New Delhi, August 22, 2022: Hindus are urging all six public school districts in Fort Bend County (Texas) to close on their most popular festival Diwali; which falls on October 24 this year. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils in […]
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Hindus ask for Diwali holiday in Austin area schools of Texas
New Delhi, July 31, 2022: Hindus are urging all Austin area independent school districts; and private/independent, charter, parochial schools; in Texas; to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Besides the largest Austin Independent School District (ISD), they are also seeking Diwali holiday in seven other area ISDs (Del Valle, Eanes, Hays Consolidated, Lake Travis, […]
Hindu prayer to open Fort Worth City Council in Texas on December 1
New Delhi, October 6, 2020: Hindu prayer will open the meeting of Fort Worth City Council (Texas) on December one, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely via phone before Fort Worth City Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the […]
Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Carroll School District of Texas, starting 2021
New Delhi, September 11, 2020: Hindus want schools in Carroll Independent School District (CISD) headquartered in Southlake (Texas) to stay closed on Diwali; the most popular of their festivals; starting 2021. They are thus urging Michelle Moore and Dr. David J. Faltys, Trustees President and Superintendent respectively of CISD, to adopt Diwali as an official holiday […]
Hindus seek Diwali holiday in Texas’ Coppell School District
Hindus are urging Coppell Independent School District (CISD) in suburban Dallas, with 47.4% students Asian, to proclaim official holiday on Diwali, most popular of Hindu festivals. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada said that Diwali holiday in CISD would be a step in the positive direction in view of presence of […]
San Antonio to have the largest City-sanctioned Diwali in the USA!
Hindus are happy and are urging all Texas cities to celebrate most popular Hindu festival Diwali just like the City of San Antonio, which is producing Diwali event on November four, claimed to be the “largest City-sanctioned Diwali in the nation”. This free six-hour long event in downtown San Antonio will reportedly include releasing 2,000 […]
America gears up for an Om chanting festival!
Hindus have commended America’s seventh largest city San Antonio (Texas) for sponsoring Om Festival, a free and open to the public event on April 22, regarding which the City announcement says: “come spread your Om with us!” “Om” is the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious […]
This lawmaker moved a bill against masturbation!
Jessica Farrar’s unusual take on how she sees restrictions on women and their right to their own bodies has created a furor in the USA. Farrar is a female Democratic politician and a member of Texas House of Representatives and she has recently presented House Bill 4260 a couple of days back. #HB4260, “A Man’s […]