India Home Celebrates Grand Opening of Smart Food Pantry and Smart Bites NYC in Queens New technology-driven food access initiatives aim to provide older adults and community members withgreater flexibility, convenience, and dignity Jamaica, NY – September 30, 2026: India Home celebrated the official inauguration of its new SmartFood Pantry and Smart Bites NYC vending machine on Tuesday, September…
India Home celebrated the inauguration of a new Senior Center in Hicksville on July 7, 2026, which marked the organization’s return to Long Island after over a decade. After participating in the Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge in 2024 to strategize an expansion to Long Island, India Home was able to fulfill our goal to expand culturally competent services for…
Good Morning, It is a pleasure to share article on respected Dr. Bindeshwari Aggarwal, alias Binduji in two parts. I am sure you will enjoy reading it with interest.If so, your response will be a सन्मान – गौरव to Binduji with pride… Regards,Jayant. Sharing is Caring… PS: Please share with others, if possible._______________________________ Dear All, 25 years ago, I had a chance to attend International Hindi Association’s annual ‘Hasya Kavi…
Continued from part one… Dear All,When we visited Binduji’s home for personal interview, her house was covered with full of awards certificates and credentials. Her home was like a small historical and memorable museum. Binduji is multi talented, बहुमुखी-versatile, performer-actor, stand-up comedian singer, tabla-dagga player and film lyricist… Then I came to know Binduji is connected to ‘VishwaHindi Samiti’ and their ‘Saurabh’ magazine. Immediately I remember late…
Dear All,As you may know, Bimal Roy was a legendary Indian director who dominated the early Filmfare Awards winning a record-holding 11 awards (7 for Best Director, 4 for Best Film) between 1953 and 1964. Known for pioneering realistic socially conscious cinema he set a record with two hat-tricks in the Best Director category for films like Do Bigha Zamin and Madhumati… Do…
Dear All, As you may know, we went to see my unwell elder brother Ashok a week ago at West Palm Beach, Florida. It was a private residential area located Lake Clarke Shores town in Palm Beach County. Most of the homes are with swimming pool and have unique shapes of creative designed mail boxes…no need to explain. Please enjoy some attached examples, you may be amazed to…
Dear All, As they say, one story leads to another good story… Well known acupuncturist Sarojtai Bavadekar was our neighbor from Mumbai. She was a wife of renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. AV Bavadekar. Sarojtai was fond of oldies and read my book ‘Sun Ja Dil Ki Dastan’. She was so impressed she came to see us during our visit in Mumbai. Later on, It didn’t take long for our friendship to become strong… Sarojtai is most…
Dear All, In 1977-78, I went to Doha, Qatar in the Arabian Gulf for work. One day, while returning home from work by taxi, the Pakistani driver was playing old Hindi songs. I heard ‘Duniya badal rahi hai, aansu bahne wale‘ from the movie 1951 Badal, sung by Lata Mangeshkar which is a favorite of mine. Upon hearing it, I told the driver, ‘I wonder what…
Dear All, Proud to share our precious Memories of Memorial Day. We just came from Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida, where we went to see my 89 yr old unwell eldest brother Ashok… During our short trip, we remembered Ashok’s (as well as our) good friend Retired U.S. Army Col. Banna Ghioto (1917–2019) was a trailblazing World War II nurse who served in the European and Pacific theaters. Stationed in Iceland,…
Thanx Sindhu for your help, greatly appreciated…This is corrected-revised article.You can share with others… Jayant.Sharing is Caring… ___________________________________________________________Bharatbhai Patel Dear All,Luckily, my first meeting at India Home was with Bharat Patel at Satya Narayan Mandir,Woodside, four years ago. And following that first meeting, it took no time to understand not just the details, but the complete history of India Home. Later on…
