Neighborhood radio banter with practical tax help.
This episode mixes neighborhood radio banter with practical help, moving from Easter greetings and weather talk into a tax segment on installment payments and the paperwork people need.

Indo American News Radio
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South Asian Houston, week by week.
Indo American News Radio Houston TX blends local South Asian community coverage with interviews, festival notes, civic updates, and easygoing studio banter. It moves from taxes, visas, and Houston growth to arts, cricket, movies, religious observances, and family-business stories without losing its neighborhood feel.
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Indo American News Radio Houston TX is a South Asian community radio show rooted in Houston’s civic, cultural, religious, and family-business life. It carries the feel of a weekly gathering more than a sealed news product. The show can start with weather over Conroe, a missing regular voice, a birthday aside, or a studio joke about getting older. Then it turns directly to the work of the week. Recent episodes move through tax filing help, installment payments, state ID requirements, stricter visa rules, Houston population growth, national debt, nonprofit education work in India, and the local arts calendar. The transitions are part of its texture. A guest interview may pause for a correction, a memory, a movie trailer, or a quick practical question from someone who knows the community. That looseness gives the show its value. It preserves context that cleaner formats often trim away. Arpita Shroff’s tax discussion, for example, is framed around the real documents people need and the anxiety of owing money. Rafik Bawa’s Anudip Foundation segment connects digital and AI skills training to underserved youth in India. Sam and Omana Abraham’s anniversary conversation becomes a story about migration, Rice Village, handmade rugs, and decades of Houston relationships. Other episodes make room for Ram Navami, Hanuman Janti, Eid, Nowruz, cricket, Indian film, and local care walks. The panel tone is warm, sometimes dry, and frequently practical. It is comfortable with digression because the digressions usually reveal who knows whom, what is happening nearby, and why it matters. The show is best understood as a local record of South Asian Houston in motion. It is not trying to sound detached. It is trying to stay connected.
Made for: For Houston-area South Asian listeners who want community news, event context, interviews, culture, and practical updates in one familiar weekly place. It also suits anyone tracking local Indo-American civic life, arts, festivals, immigration concerns, and family-business stories.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its lived-in local texture: names, local details, festivals, guest biographies, and offhand corrections all stay in the conversation. It feels less like a formal bulletin and more like a community archive being made in real time.
Indo American News Radio commentators Jawahar Malhotra, Sanchali Basu and Pramod Kulkarni cover an eclectic mix of news, views and guest interviews from the South Asian community in Houston, Texas, every Saturday from 4 to 6pm on FM 98.7. From 3 to 4 pm, Jyoti Kulkarni entertains on Classically Yours deciphering the Ragas which are the basis of Hindi movie songs and Jawahar & Sanchali play the I Think I Know This current affairs quiz. IANR is a product of Indo American News paper which has served the market for 43 years and is the oldest South Asian newspaper in the Southern part of the US.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It connects Houston politics and public services to the everyday questions and community life surrounding its South Asian radio table.
Indo American News Radio Houston TX makes public affairs feel close to home. Jawahar Malhotra, Sanchali Basu and Pramod Kulkarni work in a conversational radio format that moves between guest interviews, current-affairs quizzes and community discussion.
A tax deadline walks into a Houston studio and leaves with paperwork advice plus an attack-drone joke.
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Neighborhood radio banter with practical tax help.
This episode mixes neighborhood radio banter with practical help, moving from Easter greetings and weather talk into a tax segment on installment payments and the paperwork people need.
A warm, loose community hour that leans on conversation, memory, and shared context over polish.
This hour is at its strongest when it settles into an easy, lived-in flow. It moves from birthday banter and a host away on work assignment in Vermont into music, family milestones, stage performances, a documentary mention, and a few local updates, with names and small…
A boisterous Saturday quiz on Masala 98.7 FM where community chatter keeps the current-affairs game moving.
Indo-American News Unplugged uses its Saturday slot on Masala 98.7 FM for a brisk current-affairs quiz, and the mix of hosts, a phone-in guest, and contestants gives it an easy, talky rhythm.
A local politics interview that makes county power feel immediate and concrete.
The episode opens with Houston chatter and then settles into a grounded conversation with Ms. Parker about county government and the county judge role.
A warm, meandering interview about work, migration, and the long view of a life.
The episode opens with its usual Saturday drift: weather, drought, and a loose on-air exchange before it settles into Shyamal and Sushmita Poddar's life story.


Ira Glass frames weekly theme-driven segments spanning family secrets to Portland's protest conflict.

Shankar Vedantam unpacks the psychology behind relationships, careers, and money through researcher interviews.

David McRaney interviews researchers on cognitive bias, motivated reasoning, and why minds change.

Ryan Holiday pairs daily Stoic lessons with long-form guest conversations at his Texas bookstore.

NHPR's Jason Moon investigates the Bear Brook barrel murders and a New Hampshire wrongful-conviction case.
Indo-American News Radio's Saturday roundup covers a news segment reporting US military losses in the Middle East conflict with Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to Iran, then interviews Dr.
Indo-American News Radio's Saturday program features hosts Sanchali, Pramod Kulkarni, and Jyoti covering news, a studio interview with serial entrepreneur Ashok Rao, a call-in segment about Sri Lanka's political crisis, and a DAV Montessori School feature.
This episode features an interview with Rafik Bawa, a board member of Anudip Foundation, discussing how the non-profit prepares underserved youth in India with digital and AI skills for employment in the global economy.
This episode features interviews discussing Ram Navami and Hanuman Janti with Gopal Aggarwal, along with other segments on community topics like Ekal Vidalaya.
This episode of Indo-American News Radio discusses current events including the No Kings protest marches across the country and Houston's population growth trends with analysis of immigration impacts.
This episode of Indo-American News Radio features a casual conversation about recent travels to India, including visits to Delhi, Dehradun, and Mumbai for a family wedding, while highlighting the show's community focus and guest hosts.
The hosts of Indo-American News Radio in Texas engage in a casual conversation about health issues like iron deficiency and constipation, reflecting on how aging shifts conversation topics.
This episode features an interview with Sam and Omana Abraham discussing the 50th anniversary of their family business, Abrahams Oriental Rugs, including their journey from India to Houston and insights into oriental rug craftsmanship.
This episode of Indo-American News Radio features hosts discussing travel disruptions due to Middle East conflict, including rerouted flights and airport challenges.
A news radio show covering South Asian community news, guest interviews, and a current affairs quiz in Houston, Texas.
Indo-American News Radio's Unplugged segment hosts a current affairs quiz with three young women from the South Asian Youth Alliance (SIA), an offshoot of the Indian Muslims Association of Greater Houston: Zaina, a Parkinson's disease researcher at Texas Medical Center; Soha, a 16-year-old high school sophomore; and Sanya, a UT Austin finance graduate working at Ernst and Young on bank compliance.
A news and talk show covering local and political issues relevant to the South Asian community in Houston, including a political endorsement for Mike Doyle.
Indo American News Radio hosts interview Krista Stoneham about the Houston Land Bank's multifamily housing program.
A news radio show covering South Asian community news, with hosts discussing Valentine's Day and introducing a guest host.
A community radio show discussing Valentine's Day origins and current affairs for the South Asian community in Houston.
Hosts discuss local weather and upcoming segments, including a music segment on ragas, before transitioning to news and interviews.
Sridhar Kota is back in the studio.
A radio show covering news, business updates, and interviews for the South Asian community in Houston.
A weekly radio show covering news, views, and guest interviews from the South Asian community in Houston, Texas.
A cool Saturday starts with the weather.
The hosts reminisce about past guests and invite listeners to sponsor the show, highlighting their six-year dedication to covering South Asian community news in Houston.
The hosts welcome listeners to the first show of 2026, sharing their New Year's Eve experiences and previewing the program.
The hosts welcome a group from the Indian Pentecostal Church of God to perform Christmas carols live on the show.
A weekly news radio show covering South Asian community news, weather, and entertainment in Houston, Texas.
This episode features an interview with Ravi Goel, an Indian immigrant who shares his journey from Punjab to Houston, his career in chemical engineering and entrepreneurship, and his current community involvement in retirement.
A news roundup show covering South Asian community news in Houston, including an obituary segment for a community member.
A news radio show covering local, national, and world news with a focus on the South Asian community in Houston, including guest interviews and a current affairs quiz.
This episode features an interview with pediatrician and natologist Dr.
A news roundup show covering local, national, and world news from a South Asian American perspective, with banter and community updates.
A weekly news radio show covering South Asian community news, views, and guest interviews in Houston, Texas.
Hosts discuss Houston weather and the need for rain, with light banter and community updates.
This episode of Indo-American News Radio covers live reports from Diwali and Dasara festivities, features a segment on litigation law with attorney Devjot Singh, and includes discussions on cultural and community events.
This episode promotes the Texas Renaissance Festival and the International Diwali Dashara Festival, highlighting community events for the South Asian diaspora in Houston.
A community news show covering South Asian events in Houston, including RSS centenary and Hindu festival celebrations.
Hosts discuss local South Asian community news, including Navratri and Durga Puja events, after a technical glitch.