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February 28, 2013
Welcome to another edition of MyBindi's newsletter. It's the last day of February but it's certainly not the last we've seen of winter! For some MyBindi fans that's not such a bad thing! Our fans Pooja Kaushal, Aastha Sahni, Mariam Mazhar, and Rashid Sheikh will be enjoying the Disney on Ice show courtesy of MyBindi.com, with some very special little people :)
Are you ready for our next promotion/giveaway? This time, we're giving away tickets to this South Asian speed dating event being hosted by Love Inspired in collaboration with Single in the City. To nominate someone to attend this event (yes, you can even nominate yourself) all you have to do is:
2. Post a message on our facebook wall and tell us whom you are nominating (you can say it's a friend, my brother, my sister etc. if you do not wish to name names) to attend this Speed Dating event and share one quality that you most admire about this person. That's all. MyBindi will read all nominations and if you win, you will receive a ticket to gift to this person (or yourself). Winners will be announced by March 15
so you have lots of time to think about your nominations. You can nominate as many people as you like so long as you comply with all the requirements above for each nomination.
Until next week! Syerah
Editor-in-Chief & CEO
MyBindi.com
syerah@mybindi.com
 or  and never miss out on breaking news, offers and free giveaways from MyBindi!
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| 25th Anniversary Celebration of Kalanidhi Fine Arts in Canada | 
Artistic Director Sudha Khandwani marks 25 years of presenting landmark festivals and conferences in Canada that feature the finest classical and contemporary Indian dance artists from around the world.
There will be some special performances of Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kalaripayattu and Contemporary dance.
Where: Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
When: March 14 -March 16, 2013
Tickets: General Admission - $30 | Students/Seniors - $25
Click HERE for more information.
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Adnan Sami: Live in Concert in Toronto!
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Adnan Sami, the Legend is BACK for in the Greater Toronto Area.
Musician, actor and composer Adnan Sami received his formal training in Indian classical music from the famous Santoor Maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.
Specializing in Asian and Western styles and instrumentation, his career has spanned classical music (Indian and Western), jazz and modern pop-rock.
Currently he resides in Mumbai, India.
When: Friday, March 22, 2013.
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $45- $125
Don't miss out on seeing this talented performer live in concert!
Click HERE for more information.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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Anand Patwardhan Masters' Series Class with DOC Toronto
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Patwardhan is known for his activism through social action documentaries on topics including corruption, slum dwellers, nuclear arms, citizen activism and communalism. Many of his films were at one time banned by state television channels in India and became the subject of litigation by Patwardhan who successfully challenged the censorship rulings in court.
With host Ali Kazimi, filmmaker and associate professor in the Department of Film at York University, Patwardhan will use examples from films shot over his thirty-year career to discuss his creative process as a director, cinematographer and editor; censorship and social issue filmmaking; and the filmmaker-subject relationship. There will also be time for questions from the audience.
When: Monday, March 4, 2013.
Time: 7:00pm- 10:30pm
Where: Camera Bar, 1028 Queen St W. Toronto
Tickets: $40 - $65Click HERE for more information. Anand Patwardhan appears under the auspices of the Shan and Jay Chandrasekar Visiting Artist/Scholar Residency program, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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DIL :: Quality Education to Disadvantaged Children
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Developments in Literacy (DIL) is a registered charity dedicated to providing quality education to disadvantaged children, especially girls, by establishing and operating schools in the underdeveloped regions of Pakistan, with a strong focus on gender equality and community participation. DIL currently runs 150 schools in all four provinces of Pakistan and has a total student strength of 15,000 plus of which Canada supports 6 schools. The Orangi and Khairpur Projects with 53 schools all together, comprise the Sindh Program. Both projects, though operating in very different areas, one remote rural and the other urban slum, continue to focus on the girl child as per DIL Policy: preference in enrollment and scholarships is given to girls and a lot of effort is put into community motivation to persuade parents to send their daughters to school. Click HERE to read more about DIL. DIL is hosting it's annual Gala, an evening of entertainment and fine dining, on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Click HERE for more information. This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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| Women STRUT for Women 2013! | 
What: Fred Victor's fab fundraising event - just for women with a bold Bollywood theme. South Asian tapas, complementary wine, Bollywood dancers, fashion show, silent auction and give-aways.
Also applaud Toronto women who have taken leadership on poverty at the Women with Purpose - Mary Sheffield Awards. When: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Time: 6 - 9 pm
Where: The Berkeley Church, 315 Queen Street East
How much: $55. Your receipt is your ticket, so keep it to get in the door!
Why:We are raising ...
- ... awareness of poverty in our City
- ... funds to help homeless and low-income women
Click HERE for more information or to purchase tickets.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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| Islamic Relief presents Maher Zain: Songs for Hope | 
The internationally acclaimed singer, Maher Zain partners with Islamic Relief to bring his "Songs of Hope" Tour 2013 to 10 cities in Canada and raise funds for orphans and children in need living in some of the most vulnerable communities across the globe. Joining him will be comedian, Omar Regan.
Last year Maher helped Islamic Relief raise nearly $500,000 for their safe village projects across the globe. This year, he's back to beat that and make an even bigger difference in communities across the globe.
When: Saturday, March 9, 2013
Where: Rose Theatre Brampton
Tickets: $15
Other cities where Maher Zain and Omar Regan will be performing:
- Waterloo: March 7
- Montreal: March 8
- London: March 10
- Windsor: March 11
- St. Catharines: March 12
- Ottawa: March 14
- Winnipeg: March 15
- Calgary: March 16
- Edmonton: March 17
Click HERE for more information on the event and Islamic Relief.
This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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| Dil Se :: South Asian Cultural Show | 
Dil Se is a hindi phrase that means "From the Heart".
Dil Se is a platform to celebrate Indian culture through an exhibition of various performing arts, and of course food!
This year, we have a number of popular returning acts such as GunSmith, accompanied by fresh new university wide talent, including a fusion song and dance group as well as established dance teams.
The event is an open and inclusive event, with a goal to provide performers an audience to showcase their talent and commitment to the Indian art forms. Everyone is welcome and invited to audition for a performance spot.
To audition for our event or for details on tickets, please contact Shailin Gosalia via EMAIL or 647.377.2798. We hope to see you for a night of fun, entertainment, and talent, followed by a full course dinner. Make sure to grab an early bird ticket while they last!
When: Friday, March 15, 2013
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Where: JJR Macleod Auditorium, 1 Kings College Circle
Click HERE for more information. This event is proudly sponsored by MyBindi.com.
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The Attacks of 26/11
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The Attacks of 26/11 movie is a crime-thriller based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
This movie gives you an insight of 26/11, when 9 trained terrorists held Mumbai hostage for 60 hours causing Mumbai under terror.
Starring: Nana Patekar, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Atul Kulkarni
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
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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| | What's New on BindiBlogs | 
Ex Indian Canadian MP Quits Amid Tax-Evasion ChargesSukh Dhaliwal, a former Indian Canadian member of parliament, has resigned as a British Columbia Liberal Party candidate in the coming provincial election amid tax-evasion charges, media reports said. An emotional Dhaliwal addressed a hastily called news conference Friday at the Grand Taj Banquet Hall in Surrey, where just days earlier he held a fundraiser with Premier Christy Clark attended by 800 supporters, Vancouver Sun reported. Dhaliwal's resignation came hours after the BC Liberals announced a review of his candidacy and confirmed that he only notified the party of the tax charges after The Vancouver Sun obtained the court documents and called for comment, the newspaper said. Click HERE to read more. 
Bilingual Babies Know Grammar By 7 MonthsBabies can differentiate between two languages and begin to learn them with vast, different grammatical structures, even at seven months, says a new research. The study shows that infants in bilingual environments use pitch and duration cues to discriminate between languages - such as English and Japanese - with opposite word orders. In English, a function word comes before a content word (the dog, his hat, with friends, for example) and the duration of the content word is longer, while in Japanese or Hindi, the order is reversed, and the pitch of the content word higher, the journal Nature Communications reports. Click HERE to learn more. 
Cinema and sports, the two abiding loves of Indians all over, are intersecting as never before. If sports stars are turning actors and producers and providing creative fodder for Bollywood filmmakers, tinsel town is also doing its bit by pumping in money and providing glitz to various sports leagues.
It's a unique, symbiotic relationship and it's getting stronger.
Bollywood films on London Olympics bronze medalist M.C. Mary Kom and 'Flying Sikh' Milkha Singh are already in the pipeline, while actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty are doing their bit in promoting various sports.
A sutra is a short phrase or saying that encompasses a great teaching. Love is part romance, part decision, part curiosity and always evolving. These ancient wisdoms from the tradition of Kundalini Yoga always deliver the right message at the right time. I go through the list regularly to remind myself of the potential of transformation. Sometimes I forget one, and that's the one that holds my lesson.
- Recognize that the other person is you.
- There is a way through every block.
- If the pressure is on you, start and the pressure will be off.
- Understand through Compassion or your will misunderstand the times.
I love kale. I really do. Not only is it a mega superstar superfood, it tastes great too (if done right!) Its packed full of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and is a definite nutritional bang for your buck!
And kelp... can't say enough about it. Its a sea vegetable thats loaded with iodine, calcium and iron. Though I often take and recommend it in supplement form, there is yet another way to enjoy kelp!
Here are two products that I've recently discovered that you can add to your supergreens repertoire in the kitchen. If you are short on time or just want another way to get some kale or kelp into your life, try these out ...
 Neeraj Pandey returns to direction after four years and his latest film "Special Chabbis" looks as invigorating as his first film "A Wednesday". The soundtrack too seems good with five original tracks. Four songs have been penned by Irshad Kamil and composed by M.M. Kreem, while Himesh Reshammiya has chipped in with a composition with lyrics by Shabbir Ahmed. First up is "Tujh sang lagee". A soulful rendition by KK, the song has a qawwali touch and Sufi energy flowing incessantly. The sound of the Sarangi and other Indian instruments also play a vital role by keeping you in sync with the song. 
Mira Nair's much-awaited global thriller, 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Om Puri, and Shabana Azmireleases in theaters on April 26. The brand new trailer and poster have premiered for this eagerly anticipated motion picture event which is based on the best-selling novel by Mohsin Hamid. 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' was the opening night selection at the prestigious Venice Film Festival and will now hit theaters nationwide this spring. The story begins in 2011 in Lahore. At an outdoor caf� a Pakistaniman named Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells Bobby (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist, about his experiences in the United States. Click HERE to read more. |
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