CHICAGO: The spirit of patriotism was truly depicted at the 66th Independence Day celebration banquet on Saturday, August 18 and at the Grand Parade held on Sunday, August 19 hosted by Federation of Indian Association (New) Chicago.
The Banquet included a spectacular cultural program which took place at The Meadows Club, Rolling Meadows, a northwest Chicago suburb. Both events were...
CHICAGO: It was celebration of India Day with a difference at Indo American Center (IAC), a no profit social organization in Chicago.
This celebration was the mark of a new era of the combined celebration of the Indian and Pakistani Independence Days on August 9. Interestingly, it was not to raise funds, but a genuine tribute to the native lands...
NEW YORK: Members of the Indian National Overseas Congress (I), USA have made the India Day Parade in New York City all the more colorful with their strong participation marching under a banner saluting a democratic and secular India on its 65th anniversary of Independence. The marchers waved the tri-color flag of India along with the Congress and U.S....
NEW YORK: For the first time in its history, leaders of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin (AAPI) led the India Day Parades in Dallas, TX on Sunday, August 12 and in New York City on August 19. Applause from the crowds reached a crescendo as the first ever colorfully decorated float bearing AAPI's name, symbol, and...
ST LOUIS: Celebrating India's national historical events has become a tradition with the Indian community in the greater St. Louis region since the inception of the India Association of St. Louis (IAS) in 1968.
This year too, IAS successfully hosted Independence Day event at the Mahatma Gandhi Cultural Center (MGC) on Sunday, August 11, celebrating India's 65 years of independence.
The...
NEW YORK: Why would young people all be wearing sunglasses in the darkness of a happening bar? The Empire State Building was recently lit up with a very different kind of light - the light of giving -
when CH2 hosted the 20/20 Party Bring Sight Tonight at the Empire Room on July 26.
CH2, the junior branch of Children's Hope...
NEW YORK: Almost 100 children participated in the "Meet the Legend" Cricket Coaching Camp with legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. The event was conducted by the DreamCricket Academy and United States Youth Cricket Association (USYCA), and sponsored by MetLife, a leading global provider of life insurance and other financial services.
Children ages 7 to 15 took part in the event, which...
SKOKIE: A large number of Muslims from all over the metropolitan area joyfully bustled into the Holiday Inn in Skokie, a north side Chicago suburb, to be part of a global celebrations of Eid Ul-Fitr.
While there were various venues that held Eid prayers throughout the region, one of the largest turnouts was at the Holiday Inn. The block was...
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: "I lost my only support when I lost my husband. We keep remembering him and crying all day. I do not know how I will live the rest of my life," these are the touching words of the wife of Seeta Singh, a Sikh who lost his life on August 5 in the Oak Creek, Wisconsin, gurudwara...
BREA, CA: The Sikh American and Interfaith community of Brea and Surrounding Cities held a Candlelight Vigil in memory of people who lost their lives and to pray for the injured, including Lt. Brian Murphy, who was injured while saving numerous lives in the Oak Creek Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) in Wisconsin on August 5.
It was attended by over 300...