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BOOKLAND PRESS
Book launch
Jasmine D’Costa’s debut collection
of short stories, Curry
Is Thicker Than Water, was
launched by Bookland Press
in Toronto last month.
D’Costa read excerpts and had
her audience participate in an interactive
session, imitating sounds
from the streets of Mumbai.
“The most fun I’ve had at a
launch!” commented a guest.
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New dance initiative
The South Asian Dance
Alliance of Canada (SAD-
AC) is a national network
created to connect artistes and
organizations engaged in various
forms of South Asian dance. A
membership-based alliance of
artistes and organizations engaged
in the training, creation, performance,
presenting, research and
management of South Asian
dance in Canada, SADAC promotes
South Asian dance and mentors
the next generation of dancers
and teachers. The members of
the inaugural advisory committee
are: Lata Pada, Natasha
Bakht and Nova Bhattacharya
(Ontario), Shyamala Dakshinamurti
(Manitoba), Jai
Govinda (British Columbia) and
Parul Gupta (Quebec).
Congratulations!
Desi News
congratulates the
following winners of the
Disney on Ice promotion
in February:
Anuradha Anuradha Mittal
Mittal
Sana Sana Syed
Syed
Homaira Homaira Sheikh-Ashraf
Sheikh-Ashraf
Anish Anish Munshi
Munshi
The winners
each receive four tickets to
Disney Disney on on Ice
Ice
Worlds orlds of of Fantasy
Fantasy
at Rogers Centre
Successful world tour
Toronto-based artiste Gauri Guha
is just back from an extensive world
tour. She performed and participated
in concerts, workshops, lecture
demonstrations, master classes and pranayam
sessions in India, Sri Lanka, Brussels
and Spain. “By the grace of God everything
far exceeded my expectations,” says
Guha.
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