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What Ramadan 3rd Annual Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt Means To Me
By Sameer Malik (9th Grade)
By Preya Sundaram
What a nice way to spend an evening with a group of likeminded people - the 3rd Annual
Ramadan is a special time of the year for Muslims like me. It is the time during which we fast and don’t drink water from sunrise to sunset and we reflect on the past year, our journey not only physical but spiritual as well. (Continued On Page 05)
International
Day of Yoga
Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt fundraising event is a coming
together of Indian & Jewish community to do the goodness of helping over thousand homeless children with school supplies for upcoming school year in Austin,
Del Valle and Manor for the third year. (Continued On Page 06)
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By Usha Akella
Matwaala, a South Asian Dias-
pora Poets Festival will be held at Casa De Luz, Austin, Texas on August 2, 2015, Sunday, 9am8 pm. Co-hosted by the Poetry Caravan, ACC and Austin Poets International, the festival is the first project of the collective. (Continued On Page 18)
Kids Get Ready To Go Read IDEAYA Inc By Kumari Samineni
The United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as the International Day of Yoga on Dec
11, 2014. Addressing the UN General Assembly on 27 September 2014, the Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi had said:
Matwaala
IDEAYA Inc. (Immigrants for development and education of
On June 20th, 20 Austin kids and their families met at a pool and pizza party to have fun and learn about Pratham Readathon 2015 that encourages kids to aim to read more books in summer, and help less fortunate children in India (Continued On Page 14)
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Birthday Party Tips......04 Ramadan...............05,08 Communities Work......06 Gujarati Samaj Picnic..07 Communal Living........07 IDEAYA Inc.................10 Financial Emergency....11 Choice Of Diet............11 Summer Camp............12 5 Tips To Upgrade.......12
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Sri Jagannatha’s..........13 Pratham Austin Readathon Kids Get Ready....14 4 Essential Tips..........15 The Companion Book AWAKE: The Life Of....17 Matwaala...................18 austin youth aid inc.), a 501(c) Predictions.................19 (3) Tax-Deductible Non-Profit Organization; is founded by a Community Calendar...20 group of immigrants, who at one Ah! The Tongue.....21,23 point in their lives (Continued On Entertainment........24,25 Page 10) Gani Garden...........26