Month: October 2022

Happiness to the World Asian Media USA © Chicago IL: Ashton Place, Willowbrook, IL became the hub of melodious celebration of joy and happiness at the Diwali celebration hosted by Bollywood Sargam on October 21, 2022. The event hosts Pratibha Jairath of Bollywood Sargam and Ashok Potdar of Silver Senior group and Shreeji tours made every effort to bring smiles on all the guests present at the event. It was once again a full house. The lamp lighting ceremony included the sponsors and supporters Anil and Sweety Loomba, Mayur and Neelam Ganger, Pinky and Dinesh Thakkar, Bhupinder & Anita Beri, Brij and Vijay Sharma, Ashok Potdar, Hitesh Gandhi and Onkar sangha. Pratibha Jairath acknowledged the support and encouragement she received from each one present. The businessman, community leader and now a philanthropist Anil Loomba of Home Mortgage Solutions Inc. virtually sent his best wishes for Diwali to everyone. Pratibha also briefed upon the activities and initiatives of her Not-For Profit organization Vidya Jyoti. The singing trio Pratibha Jairath, Raju Bankapur, Pradeep Sood kept the audience on their dancing feet throughout the celebration. The program started with melodious songs when Pratibha gave special tribute to legendary Lata Mangeshkar and paid respect […]

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Asian Media USA © Naperville IL: Salome Foundation, under the leadership of Nag Jaiswal and Sheela Jaiswal held a memorable celebration of Diwali Festivities in Naperville City Hall for the first time, bringing together members of the Indian community and Elected Representatives of Naperville and Dupage County to mark the festival and to shine a light on the community and its culture. In attendance were Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico, Councilman Paul Leong, Councilwoman Patti Gustin, Coucilman Patrick Kelly, Park District Commissioner Rich Janor, Candidate for US Senate Kathy Salvi, Dupage County Board Member Greg Hart, IL State Medical Board Chair Dr. Srinivas Reddy, ICO Chair Krishna Bansal, IABC Chair Ajeet Singh, HSS Chair Siddesh Shevade, FIA Chicago President Rakesh Malhotra, NRI Vasavi Treasurer Dinkar Karumuri, AAEIO President Gladson Varghese , Prominent leaders of Naperville Community:  Srinivas Ravula, Shishir Jain, Nipa Shah, Keyur Shah, Ninad Daftari, Puneet Kapoor, Ram Saini, Satish Dodegopu, Bhanu Swargam, Harry Mohan, Raghu Narasimhan, Ashwin Devnani, Madhav Srikanti, Rahul Mittal, Anudeep Reddy and Munish Kaistha. Nag Jaiswal celebrated Naperville and India’s strong cultural bond. He said: “It’s estimated that about 25,000 Indians or persons of Indian origins live in Naperville. Most of these people work in healthcare, […]

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Asian Media USA ©Chicago, IL: There have been dazzling; glorious Navratri celebrations all across Chicagoland and continuing on the rich tradition Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHPA) and Support A Child (SAC) hosted their own Navratri Garba Raas with Rex D Souza and Shivani Shah, on Sunday – October 15, 2022 at Bartlett Park District, 700 S Bartlett Road, Bartlett, IL. Shivani Shah is a very famous Gujarati folk singer, and she performs with her group every year during the Navratri festival. The event attracted over thousands of Gujrati families and Indians alike to celebrate the splendor of Navaratri. The attendees ranged from toddlers to seniors and were dressed in vibrant and colorful Indian attire, especially the ladies and children who were seen wearing bright colorful, dazzling traditional dresses with matching ornaments and extravagant hairstyles. The twirling dancers, clapping hands, instinct sound of wooden sticks struck together, toe tapping music and people wearing colorful clothes marked the grand Navratri celebrations at the VHPA and SAC Garba. The festivities began around 7:00 pm and lasted until12:30 pm. The celebration started with the traditional Lamp Lighting ceremony. President Harendra bhai Mangrola spoke fondly about the Navaratri celebrations, saying that, “It keeps a […]

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Asian Media USA © Chicago IL: TAGC Telugu Association of Greater Chicago celebrated Bathukamma, Jammi Pooja and Dusshera celebrations with more than 800-plus guests on Oct 2nd 2022 at SVS Balaji Temple Aurora, IL. Under the TAGC leadership, Bathukamma team took the initiative to make this event a grand success with uniqueness, all along maintaining the traditions. The team decided to purchase Chanderi pattu sarees to celebrate the festival with more enthusiasm. About 200 women wore matching sarees and brought color and uniqueness to set a record among all other Bathukamma celebrations across the world. This initiative was done to support impoverished weavers in South India and help them financially. Venue was decorated with colorful flowers with help of florist Amritha. TAGC President and Board offered saree, flowers, pasupu & kumkum to goddess Parvathi at the temple after the event. TAGC President Uma Avadhuta welcomed all the guests with a brief introduction about the significance of the festival. Uma Avadhuta, Bathukamma chair Vinitha Podduturi along with co chairs Pooja, Madhavi and Pranaya started the event with diya lighting. Delicious vegetarian lunch coordinated by Food Chairs Srinivas Adepu and Ramakanth Jonnala with a wide variety was offered to women and all […]

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