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November 22, 2012
Welcome to another edition of MyBindi's newsletter. Tonight is the opening night of Alchemy - An Evening of Spectacular Indian Dance! Congratulations to the 18 MyBindi fans who won FREE tickets from MyBindi and will be joining me to see this show tomorrow! Tickets can also be purchased online HERE! You can win prizes too. Simply become a fan and watch out for our promotions and giveaways on the MyBindi Facebook Fan Page! MyBindi will be at the 5th Annual South Asian Diabetes Expo this weekend. This is a FREE event. Be sure to swing by our booth to win prizes! Some of you are already sending in emails asking about New Year's eve parties. Rest assured, we will be sending out the special Holiday Party supplement in December so that you can start planning your social calendar in December. For now, I'd like to wish all our American friends and fans a very happy thanksgiving weekend! Until next week, Syerah
Editor-in-Chief & CEO
MyBindi.com
syerah@mybindi.com
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| Sampradaya Dance Creations presents Alchemy | 
Award-winning artistic director Lata Pada, of Sampradaya Dance Creations, has assembled an eclectic and imaginative programme including works created by Canada's Natasha Bakht, England's Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant and Aakash Odedra, Belgium's Sibi Larbi Cherkaoui and India's Santosh Nair that promises to redefine Indian dance.
Showcasing bharatanatyam, kathak and chau-based choreographies performed by Sampradaya Dance Creations dancers and guest artists, Aakash Odedra and dancers from India's Sadhya lead you on a remarkable discovery of contemporary Indian dance.
When: November 22 - November 24, 2012
Where: Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $20 - $35
Click HERE to purchase tickets online or call the Harbourfront Centre Box Office at 416.973.4000.
Click HERE for more information on this event.
Click HERE for more information on Sampradaya.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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| 5th Annual South Asian Diabetes Expo | 
Join us at the 5th Annual South Asian Diabetes Expo!
The theme of this year's event is Diabetes: It's About More Than Sugar and focuses on ways to prevent and manage diabetes while improving day-to-day health.
The day features presentations from medical experts, interactive demonstrations in healthy eating and fitness, exhibitors offering diabetes-related products and services and plenty of opportunities to speak one-on-one with healthcare professionals.
Topics include Diabetes and the Heart, reducing fat in our diet, and healthy South Asian cooking tips.
Presented by the Canadian Diabetes Association and its South Asian Diabetes Chapter.
Register now at 416-408-7190 and be entered in an early bird draw!
When: Saturday, November 24, 2012
Where: Dreams Convention Centre, Brampton
Time: 9am to 2:30pm
Light refreshments and vegetarian lunch provided. FREE ADMISSION, PARKING AND DOOR PRIZES!! To register for the expo, please call 416.498.7190. For more information, click HERE. This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com. 
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| Learn more about Hepatitis C in English, Punjabi and Urdu | 
yourlanguage.hepcinfo.ca is a website that provides hepatitis C information in English, Punjabi, Urdu, Simplified Chinese and Tagalog.
The website is part of a province-wide campaign to raise awareness about hepatitis C in Ontario's largest immigrant populations that have high incidence of this disease. Toronto Public Health's AIDS and Sexual Health Infoline can provide counseling about hepatitis, HIV and sexual health in up to 16 languages for clients across Ontario seeking information, counseling or a testing site within the province at 1-800-668-2437.
For more information about the project or its resources please contact Hywel Tuscano, htuscano@catie.ca.
Links to the language specific sites below:
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Dreams Multicultural Wedding Show 2013
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The only multicultural bridal fashion show in GTA! Highlights include:
- Multicultural bridal fashion show
- Jewelry fashion show
- Flower fashion show
- Costume fashion show
- FREE iDreams Fashion Magazine
Where: Red Rose Convention Centre
When: Sunday, January 20, 2013
Tickets: $5
Attention Exhibitors! Please confirm your booth and magazine advertisement now. Booths are on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Booth 10'x10' Dreams Wedding Show January 2013
- Boost your website and advertise your work FREE for 1 year internet listing on our exhibitor's page and 3 blog postings in one year
- Round the year advertisement available in 3 sponsorship packages
- Register for free seminar
- Sponsorship opportunity
- Volunteer hours
- Marketing job opportunity
- Modelling
Click HERE for more information or contact Dreams Wedding Show via EMAIL or phone: 647.291.9265. This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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Talaash
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 In Talaash, Aamir Khan plays an investigation officer, Inspector Shekhawat, who receives a phone call early in the morning informing him about death and an accident and how everything starts to unfold from there. The case turns into a life altering chase for him when he is forced to reel under the repercussions of a broken married life with wife Roshni (Rani Mukherji) and comes face-to-face with his suppressed grief. He then meets a sex worker Rosie (Kareena Kapoor) who further adds shades of mystery to the puzzle. What looks like a simple car accident investigation turns into a haunting mystery as further investigations show many anomalies stringed to the death of the victim. Starring: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherji and Kareena Kapoor
Director: Reema Kagti
Click HERE for more information, showtimes, and to purchase advance tickets online. MyBindi is a proud promotional partner of Albion and Woodside Cinemas - delivering the best of Bollywood Cinema in the GTA!
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| The Masala Musical BHARATI Returns to Toronto! | 
Presented by RBC
The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts is pleased to welcome the return of BHARATI, a spectacular live presentation of the dance, music, fashion, and folk traditions of India.
The cast of BHARATI is comprised of dancers, actors, singers, acrobats and musicians in a powerful tale of love and homecoming. BHARATI tells the story of Siddharth, an Indian-born engineer raised in the United States who returns to his homeland to work on the Ganga Cleaning Project. Cynical and contemptuous of all things Indian, Siddharth finds himself attracted to a mysterious Indian woman named Bharati. As she re-introduces him to the wonders of India, Siddharth ends up discovering his true self, and the meaning of love.
BHARATI features original background music and 19 of the greatest hit songs of Indian cinema, all played and sung live.
Where: The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Performances: February 9 at 2pm and 8pm | February 10 at 2pm
Tickets: $39 - $99 (plus applicable fees and taxes)
Click HERE to purchase tickets online or call 1-855-872-SONY (7669).
Click HERE for more information.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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 The shortlist for the 2013 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, announced in London on Tuesday night, includes this year's Booker Prize-nominated Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil, as well as Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon, winner of the 2011 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize.
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Dreaming of which far flung destination to travel to next? Look no further than your cinema screens for inspiration! From Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger to Daniel Craig's Skyfall, action flick fans get a double dose of Istanbul this fall. From gritty street chases to panning landscape shots, the cinematography (along with the films' hunky stars of course) make Istanbul a drool worthy destination for travel junkies like me. A city straddling both Europe and Asia, Istanbul offers a truly authentic and intriguing blend of East meets West for the 9.5 million international tourists expected to visit by the end of 2012. Lucky me, I happened to be one of those tourists this past September.
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