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Free Bollywood films on YouTube

Free Bollywood films on YouTube

By Amit | September 2, 2010

YouTube the most popular video website, owned by Google, has collaborated with Rajshri and many other film distributors to offer a showcase of Bollywood films online for free legal viewing. A dedicated channel has been set-up called ‘Bollywood’ to give you access to many Hindi classics in black and white to many of the modern [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: black and white, Bollywood, category, classic, flims, free, hindi, hollywood, indian, online, YouTube

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Fashion Design as a Career

Fashion Design as a Career

By Neha Lobana | September 1, 2010

Doctors! Scientists! Engineers! These are three common career choices of South Asian families. But with such a huge generations clash we notice significant changes occurring in South Asian lifestyles. One change in particular is having the independence to decide what to do with one’s life. Everyone knows how South Asian parents are very restrictive when [...]

Categories: Fashion
Tagged: career, challenges, choice, clothes, creative, Desi, design, designer, Fashion, how, indian, job, pakistani, South Asian, The Urban Fashion Girl, tips, what, who

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10 Top Desi Weight Loss tips

10 Top Desi Weight Loss tips

By Gulshinder Chattha | August 16, 2010

Weight Loss can be a minefield. With so many gimmicks, promises and novelty diet solutions on the market we are often covered by a cloud of uncertainty. One of the most common traps people fall into is aiming for ‘quick weight loss.’ Admittedly there are commercial diets out there that can produce quick results but [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: aid, asian, Brit-Asian, british asian, cooking, Desi, diet, eating, exercise, Food, help, indian, loss, pakistani, punjabi, slimming, South Asian, support, sweets, tips, UK, weight

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The Nose Ring ~ Past to Present

The Nose Ring ~ Past to Present

By Neha Lobana | August 12, 2010

Nose rings were first founded in the Middle East, and were first introduced in the 16th century by the Mughals in India. During the Mughal Rule, nose rings were designed in one way, which were floral patterns. The nose rings would be made into a tiny flower followed by a small stem which was kept [...]

Categories: Fashion
Tagged: Fashion, history, India, indian, nose, nose ring, nose stud, past, photos, pictures, present, ring, stud, styles, wear

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Sony/RCA signs Sonna Rele

Sony/RCA signs Sonna Rele

By Jas Sembhi | August 1, 2010

British Asian artists are now making their way into the mainstream at a noticeable rate. Sonna Rele from Kingsbury in North West London is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter who has been signed for a five-year deal with Sony/RCA records. Music producer Livingstone Brown who has worked with the likes of Wyclef Jean, Maxi Priest and John [...]

Categories: Music & Dance
Tagged: Alicia Keys, asian, british asian, deal, female, indian, kingsbury, London, mainstream, music, RCA, record deal, records, rele, singer, songwriter, sonna, Sonna Rele, Sony, Sugababes, UK, Wyclef

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British or Asian? The Identity Crisis

British or Asian? The Identity Crisis

By Sripurna Basu | August 1, 2010

Almost all British Asians have heard that question – “Where are you from?” Most of us reply, “I’m from here – the UK” Some of us add, if from India, “But my parents/grandparents are from India.” Not a lot of us will add, “My ethnicity is Indian.” How many of us feel compelled to add [...]

Categories: Debate
Tagged: asian, bangladeshi, britain, British, british asian, England, ethnic, ethnicity, identity, immigrant, indian, integration, life, NRI, origin, pakistani, Race, roots, South Asian, term, UK

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Hard Kaur

Hard Kaur

By Nazhat | July 22, 2010

DESIblitz zooms its SpotLight on Hard Kaur, the Bollywood artist known for her Hip Hop and Rap music influences on popular Bollywood tracks and songs of her own. She has stuck to her guns through many life challenges to achieve the success that has come her way in recent years, especially, her recognition by Bollywood. [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: birmingham, Bollywood, Bombay, D12, Desi, Desi Dance, Ek Glassy, exclusive, Handsworth, hard kaur, Hip Hop, indian, interview, move your body, Mumbai, photos, punjabi, rap, Saregama, shankar ehsaan loy, Sona Family, UK, video

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Prasad Bidapa the Fashion Guru

Prasad Bidapa the Fashion Guru

By Omi Gurung | July 19, 2010

He is known as the fashion guru in the Indian fashion industry, his training agency for models (Prasad Bidapa Associates, Bangalore) is legendary for having created some of the biggest names in Indian Fashion and Bollywood; he is, the one and only, Prasad Bidapa. One of the most prominent names in the Indian Fashion fraternity. [...]

Categories: Fashion
Tagged: bangalore, Bidapa, clothes, Coorg, exclusive, Fashion, India, indian, interview, latest, men, models, Omi, photos, Prasad, Prasad Bidapa Associates, ramp, style, textiles, top, trends, women

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Bollywood goes Twitter crazy!

Bollywood goes Twitter crazy!

By Amit | July 12, 2010

More and more stars from the world of Bollywood; the big names in Indian cinema, are joining the Twitter social network. The ease of use and the ability to ‘tweet’ messages simply from mobile devices gives the stars a straightforward method of communicating with their fans directly, and fellow stars and friends. DESIblitz has pulled [...]

Categories: Bollywood
Tagged: Aamir Khan, aamir_khan, Abhishek Bachchan, account, akshay kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, bolly, BollyTweets, Bollywood, cinema, Deepika Padukone, hindi, hrithik roshan, iamsrk, id, indian, name, photos, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor, real, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan, SRK, tweet, tweets, Twitter, verified

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Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness

Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness

By Sripurna Basu | June 28, 2010

Cancer often presents late in ethnic minorities. By this time harm is often done and treatment is less effective. Ethnic Minorities are less likely to take up cancer screening services. Language barriers prevent real information helping the elderly who are most at risk. The Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Week hopes to change all this. It [...]

Categories: Health & Beauty
Tagged: awareness, bangladeshi, BME, bowel, breast, campaign, cancer, cervical, England, ethnic minority cancer awareness week, health, indian, lump, NHS, oral, paan, pakistani, programme, prostate, signs, skin, smoking, treatment, UK

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