Dallas Gujarati Samaj Navaratri Raas Garba 2011
One of the biggest events organized by the DFW Gujarati Samaj every year is their Navaratri Raas Garba. This year the event will be held on the 24th of September, 1st and 8th of October at the Loos Stadium. With Free Pizza for the kids and a large crowd, there is no reason to miss this one.
The address for the event is the Loos Field Stadium
Loos Field Stadium
3815 Spring Valley Rd
Addison TX 75001
For more details, visit the DFW Gujarati Samaj Website.
Indian Ocean Rocks Dallas
 | | Indian Ocean is currently on tour across the US and the UK. On the 17th of September, they performed at the Granville Arts Center in Garland to help raise money for the Ram Mandir in Plano. The Granville Arts Center is a reasonable small venue and seats between 500 and 600 people so it had a very personal touch to it. The show pretty much started on time when the 3 members of Indian Ocean, Amit, Rahul and Susmit along with two supporting members Himanshu Joshi and Tuheen Chakravarty (filling in for Asheem who passed away in 2009) started the show with Khajuraho. The entire show went for about 2 hours and they played most of their popular songs like Ma Rewa, Hille Le Jhakjor, Leaving Home from their Kandisa album. They played some songs from their new album 16/330 Khajoor Road. They have also done music for Bollywood movies and played a couple of songs from Black Friday and Peepli Live. |
Rahul Ram does most of the talking and is very entertaining and helps keep the mood light. Amit is multi talented and besides playing the drums, plays the flute and an Indian string instrument. The band went into a jam with the crowd on Ma Rewa which was the highlight of the show.
The show ended with, you guessed it, Kandisa, which is an ancient Aramaic hymn. After the show, the band was really nice about mingling with the crowd and allowing us to take pictures and autograph our tickets and CDs.
Overall, if you are a fan of Indian Ocean, you will really enjoy the show. Even if you are not familiar with their music, its still worth going because these guys are simply awesome musicians, but more importantly, really nice guys. Please spread the word and support these guys so that they will come back in the future.
They have 3 upcoming shows
Sep 18th - Tempe
Sep 23rd - Chicago
Sep 24th - Bay Area
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Mausam Theatre Release
 | | Mausam (English: Weather) is an upcoming Hindi language film directed and written by Pankaj Kapur under the Vistaar Religare Film Fund banner. The film stars Shahid Kapoor opposite Sonam Kapoor along with Pankaj Kapur. The film will mark the first time that Shahid Kapoor has been in a film opposite his father, Pankaj Kapur. It is also Pankaj Kapur's directorial debut film. The film was shot in London, Edinburgh, Switzerland and India. Some of the night scenes were shot at ND Studios, where the streets of Scotland were re-created, after which they shot for a day at Film City. The cast and crew left for Switzerland around 24 April 2011 for their last schedule. The trailer was launched on July 11th. The film is set to release on September 16, 2011. |
The movie stars
- Shahid Kapoor as Harinder Singh (Harry)
- Sonam Kapoor as Aayat
- Anupam Kher
- Supriya Pathak
- Aditi Sharma
Click below to see the movie theatres where you can catch this movie
Little India Singapore-Serangoon Road
Little India is an ethnic neighbourhood found in Singapore that has Indian cultural elements. Little India lies to east of the Singapore River across from Chinatown, located west of the river and north of Kampong Glam. Both areas are part of the urban planning area of Rochor.
Little India is distinct from the Chulia Kampong area, which, under the Raffles Plan of Singapore, was originally a division of colonial Singapore where Indian immigrants would reside under the British policy of ethnic segregation. However, as Chulia Kampong became more crowded and competition for land escalated, many ethnic Indians moved into what is now known as Little India. (The Chulia Kampong district no longer exists as a distinct area.)
The Little India area is reported to have developed around a former settlement for Indian convicts. Its location along the Serangoon River originally made it attractive for raising cattle, and trade in livestock was once prominent in the area. Eventually, other economic activity developed, and by the turn of the 20th century, the area began to look like an Indian ethnic neighbourhood.