JANUARY 2018 www.Asia Times.US PAGE 1 www.Asia Times.US Globally Recognized Editor-in-Chief: Azeem A. Quadeer, M.S., P.E. JANUARY 2018 Vol 9, Issue 1 Virat -Anushka wedding HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 TO ALL OUR READERS After getting married in Tuscany with Hotel. Many other politicians and high just a select few, Indian cricket cap- profile businessmen also attended. THROUGH OUT THE PLANET tain Virat Kohli and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma hosted a celeb-stud- With a neatly-tied bun encircled in a ded wedding reception in Delhi which mogra gajra, Anushka wore a tradi- had Prime Minister Narendra Modi in tional red and gold saree designed attendance. A few of Virat’s teammates by Sabyasachi with a heavy palla and -- both present and former -- also jadau jewellery; chuda and sindoor in attended the stylish event. Virushka, place. Virat appeared dapper in a black as the couple is famously called -- will achkan and white churidaar and heav- host another wedding reception in ily embroidered shawl with golden Mumbai on December 26. border in black mojris. MOVING TO TEXAS? Other than PM Modi, cricketers Gau- Virat helped Anushka onto the stage as tam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Shi- they posed for the shutterbugs as fans khar Dhawan were seen at Delhi’s Taj flanked the streets for the two. 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The winners were crowned amidst kola together by entire 3ii Core Team (Sharan an enormous live audience in Chicago and • 2nd Runner-up- Mahima Cielappa Walia, Phani Krishna, Naveen Karna, Prachi awarded the title of the first International Dancing: Jaitly, Naresh Shastri, event partners and Indian Icons in their respective categories • Winner- Swarali Karulkar state partners across US) paid off. I thank Singing, Dancing, Instruments. • 1st Runner-up- Udhayaprakash everybody with the bottom of my heart. 3iii Shalabh Kumar of Republican Hindu Coali- Ravindran 2018 Season II dates and details will be an- tion graced the event as the chief guest. • 2nd Runner-up- Revolution Insti- nounced shortly”, said Sharan Walia. Other guests of honor were Deepak Kant tute of Performing Arts Dance groups from Chicago and nearby Vyas of Redberri and Anil Loomba of Home Instruments: states performed during half time to show Mortgage Solutions. 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I am grateful to the intellectuals who www.Asia Times US have accepted my request to join Asia Times as an Advisor. Asia Times will reach greater heights under their leadership and advise. I will keep you posted as the Board gets expanded. Thank you for your continued readership. Shawkat Parwaiz Alam, Alsal Azeem A. Quadeer, P.E. Dr. Basheer Ahmed Dr. Shamsa Qureshi Mohammed Construction, Inc Editor in Chief & Publisher Hyderabad Society of North Texas Celeberated their An- nual Event “Shaam-e-Hyderabad” on Saturday Dec 2nd. Hyderabad Society of North Texas The event was well organised and took place at Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, TX. The evening started with Celebrated Annual Event welcoming the guests by Mohammed Abdul Hameed, Vice President HSNT followed by Quran recitation and “Shaam-e-Hyderabad” translation by Asim Siddiquiand. Mrs Rahat Arifuddin, President HSNT addressed the audience. Community Service Award was presented to Syed Mazhar Hussaini of SEED, who is working tremendously to help needy in India. SEED is working to reduce pov- erty, to improve quality of life and to promote economic development by providing opportunities for underprivi- leged children and adults in the economically backward areas in India. Mr. Mohammed Hameed, Vice-President has been like a back bone of this organization for past years and puts countless hours working behind the scenes. Acoording DALLAS-HOUSTON PAGES DALLAS-HOUSTON to Ayaz Qureshi, member HSNT, Mr. Hameed has been DFW community member for over 20 years and his desire is to bring the Hyderabadi community together. His positive attitude and calm demeanor is always ap- preciated. Entertainment was provided by Zaheer Abbas, a SaReGa- MaPa finalist. About 400 people attended the event. HSNT was established in 1992 by well-known commu- nity leader and physician, Dr. Basheer Ahmed and has been a non-profit organization since 2006. The purpose of HSNT is to help the local DFW Hyderabadis get together to have fun and to keep our Hyderabadi culture alive. HSNT has two main events. The first one is a picnic during the spring season which is held at a local DFW park. This is an informal event which usually attracts 250 to 300 people. Included with kite flying, games for children of all ages,delicious food and music. The second event of the year is a formal evening dinner which usual- ly takes place in November or December with numerous forms of entertainment such as music, songs, comedy in Hyderabadi lingo and of course, Hyderabadi cuisine. At- tendees get to enjoy wearing some of traditional clothes such as sherwanis, sarees etc. JANUARY 2018 www.Asia Times.US PAGE 5 “Shaam-e-Hyderabad” DALLAS-HOUSTON PAGES DALLAS-HOUSTON DALLAS-HOUSTON PAGES DALLAS-HOUSTON May New Year 2018 bring all the Happiness in world Rafeeq Ahmed President, BI PRO Software Management and Consultants, Inc. JANUARY 2018 www.Asia Times.US PAGE 6 DALLAS-HOUSTON PAGES DALLAS-HOUSTON Above Pic: Sajjad Fecto, Azeem Quadeer, Pervaiz Baig, Abdul Rab and Syed Hamid Sohail Khan, Rezwan Khan, Anwar Khan Akmal, Lubna Naeem at KEMCAANA (King Edward Medical Univer- sity) Annual Winter Gala: MILAAP Mushaira 2017.Organized by Mohibban-E-Urdu of North America on Sunday Dec 3rd, 2017 at Double Tree by Hilton, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Sarah DeMerchant Files for State Representative #26 (Sugar Land, TX) Pol Ad by Sarah DeMerchant campaign, Harry Truong, Treasurer Sugar Land, TX. (12/12/17) – Sarah districts. The lack of state resources We PAGES DALLAS-HOUSTON DeMerchant filed paperwork and is the forces local communities to issue must also do more to Democratic Party candidate for State higher taxes to pay for the educational provide these women Representative #26 (Sugar Land). system, and has led to wealthy areas with access to leadership A Native Texan, Sarah DeMerchant is a succeeding on a national level, while opportunities, paid fam- product of Fort Bend ISD. She lives in the rest of Texas suffers with average to ily leave programs, and New Territory with her husband, Ken below average programs. control over their health- and two children Mikey and Kacy. Improved Access to Healthcare for a care options, so they can Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Higher Quality of Life for All Texans succeed.