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Pakistan winners of Cricket World Twenty20

Pakistan winners of Cricket World Twenty20

By Indi | June 26, 2009

Pakistan are the winners of the ICC T20 World Cup 2009. In an intense final against Sri Lanka they played with vigour and steered to a eight wicket victory. The man of the match, Shahid Afridi, helped them on their way with some magnificent play. The last time Pakistan had won a title of this magnitude [...]

Categories: Sport
Tagged: cricket, exclusive, features, final, game, Lords, Pakistan, photos, Shahid Afridi, Sri Lanka, Twenty20, winners

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Desi Marriages of Convenience

Desi Marriages of Convenience

By Sandy Bains | June 15, 2009

Marriage for some people is a commitment, which they make to the person they love and want to spend the rest of the life with them. However, some people get married, not for love, family or a relationship but for other reasons. One of these reasons is that those in the South Asian community attracted [...]

Categories: Debate
Tagged: canada, child, civil, daughter, Desi, family, features, fraud, gay, gay marriage, green card, homosexual, illegal, India, lesbian, marriage, marriages of convenience, moc, orientation, pressure, sexuality, sham, sham marriages, son, UK, USA

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Royal Family Shows ft. Manak, Pooja and Jazzy B

Royal Family Shows ft. Manak, Pooja and Jazzy B

By Jas Sembhi | June 13, 2009

August 30th, 31st and September 2nd 2009 are the dates for UK’s ‘Royal Family’ shows. Featuring the legendary ‘King of Folk,’ Kuldip Manak, the ‘Queen of Duets,’ Miss Pooja and the ‘Crowned Prince of Bhangra,’ Jazzy B. Organised and proudly presented by A.S. Sandhu, A.B.M and B.S. Gill, the shows aim to give Bhangra and [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Music & Dance
Tagged: bhangra, buy, concert, family, features, folk, gig, glasgow, Jazzy B, kuldip manak, leicester, live, Miss Pooja, punjabi, purchase, royal, royal family, shows, ticket, tickets, tickets online, Wolverhampton, Wolves

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World 501 Dholi's Break Record

World 501 Dholi’s Break Record

By Indi | June 3, 2009

Gurcharan  Mall aka The King of Dhol has drummed his way into the Guinness Book of World Records  under the World 501 Dholi’s banner. A total of 632 Dhol players from all backgrounds smashed the previous world record by simultaneously playing the Dhol  for for 12 minutes and 42 seconds on, Saturday 2nd May 2009. [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Music & Dance
Tagged: 501, 501 dholis, bhangra, birmingham, Centenary Square, Dhol, Dhol Blasters, dholis, drum, drummers, features, female, Guinness World Records, Gurcharan Mall, kids, male, Mall, photo, photos, pictures, UK, video, world 501 dholis, world record

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RDB - Rhythm, Dhol and Bass

RDB – Rhythm, Dhol and Bass

By Jas Sembhi | May 30, 2009

DESIblitz dazzles its SpotLight on RDB, the famous music trio originally from Bradford, UK. RDB which stands for Rhythm, Dhol and Bass, are namely, Kuly Singh, Manjeet Singh and Surjeet Singh or Kuly, Manj, and Surj as they are known. They are three Punjabi brothers who have established themselves worldwide, by creating a fusion of [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, SpotLight
Tagged: aloo chaat, Austrailia, bhangra, Bollywood, Bradford, canada, Desi, exclusive, features, hit, interview, live, music, music producers, Nindy Kaur, performance, punjabi, RDB, Rhythm Dhol and Bass, Singapore, Singh is Kiing, songs, tour, UK, USA, video

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Freida Pinto gets hot with Dal Hothi

Freida Pinto gets hot with Dal Hothi

By Madhu | May 20, 2009

The gorgeous Freida Pinto from Slumdog Millionaire added the heat to Dal Hothi’s music video, ‘I Promise You.’ The sexy star appears as the love interest of Canadian born Dal, in the video of his song, which was shot in Mumbai, India. Daljit Hothi also known as DJ Dilvog, is from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: canada, canadian radio stations, dal, dal hothi, dilvog, dj, features, freida pinto, hot, India, kabhi kabhie, mumbai india, music, remix, sexy, Slumdog Millionaire, song, surrey british columbia, toronto, UK, USA, vancouver canada, video

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1970's Bollywood Beauties

1970′s Bollywood Beauties

By Amit | May 16, 2009

DESIblitz looks at some of the hottest, beautiful and sexy female stars to hit the Bollywood screen in the 1970′s. Giving you a flavour of which women made their mark in the world’s largest film industry during that era. The Bollywood industry in the early 1970′s produced many romantic and action films.  In the  mid-1970s, [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: 1970, actor, actresses, amitab bachchan, Bollywood, dancer, features, film, helen, hema, hema malini, hot, Jaya, old, parveen babi, raj kapoor, retro, sexy, sholay, vintage, zeenat aman

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Meera Syal MBE

Meera Syal MBE

By Indi | April 29, 2009

DESIblitz zooms its SpotLight onto Meera Syal, MBE.  An outstanding  British Asian actress, writer, producer, comedian, playwright, singer and journalist. She is well known for her roles in the BBC comedy shows Goodness Gracious Me and Kumars at No. 42. Meera Syal was born on 27 June, 1961, in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, UK. [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, SpotLight
Tagged: actor, actress, BBC, bbc asian network, bbc television, british comedy, comedy, Desi, features, funny, goodness gracious me, India, indian, jouranalist, kumars, meera, Meera Syal, nikki bedi, punjabi, radio, sayal, UK, west midlands, writer

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Night of Stars for Cancer Research

Night of Stars for Cancer Research

By Indi | April 11, 2009

Some of the biggest names in Bhangra and Brit-Asian media got together to put on a special show for Cancer Research. Organised by hit Bhangra artist Jassi Sidhu, the night literally glittered with the stars of Bhangra performing on stage. The show was held on 27th March 2009 at the Second City Suite in Birmingham, [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: adil ray, ameet chana, asian music, bbc asian network, bhangra, birmingham, cancer research, dcs, Desi, dj vix, features, gallery, H Dhami, hot, hunterz, Jassi Sidhu, Malkit Singh, metz, metz n trix, music, night of stars, pbn, photos, pictures, rax, rishi rich, roly, second city suite, sexy, silinder pardesi, UK, video interviews, videos

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Wii Fit Aunties

Wii Fit Aunties

By Indi | March 28, 2009

The popularity of video games being used for ‘exergaming’ has come to the forefront with the Wii Fit. DESIblitz wanted to test its usability with some South Asian ‘aunties’ – women usually in their late forties and onwards. So, a small group of ’aunties’ from the West Midlands in the UK, were introduced to ‘exergaming’ on the [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Health & Beauty
Tagged: aunties, balance board, bangladeshi, body movements, british asian, Desi, exercise, exergaming, features, fun, games console, indian, Japan, Nintendo, older, older generation, pakistani, punjabi, UK, video games, wii, wii fit

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