"Jo bhi bichde hain kab milen hain Firaq,phir bhi tu intezaar kar..Shayad"

But when death does us part, we know it is forever...and then to pick ourselves up and move on needs tremendous courage...and Vijay Dixit is one such name, who has turned a very tragic incident into a source of hope for others...voicing and sharing his experience of loosing his daughter,Shreya, in a road accident for no mistake of hers..

It just happened in a fraction of a second,like all accidents do..and then there is no looking back...So , Vijay Dixit and his family has now taken upon themselves the task of educating people about safe driving through the various walks that they organise every year. On the show, he gives us details about the same. 

We are also joined by Zarin Kapur,a family member and an active volenteer of the foundation. You too can be a part of the walk,wherever you may be in the US...you can get in touch with either Zarin Kapur or Vijay Disit .Do visit http://shreyadixit.org/  and http://shreyadixit.org/contact/ . You could also post in your messages here or at our fb page https://www.facebook.com/merasangeet

Assemblyman Mr.Upendra J. Chivukula graces our show,Chat and Chai. And it was certainly wonderful speaking with him..

New Jersey General Assembly Deputy Speaker Upendra J. Chivukula, who is running for  Congress from New Jersey's Congressional District 7 supports President Obama's initiative to help young immigrants grow into productive members of society. He pledges to make far reaching immigration reform a priority when elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In November 2001, Chivukula (D-Somerset\Middlesex) was elected to the New Jersey Legislature from New Jersey's 17th Legislative District. He is Deputy Speaker, chairman of the Assembly Telecom and Utilities Committee and vice chair of the Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee. He also serves as a member of the Transportation, Public Works, and Independent Authorities Committee

Dr.Khushalani is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist in private practice. He is also board certified in addiction psychiatry. He has been in practice for the past 26 years and is a clinical asst. prof. of psychiatry at Univ.of Texas Med.School in Houston.

He has given numerous workshops on stress management, humor therapy and coping with chronic illness. He is a speaker for the Physician Health and Rehabilitation Committee of the Texas Medical Assn.

He is Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Assn. and a Fellow of the AmericanAcademyof Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

He is also the President of the Khushalani Foundation, a private non-profit foundation.

On the show, we reflect on Child and Teen behaviour, how it can be steered to producing  positive actions and results ... We also discuss on how and why children sometimes behave in the way they do...and much more..

Join us for this discussion, this coming Thursday,July 19 on our Hindi Radio Show, Chat and Chai

             No one can forget this day......when History was made....

Harbhajan Singh,Indian cricketer,A specialist bowler ,who has to his credit the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner... in conversation with us.

History was made when Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket...

On the show, we talk of his various moments of "high", of his father, of his childhood days..his passion, of Cricket and much more..

All through the conversation, you can just feel the humble side of the great cricketer,and get drawn to his simplicity as he voices his experiences of bygone days,of his mother who has been his big support after his father's death in 2000...

Meet the wonderful person Harbhajan Singh, the great Cricketer,on our Hindi Radio Show,today..

We talk with Mr.Rishi Bhutada(left) and Dr.Ramesh Rao(right)about "Bullying" and how it can be handled..Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power. It can include verbal harassment, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. The U.S. states have laws against it.

And very recently, one incident which has sparked reactions nation wide ..."Middle schoolers bully bus monitor,Karen Klein"..You too must have watched the video or news...

Dr.Ramesh Rao is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Longwood University in Virginia.He is an Executive Council Member of the Hindu American Foundation.

Mr.Rishi Bhutada is the Assistant Chief Financial Officer of Star Pipe Products in Houston, TX .He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hindu American Foundation. He holds an MBA from Rice University and a Bachelor's of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.If you face any problem on bullying,do reach out to Mr.Rishi Bhutada of the Hindu American Foundation .The website is http://www.hafsite.org/

So do tune-in for our Hindi Radio Show,this Today..

Kay Kay Menon is a wonderful Indian actor, who has to his credit a number of films..some being  Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Black Friday, Life in a... Metro, Shaurya,Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.,Sarkar Raj, Corporate and many more ...

And it comes as a surprise that he did his Bachelors (Physics) from Mumbai University and his MBA from the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Pune, graduating in 1988 with a major in marketing..and then chose to join the film industry..and Kay Kay feels that education is always essential and never goes waste...

And our fav actor ,sings superbly well...you just got to hear him...so as we catch up with  Kay Kay, he tells us about his one passion films...his life partner, his parents...

He tells us of his upcoming films too...so do tune-in to get to know your very fav actor Kay Kay on our Hindi Radio Show, Saat Samundar Paar,today...

                Anurag Thakur is Member of Parliament from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh,India.Anurag Thakur is also the Joint Secretary of BCCI and the President of the All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Mr.Sanjay Puri is the founder, President and CEO of the Alliance for U.S. India Business (AUSIB). AUSIB is dedicated to strengthenin economic ties between the U.S. and India. Through his leadership at AUSIB, he formed a U.S. Congressional taskforce on U.S.-India investment and trade relations.
Sanjay Puri is a recognized authority on U.S.-India relations. He also serves as the Chairman of the U.S.-India Political Action Committee (USINPAC),a national,bipartisan political action committe representing over 2.5 million Indian-Americans. USINPAC works closely with members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, as well as with the administration,to ensure that the community’s concerns are addressedthough his various roles.

Mr. Puri regularly leads delegations of business and political leaders to India.Mr. Puri also has been at the forefront of working with the U.S. Congress to further the U.S.-India energy security relationship and in building strong ties between American and Indian entrepreneurs,
policymakers and scientists in the area of renewable energy.

On the show,we talk of Sanjay ji's various roles,about his voice of experience of leading delegations to India, about the economic ties between the world’s two largest democracies, about the initiatives that The US should take to push educational exchange and much more...

So do join us for this wonderful conversation,today on our Hindi Radio Show Chat and Chai...

Shailendra Singh, the very popular Indian playback singer on our show...Shailendra Singh has many hit songs to his credit...and you might have grown up listening to so many of them...

So we take a journey down the lane with Shailendra Singh ji ...and he fondly recounts days when he recorded with other legendary singers Rafi Sahaab, Lata Mangeshkar ji, Asha Bhonsle,Kishore Kumar...

And it was sheer pleasure to talk with Shailendra Singh ji...a wonderful singer and person, his voice sounded as fresh as ever...yes, he did sing one of my very fav nos...

So do tune-in for this wonderful conversation with the wonderful singer and person, Shailendra Singh, today on our Hindi Radio Show, Saat Samundar Paar...