IANR 2627 070426 Second Servings by Founder Barbara Bronstein, Diwali Stamp by artist Sangita Bhutada & Photographer Bijay Dixit, Mango Festival by Dr C.B. Singh Edited

IANR 2627 070426 Line Up4-6pm INTERVIEWSHere’s the guest line-up for Sat, July 4, 2026 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We areon 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 or go to our website and click on the IANR link. Our Podcast has been rated #2 among 100 Podcasts in Houston by feedspot.com and rated in the Top 20 Apple Podcasts in 13 countries by Podstatus.com. In 6 years and with over 600 Podcasts, we have had thousands of hits.TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED OF NEWUPDATES.4:20 pm Ever wonder what happens to all that extra food left over from a huge party or Gala? Or what is leftover at restaurants each night since they cannot reuse it for the next day? Or the bakery that bakes too many loaves of bread? For many years, the food was just thrown away and left to decompose over the next 50 years in some landfill. BarbaraBronstein tackled this problem 12 years ago by founding Second Servings, a non-profit that repurposes that food. She joins us today to explain how this works. 4:50 pm The road to getting the United States Post Office to issue a stamp honoring a special person, event or holiday is an arduous and long one – minimum of 3 years - indeed fraught with many pitfalls and requirements. In the case of commemorating a religious holiday – which becomes an annual affair – the rules are even more stringent. That’s why news that the Postal Service will issue a second Diwali stamp this October – the first one was issued ten years ago on October 5, 2016 – was greeted with joy as it features a rangoli pattern crafted by Houston-area artist Sangita Bhutada and photographed by Bijay Dixit. To tell us more about this achievement, we are joined by Sangita and Bijay themselves.5:20 pm With a little bit of persuasion from our Indian Consul General DC Manjunath, Houstonians got a last-minute treat yesterday in the hurriedly put together Mango Tasting Festival at Keemat Grocers on Hillcroft. There were three varieties of mangoes – Chausa, Kesar and Langra - which about 50 shoppers and other community leaders got a chance to taste. Dr. C. B. Singh, the Deputy General Manager of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority of India traveled to five US cities withthese boxes of Indian mangoes and he joins us from New York City to tell us of future plans. 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] 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 90,000+ hits to track all current stories.And remember to visit our digital archives from over 18 years. Plus, our entire 45 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.