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Parent Talk May 19: Non-violent Parenting

Vidya Pradhan — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:55:37 +0000

On Saturday May 19, I will be talking to Gayathri Narayanan and Robert Niederman about Mindful Parenting. The concept is that the parent-child relationship does not need to be adversarial and confrontational. But can we bring up kids without ever using a carrot and stick approach? I don’t think so, but my guests are going to try to prove me wrong.

ICC Parent Talk is a weekly radio show sponsored by the India Community Center. It airs on Radio Zindagi, 1550 AM, live on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. The call in number for the show is 510-7701550.

If you have questions or comments about the show, or if you would like to participate on the show, please drop me a line at radio@indiacc.org. For news about the upcoming shows, check out the ICC Parent Talk page.

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Parent Talk Episode 28: Speech/Language

Vidya Pradhan — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:11:12 +0000

May is better speech and hearing month. On Saturday May 5, I will be talking to speech pathologist Namita Maunder about the speech and language issues she routinely comes into contact with, and what options are available to parents.

Parent Talk is a weekly radio show sponsored by the India Community Center. It airs on Radio Zindagi, 1550 AM, live on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. The call in number for the show is 510-7701550.

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Parent Talk Episode 25 – Parenting Kids with Special Needs

Vidya Pradhan — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:02:15 +0000

Parent Talk is a weekly radio show sponsored by the India Community Center. It airs on Radio Zindagi, 1550 AM, live on Saturday mornings at 10 a.m. The call in number for the show is 510-7701550.

Saturday April 14: I am going to be talking to two parentts who have kids with special needs. Having a teenager with Asperger’s, this is a topic that is close to my heart. Parenting is never an easy job, especially these days, but parents of kids with special needs face some unique challenges. Tune in to get a better perspective on what we go through.

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Table Tennis Tournament April 7th – Vibha invites you to participate!

Vidya Pradhan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:01:43 +0000

“Not every child is fortunate, some need you”. This is the motto that we all live by at Vibha.

My name is Pranav Mohan, and I am part of Vibha’s recently founded Youth Chapter.
My experience working with the Youth Chapter has been very beneficial to my life. It has given me a strong sense of community and accomplishment.

Vibha is a volunteer driven non-profit organization working towards the cause of underprivileged children. Started in 1996, the Bay Area Action Center was one of the first few Vibha action centers in US. Vibha Bay Area is a group of energetic and enthusiastic volunteers coming from all walks of life, brought together by one strong belief that we can positively change the future of children in India and US.

Vibha Youth Chapter in the Bay area has been setup with the intention of providing a platform for Middle and High school Youth to make a positive impact on society. Formed in 2010, this youth chapter is run by youth leaders under the guidance of their parents and Vibha mentors. We plan various fundraising and awareness events to raise money and create empathy for the under-privileged children in India.

This year, the Youth Chapter is hosting a Table-Tennis Tournament on Apr 7th as our next event. This tournament is the first step of the Youth Chapter into formal fundraising activities after a few successful Books and Bake sales across the Bay Area. The event will primarily be run by the youth under the guidance of the parents and adult volunteers right from planning to execution of the event. We will also be doing a Books and Bake sale at the venue.

On behalf of the Youth Chapter, we encourage all readers of Water No Ice to participate in our biggest event yet!
So gather all of your friends and come to the first of many events hosted by us for a good cause!

When – April 7, 2012, 4pm to 9pm
Where – ICC Table Tennis Center
1453 N. Milpitas Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035

We look forward to your support for this worthy cause. For more information and to register for the event, please go to: http://cart.vibha.org/45-tt-match.html

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Kailash Kher Live in the Bay Area

Vidya Pradhan — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:55:50 +0000

REMIT2INDIA presents Kailash Kher live in concert

in association with

AAA Entertainments and Jai Singh

Venue : Chabot College, Hayward, CA 94538

Start Time: 7.30pm

Date : April 28th, 2012

Ticket Rate : $35, $45, $55, $65, $75 VIP and VVIP

Tickets available at: www.aaaentertainments.com

Sanjose: Kamal Spice
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Cupertino: India Cash and Carry
Santa Clara: New india Bazar
Dublin: Kamal Spice
Fremont: India Cash and Carry

For more info:

Call Jai Singh : 510-677-2777 or Praveen 510-509-1910

Radio Partner : Radio Zindagi

Remit2India offers Two free tickets everyday to the Kailash Kher concert, Register@ kk.remit2india.com today and win your free tickets.

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Asha Stanford’s Holi 2012

Vidya Pradhan — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:40:05 +0000

Asha Stanford’s Holi 2012
April 7th and April 8th, 11 am – 3 pm, Sandhill Fields, Stanford
Different experience! 2 days full of fun! Deserving cause!

Yes, you can get all that at one event! Asha Stanford brings you the best way to start off Spring 2012 Holi, the biggest communal celebration of the eponymous Indian festival in the Bay Area!

Holi is all about celebrating the colors and vitality of spring, with family and friends and we figure about 5500 lbs of food-grade colors and tons of water should be enough to get you started with the celebrations! Your first time at Holi? Make sure you read below on how Holi works! Come join us in this day long party, and help us raise funds for education projects for disadvantaged children!

No alcohol is allowed at the event.

Online tickets only. Buy here.

Hurry! Get your tickets before Mar 25th for an early bird discount!

General : $14 ($16 after Mar 25)
Student : $12 ($14 after Mar 25)
Stanford Student : $10 ($12 after March 25)

Two Day Tickets:
General : $24 ($28 after Mar 25)
Student : $20 ($24 after Mar 25)
Stanford Student : $16 ($20 after March 25)

Groups of 25 or more : contact stanford.holi@ashanet.org for a group discount.
Free admission for kids under 5.

All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting primary education for underprivileged children in India.

What am I in for?

Color
We are getting over 5500 pounds of five different colors, all starch based with no harmful chemicals.

Suggested use: Grab handfuls of different colors, and smear all over nearest face, self included. Try aiming for friends or family, though complete strangers on the field wouldn’t mind either. Try not to smile too wide when they return the favor pink teeth don’t suit everyone.

Water
Water hoses, Water guns*, Water puddles in the ground! – Whatever you need to soak your friends.

Food
Savor delicious Indian food*. You will need all that energy to go back on the color battle-ground.

Dance Performances
What do you do when you get tired of all the great food, free showers, pretend-artists, and bathroom dancers on the field?
Stop by the stage, and be entertained! We are hosting dance performances, by popular Bay Area dance troupes.

DJ
No one can resist dancing to non-stop Bollywood music. Don’t know the moves? – pick some up today from the latest desi video online, or even the nearest desi on the day!
Too shy? come on, you think anyone can recognize you under all that color?! Need more motivation? we are giving away prizes for dancing!

Kids Corner
Kids get their own fun corner at Holi – with their own color and water section, Holi games and activities, and other playmates to keep them company.
You are going to have a hard time dragging them away at the end of the day.

Biggest Holi party in the Bay area
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Yoga, Divinity, and Dance

Vidya Pradhan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:51:39 +0000

The power of Bay Area’s very own annual Mahashivaratri ode to Lord Nataraja is that not only does it channelize bhakti, it also brings together generations of creative talent in offering, forming a living connection to the divine.

Anuradha (Anu) Prabhashanker has been organizing this free, open to public celebration for years now, in enthusiastic partnership with fellow-dancers and volunteers. And every year, the organizing team comes up with a different theme which is then communicated informally to bay area dancers, who then come forward with pieces of their own or learnt from gurus that they’d like to present- Inspiration it seems, is Nirantara (uninterrupted) when it comes to the Lord of dance. Describing this year’s theme, the event flyer says, “This year, we honor Lord Shiva as the Gracious Guru who brought the allied disciplines of yoga, karana, and natya to mankind. We glorify Him as the Supreme Yogi, Yogeshwara and the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja. In both yoga and dance, the practitioner seeks to go beyond the physicality of the practice and surrender to the inner yearning for union with the Divine.”

As with previous events, the program begins with a vocal invocation; this time by Prema Sriram. Bringing the vision of master-dancer Rama Vaidyanathan to stage are Roopa Suresh, Kavita Thirumalai, Mallika Gargeya, Revathy Ramachandran, Jyothsna Vaidee (artistic director, Trikona), and Vinita Venkatesh in Patanjali’s “Shambo Natanam.” Next, Shreelata Suresh, artistic director of Vishwa Shanti Dance Academy, will depict Lord Shiva as the preceptor of Yoga and Dance.

An interesting highlight of the evening will be a dynamic yoga demonstration by the yoga practitioners of Bikram Yoga San Jose.(http://bikramyogasanjose.com, http://www.bikramyogamountainview.com).

Radhika Shankar, eminent practitioner of Bharata Nrityam, will give a lecture demonstration on “Nrtta Hastas and Charis; How they are combined into Karanas” and on “The Usefulness Of A Yoga Practice To A Dancer”.

The event has always stressed on synergies between the various dance forms, the collaborative highlight this year is “Rhythm in Rageshri”, an item by 9 artists of four different classical styles-Bharatnatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, and Kathak. In order, the artists are Shirni Kanth (artistic director, Mythri Natyalaya) and Deepa Mahadevan (artistic director, Tiruchitrambalam), Gayatri Joshi (artistic director, iGurukul), and Vanani Vasundhara (Jyotikalamandir), Santosh Lakkaraju and Neha Kidambi (Natyalaya), Dipanwita Sengupta (artistic director, Noopur), Pragya Dasgupta (artistic director, Tarana) and Sangita Nandy (artistic director, Kathak Kala Vihar).

An evening dedicated to Lord Shiva cannot be complete without a Tandava item: Saitejaswi Kondapalli will present the “Ananda Thandavam” in the Kuchipudi style, choreographed by Vempati Chinna. Anu herself will dance to “Vachana” (verses) of Akka Mahadevi, a 12th century woman saint from Karnataka, choreographed by Smt. Lalitha Srinivasan.

Underscoring the ability of this informal gathering to provide a firm foundation to young dancers or schools, a new performing group Smaran, will perform Tyagaraja’s “Nadam Thanumanisham Shankara” in Bharatanatyam style.

A few words about the venue- it is a cosy setting, with a dramatic tree branch as a backdrop for the creative energies to unfold on the staging area. The high ceilings are a great setting for soaking up transcendental movements. To sum up, the Mahashivaratri Dance Celebration promises a brush with divine journeys, yogic powers, and artistic meditation- a great start to the rest of the year.

http://mahasivaratri-dance.zxq.net/index.html

Tickets: FREE

Date: Sunday, 19th February, 2012

Time: 6- 8:30 pm

Venue: UUCPA (Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto),

505 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Parking: Please enter/exit in the correct driveway. Street parking available.

By Priya Das

The power of the SF Bay Area’s very own annual Mahashivaratri ode to Lord Nataraja is that not only does it channelize bhakti, it also brings together generations of creative talent in offering, forming a living connection to the divine.

Anuradha (Anu) Prabhashanker has been organizing this free, open to public celebration for years now, in enthusiastic partnership with fellow-dancers and volunteers.And every year, the organizing team comes up with a different theme which is then communicated informally to bay area dancers, who then come forward with pieces of their own or learnt from gurus that they’d like to present- Inspiration it seems, is Nirantara (uninterrupted) when it comes to the Lord of dance. Describing this year’s theme, the event flyer says, “This year, we honor Lord Shiva as the Gracious Guru who brought the allied disciplines of yoga, karana, and natya to mankind. We glorify Him as the Supreme Yogi, Yogeshwara and the Supreme Dancer, Nataraja. In both yoga and dance, the practitioner seeks to go beyond the physicality of the practice and surrender to the inner yearning for union with the Divine.”

An interesting highlight of the evening will be a dynamic yoga demonstration by the yoga practitioners of Bikram Yoga San Jose.(http://bikramyogasanjose.com, http://www.bikramyogamountainview.com).

http://mahasivaratri-dance.zxq.net/index.html

Tickets: FREE

Date: Sunday, 19th February, 2012

Time: 6 p.m.- 8:30 pm

Venue: UUCPA (Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto),

505 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Parking: Please enter/exit in the correct driveway. Street parking available.

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Induz Valentine Masti

Vidya Pradhan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:31:53 +0000

Make this Valentine day extra special and memorable by celebrating love with the entire family. A complete package of food, fun and entertainment. A flagship event by Induz (non-profit) that has been sold out for the past 5 years. Reviewed by TV and news media as one of the best valentine’s event for families in the bay area.

Saturday, February 11th 6:30 PM @ Mehran Banquet Hall, 5774 Mowry School Road, Newark CA 94560

FEATURING:

**** Event hosted by Celebrity Hollywood Actor Roger Narayan ****

Banquet Dinner & Bar,

Valentine’s Special Fashion Show “Forever in Love”,

Live Music performance by Bay Area Leading Singers & SurPal group,

Bollywood, Latin & Tango Dance Performances,

Best Dressed Couple Prizes,

DJ Dancing

FREE Child Care & Separate Kids Area with Arts, Crafts & Entertainment

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS NOW

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS $30; $20 Kids (limited)

REGULAR $35 Adults; $25 Kids (5-12 yrs) Under 5 years Free

VIP Sweetheart Couple Special $100 (includes champagne, chocolates, rose, premium seating)

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE:(no service charge) www.sulekha.com/induz

For Sponsorship, tickets and additional details, please contact:

Sanjay Saxena (510) 449-8530 Ray Mitra (510) 875-5006 Anupam 646-320-824 Email info@induz.org

Proceeds benefit art and music education for underprivileged children at orphanages in India and at low-income schools in Bay Area. For more details, visit the Induz website.

Saturday, February 11th 6:30 PM @ Mehran Banquet Hall, 5774 Mowry School Road, Newark CA 94560

**** Event hosted by Celebrity Hollywood Actor Roger Narayan ****

Banquet Dinner & Bar,

Valentine’s Special Fashion Show “Forever in Love”,

Live Music performance by Bay Area Leading Singers & SurPal group,

Bollywood, Latin & Tango Dance Performances,

Best Dressed Couple Prizes,

DJ Dancing

FREE Child Care & Separate Kids Area with Arts, Crafts & Entertainment

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS NOW

EARLY BIRD SPECIALS $30; $20 Kids (limited)

REGULAR $35 Adults; $25 Kids (5-12 yrs) Under 5 years Free

VIP Sweetheart Couple Special $100 (includes champagne, chocolates, rose, premium seating)

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE:(no service charge) www.sulekha.com/induz

For Sponsorship, tickets and additional details, please contact:

Sanjay Saxena (510) 449-8530 Ray Mitra (510) 875-5006 Anupam 646-320-824 Email info@induz.org

Proceeds benefit art and music education for underprivileged children at orphanages in India and at low-income schools in Bay Area. For more details, visit the Induz website.

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Summer Programs Fair in Fremont

Vidya Pradhan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:27:35 +0000

Community Event ** Free*** Open to the Public

Organgized by: TGIF – The Gifted in Fremont,Fremont Unified School District

What: ”2012 Summer Programs” Fair

Where: American High School (Rotunda), 36300 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, 94536

When: Friday, March 02 , 2012, from 6:15 – 8:15pm

Who: ALL families with kids ages 5-18 yrs

Why * Looking for ways to enhance your kids’ study skills, life skills, leadership, and communication skills over the summer?

* Do your teens need service learning hours and activities for their college applications?

* Need ideas to engage your kids for the summer?

Mark your calendar.

Check us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/TGIF-Summer-Programs-Fair/358894864125867?sk=info

If you are a business or an organization that provide services to kids ages 5-18 and would like to showcase your services, contact spf2012@giftedinfremont.org

I attended this event last year, and highly recommend it for parents looking for interesting ways to occupy their kids this summer. I found about Sulphur Creek’s internship program in Hayward, and also about other animal rescue opportunities. (My teen was into nature those days.) There are lots of other interesting opportunities, both to volunteer and to learn.

SUMMER PROGRAMS FAIR

Community Event ** Free*** Open to the Public

Organized by: TGIF – The Gifted in Fremont,Fremont Unified School District

What: “2012 Summer Programs” Fair

Where: American High School (Rotunda), 36300 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, 94536

When: Friday, March 02 , 2012, from 6:15 – 8:15pm

Who: ALL families with kids ages 5-18 yrs

Why * Looking for ways to enhance your kids’ study skills, life skills, leadership, and communication skills over the summer?

* Do your teens need service learning hours and activities for their college applications?

* Need ideas to engage your kids for the summer?

Mark your calendar.

Check us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/TGIF-Summer-Programs-Fair/358894864125867?sk=info

If you are a business or an organization that provide services to kids ages 5-18 and would like to showcase your services, contact spf2012@giftedinfremont.org

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“Holiday Special” Induz Karaoke.

Vidya Pradhan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:25:58 +0000

Santa Claus is coming to town … Celebrate the holiday season with fun and family focused event “Holiday Special” Induz Karaoke.

Relax on this friday evening with friends, family and make some new friends, shake a leg, and enjoy a great evening – all while contributing to a good cause. Proceeds from the event will benefit art and music programs for underprivileged children at orphanages in India and low income schools in bay area, US.

Venue: Swagat Indian Cuisine, 4918 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont CA

Date: Friday 16th Dec 2011 Time: 7:30 PM – Midnight

ATTRACTIONS: Karaoke, Holiday theme decor, Free Photo with Santa, Kids Performance, kids activity area/arts, sumptuous dinner.

TICKETS: ONLY $12 for adults 10 and over; 5- 10 years $7; Under 5 years FREE

Click here to buy online tickets at Sulekha (Sulekha fees only 25 cents)

Tickets will be available at the door. RSVP is required for headcount. Email rsvp@induz.org. Call 510-239-7299

SCHEDULE:

7:30 – 8:30 : Karaoke Singing

8:00 – 9:00 : FREE Picture with Santa Claus

8:30 – 9:00: Kids Performance

9:00 – 11:00: Karaoke Singing

11:00 – Midnight – DJ Dance

NOTE: For this event, we are pre-registering singers. Please send an email to rsvp@induz.org if you wish to sing. We would also like to get the name of the song you will sing and get the tracks in advance. This will save time lining up singers.

It is not necessary to sing a song based on the theme, but welcome. Meragana.com will be available, but as a backup plan, we like to request you to bring a track in a CD or mp3 player just in case we have issues with internet connection.

We will have a kids’ performance. If you wish for your kids to perform (sing, dance etc), please send an email along with the performance details. Performance should ideally be within 3 mins. Please note the performance timing for kids from 8:30 – 9 PM.

Kids will have an activity area to keep them busy with arts etc.

Book your tickets/RSVP soon before we sell out like last time.

See you on 16th December!

Musically yours,

Induz Karaoke Committee

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