Centre Kabir is pleased to support Ziya Tabassian in the presentation of  a great tabla artist Pt. Yogesh Samsi accompanied by Tanmay Deochak on the harmonium.

"Must be close to being the best Tablachi of our age" - Historian Ramachandra Guha

To purchase tickets please call 514.573.7674.

Cilck HERE for more information.

To celebrate Diwali, the South Asian 'festival of lights' Nestlé Canada is proud to announce that the special Quality Street Diwali gift tin will be available for a second consecutive year. A popular assortment of imported chocolates and caramel, Quality Street is an excellent gift choice for celebrations and events.

 

"There is an intrinsic fit between Quality Street and Diwali," said Ryan Denys, Marketing Leader, of Nestlé Canada Confectionery Marketing. "Following the success of last year's program and the great demand from the South Asian community in Canada, we are excited to bring the Quality Street Diwali gift tin once again to nearly 1.5 million Indo-Canadians".  

 

The Quality Street Diwali 725g gift tin is available at select stores with a high concentration of South Asian consumers in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec.

 

Click HERE for further details and the list of participating stores. 

Feature Film, Dowry:

 

A fight over one dowry divides two sisters from an underprivileged, South Asian family.

 

The thought-provoking comments, the intrigued listeners and the excitement!  All before we even have a final cut!  Your next step is to take your anticipation of seeing this movie, to the kickstarter campaign!

 

If we don't raise our full amount of $19,000 we won't get any of the funds. Get this film from post production to coming soon!  

 

Click HERE to check out the great incentives for supporting the Kickstarter campaign -
Raising a dowry for Dowry.  

 

Click HERE for more information.

Click  HERE to help Kickstart this feature film.

BSS Montreal announces their Annual Composer's Day celebration.

This year, we will pay tribute the violin legend Lalgudi Jayaraman, one of the most prolific composers and performers of modern Carnatic music.

We will end the day with a vocal concert in remembrance of the late Meena Srinivasan, a 'fallen leaf' of the BSS Montreal fraternity.

This concert will be presented by Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath, a talented vocalist from Bangalore who is also the proud recipient of this year's Meena Srinivasan Memorial Award-a prestigious award supported by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.

Click HERE for more information.

Garo & Friends announce their first concert in Ottawa Rumi Remembered: An evening of Music of the Heart, Sacred Poetry, and Mesmerizing Movements of the Whirling Dervishes.

Music and poetry. No other human creative expression touches the awareness of our higher selves that we call spiritual than these two. Even our prayers are written in one form or another in some poetic format and often turned into music which gives fluidity and adds rhythm and movement to the words.

Poetry is a direct, often spontaneous and concise expression of emotions and thoughts. When it inspires us towards the divine it helps us to become the music that we are.

Click HERE to purchase tickets.

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Nanak Flights' excellent customer service will inform you regarding any change in your flight schedule or gate changes in a timely fashion.

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Expressions of Muslim Women presents Hope Eternal.

This is the 6th annual women-only event showcasing the talents of local Muslim womenThe performance includes poetry, drama, songs, and comedy. The show revolves around the theme of hope.

Please bring non-perishable food items that evening for the Sadaqa Food Bank.

Tickets available at Aladdin Bakery on Carling Ave. and St. Laurent Blvd.

Expressions of Muslim Women (EMW) is a local group of Muslim women dedicated to exhibiting the creative capacities of Muslim women. EMW events set out to inspire women of all faith and cultural backgrounds, by seeing Muslim women express themselves in a positive and constructive way within a comfortable environment.

Click HERE for more information.

The Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber (ICOBC) invites you to its Networking and Dinner Event.

Click HERE to register for this event.

About ICOBC:
The Indo Canada Ottawa Business Chamber is a registered not-for-profit corporation under Canadian Federal laws. The objects of the Corporation are to fund and carry our activities and programs that are beneficial to the Indo-Canadian business and professional community and the community as a whole, in a way which the law regards as charitable.

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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.

Kabir Cultural Centre is pleased to present Keeping Tradition Alive with Alam Khan (Sarod) and Hindole Majumdar (Tabla)

Alam Khan is the son of the greatest Indian sarod artist late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and the grandson of the guru of gurus Allauddin Khan. Alam's sarod is a youthful tribute to the age-old Maihar music lineage.

Click HERE to purchase tickets or for more information.

It is recorded in Mahabharatha an Hindu epic, that once the royal Kaurava princes invited their Pandava cousins to a game of dice. The Pandavas lose everything they owned, including their own selves. Finally Yudhisthir the oldest Pandava puts Draupadi, his own brother's wife on stake and loses.

The Hall of Shame, is a new dance production that portrays the humiliation of Draupadi, her pain and her her anger as she stands alone against the world.

Using dance and documentary video, Deepali recounts this story that is still highly prevalent in our present times.

Deepali is a Montreal based professional Bollywood and Bhangra dancer. Trained in Kathak, an Indian classical dance, she is also an Actor and a Choreographer.

Click HERE for more information.

"EVERYTHING was GOOD-BYE" by Gurjinder Basran is a novel I had wanted to read for some time and finally did.

How many times have you been in line at the grocery store and can't help but notice what the person ahead or behind you is purchasing? As the communal conveyor belt moves along, we all take a peek now and then and see what the person beside you will be eating this week!  

 

Don't deny it, we've all done it - including myself.

Most of the time I briefly scan and the odd time I may cringe a bit (that's the nutritionist in me thinking - "Oh Goodness, if only I could tell you what amazing, healthy, tasty alternatives there are to your x, y, z") but last week while I was doing my weekly run, I literally thought I was going to have a heart attack.

 

Behind me was a family - parents and two little girls and with them was a cart full of.... absolute junk. I don't mean to be judgemental - we all deserve a treat (and believe me, during this year with baby - I treat myself at least once a day it seems!) so I am no stranger to less-than-healthy foods, but this was just beyond words. What killed me was that the nutrition of these two little ones was completely being dictated by the poor choices from their parents.

 

In their cart contained boxes of mac and cheese, crackers, cookies, gatorade, chips, white bread, a few other boxed goods, chocolate milk and oh, yes some produce: bananas. That's it. That was the only whole food in the entire cart. Bananas. Nothing green. Not one vegetable.  

I literally almost teared up.  

Click HERE to read more. 

Western Union announced its #sendforbetter holiday campaign supporting World Vision Canada initiatives that help end child poverty in Canada and improve education programs in global communities.

Western Union will donate funds on their customers' behalf for qualifying texts and/or Instagram posts relating to the campaign. "We're very pleased to be working with World Vision Canada to help children in poverty around the world and in our own backyards," says Don DeLair, vice president and general manager, Canada, Western Union. "Every day we see the incredible generosity of our customers, sending money to loved ones back home; their participation in this campaign, through a simple text or post, will improve kids' learning and well-being, helping them succeed in school and in life."

Anyone sending money from Canada through participating Western Union® Agent locations can participate in #sendforbetter between Oct. 15 and Dec. 31, 2013 (inclusive). Customers are encouraged to:

• text "WU" and the last four digits of their transaction receipt's money transfer control number (MTCN) to 88898, OR
• post a photo inspired by "What makes the world better" and tag the photo with #sendforbetter on Instagram

Click HERE to learn more.