Indo American News Radio Houston TX

IAN UNPLUGGED 2623 060626   Featured on Sat, June 6, 2026 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

On The Road I Have Travelled, Jay & Sanchali talk with Hasmukh H. “Sam” Doshi and his wife Chandrika, each of whom have built their own successful business: him in engineering and surveying and her in cleaning model homes built by developers.

IAN UNPLUGGED 2622 053026                            Featured on Sat, May 30, 2026 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

On “Hey, Wassup?”, Jay & Sanchali talk with two well-known radio and event celebrities – Sunil & Sandhya Thakkar - who took an idea to create a cool, hip young Desi music radio format and 33 years later have created the Masala brand of media.

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4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, May 30, 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. We have 6 years of Podcasts and 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 Many of our listeners are in the prime years of their lives when some are raising families and while others are planning for their future retirement. Towards those goals,there are many aspects of financial planning as well as basics about guarding wealth and transferring onto future generations that should be paid attention to but many may be ill-prepared for it without guidance from experts. In ourmonthly segment on financing for a better future, we hear from Lalit Jallan and Prakash Chandiramani of Insurance Financial Services Group, about how to leverage your finances.  

4:50 pm The rising anger and violence among many teens and young adults has boiled over in recent years with mass shootings at schools, mosques, synagogues and churches and most often the young perpetrators commit suicide, and we never learn what provoked them. Dr. Sarah Howell has been working very closely in her practice with events leading to breakdowns but focuses on the trauma in the immigrant youth in the Gulfton area. She shares her thoughts and ideas on how to handle mental health issues.

5:20 pm Gopal Aggarwal is the founder and CEO of Tara Capital. He leads the company's corporate strategy, long-range planning, and business development functions and oversees capital improvement and value-add programs across portfolio. He has over 30 years of multi-faceted real estate experience across apartments, hotels, and retail. He is with us again today to tell us more about his current project and his plans for a new one which he will open to interested investors, as well as what to look for when making a real estate investment.

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.

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4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Kapil Sharma in for Jawahar)

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, May 23, 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. We have 6 years of Podcasts and 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 Today, TiE Houston Chapter President Somesh Singh will call in to discuss the TiE Con Texas which will focus on the Future Runs on Automation and will be held in Houston Oct 28 & 29. We then will hear from TiE Houston communications Director Ravi Brahmbhatt who talk about the TiE TYE competition to be held later this year in Seattle and be joined in by two Young Entrepreneurs Trisha Bhatnagar and Madhavan Vinod.

4:50 pm The Texas Congressional for District 18 seat ad been left vacant since Sylvester Turner died in March last year, with Gov. Abbott dragging his feet in asking for a special election. Christian Menefe won that in a runoff to the special election in March, only to have to turn around and run again in anotherelection on Tuesday, May 26 as District 18 and Al Green’s District 9 were redistricted together. Christian calls in to discuss his campaign..

5:20 pm Community activist Vijay Pallod and Dr. Madan Luthra will join in today to explain more about the Dharmain the Digital Age conference to be held at the University of Houston June 5 thru 7. The conference seeks to bring together academics, technologists, public intellectuals and Dharma researchers from around the world to seek guidance of Dharma in the current age.

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.

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(Guest host Kapil Sharma in for Jawahar) Featured on Sat, May 23, 2026 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

On “Hey, Wassup?”, Pramod, Sanchali & Kapil talk with Ashok Rao about another original in the history series, this time it’s on the “History of Silk”.

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4-6pm INTERVIEWS (Guest host Gautam Sinha in for Sanchali)

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, May 16, 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. We have 6 years of Podcasts and 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 Thousands of people get injured at work, while playing sports, in car accidents or get burnt by bad real estate deals and business ventures. Many do not know their options to seek compensation for their injuries or losses. On our monthly segment on personal litigation law we once again hear from Attorney Divjyot Singh, the Managing Partner atSHEV Law Group. Workplace related complaints are tricky to handle and sometimes may result in discrimination cases or even wrongful termination. Divjyot joins us today to explain if there are legal ways to handle these cases.

4:50 pm We had Dexter McCoy on our show in February before the primary election for Ft Bend County Judge position which resulted in a runoff on May 26 against Rachelle Carter to decide who will run in the November 3rd Mid-Term elections against Republican Daniel Wong. Today, we have Dexter with us again to talk about his campaign and the issues he believes are vital to the county’s future to keep it growing.

5:20 pm Former Houston city council woman Letitia Plummer is running against former Houston Mayor Annise Parker in the May 26 runoff election to claim the Democratic nomination for the Harris County judge’s seat. In the March 3 primary, Plummer’s won 37.3% of the vote compared to Parker’s 46.6% and Matt Salazar received 16.1%. With early voting startingon Monday May 18 thru 22, we are joined by Letitia to learn how her campaign is going.

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.

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Featured on Sat, April 11, 2026 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

Jay & Sanchali play the current affairs quiz “I Think I Know This” with Vibhav Aluru, Zen Jaffer and Sahaj Bhutada

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(Guest Host Zubin Mory in for Pramod)Featured on Sat, May 9, 2026 from 3 - 4 pm on the “IAN UNPLUGGED” segment of Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerica-News.com) on 98.7 FM:

On “Hey, Wassup?”, Jay, Sanchali & Zubin discuss plans for promoting Jadavpur University in Kolkata with alumni Dr. Ranjit Chakravorti & Dr. Deblina Sengupta.

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4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, May 9, 2026 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 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. We have 6 years of Podcasts and 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 Former Houston Mayor Annise Parker and former city council member Letitia Plummer will be in the May 26 runoff election to claim the Democratic nomination for the Harris County judge’s seat. In the March 3 primary, Parker received 46.6% of the vote, compared to Plummer’s 37.3%. and Matt Salazar received 16.1%. With early voting starting on May 18 thru 22, we are joined again with Annise to learn how the campaign is going.

4:50 pm Foreign travel can sometimes be hazardous, especially for seniors who go globe-trotting in their Golden Years. In the news right now is the cruise ship where the hantavirus has infected many passengers. Tragedy can also occur all of a sudden on any overseas trip when you are the most vulnerable. To learn how you should prepare for the unexpected and even handle a death overseas, we turn to much experienced travel agent Deepi Mehta.

5:20 pm Immigrations cases have been thrown into a chaos with changing rules of enforcement and thousands of immigrants have been rounded up and detained in rapidly deployed detention facilities.  What should you do to avoid being harassed or even arrested and what are your options? We turn to our regular immigration attorney George Willy foranswers about these issues.

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.

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4-6pm INTERVIEWS

Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, May 2, 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. We have 7 years of Podcasts and 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 We are delighted to present a monthly series from the office of Harris County Precinct 4 Commissioner Lesley Briones to highlight the work that is going on in the Precinct. We begin with an interview with Dr. Rey Guera, the Chief Infrastructure Officer who oversees the Planning & Community Development, Engineering & Construction, and Roadway Operations & Maintenance departments. He willhighlight some of the challenges and how to prioritize the resources.

4:50 pm Hindu Vivah is a nine-year old non-profit focused on helping Hindu singles find their mate through in-person and Zoom events held in many cities across the country. After a space of two years, it is once again holding an in-person event on Saturday, May 9 at the Radha Krishna Temple on Beechnut near Kirkwood. Here to tell us more about how Hindu Vivah operates are co-founder Sashikant Kejriwal and volunteer Radhika Desai.

5:20 pm Many of our listeners are in the prime years of their lives when they are raising families and planning for their future retirement. Towards those goals, there are many aspects of financial planning as well as basics about guarding their wealth and transferring onto future generations that they should pay attention to but may be ill-prepared for without guidance from experts. Starting today, we will have a monthly segment of this with Lalit Jallan of Insurance Financial Services Group and his associates, to talk about these topics.   

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.