Name
Abhishek Maharaja
City
Dallas
Country
USA
Interests
Occupation
Joined TOI Contributor
Biography
I am 29, married with a 15 month old son, work as software engineer in US. I enjoy writing and go to almost all the Indian events happening in my vicinity. I also enjoy having political discussions and exchange ideas with people.
Topics
Cultural shows organised by the Indian community
Articles posted By Abhishek Maharaja (TOI Contributor)
The mela saw a Ramleela performance, Ravan dahan, a fireworks display and a performance by singer Alka Yagnik.
On Sep 27, this citizen journalist was present at San Jose, CA to attend PM Modi’s address to the local community. The organizers had done a great job with the huge event and provided passes to individuals and organization through an online portal. Because of the overwhelming response there were 40,000 responses sent for a capacity of 18000, which necessitated a computer lottery draw much like the visa system of the USA.
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Indian community in Texas recently celebrated Ganesh Utsav with fervour, as a
crowd of around 400 people gathered at the DFW Hindu temple cultural hall on
the occasion. Children and adults both participated in music and dance
programmes.
Sanjeev Kapoor, who recently represented India as a food ambassador in Spain under the Spanish government’s Indian Future Leaders Programme (IFLP), recently spoke to this citizen journalist on the phone about his culinary journey so far.
On Aug 15, Meenakshi Seshadri sat down for an exclusive half an hour interview at her residence in Plano, Texas. Once a popular actress, the Damini of Bollywood is now playing a role of a responsible mother, a wife and homemaker.
