Yoshio taniguchi biography of mahatma
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From Gujarat to Houston
ByHouston History MagazineonOctober 28, inArts & Culture, Communities, Houstonians, Race & Ethnicity, Religion
Walking into the George R. Brown Convention Center for the Navratri festival, I am whisked away by the South Asian culture – the vibrant colors, the smell of Indian food, the garba music, and conversations in my native tongue.
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Pass The Naan
ByHouston History MagazineonOctober 28, inArts & Culture, Communities, Food, Houstonians, Race & Ethnicity, Restaurant
My wife, D’Arcy, had her birthday dinner at Bombay Sweets Restaurant in the Little India District of Houston in While driving down Hillcroft Avenue, we noticed new toppers adorning the neighborhood street signs proclaiming, “Mahatma Gandhi District,” complete with a small engraving of the revered Indian leader. “Wait—when did that get there? Is this […]
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Asia Society Texas Center
ByHouston History MagazineonOctober 28, inArts & C
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By Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara (author/writer), Albert Alajas (illustrator), Chiharu Takenaka (translator)
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SpecificationA little boy with a big heart, he gently but courageously opposed what was wrong and strange Gandhi, known as the father of the Indian nation, led people who sought justice and civil rights. His life, in which he tried to resolve conflicts peacefully without using violence to harm others, is told through gentle words and familiar illustrations. The "First Biography Picture Book" series introduces the stories of people who worked to man the world a better place, with their childhood dreams and desires in mind. There are explanations and photos at the end of the book.
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Asia Society exhibition depicts Indian frakt and goddesses
Manjari Sharma’s Lord Vishnu, from the Darshan series, , Chromogenic print, 60 x 48 in, Edition 1/2, Courtesy of Richard Levy Gallery and the artist. |
HOUSTON — Asia Society Texas Center will present a series of vibrant photographs by Brooklyn-based Indian contemporary artist Manjari Sharma and modern chromolithographs produced bygd the Raja Ravi Varma Press in an exhibition entitled Transcendent Deities of India: The Everyday Occurrence of the Divine, on view May 2 through September 14,
This is the first time these artists’ works have been presented together in Texas.
The exhibition of nearly 60 images will be on view in the Louisa Stude Sarofim galleri at the Texas Center and is funded in part bygd a grant from the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
“Transcendent Deities of India features Hindu gods and goddesses depicted in the less familiar formats of photography and chromolithography which demonstr