April, 2023
National Merit Scholarship Corporation Announce Nirav Banerji 2023 Corporate-Sponsored Scholarship Winner
The 2023 National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of the first group of winners, with Nirav Banerji, a senior at Edward E. Clark High School, the sole winner from Nevada, to win a corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship. Besides challenging magnet school academics, Banerji participates in numerous non-academic extracurricular activities. As a senior at Clark High School, Banerji is a passionate and proud thespian who has participated in several school plays, such as Mamma Mia and Into the Heights. He is a lifelong accomplished pianist who has enjoyed competing in localRead More
Sri Sri Radha Govinda Temple’s 5th Anniversary Celebrations – 4 Days Festival
Sri Sri Radha Govinda Temple invites the community to their four-day celebrations on the 5th Grand Anniversary, beginning on Thursday, May 4th, and ending on Sunday, May 7th, at the temple grounds. There will be multiple activities for all ages, from Indian classical dance and Bharatnatyam to Children’s activities and freshly prepared Indian vegetarian food prepared by temple volunteers. Please check out the detailed program in the flyer below. FREE EVENT
Grand Opening of 32,000 Sq Ft Community Festival Grounds on 22nd Anniversary of Hindu Temple & Jain Temple of Las Vegas. Guest Author – Gopi Latpate, Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The community is cordially invited to the 22nd Anniversary celebrations on Saturday, April 29th, 5 PM-9 PM, at the Mandir’s newly constructed expansive grounds. Tickets are $20 per person, inclusive of Food, Entertainment, and more. The celebration is carnival style where we have a live music from local artists, unlimited food (chat, buffet stall, chai etc), inflatables and egg (candy) hunt for kids and Heena stall – all of this comes with a flat fee of $20 per person; unlike Dusshera mela, we are not selling any coupons. The community groundRead More
Eric Kohli, Esq., Running for the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada
Eric Kohli, an intellectual property (“IP”) attorney and litigator with over 20 years of experience, is running for the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada. Kohli works as an intellectual property attorney at the Las Vegas office of Lewis Roca, a multi-state law firm. His practice extends globally; his clients range from Fortune 100 corporations to small entrepreneurs. Kohli serves on the State Bar’s Disciplinary Board, the South Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee of Lewis Roca. Additionally, Kohli has performed pro bono servicesRead More
Hindu and Jain Temple 22nd Anniversary Celebrations. Temple Historical Background
Hindu and Jain Temple (Mandir) invites the community to their 22nd-anniversary celebrations on Saturday, April 29th, 5PM-9 PM, at the Mandir’s expansive grounds. Spiritual Awakening, if any, and socializing with old and new friends are at NO COST. However, for the first time, in Mandir’s history of anniversary celebrations, the temple management has decided to charge attendees $20 per person for food, children activities, entertainment and more. Monetary donations are highly encouraged and would be greatly appreciated. Background & Historical Perspective: In the early nineties, a few early settlers and activeRead More
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Guru Nanak Gurudwara Celebrates Vaisakhi and Indian Food Festival
Guru Nanak Gurudwara celebrated 2023 Vaisakhi with the local Sikh and non-Sikh community by hosting the community at their open grounds. The open-to-all family weekend event attracted over 300 attendees. The celebrations started with Akhand Path on Friday, which ran through Sunday morning. Each year, Sikhs worldwide celebrate an auspicious Vaisakhi – a harvest festival and the birth of Khalsa. The Sikh community’s 10th guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, chose the festival to establish the Khalsa. Ceremonial changes to the Nishan Sahib – a religious flag flying over Gurdwaras worldwide- occurred aRead More
Friends of India Youth Group – Bowling Event Makes Successful Debut
This past weekend, a youth group founded and led by Indian youths in Las Vegas had their kickoff event at the Suncoast Bowling Lanes. The Friends of India Las Vegas Youth Group was founded by a junior in high school, Opal Latpate, and she leads a board of 5 other accomplished Indian youth in our community to foster strong relationships within our Indian Youth. The FOILV Youth Group’s main objective is to bring our Indian youth together by hosting fun events, giving back to our community by doing community service,Read More
UNLV Fine Arts Senior Keanni Certeza Receives Satish Bhatnagar Award
UNLV Senior Keanni Certeza is this year’s recipient of the Satish Bhatnagar Award and an Outstanding Graduating Senior from UNLV’s acclaimed Department of Dance, College of Fine Arts. Most recently, Certeza choreographed a performance under the Department of Dance’s Spring Forward concert by the graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students. As per the Department of Dance narrative, Keanni Certeza was introduced to dance at the local KO Knudson Middle School for the Arts and continued her love of dance at Del Sol Academy. She is graduating in May 2023 with herRead More
Shiva Gummi stabbed himself after allegedly killing his Physician wife
Las Vegan Shiva Gummi allegedly stabbed his Physician wife, Gwendoline Amsrala, to death. Dr. Amsrala, a UNLV’s School of Medicine graduate, recently started her medical residency. As per the press release by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, LVMPD Dispatch received a report of a suicidal male. During the course of the investigation, LVMPD Homicide detectives identified 33-yearold Shiva Gummi as the suspect in this case. Detectives learned that Gummi stabbed his wife, Gwen Amsrala, and then himself before calling the police. Gummi was arrested and booked in absentia intoRead More
Vaisakhi Celebrations and Indian Food Festival at Guru Nanak Gurdwara – Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
Guru Nanak Gurdwara invites the community to celebrate the Vaisakhi festival on Sunday, April 23rd, 2023, beginning at 11 AM, with savory vegetarian food stalls from the local Indian restaurants. It’s a FREE event – there is no charge for delicious freshly prepared food and more… for the Las Vegas community irrespective of your background, ethnicity, and religious beliefs. No tickets required. FREE EVENT Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, City Councilwoman Nancy Brune, and Indian-American Assemblyman Reuben D’Silva will be joining to celebrate VAISAKHI with the Las VegasRead More