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The 21st Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival – Beyond Bollywood will be hosted by 3rdi to showcase edgy narratives, fun indie films, and inspiring documentaries from South Asia and its diaspora, including stories from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, France, Italy, UK, Canada and the USA from October 20-22.
Are animals talking? In a manner of speaking, they are. They may not use language the way humans use language but they do communicate and share information constantly.
The Malayalam film ‘2018’, based on the rains and flood that hit Kerala has been selected as India’s official entry for Oscar 2024. The film, a survival drama – 2018: Everyone is a Hero – has been chosen as India’s official entry to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, making it only the fourth film from the language to be selected for this category.
Leela Dance Collective, the Los Angeles-based internationally-touring kathak dance company that combines classical dance from North India with contemporary influences, has collected a $1 million endowment fund for The Leela Foundation to support the future of kathak dance and Hindustani classical music in the United States.
The 31st annual gala of Narika, a non-profit organization that focuses on rescuing survivors of domestic violence and helping them achieve a life of dignity with economic and financial independence, was recently held in San Jose, California. At the gala, Narika expressed appreciation to its supporters and benefactors and also launched a fundraiser on September 10. The non-profit was founded in 1992 by a group of immigrant women to help survivors of domestic violence in the local communities of the Bay Area.
Featuring over 60 artists and authors from across the globe the South Asian Literature and Art (SALA) festival will be held in Menlo College, Atherton. This year the focus is on the theme of the changing narratives within the South Asian diaspora. Showcasing its theme this year — Changing Narratives beyond South Asian stereotypes — the South Asian Literature and Arts Festival will be held on Oct 7 and 8, 2023.
The Metro Washington, DC, chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin hosted the Fifteenth Annual Mushaira-Kavi Sammelan 2023 at the Central Library in Arlington, Virginia.
A book by Indian American cancer physician and researcher Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee has been longlisted for the prestigious £50,000 pound Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in London.
While a political slugfest has erupted in India over comments made on Sanatan Dharma by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Craig Greenberg issued a proclamation declaring September 3 as Sanatan Dharma Day in the city. The announcement was made at the Hindu Temple of Kentucky in Louisville during celebrations of Maha Kumbha Abhishekam.
The United Sikhs has sent a legal notice to the makers of the Bollywood film Yaarian-2 and its production house T-Series, accusing them of a deliberate attempt to mock the Kirpan – a sacred article of Sikh faith. The Kirpan is one of the Panj Kakaars (5 articles of faith) – mandatory for initiated Sikhs.
