Parent Talk – Episode 19 – Bullying

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5.0Parent Talk is a radio show broadcast on Radio Zindagi 1550 AM in the SF Bay Area every Saturday at 10 a.m PST. The show is hosted by me and sponsored by the India Community Center.

On March 3, 2012 I talked to family therapist intern Geetha Narayanan and American High School junior Rajat Maheshwari about the bullying issue. What constitutes bullying? How do you know if your child is being bullied? How do you know if your child is a bully? What can you do to help your child?

We also had call-in guest Mary Gilder who used to be a bully as a child and now passionately advocates against bullying and offers help and advice.

Here is the recording of the show:

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After the show, Geetha had a few more suggestions:

POINTS ABOUT BULLYING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS:
– Tell them they are not alone if they are being bullied.
– Create play date/sleep over rules. Create this with your child. Keep it in a place where both of you can see it every day.
– Remind them of the rules when they leave the house.
– Teach empathic communication skills.
– Keep telling them that as parents it is your job to keep them safe, if your child is annoyed by your reminding them.
– If they are attending a birthday party, tell them that it is a special day for the birthday child.  The child may not have that much fun with the birthday child as it is not one-on-one.
– Help the child imagine how would they want their birthday party to be.
– Some elementary kids may get tired due to over stimulation especially attending birthday parties. If they feel it is too much or if they do not want to stay for a sleep over, tell them that they have a choice to come back. There is no pressure if they feel too tired. Or some kids may not be ready for a sleep over for a long time. Tell them it is okay.
– Parents ensure there is enough adult supervision.
Some situations, if the parents are best friends and have kids of the same age, the kids do not get along. As parents we could tell the kids that they do not need be ‘Best Friends’, they do not need to be hurtful to each other also.
If you feel it is appropriate you can also include the recent incident in Rutgers University. I believe the teen is on trial.
HOW DO I STAY CYBER-SAFE: (FOR TEENS):
– Never post or share your personal information online (includes your full name, address, telephone number, date of birth, parents’ names, credit card number or social security number or your friends’ personal information).
– Never share your internet passwords with any one, except your parents.
– Never meet anyone face-to-face whom you only know online.
– Talk to your parents about what you do online.
WHAT PARENTS CAN DO:
– Keep your home computer in a busy area of your house.
– Set up email and chat accounts with your children. Make sure you know their screen names and passwords, not include their personal information on their online profiles.
– Find out who each person is in their “buddy list”. Ask who each person is and how your children know him or her.
– Discuss cyberbullying with your children and ask if they have ever experienced it or seen it happen to someone.
– Tell your children that you won’t blame them if they are cyberbullied. Emphasize that you won’t take away their computer privileges – this is the main reason kids don’t tell adults when they are cyberbullied.
– We as parents may not have all the answers immediately some times. Tell them that we (you and your teen) can work together to find the answers that are safe.
WEBSITE RESOURCES FOR BULLIES/CYBERBULLIES:
– http://www.kickbully.com
– http://www.stopbullyingnow.com
– http://www.bullypolice.org – Bullying and Cyberbullying laws by state
– http://www.ncpc.org/topicscyberbullying
– http://www.stopcyberbullying.org
– http://www.wiredsafety.com
MOVIES:
– American Girl Movie – Chrissa (for elementary school girls) – Could use it for boys also. To teach them to not alienate any one during recess. This is a good example of Secret Bully. In the end the girls do not become best friends. They come together to participate in a swim meet and win.
– The clique – (for middle school girls)
– Mean Girls – (for high school girls)
– Bully – old movie released in 2001 – Think it is R rated – violent, language and sex, murder.
– Bully – the one you had suggested.

POINTS ABOUT BULLYING FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS:

– Tell them they are not alone if they are being bullied.

– Create play date/sleep over rules. Create this with your child. Keep it in a place where both of you can see it every day.

– Remind them of the rules when they leave the house.

– Keep telling them that as parents it is your job to keep them safe, if your child is annoyed by your reminding them.

– Parents, ensure there is enough adult supervision in any environment your child is likely to be in.

HOW DO I STAY CYBER-SAFE: (FOR TEENS):

– Never post or share your personal information online (includes your full name, address, telephone number, date of birth, parents’ names, credit card number or social security number or your friends’ personal information).

– Never share your internet passwords with any one, except your parents.

– Never meet anyone face-to-face whom you only know online.

– Talk to your parents about what you do online.

WHAT PARENTS CAN DO:

– Keep your home computer in a busy area of your house.

– Set up email and chat accounts with your children. Make sure you know their screen names and passwords, not include their personal information on their online profiles.

– Find out who each person is in their “buddy list”. Ask who each person is and how your children know him or her.

– Discuss cyberbullying with your children and ask if they have ever experienced it or seen it happen to someone.

– Tell your children that you won’t blame them if they are cyberbullied. Emphasize that you won’t take away their computer privileges – this is the main reason kids don’t tell adults when they are cyberbullied.

– We as parents may not have all the answers immediately some times. Tell them that we (you and your teen) can work together to find the answers that are safe.

WEBSITE RESOURCES FOR BULLIES/CYBERBULLIES:

– www.kickbully.com

– www.stopbullyingnow.com

– www.bullypolice.org – Bullying and Cyberbullying laws by state

– www.ncpc.org/topicscyberbullying

– www.stopcyberbullying.org

– www.wiredsafety.com

MOVIES:

– American Girl Movie – Chrissa (for elementary school girls) – Could use it for boys also. To teach them to not alienate any one during recess. This is a good example of “Secret Bullying”.

– The Clique – (for middle school girls)

– Mean Girls – (for high school girls)

–  Bully ( releasing March 30, 2012)

Send in your thoughts and feedback to radio@indiacc.org.

Parent Talk – Episode 18: The Joy of Dance

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headphonesParent Talk is a radio show that I’ve been doing since October 2011 on Radio Zindagi 1550 AM in the SF Bay Area. It is a show sponsored by the India Community Center in Milpitas, to whom I am truly grateful for the opportunity.

In true desi style, it’s taken 6 months to get my act together and get the mp3 of the show online! Thanks to my friends and listeners for prodding me to get it done. I’ll be putting up previous shows as well; hopefully, it won’t take me 6 months to upload the rest!

Episode 18: The Joy of Dance

Guests: Lekshmi Shaiju – Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher. Ishika Seth, one of the principal dancers of the Mona Khan dance company. Kavitha Aravindhan and Pallavi Rao, high-schoolers and dancers with the Xpressions dance company.

Here is the podcast. The sound quality is acceptable but the transitions between the breaks I take on the show may be a tad rough. I have removed all the ads and the songs (I think!) to provide a cleaner experience but I am new to Audacity (a mp3 editing program) and feel like I’ve been using an axe instead of a scalpel to make the cuts. Also, exporting an mp3 from Audacity forced me to reduce the bit rate to make the size of the resultant file small enough.

The theme music you hear at the beginning of the show has been composed by my son Naren.

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Important Links: If you love to watch dance, be sure to check out Youthsava 2012 on March 31. The program starts at 9 a.m. in the morning and goes all day. The ticket is for the entire day and you can watch as little or as much as you want. Tickets go on sale March 1, 2012. Here is the link.

http://indiacc.org/youthsava2012

Parent Talk Episode 17 – Early Intervention

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Parent Talk is a radio show broadcast on Radio Zindagi 1550 AM in the SF Bay Area every Saturday at 10 a.m PST.The show is hosted by me and sponsored by the India Community Center.

On February 18, I talked a topic that is very close to my heart – early intervention to diagnose and treat kids with special needs. The most important thing I learned from the show was not to depend on your pediatrician to catch any disability early.

Guests: Michelle Oliver, program specialist at the Early Start program in Santa Clara, and Howard Doi, manager of the Regional Center in Santa Clara.

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Send your thoughts and ideas to radio@indiacc.org. That is also the best way to contact me if you wish to appear on the show as a guest.

Yoga, Divinity, and Dance

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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.AnuradhaPRabhashankerAnd 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 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.

Parent Talk Episode 16 – Parenting Teenagers

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Parent Talk is a radio show broadcast on Radio Zindagi 1550 AM in the SF Bay Area every Saturday at 10 a.m PST.The show is hosted by me and sponsored by the India Community Center.

On February 11, the topic was the stress of parenting teengers and the unique challenges of being the parent of a teen.

Guest: Sushma Trivedi, marriage and family therapist with pracitices in Palo Alto and San Jose.

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Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu – Nothing Happens in Vegas

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Watching EMAET is like ordering a dish from a restaurant menu based on the glowing description and the fancy ingredients, and then finding out they forgot the salt.
The not-rom-com about a stuffed shirt and the free-spirited girl who loosens him up tries very, very hard to please. Debutant director Shakun Batra assembles his ingredients and creates a recipe in textbook fashion –
– Get experience in successful contemporary Bollywood movies like Jaane Tu.. (second assistant director) and Rock On (first assistant director)
– Put together an A-list cast (Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor) that has never been paired before
– Get the mighty budget and avuncular blessing of Dharma Productions (Karan Johar’s studio)
– Pick up-and-coming composer Amit Trivedi (Dev D, Wake Up Sid) to compose the film’s score
– Co-write a light and fluffy popcorn plot that is squarely aimed at the multiplex metrosexual crowd.
If following a recipe was that easy, I guess we would all be Julia Childs by now.
It’s not that the movie is bad, it’s just blah. The script just doesn’t have good lines in it, and Imran’s tortured Hindi diction just keeps reminding you that people in Mumbai speak (and THINK) primarily in English these days – the dialogues feel translated. Kareena’s role is just a shade underacted (mercifully) from her Geet character in Jab We Met. As other reviewers have commented, the lead pair has no chemistry, but this may have been deliberate (as you will see if you stick around to the end of the movie). The songs are hummable, but Amit Trivedi’s serious musical chops have been defanged and blandified by the power of THE BIG BUCKS. Listening to “Gubbare,” it is hard to believe this pleasant pap (yes, that’s spelt right) was the offspring of the same man who composed the powerful and defiant “Pardesi.”
And why Las Vegas? The thrumming city with its one-armed bandits, smoke-filled gambling rooms, and sordid underbelly is completely whitewashed into a G-rated yuppie heaven with carnival rides complete with stuffed toys and popcorn, and wide roads leading to scenic vistas. What the heck? If unsuspecting parents take their bachchas to LV for a nice family vacation after watching EMAET, they can bill the movie makers for the resultant therapy needs. If a quickie marriage had to be contrived, surely there were other ways to go about it than set the movie in a city where everybody feels out of place. When the movie shifts to Mumbai post interval, it perks right up, as if it has come back home from a vacation that didn’t go well. (and how would it, since we went to Las Vegas, and all we got for it was an animal hat.) The writers throw the “sex” word around a few times to show how grown-up they are, but you can sense their heart isn’t in it – this is, in fact, a family movie and parents can easily deflect any awkward questions that may arise.
If you must watch this movie, wait for the DVD..you’ll feel a lot less cheated if you pay 2 bucks instead of 40 for the same dish, even though it is cold.

emaetWatching EMAET is like ordering a dish from a restaurant menu based on the glowing description and the fancy ingredients, and then finding out they forgot the salt.

The not-rom-com about a stuffed shirt and the free-spirited girl who loosens him up tries very, very hard to please. Debutant director Shakun Batra assembles his ingredients and creates a recipe in textbook fashion –

– Get experience in successful contemporary Bollywood movies like Jaane Tu.. (second assistant director) and Rock On (first assistant director)

– Put together an A-list cast (Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor) that has never been paired before

– Get the mighty budget and avuncular blessing of Dharma Productions (Karan Johar’s studio)

– Pick up-and-coming composer Amit Trivedi (Dev D, Wake Up Sid) to compose the film’s score

– Co-write a light and fluffy popcorn plot that is squarely aimed at the multiplex metrosexual crowd.

If following a recipe was that easy, I guess we would all be Julia Childs by now.

It’s not that the movie is bad, it’s just blah. The script just doesn’t have good lines in it, and Imran’s tortured Hindi diction just keeps reminding you that people in Mumbai speak (and THINK) primarily in English these days – the dialogues feel translated. Kareena’s role is identical,  just a shade underacted (mercifully,) from her Geet character in Jab We Met. As other reviewers have commented, the lead pair has no chemistry, but this may have been deliberate (as you will see if you stick around to the end of the movie). The songs are hummable, but Amit Trivedi’s serious musical chops have been defanged and blandified by the power of THE BIG BUCKS. Listening to “Gubbare,” it is hard to believe this pleasant pap (yes, that’s spelt right) was the offspring of the same man who composed the powerful and defiant “Pardesi.”

And why Las Vegas? The thrumming city with its one-armed bandits, smoke-filled gambling rooms, and sordid underbelly is completely whitewashed into a G-rated yuppie heaven with carnival rides complete with stuffed toys and popcorn, and wide roads leading to scenic vistas. What the heck? If unsuspecting parents take their bachchas to LV for a nice family vacation after watching EMAET, they can bill the movie makers for the resultant therapy needs. If a quickie marriage had to be contrived, surely there were other ways to go about it than set the movie in a city where everybody feels out of place. When the movie shifts to Mumbai post interval, it perks right up, as if it has come back home from a vacation that didn’t go well. (And how would it, since we went to Las Vegas, and all we got for it was an animal hat?) The writers throw the “sex” word around a few times to show how grown-up they are, but you can sense their heart isn’t in it – this is, in fact, a family movie and parents can easily deflect any awkward questions that may arise.

If you must watch this movie, wait for the DVD..you’ll feel a lot less cheated if you pay 2 bucks instead of 40 for the same dish, even though it is cold.

Parent Talk Episode 15 – Divorce

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This show on the effect of divorce on kids was a pretty powerful one, I think. The two guests really played off each others strengths.

Guests: Madan Ahluwalia, family lawyer, and Leena Khanzode, a child and adult psychiatrist trained at Stanford.

Please send feedback and ideas to radio@indiacc.org.

Show sponsored by the India Community Center.

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Parent Talk Episode 13 – Cheating

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In this show we talked about how common cheating is in today’s schools and what might be the reason for the increase in cheating over the years. Are kids cheating because of the pressure? Is digital piracy lowering the standards for ethical behavior?

Guests: Sukanya Goswami, teacher at Newark Memorial High School, and Kevin Zhai, student at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont.

Please send questions and feedback to radio@indiacc.org.

Show sponsored by the India Community Center.

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Induz Valentine Masti

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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.

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

**** 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.

Valentine Masti 2012 Poster-Final Hi res