Category: Newsletter

Namaste everyone. The month of October is almost over and the City and County of Honolulu is loosening its restrictions on gatherings.  It is very clear based on Community numbers of COVID-19 positivity that...

Presidential Message – V. Balaraman Namaste, the faithful followers of this monthly newsletter.  Even as we are are at early September and  2/3rds of this year is behind us, there has been almost constant deluge...

Presidential Message – V. Balaraman I write this month’s update with a lot of mixed emotions. Solar Solstice is over and the days are perceptibly shorter. We continue to be in the grips of the...

Presidential Message – V. BalaramanJune is always a nostalgic month to write an update.  Never fails to trigger memories of the past and always is a reminder to me for us to be looking to...

Presidential Message – V. BalaramanApril is an unique month in many ways. Multitude of Indian Celebrations and various events of significance.  It has also been a traumatic month in Hawaii to date and these events...

It has been a hectic start to the New Year and there are many things I would like to share with you. I do apologize for combining the January and February updates because of...

Presidential Message – V. Balaraman    This month, we have Maiju Kutty, the Secretary of LOTUS writing the leadership message.  For the youth corner, Sachi Kumar, the co-emcee of the LOTUS virtual Diwali program shares...

The Newsletter this month is very informational. The LOTUS leadership segment is written by our Vice-President Saguna Verma. Dipu Sengupta, our past president shares his memories about Dr. Ramanathan who passed away last month in San...

Namaste/Vanakkam:     As your President I love to share a lot of thoughts with you all not only mine but also try and be a voice for the LOTUS leadership and the community at large.  Even...

Namaste/Vanakkam:     Even as we get into the middle of August, most of us in the community continue to Shelter in Place or juggle with the challenges of work in unique ways. For Indians...