Houston's Kolaveri Di Flash Mob read more
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Houston's Kolaveri Di Flash Mob

Seems like a certain song was just made for flash mobs - and now, Houston's desis have stepped up to own it. A couple weekends ago, a group of desis gathered in the plaza of Sugar Land's town square and danced their hea ›
Review: The Healthy Indian Diet read more
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Review: The Healthy Indian Diet

Houston has some amazing programming through the local library systems - most recently, many of the area libraries, ›
In Remembrance of Rajinder read more
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In Remembrance of Rajinder

header image: In the midst of thousands racing for a cure to cure breast cancer this weekend, I glimpsed this g ›
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"The Prophet and The Poet"

Shunya Theatre's run of six performances of "The Prophet and the Poet" by Vijay Padaki begins tonight. It's wort ›

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The Peacocks Dance! read more
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The Peacocks Dance!

It's raining - at long last, it's really raining in Houston. After a dearth of precipitation during the spring and summer, and an alarming number of wildfires ›
Red, White, Blue & Desi read more
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Red, White, Blue & Desi

From our Flickr pool and elsewhere, images of and by American and diasporic desis. Today, I celebrate all of us wh ›
Remembering Papa read more
Essay

Remembering Papa

I dreamed about India again last night. One of the women I grew up with is getting married next May, so in my dream I was tagging along with Varsha and her m ›
Hillcroft, Houston U.S.A. read more
Essay

Hillcroft, Houston U.S.A.

Imagine this: You are far from anything familiar and dear to you, in a new city you will learn to love, and event ›
Festival Weekends! read more
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Festival Weekends!

Spring in Houston usually brings unrelenting heat and humidity. We've been lucky so far this year: it's been hot, to be sure, but without the accompanying humi ›
Summer time BBQ, Desi style! read more
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Summer time BBQ, Desi style!

It’s that time of the year! Pull out your bathing suits and BBQ grills, and indulge in the joys of summer! Every ›

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