second with 17 percent.

Senator Marco Rubio was third.

The plethora of candidates has led Fox News to limit to 10 the number of Republican hopefuls invited to the first televised debate of the primary cycle, on August 6.

Consul General of India, Houton Parvathaneni Harish seen lighting the traditional lamp inaugurating the first International Yoga Day in Houston. Joining him are Dr. Renu Khator: Chancellor and President, University of Houston, Padma Shri Dr. Shobha Raju as Mrs. Nandita Harish, Jennifer Buergermeister, and Billie Gollnick look on. Photo credit: Bijay Dixit

by Shobana Muratee and Harsha Mary Pradeep

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tand, stretch, bend, and breathe were the simple steps demonstrated by renowned yoga teachers on June 21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center where thousands of Houstonians rolled out their mats and celebrated Houston’s inaugural International Yoga Day (IYD).

The day-long, free yoga fair commemorating IYD was organized by the Consulate General of India in conjunction with Patanjali Yogpeeth (USA). In addition, 200 volunteers, sponsors and

vendors from around Houston came together to make Sunday’s event a grand success.

Welcoming over 3000 participants, Consul General of India, Houston, P. Harish explained that while yoga is perceived differently by different people, its primary focus is to “rebound, retain and rebuild.” Even the simple act of “resisting a piece of chocolate,” is practicing yoga, he said.

The United Nations’ resolution to dedicate June 21 as IYD is a powerful testament to the proven cross-cultural, transnational power of the practice to

promote inner peace and harmony.

The brainchild of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government also made a marked effort on Sunday to express its gratitude for the support shown to the IYD initiative by the UN and 177 co-sponsor nations.

Events in Houston began with the US national anthem sung by Keerthana Bhat, Lekha Yesanthrao and Apoorva Das and Indian national anthem sung by Dr. Shobha Raju, Padma Shri awardee, and accompanying artContinued on Page 3

The also-rans will be invited to a televised “forum” broadcast on the afternoon of the prime-time debate.

The 12 other Republicans officially in the race are: Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, Rubio, Rick Santorum and Donald Trump.

International Day of Yoga in Dallas celebrated in a special way Read report on Page 7

Over 3000 Houstonians participated in the IYD and Yoga Fair at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Sunday, June 21. Photo credit: Bijay Dixit.

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t’s a classic cautionary tale for journalism in the digital age and the era of social media.

A Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter goes for the fake while doing a piece on Dylann Roof, accused of murdering nine people in a Charleston, S.C., church.

She’s taken in by a 16-yearold in England who has decided to dupe the news media.

This comes after the Times is referred to him by a Facebook “friend� of Roof’’s who, it turns out, didn’t know the alleged assassin at all.

There are lessons from this episode both current and timeless. The more recent one is that while social media can be a very effective reporting tool, it’s one that has to be used very, very carefully. The ancient one is that you don’t go with information (or “information�) — no matter how sexy it is nor how competitive the situation — until you have it nailed down.

But make no mistake: This is no occasion for schadenfreude.

In the supercharged world of today’s journalism, similar things happen often, probably far more often than we know.

And they will continue to happen for the foreseeable future.

The passage in question appeared in a story by Frances Robles that was posted on nytimes.com on Saturday. The anatomy of how the hoax was perpetrated was outlined in an article on fusion.net. “Benjamin Wareing, a blog-

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Rieder: Charleston mistake a cautionary tale for journalism ger in Britain, said the writings (in the Charleston shooter’s online manifesto) are nearly identical to blog posts that Mr. Roof posted several months ago on a separate Tumblr page. Mr. Wareing was preparing to write an essay on the dangers of Tumblr and troubled youths, so he took notes on the writings. “ ‘He just made really stupid but obvious statements about people from other races,’ Mr. Wareing said in an email. ‘He would call black citizens “nuggets� and such. He never made direct threats at all on Tumblr, at least it didn’t seem like that, just weird ramblings about how he felt he “didn’t fit in.� ‘ “Among his writings were images of 9/11 ‘memes’ and of My Little Pony, Mr. Wareing said.�

Trouble was, the story was total fiction. It was a deliberate effort by Wareing to dupe the media, he told Fusion: “Our ultimate goal of this was to see if a reporter would publish something that was completely untrue.�

Just what we need during the frenetic effort to cover a searing national tragedy. Thanks, Ben. And what brought the Times to Wareing? Reporters from many news outlets were frantically contacting Roof’s Facebook friends in an effort to paint a picture of the apparent

assailant. A number of friends posted messages saying to leave them alone because, Facebook friend or not, they didn’t know the dude.

One of them went a step further and gave Wareing’s name to the Times. So Robles found herself talking to a source passed along by someone who didn’t know Roof, a source with mischief on his mind.

The big problem was that Robles went with the story with no proof. Wareing told her the faux Tumblr account had been taken down, and she never saw any screenshots of the post in question — because there weren’t any. So there was absolutely no confirmation of what Wareing was saying.

The vignette unraveled quickly, in part because of protests from My Little Pony fans, and was taken down after several hours.

In a telephone interview, Robles made clear she was deeply upset by what had transpired. “I embarrassed the paper and I embarrassed myself,� she says. “I feel devastated, I felt horrible, and then I felt horrible for wallowing when nine people died because they were black. #getoveryourself.�

And, she adds, the unfortunate episode had reinforced in her mind that it’s essential to demand proof before going

with a story. She knows she should have insisted on seeing screenshots.

So how did a reporter with our very best newspaper, a member of two Pulitzer-winning teams, end up in such a position?

Without letting herself off the hook — “I have to own this� — Robles tried to explain.

First, there was the unrelenting pressure of a brutally competitive megastory. “I was writing in a desperate panic, at warp speed,� she says.

As for the specifics, Robles says an editor had asked her to contact Wareing. And she wasn’t aware that some of Roof’s Facebook friends were warning that they didn’t know him. She says she “grilled�

Wareing and read his blog and was satisfied by his bona fides.

Wareing told her he had taken notes from the Tumblr post.

Robles says she hopes her body of work, which includes helping overturn improper murder convictions, will outweigh “two paragraphs that were up for two hours on an emotionally draining day.�

And that she urges that journalists also make stringent demands for proof from public officials and politicians. “We let everybody play us all the time,� she says. “Let’s hold everybody to that standard, not just kids on Facebook.�

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STORY OF MAHATMA GANDHI Gandhi sets up ambulance corps to help British Part VI

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andhi was rescued from a bloodthirsty mob by the Durban police. He was escorted by the police to Rustomji’s house, where a doctor attended to his injuries. “They are sure to calm down when they realize their mistake,� he said.

Late in the evening, another mob of white people surrounded the house. “We must have Gandhi,� angry voices demanded. The mob was getting more and more threatening. “Give us Gandhi or we will bum down the house,� they shouted. Gandhi knew that they might carry out their threat. To save his friend’s house, he slipped out in disguise, eluding the crowd. Two days later a message came from London.

Joseph Chamberlain, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, asked the Natal Government to prosecute every man guilty of attacking Gandhi. The Natal Government expressed its regret for the incident to Gandhi and assured him that the assailants would be punished.

When Gandhi was called upon to identify the offenders, however, he would not do so. “I do not want to prosecute anyone,� he told the Natal Government. “I do not hold the assailants to blame. They were misled by false reports about me and I am sure that when the truth becomes known they will be sorry for their conduct.�

Gandhi’s statement suddenly changed the atmosphere in Durban.

The press declared Gandhi innocent and condemned his assailants. The Durban incident raised Gandhi’s prestige and won more sympathy abroad for the Indians in South Africa.

As the struggle in South Africa continued, a change was coming over Gandhi.

He had begun with a life of ease and comfort, but this was short-lived. As he became more and more involved in public activities, his way of life became simpler. He started cutting down his expenses. He took to washing and ironing his own clothes, and he did it so badly at first that the other lawyers laughed at him. But soon he became quite an expert at this and his collars were no less stiff and shiny than theirs.

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While he was thus experimenting with himself, the Boer war broke out. The Boers were South Africans of Dutch origin.

They were fighting the British.

As the struggle in South Africa continued, a change was coming over Gandhi. He had begun with a life of ease and comfort, but this was shortlived. As he became more and more involved in public activities, his way of life became simpler. He started cutting his expenses.

He took to washing and ironing his own clothes, and he did it so badly at first that the other lawyers laughed at him.

Gandhi once went to an English barber in Pretoria. The barber insolently refused to cut a ‘black’ man’s hair. Gandhi at once bought a pair of clippers and cut his own hair. He succeeded more or less in cutting the front part but spoilt the back. He looked very funny and

his friends in the court laughed at him. “What’s wrong with your hair, Gandhi? Have rats been gnawing at it?� they asked. “No,� said Gandhi proudly, “I have cut my hair myself.�

Then Gandhi tried changes in his food. He started taking uncooked food. He believed that

Neither of these two white nations had treated the Indians well. Gandhi did not want to support either of them, but his familiarity with the British made him organize an Indian ambulance corps to help them. To his puzzled followers, he said: “India can achieve complete emancipation only through development within the British Empire. Therefore we must help the British.�

The British won the war and the ambulance corps was disbanded. The newspapers in England praised the services rendered by the Indians. The relations between the Indians and the Europeans had now become more cordial, and the Indians believed that their grievances would soon be removed.

It was now 1901, six years after Gandhi had brought his family to Durban. Now he felt that his future activity lay not in South Africa but in India. Also, friends in India were pressing him to return home. When he announced his decision to

his co-workers, however, they again pressed him to stay on.

After much discussion they agreed to let him go, but only if he would come back to South Africa if the Indians there needed his help. He agreed to this.

There were farewell meetings and presentations of gifts. The gifts were so many and so valuable that Gandhi felt he should not accept them.

The people who had presented them would not take them back.

He then prepared a trust deed, and all the gifts were deposited with a bank to be used for the welfare of the Indian community.

On his arrival in India, Gandhi went on a tour of the country. The annual meeting of the Indian National Congress was being held in Calcutta under the presidentship of Dinshaw Wacha. Gandhi attended the session. It was his first contact with the Congress which he was to lead so gloriously in the future.

The Indian National Congress was the only organization which gave the people of India a chance to express their political views. It was an influential body, as many important Indians were members, but its decisions had little affect on the Government.

At the Calcutta session in 1901 Gandhi had an opportunity to meet Congress leaders like Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, Lokamanya B. G. Tilak, G. K. Gokhale, and others.

He was not impressed with the way the Congress was functioning. He noticed a lack of unity among the delegates. Moreover, while they spoke English and affected the style of Westerners in their dress and talk, they did not seem to bother about essential things like good sanitary facilities in the camp. Gandhi wanted to teach them a lesson. On his own he quietly started cleaning the bathroom and urinals.

No one volunteered to join him. “Why do you undertake an untouchable’s job?� they asked. “Because the caste people have made this an untouchable place,� replied Gandhi.

From Calcutta Gandhi travelled round India by train.

As he moved from place to place, he was shocked to see the life of the common people - the famished, ignorant, and neglected masses. His heart was filled with sadness and anger.

Gandhi settled down in Bombay and started practice as a lawyer. He did well, much better than he had expected. In December 1902, however, a cable reached him from South Africa requesting him to return as promised. Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, was arriving from London on a visit to Natal and the Transvaal, and the Natal Indian Congress wanted Gandhi to present their case to him. — To be continued

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Deva Snana at ISKCON of Houston - Readying for Rath Yatra

Kalash (vessel holding water) being offered to devotees at the ISKCON of Houston temple for bathing ceremony of the dieties.

Deva Snana, bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra prior to Rath Yatra.

OUSTON - As part of the “Greater Houston Rath Yatra” celebrations, Deva Snana, bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra was celebrated at ISKCON temple on Sunday, June 14th with much pomp and ceremony.

Rasamrita Swami Ji on the significance of Deva Snana and Naba Kalebara. This was followed by Maha Arati and Prasadam.

After the ceremony, the deities were placed in Anabasara, where the devotees can’t see them until Rath Yatra, which will be celebrated on July 11th at Discovery Green from 6pm to 10pm.

This event is being organized jointly by Char Dham Hin-

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Deva Snana is the first occasion in the year when the deities are brought out from the sanctum sanctorum at

Puri and taken in a procession to Snana Mandap (bathing altar), where they are ceremonially bathed with 108 pitchers of water from a well inside the Jagannath Temple.

After the bathing rituals, the deities are decorated in Gaja Vesha or elephant headgear.

In keeping with this tradition, the deities, specially built and brought from Puri were bathed with 108 pitchers of water in a ceremony led by

H.H. Bhakti Rasamrita Swami Ji, Kamalamukha Prabhu Ji and Saranga Thakura Prabhu Ji. All devotes present in the temple participated in the bathing ceremony by pouring water on their beloved God. After the bathing ceremony, the deities were dressed in Gaja Vesha. All the while, soulful Kirtan was being performed by the ISKCON devotees. This was followed

by Pravachan by H.H. Bhakti

du Temple, SKAI Foundation, ISKCON Houston and Masala Radio and is being supported by various organizations including Hindus of Greater Houston, India Culture Center and the Gujrati Samaj of Houston. The organizers are anticipating a big crowd packing the Discovery Green and surrounding streets to see and seek blessings from Lord Jagannath, Lord of the Universe. Festivities will include procession of

3 chariots in Jagannath Puri style, Cultural entertainment featuring a high-flying drum and dance spectacular by the World famous Mayapuris, Indian bazaar, Food booths, Maha Arati and Open air Zee Dandiya Raas. Admission is completely free and devotees will get free Prasad. For more information, visit http:// greaterhoustonrathyatra.org/.

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Houston promotes harmony and peace on International Yoga Day Continued from Page 1 ists from India.

Twelve distinguished yoga teachers were presented the ‘Yoga Service Award 2015’: Dr. Anne Carolyn Klein, Billie Gollnick, Robert Boustany, Charles MacInerney, Daksha Shah, Dr. Alejandro Chaoul, Dr. Lorenzo Cohen, Dr. Harish Chandra, Elizabeth Reese, Jennifer Buergermeister, Kay Westcott and Shriram Sarvotham by Consul General Harish. Patanjali president Shekhar Agrawal was also honored on the occasion.

“Houston is not only a diverse, inclusive and welcoming city but also has a rich yoga ecosystem spanning different schools, practices and lineages,” Harish said.

An informative Namaskar video was presented by ISHA

Yoga, after which gurus Sarvotham, Gollnick, Adam Searle, Boustany, Agrawal and Chandra led the participants in a collective yoga session that included asanas (posture) and pranayama (breathing).

Yoga masters Boustany, Catherine Allen, Ann Hyde and Kabir Samlal also performed demonstrations that left the audience in awe.

After lunch, more than 30 children from the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh demonstrated proper practice for children while Beth Reese led the children’s yoga session and energized the crowd with a fun class for families.

Robert Boustany concurrently led a panel discussion on the therapeutic effects of yoga practice.

In the afternoon, Ravi Bom-

Awardees: Shriram Sarvotham, Beth Reese, Dr. Harish Chandra, Alejandro Chaoul, Harish Parvathaneni, Daksha Shah, Charles McInerney, Billie Gollnick, Robert Boustany, Jennifer Buergermeister, Kay Westcott, and Shekhar Agrawal (honoree). Photo Credit : Bijay Dixit. mu and Vasanth Balasubramani of ISHA Yoga graced the crowd with a beautiful performance of Upa Yoga that activates

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Harish Chandra instructed the gathering on mediation based on Patanjali Ashtanga Yoga.

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You can have only one marriage Q. I am separated and in the process of getting a divorce. I have been living with a man as his common law wife for almost two years. Is there anything special I need to do to have our marriage recognized?

A. As I have said many times before, the legal affect of a common law marriage is no different than any other marriage. To have a common law marriage you must agree to be married, live together as married and hold yourself out as married. Once you meet the requirements to establish a common law marriage, you are married. There is no need to do anything else.

Under the law, however, you can be married to only one person at a time. Until you are divorced, you cannot have another marriage. Based on what you say, until your divorce is final you are still married to your spouse. That means you cannot have a common law marriage. After your divorce is final, however, your relationship may form the basis for a common law marriage, and if you meet the three requirements you will be legally married.

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A. The only limit on how much a landlord may raise the rent is supply and demand, and what the tenant will pay. If the landlord raises the rent too much, the tenant has the option to refuse to stay and find housing somewhere else.

Q. One of my brothers has lived with our mother for about a year. He pays her a small amount each month to help with expenses for living there. Things are not working out, and my mother wants him out. Can she just throw him out? Can she call the police?

A. In my opinion, your brother has become a tenant, and your mother is his landlord. This means that she must give him proper notice to vacate, and has no legal right to just “throw him out.” I suggest she give him 30 days written notice to leave. If he still does not leave, she can file an eviction action in justice court to have him evicted. Hopefully, once she asks him to leave, he will do so without the need for a legal proceeding.

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A: Because your dad was convicted of a controlled substance offence, he is not eligible for bond and is subject to mandatory detention. This means that while his case is being processed and adjudicated by the Immigration Judge, he must remain in the detention facility. You dad will most likely be eligible for a form or relief known as cancellation of removal for permanent residents under INA Section 240A(a). This form of relief is available to those who have been permanent residents for at least five years and who have resided continuously in the United States for a period of seven years and does not have an aggravated felony conviction. Once the Immigration Judge determines that he has satisfied these three requirements, then the Judge will decide if your father merits a positive exercise of discretion. The Judge will take into consideration the positive factors such as his family ties in the US; his residence of long duration and any evidence of hardship to him and or his family if he were to be deported and weigh it against the negative factors such as his criminal record and any evidence of his poor character. Generally, absent any serious negative factors which would render the individual as an undesirable permanent resident of this country, such applications are usually granted.

Q: My father was deported last year to El Salvador. When he tried to return back to the US illegally, he was detained and informed that he would not have the opportunity to have case heard by an Immigration Judge. Is this correct?

A: A foreign national who illegally enters the US after having been deported or removed or departed voluntarily from the United States under an order of removal is subject to the prior order of removal reinstated. The result of the reinstatement of the removal order is that he will not have the opportunity to have his case heard before an Immigration Judge. There is one exception where he can perhaps have his case heard before the Immigration Judge - if he has a fear of persecution in his home country and he request for what is known as a reasonable fear interview. If it appears that there is a basis for that reasonable fear of retuning back to his native country, he may apply for the relief known as withholding of removal.

Q; I am a Permanent Resident since 2000 and I was convicted of possession of marijuana (less than 30 grams) 2 years ago. I did not know that traveling outside of the US would result in me being detained and placed in removal proceedings. What are my options?

A: A one-time conviction for the possession of marijuana is not a deportable offence. So, if you did not travel outside the United States, generally speaking, you would have been alright. However, when you travelled outside of the United States, the conviction triggered the inadmissibility bar. You may be eligible for cancellation of removal for permanent residents if you have been a permanent resident for at least five years, have resided continuously in the US for at least 7 years and have not been convicted of an aggravated felony. If this relief is not available to you, then you may apply for a standalone 212(h) waiver to waive the possession of marijuana (less than 30 grams) conviction. The problem with the standalone 212(h) waiver is that you will need to show that your deportation or removal from the United States will result in extreme hardship to your US Citizen or Permanent Resident spouse, parent or children. In my view, if you are eligible for cancellation of removal of for certain permanent residents, that form of relief will be a much easier relief to obtain because the Immigration Judge will have to balance the equities (positive and negative factors) including your own hardships if deported rather than having to determine, for the 212(h) waiver whether your qualifying relatives will suffer extreme hardship if you were denied entry to the US and ordered removed.

Disclaimer: Any advice provided in this article is general in nature and not intended to constitute legal advice for any specific case. Please consult with an immigration lawyer about the specific circumstances of your case.

My Bio Sharlene Sharmila Richards is a licensed Immigration lawyer practicing in Houston, Texas. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 2000 and is a member of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and a member of the US Supreme Court. You may contact her at telephone number 713-623-8088 or by email at srichardslaw@aol.com to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case.

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VOICE OF ASIA 5 by: Jasbir Singh urmat Sangeet Sammelan: A three day event was held at the Gurdwara Sahib of SW Houston located on 14811 Lindita Drive, Houston, Texas 77083 from June 19, 20 and 21, 2015. Participants of this event were: Padamshri Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa, Hazoori Raagi of Shri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, India.

Dr. Gurnam Singh, Professor & Head, Gurmat Sangeet ChairDepartment of Gurmat Sangeet , Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India. Bibi Ishwanik Kaur, Classical sangeet performer , New Delhi, India and Bhai Bhupinder Singh Paras, Resident Raagi of Gurdwara Sahib of SW Houston.

For the first time in the United States a Gurmat Sangeet Sammelan of this style was organized by the management of Gurdwara Sahib of SW Houston in which all the kirtan was performed and the gurushabads were sung in the raagas as specified in Shri Guru Granth Sahib as per the tradition and Parampara estiablished by the ten Gurus with instrumental and percussion accompaniments.

The event was attended in great number by the sikh community from all over Houston and Texas.

Tremendous success of the event was reciprocated by the audience for a request to organize such an event again next year which was readily approved by the management. The dates and time of next year event will be decided shortly by the management.

Gurmat Sangeet or Shabad Kirtan is the singing of hymns or shabads from Guru Granth Sahib, the central text of Sikhism. Traditionally, the shabad should be sung in the Raagas as prescribed in Guru Granth Sahib. It began in the 16th Century as the musical expression of mystical poetry concieved by the founder of sikhism, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Following him. all the Sikh Gurus sang in the ten prevalent classical and folk music syles, accompanied by string and percussion instruments. The style was where the text was of prime significance and music played a supporting, albeit important, role. Thirty one main raagas and the same number of variants were named. Several raagas and variants are unique to the Sikh Music. While Hindustani music underwent significant changes in the setting of Mughal Courts, and a separate stream

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Free health care service to the Houston community The Knanaya Community of Houston is hosting a free healthcare service to the greater Houston area. At this event there will be doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, technicians and many others that will be providing their knowledge and services to people free of charge.

Padamshiri Bhai Nirmal Singh Performing at GSSWH. Photo by Jaswant Singh Audio/Video.

A few of the healthcare services that will be provided include: blood pressure and diabetes check, vision screening, dental exams, and EKG and ECHO cardiograms. We believe it is very important to stay knowledgeable about one’s heath status in order to maintain an optimal life.

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current health status. It is vital that we get regular screenings to prevent diseases from progressing and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Please take advantage of these FREE services next Saturday, June 27th at the Houston Knanaya Community Center at 2210 STAFFORDSHIRE RD MISSOURI CITY, TX. 77489. Let us continue to stay knowledgeable about our own health.

For registration and more Information : ABY T H AT H A M K U L A M : 832 607 0111, RUBY KAITHAMATTATHIL: 386 295 9073, SAJINI CHACKUNGAL: 281 835 6711 and ALEX KUNNAMPADAVIL: 832 488 4954

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Bibi Ishwanik Kaur performing at GSSWH. Photo by Jaswant Singh Audio/Video of Carnatic music develped in southern India, Gurmat Sangeet retained its identity encompassing a variety of melodic forms and a well developed percussive system. In the 20th century, the devotional Gurmat Sangeet sung in Dhrupad style was overtaken by Darbari Khayal style.

the harmonium took the place of stringed instruments. and tabla replaced the pakhawaj and jori.

Bhai Mardan (1459 - 1534) follower and long time companion of Guru Nanak was the first Sikh Musician. The Sikh musician were later on developed into three types: Rababis, Raagis and

Dhadhis.

For any comments orinformation regarding the event you may contact: Jasbir Singh, ViceChairman, Board of Trustees , 832-721-9947or Dr. Tejindra Gill, Secretary, Gurdwara Sahib of Southwest Houston. Email: secretarygsswh@yahoo.com

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FIS’s Indo-American Oral History Project featured on ABC TV channel 13

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Atul Varadhachary (Board Member), Gaurav Khandelwal (Board Member), Shahid Javed (Board Member), Ravi Brahmbhatt (Executive Committee), Karl Maier (Executive Committee), Aruna Viswanathan (Board Member), Sehar Javed (Executive Director), Rohit Mahajan (Board Member), Arun Pasrija (Board Member), Shri Iyer (Board Member), Somesh Singh (Board Member), Philippe Flichy (Board Member) Krishna Vavilala being interviewed by Miya Shay Krishna Vavilala, Founder, Chairman of Foundation for India Studies (FIS) was interviewed by Miya Shay of ABC TV Channel 13 to discuss about the Indo-American Oral History Project. The interview was broadcast on June 7th.

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he Indo-American Oral History project is a signature project of Foundation for India Studies (FIS), a 501(c3) a non-profit organization, being done in collaboration with the Houston

Community College (HCC) and Houston Public Library (HPL).

The purpose of the Project is to permanently record the life stories and experiences of the first generation Indian immigrants and preserve them for posterity. The interviews will be transcribed and archived in the Indo-American Oral History collection of the Houston Public Library.

Presently in its 10th year of

operation, FIS has so far completed 33 interviews.

For further information and to schedule an interview, contact Veena Ponnaganti @281-3239515 or Krishna Vavilala @ 713-795-5169. Interviews will be conducted on a first come first served basis.

The ABC TV interview can be watched by clicking on the LINK: http://abc13.com/society/visions-segment-1-june-72015/775586/,

Missing members from the picture: Amir Eskafyan (Executive Committee); Sanjay Gakhar (Executive committee); Roopa Gir (Board Member); Pat Robertson (Board Member); John Reale (Executive committee); Kyle Campbell (Executive Committee); Hall Martin (Executive Committee); Prasad Menon (Executive Committee);

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Son of victim speaks about deadly metro bus stop wreck

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OUSTON (KTRK) - (Tuesday, June 23, 2015 ) All three people hit by a car at a southwest Houston bus stop Saturday night are related, according to family.

Kamal Subedi said his mother, 56-year-old Indra Subedi, died after undergoing surgery Monday. His father and uncle are still in the hospital.

“I’m so sad,” Kamal Subedi said through tears, “I was at work when she was in the accident. She came here one month ago to visit me, but I lost my mom.”

Subedi said his mother moved to Houston from Belize one month ago. It was his dream to come to America and make enough money to bring his mother along.

“She was kind,” Subedi said,

2 IndianAmericans appointed to key Republican position WASHINGTON: Two Indian-Americans have been appointed to key positions in the Republican party with the mandate to involve community leaders within the party fold.

Niraj Antani, a Ohio State legislature, and Janak Joshi, a Colorado State legislature, were yesterday appointed to the board of the 2015-2016 Future Majority Project of the Republican Party.

The Board is chaired by T W Shannon, Chair, former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

According to a media release, the Future Majority Project seeks to recruit, train and elect Republican candidates from diverse communities on the state level who better represent the full diversity of America.

In 2013-2014, FMP recruited hundreds of new candidates and elected 43 new leaders to office. With this cycle, FMP aims to recruit 250 new, diverse candidates and see 50 of those candidates appointed or elected to office.

“As someone who has served in the trenches of state government, I understand the importance of recruiting the right candidates with the right message in every district and state across the country,” said Shannon.

“And she loved me.”

According to investigators, the driver of the car that hit the

family is 38-year-old Obdulio Vasquez. They said he was racing a truck, weaving in and out of traffic when he lost con-

trol of the wheel and slammed into the family at the bus stop.

A good Samaritan came to the family’s aid.

Investigators said Vasquez initially ran from police, but he was caught hiding nearby.

Vasquez is facing two counts

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Sewa hosts first general International Day of Yoga in clinic for Bhutani refugees Dallas celebrated in a special way

Organizers MGMNT and AOL address the gathering at the Thomas Jefferson Park, Irving City, Dallas on June 21, 2015.

Dr Ashima Chauhan with Sewa International’s GIH interns

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n Saturday June 20, 2015, the Houston branch of Sewa International held its first free health clinic at the Los Arcos Apartments. For an afternoon, residents of the apartments were invited to come to the clinic to receive free health screenings, education on health issues and referrals to specialists if needed.

The clinic was coordinated by the organization’s public health interns Meeta Garach and Akshata Joshi as well as the other Get Inspired Houston (GIH) interns. The clinic is the first of many the organization hopes to hold in the coming months at the apartment complex.

The purpose of the free clinic was to provide the residents of the Los Arcos Apartments a much-needed check up and counsel on where to seek treatment for their conditions. The apartments are populated primarily by refugees from countries such as Bhutan, Mexico, and Nigeria. Refugees lack access to quality healthcare in Houston primarily due to language

barriers and lack of mobility. Sewa Houston’s goal in creating a monthly clinic at the Los Arcos Apartments is to bring healthcare to the refugees and mediate and language barriers.

Lead by Dr. Ashima Chauhan, a board certified Family Medicine physician, interns and medical students assisted in a variety of basic medical screenings such as taking vitals and assessing patient’s medical history.

Sewa also provided the necessary translators to accommodate the various languages spoken such as Burmese, Bhutanese, and Nepalese.

The clinic welcomed patients of all ages making it a successful turnout. The interns also had the opportunity to interact with the families from the ASPIRE tutorials as well as to meet some newcomers.

Sewa hopes to bring in even more patients for their next clinic in July at Los Arcos Apartments!

For more information visit www.sewausa.org

Yoga has no boundaries or barriers”.

Mrs. Shabnam Modgil, the Board of Director of MGMNT introduced the Art of Living Team including Mr. Rajneesh Gupta, Mr. Shreedar Thuljaram, Dr. Nick Shroff, Mr. Ankur Bora, Ms. Deepa and other volunteers. Mrs. Modgil mentioned the importance of Yoga in a daily life.

Participants at the International Day of Yoga in Dallas

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ALLAS - June 21 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial of North Texas (MGMNT) in association with Art of Living (AOL) organized the first “International Day of Yoga” at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Park, Irving City in Texas State.

The drizzle and at times rain did not stop more than 300 Dallas residents and Yoga enthusiasts to attend the event. Mr. Rao

Kalvala, Secretary, MGMNT in his welcome address stated that celebrating the event at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial one of the prominent landmarks in the USA is a rewarding experience.

Dr. Prasad Thotakura, the Initiator & Chairman of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Project stated - “that Yoga doesn’t mean twisting and bending body in different impossible impressive postures. Yoga is not a show

business or fashion but it is the need of the Nation. Yoga is not a one day affair but it is a daily routine. Yoga means bringing the body, mind and spirit in an absolute harmony. Our Body, Mind and Emotions function at their highest peak once we practice yoga daily. It is very heartening to see that more than 2 Billion people from over 192 Nations commemorating the first International Yoga day which proves that

Art of Living team explained the different formats of yoga and gave lecture demonstration that was followed by all attendees for more than an hour followed by Pranayama, Yogasanas, Meditation and Bhajans.

Mr. Taiyab Kundawala, Co-Chair of MGMNT in his closing remarks thanked the City of Irving, the FunAsiA, Electronic media, Print media, Bombay Photography, Dallas Residents and the Art of Living for their Unconditional support.

Mr. Kundawala requested all to support and participate at the upcoming Gandhi Peace-Walk on October 2nd.

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Yoga event draws thousands, including UN chief, to Times Square That coincided Sunday with the annual session in Times Square for yoga on the first day of summer.

bout 17,000 people set out their mats and stretched into yoga exercises in New York’s Times Square Sunday, including the United Nations’ leader, to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga.

Hundreds of yoga mats were distributed free in New York, and pedestrian areas, typically hectic, were completely covered with peaceful people taking instruction from teachers by loudspeaker.

UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, dressed in white, joined the yoga gathering late in the morning in one of the most recognizable squares in the world.

Yoga classes started early in the morning and were set to stretch into the evening. The crowd was dominated by women, but there were also plenty of men and some children feeling the burn.

Ban hailed the many benefits the ancient exercise could bring to people around the world.

“To all of you I say: Namaste!” the UN leader told the crowd.

Organizers said people in 187 other countries were also taking part in yoga sessions.

“My hope is that yoga will give people everywhere the sense and the oneness we need to work together to live in harmony and usher in a life of dignity for all.”

Outdoor yoga classes were planned in major cities across the US and tens of thousands of people took part in New Delhi.

The UN declared in December that June 21 would be International Yoga Day, highlighting its health “benefits” for the public.

The world day was also championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, the birthplace of yoga.

New Yorkers at Times Square to celebrate International Day of Yoga. AFP Photo.

Skinny jeans could make you a fashion victim: doctors

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quatting in super-tight “skinny” jeans may pose a health risk, Australian doctors warned Tuesday, reporting the case of a woman who temporarily lost feeling in her legs from an hours-long squeeze.

The 35-year-old collapsed and had to be hospitalised the day after helping a relative move home, spending hours on her haunches to unpack cupboards.

The unusual case was reported in a British specialist publication, the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

“She had been wearing tight ‘skinny’ jeans and recalled that these had felt increasingly tight and uncomfortable as the day wore on,” the journal said.

“Later that evening, she experienced numbness in her feet and found it difficult to walk, which caused her to trip and fall.

“Unable to get up, she spent several hours lying on the ground

before she was found.”

The woman’s legs were so swollen that the jeans could only be removed by cutting them off, said the statement.

She couldn’t move her ankles or toes properly, and had lost feeling in her lower legs and feet.

She was put on a drip, and was able to walk normally again four days later.

Doctors at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, said the jeans, combined with the squatting, had reduced blood supply to the leg muscles.

At the same time, nerve fibres connecting to the lower legs had been damaged by prolonged compression, which explained the numbness and loss of control.

“The present case represents a new neurological complication of wearing tight jeans,” they wrote.

Doctors in Australia report that a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for four days after experiencing muscle damage, swelling and nerve blockages in her legs after squatting for several hours while wearing skinny jeans. AFP Photo.

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No loo-sers as Japan holds toilet design contest

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okyo (AFP) - Japan is holding its first ever toilet design contest, with organisers looking for “most comfortable”, “cheapest for the developing world” and “safest for women”.

In a bid to find the nation’s loveliest lavatories, a government panel is seeking applications that prove designers are thinking big about the littlest room.

“It is part of our efforts with hospitality for the (2020 Tokyo) Olympic and Paralympic Games,” Arimura said.

A 145-page report on improving quality of life says the drive towards better toilets will “empower women” because by “improving comfort, cleanliness and safety, the quality of work and leisure can improve dramatically”.

The report said restrooms are places where women want to feel secure enough to get changed, brush their teeth, do their make-up, and change their baby’s diapers.

It also noted that toilets are not universally available in some developing nations, and that poorly designed facilities in some places can put users -particularly women -- at risk of violence or kidnapping.

As well as looking for ideas on how to make environmentally friendly toilets for use in natural disasters, the competition is asking for ideas on how to make toilets easier for “foreigners and physically disabled people”.

A leaflet produced by organisers suggests, for example, that

‘Grexit’: something to drink to?

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ERLIN - Has the threat of Greece crashing out of the eurozone soured your mood? Never mind, sip on your ‘Grexit’ vodka lemon, and things might not seem so bad anymore.

bel in January.

Or so thinks a company that is based, funnily enough, in Europe’s economic powerhouse Germany.

The label shows Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis smiling and clinking little bottles of “Grexit”, as the stern, blue-tinted face of German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on.

The name of the alcoholic beverage is taken from a widely used term coined from combining the words “Greece” and “exit”.

The initiative comes as Tokyo appears to have grasped the softpower potential of the country’s high-tech toilets, whose seat warmers and pinpoint bidet jets amaze foreign visitors.

“I hope efforts to make the world’s best restrooms in Japan will spread broadly,” Haruko Arimura, minister in charge of women’s empowerment -- who is overseeing the project -- said in a recent press conference.

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And as the deadline for Athens to reform or default looms ever closer, so does the product launch date for ‘Grexit’. including easy-to-understand pictograms might help non-Japanese people with exactly how to use a toilet.

The flier does not specify which part of using a toilet foreigners might have trouble with.

to take home is among the first items on Chinese tourists’ shopping lists.

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OTONOU (AFP) Admiring paintings or photographs by Africa’s greatest contemporary artists is a luxury in Benin, where museums are scarce and most people lack money to travel farther afield.

Applicants have until the end of the month to submit their designs. Minister Arimura will announce the winners in September.

But a new application developed by a foundation based in Cotonou, the largest city in this West African state, is seeking to bring art to the masses by allowing anyone with access to a printer and smartphone or tablet to turn their place into a museum.

Nearly every household and most public restrooms are equipped with a seat that is plugged into the mains electricity.

The bog-standard version simply warms the seat -- an under-appreciated luxury among the uninitiated -- while top-ofthe-range models offer an array of options, including warm water jets, blow-dryers, deoderisers and masking sounds.

Young foreign visitors rave about them, filling social media with pictures of the loos they find in Japan, while a bidet seat

“Personally, I think a ‘Grexit’ could mark new start for Greeks who have lost the most” in this crisis, Dahloff said.

Benin smartphone app brings museums into homes

The competition will be judged by a panel of seven, including architects and an official from the Japan Toilet Association, using five criteria -- cleanliness, safety, comfort, novelty/creativity, and sustainability.

Toilets in Japan have been raised to something of an art.

Banking on the possibility of a Greek debt default, creator Uwe Dalhoff registered the la-

“We are printing labels to release the liquor on the market in the next 10 days,” Dahloff told AFP.

“For 10 years, the Zinsou Foundation has been striving to bring contemporary art to people who don’t have access to it because we think culture is a right, not a luxury,” said MarieCecile Zinsou, the Franco-Beninese head of the foundation that created the “Wakpon” app.

Budding art enthusiasts need only print out colourful images available on the app’s website onto pieces of A4 paper and hang them on the walls of their home, school or government building -- just like paintings in a museum.

Visitors can then aim at these images with their smartphones or tablets using the app, and a painting by Benin’s voodoo artist Cyprien Tokoudagba or a photo of Nigerian hairstyles by J.D. Okhai Ojeikere will pop up, alongside information on the work of art.

All in all, 44 pieces by 10 artists are available on the app, all taken from the foundation’s collection.

Low visibility for African art Zinsou said she convinced her father, who has just been named Benin prime minister, to set up the foundation after she realised that like many other African countries, there were no museums in Benin to showcase the continent’s contemporary art, despite its growing popularity elsewhere.

Leading African artists were virtually absent from art sales just a decade ago but now contemporary works feature strongly in several international auction houses.

Bonhams in London recently described the continent as “one of our hottest properties on the art block”.

A visitor seen capturing a museum exhibit on his smartphone.

Since 2005, the foundation’s show room in Cotonou puts on free exhibitions of Beninese and foreign artists, and once showcased US legend JeanMichel Basquiat -- a first in Africa.

In 2013, it opened a museum in an old building of the former slave trade hub of Ouidah, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) away from Cotonou.

All in all, nearly five million people have visited both places in a decade -- most of

them them children who often come the first time with their schools, return on their own and then bring their families.

Zinsou said the Wakpon app -- which once downloaded does not need to be connected to the Internet -- aims to widen access to a broader population.

- ‘Tomorrow’s museum’ Mobile phone penetration has been low in Benin, particularly for smartphones, because of poor infrastructure.

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IACF Awards Scholarship to 23 students Chirag wins 2015 US Math League Championship Fulfilling a father’s dream!

IACF Directors, Scholarship Committee with Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen, and students. Photo Credit: Murali Santhana

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ndo American Charity Foundation held its annual scholarship event on June 17th at the Fort Bend Independent School district Annex building, and gave scholarship awards to 23 deserving college bound students. The scholarship amounts ranging from $500 to $2,000 totaling $24,000.

The scholarship committee consisting of Alpa Shah (Chair and past President), Ramesh Cherivirala, Prem Cholia, Rathna Kumar, and Mahesh Wadhwa spent countless hours to make the selection from over 53 student applications submitted directly on IACF website and by FBISD administrators.

The rigorous selection was based on the students’ academic performance, financial need, and extracurricular activities.

The committee members went through many iterations, and used qualitative and quantitative metrics to ensure a fair selection of the best deserving candidates. Of the 23 selected students, 8 are planning to be-

come physicians, 3 are pursuing other health science related careers, 7 are planning to become engineers, 4 students are planning finance, accounting, computer science, and economics related degrees, and 1 student is planning on a career in criminal justice.

Dr. Dominic Sreshta presented the David Raj memorial scholarship to Ms. Sydney Murphy who is pursuing a degree in biochemistry at Texas A & M University, and has won many awards in music. The presenters included many of the notable dignitaries including Dr. Appan, Sam Kannappan, Dr. Neeta Sane, Dr. Bharat Pothuri, Juan Mangini, Swapan Dhairyavan, Sam Merchant, Missouri City Mayor Allen Owen, Judge Ravi Sandhill, many of the past Presidents of IACF including Prabha Bala, Kohur Mani, and Dr. Paul Likhari and many other IACF supporters including Asheet Yagnik and Abhijit Gadgil. The representatives of many of IACF’s partner organizations as well as FBISD administra-

tors were in the audience. The students impressed everyone present with their poise and career goals.

The event was emceed by Dr. Vanitha Pothur, Secretary, IACF. President Kamala Raghavan gave a brief run down about the IACF and the areas it provides funding to charities across the Greater Houston area, adding that this event fit in nicely with IACF’s mission and four pillars of activity.

IACF took the opportunity to present grants to Child Advocates, Literacy Advance, SEWA Intl for Nepal Relief and Edstension. Raghavan recognized Jin Laxmidas and his wife Chandrika who came to donate to the IACF.” The couple’s daughter was also an IACF recipient four years ago.

“Years from now, when you have made it, that’s what we hope you’ll do too: remember to come back to help us help others, ” Dr. Kamala Raghavan said. Overall, the event demonstrated IACF’s unwaver-

ing commitment to promoting education to all students in the Houston area. Dr. Raghavan, recognized the students’ past accomplishments, and encouraged them to give a helping hand to other deserving students in future years.

Roopa Gir, president, iEducate, an emerging charitable organization that founded by IACF former President David Raj, spoke at the event encouraging the children to participate in its tutoring program where the tutors gets paid to mentor elementary school children.

Chirag Maheshwari

Dr. Cherivirala in his closing remarks recognized the efforts of Dr. Terry L. Sheneman, College and Career Readiness Coordinator of FBISD who had helped IACF starting from soliciting applications from students, screening for its accuracy, coordinating with the students to be present at the event and lastly organizing the event itself. FBISD provided hors d’oeuvre to the guests, supplemented by Indian snacks from Pavani restaurant.

Chinmaya Mission of Houston Graduation Class of 2015

Class of 2015: (Not in order) Sushain Cherivirala, Bhanu Chitturi, Arya Deshmukh, Shreyas Ganesh, Pratha Aggarwal, Renuka Gondi, Yuthika Gundamaraju, Neha Gupta, Bianca Bhakta, Bridgita Bhakta, Shruti Iyer, Anushka Kale, Priya Kane, Arun Kane, Dhwani Dawar, Sriharsha Kethireddipalli, Krishna Marepalli, Manaswi Marri, Sruthi Parameswaran Moothath, Karthika Krishnan, Sonia Mulayath, Neelesh Mutyala Choudary, Atul Nayak, Shivani Lallo, Tushar Patel, Sneha Peri, Aayush Prasanna, Millen Makkar, Srikar Ranga, Sanjana Rao, Kunda Rapolu, Isha Mehta, Pooja Reddy, Niti Sawant, Shivani Shah, Nandeeta Patel, Sai Samarchita Singh, Vibha Sripadam, Rahul Sirigiri, Jageeshadurga Ravipati, Vrinda Rajkumar, Manisha Vunnam, Shashank Vura, Reeya Upadhyay, Nidhi Wunnava, Bina Yarlagadda, Bindu Yarlagadda, Ashney Vyas

Chirag with parents, father Pankaj Maheshwari, mother and brother.

“An Isosceles triangle has integer side lengths and perimeter 7. How many possible noncongruent triangles follow these conditions?”

“A Palindrome in an integer that reads the same forwards and backwards. Find the number of three-digit palindromes divisible by 9.”

“Find the area of the polygon in the coordinate plane whose vertices are (0,0), (1,0), (3,1), (2,2) and (0,1).”

These were some of the questions that Chirag, our son, a third grader had to solve while contesting for 2015 US Math League Championship. Dreaming mathematics all my life and now seeing Chirag progress so much is one of the most satisfying feeling. As a coach, I train him to not care about the rank, but about the learning in its truest form.

Having said that, I share with great pleasure that we are the Proud parents of 2015 US Math League champion. Yesterday June 6th, Chirag won the national championship for Grade

3 and was ranked number 1 in the US. Previously, he had won Texas state championship on May 9th and had advanced to the nationals.

Some of the comments to my post include Luke is PHD Computer Science from MIT; post Doctoral researcher at Harvard Medical School, TED fellow and Senior Research scientist at Google.

Luke Hutchison Wow, congratulations Pankaj and Chirag, those are questions 99.99% of adults could not solve! And achieving the rank of US national champion is a huge deal -- this will open doors for him for years to come.

Other comments Bharat Dhoot The questions above can embarrass even a graduate in Mathematics. If this is the quality of education being parted to him, he’ll be the best amongst the geniuses pretty soon.

Vishal Sood Heartiest Congratulations proud parents. Chirag, you have made India proud

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Sridevi turns queen in Vijay starrer ‘Puli’

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UMBAI -June 22, 2015 - Indian police said Monday they have arrested the Bollywood director Mahmood Farooqui after an American woman accused him of rape.

Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said the woman, a US citizen aged 30, was visiting India at the time of the alleged attack at Farooqui’s home in the capital.

“Based on her complaint, the accused has been arrested and sent to judicial custody,” he told AFP.

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HENNAI - The official teaser of SrideviVijay starrer action adventure “Puli” was released today.

is donning elaborate gowns designed by Manish Malhotra.

She completed her royal look with intricate jewellery and unique headgears.

Sridevi, 51, who is making a comeback to Tamil Cinema after a gap of more than two decades, will be seen essaying the role of a powerful queen.

The 55-seconds teaser, which opens up with a fight sequence, also features Sudeep of “Makkhi” fame and Shruti Haasan.

The “English Vinglish” star

Directed by Chimbu Deven, the film is on the lines of Hol-

lywood film “The Gladiator”.

Puli’s teaser was unveiled today to mark the Tamil superstar Vijay’s 41st birthday.

“Here it is !! #Puli First Look,” he wrote.

Co-produced by Shibu Thameens and PT Selvakumar, it is slated to release later this year.

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho is a social satire: Vinod Kapri

“Peepli Live”, which explores the divide between urban and rural India, was produced

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EW DELHI - First time director Vinod Kapri is very hopeful about his film Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho. He says that the film is a social satire inspired from real life events.

Kapri talked about his film, “This is a social satire which is entirely inspired by a real life incident which happened in Rajasthan. So, I personally went to that village, investigated the whole story and met village panchayat, pradhan, police officers, judges, lawyers and I found it so interesting that I could make an interesting satire.”

Annu Kapoor, who will be seen playing a leading role spoke on the recent controversy surrounding the film with a Khap Panchayat and said, “I think they should have a look at the movie at a very wider perspective and this is not the first time that a local panchayat or khap has passed this kind of diktat and it’s not a good sign when you have this kind of parallel governing bodies. We claim to be the largest democracy on papers so we Indian’s will have to prove that our democracy is one of the finest in the world and is not a banana republic.

Why and How? We have to

make sure that these parallel running govt. bodies are not allowed this kind of powers.”

Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho is about a man who is falsely accused by a village strongman that he has raped a buffalo. The powerful man of the village also gets the Khap panchayat to pass a verdict that he has to marry the victim; the buffalo called Miss Tanakpur.

Scheduled to release on 26th June, the film also features Om Puri, Rahul Bagga, Ravi Kishan, Sanjay Mishra and Hrishita Bhatt in supporting roles. ANI.

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Farooqui codirected with his wife Anusha Rizwi, who on Sunday dismissed the complaint against her husband as “manipulated and false”.

“We are determined to fight this till the reality is presented before the people,” she said in a statement.

The alleged at- Director Mahmood Farooqui tack occurred in India introduced tough laws March but the woman returned to the US against sex offenders in the shortly afterwards and only re- wake of the fatal gang-rape of ported it on Friday, news reports a Delhi student in the capital in December 2012 that sparked and a police source said. mass street protests.

No one at the US embassy But high levels of sexual viowas immediately available for lence against women continue. comment.

Why is Prabhas nervous about ‘Baahubali’?

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or Telugu superstar Prabhas, it was not easy to play the dual role of a father and son in the upcoming multi-lingual two-part epic drama “Baahubali” as he had to undergo a strict diet and training regime.

Prabhas, who is sporting two different looks in the SS Rajamouli directed film -- a heavy body for the father Baahubali and a lean physique for his son Shivudu, said he is getting nervous thinking about the fate of the movie. “I am just waiting for the release of ‘Baahubali’.

I am both nervous and excited about whether the people will like the film or not. I really worked hard for it especially on my physique. Sometimes I used to take only eggs for 30-40 days to get into shape for one character,” Prabhas told PTI.

A still from Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho.

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Bollywood director arrested, accused of rape

Farooqui, best known for codirecting the 2010 satire “Peepli Live” about farmers’ suicides, was taken into custody in New Delhi on Saturday after the alleged victim went to the police.

In a still from `Puli`

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The actor, who was last seen in Telugu action-drama “Mirchi”, said he learnt sword fighting, kick-boxing, kung-fu and horse riding for “Baahubali”. “For the action sequences, we did a lot of sword fighting with Vietnamese fighters. Peter Hein’s choreographed the action sequences and taught us kick-boxing, kung-fu, horse riding. “A shot in one of the songs in the movie required me to jump from a hill into a waterfall. That shot required 25 days of shoot as before that we

Prabhas in a still from Baahubali. This image was posted on Facebook by Prabhas had to train for rock climbing,” Prabhas said.

“Baahubali”, whose Hindi version is presented by Karan Johar, features an ensemble cast of Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep.

Prabhas said Rajamouli, with whom he last worked in super hit “Chhatrapati” (2005), has grown bigger and better over

the years. “10 years ago, when I worked with Rajamouli, we shot the film for 70 days or 100 days. But now, we shot this film for over 300 days. “’Baahubali’ is ten thousand times bigger than ‘Chhatrapati’.

Rajamouli is madly passionate about his films. Without him, nothing would have happened.”

The first part of film is expected to hit theatres on July 10, 2015.

PTI.

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IAMI, 6/22/2015More than half of current and former smokers who can pass basic lung function tests may suffer from lung diseases that have gone undiagnosed, researchers said Monday.

at other criteria, including respiratory symptoms, CT scans, medications use and quality of life issues, they found that “55 percent of the ‘disease-free’ study participants had some form of respiratory related impairment.”

The study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine included nearly 9,000 people, aged 45-80, who had smoked at least a pack of cigarettes a day for 10 years.

Many were in the early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which is the third-leading killer in the United States.

About half of those in the study “were considered disease-free based on their lungfunction tests,” said the JAMA article.

But when researchers looked

Forty-two percent had emphysema or airway thickening, while 23 percent had significant shortness of breath.

“Smokers who have ‘normal’ lung-function tests often have significant respiratory disease. Many of those smokers

likely have the early stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,” said Elizabeth Regan, lead author and assistant professor of medicine at National Jewish Health.

“We hope these findings will help debunk the myth of the healthy smoker and highlight the importance of smoking prevention and cessation to prevent lung disease and other long-term effects of smoking.”

About 42 million people smoke in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which lists smoking as the number one cause of preventable diseases and deaths in the nation.

Fighting climate change could save lives, money: US report

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ASHINGTON, Taking action against global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions could save thousands of lives and avoid major economic losses before century’s end, said a US government report issued Monday.

The cost of inaction is compared with the benefits of making changes in the report by the Environmental Protection Agency.

“The report finds that we can save tens of thousands of American lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars, annually in the United States by the end of this century, and the sooner we act, the better off America and future generations of Americans will be,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

Global action against climate change could reduce the frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves,

which can be deadly, the report said.

Taking steps to improve air quality could save about 13,000 deaths in 2050 and 57,000 deaths in 2100, it said.

Across nearly all of the 20 industry sectors studied, global action on climate change would reduce economic damage from climate change, with road maintenance alone saving up to seven billion dollars annually by 2100.

Some parts of the United States are expected to suffer more from climate change than others. The drought across the west, wildfires in the midwest and floods and sea level rise in the mid-Atlantic and southeast are of particular concern.

But taking action now could save money, it said.

“For example, in a future without greenhouse gas reduc-

tions, estimated damages from sea-level rise and storm surge to coastal property in the lower 48 states are $5.0 trillion dollars through 2100,” the report said.

“With adaptation along the coast, the estimated damages and adaptation costs are reduced to $810 billion.”

The report was based on the Climate Change Impacts and Risks Analysis project, led

by EPA in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Pacific Northwest National Lab, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and others.

The White House described the project as “one of the first efforts to quantify the benefits of global action on climate change across a large number of US sectors... related to health, infrastructure, electricity, water resources, agriculture and forestry, and ecosystems.”

Google joins effort to boost genomics research

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A S H INGTON - AFP , Jun 24, 2015 - Google announced Wednesday it was teaming up with university scientists to use its computing platform to accelerate efforts in genomics research.

The US tech giant said it was joining with the Broad Institute of biomedical and genomic research, a project of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Medical Understanding Participating marijuaand Nonparticipating Life na may Insurance Policies help some symptoms, but not all

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ASHINGTON, 6/24/2015 - Medical marijuana shows some effectiveness in helping treat chronic pain but there is less evidence of its success in warding off nausea or helping ill patients gain weight, researchers said Tuesday.

The issue of whether or not medical marijuana works remains a matter of debate, even as 23 US states and the US capital, Washington, have laws that allow medical use of cannabis, as do a number of countries around the world.

The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association were based on a metaanalysis of 79 randomized controlled studies that included a total of nearly 6,500 patients.

“There was moderate-quality evidence to suggest that cannabinoids may be beneficial for the treatment of chronic neuropathic or cancer pain and spasticity due to multiple sclerosis,” said the study, led by researcher Penny Whiting of the University of Bristol.

Less convincing was the evidence “suggesting that cannabinoids were associated with improvements in nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy, weight gain in HIV, sleep disorders, and Tourette syndrome,” said the study.

Even less certain was marijuana’s impact on reducing anxiety, psychosis or depression.

Meanwhile, medical marijuana carried a long list of side effects, including dizziness, dry mouth, nausea, fatigue, euphoria, vomiting, disorientation, drowsiness, confusion, loss of balance and hallucination.

“Further large, robust randomized clinical trials are needed,” said the study.

An accompanying editorial in JAMA by Deepak Cyril D’Souza and Mohini Ranganathan of the Yale University School of Medicine called for more rigorous study of marijuana when used for medical purposes.

“If the states’ initiative to legalize medical marijuana is merely a veiled step toward allowing access to recreational marijuana, then the medical community should be left out of the process, and instead marijuana should be decriminalized,” they wrote.

© Getty/AFP/File | Reserach technicians prepare DNA samples to be sequenced on September 19, 2013 in New York City

“Large-scale genomic information is accelerating scientific progress in cancer, diabetes, psychiatric disorders, and many other diseases,” said Eric Lander, director of Broad Institute.

matics expertise, powerful analytics, and massive computing

infrastructure,” Google said in a blog post.

“Conversely, if the goal is to make marijuana available for medical purposes, then it is unclear why the approval process should be different from that used for other medications.”

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ouston Mayor Annise Parker has appointed Sanjay Ramabhadran to the Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) and the appointment was confirmed by Houston City Council on May 27, 2015. He becomes the first Indian-American to serve on the METRO Board. METRO operates a regional multimodal transportation system across 1,300 square miles with 2,663 route miles, a 22.7 mile light rail system, 20 Transit Centers, 29 Park & Ride Facilities, HOV/HOT lanes and the complementary paratransit service, METROLift.

Sanjay Ramabhadran, a registered Professional Engineer, has provided engineering and master planning services to the Industrial and Governmental market segments for 20 years.

As Vice President at CP&Y, he directed a Corporate Practice focused on water and infrastructure across the firm’s offices.

Previously, he was PrincipalIn-Charge of a $1 billion global consulting firm, where he managed a Business Practice for Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

He has been an invited speaker at the US-India Infrastructure Summit in New Delhi.

His civic involvement has included serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of LEADERSHIP HOUSTON; Director in the Texas Lyceum – a state-wide leadership group focused on public policy issues impacting Texas; Steering Committee Member – Houston General Plan; Senior Fellow – American Leadership Forum; President of the HESS Club (Houston’s oldest engineering organization); President of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston; Chairperson of the Houston Mayor’s International Trade & Development Council (South Asia); City of Houston – Building & Standards Commission;

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Sanjay Ramabhadran, (right) seen taking the oath Greater Houston Partnership’s Public Safety Task Force; Connecting Communities Initiative at Rice University’s Kinder Institute; Co-Chair of the Civic Engagement Advisory Committee for the City of Houston – Public Library; Advisory Council – Houston Arts Alliance; Past-President of the Indo-American Political Action Committee; and Board of Directors of the Indo-American Charity Foundation.

Sanjay Ram was honored as one of the 2012 Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA) by the United States Junior Chamber. He was previously selected as one of Five Outstanding Young Texans in 2011 by the Texas Jaycees and one of Five Outstanding Young Houstonians for the year 2010 by the Houston Jaycees. Selected as an ASIA 21 Young Leader, he represent the United States at the 2010 Global Asia 21 Leadership Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Communities that are part of the METRO area include the cities of Houston, Bellaire, Bunker Hill Village, El Lago, Hedwig Village, Hilshire Village, Humble, Hunters Creek, Katy, Missouri City, Piney Point, Southside Place, Spring Valley, Taylor Lake Village and West University Place. Major portions of unincorporated Harris County are also included.

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The Red Line is a 13-mile line that originally opened in 2004 as the Main Street Line. The Green Line runs through the historic East End with seven

stations, including Magnolia Park Transit Center, BBVA Stadium and the Theater District.

The Purple Line runs through Southeast Houston with 11 stops that include the University of Houston, Third Ward, the Convention District and Theater District.

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HANGHAI - China’s ecommerce titan Alibaba said Tuuesday it is selling its US shopping subsidiary 11 Main only a year after launching it, having reportedly failed to gain traction in the market.

than 90 percent of the consumerto-consumer market.

The site will be sold to US firm OpenSky, Alibaba said in a statement without putting a value on the deal. It said it would retain a minority stake in the combined entity, which would carry 50,000 brands.

“We wish to have 40 percent business in overseas market, so far our overseas business only accounts for two percent,” its founder and executive chairman Jack Ma said in New York this month.

The statement did not specify the stake size or give reasons for the sale.

Reports said Alibaba would also sell to Opensky three support and logistic subsidiaries for 11 Main -- Auctiva, Vendio and SingleFeed.

When 11 Main was launched in June last year Alibaba’s chairman of US investments Michael Zeisser said it “brings something incredibly unique to the US market”.

Alibaba has a hugely dominant position in Chinese e-commerce, with its Tmall.com platform believed to command more than half the Chinese market for business-to-consumer transactions.

Its Taobao platform holds more

But its overseas expansion has remained slow, although it acquired a more than nine percent stake in US online retailer Zulily in May.

The company, based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, completed the world’s biggest IPO last September with a listing on the New York Stock Exchange that raked in $25 billion.

The IPO was priced at $68 and the shares rocketed to $120 in November. But since then they have been hammered by poor third-quarter results and a row with Chinese authorities who accused Alibaba of allowing imitation goods to be sold on its platform.

Alibaba said last month it would replace its chief executive despite a 45 percent gain in revenue in the January-March quarter.

Profits plunged by nearly half in the period.

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Aries (A,L,E) 21 March to 20 April

Libra (R,T) 23 Sept to 22 Oct

Overcome new personal challenges and a new sense of direction. You may feel as if there are too many things to decide on. Take the time to read, write & express your thoughts on paper. By doing so, you may feel an awakening of ideas, you shared with someone, long ago. That person may remind you of something very important that you forgot. Stress that seemed so intense, lately, may lessen, as the week goes by. Take the time to enjoy all of those favorite things, that you really like to do. Don’t be afraid to express yourself.

Some decisive moments as well as surprises in store for you, particularly in relation to your personal plans. Personal change is definite. You have a tendency to be overly generous and forget that you have a budget to respect. Your desire to help others is admirable, but it could lead you into the red. Your ambitious nature may sometimes attract criticism, but there is no doubt about it. Your efforts have been worthwhile and you are about to reach a new level of success.

Scorpio (N,Y) 23 Oct to 21 Nov

Taurus (B,V,U) 21 April to 20 May Understanding that you have reached a real milestone in art, music or literature.

You’ll be impressed with a new discovery & will want to tell the whole world. Be it in a personal relationship or a business dealing, you will reach a very positive goal. Focus your energy full force. You’ll seem to have a keener understanding of how things work.

Look behind the scene & you’ll see all of your options. Play your cards right & you may be celebrating true success. Bring people together by showing them interesting new lifestyle or way to work.

Change in mood & perhaps a change of attitude that you feel. It’s easy to be disillusioned about the progress you’ve made if you continue to look at things in a negative light. You tend to put more pressure on yourself than others do. You may assume a lot more than you should. This may tend to make you more defensive about projects that you have been procrastinating about. Realize that things that you’ve committed to, should take priority.

Sagittarius (BH,F,DH,TH) 22 Nov to 21 Dec

Gemini (K,CHH,GH) 21 May to 20 June Advance your creative ideas and concepts to those in power. Don’t rush any decisions, play the waiting game. Recent events will make you aware of how precious life is. Exhibit benefits of new venture. Verify accounting procedures, make sure everything is on track. Stay focused on bringing your greatest asset to the forefront, your confidence. Once you feel confident in yourself, you will be able to influence others. Peers may try to question your authority, reply with positive financial feedback.

Some interesting happenings in your domestic & personal life, that could include change of residence or marital status. Events this week, have made it impossible to allow things to remain as they are. The demands put on you may seem unfair, perhaps even a little manipulative. You may feel a little resentful. Allow changes to sink in, don’t assume the worst in others. Try your best to treat them fairly. Your swift action will only strengthen your case. What may have began as a real burden to you, may now become a real asset.

Capricorn (KH,J) 22 Dec to 20 Jan

Cancer (D,H) 21 June to 22 July You need to organize your financial and personal situation. Look over your personal papers, make budgets and write everything down. You can get your point across and make valuable connections. Your personal life will stabilize. Don’t be confrontational.

You’ll meet opposition if you try to push your ideas too much. Be observant and save your comments for a better time. You need to focus on your career. You’ll accomplish the most if you travel for business. If you have an idea, present it.

New creative idea or project can spring up from nowhere. Even if the thought sounds foolish at first, it’s time to follow through on your dreams. Let the thoughts come through, impractical as they may seem. Imagination will course you through now. Your greatest potential is to present information in a fascinating new package. Once you get though with it, you’ll be able to create a good reputation. One that is bound to gain positive attention from all concerned.

Aquarius (G,S,SH) 21 Jan to 19 Feb

Leo (M) 23 July to 22 August Co-operation & co-existence. You know you need to let go of the past. An old friend can turn you on to a new experience. It could seem a little strange at first, but with time you could get used to it. In the professional domain you could find a supporter, mentor or colleague who boosts your confidence and presents you with an interesting challenge. It’s one of those situations where less may be more. Listen to your intuition, don’t allow others to deter your progress.

Virgo (P) 23 August to 22 September Need to work & play hard. You seem to be running late on everything you do this week, as a result you don’t have any time to spare. This could be because you are either too stressed or too distracted to make good use of your time, so slow down, and you’ll get more things done. Don’t let this romantically calm period get you down, in fact, this is a welcome break which will allow you to enjoy some free time alone to recover from emotional pressure.

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Strong feelings that may obscure your vision. Dwelling on your personal problems will only distract you from the task at hand. Your greatest inspiration comes from taking everything personally. You have a lot to gain by maintaining control of your emotions. An affair of the heart could move toward heartbreak. You still have time to save it, but do you really want to? You will have to be accountable for your actions. Choose your words wisely, as the consequences of what you say will be great.

Pisces (D,CH,Z) 20 Feb to 20 March An upsurge of your positive energy flow. Recently you have felt as if something was holding you back, this week, everything will click. Don’t let underlying discord ruin your mood any more than necessary. Consider calling a powerful friend with a good ear. A small luxury will make you feel enormously wealthy. Giving yourself a reason to smile doesn’t have to take a break. You deserve whatever you want. If you don’t see it, ask for it. Once you get past the initial stumbling blocks, you’ll realize that you were assuming other’s expectations of you. Lift your head out of the details to see whether the big picture has changed since you last looked.

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