NEW YORK: The Asian American Convenience Stores Association (AACSA) at its third annual convention held at Tampa, Fl. on Dec 1 decided to approach the major credit card companies - Master, Visa, American Express and Discovery - on the issue of high credit card fees they charge from convenience and gas stores across the country.

NEW JERSEY: The Indo American Cultural Association Inc. (IACA), Edison, NJ organized its eighteenth Annual event at The Imperia in Somerset NJ last week.One of the highlights was recognizing Dr Hemant G. Patel, a founding member of Board of Trustees and currently the President of American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI).  

ST. LOUIS: The India Association of St. Louis (IAS) hosted its annual "India-Nite" last week at the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Center. It included a spectacular cultural program extravaganza displaying a variety of Indian folk, ethnic, classical and popular dance and musical performances.

CHICAGO: Gujarat Cultural Association, one of the oldest service organizations in Chicagoland, held its annual get together event last week in Schaumburg. It was attended by well over 400 members and guests from all over Chicago.

NEW YORK: This January, GujaratiMatrimony.com and BharatMatrimony Centre, are organizing an international matrimony meet for the Gujarati Brahmin and Patel community in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

CHICAGO: Every year the Eight District Democrats and Independents (EDDI) gather together for developing new ideas, strategies and improvements in the democratic community. This year the meet was held at Hawthorne Woods with EDDI having its first annual awards, and dinner that drew huge crowd.

WEST WINDSOR, NJ: The Tawa Restaurant Group has launched their new restaurant Urban Tadkaa in the upscale suburb of West Windsor, New Jersey. Urban Tadkaa offers ethnic Indian delicacies in the inimitable style of Master Chef Harpal Singh Obhan.

RENO, Nevada: In a remarkable gesture, Nevada Clergy Association welcomed well-known Hindu monk Swami Vedananda of California to his lecture trip to Reno and South Lake Tahoe last week. Welcoming Swami at Yoga Loka in Reno, Right Reverend Gene Savoy Jr., Bishop of International Community  

RENO, Nevada: In a remarkable gesture, Nevada Clergy Association welcomed well-known Hindu monk Swami Vedananda of California to his lecture trip to Reno and South Lake Tahoe last week. Welcoming Swami at Yoga Loka in Reno, Right Reverend Gene Savoy Jr., Bishop of International Community