IANR 2340 100723 Hare Rama Foundation President Ramesh Jaipal; Hindu Heritage Youth Camp Dir. Bharat Pallod; Texas Senate Dist 15 Candidate Karthik Soora

IANR 2340 100723 Line Up   4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Sridhar Kotha in for Sanchali Basu) Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, October 7, 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 7,700 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 Poverty and servitude are decades old issues plaguing the Hindu minority in Pakistan that Ramesh Jaipal has been fighting against. He is now a world renowned human rights activist and champion for Pakistan's downtrodden minorities. Jaipal founded the Hare Rama Foundation, a Pakistani Hindu NGO, in 2006 and is its President. He’ll be speaking in Houston tomorrow, Sunday, October 8 at India House at an event hosted by the Hindu American Foundation. He joins us today to tell us if things re improving for minorities in Pakistan.   5:00 pm Though born and raised in Houston, Bharat Pallod and his two siblings have been immersed in Hindu culture thanks to the deep involvement of his parents, Vijay and Sushma Pallod who are stalwarts of the community. Since he was a young child, Bharat has been involved with the Hindu Heritage Youth Camp as a camper counselor and director. This year is extra special as plans have been finalized for a permanent campsite near Columbus. Bharat calls in to discuss this new development.   5:20 pm This election cycle has taken on an exciting turn with a young Indian American – Karthik Soora - throwing in his hat to run for the Texas Senate District 15 which runs around a large portion of Harris County and has a population of nearly 1 million. The seat is currently held by John Whitmire who has decided to run for Mayor for the City of Houston. Karthik calls us after a day of block walking to tell us what prompted him to run.     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 indoamericannews.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.