Welcome note from the Presidentby Rachna Kumar

March 4th, 2015

Dear MIBIHAR family and friends,Namaste!

Spring is finally here in Michigan! There is something optimistic about this time of the year. With gentlewarm breeze, clear skies, longer days and blooming flowers, dont we feel energized in our mind, body andhearts. There is an excitement for wonderful things that lay ahead for all of us.

MIBIHAR Vasantotsav 2015, the inaugural event of the year is just at that right time, bringing to you allthose right feelings! With this signature event our team has tried to capture and present to you the joy ofthis time of the season! Wishing you all happy Basant and a very colorful Holi! May the beautiful colors ofHoli brighten your lives and of the people around you. We are very thankful that you chose to celebrate thisjoyous occasion with us.

Our goal is to keep the Indian community and beyond together through the medium of art, culture andtraditions. MIBIHAR is a kid centric group where each childs individuality is encouraged and celebrated. Wetry to keep the kids connected to their roots in a relaxed social setting, boosting their self confidence andself esteem. Through the year we stay involved in various volunteering events, so the children can learn thevalue of giving back to the community. Events like today give them a platform to showcase their talent andinstill a sense of accomplishment.

Our team has worked hard to make sure you have a great time tonight! We have tried to bring to you agreat entertainment program, nice ambience, delicious food and a lively company of friends and family. Wesincerely hope that you all leave today with a great experience and come back again to our next event insummer. We thank all the guests, participants, choreographers, coordinators, parents, friends, family andsponsors of MIBIHAR for making Vasantotsav 2015 possible. Thank you for your continued support!

Honorary guests at Dussehra- Diwali Dhoom -2014

Rachna was born in Patna and brought up in New Delhi in India. She has a Master of Arts and JournalismDegree from the University of Delhi. She is married to Saurabh Kumar and has two lovely kids Riya andSanchit. The family stays in Troy, Michigan.Rachna is a Financial Professional and an active volunteer for several community service and culturalorganizations. She has been a radio host in her early career.Rachna has been with MiBihar ever since its inception in 2011. For past two years, she has been leadingthe organization as its president.

Welcome note from the Presidentby Rachna Kumar

Please do continue to stay connected through our website www.mibihar.com.

Feel free to join our Facebook pages and groups by the same name. We would keep you updated on all ourfuture events through them.

Do join us for our upcoming events as listed below: Community Service - Cook/Serve Prasad at Bharatiya Hindu Temple, Troy, Sun, June 14th, 2015 Annual Picnic 2015 at Stoney Creek Metro Park, Shelby Twp on Sat, July 11th, 2015 Dussehra Diwali Dhoom 2015 at Costick Center, Farmington Hills on Sat, October 31st, 2015

A Jharkhand Folk Dance performance at Diwali Dhoom-2014

Guest at Not-for-Profit Akhil Autism Foundation booth sponsored by Michigan-Bihar

Last but not the least, I would like to acknowledge how blessed I was to havea dynamic team in the form of MIBIHAR committee. Each member givestheir best, so our organization can reach new height! As I conclude my termas the MIBIHAR President this year I would like to acknowledge that it wasmy honor and privilege to work with each one of you. Together we wereable to establish our unique identity from the land of our origin Bihar &Jharkhand!

With Best Wishes,Rachna Kumar

The festival of holi is very close to my heart, so is Vihara. Ifeel extremely proud to present to you Vihara-Vasantotsav-2015.

Vihara is not just a event brochure but a place wherethoughts of hundreds of our readers come together. Likeevery edition, we invited entries and once again gotoverwhelmed with responses in several categories.

In this edition of Vihara, we have put strong emphasis onthe kids section, encouraging them to explore the Indianculture and learn about it through incentive of space inVihara.

In the Vihara-Diwali edition-2014, we had started topromote non-profit organizations at no cost to them.Through this edition of Vihara, we are sponsoring onemore organization -Accesslife which is based out ofMumbai, India. The organizations which we supported inthe past edition, have reported good success in reachingout to individuals through us. We are proud to havecontributed back to the society through their promotionand will continue to do so in future.

Vihara-Vasantotsav-2015 is publishing entries from over25 individuals and our esteemed sponsors. An effort ofthis magnitude cannot succeed without the support andmotivation of peers. I would like to thank all members ofMiBihar committee for their continued support. I wouldlike to extend special thanks to Mrs. Swati Sinha forjoining me in the editorial team. We hope to continue toreceive the love & criticism from our authors. Throughthis, we will continue to strive towards an even betterVihara next time.

Until then, Enjoy!

-Amit Ranjan

Disclaimer: MiBihar does not own any content presented in Vihara. Anyconcerns for the presented material, must be addresses to the respectiveauthor.

A brief introduction to myself:

I was born and brought up at Ranchi, Bihar in India. I am an alumnus of BITMesra Ranchi, India & University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. I work forCummins Inc. & live at Columbus, Indiana. My immediate family consists of myparents and two sisters located at Ranchi, Mumbai-India & Kassel-Germany.

I enjoy photography, driving, doing hands-on work on machines & cooking.

I have been with MiBihar since its inception in 2011, beginning as the eventphotographer, then as the chief editor and currently serving as the Vice-President.

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(When is holi? When is it?)

- With inputs from Amitabh Verma

If you have known Holi or if you have watched Bollywood,chances are that you have heard of this famous dialoguefrom the Hindi movie Sholay- the movie which remained inIndian Cinema theaters for five years beginning August1975. In year 2005, the movie was crowned Best Film of50 Years at Filmfare Awards. The love for this film hassignificantly influenced the Hindi Colloquial; influenced toan extent that it is now almost customary to enquire forholi festival this particular way. It brings in the kick of thedrama which is inherent with this festival.

Celebrating Holi the traditional way involves a great deal ofreal life drama. Just like a movie, there are plots, there aresongs, there are emotions, there is romance and thenthere is a happy ending. The plots are about coloringothers while staying white yourself. If you are creating aplot, you are generally the villain who along with someconfederates, would conspire to drench the unsuspectingcommon man. You would do this, because of the thrill youget out of this. You may be hiding and doing gorilla attackson passers with buckets of colored water, color filledballoons and pichkaris (large squirt guns, which shoot outcolored liquid for a long distance attack). You may begathering your mob, attacking, over powering theinnocents and then coloring them in red, yellow, green,purple etc. You may even be cunning enough to hidecolors, give an unsuspecting someone a big loving hug andthen coloring them when they are in your folds

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You would continue to conspire until the hero(s) or heroine(s) out of the common-man crowd have hadenough of you. The heroes and heroines would now create their own plots and fight out the evil villain(s) withmore colors.

While doing so; the heroes, the heroines and the villains may be dancing to the latest Bollywood numbers likeBalam, Pichkari jo tune mujhe mari, to seedhee sadi chori sharabi ho gayee, meaning My beloved, yourattack with the color filled squirt gun turned me intoxicated (humor intended). When you come back homeafter the day long color fights, your mom would ask: Beta, Khel aaye holi?, aa ab kuch kha le, meaning Dear,did you have enough of colors?, come, have some food now. This would be the time when the food fest willstart a selection of delicious holi special dishes, like maalpua, kofta and dahivada.

After the food fiesta, you may get back to the streets fighting another color fight, may be trying to catch an eyeon your neighborhood crush or may simply be spending quality time with your friends and family. In theevening, you would clean up, wear your pretty clothes and then go around your neighborhood with dry colors inhand. To the elders, you would put dry colors at their feet signifying respect. To your friends & Youngers youwould color their faces with dry colors; remember where there is color there can always be a plot. You would goaround tasting delicious dishes at each household in the neighborhood. After the long tiring day, you wouldcome home and get a comforting sleep; knowing that the neighbor with whom you got into an argument lastyear is now back to being friends with you because you played holi with each other.

The festival of holi may be unique to India, but the spirit of holi is widespread across several cultures. Inspiredby a similar festival Tomatina in another Bollywood success Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, the editorial team ofMiBihar, did some web research to find those corners of the world which celebrate similar festivals of gettingdirty (literally). We present to you a conglomeration of such festivals (we duly acknowledge the sources ofinformation: http://www.scoopwhoop.com; http://www.complex.com; http://www.livescience.com;http://en.wikipedia.org; https://www.fest300.com/; http://www.timeout.com/;http://www.latomatinatours.com/):

'The Tomato Battle' or 'La Tomatina' in SpainLa Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near toValencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this 'World'sBiggest Food Fight' where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.Prior to 2013 anywhere from 40,000 to 50,000 (reported to be 50,000 in 2012) people crammed into this hugetomato fight, greatly expanding Bunol's normal 9,000 person population. Since 2013 official ticketing has beenin place limiting the number of participants to just 20,000 lucky people.At around 11am many trucks haul a bounty of tomatoes into the centre of the town, Plaza del Pueblo. Technicallythe festival does not begin until one brave soul has climbed to the top of a two-story high, greased-up woodenpole and reached the coveted ham at the top. In practice this process takes a long time and the festival startsdespite no one reaching the meaty prize. The signal for the beginning of the fight is firing of water cannons, andthe chaos begins. Once it begins, the battle is generally every man for himself.Participants throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for fun. The tomatoes must be crushedbefore being thrown so as to reduce the risk of injury. The estimated number of tomatoes used is around150,000 or over 40 metric tons. After exactly one hour the fight ends with the firing of the second shot,announcing the end. The whole town square is colored red and rivers of tomato juice flow freely. Fire truckshose down the streets and participants use hoses that locals provide to remove the tomato paste from theirbodies. After the cleaning, the village cobblestone streets are pristine due to the acidity of the tomatodisinfecting and thoroughly cleaning the surfaces.

La-Tomatino Festival

The Orange Battle

The Orange Battle in ItalyThe Battle of the Oranges is a festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea (near Turin), which includes atradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups. The spirit of Carnival lives through the re-enactment of the citys liberation from tyranny dating back to medieval times. A baron who starved the citywas driven away thanks to a millers daughter who rebelled and roused the people to revolt.Today, this struggle between the classes is represented by the lords followers in carts wearing jestersoutfits, and commoners on their feet in sporting uniforms. The millers daughter, Violetta, is representedby a woman dressed in white and a crimson-red headdress, who throws yellow flowers and candies to heradmirers. The horse-drawn carts and their despised armored occupants represent the emperors menandthey get a serious pelting.While La Tomatina is free for all, Orange Battle is highly structured. Its free and fun to watch for nearly100,000 spectators, but for the nine competitive teams of almost 4,000, its serious business. They throworanges at each other with considerable violence during the traditional carnival days: Sunday, Mondayand Tuesday during the month of February. Wearing a red hat or head wrap is to designate a spectator andis supposed to leave you exempt from a direct hit, but being anywhere on the ground in the towns squareleaves one open to being pelted.

Chinchilla Watermelon Festival in AustraliaChinchilla Melon Festival is held every 2 years in chinchilla a town in Queensland, Australia. Chinchillaproduces 25% of Australias melons. The first Chinchilla Melon Festival was held in 1994 by localproducers and businessmen, to lift the towns spirits after the severe drought experienced in the early1990s. The Festival features extremely interactive and unique events, such as Melon Skiing, Melon Bungee,Melon Bullseye, Melon Ironman, Melon Chariot, a pip spitting competition, Melon Head Smashing -cracking open as many watermelons as possible using only the head and melon eating races.

Songkran Water festival in ThailandThe Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. It isalso known as Thailand Water Festival. It is the largest celebration in Thailand, and arguably the largestwater fight in the world. It is about cleaning, purification, and fresh starts. Houses are cleaned, Buddhastatues are gently washed with scented water, and elders are honored by pouring water respectfully overtheir hands. Although the origins of Songkran are far more religious, splashing complete strangers withwater has become the main attraction of the festival. Dousing or sprinkling people with water signifies thewashing away of bad thoughts and actions, and brings them good luck in the newyear.

Haro Wine Festival, SpainEvery year on June 29th, the small town of Haro in northern Spain hosts a grape bash and splash tocelebrate its numerous wineries attended by thousands of purple partying tourists and wine soaked localsalike. From bullfighting to wine-tasting to shirt soaking, theres a mood and temperament for everyone atHaro. This festival traces back to a 13th century border dispute between Haro and its neighbours inMiranda de Ebro. The king stepped in and ordered Haro to mark its border with crimson banners everySaint Peters Day and the first Sunday of each September. The observation of Saint Peter's Day broke downin celebration some 400 years later, in a joyous wine sharing turned into a purple shower. This happycelebration really caught on during the last century and was officially dubbed the Battle of Wine in 1965.At 7 AM, sharp, the mayor leads a procession on horseback, followed by a crowd comprised of all (legal)ages, led through the town and up to the Bilibio cliffs. Much like the Running of the Bulls or La Tomatinathe dress is all white with a red scarf. The colorful transformation does not take long. The weapon is atraditional bota bag which is a traditional Spanish leather wine satchel, lined with a goat's bladder. Thepower of the bota is its ability to be squeezed to jettison streams of red wine as far as one can shoot it.There may also be squirt guns, spray misters, and wine-filled balloons. The white clothing transforms intoa purple that resembles ones lips.The battle ends around noon, when the crowds are totally drenched, exhausted, and intoxicated. Everyyear, approximately 50,000 liters of Riojan wine bite the bota bag. Survivors drag their purple pants backto the Plaza de la Paz (the Square of Peace) for a not so peaceful offering Bull Fight.

The bullfights take place in the towns local ring, leaving the youth to demonstrate their agility and bravery amongst the local heifers. Locals want to make sure they arent cow-ardly and go mano-a-mano in the ring with the heifers. Its not a fight to the death, but to mostly laugh at the youth filled with liquid courage getting trampled by the smaller vaquillas. As the evening turns into night, large bonfires go up and the rest of the day is spent eating and drinking in typical Spanish fashion.

Boryeong Mud Festival in South KoreaBoryeong Mud means many things to many people. This filthy festival involves wrestling, sliding, massages, and photo contests. Getting dirty here is fun. The idea for the festival began in 1998 as a promotion for the mineral-rich mud found near Boryeong. When the manufacturers of Boryeong Mud products determined the beneficial effects of their local mud, they invited visitors to slather themselves in the stuff. The event took on a life of its own quickly, attracting thousands of visitors to this otherwise sleepy town annually for the beach, the warm weather, and, the mud.Fueled by word of mouth, good times and exceptional photographs of mud people, the festival has become an international phenomenon. Families picnic under beach umbrellas, toddlers splash in the kid-friendly area, and the under-30 crowd are the front-and-center partiers inside an inflatable mud wonderland. Festival-goers have their pick of competitive activities like the Mr. Mud contest, mud wrestling, mud races and even a mud boot camp. Those looking for a more laid back experience can opt for mud facials, body painting, pottery demos, soap-making and lounging on Daecheon Beach. Pop and hip-hop performers from around the world affirm its status as an international event, providing an eclectic soundtrack to the wet and wild madness.

While different festivals may be unique to themselves, there is one common element across them the idea of being humans. Whether we are using colors, mud, fruits, vegetables or wine, we are painting each other beyond recognition as individuals making us all equals, trying to forget the differences and giving a new start in the spirit of being friends and bringing out our inner child once again. As Jae-Sang Lee, Director of Korea Tourism Organization, says about mud-festival, The most distinctive point of the Festival is to create a united place where people from all over the world come together, meet and interact with strangers and are able to break down walls of age, nationality, race and have fun together and leave with memories and new friends. All are one under the mud. The editorial board of MiBihar continues further to Holi kab hai, kab hai Holi: Holi is the spirit of celebrating conviviality. Celebrate it with the name Holi, La-Tomatina or as the mud-festival, any name we choose, we choose being friends and being humans and that can be celebrated at any time of the year, in any corner of the world, in any form we can enjoy.

Mud Festival in South Korea

India League of America Michigan

( ILA Michigan)

ILA Board Members:

Ramesh Gudapuri (Chariman) Dr. Yash Lakra (President) Srinivas Kompella (Vice President) George Vanillam (Secretary)

Gaurav Chalana (Treasurer) Jithendrabhai Patel (Member at Large) Dr. Haranath Policherla (Past President) Rachna Kumar Ashwini

Dole Viji Sridhar Rashmi Upadhyaya Sholy Nair Amar Bhasin Pankaj Mahajan Jogeswara Rao Peddiboyina Radha Krishnan

Dr. Ananda Prasad

India League of America (ILA) is a non-profit, secular organization formed in 1978. ILA was formed with a

mission to champion the interests of Indian American community in Michigan and to celebrate and expose

the Indian traditions and culture to foster a better understanding of US and India, and to integrate Asian

Indian American community with the general community. India is a very diverse country with many languages

and cultures. ILA has been instrumental in bringing the Michigan Asian Indian American community

organizations together by organizing various cultural and social events.

Our Goals Promote the political, social & economic interests of Indian community in Michigan Improve awareness and understanding of Indian cultureFocus on the needs of the Indian community, covering all demographicsEngage all the Indian community organizations to obtain consensus for issues affecting communityInteract with political, social and economic leaders for the betterment of Indian communityServe as a conduit for dialogue and information exchangeAlign with other organizations to arrange seminars relevant to the Indian communityHost economic and government delegations promoting business and commerce

Upcoming Event: INDIA DAY 2015 on Aug 15, 2015 at Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi, MI

For more information, please visit our website http://www.ILAMichigan.org

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Keeping our Environment CleanBy Ishani Modi

Keeping our environment clean is very important. If we dont keep itsafe then we wont be able to live on Earth for long and not be inhealthy shape. Here is just a few ways to keep the Earth clean. Oneway is to pick up trash when you see it outside on the ground. Pick uplitter like paper/plastic bags and throw them in trash so it can bedisposed properly. Especially plastic bag if you dont then it couldfind its way to sea. This is very bad as some water animals eat thosethinking jellyfish and may die. Turtles are one of these animals, andthis is why turtles are in endangered species list. This would create inbalance in eco system and lifecycle. Dont litter this is an example ofkeeping the Earth clean. Also recycle or reuse objects instead ofthrowing them away. This will put less trash on Earth, and less trashmeans a healthier environment. This also helps using less naturalresource. Some of the items can be reused to make arts and crafts.One example of making an art work is a butterfly out of an emptymilk carton. So, to sum it all up, keeping the Earth clean makes it abetter place to live in healthy way. God gives us a place to live and weshould respect it. We should all be protectors of the Earth. This willmake the Earth cleaner for you and future generations.

I am Ishani Modi and I am 9 years old. I am in 3rd grade and go to Brookfield Academy. I really like figure skating anddance, and my favorite subject in school is writing. I also like traveling places and drawing and painting.

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Symphony of Lives by Abhishek Jha

Abhishek is a Life member of Michigan-Bihar. He is a writer of short stories. His stories are derived from the lives of people so poignant, so touching the author believes a story can be told on every day of it. There are no lessons offered, only a look at the vagaries of life and how people deal with them.

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Sweating in the blazing sun, under the watch of the Goddess, a lowly Dhak player will fight for his dignity until the bitter end.A patriarch and his rickety car will get their comeuppance when the stakes for success are high. A handsome man is still a bachelor, and only the costliest scotch will make him blurt out why.Can the quest for holy cow dung turn animals into divine beings, and men into animals? The question will be settled soon.

Stories of people real, earthy and Indian; any of these could have happened to any of us, but would the end have been thesame for all of us? We do not know. What we know is if we were in the story, we would have loved every moment of it.

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6:30 PM CULTURAL PROGRAM

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CULTURAL PROGRAM

Cultural Coordinator: Vinita Keshri

Master of Ceremony: Ashwini Dole, Amit Ranjan & Neelam kanodia

1.NATIONAL ANTHEM

National Anthem (USA)

National Anthem (India)

2. Program inauguration lighting of Diya

3. Dance : Rydhun

Choreographer - Radhika Acharya of Nupur academy of dance

Participants - Akshaya Suvarna, Sanjana Sharma, Michelle Leon,

Harini Sangeetham, Kavya Varadarajan.

4. Dance : Hey Krishna

Choreographer Sangita Shastri

Participants - Mehar Mayavanshi, Ansh Ghorpade, Manjari,

Rachna Rao

5. Dance : Rangeeli

Choreographer Choreographer- Vinita Keshri

Participants : Ayushi Gupta, Kanush Singh, Ishani Modi, Pranavi Kumar,

Stuti Sinha

6. SONG PRESENTATION - -SRI SAI SANGEET ACADEMY

By the stu dents of Namrata Jha

Participants- Arpit Bharadwaj, Akriti Bharadwaj, Sanvi sharma,

Aditi Sharma, Anjali Sharma, Shreya Kulkarni, Urvi Patil,

Samridhi Deshmukh, Rushika Varikuti, Vandita Sharma, Adwika

Rao, Aditi Sharma

7. BHOJPURI SANGEET

Singer - Namrata Jha

Tabla accompany -Varun Kathawate

8. dance: Bollywood Party

Choreographer: Pallavi Mayank of Dancing Stars Studio

Participants- Anaga Bhargav, Nymisha Kondur, Tanvi Chava,

Ashi Shekhavat, Shreya Patil

9. dance: Mara gal pe Gulaal

Choreographer snagita shastri

Participants - Rishi Rao, Praneii Ghorepade, Krishna Shastri,

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10. dance: Bollywood Medley

Choreographer- Pallavi Mayank of Dancing Star Studio Canton

Participants- Bhuvi Mayank, Prachi Mahapatra, Gayathri Chava,

Anaga Bhargav, Shreya Patil, Tanvi Chava

11. dance: lovely by friends

Participants- Parnika Kumar, Nandita Gupta, Samriddhi Sharma

and Rujula

12. Bollywood song

Singer - Madhupriya

13.dance: manwa lage

Choreographer- Manisha Dongre

Participants- Pranavi Kumar, Stuti Sinha, Somya Sakalle, Ishani

Modi, Sarbani Sangupta, Megha Sharma

14. Dance: Kajri

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Participants- Vinita Keshri, Rachna Sakalle, Yukta Kodwani,

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10 types of flu we should know about

Dr. Niru Prasad MD

With all the fearsome emerging flu viruses of different kinds it's easy to make yourself sick just thinking aboutthem. And it's true: Influenza is a highly contagious, rapidly transforming pathogen that keeps doctors andpharmaceutical companies guessing every year regarding vaccines. There are other types of below mentionedviruses that affect individuals of all ages. Here's all you need to know about viruses.

Seasonal fluAlthough regular old influenza may not seem as frightening as some of its more exotic siblings, the fluhospitalizes about 200,000 Americans a year and kills anywhere from 3,000 to 49,000 annually in the U.S.Thanks to scientists who can predict fairly accurately which strains will be more common in the U.S. each year.For most healthy adults, seasonal flu lasts about a week and usually goes away on its own. It tends to be moredebilitating than the common cold, with symptoms like headaches and muscle aches, fever, cough, sore throatand a runny nose. Young children, pregnant women and adults 65 and up plus those with an immunecompromised respiratory system are most vulnerable to complications.

Dr. Niru Prasad got her medical degree in Bihar, India. She is certified in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine. She has authored a book called How to Keep Your Child Safe and Healthy. This book has been distributed to the developing countries through Orphan Medical Network International (OMNI). With the proceeds of the book, Dr. Prasad started a charity fund for blind orphans at her hometown Patna. Niru is married to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bala Prasad. She is blessed with four children and six grandchildren.

At Dussehra Diwali Dhoom -2014, Michigan Bihar recognized Dr. Nitru Prasad for her invaluable contributions to the society

H1N1 fluThe HiN1 Formerly known as swine flu virus surfaced in 2009 and reached pandemic proportions, infectingapproximately 60 million people in the U.S. (returned every year however a vaccine has helped decrease infectionrates. Symptoms are similar to flu and HINI virus affects individuals below 65 years of age. The vaccine hasdecreased the infection rate in affected individuals.Symptoms are similar to those of other seasonal flu strains, although unlike other strains, HI NI has been shownto hit healthy adults under 65 as well the children. It has returned every year however trivalent and quadrivalentvaccines has helped decrease infection rates, and it's now considered a form of seasonal flu.

Avian fluAvian flu is strain of "bird flu" that has infected more than 650 people (and killed nearly 400) in Asia and theMiddle East since 2003.When humans contract H5Nl, they can develop fever and cough and have difficulty breathing. Up to 60% of thoseinfected have died. The virus spreads from infected birds to human in pandemic areas like china, Egypt andIndonesia.

Variant fluWhen a virus present in pigs makes its way to humans, it's considered a variant virus. In the last three years,more than 300 people in the U.S. have been infected by a new strain, H3N2v, mostly after exposure to pigs atstate fairs. A vaccine is being developed. People get infected by eating raw meats from pigs and from improperhygiene while in contact with pigs.

Ebola VirusMore than 2,400 people have died in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and the virus reached Americansoil for the first time in August, when infected healthcare workers were flown home and treated. The illnessinvolves vomiting and sometimes internal and external bleeding. Transmission is possible only through sharedbodily fluids, so unless you're traveling to affected countries, risk of exposure is low. (If visiting West Africa,check the CDC website for travel advisories.).

NorovirusThis so-called stomach flu (it's not related to influenza) causes vomiting and diarrhea and usually lasts one tothree days. You can catch it by eating contaminated food or being exposed to germs from an infected person. Itmade news after spreading on cruise ships earlier this year. Washing your hands often

MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)First reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, this respiratory illness causes fever, cough and shortness of breath andhas infected nearly 900 people, with a 30% fatality rate. Research suggests that transmission may be airborneand that camels have helped it spread. But so far, cases in the U.S. have been limited to two people who traveledabroad.

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)Outbreaks in the U.S. have killed several infants and sickened thousands of adults and kids in the past two yearswith flulike symptoms and a persistent cough. Making sure your vaccines are up-to-date can lower your risk.West Nile VirusAbout one in five people infected with this mosquito-borne virus, found throughout the U.S., will develop a fever,rash, headache or joint pain; one in 100 will get a neurological illness such as meningitis. To keep bugs at bay,wear insect repellent containing DEET, get rid of standing water in your yard and screen or close doors andwindows.

ChikungunyaThe chiungunya virus is contacted from tiger mosquito was 1st reported in the Caribbeans in 2013 and symptomsinclude fever joint pains cough etc. this articles has explained the different strains of flu viruses and the role ofvaccines to prevent them.

Dil Bole Hadippa: Bollywood Starlet in Dude Drag By Andrew Wright

When the movie Dil Bole Hadippa (the title translates to Heart Says Hooray) was playing in atheater in suburban Detroit, I invited a group of friends to see it with me. [This was in 2009; it is nowavailable on DVD.] I had a little bit of hope that someone else would see what I get from Bollywood; Ihoped the movie would help explain why I, a white guy who speaks almost no Hindi, had increasinginterest in these films.

One friend commented before the movie started, "Usually I have to go to the art institute to see aforeign film like this." I laughed a little, because I could tell she was expecting a "foreign film,"something artsy and gritty. I thought of the films that had this reputationSlumdog Millionaire,Born Into Brothels, etc. American and English films about India tend to focus on the urban chaos ofKolkata and Mumbai, but this is set in rural Panjab, with long shots of open green fields, templesrising from the landscape. It might be a very different movie than she expected.

I wondered, though, if my friend hadn't read the description I'd emailed of the plot: Veera, an Indiangirl who wants to play cricket, dresses as a boy so she can join the team. Another friend who declinedthe invitation said, "It sounds like an Amanda Bynes movie," and he was exactly right. It has all theelements you would expect from a cross-dressed sports comedy: emotional speeches about herpassion for the sport, training montages, locker-room awkward embarrasments, and of course, aclimactic match won by our plucky protagonist at the last minute. It also has the Bollywoodtrappings: songs, dances, family melodrama, and a fifteen-minute intermission.

But I've found, in my exploration of popular Hindi films, it's never quite so simple. Even the goofiestBollywood films, those that represent he most bubble-gum side of the genre, even those will havemoments where they actually say something important. They are the way that India learns aboutIndia.

The movie stars the ever-charming Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor. Mukerji plays Veera, or, whendecked out in a turban and fake beard, Veer. When she is hiding out on the cricket team, Kapoor'scharacter Rohan is the taskmaster coach. When they meet elsewhere, with Veera as Veera, they bickerwith romantic tension. Eventually, Veera makes up the lie that she's Veer's sister, which leads to somepredictable scenes where Rohan asks Veer whether she might be romantically interested. It is apredictable, silly movie; it's not an art film.

But then there are deeper reasons I find it worth watching. A religious theme runs through Dil BoleHadippa, which might be lost on audiences without knowledge of Indian culture. In the openingscenes, Veera kneels before photos of famous cricket players, and marks their foreheads with turmericpaste, the same way Hindus mark the foreheads of holy statues. When she enters the cricket ground,she touches the ground, then touches her heart, another ritual from Hindu temples. I know, someAmericans joke that in some places, football is a religion, but this, like most Bollywood, goes to anextreme.

But the real thematic depth of Dil Bole Hadippa comes in the binational character of Rohan. At thefilm's beginning, Rohan is a cricket star in England. His father, who owns an Indian team, calls himback to India to help win an important match. In an exposition-heavy early scene, they discuss thathis parents divorced because his mother couldn't handle living in India, and his father couldn'thandle England. His father is played by Anupam Kher, who is a go-to actor in Bollywood for fatherlyroles; he plays the lovable-old-dad perfectly. When Rohan mentions his mother, his father sighs."England's cold has turned Yamini's heart cold too."

Andrew is a lecturer at University ofMichigan Dearborn campus. He comesfrom Nebraska.Andrew travels to India very frequently.He has great understanding of Indianculture & systems. He can be spotted atalmost all MiBihar functions.

When their car breaks down, they hitch a ride with a passing truck, where Veera is riding in the backwith the livestock. "You from English?" she asks him, and they get into a dialogue in brokenEnglish/Hindi where he seems to think of her as a yokel, and she thinks of him as a British intruderof sorts. He tells her that Indians in England make India proud; she believes that he's not Indian atall. "This my India," she tells him, "Hey Ji, handle with care."That, for me, is where the heart of the movie lies. Whose India is it? Who does India belong to, andwho belongs to India? In recent years, Bollywood films have shifted their attention to a worldwidediaspora, brought home. In the structure of a silly little cross-dressing sports movie, the character ofIndia itself develops into a precious enigma.

While we were watching the movie, one of my friends got up and left during the second song-and-dance sequence, a lascivious upbeat number called "Bhangra Bistar" in which Veera makes her firstappearance in male drag and dances with a seductive "item girl." Later, the friend who left told me, "Ididn't like the music at all. I do like Indian music. I mean, I like Ravi Shankar and all that."

I realized that a non-Indian saying "I like some Indian music, like Ravi Shankar" is like a whiteperson saying "I like some rap music, like De La Soul and KRS-ONE." That is, Ravi Shakar doesn'trepresent what Indian music really is to Indian people. It's not meditative and mystical--at least, notall the time--and it's not fixed in time and history. Bollywood trends change all the time, and currentHindi music is upbeat, clever, and sometimes quite noisy, much like India itself. An American wholikes world music and foreign films might name-drop Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but the college kids inDelhi prefer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, the younger nephew who contributes ballads to action movies.

It's possible that six years ago, when I took my first trip to India, I was looking for an ancient land, foran exotic Shangri-La, for Ravi Shankar's India. That may be why my first trip was puzzling andunsatisfying, why I wanted to go home. I began to understand the mind of India--not an ancientplace, but the place that's here and now. The land of movies is the land that Indians dream about, thesign of their dreams and aspirations. I'd like to be part of that world, even though I know that I'meven more a foreigner than the London boy Rohan in the film. But when I immerse myself inBollywood, at least I can see a glimpse of that world, and I can pretend like it's home.

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Let The Colors Of Holi Spread The Message Of Peace And Happiness

-Parnika KumarHas anyone wondered what the significance of Holi in a Hindu life is? Tostart off, Holi is a festival of colors, and is known as Phagwa and Holaka inother parts of the world. It is an annual festival celebrated all over India,on the day after the full moon in the Hindu month of Phalguna (earlyMarch). It is a time when people celebrate the beauty of spring, and whenthey forget their daily worries, and join hands as brothers and sisters tofeel the pleasure.Holi is a festival that has been practiced since ancient times, mainly as anagricultural festival, celebrating the arrival of spring. It is a time whenman and nature come together to say bye to the gloom of winter andwelcome the vibrant colors and liveliness of the spring. The festival alsocommemorates and admires a few events from the Hindu mythology.Because of this fact, it is one of the most celebrated festivals in India. Sincemost of you are familiar with the story of Prahalad surviving in the fire, Iwould like to introduce you to two different stories, from the Hindumythology. The first one is about Radha and Krishna. Krishna wouldusually complain to his mother, Yashoda, of his dark complexion andwondered why Radha was so fair. His mom gave him a solution, ofapplying colors on Radhas face and seeing how her complexion changed!The other story was about Lord Shiva and Madana (the God of Love).Madana wanted to test Lord Shivas meditative nature. For this, heappeared in front of Shiva in the form of a beautiful nymph. Lord Shivaimmediately recognized Madana, and out of rage, shot fire out of his thirdeye, which reduced the nymph to ashes. This is sometimes called the basisof Holis bonfire.Therefore as one can see, Holi is a very important festival among Hindusand holds a special place in their life.

HAPPY HOLI!!

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Holi By Pranavi

Holi is the Indian festival of colors. It is celebrated all over India. It marks the end of evil like Holika andHiranyakashap and the beginning of good like Prahalad. It is usually celebrated during the end of February or thebeginning of March. Holika is burnt a day before Holi. In Holi we throw colored powder called Gulaal or Abeer at each

other and spray water on each other using water guns calledpichkari. In different regions, it is celebrated in different ways, inIndia. Lathmaar holi of Mathura is very famous. People sing anddance, eat sweets and enjoy with their friends during Holi. I loveeating malpua made by my mom. It is very cold in U.S.A duringHoli so we do not spray water and play only with Gulaal. Acommon saying during Holi is Bura na mano holi hai .

Diversity Day by Kashvi Mohan at her pre school on March 18, 2015

Rainbow Preschool at Troy Community center celebrated diversity day on 18th March. 3 families - Indian, Italian and Filipino - were invited to share their culture with 4-5 year old preschoolers. While adults from each ethnicity educated kids about their culture, here is a little blurb by our 4 years 10 months daughter, Kashvi Mohan!

Hello Everyone, Namaste!

My name is Kashvi Mohan, and I am 5 years old. Today we are celebrating diversity day at our school. I am here to talk about Indian culture. Lets start with language in India we speak lots of languages. I speak Hindi at home. Do you know how we count in Hindi? 1 ~ Ek2 ~ Do3 ~ Teen4 ~ Char5 ~ Paan6 ~ Cheh7 ~ Saat8 ~ Aath9 ~ Nau10 ~ Dus

Now, let me talk about festivals Holi is one of the festivalsfrom India. Holi is a festival of colors. We play with lots ofwater guns and color.

My favorite food is chicken curry with naan, andspinach with cottage cheese. Finally, let me tellyou about my dress. I am wearing an Indian dresscalled salwar suit. Thank you!

Holi-Origin and Influences-By Shikhar Verma

Holi is the festival of colors and love. Everyone colors each others faces on that day. There are many legends of how Holi originated but these are more of the prevalent ones. One story is about Hiranyakashipu and how his son Prahlad defied him and worshipped Vishnu even after Hiranyakashipu gained almost full invincibility and demanded that everyone worship him.No matter what punishment Prahladwas given he endured it and carried on his devotion. Finally his evil aunt-Holika-tricked him into sitting on a pyre with her. She had a cloak that protected her from burns while Prahlad was not.As the fire burned the cloak glid over to Prahlad and Holika burned. This the origin of the day of the Holika fire before holi.

The story of the origin of Holi is when Krishna didnt know if Radha would like him because of his skin color.His mother, tired of the desperation, asks him to approach Radha and color her face in any colour he wanted. This he does, and Radha and Krishna became a couple. The playful coloring of the face of Radha has henceforth been commemorated as Holi.

Holi has been spread all across the world including Germany, U.S.A., South Africa, Netherlands, Northern South America and Malaysia. Also Holi has influenced scenes for movies, music videos for songs and T.V. show episodes.

SAVING OUR PLANETBy Vishesh Verma

Introduction Earth is divided into 2 general types of environments one of them is Land and another is Oceans. The Oceans cover 75% of Earth and land covers about 25%. Both these Environments are in danger because of Human Activity.Lets talk about different types of land Environments.

Land Environments:ForestsForests Area around the World is being reduced to create more farm lands and space for people to live due to increase in population. This destruction of trees is Deforestation. Deforestation results in loss of not only the tree and plants but also Animals that rely on trees for their existence. Many of the Animals get killed and sold for souvenirs, food, medicine and many other are used to make accessories.

MountainsMany of our Mountains across the World are being destroyed due to Mountaintop removal mining (MTR) for removal of coal seams like in the Appalachian Mountains spread over Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky. The land is deforested before mining operations and causes severe damage to wildlife.

Polar Regions The Worlds Polar Regions are starting to melt due to the process of Global Warming which can destroy the Polar Caps which will be a result of Wildlife loss if we dont stop Global Warming. Many of the low lying islands in the Pacific and Indian Ocean like Mauritius will become completely under water.

GrasslandThere are many Grasslands around the World in danger because Grasslands are made into farms and cities which is a result of loss in wildlife.These all Land habitats around the World which we should start taking care of cause if we dont a lot of Amazing Creatures and Amazing habitats will be gone .

Oceans:Deep Sea The Deep Sea is in danger in many types of ways. 1st is that Humans dump a lot of plastic into the Oceans. It could hurt the Fishs and other Creatures who live in the Ocean are if they eat it and it might also affect the Food Chain. And our Oil rigs play a bad role. If an Oil Spill occurs then it will hurt the Ocean Creatures and make it nearly impossible for them to live.

The Coral ReefThere are many ways humans are causingdestruction to Coral Reefs around the World.Coral reefs are very beautiful but if Humanskeep destroying Coral Reefs many amazingCreatures of the Coral Reef will go Extinct. Oneof the Ways Humans are harming the CoralReef is Global Warming which causes Corals tobleach which can make the Algae Die or moveand that will make the Coral have no Color andthere will be a White Limestone Shell that willshine through the Coral and can Destroy theCoral. Another way is that they also blow upExplosives and Dynamite in the Coral Reefwhich will stun the Fish and Destroy the CoralReef and then they sell it in Restaurants andMarkets.

Conclusion:If we dont start taking care of our planet manyhabitats and amazing creatures will go extinct.But there are still many ways Humans can stillsave our Planet.We can put Endangered Animals on theEndangered Species listWe can make reserves and Sanctuary andNational Parks where our Animals will be freewe can conserve energy and water , we can alsoreduce the number of plastics we useDont introduce plants and animals in a wrongplace where they shouldnt be thus endangeringand competing with the local speciesSupport agencies or Organizations whichworking to protect the OceanDont feed Animals with Human Food , andFinally, recycle and reuse.

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Dear Bangladesh, 12 world cup

Dhoni is a very intelligent captain!!Whenever playing against other countries, he uses Hindi language for on field communications so that batsmen dont get it!!!But whenever playing against Pakistan, he switches it to English for the same reason.

Shailesh comes from Muzaffarpur, Bihar in India. He isa Mechanical Engineer by profession. He is awonderful photographer, a chef and a passionateBhojpuri speaker. Shailesh can make people laugh inno time.He is married to Shilpi Raman with twobeautiful daughters Shreya & Shikha.Shailesh has been with MiBihar since its inception in2011. He currently leads A/V photographydepartment.

What Type of Dessert Are You?By: Shikha Raman, Grade 9

1. At a party, you are

a) In the middle of the action

b) Nodding my head in the corner

c) Cleaning up

2. How do you act with someone you dislike?

a) Punch them in the face

b) Tell all of your closest friends how

horrible they are

c) Ignore them

3. Your idea of a good day?

a) It depends on what mood Im in

b) Hanging out with friends

c) Making people laugh

4. Favorite food?

a) Anything tasty

b) Pizza!

c) Whatever is available

5. You see someone better looking then you

a) There is no one better looking than I am

b) I give them a genuine compliment but

secretly hate them

c) It doesnt really matter to me

6. How would people describe you?

a) I am a classic

b) My friends pretend not to know me

c) You can take me anywhere

If you answered mostly As: You are pie! You can be sweet or sour, and served hot or cold. If someone gets on your bad side, youre not afraid to show it. People are afraid of your different flavors but some are not afraid to try!

If you answered mostly Bs: You are ice cream! Youre sweet and delicious but youve got multiple types of flavors and personalities. People love you even though youre ordinary and everyone wants to be around you!

If you answered mostly Cs: You are cake! You are just so attractive to everyone; people clamor for your glamor until they take a bite and realize what is inside is actually quite plain and bland. But dont worry! Youre still a favorite!

Life of a third graderBy: Stuti Sinha

Hello readers, I am Stuti, I am going to tell you about life of a third grader because I am in third grade. It is hard, easy and fun. Sometime, you might not get a lot of math for homework.You have fun things, and if you are in an IB school then you would have 10 times more fun!Third grade has a lot more better things like Science which has many cool stuff, so does Social studies it has cool stuff too. The fun part is when you have wait for it... recess.But sometimes there will be bullying and that is not fun. The boring part is when the teacher yells at you, boooooooooooooooooooo.....You might feel like going to kindergarten and take nap time!Being a role model is a big responsibility is a third grader. Being organized is a responsibility of a third grader. We have to show lower and higher grades that third grade is awesome and better. Finally 3rd

grade rocks....!!!!!!!Hi my name is Stuti,I am in third grade Morse Elementary. My hobbies are sports, and art. I have three other people in my family my brother Satyam Sinha, mom Swati Sinha, and dad Sanjeev Sinha. Hope you have a wonderful time at the Mibihar holi party!!!!!!

Holi Hai!!!!!

2 Great Countries from the WorldBy Satyam Sinha

HHHHHHHelllllllloooooooo everybody! (Coughcough) Today we are going to talk about 3 AMAzingcountries. We will talk about their: geography,military, and law enforcements (all the fun stuff). Firstup we have (Silent pause) the United States ofAmerica (clap clap)!!!!!!

The third largest country in the world, the UnitedStates spans the North American continent from theAtlantic to the Pacific, covering a huge range ofecosystems and some of the world's most extremegeographic features. The lowest point of elevation inthe U.S.A. is Badwater Basin, in Death Valley,California, at 282 ft. (86 m) below sea level. DeathValley also holds the record for the highest recorded airtemperature on Earth, 134 F (57C). The highest pointin the U.S.A. is on Mount McKinley at 20, 320 ft.(6,190 m) in Alaska. The United States Armed Forcesare the Federal Military Forces of the U.S.A. theyconsist the Amy, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, CoastGuard. The president is the militarys commander inchief. The U.S. Armed Forces has significantcapabilities in both defense and power projection.Thanks to its advanced and powerful equipment andits widespread deployment of force around the world.

The U.S.A. has different types of law enforcements.The police you see every day are either city or statepolice. They do the regular stuff such as speeding,stolen cars, checking houses and stuff like that.You barely see the SWAT team. They are the policemilitary. They come in when there are homicides or anarmed wanted person is in a specific house. Then wehave the FBI. These people come when there are liketerrorists or terrorists attacking. Now lets move on tothe next country.Now we have (Silent pause) India!!!! (Clap, clap)In India, there are hot, steamy summers. They cangrow tea there. It only snows in Jammu & Kashmirwhere there are mountains.India is the 7th largest country in the world. It is the 2nd

most populated country in the world. India is the 4th

best in the military. India had gone to war withPakistan 4 times and china 1 time. India won all 4times withPakistan and lost with China. India had started its

nuclear missiles testing very soon after Pakistanstarted. It had everything like the U.S.A. India has asuperintendent of police in every city in every state. Ihave 2 grandfathers that are both superintendents inUP and Bihar. One of them told me that there is not aSWAT team but there is a special response unit.I understood that every country has its own prioritiesand own basic needs. Today, I wrote about two greatcountries in the world. I guarantee you that these twocountries will make huge change in the world.

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