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NetSAP DC Weekly News | October 17, 2006 |
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POLITICAL TOWN HALL MEETING: An Insider’s View of the 2006 Elections, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 7:00 PM
Networking Committee: Third Thursday Networking Event, October 19, 2006, 6:30 PM
Dinner Circle: Join us for this fun, monthly event. Wednesday, October 25, 8:00 PM
NetSAP FAMILIES & DISTRICT INDIAN AMERICANS: Diwali Extravaganza, Saturday, October 28, 2006, 4:00 PM
NetSAP DC: Indian Cooking Classes, Saturday, October 28, 2006, 12:30 PM
South Asian Literary Theater Arts Festival (SALTAF™) 2006, Saturday, November 4, 2006, 10:00 AM
Sports Committee:Ski Trip, Weekend of December 16, 2006 |
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(1) South Asian Business Alliance: Event at Chloe, Thursday, October 19, 2006, 10:00 PM
(2) Sitar Concert by Joya Biswas and Samir Chatterjee, Saturday, October 21, 2006, 7:00 PM
(3) SABA-DC: Dinner & Discussion with Neal Katyal, October 26, 2006, 6:00
(4) CAPAL 2006 Fall Benefit: Shaping the Future of America, Thursday, October 26, 2006
(5) EXHIBITION: Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faith Through August 2007 |
NetSAP-DC & SAGA: Town Hall Meeting: An Insider’s View of the 2006 Elections, Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 7:00 PM
The South Asian Graduate Association and NetSAP DC invite you to attend an interactive Town Hall style panel discussion examining this year's elections:
The Congressional midterm elections are upon us and the outcome will have a substantial impact on the direction of our country for the next two years. Join us for a riveting discussion about the effect of the upcoming elections on our community and the overall policy agenda for the next two years.
The event will feature a panel of political insiders from Capitol Hill and operatives from both major political parties who are intimately familiar with the implications of the elections. This will be an interactive event and we look forward to hearing your comments and questions.
Speakers:
Neil Chatterjee, General Counsel and Policy Advisor, House Republican Conference
Parag Mehta, Director of Training, Democratic National Committee
Toby Chaudhuri, Communications Director, Campaign for America's Future
DATE: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
TIME: 7:00 PM
LOCATION: George Washington University, 1957 E St, NW, Room 213, Washington DC
METRO: Foggy Bottom (Orange/Blue Lines)
COST: FREE
Networking Committee: Third Thursday Networking Event, October 19, 2006, 6:30 PM
After a record breaking attendance in September, NetSAP DC is proud to bring you another exciting Third Thursday Networking Night in October ....
Come be a part of one of NetSAP DC's most highly anticipated monthly events!!! You will have the opportunity to meet other professionals in the DC area, socialize with friends, and just unwind after a long day of work. Please email networking@netsap.org with any questions
DATE: October 19, 2006
TIME: 6:30 PM
LOCATION: Chloe 2473 18th St NW , Washington, DC 20009
PARKING: Limited StreetParking and Valet Available
METRO: Woodley Park/Adams Morgan (Red Line)
WEBSITE: http://www.chloedc.com/
DRINK SPECIALS: TBD
COST: FREE Admission for NetSAP Members, $5 for Non-Members
Dinner Circle: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 8:00 PM
If you are new to the Dinner Circle, welcome! And, for those of you who are veterans by now, thanks for helping to make this program a smashing success. We have had close to 100 attendees for each of the last six Dinner Circle events. Before you sign up for this month's dinner, please keep two important points in mind:
(1) Please sign up at the link below ONLY if you are 100% sure that you will be able to attend. Last minute cancellations make the matching less value-add and they are a disappointment to others who commit to attending their assigned groups. We have kept this program free to the entire DC South Asian community (members and non) but will start assessing an attendance fee if we can't reduce last minute drop offs.
(2) if you have suggestions for improvement, or would even like to get involved in planning this event going forward, please e-mail dinner@netsap.org and vp@netsap.org. We hope to see you later this month!
Thanks,
Neeraj Bhat & Amita Shukla
The Dinner Circle Team
Have you been searching for the opportunity to meet and get to know other South Asian professionals in the Washington DC area? Are you the type that prefers small dinners with friends over raucous nights out at the clubs? Well, then come participate in our monthly NetSAP Dinner Circle event! These small group dinners are designed to provide comfortable, intimate settings where young professionals with similar interests can have meaningful conversations and expand their social and professional relationships. The dinners are primarily targeted at those with at least a few years of work experience, but all are welcome to attend.
Here's how it works: This month's Dinner Circle event will take place on Wednesday, October 25 at 8:00 pm at different restaurants in the Dupont Circle , Washington DC, Arlington, VA and Bethesda, MD. Please click on the link below if you'd like to attend and answer a few questions that will help us learn more about you. Once we have the list of all interested participants, we'll divide you up into groups of 6-8 and email each group the specific restaurant at which they should meet. Restaurant assignments will be sent out next Monday (2 days prior). Then, just show up ready to be social and enjoy a meal! There is no fee for the event, though you will have to pay for your share of the dinner.
Our commitment : We'll do our best to maximize the potential of the evening by thoughtfully matching participants with others of similar age, interests, and career stage. We'll also try to pick easily accessible, moderately priced restaurants that make the evening more enjoyable.
Your commitment: First, we ask that you show up to your assigned restaurant promptly at 8:00 pm (that's Eastern Standard Time, not Indian Standard Time!). Second, because these groups are intended to be small, one or two people cancelling at the last minute can really disrupt the dynamic. Thus, we ask that you only sign up for the event if you're 100% sure that you'll be able to attend. If you cannot make it this month, there will be another NETSAP Dinner Circle event next month.
Here's the link: http://www.netsap.kintera.org/dinner. The deadline to sign up is this Saturday, October 21 at midnight. If you have any questions or comments, e-mail: dinner@netsap.org.
NetSAP FAMILIES & DISTRICT INDIAN AMERICANS: Diwali Extravaganza, Saturday, October 28, 2006
Celebrate with Family and Friends!
Come enjoy activity booths with your children while learning about Diwali.
Henna tattoos, Diya painting, Diwali Stories, Greeting Cards, Rangoli
Music, Dance, Aarti
DATE: October 28, 2006
TIME: 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm
VENUE: Durga Temple , 8400 Durga Place, Fairfax Station VA 22039
COST: $15 per adult. Kids are free. Please pay online by October 21 at http://netsap.kintera.org/diwali
NetSAP DC: Indian Cooking Class, October 28, 2006
Interested in learning more about Indian cooking? Want to learn the basics or just expand your knowledge?
NetSAP DC is offering cooking classes this fall that will be perfect for you. The classes will be led by professional cooking instructor Rupen Rao and will be open to groups of 10 people. The classes will offer an overview of the basics of Indian cooking and will teach participants how to prepare a full menu from appetizer to dessert.
Details and registration information are below. We will be offering more classes later this year for those of you who can't attend. Please email president@netsap.org if you have any questions.
DATE: October 28, 2006
TIME: 12:30 PM
LOCATION: 3515 New Hampshire Avenue NW , Washington, DC 20010
COST: $10 for Members; $20 for Non-Members
REGISTRATION: This session is sold out. Please email us if you are interested in learning about future classes.
QUESTIONS: president@netsap.org
For More Info about the Instructor please visit www.rupenrao.com
South Asian Literary Theater Arts Festival (SALTAF™) 2006, Saturday, November 4, 2006, 10:00 AM
SALTAF™ 2006 returns anew this fall, marking the third year that the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program is partnering with the Washington DC chapter of the Network of South Asian Professionals (NetSAP-DC).
A sneak peek at this fall includes multi-award-winning Samrat Upadhyay (Arresting God in Kathmandu, Guru of Love, and the most recent The Royal Ghosts), who is hailed as the first Nepali author writing in English.
Tarun Tejpal arrives from India just in time for his upcoming U.S. publication of his first novel, The Alchemy of Desire. Already a critically acclaimed debut in the United Kingdom and the latest darling of the London literati, Desire hits stands in December.
We'll also be celebrating strong mother/daughter legacies... Kiran Desai, whose latest book, The Inheritance of Loss, was just nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize, will be here! Her mother, the illustrious Anita Desai, was quite a crowd-pleaser last year!
We'll also welcome Devyani Saltzman, whose lively first title, Shooting Water: A Memoir of Second Chances, Family, and Filmmaking, is all about making the amazing film, Water, with her filmmaker mother, Deepa Mehta. Water had its U.S. premiere at last year's SALTAF here at the Smithsonian, with Deepa Mehta flying in just to talk to the crowds! And crowded it was! Hundreds were turned away -- so advice to come early this year!
Director, Tanuj Chopra will be joining us to present his feature debut, Punching at the Sun, winner of Best Narrative Feature at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and official selection of the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
DATE: Saturday, November 4, 2006
TIME: 10:00 am – 6:30 pm
ADMISSION: Free
VENUE: Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC, (Federal Triangle Metro)
We are still offering sponsorship opportunities. For donations or further information, send an email to saltaf@netsap.org. For updates, visit www.saltaf.org.
SPORTS COMMITTEE: Ski Trip, Weekend of December 16, 2006
Interested in skiing with your friends once the winter weather hits? The Sports Committee is organizing a ski trip on the weekend of December 16th at Seven Springs or Wintergreen Ski resort and would like to know how many people would be interested in such an event in order to make a reservation. If interested, please email sports@netsap.org. |
NetSAP DC ELECTIONS: To nominate a member for the 2007 NetSAP Executive Board send an email to elections@netsap.orgor visit our website for details. |
Please note that the events below are listed as a service to our members. The views expressed in the following activities and by the groups listed below are not shared or endorsed by NetSAP DC.For Additional Details About These Events, Please Visit our Online Calendar at www.netsap.org.
(1) South Asian Business Alliance: Event at Chloe, Thursday, October 19, 2006, 10:00 PM
SABA (South Asian Business Alliance) Georgetown Proudly Presents
ReIncarnation: The Rebirth of a Classic
Thursday / October 19, 2006
Exclusively @ Chloe - Adams Morgan
www.chloedc.com
Featuring DJ Kunal M
[kunalmerchant.com / myspace.com/djkunalmerchant]
We're flying in Kunal from NYC and he'll be bringing the hottest
hip-hop, old school, and exclusive remixes for your dancefloor satisfaction!
+ A VERY SPECIAL Musical Guest that will rock the house!
+ Exclusive Giveaways All Night!
You gotta love the Drink Specials ALL Night!
$3 Bud Light
$4 Rail Drinks
$5 SoCo Limes
Cover is only $10. Please arrive early, this event will REACH CAPACITY!
For more info, please contact Amish Puri @ ap334@georgetown.edu
(2) Sitar Concert by Joya Biswas and Samir Chatterjee, Saturday, October 21, 2006, 7:00 PM
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Admission: $20
Joya Biswas (Sitar) Samir Chatterjee (Tabla)
Location: Home of Tripti and Sujata Bose,
8500 Carlynn Drive , Bethesda, MD 20817
If you have questions, please call Sujata Bose at (301) 263-0740 or (301) 693-0156.
Joya Biswas
Acclaimed as the First Lady of Sitar, Joya Biswas is one of the outstanding lady musicians of India, whose position has remained unchallenged for the last three decades in the field of instrumental music. Born into a Kolkatta-based family, Joya was encouraged by her engineer father and painter mother to learn music. She won numerous prizes during her school and college days for her sitar playing. Joya left a budding academic career to study sitar intensively under Pandit Ravi Shankar with a Government cultural scholarship. After rigorous training under her guru, she emerged as a sitarist of outstanding merit during the 1960s, performing all over India and abroad. A pioneer in her field, which is dominated by male sitarists, Joya soon carved a niche for herself in the music world as a sitarist of rare talent, possessing both virtuosity and innate musicality.
She has had numerous concert tours in India and abroad since 1959. Highlights include a tour of Russia, Poland, and East Germany in 1968 (sponsored by the Government of India), a tour of West Germany, France, and the U.K. in 1980, and the Festival of India Program in Russia during 1988. Joya was invited by French television to telecast a sitar recital on 21st June, 1988, which was International Music Day. BBC invited her to perform in the coveted "THIRD PROGRAMME"in 1965, followed by another BBC broadcast in 1980. Finally BBC’s Channel 4 interviewed her as India’s First Lady of Sitar in 1996. She gave a memorable performance in 1996 in London’s Nehru Centre to a packed house. A recent tour of Sri Lanka, sponsored by the Government of India, to inaugurate a Cultural Centre in the golden Jubilee Year of Indian freedom, has brought fresh laurels for her from the Sri Lankan press and public. Mother Teresa honored her with Mahila Navaratna Award in 1993 in Calcutta. Joya, a graduate in History and Economics, with a diploma in Journalism, is currently attached to different radio and television programs, universities, and cultural committees throughout India as both a performer and advisor. She has given lecture recitals and conducted workshop in various Universities of India and abroad. She has many recordings to her credit.
Samir Chatterjee
Samir Chatterjee is one of the leading Tabla players of India. He began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pandit Balaram Mukherjee, Pandit Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pandit Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pandit Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents.
Samir Chatterjee appears frequently as a soloist and an accompanist throughout India and abroad. Since 1982 he has been regularly touring the different countries of the world. He can be heard on numerous recordings as a soloist and accompanying many of India's greatest musicians, as well as in collaboration with noted western musicians. Samir Chatterjee has accompanied many of India's greatest musicians including Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, and others.
(3) SABA-DC: Dinner & Discussion with Neal Katyal , October 26, 2006, 6:00 PM
SABA-DC will host a dinner featuring Prof. Neal Katyal on Thursday, October 26 at 6:00 PM at Covington & Burling LLP. Prof. Katyal will discuss his Supreme Court victory in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, as well as the recent legislation regarding detainee rights and military tribunals. There will also be a Q&A session following Prof. Katyal's remarks. The dinner will be catered by Aroma Restaurant.
Space is limited for this event, so REGISTER today! The cost is $35 for members and law students, and $45 for non-members. For more information, to register, or to become a member of SABA-DC, please visit the SABA-DC website.
(4) CAPAL 2006 Fall Benefit: Shaping the Future of America, Thursday, October 26, 2006, 6:30 PM
This year's CAPAL (Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership) Fall Benefit promises to be a fun and elegant evening at the beautiful U.S. Navy Memorial in downtown Washington, DC. With live music, a selection of hors d'oeuvres and an open bar, it will be a memorable and enjoyable night for all attendees while contributing to an excellent cause, the CAPAL Scholarship Fund.
As an all-volunteer non-profit, we rely on the generosity of your support to fund our CAPAL Scholars and the hundreds of students that benefit from our signature Washington Leadership Program. Please join in the work of Shaping the Future of America and celebrate with us on October 26.
DATE: Thursday, October 26, 2006
TIME: 6:30 to 9:00 pm
LOCATION: U.S. Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20004
RSVP and More information: http://www.capal.org
(5) EXHIBITION: Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faith Through August 2007
Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faithhighlights the emergence of Hinduism, Buddhism, the belief system of Ancient Egypt, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others. The exhibit presents objects unique to particular religions and many that reflect influences of earlier cultures. Of particular interest in the exhibit are beads for prayer and containers for holy words suggesting common spiritual needs among people of many religions.
A thought provoking exhibit, Sacred Beads and Other Symbols of Faith is anopportunity to examine the differences and shared elements of faith among religions. Tours for groups of 8–12 can be arranged through Kiltie Leach, Bead Museum Operations Manager at 202-624-4500. Please contact the Museum during open hours Tuesday through Saturday 11am–4pm and Sundays Noon–4pm. You can also email us at info@beadmuseumdc.org. or visit us on the web at www.beadmuseumdc.org.
The Bead Museum DC is located in the heart of the Washington’s revitalized Penn Quarter neighborhood at 7th and D Streets, NW, Washington, 3 blocks south of the Verizon Center and easily accessible by Metro. We look forward to meeting you soon and introducing you to the wonder and beauty of beads.
Bead Museum DC For more information contact:
400 Seventh Street, NW Kiltie Leach, Bead Museum
Washington, DC 20004 202-624-4500 |
Do you have ideas, suggestions or questions? E-mail: info@netsap.org |
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