BY A STAFF REPORTER
LAKE FOREST, CA –  Global Peace Foundation  hosted an evening celebrating  world peace day in Southern California. The mission of the Foundation is to promote peace locally and around the world. The event was  held at  the Tandoor Banquet  restaurant on Sept. 16. Mini Guleria welcomed and introduced Tilma Bista, 

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
IRVINE, CA - Of the 26 million Indian children who enter first grade each year, half will reach fifth grade unable to read or write. Pratham USA is changing this. You can change it, too.’​The thought was eagerly discussed and pledged at the 15th Pratham Los Angeles Gala, which saw keynote speaker Rahul Kapoor Jain and...

LOS ANGELES,CA- Indian-American Aziz Ansari and African-American Lena Waithe added a shade of diversity to the winners of the 69th Primetime Awards here as co-writers of a “Master of None” episode on a character coming out to her family as a lesbian. They won for the “Thanksgiving” episode, in which Waithe’s on screen character Denise discovers her sexuality and comes out to her friends and family over the course of five...

BY DEVIKA C. MEHTA
IRVINE, CA - ‘Pragati’- A benefit concert for the Leela Endowment featuring reputed Mallika Sarabhai with the Leela Dance Collective stunned an audience of almost 500 at the Barclay theatre, UCI here on Sept 9. The North and South of India came together for the concert in the form of Sarabhai’s ensemble focusing on Bharatnatyam...

​BY DEVIKA C.MEHTA
COSTA MESA, CA - The epitome of sass, ‘Queen of Dandiya’, Falguni Pathak danced her way into the hearts of Angelenos on the airy night of Sept 8 at the Orange County Fair center here. Interestingly, Pathak was performing in the US after a span of nearly 12 years. On her day of arrival, in a Facebook post, Pathak mentioned, 

​BY A STAFF REPORTER
SAN DIEGO, CA - The San Diego Indian American Society on August 19 honored bright and brilliant minds at the 34th Annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lectures and Scholarship awards ceremony  at the University of California, San Diego to a packed auditorium. This year, nearly $63,000 was awarded in the form of scholarships by SDIAS...

BY DEVIKA C.MEHTA
LOS ANGELES, CA -  Stupendous  and simply amazing are words that best describe the versatile Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal, her symphony from India and the energetic audience that came together to have a gala time at the Microsoft theatre here on August 27. The theater, which is one of the premier entertainment venues in...

LOS ANGELES, CA -  — The new Miss India America and The Elite Awards 2017 winners were announced during a star-studded red carpet gala held at the LAX Renaissance Hotel here Aug. 5, presented by South Asia Magazine, Wells Fargo, and JINmodels.com. At the dazzling event, India Laroda was crowned Miss India America by singing sensation Mickey Singh. LaRoda has an African American father and East Indian mother. 

​BY SONAM MIRPURI
ORANGE, CA- The Federation of Indian American Community of Southern California in association with Savithri Arts Academy, Lions Club of Little India, and GOPIO of Orange County celebrated India’s 71st Independence Day at the Tandoor Restaurant  here on August 19. It was an evening of- singing, dancing, speeches enjoyed...

IRVINE,CA-India’s Independence Day was celebrated by the local Indian-American families here. The event-- attended by over 150 adults and children -- began with the simultaneous hoisting of the Indian and American national flags by senior members of the community,followed by singing of the national anthems.  Patriotic songs and a cultural program kept the audience entertained and  and was met with cheers and applause.