ওয়াশিংটন বাংলা রেডিও Washington Bangla Radio USA

Game On - Theatre of Rhythm and Dance, Australia (Picture: Shane-Rozario)

INTERFACE is a platform for the talented and versatile performers of alternative and contemporary art forms to showcase their creativity and a chance to interact and learn from artists across the globe. This year Kolkata is experiencing a cross cultural and interdisciplinary performances as performers are coming from countries like Taiwan, Israel and Australia apart from Indian performers.

"Asian Americans are often used as a wedge group in the debate over diversity considerations despite our community's steadfast support for affirmative action," said Mariadason. "We welcome this opportunity to engage with students at UT-Austin and openly discuss the role of diversity in making UT-Austin the dynamic learning environment that it is."

Kolkata September 27, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / Penning Creations) The Mitali Padatik Talent search contest on Rabindra Sangeet - "কণিকা স্মরণে রবীন্দ্র সংগীতে নুতন প্রতিভার সন্ধান" - commenced on the 26th of September. The first preliminary round of this competition was held in the Satyajit Ray Auditorium at the Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR in Kolkata. It will now have a second preliminary and a final round followed by a celebration event that will mark an end to this unique show.

Washington Bangla Radio is proud to be associated with the innovative initiative to identify and encourage young Rabindrasangeet singers.

This contest is being held to celebrate the 88th Birth Anniversary of Kanika Bandhopadhyay, a renowned singer of Rabindra Sangeet. In her memory, this contest is organized by Mitali, an Indo Bangladesh Cultural Society and Padatik of Bangladesh. Working for a long period of time both these societies aims to promote exchange of culture and tradition between the countries and establish harmony between them.

Anish Shah

Outsourced Actor Parvesh Cheena, Nurse Jackie Actor Arjun Gupta, CNN Anchor Joya Dass, Actor/Model Melanie Kannokada were just a few of the celebrities that tried stand up for the first time alongside established comedians Anish Shah, Rajiv Satyal, Azhar Usman, Nimesh Patel and many others.

Melanie Kannokada

The Zonal Finale East was judged by glamorous Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta, talented Singer from Indian Idol 3 Emon Chatterjee, famous singer and music composer Rajesh Roy and Rila Banerjee.

ZAREEN WATSON , a weight-loss core and functional trainer, who has a slew of celebrity clients that includes Bipasha Basu, Malaika Arora Khan, Hrithik Roshan, John Abraham and Sports Personalities like Mahesh Bhupathi & Yuvraj Singh.

New Delhi, September 14, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio / India PRwire) Golmaal launches its Guru Ganesh Collection, and roped in the cool young Hindi POP singer Shweta Pandit as the face of the brand.

The total prize money is INR 25,000 and the last date for applying to participate is September 22, 2012 - entry form and participation details.

Washington Performing Arts Society Board Chairman Reginald Van Lee last night accepted the 2012 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts on behalf of WPAS at an evening ceremony held at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street.

A perennial Washington favorite, Joshua Bell returns with pianist Sam Haywood to perform for WPAS this season.

Panchamukhee of UK is proud to present the 7th year of Durga Utsav – a six days of multi-cultural and multi-ethnic extravaganza at Harrow Arts Centre featuring an array of Cultural Performances and Pujo to enthrall the audience for all the six days of the event.

The “World Tea & Coffee Expo”™ 2013, India’s only trade show focused on the Tea & Coffee Sectors is being supported by Tea Board of India, the apex Body for the Tea sector in India set up under the Govt of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Dept. of Commerce.

New Global Indian Foundation announces an unprecedented line up of experts for the upcoming Global Indian Business Meet (GIBM), a history making event that is set to take place at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square in New York City from September 20-23. GIBM will explore emerging sectors and sunshine markets enabling businesses and organizations worldwide to work together to impact the global economy.

Washington, DC, Sep 10, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) WBRi's Gurjeet Singh chats with Kiran Meegada - the young film-maker and event organizer from Washington DC metro area. One of the duo of screenplay writers and directors of "My Heart Is Beating...Adola", the other being  Arun Rudra, Kiran is also one of the organizers of LMFAO Comedy Night with the remarkably witty Vijai Nathan (interview) and Irwin Loring, Chipp Jones and Sharhryar Rizvi on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM at Diya Tysons in northern Virginia.

WBRi's Gurjeet Singh chats up the beautiful young vibrant lady comedian who is coming back for a performance in the Washington DC metro area.