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Asian
Women of Achievement Award Winners 2008
Wasfi
Kani, who founded Grange Park Opera in 1998, dancer
choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh (pictured
left), Bala Thakrar, Hasfa Abubacker and
Ruby McGregor-Smith were among the winners at
the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2008. 
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Asian
Women of Achievement Awards Gala Dinner 2008
Guests at the ninth Asian Women of Achievement
Awards event included Her Royal Highness Princess
Badiya of Jordan (pictured left),
actresses Jane Asher and Elizabeth Hurley, Cherie
Blair and the UK Prime Minister's wife, Sarah
Brown.
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Harman
announces taskforce to increase asian women councillors
Harriet
Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, today launched
a new taskforce to help more black, Asian and minority
ethnic women to become councillors. Only around 168 out
of 20,000 councillors are black, Asian or minority ethnic
women. This is less than one per cent, despite the fact
they make up more than 5% of the population.
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Asian
charity AFP shares in Government funding boost
The Asian Foundation for Philanthropy (AFP), a
charity that helps the British Asian Community contribute
to social change in India is among the new projects sharing
a £5.5m Government funding boost. The Asian Foundation
for Philanthropy (AFP) has a long history of delivering
a positive impact through their volunteering scheme and
has received £149,416 over three years from the
DFID.
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The
Private Art Collection of Tina & Anil Ambani:
7 -10 June 2008
Christie’s
London is to host a celebration of South Asian
Modern & Contemporary Art from 7 -11 June
2008 with an exhibition of works from the private
art collection of Indian industrialist Anil Ambani
and his wife Tina Ambani. From 7 June to 10 June,
this collection of 32 works showcases artists
such as Maqbool Fida Husain, Tyeb Mehta and Syed
Haider Raza and Atul Dodiya among others.
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The
Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic:
16 May - 14 September 2008
For the first time over 120 paintings from the British
Library's lavishly illustrated 17th century manuscripts
of the Ramayana story from the volumes of Rana Jagat
Singh of Mewar (1628-1652) will go on public display
in 'The Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great
Epic', 16 May - 14 September 2008.
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The
Dying Song by Bireshwar Gautam, UK Tour 10 June
- 27 July 2008
A brilliant theatre music experience presenting
the dying art of Baithak Thumri - conjuring up the
mood and mystery of the lost world of the old Indian
haveli and palaces in which the courtesans performed.
In a crumbling haveli in small town India lives
a mysterious thumri singer. Who is Suraiya?
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Anurekha
Ghosh presents 'Noor', 10 June - 3 July 2008
'Noor' (meaning 'Light' in Urdu) is a spectacular
dance and music piece fusing acrobatic martial arts
with contemporary dance and North Indian classical
Kathak dance. The production questions the nature
of 'enlightenment', exploring our notion of light
from a scientific, religious and mystical point
of view.
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Zameen
(Land) by Kali Theatre, UK Tour 23 April - 7 June
2008
In the cotton fields of the Punjab a small farmer
waits anxiously for the harvest, pinning his hopes
for prosperity on GM seeds and Western pesticides.
When disaster occurs and the crops begin to fail,
he falls deeper into debt to the local money-lender.
Zameen (Land) is a beautifully written and moving
drama that explores the devastating effects that
global agribusiness can have on human lives.
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MUSIC EVENTS*** |
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Shaanti's
Club Tent at the Big Chill Festival 2008, 1 - 3
August
2008
Shaanti will host The Big Chill’s Club Tent
on Sunday 3rd August featuring Nitin Sawhney (DJ
Set), electronica band Asian Dub Foundation Soundsystem,
rapper UK Apache and The Kalyan feat. Gubsy (on
Dhol and electric Tabla) and Steve (Guitar) and
Anila (Samplers & Mix) live. They’ll be
also joined by Shaanti’s front man Manga and
resident DJ MSC.
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City
of London Festival 2008 celebrates India, 20 June
- 10 July 2008
This year's City of London Festival will take place
from 20 June to 10 July 2008 and welcomes five Indian
classical master artists. Sarod player Amjad Ali
Khan, soprano Patricia Rozario, vocalist Ajoy Chakrabarty,
flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and tabla player
Zakir Hussain will all perform.
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