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An age to dream for, a life to envy .. Meet 106 year old Kakiba. - miindia.com Exclusive. Click here
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JAI HO The Countdown begins ... A.R. Rahman Show. - miindia.com Exclusive. Click here
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RP Patnaik has carved a place for himself in the Telugu industry within a short span of his lifetime with consistent hits. Not to miss, his internationally acclaimed music album – Chakra: Bringing melody into the garden of Shirdi Sai
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Geetmala Foundation is into its second year of collaboration with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra to feature Michigan’s best singing talent in the upcoming Musical Galaxy on May 8th at Birmingham....when Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Meets Do Re Mi Fa So...
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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in Detroit - An exclusive interview
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Honorary Degree Ceremony - Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Followed by Public Lecture – Varner Vitality Lecture Series
Oakland University, Rochester
17 September 2009
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The Ghazal Maestro - Jagjit Sing
Excerpts of the conversation during Jagjit Singh’s recent visit to Michigan:
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 The Future Beckons, are you ready? ...Professor Gupta is the author of four highly claimed books: Getting China and India Right, The Quest for Global Dominance, Smart Globalization, and Global Strategy and Organization.
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Bank fraud and a NRI’s nightmare
A Detroit area NRI has recently lost $40,000 from his bank account with a multi-national bank.
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Can IT companies help combat terrorism?
An exclusive miindia.com interview with Dr. Narayana Murthy of Infosys
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Narayana Murthy - Founding Member, Infosys Technologies
Mohan Tanniru, Dean - School of Business Administration at the Oakland University is looking forward to welcoming Mr. Narayana Murthy the founder of Infosys Technologies Limited. In an exclusive chat with miindia.com
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Inspirational Michigan Indian
Meet world renowned Quality consultant, Author and Strategist Subir Chowdhury. An inspiring interview by Anu Gopalakrishnan for miindia.com.
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Of Rhythm and Raaga - The Musical Odyssey Continues
An inteview with Geetmala Radio host Narendra Sheth on the upcoming Musical Odyssey, presented by the Geetmala Foundation in support of Michigan Association of Physicians for India (MAPI).
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History rewritten by Prakash Nigam
A chance meeting with Prakash Kumar Nigam, a former resident of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has revealed many truths behind India’s history, both pre and post independence.
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Our India Story
The Indian Community in Michigan will be featured in a one hour documentary titled “Our India Story” this year on WXYZ Channel 7. Miindia.com has partnered with Visionalist Entertainment Productions - to engage our community members in this effort. Prior to the airing of the program a gala event will be held at the Rock Financial Showplace Diamond Room in Novi.
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Gita At Work
Swami Parthasarathy, founder of the Vedanta Cultural Foundation located amidst the picturesque hills of the Malavali Hills in Maharashtra, India.
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The musical genius behind "Filimi" fusion
Meet the “Okkadu*” (chosen one) who became a Pokiri* (meaning wayward), and who will soon be your Athidhi* (guest)[ * Okkadu, Pokiri and the yet to be released Athidhi are telugu films starring yesteryear superstar Krishna’s son Mahesh Babu. Mani Sharma played a very significant role in creating a youthful image for this star son who is now the craze in Andhra Pradesh]
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Unwrapping the gift of Amma's Love
Amma - a remarkable woman who channels the spirit of maternal love and grace of "the Divine Mother". Every year she comes to United States to embrace, bless, and encourage followers of any faith. She takes her time hugging each person like a mother who has not seen her child in years. She accepts each person with a smile and a ready hug. She accepts you as you, teaching you to accept yourself and others. An miindia exclusive by Anupama Gopalakrishnan.
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Bharata Kalanjali A globe trotting Ekaantha Geetha
Anupama Gopalakrishnan provides a brief spectacle of the legendary dancing couple of India who form the main characters of a success story that focuses on dedication and commitment to an art that touches one’s soul, and also presenting a few seeds from their most recent production Ekantha Seetha – the lonely furrow.
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A chat with "Bhajan Samrat"
Anup Jalota was in Chicago and Michigan last weekend on his Shirdi Concert tour. Sri Shirdi Sai Samsthan of Michigan organized Anup Jalota’s Shirdi Night on Sunday, July 16 at Millenium Theater, Southfield to an exclusive audience. The Bhajan and Ghazal ‘Samrat’ where he talks about the recent Mumbai blasts, the genre of Bhajans and the future.
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Capturing Bollywood's memorable moments in Pros and Poetry
Bollywood's magnetic script writer, lyricist and poet - the voice behind Muslims for Secular Democracy (MSD) - Javed Akhtar was in Michigan during thanksgiving weekend. Anu Gopalakrishnan provides some excerpts from her chat with Javed Akhtar that ranged from secular issues to Bollywood and his celebrity family members
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Godfather of World Music” – Pandit Ravi Shankar! - An miindia exclusive by Anupama Gopalakrishnan. Pandit Ravi Shankar will perform with his daughter Anoushka Shankar this Sunday at Michigan State University, Wharton Center for Performing Arts, East Lansing. Pandit Ravi Shankar is on his ‘Festival of India’ tour in the United States traveling with 10 musicians from North and South India...
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Exclusive Interview with Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Swami Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, a Gurukula that has branches in India and the US. The Gurukulam offers Indians and non-Indians, Hindus and non-Hindus alike an opportunity to study the profound spiritual knowledge of the Upanishads, Bhagavad-Gita, Brahma-sutras, and other classical Vedanta texts. Swami Dayananda is currently the most revered teacher of Advaita Vedanta in the world. He also founded AIM for Seva for social work in India. Anupama Gopalakrishnan meets with Swami Dayananda Saraswati during his visit to Michigan.
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Bollywood's leading actors dance to their tunes
Anu Gopalakrishnan interviews the musical duo Jatin Lalit and other young musical geniuses on their visit to Detroit for the Michigan Association of Physicians from India (MAPI) concert.
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Night of Henna
Excerpts from the interview with Hassan Zee - Writer-Director of Night of Henna, the first Pakistani-American feature film
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Michigan Gets Ready for Kamal - Rajini clash !!
The good old days of Kamal - Rajini rivalry seems to be back in the Tamil film industry with the release of their new films coinciding on the same day. The eagerly awaited competition is the fight between the stylish "Superstar" Rajini's comic thriller Chandramukhi to the artistically talented "Kadhal Mannan" Kamal's action comedy Mumbai Xpress. (Kadhal Mannan meaning "Emperor of Love").
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Wasim Akram in Michigan
Wasim Akram, a legend in World cricket is in Michigan to participate in MICHCA (Michigan Cricket Association) awards function on Sunday September 28, 2003 at the Ford Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
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A R Rahman Group in Michigan
Indian Film Singers form an essential component of any Indian blockbuster. Michigan welcomed the Indian Singers of the computerized era who all have only one thing to say “A R Rahman is an experimental genius”. A few singers landed in Michigan after their electrifying performance in LA. Miindia always has a unique charm of welcoming Indian personalities and what better way than package their intensity for the Asian Indian community. ARR, SPB, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan & Shankar were yet to arrive, but Hariharan, Vasundhara, Sukhwinder, Sivamani, Mahalaxmi, Sadhana had already landed and were rearing to go!
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A British Indian filmmaker scores a goal !!
An interview with Gurinder Chadha, Producer, Director, Scriptwriter of “Bend It Like Beckham”. This movie produced by Bollywood sweetheart Anupam Kher and written and directed by Gurinder Chadha (Script co-written with friend Guljit Bindra) was released in UK on April 2002 and earned over 11 million pounds at the UK box office. The film topped the box office charts in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and won audience favorite film awards at the Locarno, Sydney and Toronto film festivals, and was nominated for Best Film by the European Film Academy and the Best European Film.
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Ammachi in Michigan
had heard about Ammachi's visit to Michigan but did not know much about her nor had I come across anyone else that did. A Google search brought up ammachi.org and I read through all the interesting write-ups. I decided to meet Ammachi in Michigan and share my experience with others on miindia.com
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Revathy in Michigan
Revathy, with more than 16 years experience in the entertainment industry, has won five Filmfare awards for Best Actress for her performance in the Tamil films Mann Vasanai, Thevar Magan; Anjali; Telugu film Ankuram; and Malayalam film Kakothi Kaavil Appoopan Thadigal. She was also awarded the National award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Tamil film, Thevar Magan in 1992.
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LOVE CONQUERS ALL: The Inspiring LAKMÉ
The pure divine fragrance of love (forbidden love) forms the theme of Lakmé - a Michigan Opera Theatre presentation. A beautiful but rarely performed opera, Lakmé is set in exotic nineteenth century India and features a musical score that's sensuous, elegant and graceful. The performance is an ideal vehicle that showcased a coloratura soprano that includes the ravishing aria "The Bell Song" and the entrancing "Flower Duet", influenced by both the Italian bel canto school and French grand operas of the mid 1800's.
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You Got Mail! A review of “Tumhari Amrita”
An exclusive interview with Shabana Azmi the award winning actress from India.
Ms. Azmi is a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister. She is married to celebrated poet and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar.
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