Indo-American News: October 6, 2023

Hindu Campsite Fundraiser Raises $5.6MM Investment in Future Generations

By Jawahar Malhotra

houston: The South Asian community across the nation has been growing at a fast clip as also in Texas. But nowhere has the community been as active in the past decade – COVID notwithstanding – as it has been in the Houston area. It is not only in the typical draw for new immigrants –religious places of worship – but the attention has turned to building institutions that can serve generations to come.

Of these, an idea that has percolated in the minds of elders has been to merge religious teachings with cultural assimilation of Indian values within the context of the mainstream American landscape we all live in.

The result has been the Hindu Heritage Youth Camp which has been catering to young kids for the past 39 years with activities each year at different campsites in the region. Over 5,000 youth have attended the HHYC in over 39 years. The need for the camp is overwhelming as 600 applications are received each year and only 200 are accepted.

Just three years ago, these same elders led the effort to buy their own site near Columbus, with initial seed money coming from a generous $1.7million donation by benefactors Subhash and Saroj Gupta.

A first ever fundraiser was held for the Texas Hindu Campsite this past Sunday, October 1 at a sold-out event for 725 people at the GSHS Event Center on West Bellfort. Dinner was catered by Dawat Catering. The Gala CoChairs were Maneesh Mehra, Bharat Pallod, Rishi Bhutada and Nikki Malani Shukla, all past Youth Camp Directors who have been involved with the camp since childhood.

The campsite is projected to cost close to $5.6 million and Phase one is underway. The plan includes multipurpose building, theater, cabins for campers, kitchen, swimming pool, basketball court, soccer field, outdoor amphitheater, lake, and walking trails. The goal is to host the first youth camp in the summer of 2024. The campsite could also be utilized for a variety of events, every temple and other organizations for their retreats for youth and adults, corporate retreats, and family gatherings.

Gala Chairs, Subhash and Saroj Gupta spoke passionately about this project and how “Every child should be able to attend and no one should be denied the opportunity of this valuable life enhancing experience”.

Subash Gupta thanked the Baru Goyal Family, Ashok Danda family and Vijay Pallod Family for joining him in purchasing the land for the First Hindu Campsite.

Ramesh Bhutada, CEO of Star Pipe Products, in his video mes-

SubhaSh, Saroj Gupta Make InItIal $1.7 MIllIon DonatIon

sage, urged everyone to contribute to the cause as we are far from India, and the camp is a way to educate the youth and develop their Hindu identity. He generously has donated $1 million for this cause and his son Rishi Bhutada gave a further $100,000.

Sushma Pallod spoke about how the youth make friends for life at these camps. She also narrated the need for having our own camp site considering development of future generations. She has been the “Camp Chef” for the past 26 years, organizing the complete meal schedule for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. She is fondly known as “Maa Annapurana”.

The Pallod family has been involved with the camp for 36 years and donated over $300,000. Vijay and Sushma Pallod and their children, Bharat, Kavita and Namita – who all have been camp directorshave been dedicated volunteers year after year in various capacities.

The event featured entertainment by Krishna Gana Sudha Music Academy under the direction of Vidushi Rajesshwary Bhat who opened the event with World Peace Prayer - beautiful chants of Vedic prayers. A vibrant dance performance followed by students of the Shri Natraj School of Dance and choreographed by founder Kusum Sharma.

A star attraction was Rajiv Satyal, comedian from Los Angeles, who had the crowd roaring with laughter. He was the emcee for PM Modi’s welcome reception in San Jose, California in 2015.

Puja Bhuta, a 13-yearold camper gave testimony of her experience at the camp and Partha Dargan also spoke about his many years of attending the camp, as a camper, counselor and now a camp director.

Dr. Nikita Malani Shukla, spoke about how attending the camp since childhood gave her a great foundation of Hindu values and second generation in the USA, regardless of becoming doctors, engineers, lawyers and any profession they choose, are able to implement the values they have learned. The Malani Family Foundation generously donated $500,000 to the campsite project.

A generational walk showcased seven families of three genera-

tions who have participated in the HHYC, with many young grandchildren who will be future campers. The seven families are of Suresh Patel, first camp direc-

tor and founding member; Usha Mehra; Vijay Pallod; Dilip Mehta founding member; Gopal Agarwal; Neelam Verma and Kiran Bhutada.

This event brought many 15 temples and organizations from the Greater Houston Community together to participate for “OUR” campsite, a place for all for generations to come! The Arya Samaj donated $150,000, VHPA $50,000, HSS $25,000.

The event was coordinated and emceed by Manisha Gandhi. She was a camp counselor in the early years of the camp and her son Manan was a camper and a counselor in recent years.

Texas Hindu Campsite will serve many future generations to educate these children about culture, heritage, and Hindu values. It will help build a foundation of dharma. It is located at 1655 Smith Rau Road, Columbus, TX 78934 . For more information visit https:// www.texashinducampsite.org

Event Chair Subhash and Sarojini Gupta donated 1.7 million.

Los Angles comedian Rajiv Satyal.

Photos: Bjiay Dixit

Eternal Gandhi Museum of Houston Opens on Gandhi Jayanti

By Juhi VarMa

houston: Martin Luther King’s nephew, Isaac Newton Farris Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, were among those who gathered Monday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening of the Eternal Gandhi Museum Houston.

Held on Oct. 2, 2023, Gandhi’s 154th birthday, the ribbon-cutting marked the culmination of months of effort and fundraising by founder Atul Kothari and museum board members, who have been working on this project since 2016.

“I read Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography and it went straight to my heart,” Kothari said. “You must practice your truth, whatever it is, to be the change you want to be.”

This first of its kind, interactive museum offers insights into different chapters of Gandhi’s life, including his childhood in India and early adulthood as a lawyer in Africa.

It also allows visitors to learn about other civic leaders, from King to Nelson Mandela and Cesar Chavez — who embraced nonviolent civil disobedience in their pursuit of social progress.

“Knowledge of how past historical events affected people differ-

ently can create empathy in the present for other people of different racial, ethnic, economic, religious or social classes whose history may differ from the mainstream,” Farris said. “In recognition of that impact that the great Mahatma had on my uncle, my aunt, Coretta Scott King, established the Gandhi

Room in the Martin Luther King’s center’s Freedom Hall building, where the millions of tourists who visit the King Center each year can view personal items that belong to the great Mahatma.”

Fort Bend County elected officials lauded the museum’s opening.

“Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy remains deeply relevant in today’s world, where we face pressing global challenges,” U.S. Rep. Al Green said in a statement. “From military conflicts to social injustice movements, his teachings offer guidance for peaceful solu-

tions and social change.”

Green helped the EGMH board secure $3 million through the Community Project Funding to get the project off the ground.

“When we heard about the vision for this facility — going through a pandemic, at a time when there was so much division in our country and our global society — we couldn’t think of a more perfect thing than this to get behind and to support,” said Dexter L. McCoy, Fort Bend County Precinct 4 commissioner.

The museum received a grant of $450,000 from Fort Bend County under the American Rescue Plan in 2021.

The goal is to create a cultural and educational hub for Texas students in grades six-12 by offering curriculum-based tours, inspiring the next generation of leaders to advocate for peace and social justice.

“Thanks to this museum, you can meet Gandhi, King and Mandela,” said Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi. “I salute all of you who created it, the donors, architects, builders. Almost everyone visiting this museum will feel lifted up, they will breathe the air of hope.”

-- The Houston Chronicle

JVB Preksha Meditation Center Celebrates Maitri Diwas

By Kuldeep lunia

Houston: JVB Preksha Meditation Center hosted its annual community event “Maitri Diwas” a festival of forgiveness, under the auspicious guidance of Samani Madhur Pragyaji & Samani Jigyasa Pragyaji (Disciples of Acharya Shri Mahashraman) on Sunday, October 1st 2023.

The special ceremony was well attended by 100+ Community members comprising JVB Patrons & eminent leaders of notable organizations and Indian diaspora to capture the spirit of Maitri Diwas which is celebrated with the idea that friendship between people, and cultures can inspire peace and build bridges between the communities.

Samani Madhur Pragyaji initiated the program by conducting a short yet powerful meditation session. Guests were delighted to see the youngest kids of JVB Gyanshala Arham group welcoming everyone with a beautiful dance on Namaskar Mahamantra. JVB Chairman, Shri Swatantra Jain extended his gratitude by delivering a welcome speech. The emcees of the program, Seema Jain & Nikhil Jain kept the audience engaged.

The highlight of this program was a special lecture & presentation by Samani Madhur Pragyaji on Amity & Forgiveness. She explained about the 6 obstacles in the journey of Amity which is Ego, Anger, Obstinence, Ignorance, Selfishness & the attitude to put self first and how we can overcome these negative emotions with conscious and continuous practice of forgiveness because this process takes time, patience, and determi-

nation. She explained this further by taking a beautiful example of a flower when crushed, it still gives the gift of fragrance, hence Forgiveness is that special fragrance which comes out when we learn to crush our ego.

In Closing, She emphasized on the Jains kshamapana Sutra called “ Kamat Khamna “ which means to forgive and seek forgiveness.

All the invited community leaders were duly recognized by JVB

Board Member, Nikhil Jain and Vice President, Gaurav Jhaveri along with a return token of appreciation. These included dignitaries of community organizations and elected officials - Consul member from Indian Consulate, Judges from Fort Ben County, Arya Samaj, Durga Badi, DISHA, HSS, Sewa International, Gujarati Samaj, ICC, IAPAC, JSH, IMAGH, Sathya Sai and few others.

The program ended with the Mangal Path followed by sumptuous lunch. Below are few testimonials from the event attendees which speak a thousand words in itself:

“Thank you very much for having us, it was a beautiful event and I loved the speech. In today’s world if everyone follows the principle Samaniji spoke about, it will be a much better place” - Ms. Madhuchanda Das , President of Durga Badi

“Thank you for Inviting us. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Talk was very good. You all are very good hosts.” Mr. Vinod Patel - Sathya Sai Group

JVB Preksha Meditation Center envisions a blissful and peaceful society through Preksha Meditation, Yoga and Education of Non-violence. It conducts weekly Mediation, Yoga and Swadhyay sessions and runs dedicated events and programs like Children Gyanshala & Meditation Camps. Its open to all and every session or event is free of charge to its attendees. For further information, Call Amit Sacheti at 832-326-1190. Visit www.jvbhouston.org or send email at info@jvbhouston. org for more information.

Carol McCutcheon, Sugar Land City Council member (left); Ajit Paralkar, cofounder and trustee; Atul Kothari, founder; Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King’s; John R. Naugle, Atlanta City of Peace; Tina Khatri, VP of TDK Construction; D.C. Manjunath, Consul General of India; Martha Castex-Tatum, Houston City Council member; Rep. Suleman Lalani, M.D., Texas HD 76; Dexter L. McCoy, Fort Bend County Commissioner Precinct 4; Barkat Charania, cofounder and trustee; Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis; Andy Icken, Chief Development Officer, Houston Mayor’s Office; Devinder Mahajan, cofounder and trustee. Photo: Juhi Varma

Indo-Australian Singer Courts Grammy for Heart-warming Song

Indo-Australian singer, Siyer has officially submitted to this year’s Grammy Awards. His single, Nindiya, a song on mothers experiencing the ‘empty nest’ moment has been well received by peers and the audience alike.

Earlier this year, The Recording Academy (the home of the Grammy Awards) invited Siyer (a.k.a Shriram Iyer) to join as a Voting Member in the Class of 2023.

About Nindiya: This heart-

support.

It uses the story of Krishna and his mother Yashoda to represent all mothers and their adult children.

Grammy - Class of 2023. Siyer says, “It is a real pleasure to be in the Class of 2023. To be recognised for my body of work and a 23 year career as a musician is very rewarding, especially when it comes from one of the peak bodies of music.”

Last year, Siyer had a taste of

Member, allowing him to officially submit entries as well as vote towards nominations and winners across multiple categories.

“The process was rightfully challenging as The Recording Academy asks for two strong recommendations from full-time musical professionals to even kick-start the process. It feels good to have earned it.”

Siyer’s debut album ‘Is Dhundh Mein’ was released by musical legend Shankar Mahadevan and featured a duet with playback singer Sadhna Sargam.

well over 500 concerts, including performances at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, The Sydney Cricket Ground, The St Kilda Festival and Moomba Festival. Siyer’s story is a true case in multicultural success, given that his work has been featured in Channel V, MTV

India and Australia’s Channel 7. Does the future have a Grammy in store for the talented Siyer, we asked. “I am not thinking about the results, or factors I cannot control. I am focussed on the process and I am enjoying the journey.”

warming song is a tribute to mothers, capturing the poignant moment when their adult child leaves the nest. It delicately portrays a mother’s first night alone, weaving an imaginary dialogue between her and her offspring.

With tender lyrics and a gentle melody, it explores the pride and longing within her as she reflects on cherished memories. The song invites listeners to empathize with the unspoken emotions of mothers everywhere, celebrating their unconditional love and unwavering

the Grammy experience when his collaboration with Bobby Beebob, ‘The Saffron Groove Project’ made it onto the Grammy Ballot as an official entry. Despite not being nominated, Siyer was enthused by how far the album went and he says that taking part in the formal ‘FYC Campaign’ process was a learning in itself. Rolling Stone India even premiered one of Siyer’s songs on their reputed portal.

This year, however, Siyer expressed his interest in joining The Recording Academy as a Voting

A 23-year music journey: Over a 23 year journey, Shriram has gone on to perform multiple times with Shankar Mahadevan, Sadhna Sargam, Udit Narayan and has even opened shows for Usha Uthup, Ali Azmat (Junoon), Rahul Vaidya to name a few.

Based ‘down-under’ in Melbourne, Siyer has now performed in

Hometown Dallas Mustangs: 2023 Sunoco MLC Champions

houston: Under the lights at America’s premier cricket venue in Grand Prairie, TX, the Lone Star State’s own Dallas Mustangs claimed the 2023 Sunoco Minor League Cricket Championship on Sunday night. The Mustangs’ victory was anchored by a tremendous all-round performance from Nosthush Kenjige, whose 27 runs and three wickets won him Bru Player of the Final honors.

The hometown Mustangs won the toss and elected to bat, but quickly lost star batter Andries Gous in the second over. The Mustangs struggled to score early on, reduced to 46/5 by the end of the 10th over. However, a 56-run lower order partnership between Ali Sheikh and Kenjige gave Dallas a fighting chance, with Sheikh scoring 36 from 25 balls.

Kenjige continued to anchor the inning and contributed 27 before being run out in the twentieth over.

The Mustangs reached 121 runs, leaving the Cavaliers what seemed to be a highly attainable target to chase down. For New Jersey, three bowlers — Junaid Nadir Mahsood, Sunny Patel and Adil Bhatti

— each claimed two wickets, in an outstanding performance in the field by the Cavaliers.

New Jersey seemed intent on popping the champagne as soon as possible, coming out firing with

38 runs from the first five overs, led by 27 from Kennar Lewis. The champagne was soon put back on ice, though, as Dallas picked up wickets at a rapid rate while clamping down on the Cavaliers’

scoring, including a match-winning bowling performance from Kenjige who conceded only nine runs for his three wickets across four overs.

Ehsan Adil and Hammad Azam also claimed a pair of wickets each as Dallas ran through the New Jersey lineup, bowling out the Cavaliers for only 77 to win by 44 runs and lift the championship trophy under a moonlit Texan sky.

The Mustangs’ victory saw them win the MiLC title for the first time in the tournament’s third season, following victories by the Silicon Valley Strikers in 2021 and the Seattle Thunderbolts in 2022.

There was further hardware awarded to Dallas’ lineup as Andries Gous won the Laxmi Most Valuable Player of the Tournament honors, the South African star leading all-run scorers in MiLC with 516 at a strike rate of 140.98.

Indian American Sally ‘Shobana’ Grimes is CEO of the Maker of Guinness

ChiCago: Spirits company Diageo has named Indian American Sally Grimes as Chief Executive Officer, North America, effective Oct. 1, the global beverage giant that makes Guinness and Johnnie Walker, announced earlier this week. The daughter of Indian immigrants, she has “over 25 years’ experience in the food and beverage sector,” and “is a proven leader in consumer goods and is wellknown as a world-class innovator and brand builder,” Diageo said in the Sept. 21 announcement. She will report to Debra Crew, chief executive, and will join the Diageo Executive Committee.

Grimes was most recently the chief executive officer at Clif Bar & Company, the leading maker of organic energy bars in North America. In that role, she “successfully led the development of a 10-year strategic growth plan, designed the company’s purpose, created a clear portfolio strategy, and ultimately completed the successful sale of the company to Mondelez International,” the announcement said.

She grew up in Bourbonnais, about an hour south of Chicago, according to a 2014 profile in the Chicago Tribune. Her parents emigrated from India in the 1960s to pursue their education. Grimes’

first name is Shobana, and her middle name, Sally, “was picked to honor her mother’s first American friend after she arrived in the U.S.,” the Tribune report said. Her mother was a dietitian focused on the science of food, while her father was an administrator at a veterans hospital. Grimes told the

Tribune that she “credits her parents for her empathy, remembering their open-door way of helping people, something she associates with the immigrant culture.”

In an interview with the Chicago Booth School of Business, she said her interest in all things food goes back as far as she can remember.

”Growing up, I remember at every meal always talking about what we were going to have for the next meal,” she said. She had entrepreneurial aspirations focused more on creativity than culinary arts, she told her alma mater, adding that her first job was selling homemade greeting cards door-to-door. “My

father was supportive, but also very traditional and conservative, and as I got older, he said, ‘I’m not sure art should be your career path of choice.’”

Before joining Clif, she was group president of the Prepared Foods segment of Tyson Foods, where she ran a $10 billion, 25,000-person organization, reporting to the Global CEO. Her early career began in banking, followed by multiple positions within large consumer goods companies.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in finance from Valparaiso University, Indiana, she spent a few years at First Citizens Bank before heading to the University of Chicago for an MBA. Her first job after business school was at Kraft, where she started as an associate brand manager on the iconic “blue box” Kraft Macaroni & Cheese business. She started working on the shapes portfolio, with her first product launch being SpongeBob SquarePants Macaroni & Cheese. Later assignments included Kraft salad dressing, DiGiorno pizza, and Jell-O.

She left Kraft in 2007 to run marketing for Newell Rubbermaid’s writing business, including Sharpie and Paper Mate. -- American Kahani

IAA Presents Anirudh Varma Collective

Salman Celebrating 33 Years with Tiger 3

houston: On the evening of September 29, 2023, the audience at the Zilkha Hall of the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts was treated to the captivating music of the Anirudh Varma Collective, a group of talented young musicians from New Delhi,. In the US on its debut tour sponsored by the Indo American Association (IAA), the ensemble presented its unique repertoire of tunes that combine elements of Indian classical, Western classical and contemporary music.

Sheetal Bedi, Executive Director of IAA, extended a warm welcome to the Collective and took the opportunity to thank the patrons, sponsors, funding organizations and several Houston media partners for their support. She also spoke about

the overwhelming response to the 2023 season so far and that plans were underway in curating an even richer 2024 season.

From the time the members of the Collective took the stage, they enthralled all present with their raga-based compositions such as ‘Bajo re’, ‘Saade Naal’ ‘Nirbhay Nirgun’, and ‘Naino Waaleya’. They used Ragas like Bhimpalasi, Jaijaiwanti, Bihag and Tilak Kamod, presenting the compositions creatively by weaving Indian classical and contemporary music in one of the most unique presentations witnessed on the Houston stage. That the Collective’s performance was appreciated became evident from the cheerful calls for an encore by the

audience, who were left wanting more of the wonderful music. The artists performed ‘Kahe Karat’ as an encore and concluding piece. The evening was brought to a close with a vote of thanks from IAA Board member, Radhika Day as well as the Founder of the Collective, Music Composer, Anirudh Varma, who expressed gratitude to the IAA for providing the fiveyear-old Collective with a prestigious platform to showcase its music. He underlined the importance of supporting organizations like IAA for the exemplary work in keeping Indian culture and classical music relevant as well as recognizing the importance of giving a voice and expression to emerging artists.

MuMBai: Salman Khan is excited to celebrate his 35 years in cinema with Tiger 3 which has been produced by Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films. Salman is elated with the response that the first video asset, Tiger Ka Message from Tiger 3, is getting from audiences worldwide. Yash Raj Films released Tiger Ka Message last week, a video that is a precursor to the trailer of Tiger 3, and it was an instant blockbuster on the internet!

Salman says, “People who have loved me since my debut, made me realise on social media that I have completed 35 years in cinema! It is a very special moment for me, filled with nostalgia, love, so much joy and also the pain when things didn’t go as per plan. But I have loved every minute of my journey in the Hindi film industry.”

He adds, “I’m glad to celebrate this personal milestone with the

release of Tiger 3! I know that my fans love to see me doing action and I hope Tiger 3 is the perfect gift that they have been waiting for!”

Salman Khan is back to reprise his much-loved role as super agent Tiger aka Avinash Singh Rathore in Yash Raj Films’ Tiger 3. The megastar of Indian cinema says he loves being the larger-than-life hero in films. Salman says, “I love the action genre, I love being the larger-than-life action star. It’s fun! I love doing big action spectacles and Tiger 3 is as big as it can get. The story of the film is something that I loved a lot and I’m certain that we will catch everyone by surprise with it.”

Tiger 3, directed by filmmaker Maneesh Sharma, is set to release on the big Diwali holiday window this year! -- Bollywood Hungama

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Story: Choocha inadvertently challenges Bholi Punjaban in an election for the legislative assembly. But when he and Hunny end up with a gift to create petrol, it lands them in trouble with the water mafia. Will they get out of the pickle?

Review: The viewer is set to crash land into the world of fukreys (no-gooders), Hunny (Pulkit Samrat), Choocha (Varun Sharma), Laali (Manjot Singh), and Panditji (Pankaj Tripathi) for the third time. As fun introductory credits roll, a recap of the previous two parts is weaved into a song to bring the viewers up to speed with the story. This time around, Bholi Punjaban (Richa Chadha) is contesting the election for the portfolio of Water Resources Minister, and Choocha emerges as her unlikely opponent and a public favourite, vowing to help them overcome their water woes. As this threatens Bholi’s prospects, she devises a plan to prevent Choocha from campaigning, setting a series of outrageous events into motion.

a hodgepodge of sequences. Initially, you think the story will be about who among Choocha and Bholi will be elected. Instead, it turns out to be about the latter’s vile ways to defeat the former, stuffing in a love triangle, kidnapping, and how the fukreys try to save themselves from a water mafioso who wants to exploit their gift to make petrol. Some sequences are funny, but many are overstretched, over-the-top, and do not complement the overall narrative. The movie also touches upon day zero — a situation when there will be no water — and gives a glimpse of what that could mean for us, but that’s not explored further, which could have been an interesting take.

Abhishek Nailwal’s quirky music is cool and complements the hilarious situations well. The film will often make you laugh, especially if you are a fan of out-and-out slapstick comedies. But the muddled-up storyline and how the events pan out leave much to be desired. That being said, it’s a decent one-time watch. -- Times of India

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