Category Archive for: ‘Community News’
Neil Persad
Pandit Neil Dev Persad, born in the beautiful Caribbean Island of Trinidad migrated to Toronto Canada to pursue his educational aspirations in the field of Computer Science. He then migrated to Sunrise, Florida, USA in 1988 where he has built a reputation for being one …
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Shekar Reddy
Shekar Reddy was born in India and has been living in Florida for the past 30 years. He is a successful business owner with 28 years of retail experience and actively supports the local communities in which he does business. Mr. Reddy is co-founder of …
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Welcome
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the first ever Desh Videsh Media Group Community Leader Awards. Desh-Videsh began with a simple idea. We believed in a professional, inclusive magazine for Indians, Pakistanis, and Indo-Caribbeans that would offer insight into our culture and guidance …
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Dr. Piyush Agrawal
Dr. Piyush Agrawal represents a respectable combination of professional expert in education, successful business entrepreneur, community service activist and philanthropist. He has six university degrees, two dozen publications to his credit and numerous honors and awards. After serving as a classroom teacher for 40 years, …
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Prèét Sahí
Preet Sahi is well known to South Florida’s Indian community as the Anchor and Chief Correspondent for the television channel: TV Asia. Mrs. Sahi was born and raised in India before relocating to the US with her husband and daughter. She embraces many roles in …
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Manju Kalidindi
Manju Kalidindi is an immigration attorney who is deeply involved in community charities, from religious institutions to underprivileged children. Miss Kalidindi has law offices in Plantation and Davie, and has been recognized twice by the Supreme Court of Florida for exceptional pro bono service. Kalidindi’s …
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Community Spotlight: Dr. Iqbal Nazir, Homeopathic Consultant and Therapist
This month, Desh-Videsh talked with one of our own, Dr. Iqbal Nazir, a practicing homeopath. Learn more about his background and passion for his work. Please tell us a bit about your background. I was born in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, and received my primary education …
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Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation to Raised Record $5 Million for 2014 By Prakash Waghmare PR/Media Affairs Ekal Nat’l Committee
hen the Hon. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in his first maiden speech to the Indian Parliament talked about ‘issue-centric focused activities like Education to eradicate poverty,’ it was as if he was …
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Ekal Vidyalaya South Florida Chapter Hits the Million Dollar Mark
The South Florida chapter of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation has diligently worked for nearly thirteen years to raise a million dollars to help educate children in remote tribal and rural areas of India. If not for the presence of Ekal Vidyalayas, these children would …
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Retirement Community with an Indian Focus Planned for Pembroke Pines
In late March, Desh-Videsh sat down with Martin Hamburg and Radhey Singhal from MJM associates and Sanmar Realty to learn more about their planned retirement community, Lotus Manor, to be built in Pembroke Pines. Desh-Videsh: Why a retirement community for Indo-Americans? RadheySinghal: Besides the obvious …
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