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Indi

Indi

As part of the executive DESIblitz team, Indi likes to be involved with many areas of media. He enjoys meeting different types of people and producing good stories with special video and photography features. His life motto is 'no pain, no gain...'

Harbhajan Mann

Harbhajan Mann

By Indi | May 21, 2010

DESIblitz zooms its SpotLight on Harbhajan Mann, the prolific Punjabi singer and actor. An artist that has combined his Canadian and Punjabi cultures into a talent that has brought us memorable Punjabi songs and films. Born on 30th December 1965, Harbhajan Mann started singing in 1980-81 and as an amateur who used to perform in [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: actor, Desi, exclusive, Harbhajan Mann, heer ranjha, interview, photos, punjabi, punjabi film, singer, video

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Anoushka Shankar charms Birmingham

Anoushka Shankar charms Birmingham

By Indi | May 18, 2010

Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, hugely delighted audiences at the Birmingham Town Hall with her Sudakshini performance. She definitely showed elements of her father in her fingers as she played sitar accompanied by Tanmoy Bose (from Kolkata) on tabla, Pirashanna Thevarajah (from London) on mridangam, kanjira and ghatam; Ravichandra Kulur flute, [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: anoushka shankar, birmingham, birmingham town hall, concert, kanjira, mridangam, Pirashanna Thevarajah, ravi shankar, Ravichandra Kulur, sitar, tabla, Tanmoy Bose, THSH, tour, UK

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Keep BBC Asian Network National

Keep BBC Asian Network National

By Indi | April 10, 2010

On 2nd March 2010, the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, announced that BBC Asian Network radio will be closed as a national service. This was part of the BBC Strategic Review put forward to the BBC Trust for consideration and consultation. The plans are to close the station as a national station by 2011. An [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: amar, Amir Khan, asian, awards, BBC, bbc asian network, BBC Trust, bobby friction, close, closure, consultation, Desi, digital, hari dhillon, jay sean, Jaya, jimmy mistry, keep it national, Mumzy, music, nihal, radio, RDB, regional, save, Sonia Deol, station, stretegy review

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2010 UK Asian Music Awards

2010 UK Asian Music Awards

By Indi | April 6, 2010

The 2010 UK Asian Music Awards is one of the key events in the annual diary of Asian Music in the UK. Artists from different genres come together to celebrate winners of the variety of nominations established by the awards body. DESIblitz had the pleasure to attend the ceremony and talk to many celebrity names [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: 2010, amar, amas, Amir Khan, asian, awards, bbc asian network, bhangra, bobby friction, Brit-Asian, British, dhanjan, hari dhillon, interviews, jay sean, Jaya, jimmy mistry, JK, mc psg, music, nihal, RDB, shizzio, UK, uk asian music awards, urban

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Mother India Concerts ~ free tickets

Mother India Concerts ~ free tickets

By Indi | March 30, 2010

Desiblitz have teamed up with the Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham to offer two lucky readers the chance to each win a weekend ticket to three Mother India concerts in Birmingham on 9th, 10th and 11th April 2010! The weekend will see a range of world class musical masters taking audiences on a journey [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: Amaan Ali Khan, Arun Ghosh, Ayaan Ali Khan, birmingham, classical, concerts, DJ Tigerstyle, Faheem Mazar, free tickets, fusion, indian, Matthew Barley, Milun, Mother India, music, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Sanchita Pal, santoor, sarod, Soumik Datta, Symphony Hall, Town Hall, turntablist, UK

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The \”home\” Exhibition

The \”home\” Exhibition

By Indi | March 19, 2010

The \”home\” is a group exhibition looking into how, when set in a comparable context with artists from South Asia, British artists of South Asian descent view their own origin and literal physical sense of location, alongside more figurative investigations and manifestations of the self and identity, locality and vicinity, foreign and foreignness, home and [...]

Categories: Arts & Culture
Tagged: airspace gallery, artists, arts, Brit-Asian, british asian, Chinmoyi Patel, culture, exhibtion, Harminder Singh Judge, Hetain Patel, home, India, Kashif Nadim Chaudry, Pakistan, Rachel Marsden, Samit Das, UK

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Asian MPs must Repay Expenses

Asian MPs must Repay Expenses

By Indi | March 5, 2010

British MPs have been ordered to repay £1.1m of  inappropriate expenses claims back to the taxpayer. Sir Thomas Legg’s commission has now ruled that MPs must repay amounts from their second home expenses claims. Sir Thomas Legg’s report into MPs’ spending over five years, concluded that there was a “culture of deference” which resulted in [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian
Tagged: ashok kumar, asian, British, expenses, indian, keith vaz, khaled mahmood, marsha singh, minister of parliament, mohammad sarwar, money, mp, MPs, pakistani, parmjit dhanda, Politics, report, shahid malik, shailesh vara, taxpayer, UK

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CJ, Jasz Gill & Kamal Raja Interview

CJ, Jasz Gill & Kamal Raja Interview

By Indi | February 21, 2010

Chevy known as ‘CJ’, Jasz Gill and Kamal Raja are making fantastic musical impact with their debut single, ‘Like A Star.’ The young trio from Holland show that Desi music is alive and kicking in mainland Europe too! Collectively known as CJK, they come under the banner of ‘CJ Records‘ which was established 2005. Chevy [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: Amsterdam, CJ, CJ Records, CJK, Desi, Holland, interview, Jasz Gill, Kamal Raja, Like A Star, listen, music, punjabi, singers, song, video

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Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan

Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan

By Indi | February 9, 2010

The DESIblitz SpotLight zooms on Aktar Islam and Jabbar Khan of Lasan Restaurant from Birmingham in the UK, the winners of the Gordon Ramsay’s F Word final on Channel 4 television. Lasan is the first Indian restaurant in the UK to be selected as the ‘Best Local Restaurant’ by Ramsay. Head Chef Aktar Islam together [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: Aktar Islam, awards, Best Local Indian Restaurant, Best Local Restaurant, birmingham, F word, Food, Gordon Ramsay, indian, interview, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, restaurant, UK, win, winners

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Lasan victory on The F Word

Lasan victory on The F Word

By Indi | January 7, 2010

Lasan restaurant from Birmingham won the final and Indian Restaurants category on Gordon Ramsay’s F Word television show on Channel 4. They won the show’s final against chef team from The Pheasant, who serve traditional British food. Prior to the final, they won the semi-final against Santa Maria (South American cuisine) and Sweet Mandarin (Chinese [...]

Categories: Food
Tagged: Aktar Islam, Bengali, category, cookery, cuisine, F word, Food, Gordon Ramsay, indian restaurant, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, The Curry Corner, The F Word, UK, winners

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