IANR 2336 090923 Animal Control by Cory Stottlemyer, Dpy Dir. of BARC; Animal Lone-Crusader Ramesh Anand; Wild Tunes by Yuvaanh Agarwal; Jaipur Literature Festival by Journalist-Writer Anjan Sundaram

IANR 2336 090923 Line Up 4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Sridhar Kotha in for Pramod Kulkarni) Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, September 9, 2023 from 4 to 6pm  CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com)   By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-american-news-radio-houston-tx/id1512586620) Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 4 years of Podcasts and have had over 7,500 hits. SUPPORT THE SHOW!! TO RECEIVE NEW PODCASTS, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR SPOTIFY AND GIVE US A 5 STAR RATING. THAT WILL GET US HIGHER AD CLICKS!! 4:20 pm Animal protection and control and making sure there are facilities for their care, like the BARC parks, as well as encouraging pet adoptions is a big task in a city as large as Houston. Taking care of strays, promoting neutering drives and getting donations for those pets which are sheltered amounts to a huge effort by the Houston Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. We will talk with Cory Stottlemyer, who is a Deputy Shelter Director at the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care (BARC) Houston Animal Shelter and Adoption Center and Director of Communications for Administration and Regulatory Affairs. He explains the magnitude of animal control in the Bayou City. 4:50 pm We turn to an animal lover who single-handedly has taken in stray dogs, often nurturing them to health, and placing them in caring homes. Ramesh Anand has become known among Desis for his dedication to caring for strays and the non-profit that he created for this effort. He has been on our show before and we’re delighted that he is joining us again to tell us of his ongoing lone-man efforts in Sugar Land.   5:10 pm You are never too young to love and care for animals and Yuvaanh Agarwal, a fifth grader in Houston, exemplifies that with his advocacy and music therapy for animals. Each week, Yuvi goes to local shelters in Houston – Houston Pets Alive! and Citizens for Animal Protection - to play the keyboard for the animals in their care. He recently launched Wild Tunes, music therapy for animals. He’s been featured in local and national media, including Good Morning America! and USA Today for his innovative program. He joins us with his mom Priyanka to explain how this therapy works on animals. 5:30 pm The Jaipur Literature Festival will return to Houston next weekend, September 15 through 17 at five venues across the city and will feature many writers - like Houstonian Chitra Divakaruni, Parini Shroff, Salil Tripathi, Priyamvada Natarajan and film maker Mira Nair - and panel discussions. One of those featured is journalist and writer Anjan Sundaram who is calling in from Mexico City to talk about his work as well as about the significance of the Festival. TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-6397 or at [email protected] Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 70,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 15 years. Plus, our entire 42 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.