Up coming special events Jan 1, 2012

Jan 1, 2012: Visit temple website for all special New Year Pooja events:  http://www.westmichiganhindutemple.org/

Jan 14, 2012: Pongal & Sankranti Cultural event.

Happy holidays

I wish you all happy holidays. Wish a merry Christmas and a happy a new year 2012. Have fun, be safe.

Immigration blog

Guys, this is a very good blog on US immigration. The blogger is doing a fantastic job in explaining the GC process and predicting/calculating the cut-off date movement. I encourage you to visit this one...

http://us-non-immigrants.blogspot.com/

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Support important Green Card Immigration bill H.R.3012

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced H.R.3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011, on September 22, 2011. The bill would eliminate the per-country 7 percent cap on employment based visas, and raise the per-country cap from 7 percent to 15 percent for family-based visas.

This is great news for Indians waiting for GC.  This will make EB2 GC current and move EB3 by few years. Please support this bill

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/112_HR_3012.html

http://www.petition2congress.com/5665/support-fairness-high-skilled-immigrants-hr-3012/

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3012/show

Call or email your senator today asking them to support this bill. Currently the bill passed the house and in senate calendar for hearing.

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IT Training in Grand Rapids

Found this link on miindia.com… looks like we are getting some desi IT training companies into Grand Rapids. Not sure if they are a body shop or just offer training…. worth checking out if you are looking for local training….

http://miindia.com/announcements/details.aspx?rid=397

Thanksgiving activities

We had some fun over the thanksgiving weekend. Cooked the Turkey American style and a whole chicken Indian style. Both came in very well and yummy.

I think we will try these few more times......

Also went to the black Friday sale for the first time in last 7 years... went to Walmart and BestBuy. Purchased some electronics and its fun and scarry to see how people rush for products on sale. Reminded me of how we used to buy movie tickets on the first day first show.... :)

Hope you all had good Thanksgiving weekend as well..... comments welcome.....

Indian Grocery Stores

I would like to provide some details about the indian grocers in Grand Rapids to you folks…hope this helps.

Spice of India (by far the largest store around)

• 1310 28th Street Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49508-1410
• (616) 245-6654 ‎

Diya spices (new competitor near Knapp corner)

• 1971 E Beltline NE #104, Grand Rapids Charter Township, MI 49525
• (616) 666-2520   (616) 947-8018 (Fax) ‎diyaspices.com

There are couple of middle eastern markets where good poultry and meat items are available along side the sub-continental groceries…

Mediterranean Island (my favorite for fresh meat – poultry, goat e.t.c)

• 4301 Kalamazoo Ave SE # 7, Grand Rapids, MI 49508-3673
• (616) 281-8151 ‎

Middle Eastern Market

• 2417 Eastern Ave SE # 1, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-3640
• (616) 301-0300 ‎

Indian Food

Well there is not a lot to choose at least in Grand Rapids for Indian food. Some of the places that have Indian food are

Bombay Cuisine on Lake Dr. – Good food, Pricey and westernized

Palace of India – Ok. North Indian only. Like the Chicken Tandoori here… yummy! Don’t try Biryani though….

Pals Indian Cuisine – New one in town

India Town on Division ave – Never tried

Graydon’s Crossing – Mix bag of Indian, English and other foods. I am planning on going in next couple of weeks.

That’s all I know off. If you know any, just post a reply.

Just starting a blog on Indian community in and around Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids the fastest growing city in Michigan seems to be attracting quite a bit of Indians into the area in recent times. This is very positive for the Indian community in the area. I started this blog to furnish details to fellow Indians visiting or moving into and around Grand Rapids with information regarding local Indian community.

I look forward to your comments.