Accomplished Indian-American actress-playwright Minita Gandhi performed her one-woman play "Muthaland” recently in Naperville. Directed by Heidi Stillman, it served as a fundraiser for Indo-American Heritage Museum, which is committed to showcasing unique perspective on the past and present struggles of Indians to establish themselves in the US.
Pratham, the largest educational not-for-profit organization in India that aims to provide quality education to underprivileged children, hosted their annual programme with the theme “Dancing with the Stars - Bollywood Style” at the airport Marriott. The Phoenix chapter hopes to raise funds towards building 1000 Pratham librari
The ConfiDance show will be back on October 17 at the Meadowvale Theatre in Mississauga. The show debuted early this year in May at the same theatre. It is choreographed by Shiamak Davar and gives an opportunity to the local dance teams to perform on stage in a professional setup and showcase their training and styles taught at the academy.
Apna Ghar, a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization celebrated its 25th anniversary here recently with Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus as guest of honour.
The RTP Maharshtra Mandal along with the other Indian communities celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi at the Hindu temple here on September 17.
A leading dance troupe in Montevideo, The Snake Charmers, recently organised a cultural show in the capital city here with its prime focus on Bollywood and belly dancing. The evening’s performance was an amalgamation of both dance forms.
The
Indian community in Texas recently celebrated Ganesh Utsav with fervour, as a
crowd of around 400 people gathered at the DFW Hindu temple cultural hall on
the occasion. Children and adults both participated in music and dance
programmes.
While music concerts are frequently held in the USA, most of them address music lovers speaking a single language. Against this backdrop, the multilingual concert, Srutilaya 2015, was like a gust of fresh air, bringing music lovers from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds under one roof and providing a rare opportunity for them to appreciate the universal magic of music, irrespective of the language in which it is expressed.
Hindi comedy play Kishan versus Kanhaiya Reloaded, produced by Swaroop Sampat, written by Bhavesh Mandalia and directed by Umesh Shukla was presented by Live2u recently in Illinois. Bollywood’s popular actor Paresh Rawal as Kishan stole the show with his witty dialogues. About 1300 people saw the play.
Indian-Americans from across the southern state of Connecticut came together recently to participate in the annual Onam celebrations here. According to the latest figures from the U.S. census, the Indian population here is 37,550-strong, showing an increase of about 14,000 since the year 2000.
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