Monday, June 16, 2008
A documentary on BBC Radio 4 today will ask wether British Asians are failing to provide and care for their elderly parents as extended families split up and become less traditional.
Yasmeen Khan travels around the UK to find out whether culturally-specific care services are provided for elderly Asians, and asks whether there is a failure to provide for those whose language, nutritional and religious needs are varied and complex.
A Failure to Provide? – 16th June 8 – 8:30pm. You can also listen to the doc after its been broadcast through iPlayer.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Bollywood dance coach Honey Kalaria’s annual Bollywood Dance Championships will be held this year at the Hackney Empire in London on 8th July.
Event organisers say it is the UK’s biggest Bollywood dance competition and entrants from all over the country will be performing at the event, which is being covered by Club Asia Radio.
The winner will be flown to India and be awarded a modelling contract. They will also receive extensive training Honey’s Dance Academy to become a professional dancer.
Monday, June 16, 2008
The prestigious Indian newspaper Tehelka is holding its annual India-Pakistan forum next week at London’s Royal Society of Arts. The event will host prominent political, cultural and opinion leaders from India and Pakistan to debate issues from the two countries.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
The Indian music company Saregama is launching a music CD and series of tours around Britain to commemorate the Indian singer Mohammad Rafi.
At an event at the Nehru Centre in London on Tuesday 17th June, a CD album titled ‘Rafi Resurrected’ will be unveiled by the late Mohd Rafi’s eldest grandson Rizvan Rafi.
A national tour with Indian singer Sonu Nigam will follow in July: at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham(15th July); Manchester’s Apollo Theatre (17th July) and the London Coliseum (20th July). Sony Entertainment Television Asia will broadcast all concerts.