Houston's Indian Republic Day

As requested by Muzna, some pics from my digital camera at the largest gathering of desis that Texas has ever seen, an estimated 25,000 came out on Saturday, a day after tragedy struck the South Asian continent, and many stayed at home, hoping to hear any word from their family back at home. Houston’s celebration of India’s Republic Day was a great success, and a great thing for the community. I would have had pictures for the parade, but since I was on a float, I couldn’t really take pictures. When I find some, I’ll post them here too.


Upon entering the Convention Center, one was greeted by this rangoli:

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this entraceway:

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and this decoration:

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More desis than I’ve ever seen in one place!

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Earthquake Relief Efforts were quickly setup in less than a day by the:

Gujarati Samaj:

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and the Indian Development and Relief Fund:

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Some more random stuff:

The beautiful Taj Mahal backdrop, with some of my students from my mandhir participating in the dance contest:

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The South Asian Chamber Commerce serves the business community for all countries in South Asia. The SACC had one of over 100 booths at the event:

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Sonu Nigam’s concert capped off the day’s events:

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Thanks for the excellent pictures. Very beautiful rangoli and decorations. Rangoli is one of my favorite decoration.

Happy Independance day !!!

P.S. Indian community in our area will be holding a charity dinner this weekend to raise money for the earth quake victims.

Happy Independance day !!!

Come on Rani, even I know it is not I-day

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cool pics astrofan..sonu nigam is my favorite singer along with udit and abhijeet..post ur pic as well

AstrosFan,
Nice pics. I have a question for you (personal one if I may

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Are you with the VHP ?

"With the VHP" is a bit too strong. I think it's better to say that I help the VHP with activities I think are beneficial to the Hindu community. I am not a paid member of the VHP per se, but there are things they do that I like (like youth summer camps, etc.), and some things I don't like. I help whereever I feel I can help, as long as it doesn't clash with anything I particularly believe in.

The Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh royally upset me this week. I am definitely not gonna be associated with them anytime soon.