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CONTENTS

COVER STORY

Jaipal Reddy, Founder and CEO of Everest Heights Corporation was recently awarded the Businessman of the Year by the Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, TX. This article traces Reddy’s journey from being a starry eyed student in the suburbs of Hyderabad, India to achieving his dream of heading a large media corporation in the US.

REGULAR FEATURES 10 11 13 16 23 30 35 36 46 47 48 50 52 59 65 68 70 72 74 76 78 83 89 98 100 103 104

Letters Editorial Contributors Scene - Past month Filmopedia Bollywood Gossip Bollywood Hilist Movie Preview - Bollywood Healthcare with Dr. Gunukula Gadgets Preview: Chandni Chowk to China Kids Corner President Obama brings hope for South Asians Natural Health Books Culture - Bharatnatyam Dance RJ Profile — Moon & Sona (High Voltage) Chiropractic Suggestions South Asian Faces Introducing Indian Culture to Children Horoscope Scene - Upcoming Yellow Pages Men’s Fashion Bollywood Nightlife Restaurant Guide Advertisers List

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EATING OUT

Kokila Indian Cuisine prides itself in serving authentic South and North Indian food in an elegant, ambiance. Learn more on Page 40

TRAVEL

Caves are hide beautiful natural formations writes Srinidhi Raghavendra, who took a trip to the depths of the earth when he was in India. Read more on Page 61 

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Letters to the Editor am sure you would agree that she’s a great actress too. When I was traveling last month, I saw her Hollywood movie My Bollywood Bride on the plane and she was too good. I hope you will give due coverage to talented actresses like Kashmira.

The feature that most impressed me about the article was that the writer had taken pains to give the factual information about how and where one could participate in Dune Bashing. I think this adds a lot of value to any article, especially a travel piece.

Adil Puri Flower Mound, TX

Surinder Sharma Carrollton, Tx

Kashmira Shah is a talented actress no doubt. We feature people on the cover when they are in the news for something. We are presenting you Kashmira Shah live in Rhythm Events’ “Hollywood Style Bollywood Hungama”. You can meet with your favorite star and get her autograph at the event. — Editor

Suggestion for improvement

Disappointing Movie

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Phenomenal Progress

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am very happy with the progress of your magazine. I remember reading your Imran Khan issue (my daughter is a big fan!) and was pretty disturbed to see that advertisement dominated the magazine! I wasn’t sure whether I should pick up the magazine again. I am glad I continued reading Salaam Namaste. Over the past few months I have seen phenomenal improvement in terms of the articles and community news. I look forward to the magazine month after month to know all about the events in the DFW metro area. Keep up the good work! Ketaki Shah Mehta Carollton, TX

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ow! That’s all I have to say about Salaam Namaste. I rarely pick up the free magazines stacked in front of desi stores and restaurants, but since I am a big fan of Kashmira Shah I picked up your latest issue. But after going through your magazine I have become a big fan of Salaam Namaste too. I enjoyed reading the extensive coverage of local community events and my kids enjoyed the puzzles in the Kids Corner. I will start picking up the magazine regularly from now on. Coming back to Kashmira Shah, I wonder why you took so long to feature her. Is it because she’s known for her sexy dances? I Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009

read your article titled ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Movie’ with great interest (Salaam Namaste, December 08) and based on the positive comments in the article I went with my entire family to watch the Shah Rukh Khan Flick. I am sorry to say that this was one great disappointment for the entire family. Except for hummable music and great photography, the movie offered nothing of value.

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have been reading Salaam Namaste magazine since your first issue and I have a suggestion for your ‘Restaurant Review’ feature. I am a foodie and like to eat out at different restaurants both Indian and otherwise. I think I have tried out almost all the restaurants you have featured in your magazine. One thing I noticed in your reviews is that there is no comparative rating of different features of the restaurant. My suggestion to you is to introduce a fivestar rating various aspects such as ambiance, service, food, spice, price/ value for money, etc. This rating will give all the details of the restaurant in a nutshell. I see that you have done this in your restaurant guide section. But these ratings have more relevance in the restaurant review section.

I earnestly urge you to consider giving Koti Venkateshwara Rao unbiased opinions when you write about big Frisco, Tx movies featuring mega stars in future.This will save us a lot of time and money and enhance Thank you very much for the suggestion. We the image of your magazine too. will definitely introduce ratings soon. — Editor Ibrahim Kazi Lewsiville The movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is a total entertainer and has been doing successfully both in India and the US. Shah Rukh Khan movies are all about glamour and entertainment and this one is no different. Our opinion of the movie is that it’s screenplay and music were great, an assertion you agreed with. — Editor

Adrenaline pumping article

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am a regular reader of your magazine and I must say that my favorite section is ‘Joyful Travel’.This months article “Been There! Dune That!” (SN, December ‘08) has been the best so far. I’m impressed by the way the author conveys his experience of travelling through the desert. As I read through the feature I felt as if I myself was experiencing the thrills and chills of dune bashing. The fantastic pictures added great visual appeal to the article. 10

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Editorial

Happy New Year 2009 Dear readers, An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

Publisher: MONICCA SHARMAA [email protected] Editor SRINIDHI RAGHAVENDRA [email protected] Art Director Raj Shinde [email protected] Copy Editor Ali Fazal [email protected] Photography AFTAB; REHAN OBAID Distribution AHMED SHAHID Sales/ Marketing Sales Manager

OMAR KHAN 972 978 6646 [email protected] Sales Executives ALAN FOWLDS 972 259 0670 MEHREEN ALI 972 259 0370 SUMEET MARVIN 972 259 0371 SANU MATHEW 972 978 0509 NAHEED RAHEEL 972 978 0508 OMAIR MIRZA 972 978 3582 Accounts CHRIS PALAPARTHI Contributors A.G. Chini; Dilshad Dayani; SWAMI KRSNA; Dr. Srinivas Gunukula; Dr. Prakash R. Kondekar; Dr. Jason black; pooja pittie goel; Mamatha Deepak

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ishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2009! This time of the year is synonymous with making new resolutions for the year ahead. What kind of resolutions do we make? Most people usually make resolutions to lose weight, to study harder, to make more money, to work harder or get a promotion at work.

It is rare to hear someone make an altruistic resolution like: “I will help 100 people get better jobs this year!” or “I will spend 2 hours every week at the senior citizens home!” or “I will volunteer for the local animal shelter this year!” This kind of social or charitable work often takes the last priority in our lives. In reality, it should take up the first priority, because often while helping of others we are actually helping ourselves. I would like to recount a small story to illustrate this adage. A man once spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible. “Come, now I will show you heaven,” the lord said after a while. They entered another room, identical to the first pot of stew, the group of people, and the same long-handled spoons. But there everyone was happy and well nourished. “I don’t understand” said the man, “Why are they happy here and they were miserable in hell, where everything is the same?” The Lord smiled. “Ah, it is simple,” he said, “Here they have learned to feed each other.” Similarly in our life, the more we try to help others, the more we will be helped. This year I urge you to make a resolution to help others, serve the society, or do something that makes a difference in this world. Waiting to hear from you about your New Year Resolutions, I sign off!

Salaam Namaste magazine is circulated FREE every month in various commercial establishments in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. If you wish to receive your copy by mail, please subscribe for the magazine, using the form on page 21. Salaam Namaste magazine is published Everest Heights Inc. Vol 6. No.11 November 2008 Copyright © Salaam Namaste Magazine. All rights reserved. Reproduction of pictures, articles in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. We are not responsible for unsolicited materials submitted for publication. Views expressed by editorial/ advertorial contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publication or its holding company. The information in the publication is believed to be accurate. However Salaam Namaste Magazine or the holding company cannot and do not guarantee its accuracy and will not be liable for the quality or performance of goods and services provided by advertisers or any other portions of the publication. Printed in the U.S.A.

Srinidhi Raghavendra Editor ([email protected]) Salaam Namaste Team Wishes All Readers A Very Happy New Year ‘09

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Meet Our Contributors.... The strength of our content lies in our contributors, who go to great lengths to collect, compile and present facts, information and opinions in an interesting, entertaining and easy to understand fashion. Our contributors range from serious research-oriented writers to passionate activists and from casual conversational contributors to hacks. Our goal: to engage the South Asian community in conversation about life in the US, particularly in Dallas-FortWorth Metroplex. Dilshad Dayani is a DFW-based Education Consultant. She is the executive producer and host of the non-profit show Zindagi on Radio Salaam Namaste 104.9 FM every Friday in Dallas and on Dhoom FM in New Jersey every Thursday. She is currently in the final stages of her doctoral research program. She loves art and appreciates music and dance. She strongly believes that life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away. Dilshad can be reached @ [email protected] Dr. Prakash R. Kondekar is the Hon. Director of the Mumbai-based Indian Institute of Naturopathy, Fellow of Royal Society of Health (London), and the only registered Bowen Therapy practicioner in Asia. He has published six books, numerous articles, and presented radio shows in India, Mauritius, and USA. He was conferred the KARMYOGI Award by the Bombay Paramedical Association and the American Organization of Intellectuals in 1998. Dr. Kondekar can be contacted at [email protected] A.G. Chini is often referred to as the encyclopedia of information about old Hindi films and music. His shows are packed with trivia and facts that are not found anywhere else. He can surprise even the most die-hard fan of Dilip Kumar to Raj Kapoor by giving them extra tidbits along with songs not heard on any other show. Chini has presented radio programmes in Dubai and emceed numerous events in India, USA, and UAE. A.G. Chini presents his radio show Monday through Friday 11 am -2 pm and Saturday between 5-7 pm. [email protected] Dr. Srinivas Gunukula has completed his residency in internal medicine at Catholic Medical Center, New York, fellowships in critical care medicine at Brown University, Rhode Island, and cardiology and interventional cardiology at the University of Massachusetts. He currently practices interventional cardiology at Dallas Regional Medical Center and The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano. Dr. Gunukula hosts the weekly radio show “The Doctor Is In” on Radio Salaam Namaste (104.9 FM) every Saturday from 3-4 pm. Chicago-based Pooja Pittie Goel is the founder of Little GuruSkool, a firm that produces DVDs and books to introduce Indian culture to children. A business management alumnus of the University of Chicago, Pooja grew up in Mumbai and was formerly employed with Unilever USA. She can be contacted at [email protected]. An alumnus of Radford University, VA and the University of Tennessee, Dr. Jason Black is a certified practitioner from the Parker College of Chiropractic (1999). Dr. Black’s vision is: To empower our community to take their life and health to the highest possible level. Dr. Black also hosts a weekly program on Radio Salaam Namaste 104.9 FM every Saturday between 1.30 pm - 2.00 pm. Mamatha Deepak is a Vidwat-certified Bharatha Natyam artiste from India. She was formerly examiner for Junior and Senior grades of Karnataka state board. She has been teaching Bharathnatyam in Irving since 2003. She can be contacted at [email protected].

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North American Hindus Call for a New Dialogue on Terrorism

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embers of various South Asian communities of Dallas-Fort Worth, TX came together to perform a Shanti Homam (ceremony of peace) to pray for peace for those affected by the heinous terrorist attack on Mumbai City in India (November 26-29, 2008). Terrorists killed over 180 and injured more than 400 innocent people including tourists and security force personnel. “The terrorist attack is a stark reminder that Terrorism continues to be one of the greatest dangers to the future of the democratic and secular society of India in particular and the world at large,” said Kalyan Viswanathan, president, Sanatana Dharma Foundation (SDF), Dallas, TX.

The Shanti Homam at the DFW Hindu Temple, Irving, TX attracted members of over 30 Hindu organizations from the DFW metro area, as well as members of Jewish and Islamic faiths. During the solemn ceremony, prayers for world peace and solace for the affected

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Temple along with congregation members. families were offered, through a traditional Vedic ritual accompanied by chanting of Sanskrit hymns. Speaking on the occasion, Ranna Jani, President of the DFW Hindu Temple, Irving,TX commented: “We come together to look into the eyes of terror and say we stand together as one people of the world in support of humanity - Not in despair or hopelessness, but rather in love, strength, resolve, and peace for the present and the future.” “Hindus and Jews have a lot in common. We both have suffered the travails of Partition and ongoing terrorism,” said Rabbi Goeffrey W. Dennis of the Congregation Kol Ami, who attended the Vedic Prayer at the DFW Hindu

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“As North American Hindus, we are extremely disturbed by this horrible terrorist attack on Mumbai. Our hearts bleed for the departed souls and families who have lost their loved ones, and the injured. We need an approach to solve the problem of Terrorism once and for all,” said Kalyan Viswanathan president, SDF. The Homam was attended by over 150 people including members of several nonprofit organizations such as FoundationAgainst Continuing Terrorism, Denton County India Cultural Association, and SEWA International. Similar Homam ceremonies were also offered in many cities in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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SCENE Events of past month Urdu Society Awards Ceremony

BA-DFW’s Durgotsava ranked among world’s best

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he hugely successful Silver Jubilee Puja celebration organized by Bengali Association of Dallas-Fort Worth was recently hailed as the best and biggest Durga Puja that the Bengali community of DFW has ever witnessed! The judging was conducted by the Times Group through the Kolkata Mirror newspaper to find out which community is keeping alive the Bengali ethos in foreign lands.

Radio Salaam Namaste’s A.G. Chini was invited to felicitate Khaliq Quereshi and Amina Ismail during the recent Urdu Society’s awards function held at Dallas.The awards function was attended by over 150 urdu speakers of Indian and Pakistani origin, residing in DFW Metro area.

Weekend Course on Basics of Hinduism

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he Center for Spiritual Living, Addison, TX in association with Dallas Chapter of Barsana Dham conducted a two-day course on the ‘Basics of Hinduism for Children and their parents’ on December 13 and 14, 2008. Over 85 children along with their parents attended the programme organized under the aegis of the Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), Barsana Dham, one of the largest Hindu Temple complexes in North America.

“When his flawless recital of most sacred Sanskrit hymns resound in your ears, I bet, you cannot figure out that he is not born Hindu. He has not only simply stunned me but also made me think about my own religion, the things I have been doing without thinking much? I never knew there was so much more to Hinduism,” says Divyesh Patel, an Irvingbased parent of two kids who attended the course.

The program featured interactive sessions on religion, philosophy and spirituality by Swami Nikhilanand, an American-born sanyasi teacher of JKP. The aim of the program was to answer the numerous questions children ask about Hindu religion and culture. Most parents would find these questions difficult to answer. Questions such as “Why do innocent people suffer?”; “What is the proof that God exists?”; “Why is Hinduism the only religion that describes God’s form?”; “What will I gain by following Hinduism?” etc were fielded effectively by Swami Nikhilanand. Concurrent sessions on Hindu Scriptures, Hind Saints, God, You and I, and The many forms of God were conducted separately for parents and children. Both days featured vibrant question-answer sessions which seemed never ending.

Founded by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, a highly respected spiritual teacher from India, revered as the fifth original Jagadguru in the last five thousand years, JKP is a non-profit organization religious and educational organization with several humanitarian projects in India and the US.

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The three winning communities for “The World’s Best Pujas - 2008” are Indian Cultural Society, Cambridge, UK; Bengali Association of Dallas Fort Worth (BA-FDW); and Bengali Association of Merseyside & North of England Bengali Association of Dallas Fort Worth (BA-DFW), Texas, USA (estd. 1984) has been representing the vibrant Bengali community of the Dallas Fort Worth metropolis. The BADFW celebrated its 25th anniversary with the Durga Puja this year. The colorful festivities included inauguration with Agomoni invoking Goddess Durga, is a unique composition by our local talents based on our rich Indian philosophy and devotion (Bhakti) for the first time on a special day at the very beginning of the auspicious Autumnal Devipaksha. Agomoni, a harmony of Nritya (Dance)Geeti (Songs)-Badya (instrumental music) and Shlokas from Indian scriptures, instills a deep sense of devotion to the Mother in the hearts of the audience. The 5-day celebrations also featured performances by Usha Uthup, Babul Supriyo and other cultural programmes. www.SNMonthly.com

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ulekha.com, in association with SNN world production, is launching a alternative Desi Entertainment channel — Sulekha TV. This first of its kind Web television program will be broadcast on Sulekha.com.The new television channel will feature content tailormade to cater to the tastes of the local South Asian community. The unique feature of Sulekha TV is that all programs will be entirely produced, edited, and compiled in the United States. An Everest Heights entity, SNN World has been involved in producing a number of events in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Now, in association with the most viewed Desi portal — Sulekha.com, SNN World aims to bring top-quality and original programming to US-based South Asians. “It’s the first time ever that South Asians in US will watch shows that are specific to them and not ‘imports’ from back home,” says Scott Wilson, the brain behind the SNN TV and Sulekha TV merger. Sulekha TV will broadcast a variety of shows that will grab the attention of all age groups across the South Asian diaspora.The shows currently under production include a wide range of subject matter that interests the young and old alike. “There is so much content out there for something like this that it’s surprising no one thought of this

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before,” says Ashly Joys, associate producer of SNN TV. Initial programming includes capsules such as; Jump Start which features the day’s top stories from around the world, presented in a different light. Bollywood Buzz will cover all major Desi events in and around the US including red carpet premieres, concerts and even club action from Desi hotspots in the country. All roads lead to the Entertainment Corner where viewers will get info on behind-the-scenes action, latest movie updates and gossip from Bollywood. For those young and young at heart there is the uniquely different and entertaining, ‘L**E Happens’. Translated as Life Happens, the hosts on the show will take audience queries on all aspects of life, especially issues pertaining to being a Desi in the US. Comments Dilshad Dayani, one of the faces of L**E Happens: “I am very excited about the whole deal. The people I have spoken to regarding this are already gushing about its launch” Sulekha TV will launch early Jan’09 on Sulekha.com. For more enquiries and advertising needs, contact Reshma@ sulekha.net or call Reshma at 512-7754378.

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FILMOPEDIA

YEH PAISA AISA KAISA HAI?

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alking about paisa, money, the only power, pleasure and pressure that matters today, reminds me of some true stories where some of the greatest legends worked only for the love and the sheer worship of their work.

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Mughal-E-Azam. The two friends were once driving down somewhere in Juhu, which then was barren land and being grabbed by some of the very big stars and filmmakers at dirt cheap prices. Sanjeev asked Asif to buy a plot, and build a sheesh mahal of his own.Asif looked at Sanjeev, had a deep puff at his cigarette, flicked off the ash and said, “Haribhai, hum yahan film banbe aaye hai, bangle banane aur paise kamane nahin”. The maker of Mughal-EAzam lived in a two bedroom flat till the last days of his life which speaks volumes for his passion for work.

one of Dev’s films. She sang to perfection like she has always sung and specially when she has sung for a man like Dev Anand, “the kind of men they don’t make any more”. Dev had kept a cheque ready for her. But Lata just finished recording her song, ran down the There was a time when the struggling steps, got into her car and sped away. Dev comedian Jagdeep had no money to keep was out of his wits when he heard of what his family from starvation. He thought of the happened. He literally ran down the stairs only man who could help him. He walked all and then ran after her car. It was drama at its the way from the suburbs of Bombay to the most dramatic with Dev running after Lata’s other end of the city where Asif lived. Little car and the two finally stopping. He offered did Jagdeep know that Asif himself was broke her the cheque but Lata just folded her hands and in a very bad state financially. There were and refused to accept it. On the contrary, she just a few rupees left in the house.The female And now a tidbit about the greatest Indian folded her hands again and thanked Dev for members of Asif’s family made all kinds of actor, Dilip Kumar: He still calls himself “the giving her the umpteenth opportunity to sing gestures to make him say no to Jagdeep. But poorest actor in the country when compared for a film made by him even after fifty long Asif had a heart that could break and even to some of the junior actors of today”. He years. Dev just hugged her, blessed her and melt over sad stories. He talked very little, asked his producers for money only when he threw up his hands in disbelief. Lata then said went straight up to the cupboard, took out badly needed money and it was normally just she would just accept a one rupee coin from all the money that was there and handed it all a few thousand rupees each time. He says him for her song. Dev was helpless. He didn’t over to Jagdeep. He knew that Jagdeep’s need he couldn’t think of lakhs and huge amounts have one rupee coin on him. He sent for one was greater than his and he could make it which other stars and actors asked for and immediately, offered it to Lata who gratefully good within some days but Jagdeep couldn’t. got. He, like his contemporary, Raaj Kumar, accepted it, smiled her best smile, waved out Jagdeep cried that evening like he had never got all his costumes cut by his own personal to Dev and drove away… before. Farishte bhi hote hain insaan ke roop tailors because he found them much more mein, Jagdeep realized that day… cheap than the stylish costume designers of Ek unka bhi zamaana tha jab paisa sab the industry which was his way of helping his kuch nahi hota tha Another Asif story. The late Sanjeev producers in saving money… Kumar and Asif were very good friends. Ek aaj ka zamaana hai jab paisa hi kaagaz They had even started work on Love And Here is a tale about Dev Anand and Lata ka khuda ban gaya hai God planned as a greater magnum opus than Mangeshkar. Lata was to record a song for

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Dev Anand’s full name is Devdutt Pishorimal Anand. Dev Anand and Nutan’s four-film association (Paying Guest, Baarish and Manzil were the other three) culminated with Tere Ghar Ke Saamne. Zarine, now better known as actor Sanjay Khan’s wife Zarine Khan, played Dev Anand’s anglicised secretary in Tere Ghar Ke Saamne. This was Zarine’s only film as an actress. Tere Ghar Ke Saamne was Nutan’s comeback film after the birth of Mohnish Behl. Mohammed Rafi sung the song Dil Ka Bhanwar Kare Pukar from the film Tere Ghar Ke Saamne after a few retakes… something very rare for him. Tere Ghar Ke Saamne was director Vijay Anand’s only full length comedy. Ram Lakhan was produced by Subhash Ghai’s brother Ashok Ghai. Ram Lakhan is still remembered for its launch performed in the hill station of Khandala where 300 V.V.I.P. guests were invited for a three day stay to witness the event. With Ram Lakhan - a star was born: Madhuri Dixit. The chart buster song “My name is Lakhan” was recorded with only 72 Rhythm Instruments and no vocal or string instrument was used in its composition. The screenplay of the film was declared as a text book by critics and got many awards. Ram Lakhan is a copy of Deewar and earlier - Mother India. Saira Banu made her debut in the film Shagird. Saira Banu’s mother Naseem Bano was the first beauty queen of Bollywood. Saira Banu stopped acting the day she met her husband by chance at the airport when one of them was going for a shoot and the other was coming back. That’s where they met after three months and realisation dawned. Saira was linked to Rajendra Kumar before she abruptly married Dilip Kumar. Saira last acted in Duniya in a cameo opposite Dilip Kumar.

A.G. Chini Sahab with the world’s best Tabla Navaz (mentioned in the Wikipedia) Ustad Zakir Hussain.

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BOLLYWOOD Gossip A.R. Rahman copies music?

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ani Ratnam and A.R. Rahman have given many a musical hit together such as Roja, Bombay, Dil Se, Yuva, and most recently Guru. Every time the famous South Indian director thinks of making a film, he can think of no one else but Rahman to compose the soundtrack. However, it appears that for Mani Ratnam’s new film, Rahman seems to have borrowed some tunes: from himself! Rahman had composed some tunes for Mani Ratnam’s now shelved project Lajjo. The film was to star Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles, but due to certain reasons never took off. Now, the buzz has it that a few of the songs which Rahman had composed for Lajjo would be used by Rahman in Mani Ratnam’s current project Raavana. Mani is once again directing the famous Abhi-Ash jodi in this drama and when Rahman approached Mani with the thought of using some of his earlier composed songs (from Lajjo) in this film, Mani readily agreed. One thing’s for sure, if the music of Raavana turns out to be a chartbuster, Aamir and Kareena will surely rue their luck!

Asin, the pop star?

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t home, she is a docile conservative South Indian girl. But put her on stage and she transforms into a cool chic rock singer with a guitar in her hands and a song on her lips. Apparently, that’s the girl Asin plays in London Dreams. According to sources, there are two separate looks for her Londoner’s character: The traditional South Indian look, and the rock singer who takes off with her friends to jam and groove to funky beats.

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n her next release Kambakth Ishq, Kareena plays a surgeon who moonlights as a supermodel. A surgeon who’s a super-model? Sounds like a deadly combination to us. “Yeah my character flies to Italy to become a super-model to support herself financially.I didn’t want to play the character looking like an international model because she’s basically in another profession. So she can’t really have the figure of Victoria Beckham, can she? I had to look more filled up. Again, for my next release Main Aur Mrs Khanna with Salman Khan, I play a wife. So I wanted to look more filled up. Not that wives can’t be slim. The one I played in Golmaal Returns certainly was.” For her forthcoming films ‘Size 0’ is out. No more anorexic looks for this lass. Kareena Kapoor is now striving to have a healthy desi girl’s figure.

Though producer-director Vipul Shah isn’t revealing anything, it is reliably learnt that Asin, who makes her transition from Tamil-Telugu to Hindi cinema, even gets to sing in her own voice and play the guitar in London Dreams. About her leading role in the film, Asin is totally tightlipped. “All I can say is, it’s something I’ve never played before. In fact, I think it’s a role never seen in Indian cinema. Beyond that, I can’t talk about it. But I’m very excited about both Ghajini and London Dreams. I’ve a long list of criteria for selecting a role beginning with the director, banner and co-star and ending with the cinematographer...I want them all to be just right. Am I being greedy? Perhaps. I’m sorry. I can’t settle for anything but the best,” said Asin with a smile.

Reason? “My forthcoming releases required me to get back to a fuller shape. Plus, I’m such a foodie, I just couldn’t stay away from my fried foods anymore!” she laughs. Now Kareena has decided to hold steady with her new weight. “I weigh 120 pounds now, which for a girl of my height is quite fine. People used to wonder what ‘Size 0’ is and I’d joke, ‘Just look at me’. I don’t want that anymore. I want to look like a nice normal healthy girl.”

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anny Boyle’s much appreciated drama Anil Kapoor-starrer Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama) at the Golden Globe awards. The Golden Globes are considered as a predecessor to the much more prestigious Academy awards, and films which usually find a nomination at the Golden Globe more often than not make the final cut at the Oscars. Slumdog Millionaire, which has been making the rounds of film festivals for a while now, tells the story of a slum boy who goes on to take part in a quiz game show. The film released in the US recently and has received both critical and commercial success. Recently, the film also won 3 top awards at the British Independent Film awards. With this prestigious Golden Globe nomination, the makers now surely have their eyes set on the next big thing — an Oscar nomination. Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009

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BOLLYWOOD Gossip Himesh’s budget cut?

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nfazed by the recent recession, Bhushan t could have turned into a serious tu-tu-main-main between the producer and the director, Kumar has rebuffed all speculation about who wanted to recreate the snow-capped Kashmiri Mountains in Film City on the day that budget cuts by announcing that his current Bipasha Basu resumed shooting for Lamhaa. films (both Himesh-starrers) will be on According to a source Bipasha had to do a tough schedule and in the pre-allocated budget. action scene on the location depicting the zigzagging While A New Love Ishtory is almost done with streets of Kashmir in Film City. shooting, Kajraare complete 30-day schedule And director Dholakia wanted snow—Not the in Mumbai in February. real kind, but the kind created for cinema with salt. “Both Kajraare and A New Love Ishtory will Says Dholakia, ‘’It’s a well-known fact that the be released on schedule and there will be no salt effect to create snow on screen is far more compromise in quality,” announced Bhushan. effective than real snow which tends to obstruct “We are not cutting corners or costs. Quality the camera (Sanjay Leela Bhansali shot all the snowis the key.” scaped scenes in Black with simulated snow). So yes While Kajraare is a love story set in the I ordered salt for the scenes with Bipasha.’’ picturesque locales of Jordan, starring Himesh Apparently, a truck of salt was ordered to create Reshammiya and Pakistani actress Monalizza snow at Film City. But producer Bunty Walia put and being his foot down. Says Bunty, ‘’Yes I stopped the truck directed by Pooja with salt because I was against the snow idea. See, Bhatt, A New how do we match the real snow in Kashmir with Love Ishtory is a the artificial snow when we return to Kashmir in January and in any case how can we be sure story between it’d be snowing in Kashmir when we return there? How would we ensure continuity with the Niharika Singh scenes we shoot on Film City?” and Himesh Reshammiya and Reluctantly, Dholakia shot without his truckload of snow. Says the director, “It’s very important to return to Kashmir at any cost. I need to take my cast and crew to shoot the Dal is being directed Lake. That cannot be recreated in Film City. Happily for me, Sanju, Bipasha and Kunal Kapoor by John Mathew Mathan. agree with me. So we’ll return to Kashmir to capture as much authenticity as possible.’’

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BOLLYWOOD Gossip Harman-P r i y a n k a Kangna’s latest feud! It is important to have a good director to enhance one’s performance on screen. The worst reunited? to happen to me is a bad director” stated Kangna Ranaut in a recent interview as she “thing

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he first shooting schedule of Ashutosh Gowariker’s romantic comedy What’s Your Raashee? commenced in Mumbai recently. The entire movie will be shot in a single start-toend schedule and stars Love Story 2050 pair Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja in the lead roles.

What’s Your Raashee? is based on a Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by Madhu Rye, and is a story revolving around a young Gujarati man in pursuit of his dream girl, with the caveat to find her within 10 days in order to save his family from an unforeseen ordeal, which leads to an array of confusion, chaos, and a hilarious joy ride. Apparently, Ashutosh Gowariker is not at all worried that the pair’s previous flop pairing will affect What’s Your Raashee? in any way. “They were the two best actors for the script. Why should I be concerned that a different film, in which they played different characters, happened to fail at the box office?,” the filmmaker claims.

talks about life post Fashion and how she had almost lost control of her life a while back.

That’s not all the juicy scoop she gives though. While she speaks fondly about her first ever director Anurag Basu (Gangster) and acknowledges that it was his faith in her that turned her into an actor that she is today, she reveals that she shares a love-hate relationship with Mohit Suri (Woh Lamhe, Raaz - The Mystery Continues), and how Madhur Bhandarkar (Fashion) would make her feel special during the filming and how he would get her chocolates. However, a true shocker comes in the statement that she makes about Suneel Darshan, the man who paired her opposite Upen Patel in the musical Shakalaka Boom Boom. She says, “Suneel Darshan gave me the worst time of my life during Shakalaka Boom Boom. They didn’t even pay me for it. I felt really bad but it’s okay now.” What does Suneel Darshan, the man who has worked with the likes of Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu and Bobby Deol, have to say about this accusation? Especially when the statement is being made more than one and a half years after the film has been released?!? “Frankly, I can’t stoop to her level and she doesn’t really deserve a reply,” Darshan diplomatically states. Isn’t he disappointed with such a remark? “See, any retaliation will open up too many controversies, and there is no sense washing dirty linen in public. Let bygones be bygones. I too wish to move ahead with hope and a positive outlook towards life,” sighs Darshan. He has a final word though. “Surely, if she has a conscience, she will regret her disgusting behavior. Else, forget it!”

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here is no denying the fact that Katrina Kaif is among the most sought after actresses in Bollywood today. After all, in the recent past, Katrina has been part of such superhits as Partner, Namastey London, Welcome, and

Singh Is Kinng. Now, the gorgeous actress has added not just one, but two special feathers to her already impressive cap. Last week, Katrina was voted the ‘Sexiest Asian Woman’ for the year 2008 in a poll conducted by Eastern Eye, a well read publication in the U.K. Last year’s winner Bipasha Basu has now been pushed to the second spot. Just as accolades started pouring in for this feat, Katrina was in for yet another piece of good news. Katrina features among the Top 10 in 3 different categories in Google’s 2008 India Zeitgeist lists, a compilation of most searched terms on the internet released every year. While Katrina tops the ‘Most Popular Bollywood Celebrity’ category, she figures at No.3 in the ‘Fast Rising Searches’ category

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and at No.10 in the ‘Most Popular Searches’ category. In fact, she is the only person to feature in the Top 10 ‘Most Popular Searches’ category which otherwise features topics as diverse as Cricket to Indian Railways. A source close to Katrina said, “Katrina’s popularity is catching up with the masses in a big way. People are mesmerized by her beauty. Several of her fans have kept Kats’ pics as screensavers and wallpapers. Her smile, they say, is like an oasis in a desert. It helps them feel relaxed when they feel down at work.” Katrina obviously is thrilled at this turn of developments.“I have to thank my fans for their constant love and support. I just don’t know what else to say. Frankly I’m overwhelmed,” the gorgeous gal humbly proclaims. Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009

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BOLLYWOOD Hitlist Salaam Namaste’s Ali Fazal gives you this month’s most salacious gossip

1. Looks like Miss Deepika Padukone is turning into a bit of a diva—and not the good kind. Word on the street is that Deepika threw a major fit at the music launch for her new film, Akshay Kumar-starrer Chandni Chowk to China. It was discovered after the fact that Dips was furious that she was barely featured in the

displayed film artwork at the event, and that most of the coverage was going to Akshay Kumar and Ranvir Shorey. Since Deepika has a barely-there ‘running around trees’ heroine role in the film, we think she should hold her tongue before complaining about the press given to the two main heroes. 2. Dino Morea has apparently been giving Shubir S. Mukerji, producer of last month’s release Gumnaam, hell for the past five years, and isn’t apologizing for it. Dino was ranting and raving to all the tabloids that he wanted nothing to do with the stale muchdelayed film, and that he didn’t like the way it was being promoted. Producer Mukerji countered by saying that the film was only delayed because Dino refused to dub for the longest time. With few hits on your record and no forthcoming films in your kitty Dino, you should be grateful for any release, no matter how ‘stale’ it might seem.

3. Jiah Khan is supposedly seeing red. The sexy starlet, who debuted opposite Amitabh Bachchan in 2005’s Nishabd, claims that her role in last month’s hit Ghajini was completely slashed in the editing room. Her claim is that she was narrated a co-leading role opposite Aamir Khan, and ended up doing a glorified cameo. Let’s hope her forthcoming Yash Raj project opposite Shahid Kapur and Rani Mukherji will fare better for her! 4. Katrina Kaif can be quite a sweetheart when she wants to be. The actress was apparently a last-minute replacement for original December Vogue covergirl Kangana Ranaut. After Ranaut played truant, Kat traveled 20 hours from the States (where she is currently shooting with John Abraham for New York) for the 3-hour shoot, then flew 20 hours back so that she could make her call-time for shooting the next day. Nice to see some professionalism in Bollywood, where showing up late and throwing tantrums seems to be the order of the day. 5. Hollywood actress Denise Richards seems to have a bit of a superiority complex. When shooting for Kambakht Ishq in Los Angeles last week, she apparently used Kareena Kapoor’s personal assistant to run all around the city of angels running errands for her dogs! When confronted by Kareena regarding this matter, Denise just gave an insincere shrug. Looks like those ‘Kambakht’ divas stateside are as dangerous as those in Bollywood!

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MOVIE Preview Yet Another Film on Global Terror Movie Name: New York Cast: John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh Director: Kabir Khan

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story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the center of the world. For most of us, larger events in the world are just headlines in the newspapers, but these events can change our lives forever. New York is one such story of three young friends (John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh) whose happy and beautiful lives in America are turned upside down by monumental events beyond their control.

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HEALTHCARE Stress Test to detect onset of Heart Disease with Dr. Srinivas Gunukula

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oronary Heart disease (CAD) remains the number one killer around the world. People from Indian subcontinent are at 3-4 times higher risk for developing CAD when compared to other populations. Among people from Indian subcontinent, those who have the history of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and family history of CAD are the ones particularly at risk. The global medical community is yet to arrive at a consensus as far as the right age to start screening for heart disease. However, in my opinion, people 50 and above should have a stress test. It does not mean that you cannot have stress test earlier. Your physician will be the best judge to decide when a person needs a stress test. I would recommend, people have a stress test at age 50 and then every 3-5 years if the initial test was normal, provided you do not have any new symptoms in between. If you develop a chest pain or shortness of breath after within a year of normal stress test you will have to undergo the test again.The Stress test is an indirect means of determining if a patient has coronary artery disease. It is also used as a test for risk stratification after people have suffered heart attacks and also to monitor people who have have established coronary artery disease. There are numerous ways of administering a stress test. The most common

one is the exercise stress test. It involves walking on a treadmill or riding a exercise bicycle. During the test, there is continuous monitoring of your electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, and blood pressure. It is a very safe test. The chance of having any complications during the test is 1 in 25,000. During the test if a person feels any chest pain, dizziness or shortness of breath you need to notify the doctor or nurse immediately. At this juncture, the concerned health care worker will take steps either to stop the test or slow down the treadmill. For people who cannot walk on treadmills the doctor might recommend chemical stress test in which chemicals are injected into the body to simulate exercise. The stress tests are not 100 percent accurate. The regular exercise stress test is only 60 percent accurate. The remaining 40 percent can be falsely negative or positive. Your doctor might add imaging to the exercise or chemical stress test. Imaging may include either echocardiogram (Ultrasound) or nuclear (Thallium) imaging. One of the main reasons, they add imaging is to improve the accuracy of the test. By adding imaging, the test accuracy goes up to 85-90 percent, leaving only a 10-15 percent margin of error. I feel that the benefits of a stress test far outweigh its risks.

The other upcoming modality is Magnetic resonance coronary angiography (also known as MRI) which is still considered a research tool despite being a very promising technique. MRI’s main drawbacks are high cost and it consumes lot of time. Summing up, I would like to say that screening for CAD is a very good method to prevent the onset of heart disease. There are new and more reliable techniques with a promise to change the future of CAD screening within the next few years.

There are new and evolving technologies that will play a prominent role in screening for CAD. The coronary computed tomographic (also known as CT or CAT scan) angiography is one such modality.It is useful,however it is still not considered as a reliable screening tool. The disadvantage with CT angiography is that it involves lot of radiation (X-Rays). For instance one coronary CT angiography provides the amount of radiation that is equivalent to 500 chest X-Rays. Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009

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GADGETS The Convertible Classmate PC

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ntel is coming out with yet another model of its famed Classmate PC, and with this model, the technology behemoth is inching closer to its original goal of creating a cheap, durable laptop that could be used in a classroom. The latest model in the classmate line is the “Convertible Classmate PC” which features an 8.9-inch touchpanel, 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 802.11n wi-fi, 1 GB RAM, a

60 GB HDD, and a battery which can run the whole day. A laptop packed with all these features and weighing under three pounds. is quite rare these days. In terms of build quality, the Classmate pc is equal to any other in the market. The screen resolution is sharp and can be used comfortably as a tablet with a convenient trackpad and keyboard. One of the great features of the Convertible Classmate is its quick launch panel which can be efficiently used on the touch screen, the icons are large and very user friendly. A great feature of the Convertible Classmate PC is its specially-designed touch screen. It won’t recognize palm contact when the stylus is being used. I am pretty sure that kids are excited at the prospect of having to carry only a PC to school and that too one that is under 3 lbs in weight!

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Akshay Kumar goes to China

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handni Chowk To China, the first ever Bollywood Kung-Fu comedy takes you on a madcap journey from the by-lanes of Chandni Chowk in Delhi to Shanghai, the Great Wall, and rural China, marrying in its wake hilarious gags, breathtaking action, spectacular locations, and heart-stirring emotions. Our protagonist Sidhu (Akshay Kumar- Singh is Kinng, Waqt) is the lowest on the totem pole, cutting vegetables at a roadside food stall in Chandni Chowk, Delhi. He longs to escape his dreary existence and looks for shortcuts- with astrologers, tarot readers and fake fakirs — believing in anything except himself, despite his father figure Dada’s (Mithun Chakraborty — Lucky, Heroes) best efforts. His redeeming moment arrives when two strangers, claiming he’s a reincarnation of a war hero from the past, take him to China for a life of luxury. Sidhu now dreams of wine, women, and a princely existence in foreign lands. Thanks to the devious translator, a conman by the name Chopstick (Ranvir Shorey- Ugly aur Pagli), little does he know that he is being taken to the Promised Land to rid the Chinese village of the vicious smuggler Hojo (Gordon Liu- Kill Bill Vol. 2)! Therefore, Sidhu blissfully sets forth to China with Chopstick who instigates dreams of a delicious future and conveniently forgets to reveal the perils that await him. Along the way, he meets Sakhi (Deepika PadukoneOm Shanti Om, Bachna Ae Haseeno), who has embarked on a journey to pay homage to the land of her birth and her dead father and twin. Initially Sidhu, through a series of lucky coincidences, manages to sidestep being beaten by Hojo’s men but finally Hojo catches up with him and exposes him as the country buffoon that he really is. Sidhu has the fire of revenge in his belly and finds the one man who will make him a Kung-Fu expert and set the village free. Armed with his Sifu (master), faith in himself, and the love of the fair Sakhi, Sidhu sets forth to conquer all! The film was supposed to be titled Mera Naam Chin Chin Choo or Made in China, but somehow ended up with the more apt title it has now. Written by Sridhar Raghavan of Khakee (2004) and Bluffmaster (2005) fame, Chandni Chowk to China is somewhat like the story of Akshay Kumar’s life. In fact, the star himself agreed that about 50 percent of the film is based on his own experiences. For the first time, South Indian beauty Deepika Padukone will be essaying a double role: as a Chinese Woman and an Indian Woman. Chinese superstar Gordon Liu is making his Bollywood debut in this movie and promises loads of Kung-Fu action! That makes it all the more watchable for Akki’s fans. Watch in stadium-style seating @ Hollywood Theaters www.SNMonthly.com Tel: 972-401-1550 49 on January 16, 2009.

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President Obama brings Hope for South Asians! By Ali Fazal

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veryday now, when we open our newspapers and turn on our television sets, we seem to be greeted by depressing news — economic slowdown, foreclosures, bankruptcies, layoffs, and more. Judging just by the economic state of our country, it appears that we have nothing to look forward to. Insiders predict that the market will continue to plunge for a number of months, and with the combination of the constantly dropping value of our dollar and the increase in airline ticket prices and surcharges, it seems like escaping for a nice vacation no longer seems a viable option. However, the idea that the current climate offers nothing but gloom is far from the truth. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be South Asian. Let’s be excited people! Barack Obama is our new president-elect, and with him comes tons of new propositions and legislative ideas that could aid the cause of South Asians worldwide. With a new president who is extremely supportive of our community’s needs, the next four years might finally cement the status of South Asians in mainstream American society for generations to come. Here are some of the areas which are going to change for the desi community. Immigration

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ne of the most important things to note is Obama’s continual support of the South Asian community when he was a Senator in Illinois. He had six South Asian individuals on his staff, a rarity when compared to the mainly white landscape of politics in the USA. After all, being a minority running for the most powerful office in the world, President Obama certainly understands the pitfalls that discriminatory attitudes can cause. It is for this reason that he plans to introduce legislation which will cause for stronger punishment in hate crimes. Hopefully with this legislation passed, South Asian children will no longer have to worry about abuse or mistreatment by ignorant individuals in public schools or being labeled ‘terrorists’. Family centered

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NATURAL HEALTH NATUROPATHY: Healing System of the future

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odern world is full of controversies and disagreements. It is rare to find two people agreeing on the same topic and this is especially true when it comes to health professionals. At this juncture I would like to raise one issue which is unlikely to encounter disagreements: health for all by 2000 AD. South Asian cultural heritage is replete with numerous Shashatras and Puranas which dish out the basic tenets of life. These ancient texts contain tips and advise on how an individual should relate to the family, the society, the country etc. These books also provide valuable guidelines on how to leverage these important facets of our lives to lead healthy and happy life. Meaning of happiness

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o emphasize how happiness is different for every individual, I would like to relate the story of a happy man and the unhappy king. The king in the story was an unhappy individual, even though he had limitless wealth, servants and all comforts at his disposal. He was constantly worried about losing his wealth, kingdom and position and this led him to become unhappy and insomniac. Numerous doctors, vaidyas and hakims tried their medicines but the King continued to spend sleepless nights. Finally one of his courtiers brought a renowned spiritual healer who promised to suggest a cure for the king’s insomnia. The spiritual healer examined the king and advised him to get a used shirt from a

happy man in his kingdom and wear it for a day. Immediately all the soldiers started going around and ask people if they are happy. But nobody was happy due to one reason or the other. Finally they found a young man breaking stones in the field who said that he was happy with his life. Soldiers took him to their ruler. The king was delighted to see the man and asked for his shirt, but the poor fellow had no shirt. The emperor thought about the message of the spiritual and understood its inner meaning after this interaction. The spiritual healer had meant the attitude and not the physical shirt and one doesn’t need riches to feel happy. Naturopathy – An introduction

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ven before allopathic system of medicine became popular people were living healthy and happy. And several thousand people continue to live a healthy, happy and disease free life even to this day without relying upon any medicine. These people lead lifestyles which are close to the nature. Due to rapid industrialization and advancement people have moved away from nature and their food habits also changed drastically. As a result immune systems have become weak. Allopathic system of medicine started as an alternative medicine in its beginning years when natural systems of medicine dominated the space. But things have changed drastically and now allopathic medicine has become mainstream and most sought after now. As a result ancient mainstream systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Naturopathy, and Homoeopathy have become alternative therapies today. Frequent use of allopathic treatments started with quinine for malaria, penicillin for syphilis and pneumonia among others. But with the onset of cancer and AIDS allopathic system seems to have became helpless and people have begun once again to look for alternative therapies. This quest has led to a resurgence of Naturopathy in recent times. I am quite certain that Naturopathy will be the healing system of 21st century. Naturopathy

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There are numerous physical afflictions which allopathic medicine cannot cure. People often head towards alternative medicines such as Naturopathy and surprisingly find cures. Naturopathy doesn’t use drugs or chemicals and the patient leverages his diet to achieve cure on advise from a naturopath. Naturopathy is a holistic healing approach to any physical affliction. This healing system doesn’t consider any symptoms or illness in isolation. The basic needs of body and associated systems are considered along with diet for the Nutritional Management of patient’s body. A manipulative treatment and massage also plays an important role in Natural cure. Naturopathy can be used more efficiently as a preventive therapy for many orthopedic problems. Naturopathy is a way of life and suggests a change in lifestyle as treatment and cure for chronic ailments such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. It is proven fact that the human body can perform any of its normal functions and maintain normal metabolism only when specific nutrients are consumed regularly in proper proportions. Back-pain, asthma, eczema, acne, vitiligo, arthritis, ulcers, psoriasis, migraine etc are some of the common body ailments for which there are hardly any medical cures but only alternative therapies like Naturopathy can have a solution. As mentioned earlier Naturopathy lays emphasis on diet. But in spite of apparently higher standard of living and personal hygiene there are problems. People are prone to food poisoning or an illness brought about by eating harmful food. Naturopathy takes care of most of these problems while prescribing the diet for the person. Thus proper use of preventive diet along-with yoga and could be the drugless solution with minimum expenses could be the remedy for better health for all in 21st century. Complementary to Naturopathy are other methods such as Acupressure, Spiritual Healing, Bach flower remedies, Reiki, Chromotherapy, Mechanotherapy, Biochemistry, Aromatherapy and Bowen therapy, which will be the methods in near future for solving health problems of human beings. Summing up, we need to remember that Naturopathy will be the therapy system which will help people achieve health and happiness. Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009

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Underground Adventure

Srinidhi Raghavendra remembers spending a weekend exploring one of the longest underground cave systems back home in India. His memories of being awed by amazing natural stalagmite and stalactite formation deep underground and experiences of cold, clammy depths are indeed interesting.

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t isn’t everyone’s idea of a great way to spend the weekend. Spending three days exploring one of the longest underground cave systems in the sub-continent? Did I hear a shudder? Cold, clammy caves deep under the earth’s surface infested with bats and other nasty creatures of the night? Yes, all that, but there’s also a touch of adventure and the thrill of exploring a new facet of the world. So, after a few arguments and counter-arguments, we decided to hit the road and visit the Belum caves in Andhra Pradesh — South India’s second longest underground cave system.

From Lepakshi we proceeded towards Belum and reached there in the late afternoon. Located in the limestone area in the Kolimigundla Mandal (Kolimigundla village) of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, the 2.1 mile long Belum Cave derives its name from the Sanskrit word Bilum (cave). These underground caves, located amidst

flat agricultural lands, have three sinkholes, of which the central one has been converted into the main entrance with a neat flight of steps for people to enter. After buying the tickets (Rs.25 or $.60 per person) we lined up as a group in front of the main entrance to the cave for a guided tour. The guide took us down a concrete

We started off from Bangalore at about 9.30 am on a Friday and proceeded towards Andhra Pradesh. After passing through several small towns such as Devanahalli, Chikkaballapur, Penukonda (Andhra Pradesh), we reached Lepakshi and decided to take a breather and explore the sprawling antiquated Veerabhadra temple. According to the Archaeological Survey of India, this temple has some of the best mural paintings and stone sculptures of the Vijayanagara era (13361646 AD). The intricately-carved massive monolithic idols of Ganesha and Shiva Linga inside the temple and the 30 ft tall Nandi statue nearby are awe inspiring. www.SNMonthly.com

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staircase about 30 ft below ground level, where the caves started. Inside the caves it was like a furnace, despite the fresh air supplied by blowers installed by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). But soon the excitement and beauty of the caves took our minds away from the heat and discomfort, and instead got us involved in admiring the well-lit and neatly maintained passages embellished with

fountains and strategically placed lighting. The lighting gives the natural formations an eerie glow and makes walking through the vast subterranean passages an invigorating experience. Marvelling at nature’s wonderful formations, we quickly made our way through the different pathways in the cave. Through the high and low, thick and thin passages (noting the various landmarks inside), we went on and on, sometimes crawling, other times squeezing through and easing ourselves slowly through the really narrow passages.The ageless stalactite and stalagmite formations are breathtakingly beautiful.

inside the cave was unbroken except by the quiet gurgle of flowing water in some passages. As we went deeper into the caves, the guide explained that though a length of 2.1 km has been successfully explored, only 1 mile is currently open for visitors. After taking us through a maze of underground passages, the guide took us through the Simhadwaram — an natural arch-like formation whose stalactites appear like the head of a lion — into the a narrow passage which leads into a large 25 X 15 ft chamber known as Kotilingam Chamber aka Kotilingalu, so called as it contains

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thousands of Stalagmite and Stalactite formations which appear like Lingams, hence the name (Koti – crore (ten million), Lingalu – lingas). From here a further downward passage took us to ‘Patalaganga’, the deepest part of the cave where there is a perennial spring of water, above which a stalagmite formation resembling the phallic form of lord Shiva is present. The water flows from the southeast to northwest, disappearing into the depths of the earth. The guide further explained that the water flows toward a well at the Belum village, about 1.2 miles away. The fluctuation in the water-level in the well is linked to the level in the caves as the invisible spring formed due to percolation of water is said to feed the well too. Starting to retrace our steps towards

he earliest record about existence of the caves was made in 1884 by a European explorer Robert Bruce Foote. Later, between 1982-84, a team of German speleologists, headed by H. Daniel Gebauer conducted a detailed exploration of the caves.The German expedition was assisted by locals B. Chalapathi Reddy, Ramaswami Reddy, Boyu Madduleti, K. Padmanabhaiah, K. Chinnaiah and A. Sunkanna. In 1988, the state government came to know of the archaeological and geological importance of the area and declared it protected. Later from 1999-2002, APTDC developed the caves as a tourist attraction. Development works including clearing up the slush inside, creation of walking paths, illumination, and construction oxygen shafts, etc were commissioned, and the caves were first thrown open for visitors in February 2002. Belum Caves – Fact file Timings: 10 am to 5 pm.

Compulsory guides: Visitors are not allowed to venture into the caves on their own. Trained guides take groups of 10-15 tourists into the caves at a time. Entry Fee: Rs.25 (US $0.65) per person. Speleological Classification: Karst cave Illumination: Electric lights and fittings. Ventilation: Fresh-air-shafts connected to blowers outside Total Length: 3,225m (3.25 km) Length open to visitors: 1,500 m (1.5 km) Duration of guided tour: 1-2 hrs. Where to stay and eat: The APTDC maintains a small 32-bed dormitory (Rs.40/ $1 per person per night).An fast food centre, curio shop and a restaurant are also available. Getting there. Belum caves are located in Kolimigundla Mandal (Kolimigundla village) of Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh about 270 km from Bangalore and 320 km from Hyderabad - the nearest air and rail heads. State transport buses are available from Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and other major cities to Kurnool. Train. The nearest railway station is at Kurnool town well connected with Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Package tours. APTDC conducts weekend package tours to Belum Caves with accommodation at the dormitory. For details visit www.APTourism.com

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BOOKS

Fast Paced Action and Intriguing Mystery Digital Fortress by Dan Brown; Corgi Books; Price: Rs.567; 510 pp

of the Latin aphorism quis custodiet ipsos custodes (who will guard the guardians?), he tries to go public about TRANSLTR and its capability with the help of Electronic Frontier Foundation — an online group of people championing the right to privacy — but is captured, accused of spying and deported to Japan. To take revenge for his disgraceful exit from the NSA and US,Tankado designs Digital Fortress and unleashes it on TRANSLTR.

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an Brown author of The Da Vinci Code (which has been on the New York Times bestsellers list for an unprecedented three years) is assured of a place of honor in book publishing history. This religious history thriller, which advances an outrageous proposition, has spawned a cult following and several connected industries. To cash in on the outstanding success the Da Vinci Code, publishers not surprisingly reprinted his earlier works, expecting newly won Brown fans to lap them up with the same enthusiasm. This reviewer bought the reprinted Digital Fortress expecting a replay of the riveting plot which made Da Vinci Code a transnational bestseller. But unfortunately it pales in comparison. Digital Fortress (first published in 1998), though a la Da Vinci Code is a fast-paced thriller, is set in cyberspace and doesn’t have the same optimal mix of art, adventure, popular history and romance. In Digital Fortress Brown, a former English and creative writing teacher, explores the subject of internet security and how e-mail messages, popularly perceived as a never-before safe and secure mode of instant communication, can be accessed and read by enemy security agencies across the world. It’s a gripping techno-thriller alright, but likely to appeal only to technophiles and computer geeks. The book begins with an emergency within the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) where its state-of-the-art advanced tech code-breaking computer ‘TRANSLTR’, with more than a million processors, encounters a mysterious code it can’t break. Trevor Strathmore, deputy director of the agency summons NSA head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant mathematician to break the mysterious code. What she uncovers sends shock waves through corridors of governmental power. NSA is being held hostage by software so complex that if not decrypted in time it will cripple America’s global intelligence gathering network. Thus begins a real or rather virtual war in cyberspace, where the ‘bomb’ (an encryption algorithm) will explode, exposing the entire American defence ministry’s intelligence data to any and everyone. The villain in Digital Fortress is Ensie Tankado, a mathematics wizard, encryption software expert and former NSA employee, who scripts a coded algorithm with the www.SNMonthly.com

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potential to cripple NSA’s capability of accessing data transmitted on the information superhighway. It is this code which has stumped the TRANSLTR. Born with deformed fingers due to the effects of nuclear radiation his mother suffered when Hiroshima was nuked in 1945, Tankado grows up nurturing a deepseated hatred of the United States. Later, he reads about Japanese war crimes and Pearl Harbor and, his hatred for America slowly fades. He starts learning about computers in his 12th year and by age 20, Tankado is a cult figure among programmers and is offered a job in Texas by IBM. Thereafter, Tankado rides a wave of fame and fortune writing algorithms, prompting the NSA to offer him a job in its crypto team.

Digital Fortress holds the reader’s attention from start to finish, despite some elaborate descriptions of processors and code breaking algorithms, which could put off technophobes. But everyone is likely to experience an uneasiness about the internet and e-mail after reading this book, a feeling born out of the realization that somewhere across the world, someone may be reading your online correspondence. Technophiles on the other hand may get to work on evolving their own unbreakable codes to encrypt their e-mail, in the off chance that a TRANSLTR clone could be eavesdropping. An updated version of Big Brother could be watching!

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BOOKS

Absorbing Historical Fiction Set in Ancient India The Courtesan and the Sadhu, A novel about Maya, Dharma, and God by Satya Avatar; Dharma Vision LLC; Price: $20.95; 361

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ne of the most difficult challenges that every Hindu parent living in western societies faces is how to educate their children about the complexities of Sanatana Dharma.With its multitudes of gods, numerous texts, hundreds of sampradayas, thousands of religious gurus and numerous regional, caste, and linguistic communities, Hinduism is perhaps the most fragmented religion in the world. One of the reasons for Sanatana Dharma aka Hinduism to be such is its open and accepting philosophy. Hence there is not one straightforward, black and white way by which one can explain all the tenets of Hinduism to children, teenagers, and young adults. This ambiguity in the faith often leads to fundamental questions in a teenager’s mind. This need to explain Hinduism to his teenaged son motivated Satya Avatar, who hails from Mysore, Karnataka (South Indian) to write a novel drawing heavily upon certain historical incidents in India’s history. “More than four years ago, my son came to me and asked me how we related to God in Sanatana Dharma. As I progressed in formulating an answer to my son’s question, it occurred to me that the best way to explain the basic tenets of Sanatana Dharma to my teenage son was to write a novel set in ancient India and explain the tenets through the spiritual journey of the characters in the story,” writes the author who came to the United States in 1978 to pursue graduate studies at State University of New York at Buffalo where he received his Ph.D in 1981. Since then he has worked in the high-tech industry where he has held several technical and management positions in research and development, product management, and marketing. Set in ancient India just after Alexander’s invasion, The Courtesan and the Sadhu takes

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the reader through the spiritual journey of two seekers: Kautilya and Manu. The former is a highly learned and erudite Vedic scholar, whose life takes an unexpected detour, and he ends up building the Mauryan Empire. Although successful in re-establishing dharmic values in the Indian subcontinent and getting rid of the vestiges of Alexander’s invasion, he continues to have inner struggles about the path he has chosen. Manu, the other seeker, is an elite warrior in the Mauryan Army but ends up becoming a seeker of Truth at a young age. Disappointed in love, he tries to find answers to his spiritual questions, first as a Buddhist monk and later as a Sadhu. In this story, the author takes the reader through the intriguing journey of the two seekers as they finally overcome Mâya to reach Moksha (emancipation). The book starts off with Kautilya being asked by a Greek (Yavana) general to modify the Vedas and perform a yagna (vedic ceremony) to praise his accomplishments. A completely angry Kautilya decides to take matters into his hands and seek help of the king of Patliputra to chase the Yavanas out of the Arya land (India). “As Kautilya entered Pataliputra, he was surprised to see that it was much larger than he had imagined. It was a well-planned city with large boulevards and stately buildings. The city was bustling with commerce, and trade. There were stores stocked with expensive and fine jewelry, clothes, and furniture. Many stores were selling vegetables, grains, and wine. He could also see many dance halls, restaurants, and temples,” explains the author speaking about Kautilya’s journey. One of the most interesting facets of The Courtesan and the Sadhu of historical fiction is that apart from being an absorbing story,

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the book subtly teaches the readers about Hindu theology and scriptures. Written in the deceptively simple style characteristic of American writing Satya Avatar effectively communicates the anger, insecurity, adventure, pains, fears, and wonderment the characters of the story. The author has taken pains to describe in exacting detail the various aspects of his story and how they relate to various aspects of the Sanatana Dharma and its allaccepting philosophy. This book would be highly useful to all those people who wish to learn about Hinduism and its philosophy. “It is interesting to note that for Manu and Kautilya, Dharma without a Creator God was not acceptable, whereas for Chit-Ananda and Chandra Gupta, the existence of a Creator God was immaterial. What mattered to them was the spiritual experience in the material world. The greatness of people of Aryavarta is that they respect and honor all these paths with or without a Creator God,” concludes Satya Avatar in the epilogue of his Magnum Opus.

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Culture - Dance

Bharatanatyam – A Spiritual Dance Form

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haratanatyam is often referred to as poetry in motion.The esoteric dance form’s origins can be traced to the ancient scriptural work Natya Shastra, by the great sage, Bharata. Deriving its name from its founder, Bharata Natyam is a traditional and stylized dance form, popular in the southern part of India. The practice of this art form is very rigid and there is absolutely no room for any modifications. Bharatanatyam is said to be the oldest of all classical dance forms in India and requires complete involvement of mind, body, and soul. The dance form is known for its grace, purity, tenderness and statuesque postures which uplift the dancer and the beholder to a higher level of spiritual consciousness.The performer is considered as a worshiper of the divine, an embodiment of beauty, charm and grace. Etymologically Bharatanatyam can be split as BHAva (expression); RAga (music); TAla (rhythm) and NATYAM (dance). In essence Bharata Natyam is a fusion of expressions, rhythm and dance performed to the right mix of music.

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Origin and history of Bharatanatyam

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here is a legend associated with how Bharatanatyam was created. According to the legend, Gods and Goddesses requested Lord Brahma, the creator, to write another veda which the common man would be able to understand easily. Lord Brahma considered this request and created the Panchama veda or the Fifth veda known as Natyaveda or the veda of dance. Lord Brahma gave the Natyaveda to sage Bharata and asked him to popularize it among people on earth. Bharata assimilated the Natyaveda and wrote a simplified form of it called Natya Shastra or the Science of Dramaturgy, which till date remains an unparalleled work on the science and technique of drama, dance, and music. This work continues to be the ultimate rulebook for all practitioners of this classical dance form. According to Hindu tradition, it is believed that Lord Shiva as Nataraja (king of dance) is the supreme God of dance.The Dance performed by Lord Shiva is known

as Tandava. There are 7 types of Tandava. The Tandava performed with joy is called Ananda Tandava and when performed in an aggressive mood, it is called Rudra Tandava, which depicts his violent nature as the destroyer of all evil. The dance performed by Goddess Parvathi is known as Lasya, in which the movements are gentle, graceful and sometimes sensuous. Some scholars call Lasya the feminine version of Tandava. Styles of Bharatanatyam.

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here are different styles of Bharatnatyam which basically depends on the region of South India. Some of the most popular styles are: Melattur, Pandanallur, Vazhuvoor (or Vizhuvur), Thanjavoor (or Tanjore), Mysore, and Kanchipooram. The modern Kalakshetra style is a simplified form based on Pandanallur and, to some extent, Thanjavoor styles. The Balasaraswati

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style, although derived from the authentic devadasi traditions, is still a relatively recent introduction. A Bharatanatyam recital usually resembles the structure of a Hindu temple: first, one passes through the gopuram (outer gate) of alarippu, then one crosses

the ardhamandapam (midway hall) of jatiswaram, next the mandapam (great hall of worship) of sabdam followed by entering the heart of the temple in the varnam. Traits of a Bharatanatyam Dancer.

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ccording to the ancient scriptures, a professional dancer is referred to as patra (role) and should have ten essential qualities including Javaha (agility), Sthirathvam (steadiness), Rekhacha (grace), Bhramari (balance in pirouettes), Drishtir (glance), Shramaha (hard work), Medha (intelligence), Shraddha(devotion), Vacho (good speech), and Geetam (singing ability). Bharatanatyam Technique.

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haratanatyam is evenly divided between three elements Nritta, Nritya, and Natya.

Nritta: Rhythmic element which interprets the text with rhythmic body movements. Nritya: Combination of rhythm with expression, through which the dancer conveys poetic meaning with the help of expressions, rhythmic gaits, and postures.

dance form, and is used to perform dancedrama such as Ramayana, and Mahabharata. Bharatanatyam and Yoga

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haratanatyam and Yoga are the arts that are the contribution of Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma to the world. These interrelated forms of bodily expression lay emphasis on both physical and the spiritual, leading to divinity. Lord Shiva is considered as the manifestation of both arts. References: Natya Shasthra by Bharata Muni Abhinaya Dharpana by Nandikeswara Dasha Roopaka by Dhananjaya Sangeetha Ratnakara by Saaranga Deva

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CHIROPRACTIC Suggestions

by Dr. Jason Black

Acorns, Oak Trees, and You

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hen God made the acorn, he put inside of it the potential and the ability to become a mighty oak tree - a completely unique oak tree, unlike any other that has ever lived or will ever live again. Each acorn needs just a few things in order to realize its potential. It needs some sun, air, water, good nutrition from the soil, and one more thing…

It needs to be free from interference so that the innate processes that grow it from acorn to an oak tree can progress. What does this amazing journey of an Acorn to Oak Tree have to do with you and your life? Our Chiropractic philosophy teaches us that we are all just like acorns. It says that God gave each and every one of us a very special and unique purpose as well. This is our potential. And, just like the acorn, in order for you and your family to reach your potential, you require a few things as well. You need some sun, air, water, good nutrition, and one thing more… You must be free from interference in your nerve systems so that you can fully express your Life Force and move

continually toward the realization of your purpose and potential in life! How does a Broken bone Heal? How did your body “know how to make itself” from 2 Cells to 100 Trillion? Your body is well orchestrated, regulated, and highly intelligent. The body’s computer (Brain) sends vital messages to the body through the vast ‘inner-network’ of wires (Nerves). When your brain and body can fully communicate through the nerves, your “Innate Intelligence” can more accurately comprehend and respond to all of the physical, chemical, and emotional stresses you encounter in your life.This allows you to better adapt to those stresses, heal any injuries you may have, and continue growing and unfolding into whatever you are ultimately meant to be. When you have a clear connection you HAVE: More Energy, Better Digestion, More Focus, Stronger Immune System, and other wonderful feelings that are created by having a properly functioning body. If you lose the shape, movement, or alignment of your spine (due to poor diet, injury, birth process, falls, and even emotional stress) you actually interfere with the communication and connection from your brain to your body’s 100 Trillion Cells. This state of partial disconnection is called being “Subluxated” (Sub-lux-ated, literally “Less Light”). The subluxation process interferes with normal communication between your brain and the cells of your body. As a result, you no longer have full expression of your God-given “Innate intelligence” or “Life Giving Energy.” This decreases your ability to adapt completely to internal and external stresses. In turn, the body functions at less than optimal levels. This is referred to as a state of “dis-ease.”

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Depending on your body you may experience: Headaches, Allergies, Weak Immunity, Fatigue, Insomnia, Digestive problems, and Hormonal Imbalance, one with other variations or expressions of your Loss of EASE and poor state of Function. The specific chiropractic adjustment process restores movement, reestablishes the free flow of your Life Giving Energy, and your ability to adapt, heal and continue growing physically, emotionally and even spiritually. Health is caused by having normal function and ease inside your body. All the Drugs in the world will not address the subluxated spine nor restore the connection between your Brain and your body. You are amazing, your body is a miracle, let’s look at it that way and ask, “How can I help my body express it’s Maximal State of Health?” The result is an ever-increasing realization of your potential in life! The most important thing to realize here is that chiropractic care is not a “treatment” for symptoms, rather it is about getting back what you have loss: your Function, your connection, your life and health. In this way, chiropractic helps “acorns” become the “oak trees” they were meant to be. How many “acorns” do you have at home waiting to become Oak Trees? Adding Chiropractic to your family’s health care team is a wise investment of time, Chiropractic helps maximize the body and health from the inside out; no drugs, no magic, just results. www.SNMonthly.com

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SOUTH ASIAN FACES

Welcome 2009, Destiny or Decisions?

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o you believe in the Rab ne bana di jodi analogy? Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined feature, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe. Call it destiny or fate, some people refer to this term as something they can’t alter, something that has been decided much ahead of time and that they have to follow on course. My personal opinion: I don’t believe in it. To believe in it will be to renounce the possibility of so many things in my life. What do you think..??? Bhai jee kismet ka likha kaun taal sakta hai… is often heard among South Asian populations, especially when someone is going through a tough time. I would believe in this statement when I have put in 100 percent of my talents, hard work and capability to achieve something and couldn’t. But there are several of us who believe that our lives are predestined and that we should resign ourselves to our lots in life. Yet I am of the firm belief that it is up to each one of us to decide what our destiny will be. While each of us is born with a life purpose, it is up to us whether or not we will say yes to fulfilling it. And just like when we choose what to eat, who to keep company with, and whether to turn right or left when we leave our home everyday, choosing to say yes to your destiny is a decision that can only be realized when you take action to make that choice a reality. A while ago I met with a woman and her nineteen year-old daughter who (for many reasons) had a life which was, at worst, on the brink of disaster, and at best, going nowhere fast. The young woman had significant personal issues (as we all do from time to time) and so the mother made an appointment with a counselor to see if they could possibly come up with some type of strategy to turn things around. The mother shared that the counselor said, don’t turn up if she’s not genuinely ready to do the things necessary to create permanent change. As I sat and spoke with the two of them, it became apparent that they were both of the opinion that she (the daughter) had ended up where she was by some stroke of bad luck, or some kind of cosmic excuse to shift the logic. Apparently the universe was conspiring to make her life a misery. Fate, perhaps. Salaam Namaste Magazine, January 2009 December 2008

Here’s a snapshot of her situation: Wealthy family; Left school at sixteen to ‘work’ in the family business. Hated work and rarely turned up. Always too unwell to work, but well enough to party. Smoked because of peer pressure. Morbidly obese. Parents who ‘love’ her, but facilitated her crap because there had never been any real consequences for her destructive, deceptive, selfish behavior. Mummy and Daddy always bailed her out. (Parents who do this actually perpetuate the problem). The mother informed me that her daughter had always had terrible luck with friends, relationships, school, teachers, and with drugs! How on earth does someone have terrible luck with drugs? She then shared that she didn’t “feel it was her daughter’s destiny to live the life she was living.” I told mum that I didn’t believe in the (mainstream) concept of destiny. I told her that I believe it is the refuge of the lazy. I told her that destiny was a convenience for people who didn’t want to take responsibility for what they make (or don’t make) of their life. And boy do I regret discovering this awesome reality not very early myself! But self talk helps as I was beginning to see through this situation, channel my courage, and evaluate certain events from my past. She gave me the maternal death-stare. “She hates me anyway,” I thought and turned to the daughter:“I believe your life is a disaster largely because of the decisions you have and haven’t made, and the things you have and haven’t done,” I advised. “It’s all about choices. Simple, If you decide to do different, think different, react different, eat different, live different and communicate different.... you’ll be different. Better; Leaner; Lighter; Healthier; Excited; Happy; Fulfilled; Content.” If destiny is some pre-ordained series of events, circumstances, situations and experiences which are bound to ‘happen to us’ over the course of our lifetime, then we don’t actually have to do anything, because whatever will be, will be. It’s all beyond our control anyway. Pathetic. Sometimes we romanticize our existence here on the big green ball with fluffy, vague, feel-good, mumbo-jumbo philosophies. And in doing so we: l Fail to deal with realities of the human 74 74

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What kind of flower is that? I’ve never seen it before,” asked my three-year-old son as he watched me draw a lotus for one of my book illustrations. “It’s a pink lotus,” I replied. “Gulaabi kamal. It’s the national flower of India.” I proceeded to tell him about pretty pink lotus ponds in India, tasty lotus root pakoras that my aunt cooked for me when I was a child and lotus offerings at temples during Diwali. I constantly look out for opportunities such as this to discuss Indian culture with my son, who is growing up in Chicago — far away from the values and tradition that were part of my own upbringing.While I am glad of the developmental opportunities available to him here in the United States, like most other parents, I also want him to understand his rich Indian heritage. Language

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n essential element to introduce any culture is language. Research has proved that it is easier for children to learn different languages at a young age. Familiarity with basic sounds and vocabulary of a native language in their early years (ages 1-3) makes it easier for children to learn the language as they start to talk. This early exposure is especially a challenge in the US where English is the language that surrounds children. And with both parents working on fulltime careers and a non-Indian caregiver at preschool, it is very unlikely that kids born here will learn the native language of their parents. In such situations, colorfully illustrated books, charts, and videos can be an asset. For example, when children look at Hindi words in Devanagri script as an adult reads them out loud, it helps them to learn to read and write the language later on. Books and videos are a great way to help children learn words for everyday objects, colors and numbers in a different language. Imagine the look of pride on naani’s face when her “Amreekan” grandson asks her for a “laddoo” instead of candy! Even simple, broken Hindi can help kids bond with their grandparents and cousins when they visit India.

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Little GuruSkool, where we produce bilingual DVDs and board books featuring Indian scenes, puppets and engaging music to create a fun learning experience for children. Here are my tips on sharing cultural experiences with the little guru in your life: l Plan a trip to India during a festival or a wedding to provide an unforgettable cultural experience l Cook a traditional Indian meal and host a party for your kid’s friends! l Listen to Indian music to expose them to language, sounds, and instruments l Involve them in fun activities during festivals and rituals (e.g. painting clay diyas together on Diwali) l Choose the traditions and festivals that are most important to you and explain their significance to them l Use familiar American examples to help them relate to Indian traditions (e.g. string Christmas lights on Diwali, make kulfi popsicles with condensed milk and cream, create a kathakali mask for their next Halloween costume) l Remember to maintain a balanced appreciation of both Indian and American cultures so that they don’t feel confused or isolated from their friends I would love to hear from parents as I create this cultural “gurukul” for their children. Please email me at [email protected] with ideas, experiences or suggestions.

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Horoscope - January 2009 Vedic Astrology Predictions for the period: December 15 - January 14 Provided by: Swami Krsna RSN Host - “Aap Ke Sitare” every Wednesday 3-4 pm

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his is a good time to take care of personal relationships and express your emotions honestly. Single people may get married this month, relationships with opponents will improve. You may have intense confrontations with members of the opposite sex.This period brings possibilities of meeting with friends and relatives, enjoying great food, purchase of new vehicle and taking pleasure trips. The transit may also open up new sources of finances.

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his is the best month for all relationships. If you are single it is a good time to get married. This is a great time to express your feelings of love and affection with the confidence of being reciprocated equally. Partnerships will be beneficial and both parties will be happy. Those facing conflicts will step closer to resolution during this transit. Persons even openly hostile to you will be receptive to your overtures. YOu may be faced with legal confrontations and law suits, but you can settle outside law courts. 78

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his is a month of religious and spiritual concerns for Sagittarians. Travel, meeting with saints and teachers from different cultural backgrounds is strongly indicated. During this transit you will be exposed to new subjects that will prove beneficial to you. There is a possibility that you may become reckless and quarrelsome during this period, you need to guard against this tendency else you will suffer disgrace, worry, loss of money, false accusation. A disturbed mind is also indicated, as also separation from loved ones, inclination for low deeds, despondency or enmity on account of money.

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his month makes you amiable, beloved and of course fortunate, rich and honorable! This month also favors relationships, romantic, pleasantly surroundings! You will be warm and friendly with others. A new love relation with mutual attraction may be formed.This is a good period for relaxing, gain through pleasurable resorts and similar professions. You will be sincere, sympathetic to others and honorable. Expenditure on beautiful items, luxuries and or attractive items is indicated! Go and fulfill your dreams!

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Amazing Asia Advertising 972-401-1550 300 E Royal Lane, # 117, Las Colinas, TX-75039

House of Design…972-432-9599 www.silkthreads.com/ See advertisement on page 44

Paradigms Ascertain 713-875-0462 6430 Richmond Ave #350, Houston Tx 77057 Patel & Associates, PLLC 972-643-1813 100 N Central Expy, # 900, Richardson, TX-75080 Rakesh Patel 972-432-9400 5215 N O’Connor Blvd., # 2500, Irving, TX-75039 Mathur Law Offices, PC 214-378-8880 6440 N Central Expy, # 610, Dallas, TX-75206 The Law Office of Fini Thomas 972-888-6058 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1200, Dallas, TX-75234 The Ravji Law Firm 972-233-4190 4801 Arapaho Road, # 200, Addison, TX-75001 Toby Shook 214-871-3028 3232 McKinney Avenue, # 855, Dallas, TX 75204 Vinay B. Patel 817-801-9444 625 West Main St, # 200, Arlington, TX-76010

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Maan Auto Care…972-247-0300 “Complete Bumper to Bumper auto repair” See advertisement on Page 97

Euless Beauty Salon 817-835-0815 1002 Fullerwiser Rd, # 3218, Euless, TX-76039 Fa Salon 972-437-2309 220 E Spring Valley Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Farah Ali 972-693-6029 2730 Eaglepath, Mesquite, TX-75150 Fareen Hair & Nails 972-234-6638 1714 E Beltline Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Glamour Hair Design 972-323-1362 1205 W. Trinity Mills Road, Carrollton, TX Salon D’ Elegance 214-542-7959 1330 Campbell Rd, # 31, Richardson, TX-75080 Karizma 214-244-1225 4005 Beltline Road, Addison, TX-75001 Khoobsurat Beauty Parlor 972-256-9700 425 W Airport Freeway, # 203, Irving, TX-75062 MD Laser Skincare 972-874-7546 900 Long Prairie Rd, # 100, Flower Mound, 75028 Monica’s Salon 972-231-4055 635 W. Campbell, # 306, Richardson, TX-75080 Moosa Afshan 214-547-8008 5849 Aylworth Drive, Frisco, TX-75035 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Neetu Sethi 214-277-2255 6201 Windhavewn Pky, # 1211, Plano, Tx 75093 Nu Look Beauty Parlor 214-492-0633 5303 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX-75038 Pearl Beauty Salon 972-236-2555 2916 Maple Court, Carrollton, TX-75007 Pink Beauty Care 214-677-6850 Carrollton, TX-75007 Poshaak 972-783-9700 100 S Central Expy, # 18, Richardson, TX-75080 Pretty Hair Design 972-446-1244 2540 Old Denton Rd, # 307, Carrollton, TX-75006 Purvi’s Beauty Parlor 972-423-7145 1105 Coolidge Street, Plano, TX-75094 Rashmi 817-793-0959 1133 N Meadow Creek Drive, Irving, TX-75038 Reshma Parwani 972-691-1826 1811 Hill Ridge Drive, Flower Mound, TX-75028 Reviva 972-304-0329 109 Whispering Hills Drive, Coppell, TX Riya Beauty 817-230-4197/ 817-490-1584 Rukhsar Face & Laser Center 972-245-7727 1205 W Trinity Mills, # 212, Carrollton, 75006 Salon Di Amici 817-656-0089 5344 North Tarrant Parkway, Keller, TX-76248 Saloni Beauty Parlor 972-939-6848 3980 Legacy Trail, Carrollton, TX-75010 Salons By J. C. 469-223-6389 7602 W Campbell Rd, # 23, Richardson, 75248 Salon USA 214-483-9629 3648 Old Denton Road, Carrollton, TX 75007 Sanober 214-952-7473 14818 Alstone Drive, Frisco, TX-75035 Shama Mehndi 214-415-1289 701 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX-75023 Solaris Laser Institute 866-444-6411 6305 Preston Road #100, Plano Tx 75024

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AUTO SERVICES

European Auto Tech 972-422-9941 3953 N Central Expressway, Plano, TX 75023 JDM Engine Corp 972-234-2500 1331 Exchange Drive, Richardson, TX 75081

BANKING

Citibank 866-443-9749 14909 Coit Rd, Dallas Tx 75248 252 N. Denton Tap Rd. Coppell Tx 75019 Citibank NRI Business 2 Court Square, 14th Flr, Long Island City, NY Fidelity National Title 214-239-4511 United Central Bank…972-620-1927 www.ucbtx.com See advertisement on Page 14

Merchant Cash Advance 877-682-7262 2828 Forest Lane #2100, Dallas Tx 75234 One World Bank 972-243-7775 2449 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX-75229 Ranjani Rangan 972-578-5000 5900 West Park Boulevard, Plano, TX-75093

BEAUTY CARE / SALONS

1st Beauty Stop 972-596-0816 5451, Independence Parkway, Plano, TX-75023

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ISKCON 214-827-6330 5430 Gurley Avenue, Dallas, TX-75223 Islamic Books N Gifts 972-669-9625 Stanza Text Books 972-998-9608/ 214-503-8727 9550 Forest Lane, Suite 320, Dallas, TX-75243 Swamy Narayan Mandir 972-243-8669 11321 Web Chapel Road, Dallas, TX-75229

CABLE/ DISH/COMMUNICATION

1st Am-Indo Satellite 972-346-8161 832 W Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX-75024 2000 Net & Phone Connections 972-245-2882 1205 W. Trinity Mills, # 103, Carrollton, TX-75006

A P Communications 1000 S Main St, # 290, Dallas 76057. Tel: 972-494-6235

Anywhere Wireless 469-774-2212 2524 Preston Road, Suite 403, Plano, TX-75093 B2B Wireless 602-445-2642/ 214-276-0251 4500 W Buckingham Road, Garland, TX Bestlink 817-267-3474 611 N Main Street, Euless, TX-76039 Cell N Com 972-394-4184 3648 Old Denton Rd, # 108, Carrollton, TX-75007 Caliskan Electronics 817-832-5975 4304 Saddle Ridge Trail, Flower Mound, 75028 Dish Network & Asia Net 469-360-2182 6246 Broadway Blvd, # 101, Garland, TX-75043 Freedom Cards 214-634-8355 8500 N Stemmons Frwy, # 5033, Dallas, 75247 Millennium Communication 972-669-2212 100 S Central Expwy #75, Richardson, TX-75080 3800 Main Street 101, The Colony, TX-75056 My Pak Telecom 972-814-7237 National Wireless 972-488-6968 11367 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX NextLink Satellite 972-690-7177 705 N. Greenville Avenue, Suite 700, Allen, TX Royal Communications 972-542-8113 400 N Central Expy, # 110, Mckinney, TX-75069 Raza.com, Dallas, TX 877-463-4233 VR Wireless 214-350-0115 11029 Harry Hines Blvd, # B101, Dallas, 75229 Wireless Solutions 972-255-2400 2301 N O’Connor Road, Suite D, Irving, TX-75062

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Meineke Car Care 972-446-8444 1814 South Josey Lane, Carrollton, TX-75006 Maaco Auto Painting & Body 972-272-7535 917 E Walnut St, Garland, TX-75040 2434 N Story Road, Irving, 75062 972-594-8301 1205 Summit Ave, Plano, 75074 972-516-0444 10807 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas 214-351-2800 4103 Lindbergh Dr, Addison 972-702-8877 Patel Auto Care 214-637-4227 10603 Denton Dr, Dallas 75220 Presto Lube 972-594-6700 3551 N Country Club Road, Irving, TX-75062 R&R Auto Source 214-235-2828/ 817-403-5797 11268 Ables Lane, Dallas, TX 75229 R.S. Autocare 817-795-5484 2506 S. Cooper St, Suite A5, Arlington, TX-76015 Raj Auto 972-680-2104 13595 Floyd Circle, Suite 300, Dallas, TX-75243 SpeeDee Oil Change Tune-Up 817-514-0325 359 Grapevine Highway, Hurst, TX-76054 3107 Old Denton Rd, Carrollton 972-394-9586 U.S. Car Care 972-259-3842/ 972-840-0000 530 Heley Street, Irving, TX-75060

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BOOK STORES

CLEANING

Clean Work Janitorial 817-808-0856 1904 Cloister, Suite 411, Arlington, TX-76011 Comet Cleaners 972-492-7286 1711 E Frankford Road, # 101, Carrollton 75007 Dallas Building Maintenance 972-620-9200 2824 Valley View Lane, # 109, Dallas, TX-75234 Nifty Swifty Cleaning 817-233-3261 Arlington, TX-76013 Servpro Prestonwood 214-341-3868 P. O. Box 550565, Dallas, TX-75355 Yolanda’s Cleaning Service 214-335-4448 227 E Rio Grande Drive, Garland, TX-75041

COMPUTERS

3 Geeks and a Mouse 972-235-4335 10552 High Hollows, Dallas, 75230, 214-364-4335 A 1 Inhome Geeks 469-261-7000 6060 Village Bend Drive, Dallas, TX-75206 Absolute Solution Inc 469-585-4537 Main Street, Grand Prairie, Arlington, TX-75050 Acclaim Networks 817-488-1030 754 Port America Place, # 150, Grapevine, 76051 AdComp Systems Inc 972-620-5686x201 1311 N Stemmons Fwy, # 12, Dallas, TX-75229 Amacro Vision Inc 469-585-4537 402 E Safari Pkw, Grand Prairie, TX-75050 Adelta CT 469-766-4622/ 214-342-5566 Banglavision Inc 469-223-6798 7313 Avalon Drive, Plano, TX-75025 Computer Rx 972-373-0098 10045 N. MacArthur, Suite 121, Irving, TX-75063 Concord Soft Inc 817-490-5217 1214 Hidden Ridge, Suite 3059, Irving, TX-75038 Dallas PC Repair & Computer 469-556-2949 3515 Normandy Avenue, Suite 7, TX-75205 Dallas Web Designs 214-722-6402 5050 Quorum Drive, Suite 700, Dallas, TX-75254 Data Warehouse Specialists 972-409-5940 300 E Royal Lane, Suite 112, Irving, TX-75039 DFW Mobile Tech 214-349-6972 7001 Preston Road 300, Dallas, TX-75205 DFWusedpc.com 469-328-6396 5001 Royal Lane, Irving, TX-75063 Discount Programmers 214-641-3877 2930 W Royal Lane, Irving, TX-75063 Flairwave Inc 469-831-0681 1111 Surrey Lane, Allen, TX-75013 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Macrobase LLC 214-556-7030 10406 Stokes Lane, Irving, TX - 75063 Matherpoint Inc 972-814-2442 3721 Spring Valley Rd, # 261, Addison, TX-75001 MileStone Technologies Inc 214-496-9055 824 Kinwest Parkway, Irving, TX-75063 My “CAN-I” Thought Process 972-935-1872 7575 Frankford Road, Dallas, TX-75252 Name Your Price Computers 972-478-2366 2225 E. Beltline Rd, # 104, Carrollton, TX-75006 Nebulas Internationals 972-607-4751 PO Box 140531, Irving, TX-75014 Northern Computer Systems, TX 469-576-0707 Royal Communications 972-542-8113 400 N Central Expy, # 110, Mckinney, TX-75069 S & S Management 214-240-4262 6405 Phinney Drive, Frisco, TX-75035 Sigma Surveillance, Inc. 214-534-0019 2201 Midway Road, # 316, Carrollton, TX-75006 Symeta Systems 469-371-65661 700 Wagon Wheel Dr, Allen, TX-75002 Topgeeks.net 469-261-7000 Serving Dallas and Surrounding Areas Vizability Web Design 972-744-0786 1221 Abrams Road, # 139, Richardson, TX-75081

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AUTO REPAIR

All State Transmission 972-437-1096 160 West Main Street, Richardson, TX All Tune and Lube 469-467-0000 2700 Ave K, Ste 800, Plano, TX-75074 AMG Auto Traders 817-614-0969 209 E Division Street, Arlington, TX-7601 Auto Tech 972-599-9273 4006 W Plano Parkway, Plano, TX-75093 Big D Tires 972-231-3388 1227 1 Plano Road, Suite 100, Dallas, TX Gujarat Auto Care 940-230-8818 1428 MacArthur Drive, Suite 113, Carrollton, TX Hondamotive Auto Tech 972-790-8664 1524 N. Beltline Road, Irving, TX-75061 HVAC Repair Air-Conditioning 469-878-3311 2001 E Spring Creek, Plano, TX-75074 Julius Rajkumar Hamilton 972-259-4799 1300 Rock Island, Suite 125, Irving, TX-75060 Just Tires 972-986-0098 141 N Story Road, Irving, TX

All About Beauty 469-233-9550 1811 Hill Ridge Drive, Flower Mound, TX-75028 Art Divine 972-712-8505 4417 Avebury Drive, Plano, TX-75024 Ashima’s Salon 972-312-1180 700 West Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX75023 Beauty Solutions 972-727-5011 111 N Greenville, Suite G, Allen, TX-75002 Binnys Beauty Salon 972-203-914 6246 Broadway Blvd., # 101, Garland, TX-75043

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Only Pav-Bhaji 972-869-9045 W Royal Lane, Irving, TX-75063 Shobhana Patel 214-496-9418 9831 Valley Ranch Pkwy, # 2010, Irving, 75063 Mahendra Patel 972-485-0332 300 S Jupiter, Apt #202 , Garland, TX Yummy Ghar Ka Khana 214-454-5232

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South Beach Salon & Day Spa 972-578-0990 910 West Parker Road, Suite 104, Plano, TX Star Beauty Parlour 972-255-9335 2408 Wingren Road, Suite 2108, Irving, TX Studio Sila 512-341-9694 17014 Conway Springs Court, TX-78717 Styles of India 888-400-2724 Ext. 705 3010 LBJ Freeway, 12th Floor, Irving, 76038 Sungum Beauty Parlour 972-849-7120 325 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 Taz Beauty Care 972-242-0119/214-677-6850 1330 MacArthur Dr, # 708, Carrollton, TX-75007 Zaibees Skincare Beauty Center 972-980-7834 524 W Beltline Rd, #3, Richardson, TX-75080 2929 Custer Rd, # 307, Plano, 972-943-1210

CATERING

7 Spices 972-527-1119 909 W Spring Creek Pkwy, # 450, Plano, 75023 Ars 972-763-1515 3990 Spring Valley Road, Addison, TX-75244 Ayesha 972-839-3360 1921 Goliad Drive, N Garland, TX-75042 B & P Snacks 972-669-0949 13440 TI Boulevard, Suite 4 , Dallas, TX BAPS 972-243-8669/ 469-230-0000 11321 Webb Chapel Road, Dallas, TX-75229 Bhatia Mart 972-312-8401 2220 Coit Road, Suite 430, Plano, TX-75075 Event Catering by Indian Food Club Irving, TX-75038 214-226-4595 Halal Pakistani Home Catering 972-252-0969 2804 Cantrell Street, Irving, TX-75062 Kaurina’s 972-888-9990 2750 Northaven Road, Dallas, TX-75229 Mehreen Junaid 972-442-9733 212 Palmdale Drive, Wylie, TX-75098

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Academy of Bangla Arts 214-770-4273 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, # 300, Irving, TX-75062 Antorik-Bengali Organization of Greater Dallas, Anima Bhattacharjee, Dallas, Tx 972-424-5945 Bengali Association of DFW 972-699-1811 1901 N Central Expy, # 310, Richardson, 75080 Brahmin Association, Tx 972-612-6145/ 972-380-0000 DFW Gujarati Samaj 817-267-1054 Fine Arts Society of India 817-272-5821 University of Texas at Arlington 817-721-8365 The University of Texas 817-276-1312 Indian Classical Music DFW 972-727-3004 P.O. Box 50603, Dallas, TX-75250-0603 Indian Fine Arts Academy 972-416-6779 PO Box 702571, Dallas, TX-75370-2571 Indian Students Association 972-437-6364 University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, 75080 Islamic Association 972-491-5800 6401 Independence Pkwy, Plano, TX-75023 Jain Society 972-424-4902 / 972-860-0000 Kutchi Association of Texas (KAT) 7200 Preston Rd, Plano, TX-75024 972-369-4990 Maharashtra Mandal, TX 972-964-3601 Maheshwary Group of DFW 214-641-4072 Allen, TX Mallige Kannada Sangha 972-747-0021 3012 Dove Creek Ln Richardson TX - 75082 PCANT 972-202-6889 PO Box 864673, Plano, TX-75086-4673 Sindhi Association of DFW, TX 972-733-0586 Students for Asian-Indian Cultural Awareness Allen, TX 817-257-3128 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Zoroastrian Association of North Texas 972-519-0373

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American Service Center 972-681-2222 15330 LBJ Fway, # 210-211, Mesquite, TX-75150 Clanton’s Quality Awnings 214-388-5444 4612 S Buckner Boulevard, Dallas, TX-75227 First City Homes 214-325-1916 Mike Ghouse www.firstcityhomes.net KSVAC 214-703-9434 2441 Wagonwheel Dr, Rockwall 75032 M R Contractors 972-480-0303 777 S Central Expy, # 1-X, Richardson, TX-75080 PlanVision, Ltd. 972-907-9829 811 Alpha Dr, # 339, Richardson, TX-75081 Royal Heat & AC Inc. 972-986-7520 1012 Briar Oaks Drive, Irving, TX-75060 S & W Construction Inc. 817-688-9294 352 N Rudd Street, Burleson, TX-76028 USA Builders, Corporation 972-907-9829 811 Alpha Dr, # 339, Richardson, TX-75081

CONSULTING

To have your business listed e-mail: [email protected]/ Tel: 972-401-1550 Upaasana 214-495-4228 Vani Iswara 469-293-6264 3317 Langley Court, Flower Mound, TX-75022 Vrindavan Academy of Dance 972-772-3282 705, S Mill Street, Lewisville, TX-75057

DANCE TROUPES

7Sur - DJ Sameer 972-415-4326 Lewisville TX-75067 Aarohi - Live Band 469-939-1231 www.aarohimusic.com High Octavez 214-906-5264 848 Sword Bridge Drive, Lewisville, TX-75056

DAY CARE

Baby Day Care 972-869-4887 Valley Ranch, Irving, TX-75063 Brilliance Preschool Academy 972-488-1277 14450 Marsh Lane, Addisson, TX-75001 Candy’s Daycare 972-234-9601 Prestonwood Drive, Richardson, TX-75081 Celeste Ann M. Rock 469-330-0773 10601 Black Walnut Drive, Dallas, TX-75243 Children’s Garden Montessori 972-377-8874 4620 Faulkner Drive, Plano, TX-75024 Daya 817-808-4220 306 Martha Street, Euless, TX-76040 Durga 972-578-9729 1515 Riogrande, Plano, TX-75075 Hugs & Kisses Daycare 972-618-3374 3216 Dagan Drive, Plano, TX-75023 In-Home Child Care 214-783-3701 Ranch View Drive, Irving, TX-75063 Komal Day Care for Kids 214-876-3635 4514 Avebury Drive, Plano, TX-75024 Lovemore Daycare 972-250-1444 7308 Frankford Road, Dallas, TX-75252 Montessori Home Care 817-649-0745 2303 Stennett Drive, Arlington, TX-76006 Morning Star Montessori 469-366-4015 103 N Fountain Gate Dr, Allen 940-368-8228 Sharda Dahiya 972-527-0324 1617 Simsbury Drive, Plano, TX-75025 TLC-Turner Loving Care 972-517-2044 1921 Liverpool Drive, Plano, TX-75025 Vasanthi 817-571-5673 306 Martha Street, Apt.# 124, Euless, TX-76040

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Actuate Designs 972-897-26411 Adecco 972-550-1594 1217 Corporate Dr E, Arlington Tx 76006 Avon Software Technologies Inc. 972-231-5536 Harshal Maniar, 777 SCE, 1-Z, Richardson, 75080 Dataprobe International Inc 972-929-0494 8445 Freeport Parkway, # 500, Irving, TX-75062

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Metro BizSales….. 972-487-0462 www.metrobizsales.com See advertisement on Page 4

Pixel Info System 214-714-2664 1900 Westridge Dr, # 207, Irving, TX-75038

Stellar Software Network, Inc. 972-335-1533 3601 Estacado Lane, Plano, TX-75025

COURIER

JetStar Courier 214-343-7212 11020 Audelia C-209, Dallas, TX-75243 Ramesh 972-596-7288 6000 Ohio Drive, Plano, TX-75093 The Moving Company 972-392-2600 14732 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX-75254

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DENTAL

21st Century Dental Care 972-881-4601 17000 Preston Road, Suite 170 , Dallas, TX A+Dental 972-380-4300 2661 Midway Road, Suite 230, Carrollton, TX Aby Jacob Chacko, 972-530-3644 6504 Highway 78, Suite 146, Garland, TX Ace Dental Clinic 972-316-1800 713 Hebrew Parkway, Suite 216, Lewisville, TX Advanced Family Dental 817-337-0072 1540 Keller Parkway, Suite 140 , Keller, TX Affordable Dental Care 972-690-1235 1110 W Shore Drive, Suite A, Richardson, TX All Bright Dental 817-329-6000 2100 W Northwest Hwy, Suite 204, Grapevine, TX Allen Dentistry 972-359-9950 551 W McDermott , Allen, TX Amari Dental Care 972-270-8822 4821 Saturn Road, Suite 102, Garland, TX American Dental Center 972-241-4433 2936 Valley View Lane, Dallas, TX Apple Dentistry 972-596-6920 8 Medical Parkway, Suite 308, Dallas, TX Brite Smiles 469-549-4800 4900 Long Prairie Rd, # 300, Flower Mound, TX Brookshire Dental PA 817-577-9200 1801 Precinct Line Road, Suite A, Hurst, TX Buckingham Dental 972-276-2451 2334 W Buckingham Road, Suite 340 , Dallas, TX

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Akhila Rao 817-251-2604 601 North Park Blvd, Grapevine, TX-76051 Alankar Nritya Academy 214-701-6156 1131 Hidden Ridge, Apt. # 3112, Irving, TX-75038 Anjali Magi 214-235-6123 5315 N Macarthur Blvd, Irving, TX-755038 Arati School of Dance, TX 972-960-9223 Archana Arts 817-460-6453 1015 Mill Crossing Place, # 187, Arlington, 76006 Bharatham, Plano, TX 469-675-0428 Bratati Saha School of Kathak 214-473-6601 4701 14th Street, Suite 16101, Plano, TX-75074 Darpan Dance Academy 972-608-0397 Plano, TX-75093 Eastern Connection 972-747-0669 Plano, TX Ellora Center Performing Arts 469-293-6264 3317 Langley Court, Flower Mound, TX-75022 Kuchipudi Dance Classes 972-897-3466 9955 Teal Hollow Drive, Frisco, TX-75035 Kuchipudi In Flower Mound 972-539-2213 2321 Ash Leaf Lane, Grapevine, TX-75022 Kuchipudi Dance School 972-334-9609 Srilatha Suri 8305 Young Court, Plano, TX-75025 Kuchipudi Kalakshetra 972-596-2555 4013 Bashful Drive, Plano, TX-75093 Nartini Center for Indian Performing Arts, Plano, TX-75023 972-517-5973 Noopur Dance Academy 972-208-2718 4420 Giovanni Drive, Plano, TX-75024 Nrutya Shala 972-867-2829 777 N Grove Road, # 113, Richardson, TX-75081 Rayasams 972-678-2512 Bharatnatyam Custom Dresses & Temple Jewelery, 1931, Edgehill Drive, Allen, TX-75013 Rupa 617-529-8342 5801 Preston Oaks Rd, # 207, Dallas, TX-75254 Srutilaya School of Dance 972-208-1012 Madhusri Sethuraman 3629 Mistyglen Dr, Plano,75025 Swati Shah 972-208-2718 4420 Giovanni Drive, Plano, TX-75024 Tanjore Bharatham 972-422-2052 4017 Lonesome Trail, Plano, TX-75023

DJs

DJ Sameer 972-415-4326 Dallas TX-75067 AAA Best Desi Entertainment 713-539-4494 7322 Sunset Bend Lane, Richmond, TX-77469 Aarohi - DJ & Live Band 469-939-1231 www.aarohimusic.com All your Entertainment Needs 469-223-7337 1421, Golden Gate Drive, Carrollton, TX-75007 Asian Soundz DJ RIZ 214-724-3727 2017 W Hebron Parkway, Carrollton, TX-75010 Asim Production, Tx 214-876-8599 DJ Sonu 214-649-6910 206 Still Meadow Drive, Garland, TX-75040 Eastern Illusion 905-827-8124 1480 Bishops Gate, Dallas, TX Fat Beats International 979-739-1632 8608 Valley Ranch, Suite 3035, Irving, TX-75063 Kunal Sharma 972-697-5615 14255 Preston Road, Dallas, TX-75254 Laser (Desi Sound of Dallas) 972-998-1423 4006 N Story Road, Apt.# 1015, Irving, TX-75038 Legacy DJ Entertainment DJ Karim, Tx 469-774-1736 Mav Productions, LLC 469-223-7337 Saz Productions 281-748-1125 P.O. Box 1312, Staffo Road, TX-77497-1312 Taal Of Dallas 214-725-7466/ 972-517-4325 6937, Hickory Creek, Plano, TX-75023

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Manusys Consulting LLC 972-693-4211 8400 Stonebrook Parkway, Frisco, TX-75034 Marbury Global Technologies 857-205-9572 4805 North O’Connor Road, Irving, TX-75062

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Comfort Dental Care 972-599-1221 4101 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Suite100, Plano, TX Cool Breeze Dentistry 972-599-1221 8150 N Mac Arthur Blvd., Suite 160, Irving, TX Da Vinci Dentistry 214-828-8274 100 W Southlake Blvd., Suite 146, Southlake, TX Dental Renaissance 972-423-0880 Dr. Bhavita Patel, DMD 3325 Premier Dr, Plano. Dr. H M Lee 972-818-8882 17752 Preston Road, Suite 100, Dallas, TX Family Cosmetic Dentistry 972-267-8800 18110 Midway Road, Suite 108, Dallas, TX Feather Touch Dental Care 469-467-6162 4709 W Parker Blvd., Suite 550, Plano, TX Gentle Dental Care 972-387-3984 6510 LBJ, Suite 100, Dallas, TX Gentle Family Cosmetic Dentist 214-618-5300 5575 Warren Parkway, Suite 210, Frisco, TX Hanif Hussien DDD 972-247-8162 14465 Webb Chappel Rd, Farmers Branch. Indo American Dental 214-957-4867 2120 W Spring Creek Pkwy, Suite C, Plano, TX Kidz & Teen Dental 972-733-0106 4125 Fairway Drive, Suite 135 , Carrollton , TX

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DOCTORS

Ajay J. Pathak, MD 972-492-4393 2117 E Rosemeade Pkwy, Carrollton, TX-75007 Dr. Al Ahmad 972-612-79612 800 West Parker Road, # 101, Plano, TX-75075 Allen Children’s Clinic 972-359-0000 Annie Philip, MD 972-247-11339 Medical Pkwy, # 301, Farmers Branch, TX-75234 Dr. Anu Mundluru 972-216-0079 1012 N Galloway Avenue, Mesquite, TX-75149 Dr. Anu R. Thummala 972-566-5699 7777 Forest Ln Bldg. B, # 215, Dallas, TX-75230 Dr. Archana Thota 972-485-4440 617 Clara Barton Blvd., # 102, Garland, TX-75042 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Aruna Koney M.D 214-320-1200 Professionals, Dallas, TX-75218 Avni P. Vyas 972-256-7277 2311 Texas Drive, Suite 108, Irving, TX-75062 Balu Chandra, M.D 817-589-1822 4375 Booth Calloway Rd, # 201, N Richland Hills

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Dr. Mitra Canales, MD…214-469-0022 “Skin Care and Laser Hair Removal” See advertisement on Page 47

EDUCATION

After School Education 214-668-9452 909 W Spring Creek Pkwy 210, Plano, TX-75023 Anamika 972-377-8388 8117 Grand Canyon Drive, Plano, TX Art Class 469-585-5356 1416 McKenzie Drive, Allen, TX BN Infotech Inc. 972-200-0060 1303 W Walnut Lane, Suite 350, Irving, TX Charanyas Math Tutoring 972-236-2555 2916 Maple Court, Carrollton, TX Ed 2 Net Learning, Inc 214-927-5883 7309 Del Rio Drive, Plano, TX 75024 Englishworks Inc. 972-312-8660 3401 Custer Road, Suite 126, Plano, TX Excel Learning Center 972-697-1514 2208 Canyon Valley Trail, Plano, TX FasTracKids Coppell 972-304-5001 600 E Sandy Lake, Suite 120, Coppell, TX Hurst Euless Bedford ISD 817-283-4461 1849 Central, Bedford, 76022 P: 817-267-3311 Hunttington Learning Center 972-801-9933 SW corner of Legacy & Independence, Plano, TX IAU College of Medicine 2722 Hollandale Lane, Dallas Tx 75234s Janette Lins Tutoring 972-250-6285 18422 Bay Pibes, Dallas, TX Knowledge Paints Tutor 972-394-7323 3733 N Josey Lane, Suite 112, Carrollton, TX Kumon Math & Reading Center 214-668-9452 909 W Spring Creek, Suite 410, Plano, TX Kumon Math & Reading Center 214-356-0129 Math & Science Tutoring 972-377-9415 Math Learning Center 972-831-9700/214 402 6868 1111 Kinwest Parkway, Suite 140, Irving, TX Mathnasium Bharti 972-831-9700 1111 Kinwest Parkway, Suite140, Irving TX 75063 Mathera Point PhD 214-293-3416 7815 McCallum Blvd, Dallas, TX Montes School 972-931-3774 6950 McCallum Blvd, Dallas, TX The Princeton Review 214-890-0099/1-800-2Review 10830 N Central Expwy, # 255, Dallas, TX 75231 Power Math 972-312-0037 3415 Custer Road, Suite 101, Plano, TX Stonebriar Academy 972-668-8480 4577 Ohio Drive, Frisco, TX 75035 Study Matrix www.studymatrix.com 320 Decker Drive, Suite 240-A, Irving, TX 75062 Sunitha 469-733-3241 6330 MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX Trin Tech Software 972-739-1632 1845 E Northgate Drive, Irving, TX Tutoring for School 972-236-2555 2916 Maple Court, Carrollton, TX UT Austin MBA 1-877-232-6201 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207 Value Tutor 972-377-9415 3600 Kimble Drive, Plano, TX-75025

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DRIVING SCHOOLS

1-2-3 Driving School 972-633-2914 2360 E. Park Blvd., Suite 206, Plano, TX-75074 Dallas Driving School 214/972-680-9090 3209 Wyndmere Drive, Richardson, TX- 75082 First Drive Driving School 469-569-2500 7358 Parkridge Blvd., Irving, TX-75063 Green Light Driving Academy 817-310-0193 206 W. Hudgins Street, Grapevine, TX-76051

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ENERGY

Tara Energy 866-GET-TARA 1900 Saint James Place, # 300, Houston, 77056

EVENT MANAGEMENT

Hiba Entertainment 214-837-5055 3020 Big Town Boulevard, Mesquite, TX 75150 Rhythm Event Management 972-978-5978 www.rhythmem.com [email protected]

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M. O. Majeed, MD FAAP 972-312-1288 6853 Coit Road, Suite 400, Plano, TX-75024 Mid-Cities Gastroenterology 817-589-1822 4375 Booth Calloway, N Richland Hills, 76180 Monika Bhatia - Kiddie Docs 972-359-1400 1505 W McDermott Dr, # 110, Allen, TX-75013 Nagaratina Chandrashekharan 972-359-1400 1505 W McDermott Drive, # 110, Allen, TX-75013 Namrata Sayani, MD 940-AID-2020 North Texas Center for Sight, 2501 Scripture, # 103, Denton, TX-76201-2314 Narender Monga, MD 214-942-0881 221 W. Colorado Blvd., # 165, Dallas, TX-75208 Neelanjani Prasad 214-618-8240 1701 Legacy Drive, Frisco, TX-75034 Dr. Neeta Nayak 214-820-6060 4004 Worth Street, # 100, Dallas, TX-75246 Nitin K. Patel, MD 972-991-2020 5100 Beltline Road, # 850, Dallas, TX-75254 Padmavathy Uppalapati 972-607-2525 1110 Cottonwood Ln, Suite 105, Irving, TX-75038 Pediatric & Family Physicians 972-966-1318 2300 Village Rd, #300, Highland Village, 75077 Dr. Peter Gulati 214-941-0032 129 West Ninth Street, Dallas, TX-75208 Dr. Prashant Jyothi 214-341-5255 8989 Skillman Street, LBJ, Dallas, TX-75243 Preston Park 972-596-3505 4801 W Park Blvd., Suite 425, Plano, TX-75093 Dr. Raiz Haider 817-473-0277 1290 Hwy 157 N, Mansfield, TX 76063 Raj Gupta, MD 214-618-3937 5575 Warren Parkway, # 210, Frisco, TX-75034 Raj M. Jhansi 817-346-9302 6112 Mccart Ave, Suite 106, Fortworth, TX-76133 Rajeshwar Kumar, MD 972-390-8722 400 N Allen Drive, Suite 201, Allen, TX-75013 Raju Kakarla, MD 972-296-4777 2801 Golton Boone, # 103, Dessotto, TX-75115 Ravi Chandrasekhara, MD 972-296-0845 3450 W. Wheatland Rd, # 207, Dallas, TX-75237 Renuka Basavaraju, MD 972-253-4265 1901 West Park Drive, Irving, TX-75061 Dr. Richard Klics 214-221-9111 6830 Walling Lane, # 100, Dallas, TX-75231 Rohit J. Parmar, MD, FACC 214-841-2000 621 N Hall St, Dallas, TX-75226 Saji Pillai 972-556-1128 701 Tuscan Drive, Suite 265, Irving, TX-75039 Samir Pattni, MD 972-596-3800 2237 W 15 Street, Plano, TX-75075 Sandeep Gupta, MD 214-369-1901 8210 Walnut Hill Ln, # 818, Dallas, TX-75231 Dr. Shalaka Nesarikar 972-964-1122 6205 Coit Road, Suite 130, Plano, TX-75024 Shweta G. Daftary, DDS 972-239-1998 14902 Preston Road, Suite 401, Dallas, TX-75240 Sita Boppana MD 972-644-1100 100 S Central Expy, # 45, Richardson, TX-75080 Dr. Sree Sreenarasimahaiah 214-648-7250 5939 Harry Hines Blvd., # 300, Dallas, TX-75390 Srilatha A. Reddy, MD 972-262-1682 615 Small Hill Dr, # 108, Grand Prairie, TX-75050 Srilatha A Reddy, MD, PA 972-870-0788 1302 Lane St, # 300, Copper Tree Medical Building, Irving, 75061 Sunil Mathews, MD 972-869-3448 440 W. I-635, Plaza II, # 225, Irving, TX-75063 Dr. Susan Kaur Rao 972-255-4443 4030 N. Beltline, Irving, TX-75038 Vani Duvuuri MD 972-566-7799 7777 Forest Ln, Medical City of Dallas, 75230 Dr. Veena Jain 972-795-5237 7205 Sparrow Point Lane, Sachse, TX-75048 Vijay G. Kalaria, MD, FACC 817-338-1300 1300 West Rosedale Street, Fortworth, TX-76104

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Asia Bazaar 972-240-4440 6541 Duck Creek, Suite F, Garland, TX-75043 Bombay Sari 972-437-2465 113 South Central Expy, Richardson, TX-75080 Custom Printing 817-249-4931 228 Meadowhill Drive, Fortworth, TX-76126 East West Appliances 972-238-9055 524 W Beltline Rd, # 1, Richardson, TX-75080 India Sari Palace 972-680-8238 2701 N O’Connor, Irving TX Intruzion Car Audio/Video 214-732-9685 Dallas, TX-75042 Jalaram Sari & Electronics 972-554-7200 1006-B West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 Krishna Sarees 972-479-0044 108 Inge Drive, Richardson TX 75081 Perfect Peninsula Inc. 972-691-0686 1041, Sweet Grass Tr, Flower Mound, TX-75028

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Vijay Sharma, MD 972-867-9507 1600 Coit Road, Suite 107, Plano, TX-75075 Dr. Vikram Rao 972-423-8555 SE corner of Parker & Alma, Plano, TX Vinoda/Prasanna Kumar, MD 817-589-2517 Webb Royal Medical Group 214-350-9334 142 Webb Royal Plaza, Dallas, TX-75229 Yasmin Khalida, MD 972-394-9200 2008 E Hebron Pkwy, # 100, Carrollton, TX-75007

ELECTRONICS

2MCCTV 817-801-5511 2303 Roosevelt Drive, Suite A, Arlington

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FINANCIERS

A Best Rate Home Loan 972-596-0968 4733 De Grey Lane, Plano, TX-75093 AAA Loans (Zen Mortgage) 972-342-1705 1700 Wagon Wheel, Allen, TX-75002 Ali Makhani - Texas Res. Mortgage 6512 Briar Ridge, Plano, TX-75093 469-235-4435 All Loans 469-892-2100 4532 Vista Knoll Drive, Plano, TX-75093 Ashok Daftary, CCIM 972-612-0000 3204 Lanarc Drive, Plano, TX-75023 Audrey Sreshta 972-383-8334 / 972-380-0000 5429 LBJ Freeway, Suite 550, Dallas, TX-75240 Bharati Harchekar 214-402-6868 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 City Credit Union 214-319-3060 7474 Ferguson Street, Dallas, TX-75228 Deependra Chhabra 817-877-9775 201 Main Street, Suite 2100, Fortworth, TX-76102 DFW Franchise Network 214-505-9805 13140 Coit Road, Dallas, TX-75240 Dream Home Mortgage 972-245-LOAN 1205, W Trinity Mills Rd, # 214, Carrollton, 75006 EDC Gold 214-938-6789 6900 Alma Drive, Plano, TX-75023 First Security Mortgage 940-321-9080 3970 FM 2181, # 200, Corinth (Denton), 76210 Mortgage Benchmark 214-731-1044 1636 Coyote Ridge, Carrollton, 75010 Mortgage City 972-487-0323 601 N First Street, Suite A, Garland, TX-75040 NUECO Financial 817-745-1131 1500 Corporate Circle, # 2, Southlake, TX-76092

Omega Capital Services 214-668-0745 4431 Chasemoor Place, Plano, TX-75035 Qlease.com 888-236-1012 3411 Preston Road, # C13-226, Frisco, TX-75034 Rani Amsavelu 469-867-4584 600 S Denton Tap Road, Coppell, TX-75019 SNA Mortgage 972-466-2551 2540 Old Denton Rd, # 171, Carrollton, TX-75006 The Mortgage Professionals 972-423-3329 3420 Avenue K, Suite 305, Plano, TX-75074

FLORISTS

Dallas Florist 972-681-6265 1230 North West Highway, Garland, TX Kabloom 972-316-8850

FUNERAL

Rahma Funeral Home 972-386-0383 7810 W Spring Valley Road, Dallas, TX-75254

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FURNITURE

Tel: 972-401-1550 972 401 1550

Elegant Furniture 214-994-4011 219 W Airport Freeway, Irving, TX Furniture City 972-503-2489 4435 Simonton Road, Farmers Branch, TX Irving Boulevard Furniture 972-438-6654 1500 E Irving Blvd, Irving, TX 75060 Zuri Furniture 972-716-ZURI 4880 Alpha Road, Dallas, TX-75244

GAS STATION SUPPLIES

American Fuel Distributors 214-350-0453 2415 W Northwest Hwy. # 105, Dallas, TX 75220 Sky House Coffee & Beverages 214-507-6230 Mansfield, TX

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Indus SuperMarket 972-316-8855 2488 Meadowglen Dr, # 250, Lewisville, TX-75067 Kohinoor 972-994-9361 850 S Greenville Ave, # 116, Richardson, 75081 Maitri Mart 972-335-3899 8000 Coit Road, Plano, TX-75025 305 S West Street, Arlington, 76010 817-804-0820 7859 McCallum Blvd., Suite 104, Dallas, TX75252 972-248-3999 Mela Indian Grocers & Video 972-315-2799 2305 South Highway 121, Lewisville, TX-75067 Mita’s India Bazaar 940-483-1530 1916 N. Carrol Boulevard, Denton, TX-76201 Mohit Imports 313-717-4926 4070 Belt Line, Suite 110-227, Irving, TX-75038 New Diamond Groceries 817-858-6022 3516 Harwood, Suite 103, Bedford, TX

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INSURANCE AGENTS

AAA Dealers Insurance 972-234-4248 888 S Greenville Ave, Suite 140, Richardson, TX AAA Dealers Insurance 3901 W Northgate, Irving, TX 972-255-7300

Affordable Insurance of Texas 972-808-9191 777 S. Central Expressway, # 4-F, Richardson, TX All Aboard Benefits 214-821-6677 6162 E. Mockingbird Ln. # 132, Dallas, TX 75214 ApniAgency.com 972-256-1800 3585 N Beltline Road, Irving, TX-75062 Crowson Insurance Agency 817-266-4637 3401 Booth Calloway Road, Fortworth, TX-76118 Farmers Insurance 800 w. Airport FWY Irving, 75062 972-445-4168 2000 E. Lamar, Arlington, 76006 469-964-2033 5925 Forest Ln, # 417, Dallas, 972-490-5682 Kiran Sathaye 972-556-0556 11496 Luna Road, Suite D, Dallas, TX-75234

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Taj Grocers….. 972-570-2504 “The Spice of Life” See advertisement on Page 22

Tharas International 972-579-8847 883-C E. Shady Grove, Irving, TX-75060 Tharkari 972-355-2611 3315 Long Prairie Rd, Flower Mound, TX-75022 Unique Indian Store 972-240-4403 433 West Highway I-30, Garland, TX-75043 VS Imports 972-438-3086 922 E Sixth St, Irving, TX-75060 Weiss Int. Wholesale 972-406-1179 11113A Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX-75229 World of Spices 972-792-7755 13340 Audelia Rd, Suite 136, Dallas, TX-75243

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Indo-Park Supermarket…972-644-2000 “YOUR community supermarket” See advertisement on Page 84

Swad Distributors 713-266-9293 6729 Scarlet Drive, Plano, TX-75023 Swades Grocery & Video 972-459-4500 2305 Highway 121 S, Lewsville, TX-75067 Swadeshi Plaza 972-409-6551 7964 N MacArthur Blvd., # 100, Irving, TX-75063

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House of Spices 972-783-7544 115 Spring Valley Vill, # 102, Richardson, 75080 India Bazaar 972-312-0114 832 W Spring Creek Pkwy, # 510, Plano, 75024 5400 Wood Way Dr, Fort Worth 817-361-6003 India Gate 972-943-1177 4020 Hedgecox, Suite 300, Plano, TX-75023 India Grocers 972-234-8051 15 Richardson Heights Centre, Richardson, 75080 India Imports 972-255-5941/ 972-252-9721 307 W Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 India Mart 972-438-6865 1008-A W Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 India video & Groceries 817-545-6786 102, S Ector Drive, Euless, TX-76040 Indian Super Market 972-444-0020 9400 N MacArthur Blvd., # 114, Irving, TX-75063

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Spice Rack….. 972-238-5555 The best choice of South Asian Grocery See advertisement on Page 12

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Bollywood Video & Asia Grocery 972-671-1717 520B Lockwood Drive, Richardson, TX-75080 Bombay Bazaar 817-459-0460 528 Fielder North Plaza, # A, Arlington, TX-76012 Bombay Grocers. 817-868-1407 699 East Harwood, Suite 300, Euless, TX-76039 Bombay Imports 972-255-3037 2301 N O’Connor Road, Irving, TX-75062 C R Produce, Inc. 214-929-6247 6729 Scarlet Drive, Plano, TX-75023 Dana Bazaar 817-303-5300 751 W Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX-76012 Desi Bazaar 817-275-2387 832 Secretary Drive, Arlington, TX-76015 Desi Mart 972-550-9300 5330 N. MacArthur, Suite 132, Irving, TX-75038 Diamond Grocers 817-858-6022 3516 Harwood Rd, Suite 106, Bedford, TX-76201 Fort Worth India Mart 817-294-3448 5040 Trail Lake, Fort Worth, TX 76133

National Imports 972-446-9880 1910 Trinity Mills, Suite 108, Carrollton, TX-75006 Om Produce 214-924-3560 1704 Orleans Street, Dallas, TX-75226 Patel Brothers 972-644-3972 Richardson, TX-75080 Saravanam Catering 469-855-0628 1901 West Parker, Suite 121A, Plano, TX-75023 Spice Bazaar 214-618-3175 4681 Ohio Drive, Suite 105, Frisco, TX-75035

HOTELS

Hilton Garden Inn 972-459-4600 Dallas/Lewisville Radisson Hotel 214-341-5400 11350 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX 75238

HOSPITALS

Carter BlooodCare 214-351-8153 2119 Research Row, #613, Dallas, Tx 75235

IMMIGRATION

Aamer Ravji 972-233-4190 4801 Arapaho Road, Addison, TX-75001 Ahluwalia Law Offices 972-361-0606 13601 Preston Road, Dallas, TX-75240 Chander Law Firm, PC 214-677-4990 3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 450, Dallas, TX-75201 Chavez & Gallagher, LLP 214-251-8011 10830 N. Central Expwy, # 400, Dallas, TX-75231 Kraft & Associates - Dilanz Saleem 214-999-9999 2777 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1300, Dallas, TX Law Offices Of Sherin Thawer, 214-239-4511 305 Cimarron Trail, Suite 160, Irving, TX-75063

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INTERIOR DECORATORS

Silver City 972-488-3412 11377 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX-75229 Star Jewelers 972-231-6776 245 N Central Expwy, Richardson, TX-75080 Tilak Jewelers 972-594-8252 2301 N O’Conner Road, Suite F, Irving, TX-75062

LANDSCAPING

Landscaping & Gardening Center 1122 Melrose, Garland, TX 972-494-7453

LIMOUSINES

Captain Limousines 1-866-98-Captain 7750 N MacArthur Blvd, #120-203, Irving, 75063

MEDICAL CLINICS

Advanced Medical Center 972-985-8000 4002 W Park Blvd, Plano, TX Asthma and Lung Consultants 972-288-3471 2698 N Galloway, Suite 104, Mesquite, TX Baylor Hearing Care 469-867-6661 1609 Marsh Lane, Suite 10, Carrollton, TX Carter Eye Center 214-6962020 Center For Pain Relief & Rehabilitation 3900 Pebble Creek, Plano, 75023 888-560-PAIN Hope Medical Institute, TX 757-873-3333 Las Colinas Medical Center 972-969-2000 6800 N MacArthud Boulevard, Irving, TX-75039 Window in The Womb 817-481-7788 546 Silicon Blvd, # 103, South Lake, TX 76092 Via Scan 972-739-2840/ 1-800-585-2702 349 E Las Colinas Blvd, C, Irving, 75039

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MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR

Joy’s Tailor 972-436-5474 KSVAC Electric & Heating Inc 469-767-8476 Pro Tech Plumbing972-279-6550 / 800-930-6550 15330 LBJ Freeway, # 416, Mesquite, T-75150

MOBILE PHONES

Galleria Wireless….. 469-522-0786 “The most trusted store in town” See advertisement on Page 80

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JEWELRY

Aarti Jewelers 972-918-9933 109 S Central Expressway, Richardson, TX-75080 Ashok Gopaldas Jewelers 972-761-0119 100 S Central Expy, # 15, Richardson, TX-75080 GovindJi’s….. 972-231-6776 Open daily (except Tuesday), 12pm to 7 pm See advertisement on Page 3

Kohinoor Diamonds 713-334-8700 5901 Hillcroft Drive, Suite C1, Houston, TX 77036 Malani Jewelers…972-234-4653 “The Largest Variety in North America” See advertisement on Page 19

Ocean Jewelz 214-621-1296 4425 Sandra Lynn Dr, Flower Mound, TX-75022

First Security Mortgage 972-243-0500 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 745, Dallas, TX Tabernacle Mortgage 469-366-9830 5001, Rowlett Road # 101, Rowlett 75088.

MUSIC INSTRUMENTS

Audio, Video, Lighting & Instruments www.aarohimusic.com 469-939-1231 Elisabeth Johnson 972-248-9613 19019 Preston Road, Suite 415, Dallas, TX-75252 Texas Sound & DJ 972-606-1103 / 972-590-0000 4317 Fairmont Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75052

MUSIC SCHOOLS

Academy of Indian Arts 214-226-3427 Springcreek Parkway, Plano, TX Allen School of Music 972-359-1600 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX Anisha Parameswaran 214-394-6276 7940 N MacArthur Blvd., # 2145, Irving, TX-75063 Ankur Nag 972-252-1792 3446 W Country Club Drive, Irving, TX-75038 Arapaho Music Studios 972-234-4982 Central & Arapaho, Richardson, TX-75080 Coppell Conservatory LLC 972-304-8600 600 E Sandy Lake Rd, # 124, Coppell, TX-75019 Cornett Music Studio 972-669-8047 Richardson, TX-75080 Dallas School of Music 972-380-8050 2650 Midway Road, # 204, Carrollton, TX-75006 Dallas School of Performing Arts, Dallas, TX 972-270-3334 Larry Morgan Music Company 972-864-8584 Mihir Patel 972-404-3459 Plano, TX-75093

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Signature Diamonds… 972-789-1331 “Latest Collection, Unique Designs” See advertisement on Page 45

Dream Home Mortgage “Make your dream home a reality” See advertisement on Front inside cover

Krishna M Bhaskar 214-335-2740 3608 Hoya Drive, Suite 167, Arlington, TX-76015 Lal Daswani 972-392-0404 6959 Arapaho Road, Suite 103, Dallas, TX-75248 Mahesh Thakkar 214-677-9152 7308 Frankford Road, Dallas, TX-75252 Mary L. Varghese 972-788-1555 5050 Quorum Dr, # 241, Dallas, TX-75254-7054 Muhammad Ismail Sagar 972-252-0969 2804 Cantrell Street, Irving, TX-75062 ZIP Copy Center 972-871-9300 4070 N Beltline Road, # 110, Irving, TX-75038

ORGANIZATION-RELIGIOUS

Allen Musalla 214-641-8841 410 N Greenville Avenue, # 102, Allen, TX-75002 Art of Living Foundation, TX 214-459-4428/ 817-780-0000 Asian Indian Church of Carrollton214-676-5759 1907 Sunridge, Carrollton, TX-75006 Balagokulam 972-588-7071 4020 Hedgcoxe Rd, Plano, 75024 Shree Swaminayaran Mandir 972-243-8669 11321 Webb Chapel Road, Dallas, TX-75229 Barsana Dham 972-527-6195 Bethesda Bible Chapel 469-628-1266 1126 Hilltop Drive, Irving, TX-75060 Brahma Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation Center 615 N. Macarthur Boulevard, Irving, TX-75231 972-254-5562 Chinmaya Mission DFW 972-250-2470 17701 Davenport Road, Dallas, TX-75252 Christian Brethren Assembly 972-986-6445 2011 Parkside Avenue, Irving, TX-75061 CSI Church of Dallas 972-820-0205 9027 Midway Road, Dallas, TX-75209 CSI Congregation Of Dallas 469-855-4159 9400 Plano Road, Dallas, TX-75238 Dada Lacchmi Satsang 214-226-3427 Independence Parkway, Plano, TX-75023 Dallas Central Mosque of Islamic Asst 972-231-5698 840 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Dar elSalam Islamic Center 817-265-2596 747 W. Lamar Blvd., Arlington, TX-76012 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 DFW Arya Samaj 817-457-1357 DFW Gayatri Pariwar 817-467-1633 DFW Hindu Temple 972-445-3111 1605 N Britan Road, Irving, TX-75061 Geeta Sanskar, Allen, TX 972-288-0700 Gujarati Christian Fellowship 972-240-5698 5514 Laredo Lane, Garland, TX-75043 Gurdwara Sikh Temple 214-240-5348 506 Gatewood Drive, Garland, TX-75043 Gurdwara Singh Sabha 972-235-3388 1201 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Gurudwara Sikh Sangat 817-267-7664 11400 West Euless Boulevard, Euless, TX-76040 Hare Krishna Mandir 214-827-6330 5340 Gurley Avenue, Dallas, TX-75223 Indian Telugu Church 817-540-6282 Indo-Pak Bible Church 972-530-8072 1918 Beltline Road, Garland, TX-75044 IPC HEBRON 972-840-9299 1751 Wall Street, Garland, TX-75042 ISKCON 214-827-6330 5430 Gurley Ave, Dallas, TX-75223 Islamic Association of Carrollton 972-466-1191 1516 Stemmons Frwy, # 201, Carrollton 75006 Islamic Association of Collin County 972-491-5800 6401 Independence Parkway, Plano, TX-75023 Islamic Association of Lewisville 972-691-5566 P.O. Box 294102, Lewisville, TX-75029-4102 Islamic Association of N Texas 972-231-5698 840 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Islamic Association of Tarrant 817-737-8104 4801 Fletcher Avenue, Fortworth, TX-76107 Islamic Center Of Irving 972-721-9136 245 E Grauwyler Rd, # 118, Irving, TX-75061

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Mike Murugesh 972-693-6858 2805 N. Dallas Pkwy, # 250, Plano, TX-75093 New York Life 972-387-2929 12201 Merit Drive, Suite 1000, Dallas, TX-75251 Pradeep Pete Merchant 972-418-9652 2220 Marsh Lane, Suite 112, Carrollton, TX75006 Purnima & Naresh Shah 214-208-5970 10246 Catalpa, Dallas, TX-75243 Rajesh Sanchala 972-387-2929 x2374 New York Life, 12201 Merit Dr, Dallas, 75251 Rozmeen Insurance 888-ROZMEEN 3536 Eisenhower Street, Carrollton, TX-75007 Texas Insurance Advisors Inc. 972-256-1800 3585 N Beltline Road, Irving, TX-75062 The Famous Insurance Agency, Inc. 972-271-9600 2940 Broadway, Suite 102, Garland, TX-75041 Yasin Iqbal 214-252-2472 3001 Knox St, #102, Dallas, TX-75205 701 N Central Expy, Richardson, 75080 972-238-8174 Zoom Insurance 214-239-1609 511 E Carpenter Fwy, Suite 150, Irving, TX-75062

Quality Corals & Gems 800-708-GEMS PO Box: 648 San Marcos, TX-73667 House of India 214-741-6133 2050 N. Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX-75207 Rani Inc 214-741-RANI World Trade Center, Dallas, TX-75207 Ruby Jewelers Inc 972-245-4858 1205 W Trinity Mills Road, Carrollton, TX-75006

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Accord Mortgage 469-396-6480 2166 Dowelling Drive, Frisco, TX Broad Solutions Lending 214-619-5626 5700 Granite Parkway, Suite 420, Plano , TX City Credit Union 214-319-3060 7747 Ferguson Street, Dallas, TX City Mortgage 972-519-0050 5840 Coit Road, Suite 108, Plano, TX CMI Mortgage 972-818-6100 17780 Preston Road, Suite 130, Dallas, TX Credit Solutions 800-353-7630 15602 Dallas Parkway, Suite 700, Dallas, TX

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Choice Mobile 1009 W. Rochelle Rd, Irving, Tx 75062 Unlimited India Calling….. 1-800-465-5015 Free Vacation on Sign up for limited time See advertisement on Page 17

JNS Wireless Sprint 5620 LBJ Freeway, 100 Dallas Tx 75240

MONEY TRANSFER

International Money Transfer 972-480-0700 100 S Central Expressway, Richardson, TX 75080 Western Union 212-468-3503 P.O. BOX 130780 , Dallas, TX 75313

MORTGAGE

A Best Rate Home Loan 972-396-0968 4733 De Grey Lane, Plano, TX-75093 A-1 Appraisal 972-896-3410 4016 Carmichael Drive, Plano, TX AAA Loans 972-342-1705 1700 Wagon Wheel, Allen, TX

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Parul’s Classical/ Light Music Lessons Plano, Tx 214-509-3689 Rajinder Pal Singh 817-267-7664 1400 W Euless Boulevard, Euless, TX-76040 Music Learning Unlimited 972-964-6604 Plano, TX Renu Chandra 972-931-9694 Dallas, TX Sadhana School of Music 214-705-6073 Spring Ridge Subdivision, Plano, TX-75025 Shawli Roy 817-423-4121 5757, Remington Circle, Fortworth, TX-76132 Spundun School of Music 817-571-4926 Suzuki Institute of Dallas 972-437-6422 Dallas, TX Swara - Raaga 972-550-0686 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX-75038 Swaranand - School of Indian Music & Hindi Independence Pkwy, Plano, 75023 214-226-3427 The Piano Studio 972-248-9613 19019 Preston Road, Suite 415, Dallas, TX-75252 University of the Blues 972-488-3141 Royal Lane, Dallas, TX Veena Harihar 817-230-4932 14616 Cottage View Lane, Fortworth, TX-76155

NOTARY

ApniAgency.com 972-256-1800 3585 N Beltline Road, Irving, TX-75062 Fidelity National Title 214-239-4511 305 Cimarron Trail, Suite 160, Irving, TX-75063

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Tel: 972-401-1550 972 401 1550

214-226-3427 Independence Parkway, Plano, TX-75023 Plano Indian Lions Club 972-245-3941 Richardson University Lions Club, Allen, TX 972-407-7345/ 972-880-0000 World Muslim Congress 214-325-1916 1636 Coyote Ridge, Carrollton, 75010

PHOTOGRAPHY

Asian Photography….. 214-783-3297 Weddings | Family Portraits | Special Events See advertisement on Page 15

Planetshazia Productions 469-363-7158 1330 Hi Line Drive, Dallas, TX-75207 Memoir Photo 972-248-4890 Swatee Photography & Video 972-530-7356 Dallas, TX

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Islamic Center of Momin 972-554-0200 1019 Perry Street, Irving, TX-75060-3222 Jain Society of North Texas 972-470-0606 538 Apollo Road, Richardson, TX-75081 Kriya Yoga Center 214-418-6860 10600 Steppington, Suite 230, Dallas, TX-75230 Manoyoga Sadhana 972-516-8325 PO Box 260185, Plano, TX-75026 Mata Amritanandmayi Satsang 972-380-0951 Dallas TX-75287-6734 North Texas Hindu Mandir 214-552-0549/817-308-7796 10309 Baronne Circle, Dallas, TX-75218 Sathya Saibaba Center of North Dallas www.ndsai.org 972-250-0126 Shree Santram Bhakt Samaj 972-430-0000 Shree Swaminarayan Mandir 972-263-7637 2114 Pine Street, Grand Prairie, TX-75005 Sikh Study Circle 972-579-9646 834 N Nursery Road, Irving, TX-75061 Sri Aurobindo Center 972-829-3161 Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji Satsangh, Allen, TX 972-517-2723 Sri Sai Baba Temple of DFW 972-459-4765 2109 West Parker Plaza, # 212, Plano, TX-75023 St Mary’s Jacobite Church 972-446-9983 2112 Old Denton Drive, Carrollton, TX-75006 St.Thomas Syrian Catholic Church, Dallas 972-240-5551 Vaishnav Parivar 972-462-1763 / 972-510-0000 426 Woodhurst Drive, Coppell, TX-75019 Virendra Summanwar 972-550-3940 5309 N MacArthur Blvd., # 1020, Irving, TX-75038 Vision Baptist Church 214-763-3943 1112 W Parker Road, Plano, TX-75075 Zion Gospel Assembly 972-412-7315 11221 Lochwood Boulevard, Dallas, TX

Bombay Photography… 972-679-7921 “Special memories for special events” See advertisement on Page 87

Texpertz Photography 214-288-0106 1324 Breanna Way Coppell 75018

To have your business listed e-mail: [email protected]/ Tel: 972-401-1550 Anil Chugh 972-896-4854 13604 Midway Road, Suite 183, Dallas, TX-75244 B Prasad 469-233-1184 Plano, TX-75025 Ebby Halliday Realtors, 214-766-4343 7520 N. MacArthur Blvd., # 100, Irving, TX 75063 One Plus Realty…469-446-4177 No Gimmicks.. No Catches... Just Great Service See advertisement on Page 5

Help-U-Sell Fine Properties 972-747-1068 1333 McDermott Dr, # 200, Allen, TX-75013 Krishna P. Yalamanchili 469-831-5609 1701 N Greenville Ave., # 402, Richardson, 75081 Najma Real Estate Services 214-731-1044 Ram Muthu - AAA Realtors 214-533-6437 1545 Ave K, Suite 169, Plano, TX-75074 Rani Amsavelu 469-867-4584 600, S. Denton Tap Rd, # 110, Coppell, TX-75019 Safeway Group, Inc. 770-409-9910 x15 Truvillion Realty Group 817-277-4879 Wiiliam Davis Realty 214-477-9036 17732 Preston Rd, # 100, Dallas, TX-75252

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Armale Studio…214-676-7531 www.bookmywedding.com See advertisement on Page 37

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SOCIAL

DFW Indian Lions Club 972-475-1075TX ASHA for Education [email protected] Association for India’s Devpt. 972-867-0912 PO Box 835833, Richardson, TX-75083-5833 Bighelp For Education 781-962-7399 Charotar Patidar Samaj of DFW 972-255-3037 DFW Maharasthra Mandal 972-735-9357 17616 Squaw Valley Dr, Dallas, TX-75252 Dallas Indian Lions Club 972-424-4902 Immigrants Support Network 972-236-8368 700 San Francisco Street, Carrollton, TX-75007 India Association of N Texas 972-234-IANT Irving DFW Indian Lions Club 972-303-0745 Kerala Civic Organization 972-416-4696

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REAL ESTATE

Cindi’s N.Y. Delicatessen…214-739-0918 “A taste of the Big Apple in Big D” See advertisement on Page 31

Clay Pit 972-233-0111 4460 Beltline Road, Addison, TX-75001 Curry’s 972-518-0188 5429 N MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX-75038 Dakshin Indian Cuisine 972-887-3026 Intersection of Tx-183 and MacArthur, Irving. Dunes IndoPak & Mediterranean 214-441-1342 3401 W Airport Freeway, # 110, Irving, TX-75062 Flavors Indian Restaurant 972-789-9206 4101 Beltline Road, Addison TX-75001

Church of South India 972-463-8778 9400 Plano Road, Dallas, TX-75238 Foundation for Pluralism 214-325-1916 1636 Coyote Ridge, Carrollton, TX 75010 Ramachar 972-518-1034 1254 Hidden Ridge, Apt# 1011, Irving, TX-75038 Suryakant J Bhatt 972-475-4454 2005 Dover Drive, Rowlett, TX-75088 Umanath Bhat 972-874-1378 4417 Sandra Lynn, Flower Mound, TX-75022

Fish & Grill 972-258-9163 3307 N Story Rd, TX Fusion Masala 408-314-5072 2140 B E Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX-76092 Goga Sweets & Snacks 972-446-2629 1205 W Trinity Mills, # 104, Carrollton, TX-75006 Gopal Indian Restaurant 972-437-0155 758 S Central Expressway, Richardson, TX-75080 Haveli 972-313-0144 1820 Valley View Lane, Irving, TX India Palace Restaurant 972-392-0190 12817 Preston Road, Suite 105, Dallas, TX-75230 Hot Breads 972-753-1000 5330 N MacArthur Blvd, # 140, Irving, TX-75038 India Garden 972-240-4403 433 West I-30, Garland, TX-75043 India House 972-335-1300 3401 Preston Road, Suite 1, Frisco, TX-75034 Indya Fusion 214-574-8500 7300 N MacArthur Blvd, # 130, Irving, TX-75063

REALTORS

Aburu Venkat, Plano, 75025 469-450-1489 Ammu Jacob 972-248-5963 17000 Preston Road, Suite 100, Dallas, TX-75248

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RESTAURANTS

Afghan Grill 972-818-0300 19177 Preston Road, Suite 180, Dallas, TX-75252 Aahar Indian Restaurant…972-432-2427 “Home cooking with Home prices” See advertisement on Page 67

Agha Juice 972-245-5001 1205 W Trinity Mills Road, Carrollton TX 75006 Afrah’s Restaurant 972-234-9898 314 E. Main Street, Richardson, TX 75081 Al-Amir 214-739-2647 7402 Greenville Avenue, # 101, Dallas, TX 75231

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A Action Realtors Manmohan (Mohen) S.Rai 972-270-7521 8111 LBJ Suite 945, Dallas, TX-75251 Amit Sachdev 469-951-0413 8909 Pocono Drive, Plano, TX-75025 Ashok Daftary, CCIM 972-612-0000 3204 Lanarc Drive, Plano, TX-75023 Bharati Rao 817-277-4879 1106 De Pauw Drive, Arlington , TX-76012 To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Charles M.R. Vethan 214-841-1000 4144 North Central Expy, # 660, Dallas, 75204 Danny and Chinna Raj 972-867-7666 1800 Preston Park Blvd, Plano, TX-75093 Enterprise America 214-855-6675 12222 Merit Drive, Suite1870, Dallas, TX 75251 Everest Realty 972-303-0103 5406 Broadway, Suite 102, Garland, TX-75043 Lakshmana Katuri 972-423-4523 1515 Rio Grande Drive, Plano, TX-75075 Laxmi Tummala - REMAX 972-989-7815 8600 N. MacArthur Blvd, # 104, Irving, TX-75063 Rakesh Garg 972-588-8082 1333 W. McDermott, Suite 100, Allen, TX-75013 Ramesh Ramotar - R Square Realtors, 225 N Eleventh St, # A, Garland 972-487-0462 Ripple Goel 214-995-9918 18383 Preston Road , Dallas, TX-75252 Manasi Vernekar 972-746-9563 4530 W. Buckingham Road, Garland, TX-75042 Manoj Abraham Real Estate LLC, 972-484-6644 2880 LBJ Freeway, Suite 403, Dallas, TX-75234

Chettinaad Palace 469-229-9100 2205 N Central Expy, # 180, Plano, TX-75075

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RELIGIOUS

Chaat Café: 972-713-0003 18101 Preston Rd # 202 Dallas TX 75252

Anantha P Archakam 469-467-4553 6629 Macintosh Drive, Plano, TX-75023

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Alumni of Baroda University 972-618-9101 Asian American Professionals 972-418-9652 Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, Allen, TX 972-491-1818 DFW Indian Pharmacist Assn 817-548-7159 Greater Dallas Indo - American Chamber of Commerce 214-346-9559 5930 LBJ Freeway, Suite 350, Allen, TX-75240 IIT Alumni Association of North Texas PO Box: 260313, Plano, TX 972-758-7500 International Fellowship 469-417-9299 Malayalee Engineers Association of North Texas, Allen, Tx 972-378-0470 Network of Indian Professionals - NetIP, Allen, 214-754-7089 Richardson Music Teachers Association, Dallas, TX 972-690-1912 Shreeji Non Profit Organization, Fortworth, TX 972-841-1727 Texas Indo-American Dentists Association, 72120 W Spring Creek Pkwy, # C, Plano, 75023 972-527-486 Texas Indo-American Physicians Society, Allen, TX 817-457-2928 The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) 972-235-5555

PRINTING

Advanced Xpress Printing 972-238-1050 400 Industrial Dr, # 100, Richardson, TX-75081 Alpha Graphics, 972-529-9885 1970 N Central Expy, # 140, McKinney, TX-75070 Best Signs 214-340-7446 1718 Reserve Street, Garland, TX-75042 DIS Print & Web Solutions 972-567-8040 532 Runstone Drive, Irving, TX-75060 Hall Graphics 214-349-3870 10660 Plano Road, Suite 122, Dallas, TX-75238 Jay Kay Press Inc., 972-831-0433 10580 Newkirk St, Suite 301, Dallas, TX-75220 PrintOGraphics, 972-240-7979 5481 Broadway Blvd., # 117, Garland, TX-75043 Texas Commerce Printing, 214-638-2774 9011 John Carpenter Frwy, # 102, Dallas, 75247

Chaat Express 972-312-1127 832 W Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX 75023 Chaat & Paan Corner (Apna Bazaar), 2000 Old Denton Rd, Carrollton, 972-374-7186

BBQ Tonite…972-466-0786 “Indo-Pak Cuisine” See advertisement on Page 84

Basil Leaf Thai Restaurant 972-252-2175 4070 N. Beltline Road, Suite150, Irving, TX-75038 Bombay Bistro 817-560-9996 9116 Camp Bowie, Unit 100, Fortworth, TX-76116 Bombay Chinese 972-808-9990 100 S Central Epwy, #17, Richardson, TX-75080

India Palace….. 972-392-0190 “Best Indian Food” – Zagat guide See advertisement on Page 105

Jasmine’s Café and Hookah Lounge 107 E. Main Street, Richardson, TX 972-437-4522 Kababish Pakistani Cuisine 817-355-5000 3508 Harwood Road, Bedford, TX Kalachandji 214-821-1048 5430 Gurley Ave, At Graham St, Dallas, TX-75233 Kashmir Indian Cuisine 817-358-9680 603 N Main Street, Euless, TX-76039

Bombay Sizzler…972-255-5400 “Bombay ka style main” See advertisement on Page 77

Bollywood Bar & Grill 214-529-6790 11345 Emerald Street, Dallas, TX-75229 Bukhara Grille 972-400-7748 955 E Cambell Road, Richardson, TX-75080 Bombay Sweets & Snacks…214-441-2125 “The best Indian sweets and snacks” See advertisement on Page 64

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Kathmandu Kitchen 972-721-1771 820 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 Kebab n Kurry 972-231-5556 401 N Central Expy, # 300, Richardson, TX-75080

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www.NTCricket.com The Cricket Gear 214-557-4462 1616 W Irving Boulevard, Irving, TX-75061

To have your business listed e-mail: [email protected]/ Tel: 972-401-1550 Taj Mahal 214-692-0535 10455 N Central Expy, # 20, Richardson, TX Tandoor Grill 469-241-0449 6900 Alma Drive, Suite 100, Plano, TX-75023 Tawa Grill 972-234-2261 13340 Audelia Road, Suite 135, Dallas, TX Tandoor Indian Restaurant 972-261-6604 532 Fielder North Plaza, Arlington, TX-76012 Taste O’ India 469-855-0628 1901 W Parker, Suite 121 A, Plano, TX-75023

SWIMMING POOLS

THEATRES / MOVIES

Touring Talkies 972-373-8100 Irving, TX Valentino Films 214-606-6433 320 S Beltline Road, Suite109, Irving, TX 75060

TIRES

The Saffron House…972-239-1800 “A place to pamper your taste” See advertisement on Page 57

Tharas Restaurant 972-579-8847 833-C East Shady Grove, Irving, TX-75060 The Saffron House 972-239-1800 5100 Beltline Road, Suite 728, Addison, TX-75240

SECURITY SYSTEMS

K Link 972-484-6464 11500 N Stemmons Freeway, Suite 112, Dallas Pro System 972-896-7814 1328 Barclay Drive, Carrollton, TX

Silverspoon Gyros & Subs 972-247-0156 11311 Harry Hines Blvd, # 602, Dallas, TX-75229 Silverspoon Restaurant 972-907-0090 218 Suite A, E Spring Valley, Richardson, 75081 Sitar Indian Cuisine 214-618-0050 8612 Preston Road, Suite 102, Plano, TX-75024 Star India 817-265-9020 703 W Park Row Drive, Arlington, TX Star International 972-279-4333 2809 Motley Drive, Mesquite, TX-75150 Swadeshi Indian Cuisine…972-514-1086 “Cuisine of India” See advertisement on Page 71

Taboon Bakery & Grill 972-740-2678 2211 Cheyenne, Irving, TX-75062 Taj Chaat House 214-596-1133 1057 W Rochelle Road, Irving, TX-75062 Taj Express 214-528-0200 4436 Lemmon, Dallas, TX

SIGNS & STORAGE

Advanced Name Plates Inc. 972-644-6520 605 S Sherman Street, Suite 505, Richardson, TX All Quality Signs 972-234-3228 724 S Central Expressway, Richardson, TX Best Signs 214-340-7446 1718 Reserve Street, Garland, TX Future Signs 972-205-9090 3803 Cavalier Drive, Garland, TX Royal Signs 469-879-5786 Dallas, TX To advertise here contact Sales Manager @ 972 401 1550 Seven Seas Worldwide 877-817-7327 Dallas, TX Signs for Less 469-556-8398 12465 Black Cherry Lane, Euless, TX Signs Universe 972-880-2884 4304 Onyx Drive, Carrollton, TX

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TRAINING INSTITUTES

Academy of Indian Arts 214-226-3427 5451 Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX-75023 Anblicks 972-241-6700 2925 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX-75234 Bright Computer Training & Consultants 817-356-0560 P. O. Box 822954, Dallas, TX-75382 ChennaiSoft 972-951-5419 1312 Hidden Ridge, Irving, TX-75038 Hindi Vikas 972-377-8388 Plano, TX-75025 Perry Zafar 972-306-2310 2727 Cancun Lane, Dallas, TX-75287 Sanford-Brown Institute 888-317-6333/ 214-459-8490 1250 W Mockingbird Lane, # 150, Dallas, 75247

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4 M Tires 972-259-1951 1115 W Pioneer Road, Irving, TX BJ Tire Center 972-205-0997 3342 W Walnut Street, Garland, TX Cheap Tires 972-785-2828 425 N Britain Road, Irving, TX Discount Tires 972-377-8242 8700 Ohio Drive, Plano , TX Firestone 214-520-9924 2540 Old Denton Road, Carrollton, TX Kauffman Tires 972-245-1512 3901 W Spring Creek Road, Plano, TX Spring Valley Discount Tires 972-392-3192 7828 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, TX

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Udipi Cafe 972-437-2858 35 Richardson Heights Village, TX-75080 Vegi Thali 972-236-1169 1205 W Trinity Mills, # 105, Carrollton, TX-75006 Villa Mediterranian 214-731-1200 3648 Old Denton Rd, # 102, Carrollton TX 75007 Wok of Fame 972-494-6163 217 Garland Avenue, Garland, TX Zyka 972-238-7777 20 Richardson Heights, Richardson, TX-75080 Brotherhood Roofing 972-222-6945 6048 Hidden Creek Lane, Frisco, TX

Shish Kabob Spring Valley at Coit, Irving, TX

Travel Plus Inc….469-361-1594 “Over 25 years experience” See advertisement on Page 34

Peaceland Travel & Tour 214-634-9911 1327 Empire Center, Dallas, TX-75212 Passport and Visa 972-596-7288 6000 Ohio Drive, Plano, TX-75093 Referralclicks 972-255-2297 3114 W Northgate Dr, # 1049, Irving, TX-75062 R.K.Travel Inc. 630-858-7200 4149 Woodland Trail, Carrollton, TX-75007 Royal Travels & Tours 972-258-0103 1221 W Airport Fwy, # 201, Irving, TX-75062 Sky Master Travel 972-256-2200 / 972-252-4454 415 E Airport Freeway, Irving, TX-75062 Skyline Travels 214-634-7277 / 214-630-0000 8100 John Carpenter Fwy, # 210, Dallas, 75247 SkyPass Travel Inc. 800-381-TOUR 2730 Stemmons Fwy, # 310, Dallas, TX-75207 Star Travels 972-987-7896 8101, Memorial Lane, Suite 2814, Plano, TX75024 Supersonic Travel and Tours 972-239-7782 12001 N Central Expwy, # 280, Dallas, 75243

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Temptations 972-252-9898 4070 N Beltline, Suite 138, Irving, TX-75038 The Chat Corner 972-644-1329 26-C Heights, Richardson, TX-75080

Topaz Indian Grill & Bar…214-641-8861 “Biggest Club of its kind” See advertisement on Page 102

Passage to India 972-527-7040 909 W Spring Creek, Suite 450, Plano, TX-75023 Pizza Boy 972-596-3500 3131 Custer Road, Suite 165, Plano, TX-75075 Shammy’s 972-406-1747 11422 Harry Hines Blvd, # 312, Dallas, TX-75229

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Crown Pools 972-396-4960 705 E Main Street, Allen, TX Malibu Pool Remodelling 972-231-7553 705 S Floyd Road, Richardson, TX

Bombay Chinese…972-808-9990 “The best of Indo-Chinese cuisine” See advertisement on Page 29

Mango Thai Cuisine 972-599-0289 4701 W Park Boulevard, # 104, Plano, TX-75093 Masala Wok 972-409-0000 7447 N MacArthur Blvd, # 175, Irving, TX-75063 Mehfil Bar & Grill 972-238-9724 807 Central Expressway, Richardson, TX-75080 Mom’s Spice 972-258-5101 219 West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX Murphy’s Deli 214-638-3354 1250 Mockingbird, Suite 220, Dallas, TX New Start Veggie Garden 972-243-050 72330 Royal Lane, Suite 900, Irving, TX Pasand Indian Cuisine 972-594-0693 2600 N BeltLine Road, Irving, TX-75062

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Kokila Indian Cuisine 972-315-9744 500 E. Round Grove Suite 115, Lewisville, TX Madras Pavilion, 972-671-DOSA 101 S Coit Road, Suite 359, Richardson, 75080 Maharaj Indian Cuisine 972-248-0045 17370 Preston Road, Suite 490, Dallas, TX-75252 Maharaja Indian Restaurant 214-440-0000 6308 Hulen Bend Boulevard, Fortworth, TX-76132 Malti Indian Veg Cuisine 972-315-3839 801 W Roundgrove, # 108, Lewisville, TX-75067

STORAGE

Public Storage 3540 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX Shurguard 1210 N Beltline, Irving, TX

Apex Travels 877-664-1199 777 S Central Expy, # 4-E, Richardson, TX-75080 Aries Tours & Travels 214-638-7008 8828 Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX-75247 Bindhu Travels 214-774-2094 3708 Millswood Drive, Irving, TX-75062 Cosmos Travel Inc. 214-905-2009 2700 Stemmons Fwy, # 1001, Dallas, TX-75207 East West Travel Inc 214-564-7424 9888 Bissonnet, # 100A, Houston, TX-77036 Galaxy Travel 972-392-0404 6959 Arapaho Road, Suite 103, Dallas, TX-75248 Global Passport & Visa 972-907-9450 811 S Central Expy, # 419, Richardson, TX-75080

SPORTS

Home Run Alley - Indoor Cricket Lane 972-447-9066 3221, Skylane Drive, Carrollton, TX-75006 North Texas Cricket Association 214-325-1916

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Inlingua 972-248-4496 16999 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX Interlingua 972-818-3455 16300 Addison Road, Suite 222, Addison, TX The Language Network 972-960-9980 1411 Dallas Parkway, Suite 320, Dallas, TX Translation 972-458-1616 16135 Preston Road, Suite 214, Dallas, TX

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MEN’S fashioN by Ali Fazal

Sexy and Sophisticated: Winter trends spelled out

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hat’s the word on the street this year for men’s fall/winter accessories? With a sea of shops offering items discounted like crazy, it is hard to buy clothes from different places and still pull a cohesive look together. Salaam Namaste gives you the dish on what’s hot for winter, and attempts to predict which looks will stick in the months to come. Sophistication. Wrapping up a classy ensemble with a strategically chosen accessory can pull a look together that creates a stylish look without being too formal. Even a casual look can be streamlined with a trendy winter accessory (think sweater tied around the neck — yes the Mohabbatein look is back!) When choosing fall/winter accessories, look for a streamlined look with a touch of color. The necktie is making a comeback, but in narrow, subdued colors that accent (rather than dominate) a look, whether it’s a casual evening out or formal business presentation. Scarves are also a big hit in fall/ winter accessories this year, from hand knit creations (indulge your girlfriend or wife–chances are she’s taken up the hot trend of knitting!) to multi-colored designer options. Chunky belts can also bring the right amount of glitz to accent a semi-dressy outfit. Salaam Namaste Magazine, Magazine,January December Salaam Namaste 20092008

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Adding a touch of excitement balances the look and provides an element of surprise. However, if you’re not into too much metal, you can limit the look to the belt buckle or stay with a classic narrow belt look. Both add the touch of sophistication. Into reading? Streamlined ‘geek’ glasses are still in, and there’s something women find really attractive about a well-read man. The ‘smart’ look is again, one of sophistication, which is the stylistic theme we should all strive for this season. Even if you have perfect vision, clear streamlines spectacles can offer a chic look for winter. Open shirts are in this season, so accent your chest with a solid necklace that falls between a wimpy chain and the armor of the 1980s. Today’s necklace is bold, combining leather and stones, a perfect combination of elegance and masculinity, taking the cue from rockers of days gone by. Finally, think color. Use accessories to toss in a bit of this season’s hottest colors, such as black, purple, grey, and brown. Save yourself the expense of buying the trendy clothing styles in the brighter colors and use accessories (remember those scarves?) instead. This will keep your look hot and your wallet not. www.SalaamNamasteMag.com Tel: www.SNMonthly.com Tel: 972-401-1550

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Clockwise from top left: Shahrukh Khan accepting his award; Koel Purie on the ‘pink’ carpet; Farah Khan, director/ choreographer accepting her award; Bipasha Basu posing with her award; Saniya Mirza, teen tennis sensation, with her award; Sushmita Sen posing as she exits; Milind Soman and Rahul Dev greeting the press; Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy joking around on the ‘pink’ carpet; Ranbir Kapoor exiting with his award.

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