Sasha's and Anand's Wedding

Sasha and Anand got married on May 22, 2009. These two have stories that can be traced back to the 90s when they were both attending John Adams High school.

The event was grand and everyone enjoyed every bit.

Here are photos taken Picassa Web Album. Enjoy.

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Phagwah 2009

on March 15th, 2009 in Queens, NY, was the celebration of Holi (Phagwah), also know as, celebration of color, or celebration of good over evil. This event brought out over 30,000 people. Mayor of NY, Michael Boomberg, who marched along with the parade said, "I applaud the community for coming out in large numbers to support this Pagwah parade."

The parade started out on Liberty Avenue and 132nd Street with over twenty floats from various temples, each had their Kirtan group performing live Phagwah songs. The parade proceed to Smokey Park. On the stage, there were live performances from various Hindu temples. There were classical dances; Pandit Chunilall performance, Rang Barse; and a surprise, The Del-E-Nadan band from Trinidad.

Started 20 years ago with Guyanese community leader Pandit Ramlall, the Phagwah parade is enjoyed by many. "This event remans one of the biggest event outside of Guyana" said Pandit Chunelall Narine. Originally, it was attended by people of the Caribbean, but today it is an inclusive affair with large number of Indians and Americans supporters.

Here are photos taken by me Flickr.
Here are photos taken by Charlotte Chua Flickr.
Here are photos taken by Toast to Life Flickr.
Here are photos taken by Adam Pantozzi Flickr.
Here are photos taken by Jeff Flickr.
Here are photos taken by JonnyPants Flickr.
Here are photos taken by Christina Flickr.

Our Family Tree

Our Family Tree has gotten a make over. It has become much more social, private, and easy to use. You can call it the "Facebook" and "Myspace" of the family. It follows the same concepts, except it is for "Family" only. Every family member that logs in gets the opportunity to continue build the tree.

If this is a tree that you think you are a family of, drop us an email and we will add you. If you are not a family, you can start building your own tree at Geni.com. It is free: just make sure that you export your data on a regular basis.
Enjoy family building.

New York Duck Curry Competition 2008

hold on to your misses.

The New York Duck Curry (Guyanese), Curry Duck (Trinidadian) Competition held on August 31, 2008 is considered to be one of the world’s largest gatherings of Caribbean cooking experts. At this annual event, Guyanese and Trinidadians from across North America compete to see who can cook the best Duck Curry.
The excellent weather encouraged Guyanese and Trinidadians to attend this event held at Floyd Benet Field, Brooklyn. This event was a slam-bra-dam-bam—success.

Navita and I visited all the boots, took lots of photos, and sampled various foods. Although this event is the Duck Curry/Curry Duck Competition, we found lots of chicken, pork, and goat—in the big pots sitting at the back of every boot.

There were two things that bothered us: Why was Canadian the 1st place winner when the event was named New York Duck Curry Completion, and why weren’t there enough parking spaces? After we put some thought into these two questions, we figured that the event is a North American event. The parking we still can’t understand that Brooklyn wasn’t prepared to host this event.

All photos are on Flickr.

The Duck o Liscious team.

Raat Ki Sargam

IMG_4679, originally uploaded by apacheis.

Navita and Roup at the Ashram.

Lost Land of the Jaguar, Guyana

Here is a BBC documentary--three Episode--of Guyana rain forest.



Lost Land of The Jaguar Episode 1 Part 1
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 part 2
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 Part 3
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 Part 4
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 Part 5
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 Part 6
Lost Land of the Jaguar Episode 1 Part 7

Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P1
Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P2
Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P3
Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P4
Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P5
Lost Land of the Jaguar E2 P6

Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P1
Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P2
Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P3
Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P4
Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P5
Lost Land of the Jaguar EP3 P6