• Over 150 of the top wedding vendors
• The Kismet Fashion Zone and Show, featuring Toronto's top 10 fashion consultants from across the city.
• $25,000 dream wedding giveaway courtesy of Grand Empire Banquet and Convention Centre
• Enter to WIN an All-inclusive 7 Night vacation at the 5-Star RIU Yucatan in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, courtesy of Riu Group, Signature Vacations and Centre Holidays
• 2 pairs of engagement band giveaways courtesy of Kumar Diamonds
• First 200 brides will receive 200 gift bags courtesy of Vasanti Cosmetics and Pari Beauty
• Hair and makeup courtesy of LeSonne Bridals

Witness Shreya Ghoshal, one of Bollywood's premier playback singers, perform live at the Hershey Centre.

 

Enjoy an evening of tapping your foot to Ghoshal's hit tracks including "Ooh la la", "Chikni Chameli", "Teri Meri", "Teri Ore", "Dola re Dola" and more!!

 

Ghoshal's mastery of several regional languages like Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu in addition to her native Hindi, marks her as a truly special talent in the Indian recording industry.

 

Tickets: $37, $47, $57, $67 & VIP

 

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Kathak Mahotsav Canada 2012, now in its fifth year, is a festival of Kathak dance that is modelled after the springtime Durbars of the Moghul courts.

 

It is a gathering of Canadian Kathak artists in celebration of the art of Kathak, showcasing the adaptability and relevance of classical Kathak styles, adapting its temple origins to the present.

 

This year's programme features four concerts with different artists performing each night. The acts include duets and solos by Hemant and Vaishali Panwar, Sudeshna Maulik and Anjali Patil, Parul Gupta, Reshmi Chetram, and a special guest from India, Sayanee Chavda.

 

Tickets: Adult $30.50 | Senior/Student $25 | Pack of 4 Adults $108

 

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This event builds upon the past two years of the Newmarket Area South Asian Showcase.The public is encouraged to enjoy the rich artistry, music, fashion and food of the Caribbean and the South Asian cultures.  

 

The purpose of the showcase is to increase the social, cultural and recreational programming available to newcomers in northern York Region and South Simcoe.

 

The distinguished panel of guests will include local politicians and dignitaries, and community leaders. The event emcee will be Angelie Sood of Asian Television Network assisted by Naeem Bacchus. The line-up features a variety of live South Asian performances along with world famous Hummingbird Tassa Band, D'Jango on the steel pans, Mon-T-Hama and George St. Kitts, all accomplished artists from the Caribbean.

 

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• Cricket matches among BMO, CIBC, UAE Exchange, Asapient-Thunderbolts, Mississauga Dynamite, and Mississauga Warriors
• Cricket Coaching
• Lively cultural performances by Dhol Circle, Band Bajha Entertainment, Infusion Dance, Neeti Dream n Dance, Safari Sounds etc. from 12 PM to 4 PM
• Henna/Mehndi
• Face Painting
• Kids Zone with bouncy castle, popcorn, cotton candy, & balloons
• Maestro Ustaad Irshad Khan on Indian musical instrument Sitaar, from 6.30 PM to 7.30 PM
• Bollywood hit movie under the stars on a big screen (40ft by 20ft) featuring "3 IDIOTS" from 7.30 PM
• Food vendor - Moti Mahal or pack your own picnic & chairs

Time: 8am to 11pm 

 

 

Once again, The Ripple Effect Wellness Organization (TREWO) proudly invites you to attend their third annual Imagination Ball, which promises to be an enriching and entertaining evening, which can only be described as "magical"! Last year we raised $10,000 for CAMH and $5,000 for a health care worker's salary in two seniors homes in rural India under the NGO Roofs for the Roofless.  

 

The Imagination Ball is going to be a fun-filled evening with music, dancing and laughter. The feature entertainer this year is a highly acclaimed comedian Dan Nainan, who is well known all over the world. Catering will be provided by Master Chef Shishir Sharma of Cuisine of India.  

 

This is a rare opportunity for, not only a delightful evening enjoying fine cuisine and being entertained by a world renowned comedian, but for helping a good cause right in our community. Get dressed up and come out for a really enjoyable evening. TREWO needs your help to continue their work.  

 

When: Saturday, September 22, 2012 

 

 

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This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.

 

 

Set against the backdrop of the glitz, lights, glamour and back-stabbing cruelty of the entertainment world, a fading movie diva Shanaya (Bipasha Basu) turns to black magic to thwart an upstart young starlet Sanjana (Esha Gupta) on her way to usurp the position Shanaya once held. Sanjana ruthlessly turns against the girl, using her lover Aditya (Emraan Hashmi), a man who owes her his career, as a pawn. Things go awry when Aditya falls in love with Sanjana and vows to protect her against the evil that is consuming all of them.

 

 

MyBindi is a proud promotional partner of Albion and Woodside Cinemas - delivering the best of Bollywood Cinema in the GTA!

Shiamak's Winter Funk is a series of unique dance classes that culminate in a spectacular performance on December 8, 2012 at the Hammerson Hall, Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. The program gives kids, teens and adults a platform to experience the performing arts and bring out the true Star within them.

 

Shiamak has formalized several unique dance styles that are taught exclusively at his dance school.

 

Shiamak's Indo-Jazz combines indo contemporary and modern movements with a strong ballet grounding and performance based visuals.  

 

Shiamak's Bollywood Jazz, a favourite amongst students' works as a great stress buster, combines jazz technique taught to latest Bollywood songs.

 

"WINTER FUNK is a chance for my students to express their passion and truly shine in a professional dance set-up. GTA has great potential, Students here have a certain energy that makes them great performers on stage!" says Shiamak

 

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Interviewing David Letterman once on his PBS show, Charlie Rose asked what the best part of fame was.  That people treated him well, Letterman answered.  That people treated him the way people should treat each other all the time:  with respect and courtesy.

My second evening in Bangkok, I commented to my nephew that I had spent the entire day without witnessing one single incident of anger or impatience or rudeness.  It was a day I had spent at Siam Square: a downright mad shopping area which included four malls ranging from MBK, which was basically five floors of bazaars in a futuristically-designed building, to Paragon, which housed the familiar upscale stores:  Louis Vuitton, Prada, Armani, D & G.  On the streets in between these malls were street vendors of every possible thing imaginable that was cheap and expendable, plus, of course, food carts, food stalls and restuarants.  On the pedestrian walkway overpasses connecting the malls was one of only two places I ever saw beggars in Bangkok.  And, of course, all of this was happening inside the roar of the ever bumper-to-bumper Bangkok traffic.

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Take a vacation from your thinking style! We all know that going away somewhere different is always a good thing. Taking a holiday from your usual thinking style is a great thing! It can lead to new possibilities and approaches to challenging situations.

Think of someone you have always admired. It could be someone in your life that you look up to; or it could be a character from a film or a book. When you are confronted with a challenge, ask yourself how this other person would react. What would he/she say and do? Research shows that often behaviour changes first; the thinking style may change after.

Try this new approach for at least a week and note the changes in how you feel and how you behave. It is possible to incorporate new traits into our old personality style. You may become more relaxed, or more focused, or more energetic, or more courageous, or more confident...the possibilities are endless!

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You may be thinking - isn't this a health/wellness blog? its true, it is. But being a blog, its also a personal (as well as professional) take on all things wellness and well-being. So although this isn't a parenting blog, I wanted to share my very personal feelings of motherhood - now six weeks in. In doing so, I hope it will provide insight, inspiration, information and, if nothing else, a glimpse into the inner workings of my mind!

To begin with, I have to be honest. I never thought I'd have children. I don't know why, I just never saw it in my 'cards'. Actually I never really gave it much thought. I was of the mindset: 'if it happens, great, if not, that's ok - not meant to be'. I wasn't one of those girls who dreamed of getting married and having a family. Perhaps the reason is two-fold: first, growing up in a single parent family and being an only child - my experience of 'family' was much different and therefore my expectations were scaled accordingly. Second, my education-focused, career-oriented mindset didn't quite allow the mental space to think of much else other than 'school - work - achieve, achieve, achieve'.

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Yoga is a ancient healing technology. The asana practice is just one element of a vast system of understanding and relating to the human experience or humanology. Here are some interesting techniques to add to your cleansing rituals.

Neti Pot
A Neti Pot is a small pot used for irrigating the nasal passages. Typically it has a spout attached near the bottom, and often a handle on the opposite side. Neti Pots are used in yoga to assist in clearing the nasal passages, since controlled breathing plays a central role in yoga. The Neti Pot is used to pour warm salt water through one nostril and then either runs out of the other nostril. The Neti pot used with a saline solution has been shown to be an effective treatment for hay fever, sinusitis, rag weed and other nasal conditions. You can now buy Neti Pots at Shoppers Drug Mart.

Alum and Salt

This mixture is used to cleanse the mouth and tongue. Take two parts powered Potassium Alum mixed with one part salt and use like a tooth powder to brush your teeth and your tongue. During the night our mouths turn into an incubator for a host of different bacteria and germs.

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Just Matata

By Braz Menezes.

Matata means trouble in Swahili, as Chico discovers in 1928, after jumping ship on a journey from India to Africa. With some skills and much sweat, he navigates the channels open to him under the segregated colonial structure of Kenya, while doing all to keep his heritage alive, and dreaming only of retirement to his beloved Goa. Enter son Lando, two decades later, and all plans are on hold.   

  

Just Matata, narrated by Lando, brings to life these multi-layered stories that straddle two distinct colonies in mid 20th century: the bucolic and romantic Goa (Portuguese India) and the adventure-filled, yet precarious world of British Kenya.  

The stories, alternatively funny, sad and evocative, deal with the enduring dichotomy between generations, race, cultures and love, and the transformational impact of destiny-changing events in life's cyclical journey.  

 

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JoSH makes history with McDonald's and music

JoSH, a band whose name is strategically spelled to annunciate the o as "oh" as opposed to the "ah" sound in the name "Joshua," released an album in Pakistan one year ago, but it was not just any album.

 

With an impressive following in Pakistan, the group members approached McDonald's restaurant with an idea- a vision. JoSH, made up of members Rup Magon and Q Hussain, wanted to make an exclusive deal with the ever-popular, fast food restaurant chain, where their new album would only be sold at McDonald's for the first six weeks of release. No record stores, no Target, no Wal-Mart- strictly McDonald's restaurants.  

 

It was not easy to convince McDonald's that their idea would be a raging success, but once they did, the drawing board became their playground. McDonald's had just created a new sandwich, the grand chicken burger. The plan was that every customer who chose to supersize this value meal would receive a copy of JoSH's new album, titled "Beyond Kismat."  

 

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Bollywood reacts to rule on film smoking

Bollywood's reaction was mixed Tuesday to the central government's informing the Supreme Court that it would permit smoking scenes in films though with a statutory warning of this being injurious to health.

 

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Kids' snacks that make the grade

As kids prepare to head back to the classroom, many parents are already dreading the task of coming up with healthy snacks for kids to pack to school. Snacks are an important part of any child's back to school menu. A no-snacking policy - at school and home - can undermine a child's energy, mood and overall development.

Growing kids need to refuel every two to three hours to keep their blood sugar (glucose) levels stable as sustained blood sugar means kids will have more energy to concentrate in class and participate in after school sports.

The added calories from snacks provide an opportunity to boost your child's intake of important nutrients like calcium, iron and zinc.

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