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PHOTO JOURNAL
- Abhinav Bindra Wins 1st Gold
Medal for India- 10 meter Shoorting Beijing Olympics 2008
- Let the Games Begin- Beijing olympics 08-08-08
-2 Indian-Americans in US Olympics
RAJ BHAVSAR Gymnastics and RAJU RAI- Badminton- Beijing Olympics 2008
-Vigil
for Victims of Terror Bombs in India and Elsewhere= San Jose Sat July
26th
-UnforgettableTour 2008
-Amitabh, Madhuri Dixit, abhisekh, Aishwariya rai, Priety Zinta, Ritesh
Deshmukh and Dancers at the Oakland ORACLE Arena Sunday
July 27th
-India
Government Survices No-Confidence Vote. win for Democracy & Us
India Nuclear Agreement
-Nominal
Results of CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS (Clinton
&Obama)
Some
WINNERS Qualified as DEMO DELEGATES
-Indian
American Leaders
Alkesh Desai elected to SanJose/Berryessa School Board
-PADMA AWARDS India
Announced
for Jan 28th 2008 -58th Repub,lic Day of India COMPLETE LIST HERE
-World
Junior TT Championship
stanford, 4 Girls from India perform crediatbly
-3-TIME World Table Tennis Champ
STELLAN BENGSSTON
Dr
Rajendra Pachri Awardees Nobel Peace Prize 2007 along w/ Al gore
(Details) Dec 10, 2007
-USA
Under 15 Cricket team
vists India
- SUNKRISH BALA on ABC TV Comedy show "NNotes from the Underbelly"
Sameer Mishra
wins US Spelling Bee 6 Other
Indian-Americans finish in top 20 CONGRATS '
CONGRATS!
Akshay
Rajagopal 11 year old
Indian-American Wins US National Geography Bee
-ICC India Community Center opens 40,000
sq ft Center in
SF Bay area
-Shashi Tharoor adresses SF Bay area
at ICC. Sam Pitroda No show speaks via ironically a land line
telephone
Congrats
Bobby piyush Jindal Elected as Governor of Louisiana. First Time
for an Indian-American!
Congrats Dr Pachauri- Share
of
Nobel Peace Priize with VP Al Gore as Head of TERI
CineMaya Media
Group announces West Coast expansion as INDIAN EXPRESS north america
Celebrates 7th anniversary
Sankara Eye
foundation SEF iWalk 2007
5K-Walk run + 10K Walk run +Half Marathon -Aug 25th, Mt. View, CA
About
600 participants showed up as winners
in various categories were
awarded prizes.
CLICK FO R MORE & MORE PIX
- MANNA DEY Live
in Concert
see Pix and Write Up
- BLUEPLANEt RUN 2007- 20 runners. 95 days.
24 hours a
day.16
countries. 15,200 miles... For
water SEE SUNIL JAYARAJ
EXCLUSIVE
-BATA Cricket tournament 2007 See Pics of BATA Cricket cup 2007
-Meet Sunkrish Bala- HOLLYWOOD TV Star
TAJ MAHAL- Slected as 7th Wonder
of the World- on 7/7/2007
Ram Gopal Community
Hero- Cupertino
-Sankara
Eye Foundation Raises over $2 Million EXCLUSIVE
REPORT
-A Million SuryaNamaskars
Attempted
COMPLETE
LIST OSCAR WINNERS 2007
Complete list of winners at the 79th annual Academy Awards,
presented
Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
Indian Ambassador
Ronen Sen visits
Silicon Valley
Great Day for
Indian-American as Sunita Willaims soars into space
Sam Rao ONE of TIME
Persons of the Year 2006 :-0
King
of Soul James Brown + Free MP3 concert
Watch Video of
"SreeSanth doing the
"Cowboy Break Dance-
Malaylee Indian style!!
- SIPA
Conference Greta Success Santa Clara
PODCAST
IMAGES
-Stellar
InterFaith Conference at Jain Center- Milptas
-HIJAB wearing woman shot dead-Fremont
Rembrance & Memorial Pictures
Faith Conference at Jain
Center- Milptas
Sunnyvale
Diwali Draws 10,000
Fremont
City 50th Anniversary
- VIBHA Wallk 2006-
Mt. View
- Hindu Sangam 2006-
Cupertino Draws 10,000
- &aamp;&>>>444th
JULY
PARADe- Fremont
- Gaanesh Utsav-
SF Bay area
-&>>&>Asian
INDIAN-American Day- Milpitas
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www.nonviolencepeaceday.org
 SUNDAY Oct 7th
@ Milpitas library 12 to 2
pm
With 200 people including kids showing up to celebrate the World
Nonviolence and Peace Day, 42 kids decided to dress up.
So we had 12 Gandhis!!!
Many kids recited their favorite quotes of Mahatma Gandhi, While others
brought Art work, displays and speeches to share
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CONGRATS RAJ BHAVSAR- Indian-American
gymnast for TEAM USA Won a BRONZE MEDAL! in Team championships
China won Gold and Japan silver and USA Bronze
CONGRATS!!! INDIA's FIRST GOLD
ABHINAV
BINDRA WINS GOLD MEDAL at Beijing Olympics in 10 meter Shooting DETAILS
INDIA's
ABHINAV BINDRA WINS GOLD MEDA@ OLYMPICS
India's first Individual Gold Medal at the Olympics was by Shooter
Abhinav Bindra. He won the gold medal in Men's 10 metre Air rifle event
at the Beijing Olympics.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place and Finlands Henri
Hakkinen finished third with a total of 699.4.
Team mate Gagan Narang didnot qualify for the final round and finished
a creditable 9th overall with a score of 595/600.
Bindra becomes the First individual gold medal winner for India.
India
has won several Golds in Field Hockey in the past and RS Rathore won
the Silver at the last Olympics and Bronzes by female
weightlifeter K Malleswar Sydney 2000 K Jhadhav Mens Wrestling 1952
Helsinki
, and Lander Paes Tennis 1996 Atlanta Games.
MORE DETAILS
CONGRATS
Vijender Kuma Boxing 75 Kg overwhelmed Angkhan Chomphuphuang of
Thailand 13-3 (Aug 16) Making it the third Boxer with a chance for a
medal with one more win!!!
CONGRATS
JITEN Kumar Boxing 51 kg- Inspired by Akshil Kumar, Jiten beat
Tulashboy foniyorov of Uzbekistan 13-6. One more win assures him of at
least a Bronze!!! Go India Boxing (Aug 16)
UPDATE Aug 18 Akhil Kumar LOST to Moldovas V. GOJAN as his
similar style
of boxing was countered by the veteran Modovan GOJAN, so no Medal for
Akhil
though very good run
Neha Aggarwal Table Tennis also lost
CONGRATS
AKHIL Kumar BOXING 54 Kg
almost assured of a Bronze at least!!!
By Beating World Champ SERGEY
VODOPYANOV of Russia, Kumar is in
the Top Eight. He said this was his Gift to India on its Indpendence
Day!! (Aug 15) |
CONGRATS WRESTLER
SUSHIL KUMAR 66 Kg Wrestling
Wins INDIA a BRONZE Medal Aug 19
Sushil
Kumar (India) beat Leonid Spiridonov (Kazakhstan) 3-1 for The
Bronze Earlier
he beat Albert Batyrov (Belarus) 3-1 and beat Doug Schwab (U.S.) 3-1 in
the Repechage rounds to get BRONZE The 1st in Beijing
Olympics CONGRATS
(in Helsinki Olympics 1952 Mr KESHAB
JADHAV also won Bronze for India) DETAILS
BOXING: 61Kg VIJENDER KUMAR WINS QUARTER.
Guaranteed a Medal at least
a BRONZE
YAY CONGRATS DETAILS
BoXING:
Jiten Kumar LOST in 61 kg in Quarter
final uin a close contest 15-11. No Medal in 51 kg. Aug 19
STILL TO COME
While we still have Table Tennis, Track and Field and Wrestling and
Weightlifting, Unfortunately
Sania MIRZA Tennis had to quit Singles due to Injury and possibly
doubles as well
OTHER RESULTS
Leander
Paes and Mahesh hupati are
IUT with a loss to Federer and Wawrinka of Switzerland They lost
6-2 6-4
-SANIA
MIRZA and SUNITHA RAO Doubles Tennis
Lose to Top Seed Russians 6-4 6-4.
Sania Played hurt and fought hard but the
Russians were too good Aug 14th Current NEWS
India's hopes rest
with: -Leander Paes and
Mahesh Bhupathi-TENNIS Doubles duo are in Pre Quarters Aug 12th
-Jitender Kumar BOXING (51 kg( in PreQuarter and will mee Tulashboy
Doniyorev of Uzbekistan GOOD LUCK
-Akhil Kumar BOXING (54 kg) who meets 2007 world Champ Sergey Vodopynov
of Russia GOOD LUCK
SAINA NEHWAL Lost Aug 12- Watching her
live I felt many in crowd were supporting her but her opponent 12
ranked Maria Y was calm insoite of Saina leading 11-4 in the
decidediung set and pulled off a victory with last set at 21-15
The scores wer 26-28, 21-14, 21-15 for
the winner
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Let
The Olympics Begin
08-08-08 Beijing
India Contingent at Beijing Olympics 2008
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The spectacular games
every four years began today in Beijing, China 08-08-08
With the one party
system machinery in place, the games will be well run and reports
already trickling in of the tremendous cooperation of the Chinese
people at the many venues and tourist destinations. The games should no
doubt be an eye opener in many ways to all, as the media is controlled
in China both to the outside world and for those within.
All said and
done there will always be a BUT about Olympics in China with the
totalitarian type regime but conveniently capitalistic rulers ( a few)
Also
repressions against people al over China and also Tibet etc
BUT OLYMPICS are a
time to usher in New UNDERSTANDING, New HOPE COOPERATION via Godwill
and Sports.. SO
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
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COMMENTS AND PREDICTION:
ABOUT THE GAMES and COMPETITION:
Olympics was
always a lot more than mere sports and I mean in an idealistic and nice
way
To most it was
a time for athletes to compete and build relations in the midst of
turmoul even if for two weeks! Add to this the saga of human
endurance, tales of improbable feats and achievements and even
attempts...stuff which legends are made of....Thus you had the Abebe
Bikila of Ethiopia running and winning Barefoot the marathon, Young
Muhammed Ali (then Casius Clay), Boxer Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba. The
football (soccer) triumphs of Argentina, Brazil, Italy etc and the
field hockey of India (not lately), Sprinter PT Usha and Bronze
Medal Wrestler KD Jhadav from India (Yes 1952) and Silver
medalist RS Rathore and Gold medalist swimmer A Nesty from
Suriname and many many stories from the USA forever including
Carl Lewis, Mary Lou to several others…BUT a pall of deceit and
deception has surfaced not just by the Soviet Bloc countries but all
over the world with Team USA also very very culpable.
Pressures of commercialization no doubt fuel the CHEATING and DOPING so
you have disgraced athletes like Ben Johnson (Canada), Marion Jones
USA, Tony Pettigrew, Al and Calvin Harrison ( US Sprinters) and the
list goes on....makes you wonder how CLEAN is the Games anymore!
PREDICT:
-USA has maximum
medals Russia is next and China is next
-GOLDs Max
China then USA
-At least 3 TOP
Athletes will withdraw "due to injury"- an euphemism, for Drug busts
More later stay Tuned-
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CONGRATS RAJ
BHAVSAR
Member US Olympics Gymnastic Team 2008
 
Photos courtesy US Olympics
Indian-American Raj Bhavsar of
HoustonTX residing in Columbus OH came tantalizingly close at the US
Nationals and finished 4th by a mere 0.09 points
Paul Hamm who made it to the team had to withdraw following a rotator
injury and broken hand.
So Bhavsar waiting in the wings as an alternate qualifies and makes it
to Beijing Olympics
WISH
RAJ BHAVSAR and RAJU RAI THE BEST and ALL OF USA And INDIA are
with you BRING BACK THE GOLD
FOR US
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CONGRATS RAJIV
"Raju RAI
Member US Olympics Badminton Team 2008
Raju Rai
25 year old Rajiv
"Raju" Kumar Rai is the son of Nachi and Sandra Rai and has one
brother, Sanju and was raised Atlanta, Georgia.
Rai made it to the Beijing Olympics after being awarded entry as one of
the top 38 seeded players qualifying for the games in Beijing. This
makes Rai the only representative from the USA in the Men’s
badminton
singles this Olympics, although others are representing USA in doubles
events.
The lad who stands 5' 11"and 152 lbs. is a specialist in
the Men's Singles at the Beijing Olympics.
Rai attends Santiago
Canyon College (Orange, CA) where he is studying Biology and plans to
one day become an optometrist
Photos Courtesy US Olympics/
USA Gymnastics
USA Badminton
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UnforgettableTour 2008
Oakland
ORACLE Arena Sunday July 27th
Amitabh Bachchan and
Madhuri Dixit along with Abhisekh B, Aishwariya Rai -B, Ritesh
Deshmukh, Priety Zinta and Music Duo Vishal-Shekar and the Background
dancers of Shiamik Daver
The show was Madhuri and
Amitabh. DETAILS MORE Unforgettable HERE
JULY 26 Terror
Bomb Blasts rock India- Ahmedabad Toll rises over 50 after Bangalore
(Bengaluru)
-Islamic Jihadi Network Blamed and takes responsibility.
-Pakistan’s ISI
Likely behind the Blasts
India Govt.
Survives no Confidence Vote. A Win for Democracy & US-India
Nuclear Agreement
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