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Gold jewelry adds beauty and elegance to God's beautiful creation called woman. Gold jewelry always forms as the best of ornaments. An Indian marriage is considered incomplete without gold jewelry for the bride, the bridegroom and the other family members. Gold earrings jewelry or gold pendants jewelry are also given as gifts at the time of wedding. Gold is also regarded as a great investment, which is very useful at the hour of need. Indian gold jewelry is also famous for its beautiful designs all over the world. In the traditional times also, gold jewelry added royalty to the wearer. Even today gold jewelry is very much in demand. Gold jewelry is precious so it has to be unique in its design. The beauty added to a gold jewel is through the fine craftsmanship and the quality of gold used in it. The unique designs and the pure gold from which it is made have to be up to the mark. From traditional to modern, there are all kinds of designs to suit you. The Indian gold jewelry will add charm to your collection. Design and quality are the two things for which you should never make a compromise.
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Delhi 2 Dublin is the new sound of music. Blending east and west, electronic and acoustic, mainstream and underground, the five member D2D crew takes listeners on a wild and borderless trip with their global sounds. The band fuses the traditional sounds of tabla, dhol, fiddle, and sitar with cutting edge DJ aesthetics to create a highly charged multi-cultural dance celebration.
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The Blue Mug is a comedy play in Hindi/ English. It will be touring US, Gulf, UK & Brazil in April-May 2010. A production of ‘The Theatre Company’, this play enjoys strong critical acclaim and has been a grand success with multiple shows on public demand in India.
If you want to host this play in your city, send enqury to shruti@mediasphere.us or call on 717-826-5372
As you all know that Brindavana will be hosting the 6th AKKA World Kannada Conference on Sept 3rd, 4th and 5th of 2010 in Raritan Center, Edison, NJ. Details are available at www.akkaonline.org Dignitaries and artists from India and USA are attending. A team comprising of 37 Committees have been formed with enthusiastic Kannadigas from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Delaware and Pennsylvania and preparation for a grand 3 day extravaganza is in full swing....
Highlights of the events -
Art of Living by Shri Shri Ravishankar on Sep 3rd. Business Forum with well known business leaders like Shri Gururaj Deshpande on Sep 3rd. Continuous Medical Education (CME) on Sept 3rd and 4th. Women's forum with invited dignitaries like Padmashri Sudha Murthy. Also featuring the ?rst ACL (AKKA Cricket League) tournament. Sri Sri Sugunendra Swamiji of Puttige Mutt and Shri B.S.Yeddyurappa, chief minister of Karnataka will be attending. Grand Classical Musical nite by Dr. M Balamuralikrishna and group. Movie Musical Nite featuring Kannada movie stars like Puneet Rajkumar, Golden Star Ganesh, Diganth, Tara, Radhika Pandit.
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Guggenheim fellow and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Incorporating the culture of his Indian ancestry, Rudresh has fused a myriad influences to create a truly groundbreaking musical vision. Just like Dizzy Gillespie who wedded jazz chord changes to Cuban rhythms in the nineteen-forties, Mahanthappa writes and performs music that blended Western harmony with South Indian traditions, searching for a style in which American and Indian players find a common ground. Rudresh will be appearing with Rez Abbasi - guitar and Dan Weiss - Tabla & Drums.
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Guggenheim fellow and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Incorporating the culture of his Indian ancestry, Rudresh has fused a myriad influences to create a truly groundbreaking musical vision. Just like Dizzy Gillespie who wedded jazz chord changes to Cuban rhythms in the nineteen-forties, Mahanthappa writes and performs music that blended Western harmony with South Indian traditions, searching for a style in which American and Indian players find a common ground. Rudresh will be appearing with Rez Abbasi - guitar and Dan Weiss - Tabla & Drums.
A Maestro means one who combines unique musicianship and immense virtuosity. Master U. Srinivas has proved that he fulfils this to the hilt. A rather inconspicuous member of the western orchestra, Srinivas has revived and raised the mandolin, an unknown instrument and given it a respectable status in classical music. Nobody in recent times has achieved charisma in as quick a time as Srinivas has done. He is a musical phenomenon to whom perfection of tone and execution come as spontaneously as the free and unfettered flow of his ideas.
The Nrityagram Dance Ensemble is regarded worldwide as one of the foremost dance companies of India bringing a new work to The Moore Theatre this season. Nrityagram is known for exceptional synchronicity, compelling physicality and emotional honesty.
The ensemble has earned national and international acclaim for its ability to redefine both dance and theater, to create and communicate with powerful imagery and captivating movement. STG proudly presents Nrityagram in association with Kirkland Performance Center.
AID, Seattle (Association for India's development) welcomes you to a musical event 'Tarana' by the famous Seattle local band, AllGoRhythms on Saturday, March 20th. Do join us in this musical extranvaganza with some of the choicest numbers from Hindi film music. AllGoRhythms has been performing in Seattle since many years and have established their reputation through variety of music events. AID, Seattle continues this tradition of appreciating music and presenting events that promote fine art. All proceeds from this event will go to projects in India.
Delhi 2 Dublin is the new sound of music. Blending east and west, electronic and acoustic, mainstream and underground, the five member D2D crew takes listeners on a wild and borderless trip with their global sounds. The band fuses the traditional sounds of tabla, dhol, fiddle, and sitar with cutting edge DJ aesthetics to create a highly charged multi-cultural dance celebration.
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True to its reputation as one of the premier service organization for Telugus, North America Telugu Society (NATS) conducted a Free Medical Camp and a Bone Marrow donation drive at Sri Venkateswara temple in Bridgewater, New Jersey on Sunday 02/21/2010.
Several Elderly Parents who are visiting from India, had consultations and examinations from several specialist doctors at the event. Also unemployed families and Students thronged the venue to seek medical aid and advice.
Dr.Madhu Korrapati (Nephrology, Internal Medicine) championed the effort in inviting the participation of several doctors for the event. The following doctors graciously responded, extended their help and offered various medical services to the patients – Dr.Mahesh Bikkina (Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology), Dr.Ramesh Eluri (Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry), Dr.Janardhan Bollu (Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine), Dr. Suryaprakash Ganti (Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine), Dr.Purushotham Surapaneni (Internal Medicine), Dr.Ugandhara Rao Vemulapalli (Psychiatry, and Weight Loss), Dr. Sreedevi Rama (Obstetrics, Gynecology), Dr. Lakshmi Lavanya Sodagum (Nephrology), Dr.Vineet Korrapati (Internal medicine and gastroenterology), Dr. Srinivas Katta (Internal Medicine) and Dr. Shaunak Dwivedi (Internal Medicine and Nephrology). Mr. Kaschit pandya, helped for blood sugar measurement during the entire event.
Free Medical Tests were performed and meditation coupons were distributed to all the participants of the Medical Camp. Body fat measurements and weight reduction advise was given. Also nutritional consultations were given for heart healthy diet, low cholesterol diet and diabetic diet. Public were also made aware of the early symptoms of stroke and were taught on how to seek help in case of emergency.
Mr.VijayReddy Annappareddy sponsored Free Blood Sugar machines, Strips and Meditation Coupons to all new NATS members. About 50 free machines were distributed to the patients. During the camp some participants were diagnosed with new onset hypertension and diabetes and were advised accordingly to follow with primary doctors.
‘Neighbor Care Pharmacy’ and ‘Indiaissaving.com’ extended their help to the event. Dakshin, Abhiruchi and Baba Hut sponsored delicious food for the event. Raffles were taken in regular intervals and various forms of medical devices were provided to the winners.
Later, Dr.Vineet Korrapati and Dr.Madhuri Adabala conducted a Bone Marrow drive and there was an overwhelming response from people with more than 30 donors pledging for the noble cause.
Mr. Mohan Krishna Mannava and Mr. Anil Boppudi planned and organized this medical camp.
The following NATS Team – Srinivas Ganagoni, Ramesh Gandhamaneni, Ramesh Nuthalapati, Raj Allada, Vasu Tupakula, Sudhir Tummala, Ranjit Chaganti, Ravi Parvathaneni, Vishnu Aluru, Prasad Gurram, Krishna Thella, Ramanaidu Kantubuktha, Sridhar Donepudi, Prajwala, Punnam Manthena, Ranadheer Thakur, Siva Muvva etc sweated hard to make the event a big success.
Even young kids Chaitanya Tummala and Saikumar Ganagoni chipped in with their handy contribution for the cause. Srinivas Koneru (K.V.K) and Sridhar Appasani contributed for media promotion.
The following prominent local community people – Sailaja Adluri, Hari Tummala, Sathish Dasari, Ravi Dhannapuneni, Ganne Ramana, Jay Prakash, Sreenath Dhulipalla, Bhaskar Bhupathi, Raja Tummala, Ravi Potluri, Srinivas Bhartavarapu, Prashanth Vemuganti, Krishna Prasad Sunkara, Satya Kalagotla etc participated in the event and praised NATS Service initiatives.
There was a great shower of appreciation for the Medical Camp especially from the elderly community who are on visit from India.
Mr.Mohan Krishna Mannava thanked all the Doctors and Volunteers for their tireless efforts in making this event successful. Later, Dr Madhu Korrapati stated that similar medical camps will be conducted by NATS in Philadelphia and New York Regions and requested to stay tuned for the specifics at http://natsworld.org/new
Telugu Student Vaaka Adi Reddy ( Age 26) is shot at Oklahoma city on Tuesday night around 10:00 p.m by two black guys after robbing the store where Adi Reddy is working as part time employee.
He is admitted immediately into the near by Oklahoma University Hospital. Still he is in ICU and condition is very critical.
We are planning to bring his family members immediately from Andhra Pradesh to Oklahoma City with the help of NRI Minister Sridhar Babu.
Adi Reddy is very active and friendly person who belongs to Uppalapadu village, Praksam district and doing Masters degree at Oklahoma City after completion of his Engineering in Bachelors at Baptla, Guntur District .
Adi Reddy actively participates in many social activities and also big supporter of Dr YS Raja Sekhara Reddy, he played a good role in YSR Victory Rally Held at Smith Ville , TN on May 23rd, 24th after second time winning of YSR.
Dallas, TX: The Indian American Friendship Council (IAFC) a twenty-year old non-profit organization has been pursuing the City of Dallas to install Mahatma Gandhi statue for a quite some time and finally got the approval from the City.
“We sincerely thank Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert for taking initiative in realizing our long cherished dream. More than 100,000 Indian-Americans who live in the Greater Dallas area would be very excited to see Mahatma Gandhi statue in the heart of the Dallas City soon. This is the project of the whole Indian-American community; several India based organizations including the India Association of North Texas (IANT), Individuals, Professional, Businesses, Entrepreneurs, Women, Youth and Senior Citizens will be part of this project and historical movement. The statue will be made in India by a noted sculptor Mr. B. Siva Varaprasad and shipped to Dallas. Varaprasad is a very experienced sculptor especially in making Bronze statutes and also the winner of the President (Abdul Kalam) Award for his skills,” Prasad Thotakura, Texas State Coordinator and the General Secretary, IAFC said.
IAFC, the host organization of the project, has already allocated $10,000 towards making this cause. Several organizations and businesses are coming forward to support the project. Prasad Thotakura, Dr. Tarakumar Reddy, Piyush Patel, Taiyab Kundawala, Dr. C.R. Rao, Dr. Niranjan Tripathy, Rao Kalvala, Dr. Sat Gupta and Renee Dutia are serving as Board of Directors of IAFC. Leaders of all community organizations will be meeting soon to discuss further details.
2009 TANTEX (Telugu association of North texas)President and 2010 IANT (Indian Association of North Texas) Secretary Dr Korspati Sridhar Reddy was felicitated by Sri Venkateswara University Alumni Association (SVUAA) for being recognized by NRI welfare society with Hind rattan Award during 61st Republic day celebrations in Delhi.
The event occured at SV University Campus, Tirupati, on 3 February. The venue overflowed with SVU Research Scholars, Lecturers, readers and professors from SVUniversity the happiness and cheer the event generated in the evening was unprecedented.
SVU Registar J. Pratap Reddy and Korspati Sridhar reddy were the chief guests. Glorious evening took off with Lord venkateswara sthothram followed by welcome speech by SVU Alumni coordinator and Centre for Southeast Asian & Pacific Studies Secretary Dr. P. Munirathnam Reddy. He Introduced Sridhar Reddy on the stage and briefed on his leadership skills and interests to serve the needy and his current services to SVUAA and congratulated him for achieving Prestigious Hind Rattan Award from NRI Well Fare Society India.
SVU Registar J.Pratap Reddy shared his past happy moments with Sridhar reddy and appreciated his efforts to bring SVU old Students together in USA and reminded Sridhar reddy 's hospitality during his personal visit to USA last year and highly praised his abilities for raising funds to support recent flood victims in AP.
SVU Assistance Professor and EX SVU Chairman Mr. Y.V.Rami Reddy shared his past college experiences with attendees and how the SVU Alumni Association, USA helped him during his MLC election Campaign and praised his close friend Sridhar Reddy for obtaining hind rattan award and also Co-ordinator Department of Mathematics S.V.U. College of Engineering K Bhanu shared his Friendship with Dr Korsapati and his efforts to promote telugu culture, unity and values across the USA and congratulated him Sindhu Hotels Managing Director Sri Ramesh Gadi Raju shared his association with Sridhar reddy In USA and explained Sridhar reddy services to NRI Telugu Community for past 10 years.
Many SVU Ex students shared their sweet memories as well and congratulated Sridhar Reddy for his achievement.
At the end Sri. Sridhar Reddy took everyone on a nostalgic journey which was very inspiring. He shared his past college sweet memories and his achievements as a TANTEX President and restated his commitment to promote Indian culture, values and traditions across the USA and expressed his happiness after receiving Hind Rattan Award from Ex CM of Maharastra Vilasa Rao deshmukh and also stated Hind Rattan award gave him more encouragement and at the same time more responsibilty.
He also promised to do fund raising for constructing NRI Guest House in the name of Andhra Pradesh's most respected and beloved late Chief Minister and SVU alumni student Sri YS Rajasekhar reddy for NRI's to stay in campus whenever they visit the world famous piligrim town Tirupati.
Several SV University professors, assist professors and lecturers attended the event.
Popular cine Hero Padma Shri Manchu Mohan babu personally congratulated his long time friend Sridhar reddy and also invited him to his Vidya Niketan college.
Gopi Reddy Chillakuru
President
NRI SVU Alumni,USA.
Dallas, TX: In a massive show of support, over 100 delegates from more than 50 different Indian organizations met at FunAsiA Banquet Hall on March 6th under the auspices of Indian American Friendship Council (IAFC) and India Association of North Texas (IANT).
The meeting which was called to order by Taiyab Kundawala, Secretary IAFC mentioned in his opening address about the efforts of various organizations including IANT, in starting projects to establish a statue for Mahatma Gandhi but only now we have moved closer. Taiyab introduced Prasad Thotakura, Texas State Coordinator, IAFC and President-elect, Telugu Association of North America (TANA) who is spearheading the effort as a trusted and proven leader who could muster the support of various community organizations in Dallas area to make this dream come alive.
Prasad Thotakura pledged $10,000 towards this project from IAFC. Prasad walked the audience through an excellent PowerPoint presentation regarding the concept, salient features and steps going forward. He mentioned that with over 100,000 strong Indian Diaspora, it is a fitting tribute to the Dallas landscape to have the 9 foot-high statue of Mahatma Gandhi in downtown Dallas near the City Hall. He showed the letter that the Dallas Convention Center sent allocating the location subject to some conditions such as funding, architectural plan etc. In this preliminary meeting, he wanted to gauge the enthusiasm of attendees to take next steps.
Continuing the presentation, he gave some details about the 9-foot statue with matching granite pedestal, 75-foot long granite Peace Wall with inscriptions of several famous pacifists such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela besides Mahatma Gandhi. He showed some preliminary architectural plans which include a flower garden, water fountain etc. besides at least 5 annual events relating to Mahatma Gandhi and his life. He mentioned that detailed architectural plans will be developed and will be presented to Dallas Convention Board soon for approval. He introduced MVL Prasad as the person in charge to coordinate the statue related activities including making, shipping and installation. He thanked the broad spectrum of people from all walks of lives, faiths and gender who showed their support by attending the meeting. He was positive that the installation could take place by August 15, 2010.
Prasad Thotakura introduced Niranjan Patel, President of India Association of North Texas (IANT) to the audience. Niranjan Patel, while pledging $10,000 towards this project from IANT talked about extensive donations made by IANT in the face of natural disaster in India and USA. He reiterated the importance of this prestigious project and requested all attendees to donate generously in cash and kind.
Several prominent leaders belonging to various ethnic, social, cultural, religious and business organizations expressed their full support in all forms including financial to make this dream come true in Dallas. Prominent cardiologist Dr. Dhiren Shah expressed that such a prestigious project of pride to all Indians should spare no expense and should be done exquisitely. This view was fully endorsed by Nirmal Nilvi another successful businessman and long-term resident of Dallas. Several members of the audience wanted to know more details about the project so they can take it back to their respective communities. To this effect, a follow up meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Dallas Convention Center.
The program ended with Dr. Sridhar Korsapati, Secretary IANT thanking all the attendees, volunteers, Bombay Photography for making it a grand success. He offered special thanks to the staff and management of FunAsiA for providing excellent lunch, banquet hall and audio/video facilities.
