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First India Day parade in
Atlantic City
T
he Indo US Council organ-
ized the first India Day
parade at the Atlantic City
Boardwalk this year. The event was
part of a set of initiatives to boost
the influx of visitors to Atlantic
City. On August 13, 2010 the
India’s Independence Day celebra-
tions commenced with a night of
music and dance featuring a live
concert by “the international pop
sensation and multi-platinum sell-
ing Cash Money/Universal Parade was hosted by the Indo US Council
Republic recording artist Jay Sean”
at the Trump Taj Mahal Arena followed by Avenue to the Tropicana Casino and
a colorful parade next day. The first-ever Resort, complete with music, dancers and
Atlantic City India Day parade made its floats celebrating the 63rd anniversary of
way — eventually — from New Jersey India becoming a nation.
23rd AIA South Street Diwali fest
brings India to NYC
he Association of Indians in America
T (AIA) held its 23rd annual South
Street Seaport Deepavali festival in
the New York City on October 3. The exu-
berant and dynamic festival has become an
annual fixture and this year the onus of its
successful execution was on AIA President
Sushma Kotahwala. Enjoyed by tens of
thousands of people, the festival displayed
the colors, tastes, art, and culture of India.
The theme of this year “Enlighten the
A select few from our chief cartoonist Mahendra Shah's collection of witty and humorous
take on everyday life events
Mahendra Shah is an architect by
education, entrepreneur by
profession, artist and humorist,
cartoonist and writer by hobby.
He has been recording the plight
of the immigrant Indians for the
past many years in his cartoons.
Hailing from Gujarat, he lives in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tragic death of filmmaker
Manish Acharya
he desi film fraternity lost this bright
T talent in early December. “Loins of
Punjab Presents” fame actor-direc-
tor-producer Manish Acharya died in a
freak accident falling off a horse while hol-
idaying in Matheran, Maharashtra. He was
just 40. Acharya came to the US at age 18
to earn degrees in physics and industrial
relations. He founded a software company
too that went public in 1998. But he real-
ized his true calling was filmmaking. He
Manish Acharya
applied for the NYU Tisch School of the
Arts graduate film program and made it as error.” He was planning a period drama
he was quoted saying “due to clerical based in the '80s and had begun work on it.
Galleon hedge fund scandal
contd….
panies on charges that they leaked confi-
dential corporate information to the
Galleon group. The charges are the latest
brought by the government in its rapidly
expanding investigation into insider trad-
ing on Wall Street. The case is built around
World” promoted the Indian culture and
heritage throughout the Tri-State area. The
festival was well attended by many public
figures including Sushilkumar Shinde,
the prosecution of Raj Rajaratnam, a bil-
lionaire hedge fund manager (of Sri
Lankan Tamil extract) and co-founder of
the Galleon Group. The Justice
Energy Minister of India, Mr. Gondane, a
Department has charged 23 people related
representative of the Indian Consulate, Galleon group co-founder Raj to that case, 14 of whom have pleaded
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Mayor Rajaratnam guilty. Rajaratnam, who is free on $100
Mike Bloomberg, Comptroller John Liu,
arly this month, federal authorities million bail, is fighting the charges and is
New York Assembly woman Grace Meng,
New York council member Dan Halloran
and District Leader Uma Sengupta.
E arrested three employees of some of
the world's largest technology com-
expected to go on trial early in 2011.
(Compiled by Hiral Dholakia-Dave)