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Religion 15 Bollywood 19 London Olympics 24 Spiritual Awareness 30 NEW YORK EDITION Vol.5 No. 16 August 4-10, 2012 60 Cents Follow us on TheSouthAsianTimes.info Tulsi Gabbard: First Arizona don named Immersion in Sahara Group Hindu in race for US dean of Pace another culture: buys NY's Plaza House University School China diary Hotel for $570 M National Community, Travel, Business, Page 8 Page 16 Page 23 Olympics: Saina in semis, Community excited over 1st India Paes-Sania in quarters, Day Parade on Long Island By Parveen Chopra Vijender in boxing quarters Hicksville, NY: The Inaugural India Day Parade of Long Island on August 11 now has Gagan Narang with bronze lone medalist so far. a Grand Marshall in Bollywood superstar Vinod Khanna even as it continues to garner endorsements from officials and has lined up big-ticket sponsors. The Indian community is united and excit- ed about the parade to celebrate India's 66th Independence Day in style in Hicksville with the theme "Celebrating Democracy and Unity." The parade has full support from the office of County Executive Ed Mangano and Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Jon Venditto, the town in which the parade venue falls. Shuttler Saina Nehwal and (left) shooter The Grand Marshall Vinod Khanna will be Gagan Narang joined at the parade by Ambassador Prabhu Dayal, Hon. Mangano, Supervisor Venditto Bollywood superstar Vinod Khanna London: Champion shuttler Saina Uzbek Abbos Atoev in the round of last and Grand Sponsor Harry Singh of Bolla will be the Grand Marshall. Nehwal rewrote history by becoming eight Monday. Oil. Many other prominent officials, political with the Parade on August 11 starting at 1.00 the first Indian to cruise into the Inspired by Saina's performance, leaders and judges will also march in the p.m. from Patel Brothers Plaza as thousands Olympics badminton semi-final while Parupalli Kashyap played his heart out parade. More than 30 community organiza- walk one mile north on Broadway displaying the crack mixed doubles tennis combi- against top seed Lee Chong Wei of tions are participating. colorful banners and waving Indian and nation of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza Malaysia but in the end lost the men's The 3-day celebratory event commences American flags. Continued on page 4 stormed into the quarter finals at the singles quarter final 19-21 and 11-21. London Games here Thursday. However, before Saina took to the So, India’s medal hopes are alive after court, India's date with the Olympics Team Anna calls off fast, Gagan Narang opened the country’s began with a double heartbreak account with a bronze in the men's 10- Thursday as highly-rated double trap meter air rifle event. marksman Ronjan Singh Sodhi failed to to enter politics The fourth seeded Saina won 21-15, make the final while pugilist Jai New Delhi: Social activist 22-20 over former World No.1 Dane Bhagwan fell by the wayside in the pre- Anna Hazare and his team Tine Baun at the Wembley Arena, quarterfinals. have announced they would before Leander-Sania blazed past the Saina would now face reigning call off their indefinite fast formidable Serbian pair of Nenad World Champion and top seed Wang against corruption and pro- posed forming a "political Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic, 6-2, 6-4 at Yihan for a place in the final. The alternative" as an answer to Wimbledon court. Chinese has a 5-0 record against the an "unresponsive" govern- Vijender Singh entered the quarterfi- Indian, but Saina's superb form in the ment. nal of the men's boxing 75 kg category competition is encouraging. If she Making the announcement with a close 16-15 points victory over loses in the semis, Saina would go for to thousands of flag-waving his US opponent Terrel Gausha. A bronze medal play-off and bring the cheering supporters, Hazare bronze medalist in the Beijing Asian country its first Olympic medal from said he and Team Anna, as Games four years ago, he will take on the sport. 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We are Turkish Airlines, we are globally yours. turkishairlines.com | 1 800 874 8875 Tristate Community 3 TheSouthAsianTimes.info August 4-10, 2012 SBI to sponsor fireworks at AIA’s Diwali mela By Jinal Shah Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, and New York State Senator Ruth New York: The Association of Indi- Hassell Thompson. ans in America (AIA- NY chapter) AIA NY has also recently announced Sunday new sponsor for launched a campaign to educate their famous fireworks for the annu- children especially in elementary al Diwali festival at South Street and middle schools about Indian Seaport. And it is none other than culture and traditions. “We involve 206-year-old State Bank of India. kids and educate them about our cul- Thus, Air India has ended its long ture and traditions through perform- standing association with AIA’s Di- ances, henna tattoos, etc. A lot of wali fireworks and passed the baton racial problems occur due to lack of to another Government of India un- knowledge about our customs and dertaking. traditions and hence it is imperative “For 24 years, Air India sponsored to teach children at a very young age the magnificent Diwali fireworks about our values and customs,” said show since the inception of the Di- Batra. Batra, along with Congress- wali mela, now SBI will be the main AIA-NY President Ranju Batra (middle) with India’s Ambassador to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri and US woman Maloney, is also lobbying sponsor. This year, on October 7th, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney at the event announcing the new sponsor. SBI was represented by (to her hard to get approval for a Diwali it will be particularly special as we right) Country Head Shankaran Chandramouli and Sujit Kumar Varma, CEO, NY. (Photo: Vijay Shah) stamp issued by the USPS. “We are celebrate the silver anniversary of We look forward to sponsor it for at sor of the Diwali mela. ered to watch the fireworks (next trying to get an appointment with our Diwali festival,” said AIA-NY least another 25 years.” The bank “The mela that stretches to five only to Macy’s in grandeur and pop- the post master general. We also President, Ranju Batra at a pre-event has over 10,000 customers in US for blocks and Pier 16 and 17 is the ularity),” added Batra. need support from the society, espe- party. over 40 years and expects to launch biggest Diwali celebration in New Also present at the event were In- cially Indian Americans. Diwali is Said Sujit Kumar Varma, CEO of their internet banking facility. York with Bollywood shows, kids dia's Permanent Representative to an important festival as it gives a SBI, New York, “It is a great oppor- Air India, due to budget cuts, were zone, food and other stalls and much the UN, Ambassador Hardeep Singh new hope, new life and a new be- tunity to demonstrate to the commu- unable to support the fireworks, but more. Last year, according to esti- Puri, assistant secretary general of ginning,” added Maloney about the nity and also connect emotionally. they will remain the corporate spon- mates, over 2,00,000 people gath- UN women’s body, Lakshmi Puri, stamp project. NDTV sues Nielsen in NY Rajasthan government to launch court over ratings data 'Jano Apna Rajasthan' Mumbai: NDTV, a leading Indian television network, has sued the Nielsen Company, accus- A scheme for second generation NRI Rajasthanis to visit the state. ing its Indian joint venture of providing “false, fabricated and manipulated data” on TV ratings By Jinal Shah for almost a decade that cost it nearly a billion New York: Come Independence Day, and Rajasthan government dollars in ad will unfold a new scheme ‘Jano apna Rajasthan’ to familiarize sec- revenue. The ond generation nonresident Rajasthanis with the state and its cul- suit is seek- ture. The announcement was made at a felicitation program ing several arranged by Rajasthan Association of North America (RANA). billion dollars in damages, reported New York The reception organized by RANA & New York chapter of Ra- Times. The company, founded by Prannoy Roy, jasthan Foundation at Bombay Palace was attended by over 60 psephologist-turned mediaman, filed the suit prominent Rajsathanis including RANA founders and Past Presi- late last week in New York State Supreme Court dents Naveen Shah of Navika Group, KK Mehta CPA and Chair against Nielsen, its Indian joint venture, TAM Rajasthan Foundation, Kamlesh Mehta, and famous jeweler Media Research, and Kantar Media Research, Pukhraj Lunia, AAPI National Treasurer Dr. Ajay Lodha, Ra- Rajiv Arora, vice-chairman (minister of state) of Rajasthan 50 percent partner in TAM. jasthani Bhasha activist Prem Bhandari, as well as Sushama Ko- Foundation, was felicitated by RANA. Seen in the picture are NDTV, which runs 24/7, an English-language tahwala and Sushil Goyal. (from left) Dr Narendra Hadpawat, RANA President Haridas news channel, has accused TAM of manipulat- Rajasthan Foundation was set up in 2001 by Chief Minister Kotahwala, Rajiv Arora, KK Mehta, and Sushil Goyal. ing ratings in exchange for kickbacks from ri- Ashok Gehlot, strengthens bonds with nonresident Rajasthanis for val TV networks.