IANR 2117 042421 Houston Chronicle Columnist Erica Grieder; Engineer, Author, TEDx Speaker Debjani Biswas; Mayor's Houston Iftar Organizer Mohammed Sheikh; Hindus Of Gtr Houston Spokesman Ramesh Shah

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, April 24, 2021 from 4 to 6pm on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com) on 98.7 FM and available also on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com) You can also hear the Podcast of the recorded show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts 4:20 pm After Texas’ 10-year foot dragging over the $45.3 Bn is Federal aid to expand Medicaid in the state, the Biden Adminstration has rescinded the extension to file. Houston Chronicle columnist Erica Grieder explains what this means to the state. 4:40 pm We get a chance to talk to Debjani Biswas, an internationally bestselling author, change agent and two time TEDx speaker. She is a female engineer, a trusted advisor of CEOs and a former Fortune 50 executive. 5:00 pm The Mayor’s Iftar Dinner has become a tradition over the past 20 years and Mohammed Sheik has been at the helm organizing the food distribution. He explains how challenging but rewarding it has been during the two years of COVID. 5:20 pm As a last minute change we had to delay Master Gardener Suma Mudan to next week so that we could bring you the breaking news of the fundraising efforts led by the Hindus of Greater Houston to buy critical medical supplies, including, foremost oxygen concentrators to send to India to help with the response to the COVID surge. Here to talk about it is Ramesh Shah, a prominent charity organizer. Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews