{"id":18930,"date":"2022-09-27T04:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T04:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/?p=18930"},"modified":"2022-09-27T04:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T04:52:22","slug":"hindus-of-greater-houston-honors-75-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2022\/09\/27\/hindus-of-greater-houston-honors-75-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindus of Greater Houston Honors 75 Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HOUSTON, TEXAS, September 22, 2022 (Press Release, by Partha Krishnaswamy): On 10 September, seventy five Hindu youth were recognized and honored for their strong sense of community, fostering conversations about Indian culture, and  inspiring the next generation of leaders with their contributions. HGH (Hindus of Greater Houston) past president Partha Krishnaswamy\u2019s brainchild of awarding 75 Hindu youth this year to commemorate India\u2019s \u201cAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav\u201d \u2013 (75 years of India\u2019s Independence) won instant approval by the HGH team. After weeks of intense planning, the event came together at the newly renovated auditorium at Sri Meenakshi Temple. The evening, hosted by the temple, drew over 500 people and was packed to capacity.<br><br>Over 44 organizations participated, 75 awardees were selected and included those of Caucasian, African American, Caribbean, Nepali, and Indo American origin. The event was attended by representatives from participating organizations, donors, HGH Advisory board members, community leaders and distinguished guests. The evening was replete with insights, inspiration, and practical takeaways. HGH and Hindu Temple of The Woodlands Founding member Beth Kulkarni highlighted HGH\u2019s prominent role in \u201cencouraging and mentoring\u201d the youth to take pride in their heritage, identity, and their involvement in their organizations. Tanveer Kazi, an attendee, reflected that the evening allowed them to \u201cwitness the celebration of the youth, diversity, art, and the cuisine of India\u2019s rich culture. He also appreciated the keynote speaker\u2019s message about the application of rationale and objectivity in today&#8217;s era of misinformation. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON, TEXAS, September 22, 2022 (Press Release, by Partha Krishnaswamy): On 10 September, seventy five Hindu youth were recognized and,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18938,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18930\/revisions\/18938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}