As always, if there's an event or an initiative in Vancouver that you'd like us to promote on MyBindi West - please send me an email.

  

Shahrukh Khan's favorite tea has arrived in Canada!  India's #1 Tea is now available in Canada from coast to coast.

You can brew Tata's bold malty flavor at home for an authentic taste of India. Welcome India's #1 tea by helping us brew some magic in Canada. Tata Tea, now available at major retailers.

Nanak Flights has now launched a new online flights booking engine at NanakFlights.com where you can find the lowest price on airfares in Canada and worldwide.

In addition to unbeatable prices and our price drop guarantee that grants you up to $100 credit if the cost of your ticket drops after you purchase it from us, members of mybindi.com will also receive a $10 gas card reward for every ticket booked on the site.

 

 

Click HERE for more information. 

NetIP North America is excited to launch the  22nd Annual Conference centered around "Dare to Be You".

As South Asians are beginning to break away from social norms, we can spearhead the movement toward diversifying our lives and professions.

As NetIP's mission is to improve and enhance our community through our 4 pillars, we are sure we can be the forum for South Asians to explore diversity.

As many of us strive to find our place in society and break away from the traditional career and life paths, we realize we are inundated with infinite opportunities and it is important to find avenues to diversify our professions and lives!

Attend the  22nd Annual NetIP Conference and "Dare to Be You"!

Click HERE to register for the conference and purchase tickets.

Click HERE for more information on the conference.

Gurdas Maan brings The Jogiya Tour to the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre.

Gurdas Maan was born on 4th January, 1957 in Giddarbaha, Punjab, India. His song "Dil Da Mamala Hai" brought him to national attention in India in 1980. He has recorded over 34 albums and has written over 250 songs. He has toured the globe and charmed audiences with his versatile performances.

Click HERE for more information.

Don't miss a romantic musical evening with two of Bollywood's popular playback singers: Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik. This concert will be extra special because the two singers have the distinction of singing numerous beautiful duets together.

Click HERE for more information.

SAFA is bringing a fun and family oriented South Asian festival to Holland Park in Surrey. End off the summer and bring the kids to a last hurrah before school starts.

Enjoy a fashion show and sign up for our fun competitions: Roti-Making and Kara Race.

Lots of great entertainment from our artist community as well as a Headlining performance from UK Superstar: JASSI SIDHU!

Free admission. Bring your own blankets and lawnchairs.

Also free admission.

Click HERE for more information.

Sadly violence is a true reality for many of us. Help stop violence through a fundraiser themed: Stopping the War Against Women and Children.

A talented singer/songwriter/comedian named Kelita will entertain us, along with other special guests, a delicious buffet and cash bar, a silent auction and the launch of the SOS project.

This is a night to stand up and support Kamal and join her courageous commitment to speak out against violence in all forms!

Won't you join Kamal and be a voice for the voiceless? Please book your tickets today!

For tickets or more information click HERE or call Karen: 604.614.5525 | Judy: 604.328.1897 | Kamal 604.866.1385.

Celebrating his 33 years of singing, well-known gazal singer Pankaj Udhas is coming to Vancouver for yet another classic concert.

Pankaj Udhas will regale the audience with his choicest gazals from his more than 50 albums like Aahat, Mukarrar, Mehfil, Nayaab, Aafreen, Shagufta, Nabeel, Lamha & Aashiyana amongst others, and film songs from Naam, Saajan, Ghayal, Mohra, Yeh Dillagi & Phir Teri Kahaani Yaad Aayee.

From 'Chitthi Aayee Hai' to 'Chandi Jaisa Rang Hai Tera', Pankaj Udhas' incredible journey of 33 years will mesmerise audiences for a long time!

Click HERE for more information.

 

How to End an Argument - Kundalini Yoga Style

Stand ankles to ankles with your partner and bend down into downward dog or triangle pose as it's known in kundalini yoga

In this upside down position lock eyes with your partner. Hold and breath long and deep for 2 mins.

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 Tears of Mehndi: Book Review

Book Review by Wendy Aujla

 

"Tears of Mehndi" is Raminder Sidhu's first debut novel that explores the tight-knit community in Vancouver's Little India.

 

Raminder opens up the dialogue around the social issues that some South Asian's encounter when caught between two cultures and struggling to follow Indian traditions while embracing the values of the Western culture.  

 

Click  HERE to read more.

I love reading. Most of it is non-fiction (if not all) and fall under the categories of: Health/Wellness, Spirituality and Self-Help. Love it - I could read all day about this!

 

In particular, I absolutely love Geneen Roth. She has written numerous books - one of which I've blogged about before: Women, Food & God. She is the most eloquent writer and just gets to the heart of the matter - whether it be about food, money, be present, living your life. She really knows what she's talking about.
 

 Musical Bliss: The Piano Guys feat. Shweta Subram - Khushnuma

What happens when you fuse a creative American musical group with a dynamic Indian vocalist? Musical nirvanva, as presented by The Piano Guys and Shweta Subram in their latest single Khushnuma.

 

Shweta Subram, an accomplished vocalist from Canada, is well-known in the South Asian music scene. Besides performing with Salim-Sulaiman at the IIFA Awards, Shweta has also won Shankar Mahadevan's global singing competition and has worked with renowned artists like Shankar Tucker, Karthik, and Pravin Mani.

 

 

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Shashi Bhat's debut novel The Family Took Shape is a touching and honest story of one unique family's search for happiness in Canadian suburbia.

hen Mira Acharya's father dies, the challenges facing her Indo-Canadian family become that much more daunting. Ravi, her autistic older brother, requires special care but longs to be just like other children.

Their mother must work full time to keep a roof over their heads and still make time to be a parent to an over-achiever and a developmentally challenged child. As much as Mira loves her mother and brother, she resents the situations in which living with them places her.

Click HERE to read more.