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INDIANS CELEBRATE 60TH ANNUAL INDIA INDEPENDENCE DAY
Indian Americans throughout Florida are gearing up to celebrate the 60th annual India Independence Day festivities. Here are a few of the events we have put together that are happening in your community.
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KHAAS BAAT COMPLETES 3 YEARS By NITISH S. RELE and SHEPHALI J. RELE - [email protected]
It�s been challenging but fun. We have continued to grow in the
three years since we launched Khaas Baat. The fruits of our dedication
to serving the vast and ever-burgeoning Indian American community in
Florida are evident as we reach 22,500 households throughout this
wonderful state of ours.
Khaas Baat is now mailed free to homes and offices of our readers
throughout the entire state of Florida every month, including the East
Coast, greater Miami area and West Central Florida. Indeed, we are
proud to be the ONE AND ONLY Florida publication to offer comprehensive
coverage of events in the Florida Indian community.
SHAKTI PERFORMS AUG. 25 IN FORT LAUDERDALE
The Shakti Dance Company of Los Angeles (www.shaktidancecompany.com)
will present an Indian classical dance, �Shiva-Shakti� on Saturday,
Aug. 25 in south Florida. The 7 to 9:30 p.m. event will feature
legendary vocalist Lakshmi Shankar.
Presented in the grandeur and beauty of Bharata Natyam, �Shiva-Shakti�
is inspired by hymns and chants, and mythological stories based on
ancient Hindu texts and scriptures. It recreates the powerful dance of
Shiva-Nataraja along with his consort Shakti.
CALLING ALL VOCAL TALENT! By Shephali J. Rele
For the first time this year, there will be a new event at the India
Festival organized Gujarati Samaj of Tampa Bay on Oct. 27 at the USF
SunDome in Tampa. Called Voice of Florida, the singing competition in
collaboration with the Pandit Jasraj School of Music will feature some
of the best vocal talent in the state.
If you would like to participate in the vocal contest, applications
with entry fee and audition tape must be submitted by Sept. 15. For
further details and to print out an application, click on the Samaj Web
site at www.gujaratisamaj.org or e-mail Smita Patel at
[email protected]
Contestants should be over 18 years of age. Singers will be chosen
through advance auditions to perform during the festival. The winner
will be announced in a grand finale at the end of daylong program and
will receive a round trip ticket to India, courtesy of Travel Kings.
HUMOR COLUMN
By SCRIBBLER
Hopefully, some of you have heard of Behram Contractor. And if you
have, you must have read the �Round and About� column by the late and
renowned Mumbai columnist and co-founder of �Mid-day� newspaper. This
column and many others, hopefully to follow, are a tribute to the
greatness of the popular figure in Indian journalism that was Mr.
Contractor a k a Busybee.
Read �Over & Above� by our columnist, who uses the pseudonym Scribbler
for now. Do e-mail us your views at [email protected] Maybe we can
urge our columnist to contribute more such pieces for publication in
Khaas Baat on a regular basis.
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