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April 2007

India, in a New Light A warts-and-all look at a democratic success story.

By Sumit Ganguly Newsweek International Feb. 26, 2007 issue - Suddenly, India is on everyone’s mind. Hardly a day passes without some public discussion about jobs being outsourced there, the growing shortage of hotel rooms in Bangalore, Indian firms seeking to buy European competitors or an Indian novelist who has snapped up a hefty advance from an American publisher. Yet less than 20 years ago, the few stories about India published in major Western outlets were bemoaning its economic woes, diplomatic isolation and political turmoil. Indeed, some latter-day Cassandras were predicting its imminent dissolution, conjuring for India the same fate that had engulfed the other large-scale multiethnic experiments in the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Not only has India defied these dire predictions, it is poised on the brink of major power status.

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Edward Luce goes a long way toward explaining India’s almost inexhaustible resilience in his knowledgeable, witty and sympathetic account, “In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India” (383 pages. Doubleday. $26). Though Luce’s views of India’s emerging social, political and economic landscape are hardly revolutionary, the former South Asian Bureau Chief for The Financial Times deftly weaves together keen observations, telling anecdotes and scrupulous reportage. From the tale of a lone, imaginative bureaucrat struggling against the forces of a callous bureaucracy to Hindu zealots professing the therapeutic properties of cow dung, Luce’s India is endlessly fascinating. His account highlights aspects of the country that explain its recent spurt of economic growth and continued political stability, such as the ability to hold fair Continued on P:6

Crossette visits IU: Discusses India By Ben Weller

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Photo by Tyra Robertson Bloomington, IN, Mar 8, 2007 Crossette shares views with journalism group Barbara Crossette had to fight to get her first overseas assignment at the New York Times. “I lobbied to go back to India after the Fulbright as a Times correspondent,” she says. “(Then-editor) Abe Rosenthal thought it was absurd.”

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Holi & Spring Celebration by IAI By Chandra Heeralal Vivid colors, delicious food, and wonderfully vibrant music and a great family atmosphere describe this year’s Holi & Spring Celebration held by the India Association of Indianapolis (IAI). The day began with an uplifting speech by the current president of the Executive Committee, Raju Chinthala, welcoming all members of IAI and inviting new memberships; followed by an address and Thank You by Robin Shackleford, the Diversity Affairs Director from Mayor Bart Peterson’s office. The entertainment portion of the program then began with a series of intriguing and beautiful performances by many of our own community’s brightest young dancers. Students of the Aradhana Institute of Classical and Folk Dance and the Mayuri School of Dance were dressed in the finest Indian fashions performing to the most recent Bollywood hits as well as classical songs that represented the Hindu festival. Food provided by Masala Kitchen left a heavenly aroma enjoyed by the patrons while they watched the entertainment part of the program. The event continued with an exquisite performance by the Dhol Element, a Dholwala leading the processional to the back of the India Community Center to heaping mounds of multicolored powder to throw on family and friends in the festive nature of the holiday. Music

played in the background as many of the community members danced and enjoyed the occasion. The celebration of the festival of Holi for Hindus in Indiana has become a grand affair. This being the second held by IAI prompted an outpour of members and non-members alike to participate in the festivities, the semichilled weather not having an effect on their attendance. The event is becoming a staple in the Indian community and IAI hopes the tradition will continue and grow. Also on hand was a photographer from Indy Star, Denise Kenon, who gathered footage of the event; one not so familiar to the rest of Indianapolis. The exposure however will provide an in-depth view for the public who may now want to learn more about Hindu culture. This video can be found in IndyStar’s video archives. Holi is a joyous event, celebrating the emergence of spring and historic folktale of the defeat of the demon Holika. Legends indicate that the story begins with, “Hiranyakashipu the king of demons, who had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. Soon, he grew arrogant, and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded Continued on P:4

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Apr 13 - Apr 15 [Fri - Sun] Vaisakhi at Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis Arambh Sri Akhand Path Sahib : April 13 th @ 8:00 am, Bhog Sri Akhand Path Sahib : April 15th @9:00 am Kirtan will be performed by Bhai Sadhu Singh ji of Dehradun. Special Kiratn Dewan will be held every Sat and Sun from Mar 31 to April 15 by Bhai Sadhu Singh ji of Dehradun. 10950 Southeastern Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46239, http://www. indianapolisgurdwara.org 317-862-7454 Contact- Harpreet Sandhu Indianapolis, IN 317-862-7454

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Holi & Spring Celebration by IAI that people stop worshipping gods and start praying to him. But his own son, Prahlad, was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlad continued to offer prayers to Lord Vishnu. He was poisoned but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu’s attempts at killing him failed. Ultimately he ordered young Prahlad to sit on a pyre on the lap of his sister Holika, who could not die by fire by virtue of a shawl which would prevent fire affecting the person wearing it. Prahlad readily accepted his father’s orders, and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as the shawl flew from Holika, who, then was

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burnt to death, while Prahlad survived without a scar because the shawl moved on to cover him. The burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi,” (Excerpt from Wikeopedia.com). The event was made possible by various sponsors including Waddell & Reed, Treasured Moments, and The Dhol Element. The IAI has a goal of promoting Indian culture in Indianapolis and to the general public. There are more event scheduled to come during the year and IAI invites everyone to all of their affairs. All of these events and any information about IAI can be found at www.iaibharati.com and is also announced in SAsiaOne.

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Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.

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We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.

Each age has deemed the new-born year The fittest time for festal cheer.

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For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.

Then sing young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; The old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.

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Crossette visits IU: Discusses India Eventually she did make it back and became one of the most accomplished American foreign correspondents covering South and South-East Asia. The former Times bureau chief in Bangkok and New Delhi offered some advice to aspiring foreign correspondents when she spoke at the School of Journalism at a luncheon on Wednesday. While acknowledging that cutbacks and the elimination of foreign bureaus at some major newspapers make it more difficult for American journalists to work overseas, she thinks that with enterprise and some language skills, journalists may still be able to create their own foreign beat “by just going and throwing themselves in.” “It’s a combination of having some journalism experience and also just being there,” she said. According to Crossette, cell phones and e-mail can make overseas reporting easier, but also pose new problems intrepid reporters. “With instant communication, there’s more contact and control from the desk.” When she was reporting in India, she said, she sometimes ignored orders from her editors and struck out on her own to follow a lead. That is how she came to be with Rajiv Ghandi, the former prime minister of India, when he was killed by a suicide bomber in 1991. She was the last reporter to interview him, and her coverage of his assassination earned her the George Polk Award for foreign reporting. While cutbacks in foreign coverage concern her deeply, she thinks there still is a need and a place for foreign correspondents, and newspapers will eventually realize that. “They are going to have to fill up the slack where there aren’t foreign correspondents anymore,” she said. Former New York Times foreign correspondent Barbara Crossette warned that diminishing news coverage of international affairs will lead readers to have distorted and one-sided images of a country or an issue.Journalists get flak — good journalists even more so. Barbara Crossette is no stranger to this rule. Since the 1970s, she has cast a critical and unflinching eye at India, where she first visited as a Fulbright Scholar and later worked as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times. In the process, she’s gained what she

calls “a reputation for being hard on India.” Crossette visited Indiana University Wednesday to talk to students and faculty at the School of Journalism in the morning and again at the India Studies House in the evening. She talked about the problems India faces and the importance of consistent and informed foreign news reportage. Her talk was cosponsored by the India Studies Program and the School of Journalism. Sumit Ganguly, director of the India Studies Institute at IU, invited Crossette to speak, he said, because of “the significance of India to American foreign policy and the lack of knowledge of India in the U.S.” He said it was necessary “to provide an accurate picture — warts and all” and that Crossette’s reporting provides that picture of India. Crossette talked about the vast potential of India, the world’s largest democracy, and the enormous problems faced by its population. Nearly 80 percent of India’s 1.1 billion people live on less than $2 a day, and 26 percent live in”“abject poverty,” by the Indian government’s own estimates. “Here’s this country with all this potential and it keeps stumbling on all these internal political problems that people don’t see from the outside,” she said. While the problems are widely understood internally, she said, news audiences in the United States get only a partial, romanticized view of the country. That kind of coverage applies not just to India but to the developing world at large, she argued. She pointed to a number of troubling trends in U.S. newspaper coverage of foreign affairs. The first is the simple lack of it. “Thenumberofforeigncorrespondents is plummeting,” she said. Without people on the ground providing sustained and informed coverage, she said, readers are unable to make sense of the news that does make it into the paper, and they lose interest. “You need continuity to build an appetite among readers for foreign news,” she said. Editors pose another problem in Crossette’s view. They often want topdown journalism, where reporters go to official sources for information

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and quotes instead of going out into the field and reporting on the lives of ordinary people. Editors may also have preconceptions and romanticized images of a country and not want to hear stories that conflict with that view. “I couldn’t even sell some of these things to American editors,” she said of her reporting, “because they had romantic views of India from previous reports.” Eventually, Crossette warned, “journalists begin to self-select” and take to following trends and fads in reporting on certain subjects. The result is that readers end up with a distorted and one-sided image of a country or an issue. Journalism senior Andrew Prinsen has traveled in India and he attended Wednesday’s talk at the India Studies House. He came to hear Crossette talk, he said, because he came back from India with his own questions. He appreciated Crossette’s critical perspective on the problems faced by India and the rest of the developing world. “I think it’s always great to look at what’s going right,” he said, “but not at the expense of forgetting about what’s going wrong or continuing to figure out ways to make it better.”

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Crossette shares views with journalism group Barbara Crossette had to fight to get her first overseas assignment at the New York Times. “I lobbied to go back to India after the Fulbright as a Times correspondent,” she says. “(Theneditor) Abe Rosenthal thought it was absurd.” Eventually she did make it back and became one of the most accomplished American foreign correspondents covering South and South-East Asia. The former Times bureau chief in Bangkok and New Delhi offered some advice to aspiring foreign correspondents when she spoke at the School of Journalism at a luncheon on Wednesday. While acknowledging that cutbacks and the elimination of foreign bureaus at some major newspapers make it more difficult for American journalists to work overseas, she thinks that with enterprise and some language skills, journalists may still be able to create their own foreign beat “by just going and throwing themselves in.” “It’s a combination of having some journalism experience and also just being there,” she said. According to Crossette, cell phones and e-mail can make overseas reporting easier, but also pose new problems intrepid reporters. “With instant communication, there’s more contact and control from the desk.” When she was reporting in India, she said, she sometimes ignored orders from her editors and struck out on her own to follow a lead. That is how she came to be with Rajiv Ghandi, the former prime minister of India, when he was killed by a suicide bomber in 1991. She was the last reporter to interview him, and her coverage of his assassination earned her the George Polk Award for foreign reporting. While cutbacks in foreign coverage concern her deeply, she thinks there still is a need and a place for foreign correspondents, and newspapers will eventually realize that. “They are going to have to fill up the slack where there aren’t foreign correspondents anymore,” she said.

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Why We Gain Weight? Part-I Dr. Pritam Sukhija

Every one of us wants to remain slim, and healthy regardless of age, gender, genetics and race. But it is a bitter reality that most of us have already become obese with an apple or pear shaped belly, especially with advancing age. In the Stone Age, humans were healthy and slim though the average age was much lower than that in the present times. Our forefathers used to live very simple lives and had to work very hard to make both ends meet. With new scientific discoveries, our routine life pattern has become easy and luxurious and physical activities have decreased tremendously. What we eat and whether our life is sluggish or active is reflected jn the body shape. The followings factors are important to understand if you desire to control your weight: FOOD COMPOSITION: The major components of food are carbohydrates; fats, protein, minerals, vitamins and water Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are the main source of energy. The portion of the carbohydrates that is not utilized for energy production is stored as fat in the body, thus adding to the body weight. Complex carbohydrates such as starch and glycogen take longer time to digest, whereas simpler carbohydrates such as glucose and table sugar are easily absorbed through the intestines and utilized easily to produce energy. Insulin is produced in the intestine and is delivered to the liver that helps in the absorption of glucose. If too much sugar is taken everyday, the liver is unable to utilize it properly and insulin resistance is developed. Insulin resistance may result in adult-set diabetes and cause many other complications. Under such circumstances the sugar is converted into fats that are stored in the body. Thus, the sources of sugar- sweets, all sugared soft drinks, ice-cream, alcohol and starchy foods such as rice, potato and potato products (French fries, potato chips) are the potential source of weight gain. There is an old saying that potatoes are made for the pigs and corn for the cattle. Potatoes are a good source of potassium, which however can be replaced with sweet potatoes that are more beneficial to the body. Fiber, protein and fat, taken along with starchy food can help to slow down the digestion process and may lead to reducing insulin resistance. It is therefore advisable to take 30-35 gram of fiber everyday and the food sources of fiber are fruits such as banana, apple, pear, plums, all types of berries and whole grain cereals including oats and pulses. The best vegetables, pulses and other foods with low glycemic index are your best choice to reduce the chances of insulin resistance. Glycemic Index is a term that indicates how easily a starchy food is converted into sugar and utilized. Glucose has been given a 100 glycemic index and other foods are compared with it. The lower the glycemic index, the better is a food for health. The USDA recommends taking 60-65 percent of the daily caloric requirement through carbohydrates,

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though the free sugars should not be more than 10-15 percent. To reduce the chances of childhood obesity, the Federal Government is introducing fruit drinks in place of soft drinks and replacing chips with nuts as snacks in schools. Fats Fats are the second food constituent of our daily diet. Sources of fat are meat, eggs, fat products (sweets, ice-cream, samosas, and pakoras), nuts, of course vegetable cooking oil, margarine and butter etc. Fats are sources of vitamins A, D, E, and K. Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids present in linseed and fish are helpful for heart health. Excessive intakes of saturated fats (coconut oil, margarines and butter) result in clogging of the heart’s arteries. Too much fat in food results in gas production, acid reflux and many digestive problems. USDA recommends not more than 30 percent of the total caloric requirement to be taken through fats. Fats after digestion are delivered to the liver for utilization. Most of the fatty acids are converted into energy and excessive amounts may be accumulated as body fat. From 1960-1990, fats and fatty food was considered to be responsible for weight gain and obesity, and people ignored the fact that free sugars and starchy foods are worse causes for national obesity. Many products like olestra (a fat that is not digested) were developed to use in the fast food industry for chips and fries, ignoring the fact that potato as a starchy food is equally bad. As a result there was increase in obesity among people. It may be noted that the combination of fat and carbohydrates make the food very delicious (ice-cream, pakoras, samosas, sweets, halwa, khir, French fries) and these foods must be consumed cautiously. It is important to enjoy the tasty foods but at the same time portion control is also essential to control weight. Reading food labels can also help people to choose low sugar, low fat, fat free or sugar free foods to control weight gain. Proteins Proteins are an important component of daily diet. Proteins are needed to make enzymes (the chemicals that run our body functions), hormones, and muscles, cell membrane and our immune system. Protein after digestion is delivered to the liver where it is metabolized to form muscle protein, enzymes and run the healthy body. USDA recommends taking 10-15 percent caloric requirement of protein through food. Meat. eggs, nuts, Soya products such as tofu, mushroom, beans, pulses, cheese, milk and yoghurt are good food sources of protein. It may be remembered that one gram of carbohydrates, fat and protein provide 4, 9 and 4 kill calories of energy respectively. That shows that the fats are a concentrated source of energy and should be used cautiously Water Life begins and runs in the stream of water. Next to oxygen, water is an important component to keep us alive Majority of enzyme reactions precede with water. The major portion of our

body mass including the skeleton and blood is water. Keeping the body hydrated keeps us healthy and happy. Though water does not provide energy, yet it maintains body temperature, ph value of the body fluids and is needed to throw out unwanted poisonous substances. Water is one component that is important to maintain healthy weight. Drinking enough water everyday is important. Vitamins and minerals The vitamins of B group are water soluble and are a part of several enzymic system and fat soluble enzymes (vitamin A, D, K, and E) that are strong antioxidants and protect us against heart diseases and several types of cancer. Minerals like calcium and phosphorus are a part of bones and several other minerals are part of enzymes. [To be Continued]

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elections and cope with alternations of power—rare in the developing world. Yet he rightly emphasizes that India’s prosperity was hobbled in part by the government’s own flawed economic policies, which strangled innovation, stifled entrepreneurship and stunted rapid growth. And thanks to a stateled economic strategy, more than 26 percent of its population is still consigned to abject poverty, more than 50 years after India’s independence. While lauding India’s ability to survive—indeed thrive—as a multiethnic and multireligious society, Luce exhibits little patience for virulent Hindu nationalism. He pointedly tracks the rise of the BJP over the past 15 years, underscoring the danger that this ethnic nationalist party poses to the stability of India’s plural society. Luce’s book, however, does not confine itself to matters of high politics and economics. He devotes considerable time to describing the hope that democracy, with all its shortcomings, offers to India’s poor and otherwise marginalized lower castes. In relating the story of Aruna Roy, an upper-caste former government administrator who left behind a comfortable life to lead a peasant advocacy group, Luce vividly illustrates the growth of much of India’s social movements. Groups such as Roy’s Organization for the Empowerment of

Workers and Peasants have galvanized India’s upper castes in tackling myriad social ills and failures of governance. Though the scope of their efforts may be limited, they have nevertheless helped spawn a form of citizen activism that puts to shame many advanced industrial democracies. Is India finally out of the woods? Or is the triumphalism so evident in its gleaming upper-middle-class enclaves premature? Luce’s book, despite its mostly upbeat outlook, strikes a cautionary agenda: India must tackle its seemingly endemic poverty, maintain ethnic peace domestically, prevent environmental collapse and improve relations with its nettlesome neighbor, Pakistan. As the author cogently argues, India has repeatedly managed to confound even its most dire critics. Quoting Indian politician Arun Shourie, he writes, “Governance is not golf; that we are a democracy does not entitle us to a handicap.” If it can rise to the challenges it still faces, India will have bested the gods.

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Subsidized or Free Healthcare Dr. Vipin Kalia As many of you in the community have already noticed, the immigrant population has significant difficulty in accessing healthcare. Over the last two years, I have received hundreds of calls, especially from new immigrants who have migrated here from California, the west coast, or the east coast, expressing their difficulty in accessing healthcare. It has been and continues to be my desire to have universal access to healthcare free of cost. My underlying fundamental philosophy is that whenever somebody is thirsty, he or she should have access to clean water; whenever somebody is hungry he or she should have access to good, quality food. Similarly, if somebody is sick, he or she should have access to good, quality healthcare. If somebody is elderly, disabled, or chronically sick and if his or her family is unable to provide care for whatever reasons, he or she should be taken care of by the community at large. So far, with this philosophy in mind, I have never ever run into a single human being who disagrees with the above philosophy. However, the second part of my philosophy is that if and when somebody drinks from a reservoir or well of water, he or she has a lifelong obligation to nourish that well. It is somewhat similar to going to a fruit tree and enjoying the fruit of the tree. My feeling is that once we enjoy the fruit of the tree, then we all have a lifelong obligation to water that tree and put plant food to nourish the tree so that it will continue to give fruit forever. I would like everyone in our community to help me plant a lifelong fruit tree of comprehensive, free, universally accessible healthcare without any language or cultural barriers. I feel this mission to be very important. I get calls like the desperate one on the 11th of Jan., 2007 from Mrs. Sucha Singh that was recorded on my cell phone voicemail and is available on my internet website. She has given me written permission to use her name for this. Mr. Singh is a 41 year old Indian gentleman who was having significant difficulty breathing and extreme chest pain. It is not that emergency rooms are not available where all you have to do is dial 911 and present yourself. They were well aware they could use ERs for this. They are self employed people in the middle class and own a semi truck and a house. They know that they will not qualify for free healthcare and as a result they would have to pay significant amount of money where their financial futures could be forever jeopardized. On the same day, I got another call from a friend of mine about another Mr. Singh (but I had not gotten his formal permission to use his name so I will leave it at Mr. Singh). The second gentleman also had significant chest pain in his left side and blurry vision. His vision was in jeopardy. He owns a local gas station and has significant stake in his future, however, he does not have any health insurance. Both these people do not qualify for free healthcare because of the assets they have in their names.



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Both of these gentlemen were looking for a magical medical pill or magic wand that would make all of their lives’ problems go away including the medical ones. However, as a General Internal Medicine Doctor with a pen and prescription pad in my pocket, the IU School of Medicine has not given me that magic wand yet. Both of these gentlemen’s problems far exceed those that can be handled completely free. I’m willing to provide my services for free as I did on January the 12th at the local Gurdwara. However, both these people needed many more tests and many more specialized services. When they were advised about those tests, they were completely at a loss because they did not have insurance. Over the years I have received hundreds of calls like these from fellow Indians, immigrants and other Hoosiers in the community and thousands of calls like these from American patients. It is surprising to me that 50 million people in this country and a large percentage of the immigrant population especially, suffers from carrying partial or under insurance. It still behooves me why people don’t take this as a common interest problem and look for communal solution. However, since I continue getting calls from people in desperate situations and I feel that I have skills to make a dent in this large problem so I am going to go ahead and do exactly that. The way I am intending to make a dent is, that for starters, I am going to open an almost free clinic (highly subsidized by me). I will provide free healthcare to those people who cannot afford any healthcare whatsoever. However those people who can afford some money, would be expected to pay a minimal charge of $35. This $35 is not intended to make any money and would not cover the cost of my secretary, receptionist, and a nurse, or even the rental of the building. I feel this is an important enough problem and some charitable effort has to be made. However, I would charge a full price to those people who require more complicated care (The entire bill that I would charge in my practice at VA Hospital, IU Hospital or at Johnson Memorial Hospital). Additionally, I am going to offer a unique feature to spark the universal interest to organize free health care. I will charge an entire fee that I charge in my practice up front. However, patients can earn the entire bill back ( minus $35) by helping me organize a free comprehensive healthcare clinic, first for the Indian immigrants, then for everyone partially insured and under insured in central Indiana, then hopefully for the entire country, and then eventually for the entire world. There are 4.5 to 5 billion people in this world who cannot afford to see a doctor and that is a travesty of justice. All these philosophical motivations that drive me to these goals will be available for everyone to see on the internet at www.UnitedWebOfLife.org. The site includes details of what I hope to

accomplish, why I hope to accomplish these goals including details on my other passion, The United Web of Life, which is essentially healthcare for elderly, disabled, and chronically sick people, enabling them to live independent, dignified lives in their own homes. The details of all of these programs will be visible on my website and I encourage everyone to feel free to visit it anytime. I also challenge everyone who has eaten the fruit of free healthcare in the past and intends to eat it in the future, not to wait like Mrs. Sucha Singh and Mr. Sucha Singh to find a free cardiology, a free radiology, and a free healthcare hospital for you, but come to me in advance so that we can arrange them far in advance for your day of sickness. Either way, I look forward to serving the uninsured and under insured in the community, and I look forward to working with everyone in planning for free healthcare for the community. If you have any questions please feel free to give me a call at (317) 414- 4439. I may not get back to you right away because of multiple commitments including a full time job however more than likely by Sunday evening I should be able to get back to you. If you have any more questions, please feel free to give me a call and/or if you would like to help organize this project, feel free to call for details on

this and other projects I am involved with that are available on my website at www.UnitedWebofLife.org . Last but not least, my thanks to all those Super Volunteers who have been helping me along so far. God Bless those Super Volunteers for their efforts.

Vipin Kalia, M.D. Asst. Professor of Clinical Medicine@ I.U.Med Center Firm Chief, VA Med Center President and CEO of HOPS Weight Loss Centers GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TWO

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STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver Q On a per-capita basis, more Speedo bathing suits are sold in Iceland than anywhere else in the world. Q Hedy Lamarr was best known as a siren of the silver screen in the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, but she was more than just a pretty face. In 1942, in the middle of her busy film career, she, along with composer George Antheil, found time to invent and patent what they called a “Secret Communication System,” which was an ahead-of-its-time version of frequency hopping. In 1997, three years before her death, Lamarr was honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for her contribution to the technology. Q You may not have realized it when you were drinking that martini, but, as a species, the olive used as a garnish is older than you as a human being. Q Interestingly, it was noted American architect Frank Lloyd Wright who made the following observation: “A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the

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age of 50, and a fool if he doesn’t afterward.” If, like me, you grew up watching “The Brady Bunch” on TV, you’ll remember Alice, the Brady’s inimitable housekeeper. Ann B. Davis, the actress who played Alice, insisted that when any scene was being filmed in which her character was cooking, there had to be some kind of food in the pot. During the Middle Ages, it was thought that artichokes had aphrodisiac qualities. It’s been reported that a law in Providence, R.I., prohibits any retailer from selling a toothbrush and toothpaste to the same person on a Sunday. A now-unknown company once put caramel-and-prune ice cream on the market.

Thought for the Day: “Any girl can be glamorous; all you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” -- Hedy Lamarr

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THE ROGER E. HERNANDEZ COLUMN By Roger E. Hernandez Drop in Interethnic Marriage: Cheer or Jeer? Once upon a time, there was trouble if you married outside of your ethnic group. It wasn’t until 1967 that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled antimiscegenation laws unconstitutional, and not everybody loved Lucy and Ricky. Now, we are told, we might be headed for trouble because people are marrying inside their ethnic group. The issue was raised by academics Zhenchao Qian and Daniel Lichter in the February issue of American Sociological Review. Their paper claims that the number of U.S.-born Hispanic men who married non-Hispanic white women declined from 35.3 percent in 1990 to 31.9 percent in 2000. And that the number of native-born Asian-American men in intermarriages with white women declined too in the 1990s, from 50.2 percent to 45.8 percent. In contrast, Census figures say that between 1970 and 1990, intermarriage figures increased. Sociologists believe ethnic intermarriage is one of the most important hallmarks of assimilation into the larger society. Does this decline mean that Hispanics and Asians are becoming more isolated? Other studies on intermarriage show there’s no need to fret. One paper published in June 2005 in the journal Population Bulletin said only 5 percent

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of Hispanics with less than a high-school education married outside the group, compared with 28 percent of Hispanic men and 35 percent of Hispanic women with a college degree. Still another study, sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation in 2003, said 57 percent of third-generation Hispanics married non-Hispanics. So there you have it. The more educated you are and the longer your family has lived here, the more likely you are to mix it up with someone from a different background. Perhaps surprisingly, says the Qian and Lichter study, the number of blacks who married whites went from 8.3 percent to 14.9 percent in the 1990s. The rate is substantially lower than for Hispanics and Asians, but it is growing, not declining like it is for the other “minorities.” This draws attention to the central difference among the groups lumped together as “minorities.” The old taboos against race mixing were aimed at African-Americans much more than at Asians or Hispanics When it comes to Asian-white marriages, today almost nobody thinks twice about the mixed ethnicity of actor Keanu Reeves or “Today” show anchor Ann Curry. When it comes to Hispanics, it’s not even accurate to speak of “interracial” marriages, since Hispanics may be of any race. But when it comes to African-

Americans, the line was drawn so sharply -- blacks here, whites there, and don’t you dare cross -- that it is still visible. This accounts for the much lower intermarriage rate for blacks. Yet the line is becoming blurred, which accounts for the increase in black-white marriages. Ricky was allowed to love Lucy as early as 1951. But it took until 1968 for the first interracial kiss -- never mind marriage -- on a U.S. television series, when Lt. Uhura and Capt. Kirk touched lips on “Star Trek.” Their smooch was involuntary, forced by the telekinetic powers of the nasty leaders of the planet Platonius.

Roger Hernandez is a syndicated columnist and writer-in-residence at New Jersey Institute of Technology. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.

NOW HERE’S A TIP By JoAnn Derson

“I recently had a hole in my drywall. I was trying to patch it, but it was quite big and the joint compound kept falling through the hole. I ended up stuffing a wad of aluminum foil in the hole to ‘catch’ the compound. It worked for the quick fix, allowing the compound to set up nicely. You can’t even tell where the hole was now.” -B.B., via e-mail “To get our kids involved in healthy nutrition, we made some fun magnets for the fridge. There are an appropriate number of magnets to represent servings of fruits and veggies, with each family member getting a different-color magnet. We can’t have fats or sweets unless we have had all our fruits and vegetables for the day. It’s working so far.” -- F.I. in Oregon “Zip-lock bags work really well to separate toys in the playroom. Anything with small parts goes right into a gallon-size bag, if it will fit. We have most of our original board games still in playing condition because of this.” -- A.E. in Texas If you are trying to clean Venetian blinds, try this: Cover both hands with old socks, mist with cleaner and rub away. “Add a space for a washcloth on your towel rack by adding an S-hook. If you hang it off the towel bar, you can then put your washcloth on the small hook and the towel on the rack.” -- V.A. in Indiana “I have a laundry basket in my guest-room closet for things I will be donating or giving away. I keep an envelope taped to the side of the basket. Whenever I add something to the basket, I write what it is on a scrap of paper, then put the scrap in the envelope. After I drop it off, I have a record of the items donated and can properly estimate their value for tax purposes.” -- Y.L. in Arizona Send your tips to Now Here’s a Tip, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 328536475 or e-mail JoAnn at letters.kfws@ hearstsc.com. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.

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First Anniversary Indianapolis, Jan 27, 2007—The Telugu people of Greater Indianapolis Telugu Association By Dr. Avantika Rohatgi (GITA) celebrated Sankranthi on January 27th Indianapolis, Feb 3, 2007—On Saturday, Feb 3 with a staunch devotion and religious fervor. Mr. 2007, the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana celeRajendra Alvandhar started the program by poetibrated its first anniversary with vigor, piety and

Bhangra & Giddha was performed by the boys and girls of the local Punjabi community as part of the Lohri celebrations See more pictures on page 19 ————— Indianapolis, Jan 27, 2007—The festival of Lohri holds deeper meaning than most people realize. This auspicious day falls on the 13th day of January. It marks the sun's entry into the 'Makar Rashi' (northern hemisphere); therefore it signals the culmination of winter. The focus of Lohri is a prayer to Agni (to worship fire), the spark of life, symbolized by a bonfire. Friends and families gather around bonfires, throw sweets, puffed rice and popcorn into the flames as they sing popular songs. For Punjabis, Lohri (Continued on page 9)

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cally recounting many things that go hand-inhand with Sankranthi - like muggulu, bhogi mantalu, gangireddu, gaalipataalu that not only educated the kids on our traditions but also brought back childhood memories to all. The cultural program that lasted for nearly two hours had a great start with three devotional songs vibrantly rendered by children Laasya Mamidipalli, Anoop

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MAHA SHIVRATRI CELEBRATIONS AT HTCI Devotees Rejoice in the Worship of Lord Shiva with Pomp and Grandeur - By Dr. Avantika Rohatgi

Indianapolis, Feb 16, 2007—On Friday February 16, the Hindu Temple of Central India celebrated Maha Shivratri on a grand scale. Shivratri AMERICAN TELUGU is traditionally celebrated every year on the 14th ASSOCIATION (ATA) BOARD day in the Krishna Paksha (waning phase of the moon) in the month of Phalgun. It is believed MEETING that Shiva first manifested himself in the form of Dr. Chandra Reddy Gavva took the a Linga on this day. Hundreds of devotees gathreigns as the new President ered in the temple to offer their obeisance to Las Vegas, NV, Jan 20, 2007—The recent board Lord Shiva. A majestic HimaLinga, or ice sculpmeeting of American Telugu Association (ATA) ture of the Shivalinga, was worshipped by the was held at Las Vegas’s Flamingo Hotel on Janu- devotees. Offerings of honey, milk, water, and fruits were made in plenty to Lord Shiva, while a ary 20th, 2007. Dr. Chandra Reddy Gavva took continuous flow of milk bathed the Linga, the (Continued on page 9)

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Director Ram Gopal Varma’s Nishabd, which releases Friday, tells the story of an intimate and unusual relationship between an

older man and his daughter’s friend. Starring Amitabh Bachchan and newcomer Jiah Khan, Nishabd is said to be based on Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel “Lolita”. While Nakobov’s novel is about a 44year-old man fantasising about a precocious 12-year-old girl, Varma’s Nishabd is about a 60-year old married man’s romance with an 18-year-old girl. Amitabh plays a wildlife photographer in the film and lives with his family on a hill station. Jiah is his daughter’s friend, who comes to spend her holidays with the family. The lensman’s artistic vision is triggered off when he sees Jiah’s youthful activities and starts capturing them in his camera. But these harmless photo sessions take an unpredictable turn when Amitabh sees Jiah playing in the water getting all wet. It changes his feelings towards her

and he starts fantasizing about her. This attraction is not one-sided as Jiah too is obsessed with him and unhesitatingly confesses her love. When he tells his family about his feelings for the teenager, all hell breaks loose. His daughter is shellshocked on hearing of her dad’s romance with her friend. Through this film, Varma tries to state that age has nothing to do with love. Attraction between two people can exist, irrespective of age. Aftab Shivdasani, Revathi and Rukhsar also star in the film. The novel has been twice adapted into a film - first time in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick starring James Mason as Humbert Humbert and next in 1997 by Adrian Lyne, starring Jeremy Irons and received mixed response. It is now to be seen how the Indian audience reacts to Varma’s interpretation of “Lolita”

Top producers make a beeline for Jiah!

The boy is actually a 64 year old man, Amitabh Bachchan - Buddhadev Gupta. The girl is a 34 year old woman, Tabu - Nina Verma Buddhadev Gupta is the 64 year old chef cum owner of London’s top Indian restaurant. He lives with his 85 year old mother and his only friend and confidante is his 9 year old neighbour - Sexy. Buddhadev Gupta is an arrogant, egoistic, pompous man with a singular passion in life - cooking. A confirmed bachelor who has never been in love. Until.......Nina Verma walks into his restaurant and life. Nina Verma is a beautiful, charming, Indian woman. Cool, calm, quiet, always smiling, but independent and strong willed. Two extremes...in age, character and attitude. Meet and against all odds fall in love. They decide to get married. And, like any Indian man, Buddhadev Gupta respectfully comes to ask Nina’s father, a true Gandhian, living in Delhi, for her hand. Sweet......Just one problem.... Mr. Omprakash Verma, Nina’s father is 58 years old 6 years younger than Buddhadev Gupta, his would be sonin-law. Cheeni kum......A romantic, musical comedy!!

Petite and sexy Jiah Khan is being acclaimed as the year’s biggest discovery in Bollywood. All the reviews and trade pundits have appreciated her acting abilities as well as her attitude in Nishabd. No doubt, these days Jiah has been getting a lot of congratulatory adulations and there is a definite buzz about Jiah. And yet, Jiah has got a mind of her own to even turn down an offer from the director who had the biggest grosser of last year! According to sources, following her rave performance in Nishabd, Jiah has

been inundated with offers from top line producers. The sources add that Jiah has just signed a film with the biggest of co-star which is going to shock everyone in the industry. Now listen to what Jiah has to say. “Working with Mr. Bachchan in my debut film has spoilt me. I would now like to work only with the best.” No doubt with an attitude and confidence like that, Jiah is all set to soar higher and higher!

How did you discover Jiah Khan?

Ram Gopal Verma

She had come to meet me a year ago. That time I didn’t have anything to offer her. But I thought there was a lot of promise in her. I was very keen to cast a new girl for Nishabd. I needed the character to be an unknown entity. So she was fit for the part.

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Shingar (317) 887-6870 Sundari (317) 951-4894 J S Desi Music & Fashion (317) 2992228

Astrology ABCO Astrology (212) 671-2683

Attorney (Imigration)

GDP Spices & More (317) 882-6186 International Bazaar (317) 299-4628 Patel Brothers (317) 293-8345 Bombay Bazar (317) 585-9130 Desi Bazar (317) 888-2040 Home of Spices (317) 882-6044 India Bazaar (317) 244-2148 International Food Market (317) 2915282

Shariq Siddiqui (317) 638-1468

International Groceries (317) 8378145

Joel Samuel Paul (317) 509-1548

Nest Grocery Store (317) 885-7170

Beauty Parlor ABCO Beauty Parlor (212) 671-2684 Indy’s Arch (317) 529-6513 Shingaar (317) 887-6870

Banquet Hall BVI Hotel (Banquet Facility) 658-2068 India Community Center (317) 2910131 India Palace (317) 298-0773

BMV Translation Punjabi/Hindi/Urdu-English Randeep Chawla (317) 523-3691

Computer HW & Repair

Namaste Plaza (317) 849-8640 New Spice Land (317) 347-0198

Home Improvement Indy’s Best Drapery (317) 331-1455

Home Construction Gills Custom Homes (317) 997-4527

Home Repair RSS Construction Co (317) 557-8047 IT Consulting & Employment

Ryan Consulting Group (317) 5419300

Insurance

The Computer Center (317) 291-9211

Randeep Chawla Agency (317) 3473425

Computer SW & Web DEV

Desi Insurance Agency (317) 889-9870

AKus Technologies, Inc. (317) 9730237 Inter-Link Inc (317) 450-5801

Dish & Cable Satellite Solutions (317) 536-8505

Disk Jockey (DJ) DJ MS (317) 809-8640 Fusion Entertainment (317) 716-3524 Masti Sound & DJ (317) 228-9997 Soundz of India (317) 875-8126 The Dhol Element (317) 809-8392

Financial Planner

Ranjit Jayadeva Puthran (866) 7057483 Thakkar Insurance (877) 570-9570

Mortgage & Loan Ateev Mortgage (317) 890-8700 Bharati Loans (317) 413-9788 Star Alliance Mortgage (800) 9786522

Music School Sur Sumiran (Bhai Manjit Singh)

Organization Bichitra, Inc. - The Bengali Association of Greater Indnpls Contact: Joy K Saha E: [email protected] www.geocities. com/bichitrainc India Association of Indianapolis 4420 W. 56th St.,Indnpls www.iaibharati. com Greater Indnpls Telugu Association (GITA) Contact: Balaraju “RAJU” Chinthala P: (317) 293-8218 E: balarajuc@hotmail. com http://gitaonline.org Indiana Malayalee Association Contact: Satheesh Govind E: [email protected] www. midwestmalayalees.com Kannada Association of Indnpls Contact: Kamalesh Masoor P: (317) 815-8018 E: [email protected] Maharashtra Sneha Mandal Indiana (MSMI) Contact: Shirish Ranade P: (317) 581-1276 E: shirishr@hotmail. com www.msmionline.org Kerala Association (Indianapolis) Contact: Mathew Palakal P: 317-2993694 E: [email protected] Tamil Sangam of Central Indiana, E: [email protected] www. indytamilsangam.com

Photographer Bindya Communications (858) 7612067

Realtor Afsaneh Mansoori (317) 819-4254 Beenu Sikand (317) 670-1055 Bina Ahluwalia (317) 844-4052 Manjit Singh (317) 750-1900 Sethi Team Realty (765) 455-0900 Y. Parikshak & Associates (317) 465224

Restaurant Ambar (317) 580-0828 Garam Masala (317) 257 1213 Heera (317) 334-0404 India Garden (317) 634-6060

India Garden (317) 253-6060 India Palace (317) 298-0773 India Sizzling (317) 845-5500 Magoos Pizza (317) 293-4411 Masala Kitchen (317) 849-2996 Ruchi Royal Cuisine of India (317) 8857170 Shalimar (317) 465-1100 Spice Land Grill (317) 347-0198 Taj of India (317) 578-4400 Tadkaa (317) 280-8009 Udupi Café (317) 299-2127

Travel Services Air Tours, Inc. (888) AIR - 4545 Desi Travel Agency (317) 670-1055 Fly4less (913) 239 - 0600 LAXpress Travel (317) 485-0444

BMV Interpreter Sukhpreet Kaur : 317-603-4018

Salon Super Salon: 509-6001

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BEAUTY

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[Vocal, Tabla Harmonium] (317) 8879536 Manjit Trehan [Tabla] (317) 228-9997 Tabla Guide tablaguide.tripod.com

The Hedegard Group (317) 709-2192

Grocery Store Asian Grocers (Shingar) (317) 8876870

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LIGHTER MOMENTS Job Application An applicant was filling out a job application. When he came to the question, “Have you ever been arrested?” He answered, “No.” The next question, intended for people who had answered in the affirmative to the last one, was “Why?” The applicant answered it anyway: “Never got caught.”

Piano Tuner

College Graduate

The doorbell rang and the lady of the house discovered a workman, complete with tool chest, on the front porch. “Madam,” he announced, “I’m the piano tuner.” The lady exclaimed, “Why, I didn’t send for a piano tuner.” The man replied, “I know you didn’t, but your neighbors did.”

A young man, hired by a supermarket, reported for his first day of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom and said, “your first job will be to sweep out the store.” “But I’m a college graduate,” the young man replied indignantly. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that,” said the manager. “Here, give me the broom, I’ll show you how.”

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CURRENCY CONVERSION Mar 23, 2007

United States Dollar (USD)

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Bangladesh Taka (BDT) 68.975

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Nepaleese Rupee (NPR) 71.080

Bhutan Ngultrum (BTN) 45.750

Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 60.700

Indian Rupee (INR) 44.045

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Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) 109.66

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