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Take a look at the right side of this page. I have a link out there titled “Movies from India at SR Movies” which takes you to Google’s Movie Showtime Page for SR Movies. So if you want to know what are the current Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu Movies being shown here in Michigan at SR Movies, Novi then go ahead and click on the link.

Again this link is for currently showing movies. However for upcoming new Bollywood Movies you can always check out Alok Manchanda’s site at mimantra.com.

By the way, have you seen Lage Raho Munna Bhai? If you have seen it, then please do give us your feedback. How does it compare with Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. Which one is worth spending $10.00.

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Diwali in Michigan. Yes Indian Associations in Michigan have already started finalizing plans for the Diwali festivities here in Michgian.

Uttar Pradesh Association of Detroit (UPAD) has the Diwali Celebrations all set for October 28th at the Costick Activity Center in Farmington Hills. For more info visit upcoming.org

For Maps and Directions visit my Michigan India Community page.

Wiki: Diwali
Wiki: Uttar Pradesh

Note: Do you know of any other Diwali Celebrations around Michigan then please do email me the details and I will post it here.

Here are the Indian Community Events in Michigan for September, 2006:

If you know of any other Community Events please send me an email and I will add it to this post.

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Infosys, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary distributed Rs 126 crores among its 55000 employees. The payout ranged from Rs 25000 to Rs 3.5 lakh.

Apparently this is not the 1st time Infosys has done this. When it reached a milestone of $1 billion in revenues it handed out $1000 to each of its employees.

That sounds so much better than handing out movie tickets. WOW!

Fore more on this check out mangalorean.com

Munna Bhai and Circuit are back! You can see them starting this Friday at SR Movies, Novi, Michigan. For showtimes visit mimantra.com

Starring Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan – Lage Raho Munna Bhai promises to be a fun filled family event.

If you happen to see it this Friday then do post your comments as to what you thought of Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

Here’s a short trailer of Lage Raho Munna Bhai.

Diwali is not far off and various Indian Associations in Michigan are planning functions/events around Diwali time here in Michigan. (Note: This year Diwali will be celebrated on October 21st)

Thought you might be interested in knowing what various Indian Associations have planned for Diwali. Here are there websites. If I have missed out on any association please send me an email and I will add them here.

Uttar Pradesh Association of Greater Detroit.
Michigan Indian American Cultural Association
Maharashtra Mandal of Detroit
Bengali Association of Greater Michigan
Konkani Association
Gujarati Samaj of Detroit
Telugu Association of Detroit

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Besides writing on India/Indian related stuff here at mibazaar for the Indian Community in Michigan and elsewhere, for those who do not know, I am also writing a book on Google Maps Mashups for Wiley Publishers. It’s also out on Amazon. (Note: Amazon has the title as “Beginning Google Maps Mashups”, which will soon be corrected to read “Google Maps Mashups”)

My book will be out sometime in February/March 2007. My book will walk you through in creating Google Maps Mashups with data from multiple sources (Google,Yahoo, Microsoft, eBay).

Take a look at the mashups I created which are listed on the right. I started creating Google Maps Mashups exactly a year ago. This is a part time effort since I work full time elsewhere.

Some of the interesting mashups I have created so far:

What’s happening in your Zip Code
Top 99 Women on Google Maps
Newsweek’s top High Schools in United States
Ethnic Dining in United States
Missing Kids
World Cup Soccer
World and Human Rights Watch News

wiki: Mashup

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That’s what was buried in a BBC article I read. What’s going on here?

Apparently the farmers are so much in debt that there does not seem a way out for them and thus they take this route of leaving this world and their loved ones behind.

Lot of lives are getting ruined. Half the widows are between the ages of 19 and 25 and have two to three children and they are not going to marry again because it’s against tradition.

What’s the government doing?

Fore more on this read BBC

Wiki: Vidarbha, Maharashtra

One of the child is a son. You might think that this is prevalent in rural areas. No! When it comes to one’s individual family, the urban and rural people think alike–they all want atleast a son and then they will stop producing.

In Gujarat the sex ratio is 878 girls per 1,000 boys.

For more on this story check out Times of India.

Wiki: Gujarat

Maharashtra Mandal of Detroit presents SPARSH – a social play written by Jaywant Dalvi and Directed by Suresh Gadgil.

The Play is on September 16th at 3.00pm at Groves High School Auditorium, Beverley Hills, Michigan. For maps and directions visit my Michigan Indian Community page.

For tickets Contact:
Rajashree Rao-Joshi 248 738 1884
Harshad Annigeri 248 474 6461
Manisha Dongre 248 740 5915
Sudha Gadgil 248 788 0253

Program Coordinator: Rajashree Rao-Joshi 248 738 1884

Wiki: Maharashtra
Wiki: Marathi