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| Asians
recognised in The Queen's New Year Honours
List |
 Bespoke
tailor, Imtaz Khaliq has been recognised with
an MBE in The Queen's New Year's Honours List
2010. Imtaz, whose tailoring business has
been established for over 18 years was recently
named by 'Cosmopolitan' magazine as one of
the four top tailors in London. Also honoured
were restaurateurs Cyrus Todiwala and Iqbal
Wahhab who both received an OBE. 
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| [Blogs]
Female Power: We Did It!.... Really? |
 The
'Economist' magazine (Jan 2nd – 8th, 2010)
features an excellent article on 'Female Power'
and what happens when women are over half
the workforce, as will be the case in the
USA shortly. As expected, the 'Economist'
article was well-balanced, concluding that
women were "taking a sledgehammer to the remaining
glass ceilings", but I couldn't help thinking
that we need more 'last step' initiatives
to help propel women into the boardroom.
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London
set for an information revolution
(01/10)
Immigrant
Tales from Meerkats, Aleksandr & Sergei
(01/10)
Loving
the Evian 'Roller Babies' Ad (01/10)
2010
- International Year of Biodiversity (01/10)
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Restaurant News ** |
| Lasan
wins Gordon Ramsay's 'F Word' contest |
 Lasan
restaurant of Birmingham won Gordon Ramsay's
'F-Word' contest on Channel 4 last night (Thursday,
7th January 2010). The Indian diner, based
in the city's Jewellery Quarter, beat off
competition from 10,000 restaurants to be
crowned Britain's Best Local Restaurant after
a nail-biting final between Lasan and The
Pheasant gastro pub of Cambridgeshire.
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| Bundu
Khan: Pakistan's Legendary Restaurant Comes
to London's East End |
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Book News ** |
| 'A
Life Apart' by Neel Mukherjee, Out 28 January
2010 |
 'A
Life Apart' tells two stories. The first is
of Ritwik's; a story of a young man's escape
from a blighted childhood of squalor and abuse
in Calcutta to the edge of what he considers
to be a new world, full of possibilities,
in England, where he has a chance to rebuild
his life and start all over again. But his
past, especially the scarred, all-consuming
relationship with his recently-dead mother,
is a minefield.
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India
Inc: How India's Top Ten Entrepreneurs are
Winning Globally by Vikas Pota
I
Will Teach You to be Rich: No Guilt, No Excuses
by Ramit Sethi, Out 7 Jan 2010
Lords
of Finance: Bankers Who Broke the World by
Liaquat Ahmed, Out 7 Jan 2010
Web
Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability..by
Avinash Kaushik
The
Economical Environmentalist.... by
Prashant Vaze
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| 'Handful
of Henna' by Rani Moorthy: UK Tour 28 January
- May 2010 |
 An
evocative and enchanting story of homecoming,
adventure, fear and joy for a girl and her
mother. For the first time since she was a
girl, Saheeda is returning to her family village
for a wedding. She takes along her teenage
daughter Nasreen who is intensely annoyed
at being away from her friends in England.
For Nasreen this is a place of mixed messages.
A land that is eulogized, but never spoken
about.
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Shobana
Jeyasingh 'Just Add Water' UK Tour 16 March
- 22 April 2010
Dancing
Nikita Co: 'Reflections of India': 27 January
- March 2010
Aradhana
presents 'Aakrisht': Jaymini Chauhan: 22 January
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| 1984:
A Sikh Story, Sunday 10 January 2010 on BBC
One @10.55pm |
 In
1984 Indira Gandhi sent troops into the holiest
and most revered of Sikh shrines, The Golden
Temple. The aim was to expel the Sikh militant
preacher, Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale
and his followers. What followed were the
bloodiest of consequences, ultimately leading
to Indira Gandhi’s own assassination
by her Sikh bodyguards.
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| Indian
Winter Season on Channel 4: 13 - 26 January
2010
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 Channel
4 brings together the very best film, drama,
features and factual programming in early
2010 in a season that celebrates India, exploring
its rich culture, culinary traditions and
the human stories that shape one of the world's
most diverse and captivating countries. The
season starts with the premiere of 'Slumdog
Millionaire.'
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| B4U
Triumph presents Ritu Sethi: Thursday 14 January
2010 @6.30pm |
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 B4U
Triumph will be taking you on a journey
of the life of Ritu Sethi, founder of renowned
solicitors firm The Sethi Partnership’.
The 30 minute show that features people
who have had major accomplishments in their
lives, will focus on the personal attainment
of Ritu Sethi. She will share her interest
and views on the Bollywood scene and tell
the viewers about the people she has met.
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'Bollywood
Factor'! Dance Auditions: Saturday 9 January
2010
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Honey’s Dance Academy will be discovering
the next Bollywood superstar at its eagerly
anticipated X-Factor audition process -
Bollywood Factor! – taking place on
Saturday 9th January in London. Winning
competitors will be trained by Bollywood’s
top choreographers to take part in a major
Bollywood film and will get the chance to
compete in the UK Bollywood Dance Championships
2010.
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| Deepika
Padukone wins 'Sexiest Female' Award |
 Bollywood
beauty, Deepika Padukone, was recently presented
with the award for ‘Sexiest Female’
at Cosmopolitan magazine’s coveted Fun,
Fearless Female Awards in Mumbai on 21 December
2009. Celebrating the success of India’s
most renowned females, the ceremony honours
the contribution of women across fields such
as film, glamour, theatre, sports and writing.
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My
Name is Khan, UK Release 12 February 2010
'It’s
a Wonderful Afterlife' to premiere at The
Sundance Film Festival, Jan 21 -31, 2010
‘3
Idiots’ retains Top 10 Position at
UK Box Office
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