ISAC

UTSAV 2007 Photographs & Fashion Auction

2007-04-24T06:33:00.000-04:00

Check out the pics of ISAC's annual event UTSAV 2007 here.

Also don't forget to feast your eyes on the gorgeous outfits and jewelry. All of it is for sale! Rock-bottom prices! More details here.

ISAC cordially invites you to UTSAV' 07

2007-04-15T19:57:00.000-04:00

For more details check here.

The I'm initiative ...

2007-03-07T08:27:00.000-05:00

The magic of sight, colors and Holi ...

2007-02-27T19:36:00.000-05:00

UTSAV '07 Fashion Show Auditions

2007-02-27T18:12:00.000-05:00

Showcase yourself…

Walk the ramp…

Once again, in Indian garb.

Fashion Show Auditions

Guys and Gals

Be a superstar. Be there.

Auditions Date, Time, Venue to be announced

To register, email isac.columbia@gmail.com

by March 2^nd, 2007

Bharatiya Pravasi Sahitya Sangam Proudly presents: Maha Kavi Sammelan

2007-02-27T17:55:00.000-05:00

First time in the history of USA,
Five distinguished poets from India appearing together
To make you
Laugh, Inspire, Sing and Smile

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Dr. Kunwar Bechain     -         The king of Geet and Ghazals
Surendra Sukumar   -      To make you laugh and laugh
Som Thakur               -    Songs of Love and humanity
Uday Pratap Singh    -     To make you think and ponder
Ku. Anita Soni            -     Soothing Ghazals & Poems

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HOLI KE RANG - KAVITA KE SANG
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Date : Sunday March 11TH 2007
Time : 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Venue : Hindu Temple Auditorium, 143-09 Holly Avenue, Flushing, NY, Ph: 718-460-2500

Admission : $15 (General), $25 (Preferred Seating), $50 (Patron/VIP)

Special tickets for Students. Please contact us.

Refreshments are included for all

Come and Enjoy

*we assure you that you will go home feeling good about yourself *

Call:
Sushma Kaushik    516-707-3796
Ashok Singh     516-792-0170
Anil Agarwal         347-415-9735
Amrit Shrivastava 347-728-3628
Ashok Vyas (ITV) 718-784-8555 ext 111

For more information and to know about poets visit:
http://www.kavisammelans.com/

Parichay 2006 Inaugural video

2006-09-21T01:45:00.000-04:00

This video was shown at Parichay 2006. It gives you a glimpse of New York, Columbia and some key highlights of various cultural activities organized by ISAC. For those of you who missed it check it out here.

Parichay 2006 (Sunday Sept 17th - Carleton Lounge)

2006-09-13T18:26:00.000-04:00

For all the budding entrepreneurs

2006-09-06T23:23:00.000-04:00

Alok Mittal along with a bunch of around 30 venture capitalists who are passionate about entrepreneurship and development of Indian business have set up Band of Angels, India. Its an angel investor firm that is looking to support smart and interesting ideas.

So all you Columbia students with those break through ideas in your head ... you know where to go to get the big push!

The different flavors of Vande Mataram

2006-09-06T23:13:00.000-04:00

This is a fantastic collection of different vocal versions of Vande Mataram ... each sung in a unique style. U can download the mp3s and listen to them. Do check them out!

Music Performance: Shivkumar Sharma Concert, Sat. Aug. 9

2006-08-16T12:53:00.000-04:00

Pt.Shiv Kumar Sharma is performing along with Rahul Sharma at Fashion Institute of Technology on 9th September, 2006. The event is sponsored by ASHA for education.

More details here.

Music Performance: Indian Ocean Concert (Rock-fusion) Mon, Aug 21

2006-08-16T12:55:00.000-04:00

INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL INC and INDIA ABROAD present
INDIAN OCEAN

(India’s premiere rock-fusion band)

in concert

Monday August 21, 2006. at 7 pm.at
The Supper Club, 240West 47th Street (bet B’way & 8th),
NYC Cash bar 7-10 pm, Concert 8-10 pm

Tickets: in person via cash or cheque $25
Mon-Fri 10 am – 6 pm at
Indo-American Arts Council Inc.,
146West 29th St, Suite 7R3,(bet. 6th & 7th),
NYC.Phone: 212 594 3685
or at the door on the day of the performance.

From political to the spiritual, Indian Ocean explores everything in its music – from the mysteries of chhand and jhonk and taal to the more primal yearnings of youth. Relying on guitars, drums, bass and percussion, these fusion musicians have complemented their popular triumph with concerts wherein they teamed up with violin virtuoso L Subramanyam and Japanese trumpeter Terumusa Hino. After touring four continents and innumerable countries, including the US, the quartet is back - this time to play at for the IAAC at the Supper Club, Times Square, New York.

For more details click here

Music Performance: Bombay Sisters (Carnatic) on Sat. Aug 19th

2006-08-17T20:05:00.000-04:00

The Hindu Temple Society of North America presents Bombay Sisters Smts. C. Saroja and C. Lalitha Music Concert. The Bombay Sisters (Smts. C. Saroja & C. Lalitha) are highly acclaimed artists in Carnatic Music, who began their career in 1963. In their professional career of 37 years, they have acquired the distinction of having recorded the maximum number of albums in Carnatic Music.

Where:
Kalyana Mantapam (Lakshmi Hall)
The Hindu Temple Society of North America
45-57 Bowne Street
Flushing, New York
US/Canada

When:
Aug 19 2006 5:00PM
to
Aug 19 2006

No. of Admission : $10.00 (per person), Children under 5 Free

For more details click here

Music Performance: Aashish Khan (Sarod), Swapan Choudhary (Tabla) . Sat, Aug 26th

2006-08-17T20:09:00.000-04:00

The Spirit of Sarode

The best of classical music featuring Aashish Khan, Alam Khan with Swapan Chaudhuri and Manik Khan. Presented by Harmoni Ventures.

Tickets: $100/$65/$30; Members $95/$60/$25; Seniors/Students $90/$60/$25; Children $50/$35/$15
Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre

Showtimes:
Aug 26, 2006, 8:00pm

For more details click here

I am India

2006-08-15T11:37:00.000-04:00


This film is a journey through emerging India," the fastest growing free market democracy in the world". It celebrates the relentless spirit of the people of India, who through their karma give it a place amongst the leading economic nations of the world. Conceived and produced by Bharatbala Productions (BBP) for India Band Equity Foundation (IBEF).

Happy Independence Day!

2006-08-15T01:14:00.000-04:00

Wish u all and dear India a Happy Independence Day!

We don't have anything extensive planned this year but we thought we'd do the good ol' Samosas and movie night :-).

We thought we'd go with an independence struggle based movie that we haven't watched in a while. So we'll be showing Richard Attenborough's classic "Gandhi" starring Ben Kingsley, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth and other great actors. Its in English so feel free to bring ur non-Indian friends. The movie was nominated for 11 Oscars and won 9!

And we'll be having Samosas (YUMMM! ;-). There aren't going to be too many so first come first serve :-).

WHERE: Computer Science Lounge (Mudd building 4th floor)

WHEN: 8 pm August 15th

Hope to see many of you there.

Pictures section of website is updated

2006-01-03T18:53:00.000-05:00

Check out the pics of various ISAC events by clicking on the pictures link to the left.

UTSAV 2005 is here ...

2005-11-28T18:25:00.000-05:00

Rendezvous with old friends.
Make brand-new ones.
Groove to the beat of the newest Indian tunes.
Or just… inhale with nostalgia at the sound of the old & the familiar.
Give your taste-buds a joyride with some good old Indian cuisine.
Or….feast your senses on a visual extravaganza of Indian fashion.

Indian Students' Association at Columbia (ISAC)

presents

UTSAV '05
(A fundraising effort for recent South Asian Earthquake Relief)

The biggest, the brightest, and the most colorful event of the year 2005

highlighting

Fashion Show, Food, and Dance from Incredible India

One Big Night: November 30, 2005 7:30 pm
One Great place: 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University , New York
A Sumptuous Indian Meal: 8:00 pm
A Stunning Fashion Show: 9:00 pm
A Spinning Dance Floor: 10:00 pm

Where else would you want to be other than UTSAV…...?
Contribute towards a One Great Cause

One tiny ticket for One Grand Entry
(Tickets at the Door)

$5 - Columbia Student ID
$ 10 – Other University Student ID
$ 20 – Faculty, Alumni and Other

UTSAV 2005

2005-11-10T03:26:00.000-05:00

The Indian Students Association at Columbia University is pleased to announce its campus wide social-UTSAV in support of the South Asian earthquake relief effort. Come one, come all. Don't forget to get your friends along. Enjoy great Indian food, dance and fashion!

DATE: Nov 30th 2005
TIME: 8.00 p.m.
VENUE: 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University, NY 10027

Check this page for more details.

UTSAV Fashion show auditions

2005-11-10T03:44:00.000-05:00

Showcase yourself…
Walk the ramp…
Only this time, in Indian garb.

Fashion Show Auditions
Guys and Gals
Be a superstar. Be there.

Auditions Date, Time, Venue to be announced
Email ISAC to receive specific information

Classical Music Concert: Fri, Nov 11, 8-10pm, David Auditorium

2005-11-09T15:27:00.000-05:00

The Center for Ethnomusicology, The Southern Asian Institute at Columbia and the Kalavant Center for Music and dance present a FREE Indian Classical concert starring

Ustad Shahid Parvez (Sitar)
Ustad Kadar Khan (Tabla)

DATE: Friday, Nov 11 2005
TIME: 8pm - 10pm
VENUE: Davis Auditorium (Schapiro Building)

The concert is open to the public.

For more details check out the official announcement.

Fall outdoor event: Fall colors and one-day Trek to Bear Mountain Nov 5th

2005-10-31T09:01:00.000-05:00

Summer has come to an end :-( and we are into Fall. There is one upside to the not so-nice weather though. Its the perfect time to go to upstate New York to enjoy the gorgeous fall colors and to trek in the wilderness. So ISAC has decided to set up a one-day trek to Bear Mountain. The tentative date is Nov 5th, Saturday. Its a long weekend ..... just after your midterms (hopefully most of you finish your midterms by then). Now there are certain things to be decided about the trek which depends a lot of how many people plan to come. We'll take a Bus from the Port Authority Bus terminal at 8.45 am and reach Bear Mountain at 10.15 am. The last bus leaves Bear Mountain at 5 pm and reaches NYC at 7pm. The ticket costs 24$ round trip so with food etc. your total cost should be around 35$ max. U can ofcourse bring your food along if u'd like. In summary

Where: Bear Mountain (Upstate New York)
When: Nov 5th Saturday (Long weekend)
Why: Trek, Enjoy Fall colors, First ISAC outdoor event, post-midterm anti-frustration/anti-suicide event
How: Public Bus (Leave NYC at 8.45 am and come back same day at 7 pm),
Travel time: 1.5 hours one way How much: Travel (24$) + optional expenses on food etc.

So I need you guys to RSVP just to get a headcount. Yay !! Time for a poll again. Please go here and answer the poll. We are also planning a one-day (optionally overnight) skiing trip in the winter. Will let u guys know more about this later.

-Ripla, Anshul

Fall outdoor event: Update

2005-11-04T19:05:00.000-05:00

So we are going to Bear Mountain tomorrow for a day trip to enjoy the Fall colors and breathe some really fresh air for a change.

We meet at 7 a.m. sharp at 116th and Broadway. Lets all be on-time.
Incase u get late and don't see anyone around give me a call and leave me a message if I am in the subway and immediately head over to Port Authority Bus terminal (42nd street and 8th Ave).

Weather.com says that Bear Mountain is going to have gorgeous weather tomorrow 72 degrees (no rain yet not too sunny) so it should be a great trip.

Things to get along with you.

Get a reasonably warm jacket or fleece
Some fast food like Granola Bars or Odwalla bars, fruits, maybe a sandwich, and adequate water or gatorade.
There might be water bodies around there where we MIGHT be able to swim (it looks unlikely since the water might be too freakin cold) but anyway get some spare clothing and swimwear if u like.
Wear comfortable shoes
Please get cash atleast 50$ and try to get exact change of 25$ so that it is easy to pay for the bus tickets.
The hike is not going to be too hard or too long this time. In the future we can have more hardcore hikes and treks.

So see u all tomorrow. Even if u haven't RSVPed u can just join in.
Trust me we're gonna have a blast !

Thanks,
Ripla, Anshul.