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Northville High School hosted Desi Tashan 2020 on Friday February 28. Seven local area high school teams competed in the event, including Farmington Wicked Andaaz, Troy Zahara, IAE Junoon, UCS Jazba, Troy Riyaaz, PCEP Tamasha and Novi Nazar. Exhibition dances were performed by Furteelay Shokeen, Northville’s all-girls Shakti dance team, and Michigan Izzat. Lastly, there
On March 10, the Detroit Institute of Arts is asking Oakland, Wayne and Macomb County voters to renew the milllage that helps fund its operations, and which allows the museum to provide free, unlimited general admission for tri-county residents, along with free programs for local students and seniors. The 0.2 millage, passed by voters in
“Magic happens when cultures meet,” says the owner of a new local artisanal home goods store we’re profiling this month. We’re one month into our second full year of publication, and I’m excited once again by the work the Indian SCENE has done and by the importance of empathetic, clarifying journalism in a moment characterized so
Detroit once again hosted the Dhamaal Dance Competition at the Detroit Performing Arts Center stage on Saturday, February 8. Dhamaal is an intercollegiate fusion dance competition which incorporates Indian classical dance, hip-hop, folk and jazz/ lyrical in each performance. Each team was creative and unique, with dances full of high energy. Eight college Bollywood fusion
Rupal Shankar, raised in New York City and New Jersey, spent 20 years working on Wall Street before she decided to turn her wine writing passion project into what she acknowledges “is not a traditional career by Indian standards” in 2016. The mother of two is a regular contributor to the Indian SCENE, offering readers expert
I’m delighted to celebrate an exciting, challenging first year of publication for the Indian SCENE. In our first year, we’ve covered fascinating stories, with more in the pipeline and lots of ideas for stories being dreamed up every day. I’m struck by the power of this publication to better connect members of our community here
Sunita Dass remembers poring over the pages of Vogue as a young girl growing up in Bramhall, England, and then in Michigan, when her father’s job took her family to the United States. Now an attorney who attended the University of Michigan and a mother to two high schoolers, Dass stays in touch with her creative
The Indian SCENE debuted in 2019, ready and determined to tell the stories of metro-Detroit’s Indian-American community that had for so long gone untold. I’m terribly proud of the work we did in our first year, and of the people who made our success possible — writers, photographers, readers, and members of the community who
First person: After abandonment and loss, searching for peace. Om Pattabhi on being left on the streets of India, losing his sister and finding a place to call home (July 2019) Through hardship and heartbreak, Usha Ram is an open book. Even after divorce, the OB-GYN believes that true love never dies. (May 2019) Public Practice. How