Indian Summer Festival Kickoff

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By R. Paul Dhillon

The opening reception for the Indian Summer festival was a grand affair with the perfect garden setting Thursday night! The Sun Yat Sun Chinese Gardens was packed with lovers of everything Indian! The bar service could have used more help but a great way to kick off a festival devoted to India! The opening party featured a culinary tour of South Asia curated by chef Vikram Vij. There was a heady mix of people, as diverse as Vancouver itself. The festival runs till July 12 and will feature a smorgasbord of events in and around Vancouver. Here are some of the highlights worth checking out:

A conversation on tragedy, adaptation, metamorphosis, families & loss

Capital: Portrait of a Megalopolis, July 4

With Commonwealth prize-winning novelist Rana Dasgupta

Indian Summer in the Park, July 4

From Punjab with Love, ongoing

An epic mural by Orijit Sen, “India’s Michaelangelo”

Meet Orijit Sen, July 9

David Wong, Michael Yahgulanaas & Orijit Sen on culture & graphic novels

Laughing My Way to the Mosque, July 9

Zarqa Nawaz (Little Mosque on the Prairie) & Anita Majumdar

Bollywood Grooves, July 10        Bollywood Grooves, July 10

The Dabbawalas of Mumbai deliver on time, every time

5 x 15, July 10

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