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India Home meets with Comptroller Stringer

As a part of the Asian American & Pacific Islander celebration on Tuesday May 24th, India Home met with New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer. At the roundtable of Indian American leaders in New York City, the comptroller explained the duties of his office and expressed his willingness to work with the community. India Home’s Lakshman Kalasapudi was there…

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Our elders need better service from MTA and Access -A-Ride

India Home’s programs end around 2:00 pm most days. Even as the Program Staff are winding down, we notice our seniors patiently waiting in the lobby, sometimes as long as 45 minutes. Some of them have canes or walk with difficulty. They are waiting for their rides home, and sometimes they wait a very long time. Every once in a while,…

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India Home’s seniors speak up at Advocacy Day at City Hall

  “Don’t Forget the Seniors” India Home’s seniors got an opportunity to make their voices heard by City Hall.  About 15 seniors from our Sunnyside Center and Desi Senior Center participated in Advocacy Day organized by Live On NY at City Hall on Wednesday May 11th. The day started with a rally on the steps of the famous building. Bobbie Sackman,…

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India Home’s seniors take part in dance night! Includes 81 year old Kamuben!

On the night of Saturday May 7, over 700 people watched India Home’s seniors dance the vigorous folk dance from Gujarat, known as the Ras Garba, on stage at the Hindu Community Center in Flushing. The event was part of Ras Garba Ramzat, a dance night, organized by Shashikant Patel and Gopi Udeshi, organizers of Bruhud Seniors. Over 80% of the…

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Rubin Museum’s blog features India Home’s Mahavir Jayanthi presentation

The Rubin Museum’s Himalayan Heritage MeetUp group invited India Home as its Community Partner to present an event on the occasion of Jain Jayanthi, the birthday of Lord Mahavira, the spiritual head of the Jain religion.  The event gave several seniors from India Home an opportunity for public speaking and interaction. Vimla Shah, Usha Mehta, Daksha Patel, Usha and…

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Desi Senior Center celebrates Pohela Boishakh or Bengali New Year

If there is an occasion every Bengali waits for all year, it is Pohela Boishakh! That is what the first day of the Bangla calendar is popularly known as all over the world. The Bengali people, wherever they may live, celebrate the day with great festivity and color. Most of India Home’s members at its Desi Senior Center in Jamaica…

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Dr. Shireen Mansoor: She defied tradition to save lives during war

Shireen Mansoor was born in 1949 in Bogra village in, what was then, undivided Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader  of Bangladesh and its first President, was a cousin. Perhaps that’ is why the revolutionary spirit burned bright in her. From a young age she broke with tradition, went to college and became one of the few women in the country with…

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India Home returns to the SNAP Center in Eastern Queens

April 3, 2016 – India Home is happy to be back at the SNAP Center of Eastern Queens providing culturally competent services to South Asians seniors in the neighborhood. India Home first started its Wednesday program at SNAP on April 16th, 2008. We took a brief hiatus, and it is only fitting that we return to SNAP in the month of…

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