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Volume 1 Issue 11 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 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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New Year Wishes 05
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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
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fascinating.
His account highlights aspects of the
country that explain its recent spurt of
economic growth and continued political
Holi & Spring
stability, such as the ability to hold fair
Continued on P:6 Celebration by IAI
By Chandra Heeralal
Crossette Vivid colors, delicious food, and played in the background as many of
visits IU: wonderfully vibrant music and a great
family atmosphere describe this year’s
the community members danced and
enjoyed the occasion.
Discusses Holi & Spring Celebration held by the The celebration of the festival of
India India Association of Indianapolis (IAI).
The day began with an uplifting speech
Holi for Hindus in Indiana has become
a grand affair. This being the second
by the current president of the Executive held by IAI prompted an outpour of
By Ben Weller
Committee, Raju Chinthala, welcoming members and non-members alike to
all members of IAI and inviting new participate in the festivities, the semi-
memberships; followed by an address chilled weather not having an effect on
and Thank You by Robin Shackleford, their attendance. The event is becoming
the Diversity Affairs Director from Mayor
Bart Peterson’s office. The entertainment
a staple in the Indian community and
IAI hopes the tradition will continue
portion of the program then began and grow.
with a series of intriguing and beautiful Also on hand was a photographer
performances by many of our own from Indy Star, Denise Kenon, who
community’s brightest young dancers. gathered footage of the event; one not
Students of the Aradhana Institute of so familiar to the rest of Indianapolis.
Classical and Folk Dance and the Mayuri The exposure however will provide an
School of Dance were dressed in the in-depth view for the public who may
finest Indian fashions performing to now want to learn more about Hindu
Photo by Tyra Robertson the most recent Bollywood hits as well culture. This video can be found in
as classical songs that represented the IndyStar’s video archives.
Bloomington, IN, Mar 8, 2007
Hindu festival. Food provided by Masala Holi is a joyous event, celebrating
Crossette shares views with journalism
Kitchen left a heavenly aroma enjoyed the emergence of spring and historic
group
by the patrons while they watched the folktale of the defeat of the demon
Barbara Crossette had to fight to get
entertainment part of the program. Holika. Legends indicate that the story
her first overseas assignment at the
The event continued with an exquisite begins with, “Hiranyakashipu the king
New York Times.
performance by the Dhol Element, a of demons, who had been granted a
“I lobbied to go back to India after the
Dholwala leading the processional to boon by Brahma, which made it almost
Fulbright as a Times correspondent,”
the back of the India Community Center impossible for him to be killed. Soon,
she says. “(Then-editor) Abe Rosenthal
to heaping mounds of multicolored he grew arrogant, and attacked the
thought it was absurd.”
powder to throw on family and friends Heavens and the Earth. He demanded
Continued on P:5 in the festive nature of the holiday. Music Continued on P:4
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Apr 7-8, [Sat & Sun] [12 am - 7 pm]
24 karat Jewelry Show
24 karat Jewelry Sale by KAARAN
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BAZAAR, 4225 LAFAYETTE ROAD,
Indianapolis, IN, 46254, 317-299-4628
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
Apr 14 [Sat] [4:30 pm - 9:30 pm]
Ugadi
Fall Creek Valley Middle School, 9701
East 63rd street, Indianapolis, IN, 46236,
http://gitaonline.org/ , Contact- Raju
Chintala, Indianapolis, IN, 317-293-8218,
rajuchinthala@gmail.com
Apr 21, [Sat] [5 pm - 10 pm]
Tamil New Year Celebrations
India Community Center, 4420 West
56th street, Indianapolis, IN, 46219 ,
http://www.indytamilsangam.com, Tamil
Sangam of Central Indiana, Contact -
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Apr 28 [Sat] [7 pm - 9 pm]
Temple
Odissi Dance Recital Hindu Temple of Central Indiana BAPS Shri Swaminarayan
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IAI Fine Arts Committee presents Odissi 3350 North German Church Road, 350 N County Road 900 East
Dance Recital by Yogini Gandhi. Tickets: Indianapolis, IN 46235 Avon, IN 46123. USA
General - $15; Student Special - $8, IMCCI Tel: (317) 891-9199; Tel: (317) 271-1577;
Members - Free, Sponsors - $50 or $100 webmaster@htci.org; www.swaminarayan.org/
(2 or 4 admissions), Christian Theological www.htci.org globalnetwork/america/indianapolis.htm
Seminary Auditorium, Indianapolis, IN,
Service Schedule: Service Schedule:
http://www.iaibharati.com, IAI Fine Arts Mon-Fri :10:00 am-12:00 noon Aarti: 7:00am-7:00pm
Committee, Contact- Arvind Thakkar, 6:00pm-8:00pm Mon-Sat: 7:00am-12:00noon
Indianapolis, IN, athakkar@iquest.net Sat, Sun: 9:00am-8:00pm 4:00pm-8:00pm
Sun: 7:00am-8:00pm
Apr 28 [Sat] [7 pm - 11:45 pm]
Annual Vaisakhi Cultural Program Gurdwara
India Community Center, 4420 West 56th Sikh Satsang of Indianapolis Guru Nanak Sikh Society
street, Indianapolis, IN, Sikh Educational & 10950 Southeastern Avenue 1911 Hobart Ave.
Cultural Society of Indianapolis, Contact- Indianapolis, IN 46239 Indianapolis IN 46203
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will be walking at the: INDIANAPOLIS 10005, Colorado St , Crown Point
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org/347318 to begin! IUPUI Campus,
901 W. NEW YORK ST., Indianapolis, IN, Mosque
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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 co-
sponsored 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 top-
down 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.”
Ben Weller is a master’s student
at the Indiana University School of
Journalism. He can be reached at
wbweller@indiana.edu.
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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. “(Then-
editor) 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.

New Year wishes in different Languages

Afgani Saale Nao Mubbarak
Bengali Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Gujarati Nutan Varshbhinandan
Hindi Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen
Iranian Saleh now mobarak
Iraqi Sanah Jadidah
Kannada: Hosa Varushadha Shubhashayagalu
Malay Selamat Tahun Baru
Marathi Nveen Varshachy Shubhechcha
Malayalam Puthuvatsara Aashamsakal
Maltese Is-Sena t- Tajba
Nepal Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana
Pashto Nawai Kall Mo Mubarak Shah
Persian Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam
Punjabi Nave sal di mubarak
Sindhi Nayou Saal Mubbarak Hoje
Tamil Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal
Telegu Noothana samvatsara shubhakankshalu
Urdu Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho

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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.
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About the Author:
Dr. Pritam Singh
Sukhija is a Biochemist
and Nutritionist with
a sound background
in the chemistry and
function of foods. He
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in Punjab Agricultural University,
Ludhiana (India) and Ohio State
University. Dr. Pritam Sukhija and his
wife have lived in Indianapolis for the
last sixteen years.
India, in a New Light
Continued from P:1
elections and cope with alternations of Workers and Peasants have galvanized
power—rare in the developing world. India’s upper castes in tackling myriad
Yet he rightly emphasizes that India’s social ills and failures of governance.
prosperity was hobbled in part by the Though the scope of their efforts may
government’s own flawed economic be limited, they have nevertheless
policies, which strangled innovation, helped spawn a form of citizen activism
stifled entrepreneurship and stunted that puts to shame many advanced
rapid growth. And thanks to a state- industrial democracies.
led economic strategy, more than Is India finally out of the woods? Or
26 percent of its population is still is the triumphalism so evident in its
consigned to abject poverty, more than gleaming upper-middle-class enclaves
50 years after India’s independence. premature? Luce’s book, despite
While lauding India’s ability its mostly upbeat outlook, strikes a
to survive—indeed thrive—as a cautionary agenda: India must tackle its
multiethnic and multireligious society, seemingly endemic poverty, maintain
Luce exhibits little patience for virulent ethnic peace domestically, prevent
Hindu nationalism. He pointedly tracks environmental collapse and improve
the rise of the BJP over the past 15 relations with its nettlesome neighbor,
years, underscoring the danger that Pakistan. As the author cogently
this ethnic nationalist party poses to argues, India has repeatedly managed
the stability of India’s plural society. to confound even its most dire critics.
Luce’s book, however, does not Quoting Indian politician Arun Shourie,
confine itself to matters of high politics he writes, “Governance is not golf; that
and economics. He devotes considerable we are a democracy does not entitle
time to describing the hope that us to a handicap.” If it can rise to the
democracy, with all its shortcomings, challenges it still faces, India will have
offers to India’s poor and otherwise bested the gods.
marginalized lower castes. In relating
Sumit Ganguly is a professor of
the story of Aruna Roy, an upper-caste
political science at Indiana University
former government administrator who
in Bloomington and the author of
left behind a comfortable life to lead
the forthcoming book “India Since
a peasant advocacy group, Luce vividly
1980.”
illustrates the growth of much of India’s
social movements. Groups such as Roy’s © 2007 Newsweek, Inc.
Organization for the Empowerment of
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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 accomplish, why I hope to accomplish this and other projects I am involved
for a magical medical pill or magic these goals including details on my with that are available on my website
wand that would make all of their other passion, The United Web of at www.UnitedWebofLife.org .
lives’ problems go away including the Life, which is essentially healthcare Last but not least, my thanks to all
medical ones. However, as a General for elderly, disabled, and chronically those Super Volunteers who have been
Internal Medicine Doctor with a pen sick people, enabling them to live helping me along so far. God Bless those
and prescription pad in my pocket, the independent, dignified lives in their Super Volunteers for their efforts.
IU School of Medicine has not given own homes. The details of all of these
Vipin Kalia, M.D.
me that magic wand yet. Both of these programs will be visible on my website
Asst. Professor of Clinical Medicine@
gentlemen’s problems far exceed those and I encourage everyone to feel free
I.U.Med Center
that can be handled completely free. to visit it anytime.
Firm Chief, VA Med Center
I’m willing to provide my services for I also challenge everyone who has
President and CEO of HOPS Weight
free as I did on January the 12th at the eaten the fruit of free healthcare in
Loss Centers
local Gurdwara. However, both these the past and intends to eat it in the
people needed many more tests and future, not to wait like Mrs. Sucha GOOD HOUSEKEEPING TWO
many more specialized services. When Singh and Mr. Sucha Singh to find a The Drill on Oil
they were advised about those tests, free cardiology, a free radiology, and Wondering which oil to use
they were completely at a loss because a free healthcare hospital for you, but tonight? Olive oil is still a winner. It has
they did not have insurance. come to me in advance so that we big flavor, which means you can use
Over the years I have received can arrange them far in advance for less for more taste with fewer calories.
hundreds of calls like these from fellow your day of sickness. Either way, I look And since olive oil is predominantly
Indians, immigrants and other Hoosiers forward to serving the uninsured and monosaturated fat, it’s heart healthy
in the community and thousands of calls under insured in the community, and I as well. When you’re looking for more
like these from American patients. It is look forward to working with everyone neutral tasting oil at a reasonable price,
surprising to me that 50 million people in planning for free healthcare for the canola oil is a standout. Not only is it
in this country and a large percentage community. If you have any questions rich in monounsaturated fat, it contains
of the immigrant population especially, please feel free to give me a call at the plant version of an omego-3 fatty
suffers from carrying partial or under (317) 414- 4439. I may not get back acid. Specialty oils -- like grape seed,
insurance. It still behooves me why to you right away because of multiple sesame and walnut -- are healthful but
people don’t take this as a common commitments including a full time job pricey, so use them in small quantities
interest problem and look for communal however more than likely by Sunday for an epicurean touch.
solution. evening I should be able to get back to (c) 2007 Hearst Communications,
However, since I continue getting you. If you have any more questions, Inc.
calls from people in desperate situations please feel free to give me a call and/or All rights reserved.
and I feel that I have skills to make if you would like to help organize this
a dent in this large problem so I am project, feel free to call for details on
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
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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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afterward.”
Q 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.
Q During the Middle Ages, it
was thought that artichokes had
aphrodisiac qualities.
Q 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.
Q 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 anti-
miscegenation 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 Stay connected with
the envelope. After I drop it off, I have
a record of the items donated and can
the local community
properly estimate their value for tax
purposes.” -- Y.L. in Arizona Send your Check local events
tips to Now Here’s a
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•2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
•1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
•1/3 cup grated Parmesan
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Ingredients:
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•1 cup rolled oats
•1/2 cup butter or
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•1/3 cup light
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•1/4 tsp. baking powder
•1/8 tsp. salt
•3/4 cup strawberry jam
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LOHRI 2007 SANKRANTHI VEDUKALU VARSHOTSAVAH

CELEBRATIONS IN INDIANAPOLIS Hindu Temple Celebrates its
- By Manjit Trehan Indianapolis, Jan 27, 2007—The Telugu people First Anniversary
of Greater Indianapolis Telugu Association - By Dr. Avantika Rohatgi
(GITA) celebrated Sankranthi on January 27th
with a staunch devotion and religious fervor. Mr. Indianapolis, Feb 3, 2007—On Saturday, Feb 3
Rajendra Alvandhar started the program by poeti- 2007, the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana cele-
brated 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
Telugu community children singing during fervor. Several hundred people attended the
the GITA Sankranti celebrations. grand event and participated in religious and cul-
(Continued on page 4)
cally recounting many things that go hand-in-
hand with Sankranthi - like muggulu, bhogi man-
talu, gangireddu, gaalipataalu that not only edu-
MAHA SHIVRATRI
cated the kids on our traditions but also brought CELEBRATIONS AT HTCI
back childhood memories to all. The cultural pro-
gram that lasted for nearly two hours had a great Devotees Rejoice in the Worship of
start with three devotional songs vibrantly ren- Lord Shiva with Pomp and Grandeur
dered by children Laasya Mamidipalli, Anoop - By Dr. Avantika Rohatgi
Indianapolis, Feb 16, 2007—On Friday Febru-
(Continued on page 9)

as they sing popular songs. For Punjabis, Lohri ary 16, the Hindu Temple of Central India cele-
AMERICAN TELUGU brated Maha Shivratri on a grand scale. Shivratri
(Continued on page 9) is traditionally celebrated every year on the 14th
ASSOCIATION (ATA) BOARD day in the Krishna Paksha (waning phase of the
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that Shiva first manifested himself in the form of
Inside This Issue Dr. Chandra Reddy Gavva took the a Linga on this day. Hundreds of devotees gath-
reigns as the new President ered in the temple to offer their obeisance to
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Irons and received mixed response.
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She had come to meet me
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But I thought there was a
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character to be an unknown
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