March 7, 2010 by Soma.

Manickkam Drama PracticeSunday, March 07, 2010; 5:00 to 6:00 PMTallahassee, FL 32317We began practicing for Manickkam Mattinaan (மாணிக்கம் மாட்டினான் )  comedy Tamil drama at home. We had about six kids.

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January 23, 2010 by Soma.

Pongal Celebration

Saturday, January 23, 2010

ARH, Tallahassee, FL 32306

We celebrated Pongal Festival this evening.

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January 23, 2010 by Soma.

2010 Annual General Body Meeting

India Association of Tallahassee

Saturday, Jan 23, 2010, 2:00 - 3:30 PM

Leon Co Public Library

Tallahassee, FL 32306

The 2009-10 Annual General Body Meeting of the India Association of Tallahassee (IATLH) was held earlier today along with the Indian Republic Day Celebrations. About two dozen families attended the program.I officially became the President of IATLH for the calendar years 2010 and 2011. My team (four more people in addition to me) took over the official Executive Committee’s responsibility from the previous team. We pledged to work to make the Association more relevant to the members.A lively discussion of Association’s activities and events followed. Many people spoke about how to expand the membership.

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November 14, 2009 by Soma.

Cultural Glimpses of India5 PM at Chiles High School AuditoriumTallahassee, FL 32312Today is the day of the annual premier event of India Association of Tallahassee. We will have about 24 programs. There will be an intermission after about 16 items. Snacks will be sold.See you all there!

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November 13, 2009 by Soma.

2009 Glimpses Preparations

Friday, November 13, 2009; 4:00-7:00 PM

Chiles High School Auditorium

Tallahassee, FL 32312

 Today EC of IATLH was at Chiles High School auditorium preparing for tomorrow’s 12 Annual Glimpses of India Celebration. We had six to eight group rehearsing tonight and four group rehearing early tomorrow morning.The program itself tomorrow afternoon at 5 PM.

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November 1, 2009 by Soma.

Hinduism and personal view

Private Church Speaker

Sunday, November 1, 2009, 6 PM

I was invited to speak about what Hinduism means to me personally to a private church gathering of people who were interested in other religions of the world. We all (about 8 people) met at a private residence and spoke for about an hour.

I started the speech by playing a musical rendition of the Gujarati prayer song (favorite of Mahatma Gandhiji) “Vaishnava Jana Tho“ and spoke about my personal practices and views of Hinduism in general and how does it affects me here in the USA.

Later I concluded the speech with the Aavuyaiyar’s Invocation to God “கடவுள் வாழ்த்து - பாலும் தெளிதேனும்” . Following the song we had Q and A session for about 15 minutes. We ate some cookies and I departed home with a feeling that I was able to listen to people of other faith while telling about what I follow.

Thanks to the person who made this possible.

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October 24, 2009 by Soma.

Aadhavan Movie | ஆதவன் தமிழ் படம்

Movies 8 Sharer Road

Saturday, October 24, 2009 8 PM

Cast:  Surya, Nayanthara, Vadivelu, and Sarojadevi 
Direction : K.S. Ravikumar | Music : Harish Jeyaraj

Due to concerted efforts of good folks in Tallahassee, we were able to go Aadhavan Tamil movie at Movies 8 on a Saturday night. It was a okay movie, long, melodramatic, and with expected ending. But, remember, we are talking about a vanilla Tamil movie. Cost of the tickets for adult was $10 and children $5.

Anyway, we enjoyed it thanks to some entrepreneurial folks in Tallahassee. Keep up the good work.

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October 3, 2009 by Soma.

5th Experience Asia Festival

Saturday, October 3, 2009; 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Lewis and Bloxham Parks, Tallahassee, FL

Today is the fifth Experience Asia Festival. We are expecting a large crowd today. There will be both in-town and out-of-town performers. Hope to you all there!

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June 18, 2009 by Soma.

Asian Beauty Work at the Brogan

Henna & Sari Wearing Demo

Thursday, June 18, 2009
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Couple of members of the India Association of Tallahassee (www.iatlh.org) set-up a lecture demo for henna hand painting and sari wearing on the second floor of the Brogan Museum of Art and Science. This was part of the Art on a String: Asian Kites Exhibit currently featured at the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Downtown Tallahassee.

About dozen people attended the program. Some of the tried on sari and others had their hands painted with henna.

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June 10, 2009 by Soma.

GIS and Present

VTS and I looked at GIS software as part of his environmental science summer camp. We also ate yellow layered cake in the evening.

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