Businessman Yogi Chugh was picked for championing the community, lawyer Garth Pickett for his interfaith work Ritu Jha The Hindu American Foundation’s Silicon Valley chapter honored businessman Yogi Chugh with the 2018 HAF Pride of the Community Award for consistently addressing the concerns of Hindu Americans and other minorities. Garth Pickett, who practices […]
Emotional tales of hard-won success convince benefactors to loose the purse strings Ritu Jha It is rare to see a keynote make people cry, but Vinod Bhardwaj did, when he spoke at the Foundation for Excellence(FFE) annual gala about why he supports the organization. The gala built around the theme ‘Elevate’ raised […]
The incubator for social philanthropy plans to focus on US-based non-profits now Ritu Jha The San Francisco Bay Area based-Indians for Collective Action(ICA), a non-profit, advocacy and an incubator for social entrepreneurship is celebrating its 50th anniversary on October 20 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The organization was put together idea though […]
Tales of horror and eventual survival from domestic abuse has a huge impact on attendees Ritu Jha Narika, a group that has made its name empowering battered women, raised $180,000 at its 26th annual gala held September 16 in Danville, California. Anitha Chakravarthi, president of Narika, described its work in her speech, highlighting […]
indica News Bureau Calling the Hindu community from 60 countries to come together and work as a society despite the differences, the second World Hindu Congress (WHC) here saw participation from stalwarts like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, India’s Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Hindu leaders from the world amid sporadic protests. […]
Raji Pillai Naatak Theatre Company’s 65th production was an ambitious adaptation of Mahabharata, one of the two great epics of India. Longer than the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, it spans generations over centuries and encompasses every experience known to man. The sheer vastness of the Mahabharata makes it a challenge to present in any form […]
Shalini Nataraj As an LGBTQ ally and human rights activist, for me, the issue of rights for sexual minorities has always been one of basic humanity. Yes, the laws that discriminate against certain people based on arbitrary markers have to be fought in the courts and the judicial systems, but in the end, […]
HAF lauds Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing Victorian-era law that targets sexual activities once deemed “against the order of nature.” Ritu Jha The Hindu American Foundation joined the LGBTQ community in the United States to welcome India’s apex court ruling September 6 to decriminalize consensual gay sex, describing the law as “irrational, indefensible and […]
The exhibition, available for public viewing September 7 to December 30, will include demonstrations and workshops Ritu Jha The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco will be hosting for the first time an exhibition on Mithila art painting, an art form practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state in India and southeastern Nepal. […]
Sankara Eye Foundation bring in Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Farhan Akhtar for the 20th-anniversary fundraiser concert Ritu Jha Sankara Eye Foundation(SEF) USA, is hosting live concerts in California to help raise funds to help eradicate curable blindness in India. For this, its 20th anniversary, the foundation has called on artists Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, […]
