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M.A.D. Playhouse to stage Mohan Rakesh’s Half-Hearted
NEW YORK (TIP): After a successful run of their first play this summer, M.A.D Playhouse brings us another South Asian family drama Half-Hearted written by Mohan Rakesh, and directed by Hafiz Karmali at The Cherry […]
Business & Economics
TIRLOK MALIK PLAYS BHARAT IN RAMAYANA AT MET
Tirlok Malik, a pioneer of films about Indian-American immigrant themes and a New York Emmy Award nominee, has done many roles in the movies, televisions, and theaters. Recently, he played the role of Bharat (Lord […]
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Unite4:Good and USIN Celebrations Tie Up for a new global movement for good
NEW YORK (TIP): In an unprecedented and powerful demonstration of their commitment to humanitarian values such as kindness, empathy and respect, individuals from the South Asian American community, leaders from local non-profit organizations and non-governmental […]
Indian Americans
Spiritual Master Sant Rajinder Singh honored by Indian American Medical Association of Illinois
NEWYORK (TIP): His Holiness Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj was the honored guest and speaker at the Indian American Medical Association of Illinois’ (IAMA) 33rd Annual Meeting and Banquet on Friday, November 16, 2013 at […]
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Jhumpa Lahiri loses out on US National Book Award
WASHINGTON (TIP): Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel, “The Lowland” failed to win the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction losing out to author James McBride. McBride’s “The Good Lord Bird”, […]
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US allows passengers to use gadgets on planes
WASHINGTON (TIP): Airline passengers will be able to use their electronic devices gate-to-gate to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music – but not talk on their cellphones – under much-anticipated new […]
Business & Economics
THE LEGEND WHO WAS HIS OWN VOICE
Irony was the constant refrain of Manna Dey’s life. A world happy to sway to jingles could not always appreciate the steeped-in-classicism kalaam of Manna Da. Not blessed with the rare yodelling skills of Kishore […]
Incredible India
LADAKH, THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM
Nestled at an altitude of 3,500 meters above the sea level, between the Kunlun Mountain Range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, is a small, yet bustling town of Leh. […]
Indian Americans
Senate confirms Indian American to key arts position
WASHINGTON: An exponent of Bharatanatayam, Ranee Ramaswamy was confirmed on October 17, as a member of the prestigious National Council on the Arts. Ranee founded the Ragamala Music and Dance Theatre in 1992 at Minneapolis, […]
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India-US Partnership
Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his visit to Washington, the third Manmohan- Obama Summit meeting on September 27 has been quite […]
Europe
Chinese general’s son gets 10 years jail for rape
BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese court has sent the teenage son of a Chinese military general to 10 years in jail for participating in a gang rape. The sentencing nullifies a recent out-of-court agreement reached with […]
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RATHA YATRA OF GANESHA IN FLUSHING
NEW YORK (TIP): Amidst chanting of mantras, dance by devotees, live nadaswaram music and oozing of devotion by hundreds of devotees, the annual ratha yatra of Lord Ganesha, the presiding deity of Maha Vallabha Ganapathy […]
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History making Indian Diwali at Times Square mesmerizes visitors
NEW YORK (TIP): Diwali maybe a month away but for Indian Americans at Times Square, festivities started as early as September 22 when the entire cast of Besharam made a special appearance at the ‘Maharashtra […]
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Indian Embassy At Washington Celebrated The 66th Anniversary Of India’s Independence
Ambassador Nirupama Rao addressing the guests and reading out the President’s Address to the Nation. Ambassador Nirupama Rao with children from the Gandharva School of Music.
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Shikshayatan celebrates 25th
Committed to promotion of Indian Culture and Heritage Shikshayatan, a premier institute to promote Indian culture and heritage celebrated its 25th anniversary on July 20 and 21, in the benign presence of a great spiritual […]
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IAAC Celebrates 15 Years of Introducing NYC to Indian Performing, Visual, Folk and Literary Arts
NEW YORK, NY (TIP): The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) turns 15 in the fall of 2013. This secular, non-profit, volunteer-driven arts organization has achieved scores of noteworthy milestones in the decade and a half of […]
Europe
Anup Jalota Performs For Uttarakhand
EDISON, NJ (TIP): Ghazal singer Anup Jalota recently performed at Edison Hotel in Edison, NJ to help raise funds for the benefit of the victims of Uttarakhand Floods. An amount of $7,500 was raised during […]
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Kannada Koota’s 40th Anniversary: Hamsalekha Enthralls
NEW YORK (TIP): Kannada Koota’s 40th anniversary celebration – considered a landmark in the history of Kannada Koota in New York – was held for the first time in Long Island, New York at the […]
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Helen Marshall Signs The Steel Beam To Mark The Topping Off Of New Boys And Girls Club Of Metro Queens
Steel beam (top) is raised to mark the topping off of new Boys and Girls Club of Metro Queens on Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill, Friday, July 12th. Queens Borough President Helen Marshall signed the […]