Desi in houston

One of the people who helped me tell Hillcroft's story was Lynn Ghose Cabrera, who - along with her friend Aditi Raghuram - writes a blog called Desi Living, which monitors the pulse of the South Asian social scene.

Each had their own fascinating stories to tell, and not all of them made it in. Although most of the history of the area is told through the eyes of Raja Sweets - the oldest continually operating Indian restaurant in Texas, it so happens - I interviewed many other people for the feature. In this week's feature, we explore the fast-growing Hillcroft area, home to Houston's newly designated Mahatma Gandhi District.