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[26 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 1,111 views]
The Bhangra Showdown 2010 – who will win?

WHO needs celebrity dance shows on TV when you have a nation of talented students to show you exactly how it’s done! Forget turning into the small screen, the country’s biggest Asian dance spectacular, bought to you by Imperial College Punjabi Society, returns to the city of London this Sunday (31).
‘The Bhangra Showdown 2010’ will see eight universities from across the country battle it out live on stage to be crowned the number one bhangra team in the UK. Imperial College London, Birmingham University, Kingston University, Brunel University, Leicester and …

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[16 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 1,557 views]
UK Awards season underway!

AWARDS season is in full flow with a number of high-profile ceremonies due to take place over the next couple of months. The National Television Awards set the standard celebrating its 15th anniversary in style at the 02 Arena and a brand new presenter. X-factor host Dermot O’leary replaced  Sir Trevor McDonald who had been hosting the awards for 13 years.
Next in the line up is the British Asian Sports Awards, which will be celebrating its tenth year with a bang on Saturday February 6 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. …

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[14 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 2,094 views]
The Big Fat Diet Show comes to London Olympia!

You would think you were making a healthier choice by chosing diet drinks over the real deal. But Channel 4′s My Big Fat Diet Show reported that diet drinks like coke zero or diet coke are worse than the original. Sugar is replaced by sweeteners, but these fail to supply our bodies with any energy. This need for energy makes us crave for food and hence we end up eating more. So, if you had to pick between the two, which do you drink?  The diet coke or the regular coke???
Let’s hope that the first ever …

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[29 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 1,601 views]
Promoting a Positive Bangladesh

WHENEVER Bangladesh is the news, it’s almost always about its struggle to overcome poverty and natural disaster. But one man who is trying to promote a positive image of the country is the famous Edinburgh-based Bangladeshi chef and businessman Tommy Miah. He is on a mission to make Bangladesh famous for its tea throughout the world with his new business venture which involves making a chain of 500 tea bars across the country over the next five years. Most of them will be managed by graduates of his vocational training …