Indo-American News September 17, 2021

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Commemorating 20th Anniversary of 9/11

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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of September 11, Arya Samaj Greater Houston held two events this past Saturday – hosting a blood donation drive preceded by a 5 km walk -- in association with Sewa International and Houston Durga Bari.

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September 11 Commemorative Events at Arya Samaj of Greater Houston

A 5 KM walk took place in collaboration with Sewa International and Houston Durga Bari.

By Shivam Nayyar Houston: In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of September 11, Arya Samaj Greater Houston held two events this past Saturday – hosting a blood donation drive preceded by a 5 km walk, both in partnership with other community organizations and to promote a healthy lifestyle and selfless giving back to community.

The day started at 7:00 am for its volunteer team, getting ready for a 5 km walk in collaboration

with Sewa International (“Sewa”) and Houston Durga Bari Society.

On this clear cool morning, about 25 enthusiasts started off from the Arya Samaj parking lot taking the McClendon to Bishop Forenza trail going south and then looping around Brays Bayou heading east to the Brays Bayou Playground near Eldridge Parkway, before the corner back towards Arya Samaj along the northern leg of the loop running parallel to Schiller Road.

Upon return, many stayed back to participate in the blood donation

drive.

Arya Samaj Greater Houston also hosted it’s second blood donation drive of 2021 in conjunction with the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, supported by Hindus of Greater Houston (“HGH”) and Sewa. The September 11th commemoration blood donation drive was an even greater success than the record setting April 2021 blood donation drive, an annual event every spring as part of Arya Samaj’s community health fair. This time, we had 35 pre-

Among the blood donors was Eternal Gandhi Museum founder & Arya Samaj of Greater Houston volunteer Atul Kothari.

registered donors, and 11 walk-in donors, donating 40 units in total including several double-RBC donations, and improved across all metrics from the records set in April 2021, which had rung in 36 units of whole blood, plasma, and double-RBC donations.

Our events represent the wideranging objective of Arya Samaj, namely, to promote the wellbeing of all – physical, spiritual, and social progress of every human being. This is the sixth principle from among the Ten Principles of Arya

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Samaj. Arya Samaj Greater Houston constantly reminds itself of its responsibility to the community and strives to lead from the front in helping the communities around it - be it running a kitchen during Harvey floods, or weekly food distributions during Covid peak, annual food drives supporting Houston Food Bank, and especially focusing health matters by conducting yearly community health fairs, walks and donation drives. https://www.aryasamajhouston. org/ for more information.

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Rep. Ed Thompson hitting the inaugural tee along with Lead Organizers Anup Bhasin Chad Roberts from the Pearland Police Department handing out an award to one of and Jaivijay Ramu. the young participants.

Houston: Sewa international’s charity golf event to commemorate 9/11 had a successful start at the Southwyck Golf Course in Pearland. Ed Thompson, Texas State Representative, District 29, teed off the inaugural shot after a moment of silence in memory of the brave victims of 9/11. Chad Roberts from the Pearland Police Department came out to support the event and handed out the awards.

The tournament was held in a four-person scramble format, and seventy-two players from across Houston participated and competed fiercely for the awards. Among those vying for top places were

members of an all-women team who were golfing for the first time, and two 12-year-olds.

Gitesh Desai, President of Sewa International, Houston Chapter welcomed all golfers and guests at the golf tournament. He talked about Sewa International and its service projects. He mentioned that the tournament was an outstanding charity event with a great blend of golfers and volunteers’ spirit for raising funds and awareness about selfless service. He highlighted that the tournament was a fun-filled day of bonding and camaraderie - a true display of Sewa’s mantra - “Together we serve better”.

This event was planned, organized, and managed by Sewa volunteers, several of them school children, who turned out on a glorious late summer day to support this cause. Funds raised from the event will be used for service activities. The event was the culmination of months of planning, preparation, and hard work by the Sewa organizing team led by Anup Bhasin and Jaivijay Ramu, who have ambitions of turning this into an annual event.

Anup Bhasin of Sewa International’s Houston Chapter thanked the sponsors

Habitat to Honor Leela Krishnamurthy Houston: Houston Habitat for Humanity is pleased to announce that Leela Krishnamurthy will be honored with the Carl Umland Award at the Building a Dream luncheon on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.

For more than fifteen years Leela has provided instrumental support for Houston Habitat, creating new opportunities for people of all walks of life searching for an affordable place to call home.

The Carl Umland Award is presented to someone who demonstrates the same passion, tenacity and dedication to Houston Habitat’s mission as its founder, Carl Umland, and we could not imagine a more deserving awardee than Leela Krishnamurthy. Leela’s enthusiasm for charitable work is unmatched and she is best known for creating partnerships.

By honoring her service and dedication to low-income, hardworking Houstonians, we will highlight the significant impact Leela has made in the Greater Houston area. Leela has tirelessly advocated for Houston Habitat and regularly brings new supporters and Habitat enthusiasts to our organization. With Leela’s help we have built homes for low-income families, revitalized communities, built a beautiful community garden and repaired homes for those affected by disasters.

We look forward to celebrating Leela Krishamurthy’s heartfelt devotion to improving the lives of Houstonians by awarding her the Houston Habitat for Humanity, Carl Umland Award in 2021.

-- Atrium Medical Center, Divyendu Singh (New York Life), The Law Office of Leena Bhasin, Best Brains, Apna Bazaar World Food Market, Gayathri Rao (EXP Realty), Tutorang and TruIndia restaurant for their generosity and support. “We thank all the players and volunteers who made this inaugural event a grand success,” Bhasin said.

Sewa International also conducted a 5K walk under its S.E.L.F

program at Arya Samaj as well as Vaccination Drive in Gulfton area apartments on the same day.

Sewa International (www. sewausa.org) is a 501 (c)(3) Hindu faith-based charitable nonprofit that works in the areas of disaster recovery, education, and development. Sewa has 43 Chapters across the USA and serves regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.

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Hindustani Vocalist Sanhita Moulik 1942-2021

Houston: Renowned Hindustani vocalist and music teacher Sanhita Moulik passed away on September 7, 2021 at the age of 79. Surrounded by her family in her home, Sanhita’s courageous struggle with rheumatoid arthritis and Parkinson’s disease ended peacefully.

Born on March 1, 1942 as the youngest of nine siblings in Agartala, Tripura, India, Sanhita was orphaned at the age of two. Under the care of her family, Sanhita finished high school in Kolkata. She then embarked on her training in music and literature, spending two years at Santiniketan and the completing her bachelor’s degree in Hindustani music and master’s degree in Bengali literature from Calcutta University.

While in Calcutta, Sanhita began her remarkable career as a Hindustani vocal performer. From 1961 to 1970, Sanhita was a staff artist on All India Radio Calcutta, regularly singing in all genres, including Rabindra sangeet, Nazrul geet, Bhajans, and Modern songs. She later worked as a recording artist, releasing several albums of Hindi Bhajans, backed by professional musicians from Calcutta.

To further her musical training, Sanhita adventurously chose to travel overseas in 1972 to pursue a master’s degree in music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. There, in 1974, she met and married her husband Pratik Moulik.

In 1975, Sanhita and Pratik moved to Houston, Texas, where

she made her pioneering contributions to the cultural life of the newly growing Indian American community. Her list of firsts include the the first Indian music school in Houston Sangeet Bharati in 1976 and the first television program on Indian music in Houston in 1981.

In forty years as a Hindustani vocal teacher in Houston, through her own Sangeet Bharati and for several years as a music teacher at Arya Samaj of Houston, San-

hita taught more than one thousand students.

Her community contributions also included organizing several musical programs for the Tagore Society of Houston, Houston Durga Bari Society, and the Bangladesh Association.

Sanhita is survived by her husband Pratik Moulik, daughter Sanghamitra Misra, son-in-law Amit Misra, son Supratik Moulik, daughter-in-law Ambika Moulik, and grandchildren Karyaveer, Aryaleela, and Varyajeev Misra and Aavya Moulik.

Funeral services were held Sunday, September 12th at 10 am CST at the Winford Funerals Southwest at 8514 Tybor Dr, Houston, TX 77074. Masks were required for all attendees. Livestream was also be provided.

In lieu of flowers or gifts, please consider donating to Bharat Sevashram Sangha or the Arthritis Foundation.

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Sri Meenakshi Temple Society: Student Scholarship Award Ceremony

By Sara Alagappan Pearland: Sri Meenakshi Temple Society (MTS) Scholarship Award Ceremony for the year 2021 was held on September, 5th 2021. A large crowd of award recipients, their families, donor families, selection committee members and temple board members were present.

A total of 23 students received the scholarships this year which is a record number since the time this got started at MTS. Among these, 2 awards of $ 750 each was given to students of local Pearland schools, one at Pearland High School and another at Robert Turner High school, which is a tradition followed every year.

The other awards are given to students of MTS devotee families based on merit as well as need basis with special attention given to the volunteer hours the students dedicated to our temple and to other organizations. One award of $1,000 is given traditionally honoring the late Sri Rajarathna Bhattar, and for this year it was given to Siva Suriya Balaji, son of Sri Balaji Sethuraman, MTS priest.

To promote education among all sectors of the community 3 of the MTS cafeteria staff children who graduated this year were given $750 each of scholarship money. These students

MTS Scholarship recipients with donors and organizers.

intend to pursue their career in nursing and costume designing.

These cafeteria employees work tirelessly during the weekends and put in numerous hours in the cafeteria.

This is the 20th year MTS is honoring graduating high school seniors who have academic achievements, who are valedictorians, and served the temple from their young age.

Chairman, Dhani Kannan and his board and the donors presented the certificates and cash awards. He in his speech to the students emphasized how important the college education is in their next 4 years to shape up their career so to utilize it well

to make the right connection and move up in the ladder.

Dr. Al Alagappan, Joint Treasurer coordinated and hosted the event which took a lot of meticulous planing and it showed in terms of great turn out of awardees for the function.

In his speech he wished the students all the success in their higher studies and career and requested them to visit the temple whenever they come home, to be a supporter of temple’s major initiatives in future when they start making the big bucks.

He emphasized that it is the recognition and the blessings they received from the temple for their hard work in schools will

last for a long time to cherish than the cash award.

Dr. Alagappan thanked his panel of 5 judges who worked diligently in evaluating and reviewing all the applications and ranking them based on the SAT/ ACT/AP scores, school ranking, college essay and temple involvement essay to give the appropriate scholarship awards.

Most and foremost, Dr. Alagappan thanked all the generous donors who were present at the ceremony to distribute the awards. The total amount raised was $12,000 dollars which helped to support the entire scholarship program this year.

Many of these donors have

been supporting for this cause year after year.

The event started with a welcome drink of rose milk and ended with a dinner feast which gave ample time for the awardees to mingle and network. MTS Treasurer, Bhargavi Golla gave the vote of thanks and was immensely happy that the temple operating fund was not tapped since the entire scholarship was fully funded by the generous donors this year. She also stressed that the amount may seem small but the value is big as it is a blessing from the god bestowed on the students and their families.

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ZEE5 Global to Stream Pavitra Rishta, Puaada, Dikkiloona and More

For any South Asian in the US, there’s only one place where you can get the largest range of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi TV Shows, Movies, originals and more in the language of your choice and all in one place, with fresh content coming in every month and at a most affordable price point, and that’s ZEE5 Global. Be it Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu or any other language content, ZEE5 Global has you covered with all your favourite shows and movies made easily accessible and ready to stream across a range of devices.

ZEE5 Global, the world’s largest streaming platform for South Asian content, has announced a blockbuster content line-up for September comprising a variety of Originals, movies, web series, and popular TV shows for its US audiences. From Season 2 of the iconic TV show Pavitra Rishta to the Aparshakti Khurana-starrer social comedy Original movie Helmet, we list out all that’s streaming on the platform this month.

Starring Aparshakti Khurana, Pranutan Bahl, Abhishek Banerjee and Ashish Verma in pivotal roles, ZEE5 Original film Helmet is now streaming on the platform. Jointly produced by Sony Pictures Networks Production and actor Dino Morea’s DM movies, the film outlines one of the most pertinent issues prevalent in our society: our hesitancy in purchasing condoms.

Helmet has been directed by Sa-

tram Ramani and offers a strong underlying message executed in a funny, yet non-preachy manner.

After the massive success of ZEE TV’s Pavitra Rishta starring the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande, the show is set to return with an Original sequel Pavitra Rishta – It’s Never Too Late, starring Ankita Lokhande as Archana and Shaheer Sheikh as Manav. Veteran actor Usha Nadkarni will return to the small screen as Savita Deshmukh.

The extraordinary love story of Manav and Archana will be streaming from 15th September.

Set to release on 10th September, ZEE5 Original film Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? will mark the digital debut of popular TV actress Surbhi Jyoti, with Indian singer-actor Jassie Gill in lead roles.

The film is a comedy of errors

set against the backdrop of a small town, Bareilly.

Kaagaz, a ZEE5 Original biographical comedy film is now streaming, on the platform. Directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Salman Khan and Nishant Kaushik, the film stars Pankaj Tripathi, Monal Gajjar and Amar Upadhyay in pivotal roles, and depicts the struggles of an Indian farmer who is declared dead by the government. The satirical film outlines the fight he takes up to reestablish the fact that he’s alive.

ZEE5 Original thriller film Nail Polish can be streamed from 23rd September. Written and directed

by Bugs Bhargava, the film stars Arjun Rampal, Manav Kaul, Anand Tiwari and Madhoo in pivotal roles. The courtroom drama brings forth the complications of the working of the human mind through its intriguing storyline.

ZEE5 is also set to release Break Point, co-directed by award-winning filmmaker duo Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari and Nitesh Tiwari. The 7-part series will narrate the on-court and off-court journey of one of the most feared tennis pairs of the late 1990s: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi. From brotherhood to break-up, Break Point documents the tale of ambition, passion, friendship, and hope encompassing the lives of the titans of the tennis world. The series will release soon on ZEE5.

From primetime TV, viewers can watch the ZEE TV show Agar Tum Na Hote on ZEE5 soon.

For Telugu viewers, ZEE5 Original film Net is set to premiere on the platform on 10th September.

The story encompasses the life of a married man who registers with an online surveillance agency to keep an eye on a young professional girl through hidden cameras. Written and directed by Supreeth C Krishna, Telugu film Alanti Sitralu will release on 24th September, and follow the lives of four individuals in different predicaments. Viewers can also watch Agnipareeksha soon on the platform. For Ganesh Chaturthi, the platform will have a special event Ra Ra Swamy on 12th September.

For Tamil viewers, the fiction

show Anbe Sivam will release on the platform soon. Reality show Survivor will stream from 12th September, while non-fiction show Master D Blaster is now streaming on ZEE5. Written and directed by Kartiik Yogi, science fiction and romantic comedy film Dikkiloona is set to premiere on the platform on 10th September.

The ZEE Studio produced Punjabi mega blockbuster film Puaada will be available for streaming on 17th September. Starring the everpopular Sonam Bajwa and Ammy Virk in lead roles, the romantic drama film encompasses the love story of a village boy and a girl next door who find their way to true love anything but smooth.

Bengali viewers can watch the drama TV show Uma, starring popular actors Shinjinee Chakraborty and Neel Bhattacharya, soon on the platform. Dadagiri Season 9 will also be available soon on the platform, starring famous host and cricketed Saurav Ganguly Kannada viewers can watch veteran actress Umashree in daily soap Putakkana Makklu soon on ZEE5. Iconic music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Championship can also be streamed from 12th September.

Users can download the ZEE5 app from Google Play Store / iOS App Store, on Roku devices, Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TVs, Android TVs, and Amazon Fire Stick. ZEE5 is also available on www.ZEE5.com.

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‘Bhoot Police’: A Blast for Saif Ali Khan and All of Us Watching

By Shubhra Gupta

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Yami Gautam, Jaaved Jafferi Director: Pawan Kripalani Rating: 2.5 stars Vibhooti and Chiraunji have to be amongst the most original names to grace a bhoot-pret-bhatki-hui-aatma (ghosts, lost souls) Bollywood outing. The moment you hear them, you crack a smile.

And that smile stays in place for quite a while in this supernaturalhorror comedy featuring a couple of crack ghost-busters, till it runs out of steam.

Elder bhai Vibhooti (Saif Ali Khan) plays it for laughs. He is in it for the lolly, and the ladies, the more credulous the better. The younger one, all serious and solemn, aka Chikoo (Arjun Kapoor), is a believer. He is convinced there are ghosts, and other-worldly creatures, and that their job, as ‘tantriks’, is to help people get rid of these evil spirits. In which pursuit, he goes about clutching an old book, and muttering mantras, while the ‘bada bhai’ hoots and claps, and rolls his eyes.

It’s when a questing lass (Yami Gautam) whistles them up to her Dharamshala tea estate, where she lives with her sister (Jacqueline Fernandes) that the game changes.

A very scary spirit, called a ‘kichkandi’ (nice, creepy name), is about. The brothers have to banish the said ‘aatma’ in order to get her petrified workforce to breathe easy.

From here on, it’s open season.

schtick, can we please junk this one?) and spitting out black juice.

Is it for real, or all smoke and mirrors?

But while it stays in the let’smake-fun-of-ghosts zone, it really is funny. Especially when Saif is on song, which is quite often: he is having a blast, and makes sure we do, too. Arjun Kapoor fits the part too, as do the girls. What’s truly a saving grace is that nothing gets too dark. And no one takes themselves seriously at all, even if you feel like ruffling Ms Fernandez’s perfect blowout: there’s a ghost in front of her! But it does get

Bhoot Police is streaming on Disney+/Hotstar.

Little girls who mysteriously appear and disappear, a dog with an ancient bone which is deposited under a bed, a ‘havan’ to banish bad spirits, a plot to wrap wool around eyes. A cop (Jaaved Jafferi) who’s hot on the heels of the two brothers shows up, just to stir things up. Monsters come crawling out of the walls, and all is set for the final showdown.

In between are some nice little jibes about the stuff that’s going on around us, which is the real horror show. Vibhooti demands GST on a ‘bhoot bhagao’ transaction, snarkily brings up the ‘beti bachao beti padhao’ slogan, and cosies up to a good-looking supplicant who calls him ‘Guruji’, and pleads with him to go back with her and ‘make America great again’. One random fellow says, ‘I’m the baba who sold his Maruti’. Yes, no monks, and no Ferraris here. ‘Do hazaar ke note mat dena, pata nahin kab band ho jaayen’, says another. And this, my favourite, from Vibhooti Baba: ‘I see dead people.’ Haha.

too long. At one point a character says, ‘enough of this horror show’.

True, true.

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Dhoni vs Rohit to Kickstart IPL from UAE beginning September 19

By Nagraj Gollupudi

Dubai: The remainder of IPL 2021 in the UAE will resume in Dubai on September 19 with MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings taking on Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians. The fixtures were unveiled on Sunday, with a total of 31 matches spread across 27 days.

Click here to access the full schedule The Super Kings will return to these same shores where they finished second from last on the points table in IPL 2020. However, they have bounced back this season to be placed second, with five wins in seven matches.

That opening fixture of the second leg will be followed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi. Like the Super Kings, the Royal Challengers are in contention for the playoffs, and are currently placed third. The Knight Riders, meanwhile, need a succession of wins to remain in the race.

The matches will be held across three venues. Dubai will host 13 games, including Qualifier 1 (October 10) and the final on October 15, while Sharjah, which will host a blockbuster first game between Super Kings and Royal Challengers on September 24, is also slated to host Qualifier 2 (October 11) and the Eliminator (October 13)

Rohit Sharma’s Mumbai Indians vs MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings: here we go again BCCI/IPL

as part of their 10 matches. The Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi will host eight matches.

There will be seven doubleheaders in all during the UAE leg. There will be no change in the timings of the matches: afternoon matches will start at 3.30pm IST while the evening games are scheduled for 7.30pm starts.

The BCCI’s top brass - president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah - were in the UAE last week to finalise preparations for the tournament.

The IPL was postponed in May

after members from a number of teams tested positive for Covid-19 amid a devastating second wave that hit India.

The tournament will be followed by the BCCI’s hosting of the T20 World Cup immediately in UAE from October 17.

Crowds will be allowed at the IPL for the first time since the 2019 edition. ESPNcricinfo understands IPL chief operating officer Hemang Amin relayed that information to the franchises on Tuesday, saying fans will be back for the second half of the IPL in

“reduced capacity”. The IPL, which was suspended in early May, resumes from September 19 and will be played at three venues in the UAE: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.

While the IPL issued a media release on Wednesday, calling the return of fans a “momentous” occasion and adding that it would allow “limited seating” at the three venues due to the UAE government’s regulations during the Covid-19 pandemic, it did not specify the percentage of tickets that would be put on sale.

The exercise, though, will be a rehearsal for both the local governments in the UAE and the BCCI for the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup, which starts on October 17.

While the first round of the World Cup will be played in Oman, the Super 12s and the knockouts will be hosted by the UAE. This is the second edition of the IPL to be played during the pandemic. In 2020, too, the BCCI had shifted the IPL to the UAE where the entire tournament was played behind closed doors. This year’s IPL started in India on April 9, also behind closed doors, but was suspended indefinitely on May 3 after several members from four different franchises at two different venues tested positive for Covid-19.

With the prospect of the outbreak growing further, the BCCI was forced to suspend the tournament after 29 matches.

The primary reason behind bringing back crowds could be the fact that the vast majority of the public in the UAE has been fully vaccinated. While it is not clear what the various conditions put in place for overseas fans will be, one mandatory rule is likely to be that they need to be fully vaccinated.

Fans can buy tickets for the remainder of the tournament, from September 16, on the official website www.iplt20.com or on PlatinumList.net. -- ESPN Cricinfo

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Forgiveness -- A Key to Self-Empowerment For over a quarter century, Swami Mukundananda, a globally renowned teacher of Spirituality, Vedic scholar, and Bhakti saint, has been travelling far and wide, awakening and guiding thousands of spiritual seekers. Wherever he goes he attracts huge audiences and answers questions put forth by the audience. Many of these questions & answers are compiled on Swamiji’s book called Spiritual Dialectics © Below is an excerpt on a question that is commonly asked – about forgiveness.

A devotee asks: I have a question about relationships with other souls while on the spiritual path.

My business partner swindled the business and drove me into the toughest two years of my life.

Today I am settled again, but I am unable to forgive him. How to get peace of mind when someone has wronged us to no end?

Swamiji’s answer: This material world is like the prison house of God, souls that have turned their backs to Him have been put here.

So, we cannot expect the people of this world to behave like Saints.

There will always be people who will come to cheat us and on some occasions they may even succeed.

That is life. We all get cheated once in a while. But the important thing is to learn to take it in our stride. That is where the quality of forgiveness comes in.

If we continue to harbor resentment towards those who have wronged us, we will be unable to progress spiritually. Resentment acts like a poison in the mind filling it with bitterness. And we keep reliving the sour experience within, pinned down to the past.

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Someone aptly said:” Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

On the spiritual path we must be careful not to nurture ill feelings towards anyone, realizing they will harm us more than anyone else. Forgiveness is a sublime personality trait that immediately releases all bitterness from the mind. It is a favor we do, not to the other person but to ourselves. The lives of saintly people are full of inspiring stories of how they forgave their wrongdoers, and even succeeded in winning them over by their love.

A person made an attempt on the life of Mahatma Gandhi while he was living in South Africa. Mahatma Gandhi refused to hate the man. He said, “I shall love him and win his love.”. One year later that same man came and apologized to Mahatma Gandhi and wept for forgiveness.

This is the characteristic of great personalities; they refuse to allow their minds to dwell on hatred towards anyone. - Swami Mukundananda: Swami Mukundananda, a world-

renowned teacher of spirituality, Yoga & Meditation, will have 2 Free Week-long programs in Houston from 9th October through 22nd October. The first week program will be from October 9th-15th from 6PM - 9PM at India House, Houston and the topic is “The Science of Mind Management”. The second week program from October 16th- 22nd from 6:30 PM - 9 PM is at the Shri Radha Krishna, Temple, Houston and the topic is “Ram Valmiki Samvaad”.

Admission to both the programs is Free. Dinner Prasadam will be served on all days after the program. Kindly bring your Yoga mat & follow the CDC guidelines. For details, visit https://www.jkyog. org/Houston. For questions, contact 281-630-5982 or 832-3776070. Email: houstonjkyog@ gmail.com About Swami Mukundananda: Swami Mukundananda is the founder of the unique Yogic system JKYog, also known as Yoga for the Body, Mind and Soul. He received His degrees in Engineering and Management from IIT (Delhi) and IIM(Kolkata). Swamiji is the senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj.

For the last three decades, Swamiji has been inspiring people all over the world, on the path of Spirituality, holistic health, yoga, meditation, service to society and God-realization.

He has been invited to speak at various Fortune 500 companies like Google, Oracle etc. For the youth, Swamiji has conducted programs at prestigious universities such as Stanford, Princeton, MIT, Kellogg and Duke University.

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Our ideal candidate can produce their own segments and stories using a variety of tools. A strong understanding of how a story fits on our website, in a newscast, on our streaming apps and in a long-form streaming product will bump you to the top of the list. Being comfortable with traffic and weather presentation is a plus.

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You must know to pivot quickly when breaking news disrupts the day. You must be well-organized and able to recognize the need for a newsmaker guest that fits the news of the day, even if it interrupts pre-planned interviews. We want a respected, knowledgeable, ethical station representative and team player with a strong presence on social media.

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