NEW YORK (TIP): Narain Kataria, a well known figure in the Indian American community, passed away peacefully in his sleep, sometime on November 2 night. He was 85. He is credited with championing the cause […]
From being the ‘science of life’, Ayurveda has become the ‘slice of life’ for many with the advent and positive growth of rejuvenation centres and Ayurvedic resorts in the country. People are willing to experience […]
Hours after another black ink incidence, President Pranab Mukherjee issued another statement on rising intolerance by fringe elements in the country. Backdrop: The President’s strong words on the need to maintain pluralism and dissent in […]
MARYLAND (TIP): Chhap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milai kay-is a famous line of Qawwali, composed in the 7th century by Hazrat Amir Khusrau, which has been enthralling audiences for hundreds of years in […]
FLANDREAU (SOUTH DAKOTA) (TIP): The Santee Sioux is opening the nation’s first marijuana resort on its reservation in South Dakota. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond […]
With more and more teenagers giving up books for Facebook and Twitter, an Indian American businesswoman-cum-author has recently launched an app that features short fiction for young readers or what she calls the “Snapchat generation”. […]
15 years ago, this month, a prime minister of India had traveled to the United States for the annual United Nations General Assembly mela. During that visit, he found time to attend a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event in Staten […]
FRISCO, TEXAS (TIP): Frisco (Texas) now has a 34,000 square-foot Marakata Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple, reportedly costing over $11 million. This Temple, which opens daily, besides Hanuman as the main deity, also carries the murtis […]
Shakespeare may as well had APJ Abdul Kalam, an outstanding human being, teacher, scientist, thinker and much more, in mind, when he penned these words in Julius Caesar in which Antony pays tribute to the slain Caesar. […]
BOULDER, CO (TIP): Nearly a decade after its inception, The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival is heading to Boulder, Colorado on Sept. 18-20 to host their first-ever U.S. event for three days of books, ideas, performance […]
Nearly a decade after its inception, The Jaipur Literature Festival, the world’s largest free literary festival is heading to Boulder, Colorado on Sept. 18-20 to host their first-ever U.S. event for three days of books, ideas, performance art, dialogue and […]
Story Line: Gautam, a novelist leads a reclusive life in Ooty. Gautam’s latest novel is titled RangiTaranga, a word which might hold the key to his past. Indu, a soft natured girl, paints the cover […]
Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as “the Fourth of July”. It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and […]
A senior Cambridge University academic working with Tata Steel has been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list along with 17 other Indian-origin people who received in various fields. Professor Harshad Kumar Dharamshi […]
BAKU (TIP): Pop diva Lady Gaga lit up a lavish opening ceremony of the inaugural European Games on Friday which also featured a hostile reception for Azerbaijan’s bitter enemies Armenia. Lady Gaga’s rendition of John […]
Wreathed in clouds, Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim is located on a ridge at a height of 5500 feet. With a spectacular view of the Khangchendzonga, the town provides the perfect base for travel through […]
ASTANA (TIP): Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only president Kazakhstan has ever seen since its birth some 24 years ago, won another mandate on April 26 by a margin that’d make words like ‘landslide’ and ‘overwhelming’ sound […]
Krish arrived in USA (Chicago) in the summer of 2009 and it was only in early 2010 that he resumed his ‘hobby’ of painting, after a break of almost 15 years. He was born and raised in Kolkata, […]
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