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Chicago IL: Hari Om Mandir celebrated the New Year 2015 with 24 hours Akhand Ramayan Path. At 11.55pm on 31st Dec. the Ram Dhun was chanted by all the devotees present in the hall in full enthusiasm to say goodbye to 2014 and to welcome the New Year 2015. At midnight all the devotees greeted each other and sweets were distributed to all as Prasad by temple priest. We experienced an unprecedented number of devotees who visited the temple and celebrated the New Year with the bhog of Akhand Ramayan Path. As usual Mr. Subhash Sharma took the responsibility of the 24 hours Akhand Ramayan Path. The sponsors were Subhash and Kiran Sharma and Salwan family. Hari Om Parivar extends its best wishes for the prosperous, peaceful, healthy, happy and successful New Year – 2015 to everyone in the community. In the congregation, BOT Chairman Mr. Ayodhia Salwan announced the name of the new president Mr. Indrajit Sarkar who is re-elected this year also. He welcomed him saying, “Mr. Sarkar is a very devoted and hardworking President. He continuously brings new ideas and conducts great programs for the benefit of all devotees.” Mr. Sarkar said “I feel blessed and consider […]

Chicago IL: Live2U organized a splendid New Year’s Eve celebration on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Meadows Club, 2950 W Golf Road, Rolling Meadows, IL. This event consisted of Bollywood star, Bollywood Comedian, 90 items Cruise Style Food, Open Premium Bar, VVIP and VIP sprawl, DJ by Sohbash Khan, elegant stage decorations, Special Light effects, Excellent sound system and a Special Meadows Club Grand Ballroom Layout for the Best Party Ever. Over all the party had the best of music, entertainment, food and beverages and a midnight champagne toast, which attracted audience from all over the Midwest to enjoy this one of a kind show in Chicago to ring in 2015. Though there were many New Year’s Eve Parties organized all over Chicago land area however Live2U has proved again that when it comes to New Year’s Eve Party in Chicago land area they are the best in town. Live 2U is an Entertainment Power House Specializing and Conceptualizing Live Shows and Concerts, Plays in USA and Canada featuring the most sought after Celebrities in the Indian and Pakistani Entertainment Industry, one that is vibrant and full of life. Live2U and India House joined together to organize this New Year […]

Chicago IL: Ushering the New Year Chicago Style was the highlight of the spectacular New Year bash with Charitable mission as its central focus to help the victims ravaged by HudHud cyclone in Andhra Pradesh, a breathtaking New Year 2015 Bash was unveiled with an eclectic display of music, singing and dance performances augmented by a lavish spread of food as overflowing guests gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel, 3000 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, IL on December 31, 2014 lasting into the wee hours of the New Year day. A large turnout of 600 + party revelers joined this beautiful celebration with family and friends to welcome 2015. This large bash was hosted by Dr Ram Gajjela under the aegis of CDM & HR Group, Nature Resource. He acknowledged the hard work of Ms. Chandini Duvvuri, President, Events Unlimited who was in-charge of the overall Organizing, Décor Design and coordination of this spectacular event. The Core Event team includes Jitendra Diganvker, Noman Khan, Harsha Reddy & Azha syed. Dr. Ram Gajjela, the principal host who is Chicago’s renowned health-care industry figure. In his remarks outlining the primary objective said that the New Year event was hosted with the […]

Elmhurst IL: Ushering the New Year Chicago Style was the highlight of the spectacular New Year bash organized by Ocean Breeze Entertainment. The event was held at Waterford Banquet hall located at 933 South Riverside Drive in Elmhurst, IL on Wednesday, Dec 31st 2014. Despite the bitter cold weather 500 people of party revelers joined this beautiful celebration with family and friends to welcome 2015. The New Year party at Waterford banquet is one of the most talked about event of 31st December 2014. There was open bar from the beginning to end of the party serving premium liquors and cocktails. There cannot be a good India type festivity without excellent food. For that over 300 feet Buffet was provided by India house. This included 10 appetizers, 12 Sweet Desserts and more than 70 different mouth watering international items followed by verity of deserts including attractively arranged fruits. The International varieties tables included Punjabi, Chinese, Rajwadi Gujrati, Khaman Dhokla, Royal Darbar and Fusion India dishes along with fountain of Mango and Chikoo Lassi. Poonam Bhatia rocked the stage right from the word go! She started off with all the 2014 Bollywood chart busters like baby doll, nagada sang Dhol baje, […]

Chicago IL: Hari Om Mandir celebrated the New Year 2015 with 24 hours Akhand Ramayan Path. At 11.55pm on 31st Dec. the Ram Dhun was chanted by all the devotees present in the hall in full enthusiasm to say goodbye to 2014 and to welcome the New Year 2015. At midnight all the devotees greeted each other and sweets were distributed to all as Prasad by temple priest. We experienced an unprecedented number of devotees who visited the temple and celebrated the New Year with the bhog of Akhand Ramayan Path. As usual Mr. Subhash Sharma took the responsibility of the 24 hours Akhand Ramayan Path. The sponsors were Subhash and Kiran Sharma and Salwan family. Hari Om Parivar extends its best wishes for the prosperous, peaceful, healthy, happy and successful New Year – 2015 to everyone in the community. In the congregation, BOT Chairman Mr. Ayodhia Salwan announced the name of the new president Mr. Indrajit Sarkar who is re-elected this year also. He welcomed him saying, “Mr. Sarkar is a very devoted and hardworking President. He continuously brings new ideas and conducts great programs for the benefit of all devotees.” Mr. Sarkar said “I feel blessed and consider […]

Chicago IL: The New Year Eve event at Ashyana Banquets presented by the Indian Event Management (IEM) team was once again a roaring success. Clearly, the banquet hall was charged up with the amazing intensity of folks wanting to see the beautiful Bollywood actress, Anjana Sukhani of Salam-e-Ishq fame along with the other attractions such as the Samba dance performance. The IEM team has been making its name in the Entertainment Industry by first launching ‘Chicago Indian Icon’; then presenting the ‘Bappi Lahiri’ concert and now adding another feather to their cap by this sensational show for 2015 NYE. The five members of the IEM namely , Brij Sharma (President), Pratibha Jairath (Vice President), Sharan Walia (Director of Planning and Management), Raju Bankapur (Director of Entertainment and Execution), Anoop Walia (Director of Public Relations and Business Services) were pleased to announce the Full House show. The hall echoed with excitement and applauded when Ms. Anjana Sukhani walked down the beautiful stairs …All eyes were on her…She greeted the audience as she walked up to the stage for a Charismatic retro medley with professional dancers from Sonia Dance Rhythm Academy and the Chicago ADAA dancers. The event was Grand sponsored by […]

Chicago IL: Beautiful strains of melodious carols, euphonic musical presentations, colorful dances, message centric skits and inspiring sermon marked the spectacular Christmas Party organized by Willow Creek Community Church (WCCC), on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 67 East Algonquin Road, South Barrington, IL. The attendees ranged from toddlers to seniors and were dressed in vibrant and colorful Indian attire. Despite adverse weather over 4750 joined the Christmas ceremony in the main auditorium and 1300 plus in Indian-Style Christmas Party after the service. The purpose was to organize the largest Indian Christmas celebration. This luminous festive event had a sizeable attendance of Christian families complemented by the presence of representatives from the Asian communities, thus making a grand inter-faith and inter-denominational Christmas celebration. Every year 60,000+ people in the Chicago area experience this Christmas tradition over the 6 days leading up to Christmas at Willow Creek Community Church (WCCC). Saray Rodriguez was the coordinator of the event. The program was highly successful with the active support of the Executive Committee of Section 102F, WCC church members and volunteers. The highlights of the Christmas extravaganza was the Indian-Style Christmas Party which was full of entertainment such as live traditional Indian Christmas music, […]

Chicago IL: The holy celebrations become even more joyful when we feel the divine blessings being showered. It turned out to be a pleasant miracle in the middle of December month in Chicago when we had a 50-degree weekend for the holy event of Hanuman Ji Moorti Sthapna. A vast number of devotees have been praying dedicatedly for many months for this day. Devotees of Hanuman Mandir had a pooja for Bhoomi Shudhi on December 14, 2013. Ground breaking pooja was done in April 2014. Hanumanji arrived in Chicago in July 17th with the help of Chamu & Sampath Ramesh and He reached on Mandir ground on August 14, 2014 and resided in a 70-foot top container. He was visited everyday by his devotees and Pooja prayers were performed with Kumkum flowers, dhoop Deep, Prasad & Hanuman Chalisa chanting (even during very cold weather) until Asthan was constructed. On December 9, 2014, Priest Nagendra Rao performed special Pooja from 6:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. for Murtisthan with special prayers to make Holy Assan for Hanuman ji. The Sthapna procedure started with prayers on Dec. 12, 2014, to bring out beloved Hanuman ji’s Moorti from its strong shipment container. It was […]

Chicago IL: Beautiful strains of melodious Carols, euphonic musical presentations, colorful dances, message centric skits and inspiring sermon marked the grand Christmas Banquet organized by United Christian Cultural Association [UCCA] at the Bristol Court Palace in Mount Prospect, Illinois on Saturday, December 13, 2014. This luminous festive event had a sizeable attendance of the gathering of Christian families complemented by the presence of representatives from the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh communities — thus implicitly making a grand inter-faith and inter-denominational Christmas celebrations. Chief Guest Consul General Dr. Ausaf Sayeed – in his remarks – sincerely expressed his thanks and appreciation to the organizers for inviting him and added that he always looked forward to the Christmas celebrations with a sense of anticipation year after year. Consul General outlined the role of Christians in building the modern India and how a small minority of Christian population made notably significant contributions especially in the field of imparting quality education students and providing health care services. Consul General also recalled his schooling days at Catholic school and how he is familiar with the values and tenants of Christianity and how he regards them. Following his remarks, Consul General Dr. Sayeed gave away Community […]

Chicago IL: Harish Bhatt, president of the renowned Association of Indian Pharmacists in America (AIPHA), hosted AIPhA’s exciting Annual Diwali Party on Saturday, December 13, 2014 in the Sheraton Lisle, 3000 Warrenville Road, Lisle IL to celebrate the upcoming holiday season with members and their families. AIPHA also took the opportunity to discuss the progress and outlook of the pivotal group to the over 400 guests in attendance. Harish Bhatt was the Coordinators of the event. The program was highly successful with the active support of the Executive Board, AIPHA members and volunteers. The Banquet was attended by dignitaries including Tim Schneider Chairman Illinois Republican party, Dr Yash Amin Director of drug compliance state of Illinois, Fernando Grillo Former Secretary of Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, John Lagattuta Director of Human Resources and Labor relations, Nimesh Jani Elected Trustee of Schaumburg Township, Ryan Higgins Republican Committeeman for Schaumburg Township, Jake Miller Our lobbyist for Pharmacy Association, Aarti Parikh Drug Compliance Investigator, Steve Lawrence Cardinal Drugs and Bill Bodin HD Smith drugs HD Smith drugs and Dale Smith as today they complete 60 years in business. The event will start with the social hour at 6:00 PM where the guests […]

Please join us in expressing our deepest condolences due to the sad demise of our beloved Naren Patel, President & CEO of Medstar laboratory. Narenbhai passed away, on Monday, December 15, 2014, at about 4:36 pm in Chicago. Narenbhai will live for years to come within our hearts. May his soul rest in peace…. Narenbhai always believed in “Simple living and high thinking”. He lived a joyful and fulfilling life. While he was a successful and accomplished businessman, he remained involved in community advocacy and humanitarian work. He believed in “giving back” to the communities, especially to those families who are less fortunate. He had a strong faith in the youth of India and believed that our younger generation must participate in our culture and heritage. Narenbhai resided with his wife Sumitra. They have two sons, Neal and Raj. Neal is the Executive Vice President of Business Development, his younger brother Raj, is the Executive Vice President of Operations. Neal is married to Sonal, and they have two children, Nishal (17) and Shriya (10). Raj is married to Nisha, and they have two sons, Ronak (10) and Raveen (7). A true family man, Naren Patel was close to his sister, […]

Chicago IL: Indian Christian Federation of Midwest (ACF) celebrates Spectacular Christmas Party on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at Levy Center, 300 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL. This was the first time such an event was held in Chicago by ACF. The attendees ranged from toddlers to seniors and were dressed in vibrant and colorful Indian attire. Despite adverse weather; Over 300 members joined the celebration of Christmas Party. Babu Varma and Clerin Parmar was the Coordinator of event. The program was highly successful with the active support of the Board of the Directors, Advisory Board, volunteers and various churches. The Banquet was attended by dignitaries including Rev. Timothy Rathod, Rev. Dr. John Rathod from Emmanuel United Methodist Church. Rev. Walter Christian, Shailesh Alendry, Irene Christian, Vivek Solanki, Shailesh Christian, Vidhyaben Christian and Ruthben Vyas from Gujarati Christian Fellowship of Naperville and members from Bolingbrook, Gujarati fellowship. Other community representatives Sher Rajput, Vergesh Chako, Mujeeb Ahmed, Vijender Doma, Sunil Shah attended the event. The program start right on time at 6:30 pm. Rev Timothy Rathod performed a prayer followed by dinner served. Delicious dinner, yummy chicken Biriyani, Chicken Chapli Kabob, Testy Begun Bartua, 4 kinds of different Naan, Salad and 3 different […]