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As
we approach International Women's Day this Saturday
(8th March 2008) shocking statistics from India
reveal the level of female foeticide in the country
- read the story below.
In
the entertainment sector, The Tongues on Fire
Film Festival starts on Saturday celebrating the
work of South Asian women in cinema and well-known
columnist Yasmin Alibhai Brown is currently touring
with her production of 'Nowhere to belong'.
 Female
Foeticide: Indian women cry just to be born
As the world gets ready to celebrate International
Women's Day Saturday, tens of thousands of
Indian women are struggling just to be born.
Experts say around one million female foetuses
are being aborted in India every year. According
to the 2001 census, India's sex ratio is 927
women for 1,000 men. The situation is worse
in states like Punjab. 
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Until
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Lopa Patel (Editor - Redhotcurry.com)
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Indo-Canadians
make history as 5 elected MLAs in Alberta
Five
Indo-Canadians have been elected as lawmakers in Canada's
booming province of Alberta. The newly elected Indo-Canadian
lawmakers are: Manjeet Bhullar, Darshan Kang, Naresh Bharadwaj,
Peter Sandhu and Raj Sherman.
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Sikhs
lose challenge to helmet rule in Canada
A
city court has ruled that Sikhs in Ontario province cannot
drive motorcycles without helmets. Ontario Court Judge
James Blacklock dismissed a challenge to the Ontario Highway
Traffic Act by a local Sikh Baljinder Singh Badesha who
was fined $110 in September 2005 for driving his motorcycle
without a helmet.
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Indian-American
develops bio-sensor to track food toxins
An
Indian-American has developed a revolutionary new bio-sensor
capable of simultaneously screening thousands of food
samples for deadly pathogens. The technique helps neutralise
potential threats and improve food-processing techniques,
said Arun Bhunia, a professor of food science at Purdue
University.
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UK's
First Bollywood Acting School Launched
The UK's first Bollywood acting school was launched today
(6 March 2008) in Ealing, West London to teach talented
individuals who wish to pursue careers as actors in the
fast growing Indian cinema industry, Bollywood. The UK
School will be the first overseas chapter of 'Actor Prepares'
to open outside of India.
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'Images
of a journey: India in Diaspora' by Steve Raymer
A delicious visual feast, from the richest palette to
the humblest fare in all Indian households, Raymer's book
(and it is a shame to even call it a mere 'book') is a
tantalising snapshot in time of the lives of ordinary
Indians around the world. This stunning anthology can
be consumed in easy-to-digest morsels and leaves the reader
replete.
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IAAC
'Erasing Borders' exhibition, March 12 - 27, 2008
With Indian contemporary art at an all time high, the
Indian Diaspora artists in the U.S. have steadily gained
momentum and claimed their turf. The IAAC is gearing up
for its fifth annual exhibition entitled ‘Erasing
Borders 2008: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of
the Diaspora’ featuring works by 40 artists, that
will tour the USA.
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'A
Perfect Ganesh': UK Tour 12 March - 13 April 2008
Phizzical Productions present ' A Prefect Ganesh' which
debuts on 12 March and tours until 13 April 2008. Written
by Terrence McNally, 'A Perfect Ganesh' is a comedy about
two suburban women who travel to India and discover the
unexpected.
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Sristhi
presents 'Playball', UK Tour 11 March - 12 April 2008
Place Prize 2006 winner Nina Rajarani presents her company
Srishti in 'Playball', a fast moving triple bill of short
pieces from a male-dominated cast on tour nationally from
26 January until 12 April 2008. ' Playball' is about what
lads do when at work, at play and in love.
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'Nowhere
to Belong', UK Tour 25 February - 20 June 2008
Respected (and often controversial) political commentator
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores a life-long love of Shakespeare
and details how her own personal experience of playing
Juliet as a teenager in 60's Uganda sent shockwaves through
her family and helped to shape the emotional and political
landscape of her life.
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The
Ramayana: Love and Valour in India's Great Epic: 16
May - 14 September 2008
iPak
- 10,000 songs, 10,000 images, 10,000 abuses
'Tongues
on Fire' celebrates 10th film festival
Danger!
Gulaam Fatima in the West Midlands, Mar 2008
'Lyrical
MC' by Sita Brahmachari, 6 Feb - 11 March 2008
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