IANR 2532 080925 Diwali for Houstonians by Ritu Patel & Dhea Patel, Janamashtami by Yajat Bhargav, Citizenship by Siddarth Osorkar, History of Spices by Ashok Rao

IANR 2532 080925 Line Up.4-6pm INTERVIEWSHere’s the guest line-up for Sat, August 9, 2025 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio, a production of Indo American News (www.IndoAmerican-News.com). Weare 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 6 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 Diwali is still three months away but preparations have already started and programs and numerous events will quickly fill up the calendar. Two second generation Indian women, born and raised in Houston, have sought tobring many elements of Diwali into one event for the whole Houston community. To tell us about this we are joined in the studio by Ritu Patel and Dhea Patel.4:40 pm Janamashtami is just around the corner and will becelebrated next weekend at many temples around the Metroplex, with a big celebration at the ISKCON complex on Ella Blvd. organized in collaboration with the Hindus of Greater Houston. We are joined today with Yajat Bhargav, asenior undergraduate student at the University of Houston, and a youth outreach organizer of HGH, to tell us more about the planned events.5:00 pm Becoming a naturalized citizen of the US is adaunting task with all the paperwork and civics test to prepare for. But it is also an emotional rollercoaster for most, especially when they take the oath. We asked Siddarth Osorkar, who just recently became a citizen last month, to share why he decided to change his citizenship, his feelings of the experience and the challenges he faced. He joins us from his home in Frisco, just north of Dallas.5:20 pm We all can think of many inventions and discoveries that have changed our world, from the wheel to the cell phone. We turned to Ashok Rao, a serial entrepreneur and restauranteur to research out six compelling epochs in time that have affected the way we live. So far, in the History Talks series, he has related the history of the Tulip Bubble, Ethylene, Windmill Power, Gold and Coffee. He is back again today with the sixth episode of the fascinating History Talks series, a topic that will invigorate you – The History of Spices.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.