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The Indo-American Charity Foundation held its annual fundraising gala, with the theme “Share your heart Texas way” Stafford Center on Sept. 13. Lighting the lamp at the gala are IACF President Venkat Iyer, left, Chief Guest Bal Sareen, Stafford Mayor Leonard Scarcella and Fort Bend County Judge KP George. — Royphotography. See Page 4.
Live Charkha spinning at Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial Celebrations
Mahatma Gandhi Library along with more than 100 organizations will conclude the yearlong celebrations of the sesquicentennial at the Miller Outdoor Theater on Sunday, October 6, 2019 from 4 PM to 9 PM. For the first time, there will be a live charkha spinning demonstration at the event. The event is FREE. The celebration will feature activities such as face painting, henna, balloons and arts and crafts for children. There will also be an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi prepared by the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi chronicling his life for your viewing. The evening will begin with the Walk For Peace at 4:45 PM from the Miller Outdoor Theater and returning to MOT where the walkers will be recognized on stage. Please register online at http://gandhilibrary.org/walk-for-peace-registration/ and come vote for peace with your feet. 1000 Lights for Peace, a multicultural and international dance and music show dedicated to peace, will start at 6 PM. The finale of the event will be lighting of a candle as a pledge to practice peace in one’s own life. (See Page 19.)
Meenakshi Temple honors priest
Sri Meenakshi Temple Society at Pearland held its annual fundraising gala recently. One of the longest serving priests, Thanga Bhattar, who was associated with Sri Meenakshi Temple since its inception 42 years ago was felicitated on the occasion. Honorary President Sam Kannappan honored and presented the title Priest Emeritus to Thanga Bhattar, while Dr. Padmini Ranganathan, MTS chairman, presented him with a plaque on behalf of the Hindu Temple of Hawaii. S. Narayanan, left, advisory council member, Dr. Padmini, Thanga Bhattar, S. Kannappan and Meenakshi Kannappan. See Page 5.
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Inside NRG Stadium on Sept. 22 at the Howdy Modi summit. Photographs by Biyani Photography.
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NEWS
Style and substance of Modi-Trump summit
By SESHADRI KUMAR The euphoria over the Howdy Modi summit in Houston is fresh and lingering and that may remain so for some time. A vast majority of the people who attended the rally in Houston and others in the U.S. who watched the spectacle are satisfied with the joint appearance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. Most of them are not driven by political ideology, but are inspired by a re-emergent India under the leadership of Modi, whom they perceive as an honest individual, good at heart unlike a traditional political leader. On the other hand, the event is an unmitigated success for a handful of individuals associated with Modi since his early days in Indian politics, who chose to showcase Modi in Houston, both to celebrate the victory of the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party in India and to create an opportunity for Modi to express his gratitude to the people who helped in his reelection from abroad. At the outset, the Howdy Modi community summit was billed and designed with Modi as the protagonist and little did the organizers think of Trump sharing the stage with Modi. The organizing committee included some known Trumphaters, but they had to hide their feelings and cheer for Trump. What else could they do when Modi himself wanted Trump to be on his side? What is the impact of the Modi-Trump summit? The impact can be seen at the international, national, local community and individual levels. The audience can be categorized as pro-Modi and anti-Modi, pro-Trump and antiTrump, pro-Modi-Trump, and anti-Modi-Trump. Newspapers also covered the Modi-Trump event from their own bias for or against these political personalities. The New York Times, for example, opened its story by saying Trump was playing “second fiddle to Modi.” The Washington Post said “The foreign strategy of soothing tensions with the United States by stroking President Trump’s ego was put into vivid effect.” “The joint appearance also underscores the growing strategic significance of USIndia ties. The world’s two
largest democracies are a vital check on China’s ambitions to dominate the Asia-Pacific region,” said the Wall Street Journal. Irrespective of party politics and whatever might be the thinking of his U.S. supporters, Modi’s decision to invite Trump and demonstrate their friendship suggests that his strategy was based on his “national interest” and that India would and should benefit from this personal relationship in myriad ways. Turning to the local community and individual level impact, the independents among Indian American voters would become Trump supporters even as the Republican Indian Americans would be reinforcing their faith in Trump’s leadership. The hardcore Democrats among Indian Americans are unlikely to be swayed by Modi’s endorsement of Trump. Conventional wisdom among analysts, after the Howdy Modi event, is that Modi’s support for Donald Trump could swing some Indian-origin voters, most of whom had voted for the Democratic Party in 2016. In Fort Bend County, for example, a majority of Indian American voters favored Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016 even as they voted for Republicans in down ballot, local races. In 2018, in their enthusiasm to vote for the Democratic Party nominee in the Congressional District 22 race, Sri (Preston) Kulkarni, more because of his identity as an Indian American, most people voted straight ticket as Democrats, even where Kulkarni was not on the ballot. This was described as the socalled blue wave. Of course, the anti-Trump sentiment among the Indian American voters was discernible as well. Kulkarni’s major Hindu voter base now saw the spectacle of Modi making a pitch for Trump’s re-election. Kulkarni’s main campaign platform, both in the first attempt, and now in his second attempt, is being an outstanding Trump hater. The change of heart will be certain, but no one knows how deep and wide it will be. Come November 2020, we will have an idea. This contradiction among Modi supporters who are Trump haters has been analyzed by a correspondent for The
Modi and Trump do a victory lap around the NRG arena waving to the crowd after the Howdy Modi Summit. Hindu, (One of India’s major newspapers) but the article is full of misplaced assumptions and ill-informed conclusions. While the article identifies the phenomenon correctly, the analysis flows from the writer’s bias against both Modi and Trump as ultra-nationalists, racists, cultural supremacists and the list is long. In the article, “One people, many countries,” Varghese K. George writes, “In multiple dimensions, this event will showcase the paradoxes in the politics of the two protagonists and their primary audience, the Indian American community. The event might spur selfreflection among some, but could harden the positions for many and sharpen the polarization in the community.” This is a fair generalization. But, what follows is not. “Naturalization requires one to abjure allegiance to a foreign country, but America allows dual citizenship. Though India does not allow dual citizenship, the societies in both countries are largely accepting of multiple identities. However, Mr. Trump and Mr. Modi lead politics that seeks to assert and privilege a national identity by subordinating particularities, and rebuild their nations into puritan, unitary communities. This project also involves, in both countries, a massive state drive to identify, isolate, detain and possibly expel people who are suspected to be intruders into the nation. The India of Mr. Modi’s Hindutva dreams, advancing rapidly under his rule, will be “one nation” with one people, one language, one religion, one election, one market, and one everything — a homogeneous, Hindu utopia.
The Houston rally could be an opportunity for both leaders to see up close the fallacy of this pursuit. It will be one people cheering leaders of two countries that they divide their loyalty for. The irony is that Mr. Modi and Mr. Trump ride populism that targets various minorities for fractured loyalties.” This line of sky is falling argument is typical of all antiHindu forces. It is as realistic as the world coming to an end in 2020 through climate change. “Seeking absolute and unalloyed loyalty to the nation from the entire population, expressed as unquestioning fealty to the regime, is the fulcrum of Mr. Modi’s politics within India, but abroad he seeks and encourages the Indian diaspora to maintain dual loyalties — for India and their host countries.” The pitfall in this line of argument to say that when one says ‘Make America Great” or “Make India Great” it means subordination and subjugation of other nations. The idea that each nation can aspire for its own greatness without demeaning another is ignored by such analysis. For example, when American conservatives talked of American “exceptionalism,” former President Barack Obama ridiculed the concept by saying that other countries like Germany and France were also exceptional. “Indian American Hindutva groups, largely upper caste Indians, are advocates of minority rights in the U.S., but simultaneously and contradictorily supportive or uncritical of cultural supremacism and majoritarianism in India. Mr.
Modi’s followers in the U.S. want American Democrats to fight back Mr. Trump’s cultural supremacism that belittles them and their culture. They demand as a right, the American green card and passport, and the Modi government has supported such claims for more opportunities for Indians in bilateral talks with the U.S. But they want American Democrats to keep their mouths shut about the rights of those living in India for generations — whether in Kashmir or those who are arbitrarily being asked to prove their citizenship though they never took an oath abjuring and renouncing India. India-friendly voices in American politics are under attack by Hindutva groups in the U.S. for speaking up for constitutionalism and pluralism in India. Hindutva groups in the U.S. even want Indian American Democratic lawmakers to subordinate American interests to India’s. Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative from California’s 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is being singled out by these groups for his association with the Pakistan Caucus, as if they are fighting the India-Pakistan rivalry in America. Mr. Khanna is an unequivocal and strong supporter of a pluralist America, and India-U.S. ties, and for the same reason rejects Hindutva and its exclusive nationalism.” I have reproduced these excerpts not to endorse the views, but to show their shallowness and fallacy and to put it to test to the very people who are insinuated in these columns. It is a thought to ponder.
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NEWS
IACF gala — “Share your heart Texas way”
IACF President Venkat Iyer, left, with 2019 board members Anand Chauhan, Hasu Patel, President-elect Joseph Ellankil, Lakshmi Peter, Dr. Prasun Kumar Jalal, Shobana Muratee,Purvi Parikh, Sushovan Guha, Sreedhar, Mahesh Wadhwa, Nanda Vura and Rajesh Dikonda. Photo Royphotography. By SESHADRI KUMAR Sonal Bhuchar and Kamna the legacy of 31 years of IACF awards were given to Srini Scarcella, in his remarks, comThe Indo American Char- Sharma to IACF and observed on his shoulders in addressing Chittaluru, an IT consultant, mended IACF for its support to ity Foundation of Houston, at a moment of silence in their the needs of the community in and current president of the education. No culture places its annual fundraising gala, re- memory. education, family, general wel- Telfair HOA in Sugar Land, more emphasis on education cently instituted a scholarship Iyer also announced that for fare and healthcare. Ramesh Maddi, Maddi Soft, than the Indian community and in memory of Sonal Bhuchar the first time, three families “Continuing the legacy of Inc., Carl Pham, vice president the proof is in the pudding, he former IACF president and have committed to make dona- the president, I have been try- at Whitney Bank, Mahesh De- said alluding to the numerous Fort Bend ISD school board tions over the next few years ing to drive home the point sai, CPA and financial advisor, valedictorians and salutatoripresident. for educational initiatives, es- that IACF is the only Indo P. Vaduganathan, M.D., Sam ans from area schools. The foundation also an- pecially STEM scholarships of American organization that Kannappan, president of ABI County Judge KP George nounced the establishment of $10,000 per year. ploughs back 100 percent of Enterprises and Ravi Varre, was the keynote speaker, and a board of advisors to identify There is a single thread that its proceeds to enrich the com- founder-CEO of Camelot IS Bal Sareen was the Chief the next charitable organiza- binds us all together. Over 30 munity we live in. This year’s Inc. Guest. tions for providing funds. The plus years, we have been work- gala “Share your heart Texas After a ramp walk of IndoThe Angels of Charity titles advisors will also help keep the ing to achieve a single goal of way” is all about how we go were conferred on Leela and Texas fashion by Munaari Deorganization in tune with cur- “enhancing the quality of life” the extra mile and expand our Nat Krishnamurthy, Dr. Shwe- signs and vote of thanks by rent times and ensure it func- in the community we are in to- horizons, while sticking to the ta and Dr. Shilpan, Tupil and IACF President-elect Joseph tioned ethically. day and where our future gen- mission “We live here, we give Ranjana Narasimhan, Neera “Zenith” Ellankil, the gala endVenkat Iyer, IACF presi- erations will make their mark,” here.” and Vipin Kumar and Amit and ed with dinner and live music. dent, in his opening remarks, Iyer said. Following the President’s Roopali Mittal. recalled the contributions of Iyer said he was carrying remarks, “Friends of Charity” Stafford Mayor Leonard
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NEWS
Looking to the future: Meenakshi Temple fundraiser
Dr. Gopal, with his pet “Kanmani,” played the role of a saffronclad sanyasi in a hilarious skit “Let us go to Kasi,” produced and directed by Dr. Vaduganathan. By M.K.SRIRAM Sri Meenakshi Temple’s annual fundraising dinner was appropriately named Bhavishya, looking forward to a bright future. Looking back however, it all started from humble origins when the temple started in a trailer in a little-known neighborhood south of Houston. Fast forward 42 years to the present day, it has become the premier temple in a sprawling complex with spectacular architecture that has become a landmark and a must-visit destination of Pearland, Houston and the entire state of Texas. Bhavishya gave a glimpse of what is yet to come. The vibrant energy of the Board of Trustees, the dedicated staff and scores of enthusiastic volunteers was very much on display on Sunday, September 8th. With the renovation of the adjacent Kalyana Mandapam going on briskly, the entire gala was most innovatively performed in the transformed Youth Center and Cafeteria complex. As the guests began arriving by 5 PM, they were welcomed with free valet parking, tasty snacks and beverages in the cafeteria now transformed into a beautiful reception area. The annual silent auction which is a center-piece of the banquet, was beautifully setup with many exquisite art pieces, exotic jewelry and beautiful silk saris. The visitors were amazed by this collection and bid and counter-bid on their favorite pieces, all for raising funds for the temple. The guests then moved to the most stunningly decorated Youth Center hall for the main event. A spectacular sculpture depicting the celestial wedding of Goddess Sri Meenakshi with Lord Sundareswara was the centerpiece. Much of the credit for setting up for the event goes to the temple shilpis (artisans) who worked See Temple, Page 10
Hon. Vice President Dr. Vaduganathan, left, presented the title “Emeritus Chairman of Sri Meenakshi Temple” to Dr. Venugopal Menon, third from right,, for his outstanding dedication, service and leadership for over 40 years. Honorary Trustees Anantha Aiyer, Honorary President Sam Kannappan K.R. Thiagarajan and Dr. S.G. Appan,were also recognized.
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Writer Chitra Divakaruni is in conversation with Rekha Muddaraj at the Jaipur Literary Festival in Houston. Chitra Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantments is the story of the Ramayan, but with the spotlight on Sita. It focuses on her immense courage, strength, will power and dignity. Sita deals with (and triumphs over) many issues that face modern women: abduction, rejection by husband, and bringing up children as a single parent. Published by HarperCollins, the book was launched at the Jaipur Literary Festival in Houston. By SESHADRI KUMAR The Jaipur Literature Festival, dubbed ‘the greatest literary show on Earth’, brought internationally acclaimed authors and thinkers taking part in a range of panels and debates, for its second edition at the Asia Society Texas Center. The Festival opened on Friday evening, September 13 with events running all day on Saturday, September 14. Program highlights included opening and closing night musical performances and vigorous panel discussions. The audience listened to conversations about diverse topics such as mystics and mythology, migration and diaspora, women’s issues and concerns, America’s medical industry, astronomy, energy solutions, politics and much more. The Houston event presented a rich showcase of South Asia’s literary and oral heritage while also featuring authors from around the world as well as local literary figures from Houston. Participating writers included Bapsi Sidhwa (delivering the keynote address on opening night), Chandrahas Choudhury, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Daniela Arnold, Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton, Edward Carey, Lacy M. Johnson, Lawrence Wright, Makarand R. Paranjape, Manisha Koirala, Mat Johnson, Mike Magee, Mira Jacob, Monique See JAIPUR, Page 10
Physicist Priyamvada Natarajan spoke on “Black holes: Cosmic enigmas.”
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Truong, Namita Gokhale, Priyamvada Natarajan, Purushottam Agrawal, Sohaila Abdulali, Sunanda Vashisht, Susan Abulhawa, Tarfia Faizullah, Usha Akella, Vivek Virani and William Dalrymple, among others. The program covered a wide range of topics including: Black Holes and Cosmic Enigmas, An Investigation of America’s Medical Industry, The American Model in the Middle East, Migrant Worlds (presented by Rice University), What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape, Kabir in Music and Poetry, and the Rise and Fall of the East India Company, plus some of our finest fiction writers and poets. Once again, Teamwork Arts and Inprint collaborated on programming JLF Houston. The inaugural address titled “Each other’s stories” featured poetry reading by Daniela Arnold and remarks by William Dalrymple, festival director, Sanjoy K. Roy, festival producer, Rich Levy, executive director Inprint, Dr. Anupam Ray, India’s ConsulGeneral in Houston and Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Ambassador to the U.S. Houston-based writer Bapsi Sidhwa delivered the keynote
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tirelessly day and night. The main program started with a prayer by the priest. Chairman Dr. Padmini Nathan warmly welcomed the guests and gave an overview of all the temple activities highlighting the ongoing FRPE project. Mayor Tom Reid of Pearland who has rarely ever missed a major temple event, reminisced his association with the temple for the last several decades. MTS takes great pride in promoting education and awards scholarships to deserving high school graduating students, every year. Most of these are children who literally grew up at the temple and call it a second home. Joint Treasurer Bhargavi Golla announced all the 16 scholarship winners and the awards were presented to students by the senior community leaders. The FRPE fund raising team members proudly announced the names of the donors at various levels and made the pitch for more donations to reach the 1.5M target. The members of the Board, Advisory Council and Honorary Trustees were introduced. Joint Secretary Partha Krishnaswamy gave a presentation on the progress of the Kalyana Mandapam renovation project with 3-D
address on “Landscape of writing.” Novelist Sidhwa, an American-Pakistani writer of Parsi descent, has written five novels, including The Ice Candy Man (also titled Cracking India) dealing with the partition, which was made into a film “Earth” by Deepa Mehta. Her other works include The Pakistani Bride, The Crow Eaters, The American Brat and Water. The second day’s morning session featured Houstonian Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and launched her latest novel “The Forest of Enchantments.” Chitra, in conversation with TV anchor and reporter Rekha Muddaraj, explained the behind the scene challenges and opportunities in interpreting the character of Sita in contemporary society marked by the #Metoo movement. Divakaruni’s novel “The Forest of Enchantments” tells the story of the ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana, from the perspective of the female protagonist, Sita. She transforms Sita’s ordeal into a contemporary narrative, but without in any way altering the traditional attributes given to Sita in ancient times. The novel presents Sita as a strong, courageous women of individual conviction, not a militant character, and without violating the ethics and norms
of society in her times. For example, the novel depicts Sita as a successful single mother, when she was banished to the forests after returning from the custody of Ravana. She was always dignified and knew how to conduct herself. She did not fall and cry, but took control of the situation. She speaks against victim shaming as she knew she was pure, in her heart. Sita faults Rama not for sending her to forest or for his lack of faith, but he failed to consult with her in sending her away. If he had asked, Sita says she would have agreed to go to the forest so that Rama and his kingdom could be beyond reproach. Sita loves and lives her life all the time in forests, first when she goes to the forest with Ram and Lakshman, then when she was in captivity in Lanka’s forest and lastly, when she is exiled to the forest and delivers twins. From fiction to cosmic science, the next session was a lecture by Priyamvada Natarajan, a physicist, who spoke on “Black holes: Cosmic enigmas.” She is the author of “Mapping the heavens: The radical scientific idea.” Natarajan spoke of the “Dark matter” that indirectly influences bending of light and exerts gravitational force
rendering. This was followed by a hilarious skit “Let’s go to Kasi”, created and directed by Dr. Vaduganathan. The actors, all amateurs and temple volunteers, put on a great performance. The stars of the show were the ever-young couple Dr. Appan and his wife Rajam. ‘Kanmani’, the pet dog of Mala and Dr. Gopal stole the show with its first time ever on-stage performance wearing the garb of a sanyasi. Honorary President, Sam Kannappan honored and presented the title Priest Emeritus to Sri Thanga Bhattar, who has been associated with the temple from the very beginning. Dr. Padmini presented him with a plaque on behalf of the Hindu Temple of Hawaii. Hon. Vice President Dr. Vaduganathan presented the title “Emeritus Chairman of Sri Meenakshi Temple” to Dr. Venugopal Menon, for his outstanding dedication, service and leadership for over 40 years. Honorary President Sam Kannappan and Honorary Trustees Dr. S.G. Appan, Sri Anantha Aiyer, Sri K.R. Thiagarajan were also recognized. The finale of the event was the stand-up comedy by the very talented Dr. Subodh Bhuchar. Guests were treated to a phenomenal dinner catered by Madras Pavilion. The best was yet to come! While the show was going on, the cafeteria was
magically transformed into a dessert lounge of a Five Star hotel, and titled MADHUR MAHAL (Palace of Sweets) thanks to the incredibly talented Nalini Kannan of Décor One. The guests were treated to a vast array of desserts including walnut halwa, falooda, thava dessert and an awesome fresh fruit display specially prepared & served in style by Rajan and Mahesh of Madras Pavilion. All in all, it was an evening to remember for the more than 350 guests, and many felt that this was one of the best ever annual gala organized by MTS. Great entertainment, great ambience, great food, great teamwork!!
and how “Black holes” littered everywhere in the universe play an invisible role. Nearly 72 percent of the universe comprises dark matter, she said. Light is a cosmic messenger and “potholes” in space leave the imprint on light. Matter interacts with space in a particular way. Space is not a fixed grid. Interestingly, the cosmic term black hole has its origin in the Black hole of Calcutta, an infamous prison in the 1750s which was known as a point of no return for anyone who entered it. Since light is captured and it can’t escape from that matter, it is called a black hole. Where are black holes? It is sitting inside the center of a galaxy. Thus, our earth and our local space may be part of that black hole. The origin of a black hole is considered to be the end of the first star. The black holes are growing with the gas fed by dying stars. Collision of galaxies is another method of formation of black homes. Such collisions could be called earthquakes in space time. The radio telescope technology has improved vastly today to study the black holes and today’s technology has helped prove the predictions made by Priyamvada 20 years
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NEWS Community mourns slain Deputy Dhaliwal
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COMMUNITY
Bhajan Idols 2019” crowned at JVB Preksha Meditation Center’s Bhajan Competition
About 30 talented singers from the Greater Houston area from ages 7-70 competed in JVB Preksha Meditation Center’s second Bhajan Competition held on Sunday, Sept.29. The competition was held as the initiation of the 10th anniversary celebrations of the center, and part of the commemoration of the centenary year of Jain monk Acharya Mahapragya Ji. Jain nuns Samani Punya Pragyaji & Samani Jigyasa Pragyaji (disciples of Acharya Mahashraman) presided over the event. The competition was split into 3 age groups, the first being - Rising Stars 7-11 years, Energetic Youth 12-17 and Evergreen Adults 18 and above. Participants sang a multitude of bhajans, some of the most popular ones sung by multiple singers were – “O PalanHare, Choti Choti Gaiya & Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena.” The audience was mesmerized by some wonderful performances by kids as young as 7 years. It was a joy to the ears to hear American born kids sing beautiful bhajans in Hindi. After a quick welcome by JVB President Shashank Jain, Samanijis provided an auspicious start to the event with the Jain prayer of Navkar Mantra. Thereon, event emcee Nikhil Jain took over and kept the competition lively and interactive. The competition was tough and the judges’ panel of local music gurus - Surendra
Bhajan competition winners with Judges Surendra Talwar, Dipti Kanhere & Sonny Mehta of Riyaaz Qawaali and JVB Preksha members. Talwar, Dipti Kanhere & Sonny of Riyaaz Qawaali chose a winner for each age group. Pooja Ratan won in the kids’ category for her beautiful rendition of “Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena.” The youth category winner was Mahi Tomar for “Tora Man Darpan Kahalaye.” The adults’ category saw great performances by 15 contestants, and the first place winner was Soma Chatterjee also for “Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena.” Local Houston talent was also put forth by the Tabla & Harmonium accompanists – Haman Ramnarine & Ms. Smriti Shrivastava. All three winners will perform again
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Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial Speech Contest
Speech contestants, judges and organizers at the Speech Contest organized as a part of yearlong Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial celebration on Saturday, September 28, 2019, at Arya Samaj Greater Houston.
Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial, 150th birthday, Celebrations with a Speech Contest Saturday, September 28, 2019: Children of all ages and backgrounds gathered at Arya Samaj Greater Houston for the 16th Annual Speech Contest, commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s Sesquicentennial, 150th birthday. As the children registered for the contest with Ms Alka Agarwal they were excited, a bit nervous, but peaceful. Speaking on “My dream of World Peace”, the 10-andyounger children inspired the audience. They spoke about how to be an agent of change
and learn from Gandhi’s practice of non-violence, truth, environmental consciousness. Afterwards, many of the attendees participated in the Poster Contest, coordinated by Namita Sutaria. This round was followed by a round of speeches by a group of kids 11 and older, in which they spoke about the “Eternal Gandhi Museum – What I’d Like to See”. They presented their ideas to the Gandhi Library on how to present Gandhi’s teachings and life stories in new light. The Gandhi Library’s goal is to attract the current, technology minded generation to the museum, which is slated to open in Houston in 2021 as indicat-
ed on www.eternagandhi.us. One of the speakers wanted the museum to be a celebration of ideas and not simply a collection of memorabilia. Another wanted Gandhi to be shown as an ordinary man, like you and I, with human fallacies and how he conquered them all. Yet another participant expressed her wishes to have the museum accommodate for the hearing impaired and blind. The judges, Colonel Raj Bhalla, Dr. Renu Jain, Jasmine Pirani and Dr. Nidhi Trehan, were so impressed that each one of them took turn to iterate the high points and praise effort of the children at the end of the contest. The 10-and-un-
der group had a tie for the 1st place between Ayushi Kawedia and Nathan Ndisang. The 3rd place winner was Ishan Narkar. First place winner of the 11-and-above group was Anusha Sathya. Second place went to Eesha Nair; third, to Marianne Duterte. The contest was a fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birthday. The volunteers that made the event possible were Dr. Rakesh Agarwal and Karam Gupta, coordinators of the contest, Shreya Chawla, MC, Rishika Sawale, Time Keeper, Aditya Talwar and Riya Gorji, Video and photography, Rita Kothari, snacks, Tej, audio, Rajan Chawla and
parents of the participants. Many thanks to School of Science and Technology of Sugar Land who participated in this contest for the first time. Thanks to Arya Samaj Greater Houston for hosting this event. Please mark your calendar to attend the 1000 Lights for Peace program at Miller Outdoor Theatre on Sunday, October 6, 2019 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM to listen to the inspiring speeches from the contest winners and enjoy international multicultural dance and music show dedicated to peace. For more information, please visit www.gandhilibrary.org
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Tatvam School of Dance devotes concert to the theme of Panchamam (principles of five)
By AYSHWARYA SRINIVASAN I had the privilege of attending the fifth Annual day of the Tatvam School of Dance, founded by Smt. Lavanya Prabu, on 21st September 2019. As such, the theme was Panchamam, an important concept in Sanatana Dharma, or Hinduism. Among the many references of Panchamam or Pancha (five) in the scriptures, there is one that stands out particularly, which is the five syllabled mantra, or Panchakshara Mantra, in praise of Lord Shiva, the ultimate originator of the dance treatise Natya Shastra. I hail from a family grounded in strong cultural traditions, writers and poets and have been formally trained in Bharata Natyam in India and the United States. I have attended numerous stage performances across the globe but have never seen a conceptbased annual day created at the level of a stage production with studio style music and stunning visual effects highlighting the talents of the dancers. Attending this was a special treat for me as I was transported to this wondrous world of music, dance, art, seva and storytelling. Founded in 2014 by Smt. Lavanya Prabu, the Tatvam School has the mission of promoting Bharatanatyam in its purest form and to guide its students to experience the divinity in the art form – Tatvam means essence. At Tatvam, children learn the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam, which is defined by subtle and realistic facial expressions accompanied by crisp yet graceful movements. This year, Tatvam’s annual day was not only for the parents to see their children perform, but also to raise awareness and support the organization Aashaya (which means hope), a center for the differently abled in India. The center works for children with autism, ADD, ADHD and other developmental disabilities with the main objective of providing hope to the children and their parents. As I entered the venue, I was immediately extended a warm welcome by the parent volunteers and was rapt by the elegant decoration. I was also impressed by the fact that even though this was considered a Tatvam event,
there was a strong collaboration with the Bharati Kalai Manram (BKM), and the Shreekrithi school of music, and this served as another reminder of how the Houston community comes together to celebrate culture. Before the start of the actual dance performance, The Shreekrithi School took the stage for a pre-performance by their young talents tutored by gurus Maha Krishna and Sandeep Kumrouth. The short performance focused on demonstrating the prevalence of Raga in all genres of music. The audience were completely immersed in Maha Krishna’s mellifluous voice and engulfed in the various songs played in the ragams Natai, Mohanam and Kiravani. The program kicked off with Varshini Subramainam’s graceful introduction of Guru Lavanya Prabu, who spoke of the milestone of the school reaching its fifth year. Following this, a video was shown which captured the journey since its inception. As Lavanya spoke, she introduced and honored the chief guest, Dr. Indra Mahabir who had flown from Philadelphia despite numerous cancellations due to tropical storm Imelda. Dr. Mahabir gave a very powerful speech on her personal engagement and involvement in Aashaya and how the fundraiser could significantly support numerous children who are differently abled. After these introductory remarks, the audience was in for a distinctly different journey into the elegantly woven tapestry of dance and music. Typically, Annual days would focus on the students performing Adavus, Jatiswarams, Kavuthvam, Padams, Varnam and Thillana, but Lavanya showed her creative brilliance and devotion to her students by taking things to an unimaginable level. She has given these budding dancers a lifetime experience of being part of a concept-based performance, which would certainly inspire them to be part of the larger institution. Panchamam started with the Prarthana. As the screen opened up, I was captivated by the students ranging from the tender age of 5 to 18 standing on the stage, wearing their beautifully color coordinated costumes.
There were more than seventy students, and they started the performance with a prayer from the Kamba Ramayanam in praise of Lord Hanuman, who showed his connection to the Panchabhutas. This was followed by the Pancharatna Mala. A Pancharatnam (literally five gems) or Panchakam is a sloka with five stanzas. Students presented the Panchakams to invoke the blessings of the various deities. The beginner and senior students elegantly performed the Ganesha Pancharatna, followed by the intermediate students performing the Siva Panchakshara with passion and devotion. The intermediate students with vibrant footsteps expertly performed the rare Meenakshi Pancharatna. The audience got the chance to revel in the equally rare Ranganatha Panchakam, which ended with the students gracefully forming the Lord Ranganatha pose. The Madhava Panchaka was the last Pancharatna, and was beautifully performed by the senior students. The impressive display of culture, dance, music, audio and visuals took the performance to exhilarating heights! Only a true Vidvan and Guru such as Smt. Lavanya has the in depth knowledge and creativity to conceptualize a daring display such as this, and leave the audience hungry for more. She expertly wove Geetha Srinivasan’s beautiful lyrical composition into the performance, captivating all who were in the auditorium. The performance then moved to the Panchanadai Varnana, which demonstrated the five basic rhythmic patterns in Bharata Natyam. The five basic patterns, Tisram, Chatusram, Kandam, Misram and Sankeernam, or the 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 beat, respectively. Different batches of students performed the different Nadais. Master of Ceremony Shyamala Ramalingam did an excellent job at explaining different Nadais and the accompanying Sollukattu. The highlight of the evening was the Panchabhuta Mahatmyam – a beautifully choreographed presentation showing the greatness of the five elements that form the basis of creation, namely, water, wind, fire,
earth and space. Each element’s mood was matched with the appropriate ragam and talam. Varuna/Water in raga Madhuvanthi was set to Tisra Nadai, Agni/Fire in Soorya Raga was set to Chatusra nadai, Prithvi/ Earth in ReethiGoula was set to Kanda nadai, Vayu/Wind in Vasantha was set to Misra nadai and Aakash/Space in Kaapi was set to Sankeerna nadai. As every element of the Panchabhuta was showcased, the highly revered Gayatri pertaining to the element was chanted. This was followed by the narration of the story connecting the theme. One has to certainly appreciate Lavanya’s capacity to conceptualize and choreograph such creative masterpieces. Varuna showed the story of Krishna’s birth, followed by Agni, where the story of Rama and Seetha’s Agni Sakshi was shown. This piece revealed the mastery of emotion of the senior students playing Rama and Seetha and their crisp story telling through expressions. Prithvi followed, focused on the Azhwar Andal, or Perazhwar Andal, and ended with “Bumi Thaye Potrugirom”. Vayu showed the story of young Hanuman, and the young dancer demonstrated great enthusiasm and mischievous expressions to match the spirit of Hanuman. The dancer playing Anjana also displayed mature expressions and crisp footwork. The story truly showed how the wind is the pulse of the earth, and ended with the powerful prose of “Agamum Puramum”. The final item within this segment was the story of the North Star, or Dhruva Nakshatra was illustrated in the Aakash segment. The young dancer in this segment showed different emotions capturing the arduous emotional and physical journey of Dhruva as he is shunned by his step mother, runs to the forest for penance, and finally obtains a boon by Lord Narayana himself. The tapas performed by the young dancer on the stage was impressive and demonstrates the focus, talent and determination of the dance virtuoso, and the exemplary training given by her guru. The program concluded with the traditional Pranama or man-
galam offering which is a salutation to the five elements. Five ragams were brilliantly combined, starting with Amritha Varshini, Sunaadha Vinodhini, Shanmugapriya, Brindaavana Saaranga and Shivaranjani, only to then play the ragams in the reverse order to conclude an exquisite evening in such a creative fashion. Music composition by Maha Krishnan and violin support by Mukund Josyula complemented this culminating master piece, and this was veritably the proverbial cherry on top. The young dancers demonstrated beautiful clean footwork and energy until the very last second of the performance. The vote of thanks was given by Lavanya. She was generous in profusely thanking the numerous volunteers who made this event successful despite the challenges that were thrown on them – a Tropical Depression that showered Houston in copious amounts of rain, the only stage rehearsal being canceled, ambiguity regarding the arrival of the Chief Guest. The event raised more than $15,000 for Aashaya and Lavanya acknowledged the support she got from all. Bharathanatyam is known to be a powerful form of communication, which has the ability to convey deep philosophies and instill pure devotion, spirituality and focus in the viewers’ mind. Lavanya had outdone herself in using this medium in such a creative way to teach the children not only this pristine art form but also teach them compassion, which is the true essence of life. A passionate dancer and teacher, Lavanya is a role model, who is working hard to instill the Guru-Parampara in her students, which she was blessed to experience through her legendary guru “Acharya Choodamani” Smt. Rhadha for three decades. Panchamam illustrated that one could achieve anything through hard work, creativity, combined with the blessing of their guru and god. The stunning, flawless and spiritually enriching performance we saw is a true testament to this statement. It was a blessing to be part of the audience, experiencing and enjoying every bit of this authentic classical odyssey!
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NEWS Keezhadi excavation leads to ancient civilization on the banks of Vaigai In 2013-14, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out explorations in 293 sites along the Vaigai river valley in Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts. Keezhadi in Sivaganga district was chosen for excavation and artefacts unearthed by the ASI in the second phase of the excavation at Pallichanthai Thidal of Keezhadi pointed to an ancient civilisation that thrived on the banks of the Vaigai. Carbon dating of charcoal found at the Keezhadi site in February 2017 established that the settlement there belonged to 200 BC. The excavations thus proved that urban civilisation had existed in Tamil Nadu since the Sangam age. The Union Ministry of Culture has announced that the third phase of excavation will begin in this month and go on for three years and ₹40 lakh has been sanctioned. Meanwhile, the transfer of K. Amarnath Ramakrishna, Superintending Archaeologist, Excavations Branch (Bangalore), ASI, who has been overseeing the excavation work in Keezhadi, at a crucial juncture kicked up a storm recently.. The delay in approval, which ought to have happened in October last, and the alleged reluctance of the Central government in continuing the excavation kicked up a controversy and evoked widespread condemnation by various political parties, writers and film personalities in Tamil Nadu. State Department of Archaeology will enter into a tripartite
memorandum of understanding with Madurai Kamaraj University and Harvard Medical School to take up ancient DNA study of human bones excavated or to be excavated from Keeladi, Konthagai and Adichanallur sites in Tamil Nadu. Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Department of Archaeology T. Udhyachandran said that a tripartite MoU would be signed among the Department of Archaeology, MKU and David Reich Laboratory of Harvard Medial School to carry out the study. Carbon dating of artefacts collected during the fourth season of excavation at Keeladi done at Beta Analytic Lab, Miami, USA, has revealed that urbanisation of Vaigai plains had happened in Tamil Nadu around the 6th century BCE as happened in Gangetic plains. The State Department of Archaeology has already collected skeletal fragments from Keeladi and Adichanallur. “We are hopeful of finding more human bones in our future excavations at Konthagai, Keeladi and Adichanallur. These samples will be sent for ancient DNA study. It will predominantly reveal what kind of gene was in the human bones excavated/ to be excavated in Tamil Nadu,” he said. The School of Biological Sciences at the MKU will be the collaborator for the Department of Archaeology on taking up the ancient DNA study, remote sensing of the sites and study of data. “We are collaborating with the best institutions in the world,” he added.
David Reich was involved in the study of ancient DNA from the samples from Rakhigarhi site of Harappan civilisation, the report of which was published recently. Retired Professor of School of Biological Sciences RM. Pitchappan, who has been roped in to coordinate in ancient DNA study, said that archaeologists, linguistics, anthropologists and experts in ancient DNH would come together to carry out this study. In a major turning point in the cultural historiography of the ancient Sangam Age, the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department (TNAD) has stated that the cultural deposits unearthed during excavations at Keeladi in Sivaganga district could be safely dated to a period between 6th century BCE and 1st century CE.
This is the first time the date has been officially announced by the TNAD. The new findings in the report, released on Thursday by Minister for Tamil Culture and Archaeology K. Pandiarajan here, place Keeladi artefacts about 300 years earlier than previously believed — 3rd century BCE. One of the six samples collected at the depth of 353 cm and sent for carbon dating test in the U.S. “goes back to 580 BCE,” Commissioner of Archaeology T. Udayachandran said. The report titled, ‘KeeladiAn Urban Settlement of Sangam Age on the Banks of River Vaigai’, was published by the TNAD. The results from the fourth excavations suggest that the “second urbanisation [the first
being Indus] of Vaigai plains happened in Tamil Nadu around 6th century BCE as it happened in Gangetic plains.” The report also spells the site as Keeladi as against the erstwhile widely used Keezhadi. ‘Tamil-Brahmi older’ The recent scientific dates obtained for Keeladi findings push back the date of Tamil-Brahmi script to another century, i.e., 6th century BCE. “These results clearly ascertained that they attained literacy or learned the art of writing as early as 6th century BCE,” the 61-page report stated. Six carbon samples collected from the fourth season (2018) of excavations at Keeladi were sent to Beta Analytic Lab, Miami, Florida, U.S., for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) dating. (The Hindu)
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STORY OF MAHATMA GANDHI National tragedy follows Independence
After the defeat of Japan in August 1945, Britain agreed to a planned withdrawal from India in friendship and with no bitterness. All through his life Gandhi had worked for unity between Hindus and Muslims, without much success. There was a large section of nationalist Muslim in the Congress but leaders of the Muslim League were drifting further and further away. Gandhi was not the man to give up hope, however, and he pursued his efforts to bring about a settlement. On the other hand, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, leader of the Muslim League, was hostile to the idea of unity. This is the concluding installment of the story of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Viceroy invited all leaders to Simla and tried to find a solution and bring about Hindu-Muslim accord. Jinnah would not agree to anything except a separate Muslim state of Pakistan. Britain announced an election in India and the election was held. The Congress won most of the nonMuslim seats and the Muslim League won most of the Muslim seats. The deadlock continued. “We can settle the Indian problem in ten minutes if Mr. Gandhi agrees to the creation of Pakistan,” said Jinnah. “Cut me in half,” cried Gandhi , “but do not divide India in two.” He spoke to the deaf. In February 1946, the British government sent a Cabinet Mission to India. It consisted of Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and A.V. Alexander. The task of the Cabinet Mission was to study the situation and make recommendations. After careful consideration, the Cabinet Mission issued a statement proposing the withdrawal of British authority from India. They had the idea of a united India. On August 24, 1946, the Viceroy announced the formation of an Interim National Government to replace the Viceroy’s Executive Council. Jawaharlal
Nehru was the Vice-President of the Interim Government. The Muslim League declined to join on the ground that it had not been given the right to nominate all the Muslim members. After the installation of the Interim Government, Gandhi was anxious to return to Sevagram, his ashram near Wardha, but the Congress leaders prevailed on him to stay longer in Delhi because they wanted his advice. Then the Muslim League decided to join the Interim Government and an announcement was made to that effect on October 15, 1946. Gandhi once again felt free to return to Sevagram. He was about to leave Delhi when news came of disturbances in Bengal. There was widespread communal rioting in Calcutta and in the Muslim majority district of Noakhali in East Bengal, with murder, arson, looting, forced conversions, forced marriages, and abduction. Gandhi was confused and griefstricken. Instead of returning to Sevagram, he set out for Noakhali to try to bring peace there. The communal riots spread. There were similar riots in Bihar and the Punjab. Several thousand were killed and injured. Gandhi was greatly distressed by these events. He tried to calm and reassure the people. He walked from village to village and from house to house carrying his message of peace. Wherever he was, there was peace, at least outwardly, but the general situation in India was worsening. Rioting spread from the towns to the villages. In Bihar the Muslims were suffering and Gandhi went there to instil courage into the Muslim minority. The
HIS LAST WALK: Mahatma Gandhi with his grand-daughters Manu and Abha walking towards the prayer hall in New Delhi on January 30, 1948, a little before he was felled by an assassin’s bullet Mahatma Gandhi Week was observed in Houston from September 27 to October 3, 2004. Various activities, including essay competitions for children, lectures, exhibitions, seminars, were organized. These were held by the Mahatma Gandhi Library in collaboration with several Houston area Indian and American cultural and religious organizations. For more information, visit www.mahat magandhi library.org
Sponsored by Houston Arts Alliance in honor of Mahatma Gandhi Sesquicentennial Houston celebrations.
situation in India was so dreadful that the Congress leaders realized that the best way open to them was to accept Jinnah’s demand for a division of the country. Nehru met Gandhi to inform him of this decision. Gandhi asked him, “Is there no way out? No hope of a united India?” Nehru was sad and grave. “Bapuji,” he replied, “unity is impossible... we have to accept it (division of India). Otherwise this deadly turmoil will never cease.” Gandhi bowed his head to hide his despair. On June 3, 1947, British Prime Minister Attlee announced the plan for partition. The Congress and the Muslim League accepted it. For Gandhi it was a spiritual tragedy. With infinite sadness he said, “All of India must accept Pakistan in loving resignation. We have no choice. Hindus must lead the way to a friendly settlement.” Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy, was anxious not to delay the ushering in of independent India and independent Pakistan. He shortened the time limit for the British to quit India. The date for the declaration of Indian independence was fixed for August 15, 1947. Thus on August 15, 1947, India’s long struggle and suffering for freedom was over. A new nation, although split in two, was born. Lord Mountbatten hailed Gandhi as “the architect of India’s freedom through non-violence.” Gandhi had never given his approval to partition, but when it was done he accepted it and did everything possible for the attainment of Hindu-Muslim friendship. Yet the tension between Hindus and Muslims continued to increase. As a result of partition
over 700,000 Hindus, Sikhs, and other non-Muslims, fearing the Muslims, in Pakistan left their homes and set out towards security in India. From India about the same number of Muslims, fearing the Hindus, left their homes for Pakistan. The miseries attendant on this mass migration, one of the greatest in history, were manifold. One and half million people on the move were exposed to starvation, disease, and death on the way. Gandhi was on his way to the Punjab when he stopped in Delhi, hoping to quell the riots that had broken out there. Gandhi’s gospel of forbearance and forgiveness towards Muslims marked him as a traitor in the eyes of many Hindu extremists. In the face of fanatical opposition, Gandhi redoubled his efforts and the major disturbances in Delhi subsided, but there were still disturbances here and there. Gandhi decided to do penance by fasting, which he thought would bring about a change in the attitude of the Hindu fanatics. The fast began on January 13, 1948. There was gloom all over India at the news of Gandhi’s fast. People thought that he would not be able to survive another fast. The whole world watched as Gandhi, 78 years old, fasted to save his country from destruction. On January 18 a peace committee, representing all communities, met and signed a pact pledging unity and the protection of life, property, and faith to the Muslim minority. Gandhi was informed of the pledge and he broke his fast. Gandhi was staying at Birla House. Every evening he held a prayer-meeting in the grounds. During his prayer-meeting on
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CHEF’S CORNER Prime Minister Narendra Modi symbolically a plaque of Masalaunveils Macherels Eternal Gandhi Musuem Ingredients: 1 Kg medium size mackerels, 4 tsp chilli powder (or
to taste), 1 tsp- cumin powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, orange size HOUSTON tamarind, 1/4 cupMinister vinegar, 4Nahendra onions, chopped tbsp finely India Prime Modi fine; has 5become thechopped second garlic, 4-6 green chillies, cut in half, 1 cup oil, salt to taste, 250gm world figure to support the creation and operation of a privately chopped tomatoes. funded Eternal Gandhi Museum planned for southwest Houston. Method: Cut Gandhi away museum will be a prized cultural land“The Eternal the head tails of fish, mark inand Houston,” said Modi, leader of the world’s most popgut them, wash and drain ulous democracy, during his weekend visit to Houston. “I have well. tamarind been Soak associated withinthis effort for a while. It will surely make vinegar andthoughts extract the Gandhiji’s popular among the youth.” juice. all the The pow-Dalai Lama, world leader of Tibetan BudHisMix Holiness ders with thisthe juice. mix people, endorsed the museum project in dhism and Tibetan with all the chopped January letter to its inlocal backers. gredients. Gandhi Add was salt the to Indian leader whose non-violent resistance taste. Smearled each fishto independence from British Rule and inmovement India with of rights this movements in other nations. spired some later civil masala fill some of Sunday to about 50,000 people at NRG Afterand Modi’s speech Stadium, Modi met with Indian-American leaders and it in the stomach cavity. Reserve the remainingbusiness masala. Take a thick unveiled a plaque stating that he had symbolically participated bottomed deep pan and line the base with a piece of banana leaf or in the ground-breaking the museum, which take place in foil. Pour some oil in it andfor spread a layer of fish in it.will Sprinkle some of southwest Houston. ANI News video of the unveiling is here. the reserved masala on top. Repeat the layers to use up all the fish, Mayor visited Rajghat, Memorial masala andSylvester oil. Top Turner with tomatoes. Place thethe panGandhi on a low flame. in New Delhi, during the Greater Houston Partnership trade misCover with flat lid and place some live charcoal on it. Cook for about sion he led to India in November 2018. 25-30mnutes or till the fish is cooked. Shake the pan gently to mix the The without mayor breaking related the thefish. Eternal Gandhi Museum project in layers, Houston to his visit to Gandhi’s andbethe garden Note: Instead of cooking this dishliving on fire,quarters the fish can layered in where Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. a baking dish, covered and baked a hot oven. “The kind words from Prime Minister Modi and Hos Holiness The Dalai Lama help us show that here in the nation’s most Fish Pulao diverse city, we live the values of tolerance, inclusion and pluIngredients: 2 cupsamong BasmatiGandhi’s rice, 1/2 kg Sear or Tuna slices, 1 tsp ralism, which were most important teachings. chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp garam masala, salt We are a welcoming city, where one of every four residents to is taste, 3 tomatoes, cup coconut milk, 4 tbsp gheerather or oil,than 4 cloves, 4 foreign-born and 1where we build relationships walls,” cardamoms, 1-inch cinnamon stick, 1/2 tsp pepper corns, 2 bay leaves. the mayor said. Method: Wash rice well, drain and keep aside. Wash the fish, drain. Smear with, chilli powder ,turmeric powder and garam masala and salt.. Blanch, peel and chop the tomatoes and blend them with the coconut milk. Measure this liquid and add enough water to make 4 cups. Soak rice in it for 10 minutes. Heat ghee or oil in a thick, deep fry pan, preferably non stick. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, pepper and bay leaves. Fry for a minute, add the rice with the soaking liquid. Add salt to taste. Bring to a boil, cover and keep on a low flame till the rice is cooked and the liquid is absorbed. Meanwhile, steam cook the fish for 10 minutes. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin and bones and flake the fish About 10 minutes after the rice is cooked, add the fish and mix very gently. ( If this is done immediately after the rice is cooked, the rice will become mushy) Keep covered for at least 1015 minutes before serving. The flavor of fish will steep into the rice during this time.
Fish Lasoon Miri
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Shark, Cod or Sole fish, 8 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 cup sliced onion, 3 tbsp oil, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, 1/2 tsp black pepper powder, lemon-sized tamarind, salt to taste. Method: Clean and cut the fish into 1-inch cubes. Soak tamarind in 2 Tbsp of hot water and extract the juice. Mix all the powders with this extract. Heat oil, fry garlic till fragrant. Add onion, fry till light brown. Add the tamarind-masala mix and fry well. Add 1 ½ cup of water, fish and salt to taste. Bring to a boil and simmer till the fish is cooked. Serves 3-4.
January 20, a bomb was thrown at him, but it missed its target. Gandhi continued his prayer meeting as if nothing had happened. “Bapuji, a bomb exploded near you,” said a voice. “Really?” Gandhi said. “Perhaps some poor fanatic threw it. But let no one look down on him.” On January 30, after a midday nap, Gandhi woke up at 3.30 p.m. The whole day he had had a stream of visitors. Sardar Patel went to see him at 4 p.m. Nehru and Azad were to come after the evening prayer. Gandhi left his room at 5 p.m. and went towards the prayer hall. He passed through a cordoned-off path, accompanied by Manu and Abha, his grand-daughters. As he was walking along a youth came forward as if to seek his blessings. But he stood in front of Gandhi and at point-blank range fired three shots in quick succession. All the bullets hit him. Gandhi fell, uttering the prayer, “Hay Ram.” Gandhi was dead. The assassination gave the world a tremendous shock. Nehru went on radio to tell the country of Gandhi’s death, his voice choked with emotion: “Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we called him, the Father of the Nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say that. Nevertheless, we will not see him again as we have seen him for these many years. The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many, many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country, and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts.” — Concluded
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