Diwali Meetup....10th November'2007

Bengalis inUK , Bengalis in London and Indians in London the virtual cyber communities go "real" again ...to celebrate Deepavali and Kali Pujo in an evening of food, music and pure fun with old and new friends.
Everybody can join in... sing as you like , dance as you like, be as you like.. there are no commercial hosts of the event and no guestlists as well... its open for all . Delicious Indian food will be served as well. Bring your friends and family too.

The Venue: The Welldon Centre, Methodist Church,Angel RaodHA1 1JZ
Time:7Pm to 10:30 Pm

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P.S.: To cover the cost of logistics etc we will be collecting a very nominal £5 per person at door

Two Events In one Day:- 3rd Nov 2007
Event A:- Bollywood Dance Nite On a Cruise On River Thames
Event B:- Diwali Party from www.ashanet.org/london

More Details on Event A:-
Bollywood Dance Nite on Cruise! Saturday 3rd November
More info for this event:- http://www.bollywood-rocks.co.uk/
Quote "IIL group" On phone and ticket will be £10.
Otherwise Normal price is £15.
Call - 0800 612 8737 for tickets (Ask for Tarang if any problem)

Ppl expected to attend:-
1. Amit
2. Pearl
3. Iffy (Irfan)
4. Navin + Pushpa + Pooja + Priti
5. Bobby +6
6. Mani
7. Puneet + 3
8. Viper (Vipin)

More Details on Event B:-
Asha, www.ashanet.org/london is a global, non-profit organisation aimed at improving the lives of underprivileged children in India. The great thing about it is that it is made up entirely of volunteers (there are no paid members) so all the money we raise (from fundraisers such as this) goes towards educational projects in India that we choose to support.

Last Two Years Diwali Parties were a huge success. This year's Diwali party (like the ones before) will basically be an evening of some great bollywood clubbing , amongst a chilled-out crowd, with some Diwali decoration and lots of enthusiasm to create that "Diwali" spirit! As an extra, we are having some (nice and cheesy) bollywood and bhangra lessons to kickstart the evening.

Tickets are only 14 pounds (if bought in advance) and as we have no overheads (in the form of paid members), all proceeds will go to charity. This year, our chosen project focus is a residential school for underprivileged children in Bengal. Pay by Paypal to ashabookings@gmail.com

Venue: The Saint Rose Street, Paternoster Square, London,EC4M 7DQ
Nearest Statioin - St Pauls/Bank
Time: 8pm - 2AM
Ticket on Door - £16
Information Source - Ms Pooja Sinha

Snaps from the Bijoya Sammilani-dt 21st October-07

BiU Bijoya Sammilani

Bengalis in UK (BiU) And Bengalis In London Communities together have just successfully celebrated Bijoya Dashami & Dussehra on 21st October in London. Talented BiU and BiL members and other artistes performed music, dance and other cultural activities. The cultural evening was followed by a sumptuous Indian buffet dinner.


BiU & BiL in collaboration with Indians in London and Delhites In London Communities, brought together their members and made it a grand success.

Venue: Brent Indian Association Hall, 116 Ealing Road, Wembley, London, HA0 4TH

Time & Date : 6.30pm - 9.30pm on 21st October, 2007 (Sunday)

Ticket: A nominal participation fee of £10 was charged to cover food, logistics, lucky draw and other expenses. Volunteers:- Navin Arora, Rish, Suman, Kakoli, Nandini, Debu, Ana, Taps, Rudra .

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21593406

About Durga Puja/Bijoya Dashami: Durga Puja is the greatest festival of Bengalis and celebrated over a period of 10 days. It is a festivity of Good winning over Evil. The tenth day is known as Bijoya Dashami - families and friends wish & greet each other - distribute sweets.


List of some people who attended...

Navin(IndiansInlondon) + 8 1)Suman 2)Debu+2 5)Radhasree 6)Ana (IndiansinUK) + 11 18)Pooja 19)Rish 20)Shekhar 21)Bhaskar 22)Kakol 23)Abhishek

24)Madhubanti 25)Nandini+2 28)Sumeet 29)raj 30)Mandar 31)Nirmalya 32)Samiran 33)Shyamalee 34)Rudra 35)Taps+4