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4 Lisa Ray & Soha Ali Khan bring Indian Fashion to New York

New Yorkers are getting thoroughly pampered – if they can’t get to India to catch the latest Indian fashion, topnotch Indian designers with celebrity models are coming to New York! You had the gorgeous Lisa Ray walking the ramp for Satya Paul, and the equally eye-catching Soha Ali Khan for the designer Joy Mitra.

And so it was that some of India’s hottest fashions came to New York in a space which is the only neo-Gothic Reformist Synagogue built back in 1849. The surreal internal architecture of this space, now known as the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Performing Arts, really added to the atmosphere.

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0 Trends: Gearing Up for the Big Fat Indian Wedding

Have you always wanted to have a fabulous, grand slam Big Fat Indian Wedding but have been stopped by one minor detail – the fact that you still haven’t found a significant other, bride or groom?

Well, no worries – entrepreneur Preeti Shah has taken care of that too! She has an innovative concept – Shaadi Chic – a creative bridal expo where you not only catch up on all the latest wedding trends and flavors but also get a chance to perhaps meet the right person to have that wedding with!

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1 A Day of Light and Sweets

The fireworks still explode in the memory, and the taste of nuts and cream and sugar still linger on the tongue. For immigrants from India, the childhood memories of Diwali are strong, for it is a time when India transforms into one glittering celebration. Public buildings are illuminated with neon lights and every home, no matter how humble, is ablaze with earthen lamps. In fact, entire villages are turned into fairylands, dotted with millions of lamps, glowing in the dark of night.

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0 The Single Desi at Diwali

“It is that time of year again…Diwali, the festival of lights is upon us….those of you who are just graduated college and are 20-something women probably have a lot of family and friends that they celebrate with.
Those of you 30 or 40 year old single women are probably trying to figure out a way to keep the spirit alive in your heart and soul without the frequent trips back to India and the constant reminder that India lives inside of you.” Guest Blog – Single Desi

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0 Top 10 Reasons for Participating in Lufthansa’s India Contest at LH.com/MoveWithUs

Is there a desi who doesn’t love to dance? Indeed, dance moves and music are embedded in our DNA!
Knowing that, Lufthansa, the International Carrier with the local touch, has launched a fun MoveWithUs promotion with a dedicated microsite to maximize the fun of the upcoming Holiday Season for the whole family.

And now – here are the top 10 reasons for joining in the celebration of Indian dance at Lufthansa’s LH.com/MoveWithUs
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1 Desi World – Lassi with Lavina image of the Day – 2

India’s towns and cities are full of surprises and religion is part of the landscape. Small, functional temples are everywhere – an idol of an Hindu God, a few temple bells, a scattering of marigolds – and it becomes God’s abode. All that’s needed is faith – which there is in plenty. Yet nothing is quite as it seems – or there is at least a footnote to the larger story.

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3 Indra Nooyi, Mallika Dutt & Spirit of Bengal at Viva Calcutta!

This Dusshera the Goddess Durga herself descended to earth in a powerful tableaux at the Children’s Hope India Gala – Viva Calcutta on October 13, 2013. Over 430 guests who came to this fundraiser for children’s health and education at Pier Sixty in Chelsea Piers, New York, saw this breath-taking 200 1b idol seated in a pandal of radiant hues of red, gold and orange.

A day of celebration indeed as it was not only Dusshera and the last day of the Bengali Puja holidays but also an evening to enjoy the seductive charms of the city of Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. The festive evening, which had a keynote address by Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, raised $450,000 for CHI projects.

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0 The Bollywood Boss comes to Brooklyn

Good news for masala lovers – Bollywood is coming to the borough of Brooklyn! Queens and Manhattan have long been the strongholds of Indian cinema but the heady cocktail of comedy, melodrama, fights, songs, romance, item numbers and more are now making their way to Park Slope, with a theater showing ‘Boss’, hopefully the first of many Hindi movies.What is coming to Brooklyn is quintessential masala, amplified in true Akshay Kumar ishtyle.

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3 Desi World – Lassi with Lavina Image of the Day-1

Malala Yousafzai has received lots of honors and awards for her courageous fight for education – but you know the masses have got the message when Amul Butter puts her saga into its popular ads that people in India have been seeing since their childhood. After all, what’s more basic to life than bread – and butter? This is called buttering up – in an utterly, butterly good way!

For someone who’s gone through so much and for a situation which is so serious and unresolved, this is a dizzy moment of pure silliness and fun.

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