IANR 2513 032925 Rishi Bhutada on outrage over Bluebonnet Learning; Saeed Pathan & Parvin Saiyed on IMAGH's Eid; Riya Shah & HGH's Chetan Dave on Outrgae over Fatty's Smoke Shop

IANR 2513 032925 Line Up4-6pm INTERVIEWSHere’s the guest line-up for Sat, March 29, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app.By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 5 years of Podcasts and have had thousands of hits.TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEW UPDATES.4:20 pm When we last had Rishi Bhutada of the Hindu American Foundation on the show in January, we went over the controversial Bluebonnet Learning lessons that the state is trying to impose on school districts with the dangling carrot of additional money per student who is enrolled in it. Two weeks ago, at the Fort Bend ISD community meeting, there were heated words about implementing this curriculum, and lawyer Sumita Ghosh was ejected. There is a follow up meeting this week. We asked Rishi to point out segments from the curriculum which are inappropriate.4:50 pm This year the March has been the holy month of Ramadan coinciding again with Holi celebrations and Easter while Iftar celebrations are also being held almost daily. Eid ul Fitr will fall tomorrow on March 30 and shortly thereafter, on Saturday, April 12, the Indian Muslims Association of Greater Houston or IMAGH will hold its Eid Milan Gala at the Houston Marriott Westchase Hotel. To tell us more about it, we turn to gala coordinators Saeed Pathan and Parveen Saiyed.5:20 pm In the 60’s, the Hippie generation found peaceand love in Indian spirituality and many Hindu religious icons came into vogue. The Beatles drew in Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Jimi Hendrix notoriously painted himself into a 1967 album cover featuring Hindu gods and goddesses. Since then, other businesses have tried to use Hindu icons in marketing and caused much offense. The most recent is Freddy’s Smoke shop in College Station which uses a squatting Ganesh smoke with a cigarette in his hand. We speak with Riya Shah, a student at TAMU who noticed the shop and sent it into a WhatsApp chat group.Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews.TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-NEWS or 6397 or at [email protected] 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 90,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 17 years. Plus, our entire 44 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.