Aug 31

 

While we bring you the updates on your favorite show, here is a bonus - watch the best baby break dancer! Below is the video just for you ;)

Enjoy!!

Aug 27

 

sagar patel1 Recently we informed you about the Boogie Woogie International competitions that were held in London at Skyline Sheraton, UK and thanks to Mr. Patel, we are able to bring you regular updates on the event.

We have been following our champs right from their local city competitions and one of the little champ – Sagar Patel who won hands down the US Boogie Woogie Chalo America Competitions represented the United States of America in Boogie Woogie International Championship and not only he won again hands down but also succeeded in winning everybody’s hearts.

Thanks to Mr. Rajesh Patel we bring you today the telecast information of the show in US and Canada. Please read below for the details.

On August 28th 2009, Friday at 7:30 PM Eastern Time: Making of International Boogie Woogie will Air on Sony Channel

On August 30th 2009, Sunday at 3:30 PM Eastern Time: The main show “Boogie Woogie International” will be telecasted on Sony channel

What to expect?? First of all, don’t place your expectations high! Probably it is only an half hour show so most probably what you will be seeing is only a small footage. I don’t think anyone should be getting disheartened on seeing only glimpses of their kids performance and not the entire dance plus you should be used to Sony’s way of operation by now but this doesn’t mean that showing only a footage of the International competition is fair. Of course NOT but then it is Sony – a MSM operation, what else can you expect!!

Aug 27

 

 

There were more then three performances that we loved watching past weekend and we place them as our Rising Stars of the Week. As we said before, the criteria of the Rising Stars is the best enjoyed performances plus the way they carried themselves in the given theme. This week we choose 4 mothers and they are:

rising star  Sonia Dias1  Sonia Dias & Family

rising star  Harpreet Kaur1  Harpreet Kaur & Family

rising star  Sabah Bari1  Ripanpreet Sidhu1

  Tie between        Saba Bari & Family    Ripanpreet & Family

The Hottest Mother of this Week we give it to a mother who shows a very strong personality and talent. Her thoomkas, jhatkas were fabulous in her dance. Her words are wide and clear as well as her thoughts and aspirations and her costume, makeup was beautifully done making her the hot mom of the week. And she is…………..

hotmummy  Ritu Gupta2  Ritu Gupta

Aug 26

 

 

Ravi and Naved Saturday night started with few jokes by the judges. Naved joked about the marriage alliance that he eyes for which was followed by a sher by Ravi and Jaaved calling them back and reminding to start the show.

The first mother to start the Saturday night family round was the pretty lady Neelu Rai who came in with her husband, brother, sister and niece. This family takes you on a yesteryear ride dancing on a medley comprising of few golden hits starting with “saamne ye kaun aaya”. Neelu wore a red color outfit with golden bottom and a golden Neelu Rai1scraf. She looked liked a doll. The scooter props that were used added extra charm to the performance. The dancing steps by the entire family was good. Her husband came in dancing to song “kahdu tumhe ya chup rahu” and both Neelu and her husband had a romantic time on the Boogie Woogie stage. The wall prop that was used was again very cute. Naved had a really big smile and it looked like he was enjoying the most. The closure of the performance was neat. Overall it was a good entertaining number. The after performance talk brought a comment from Ravi when he remarked saying “aap Bruce Lee jaise dance kar rahe the”. Jaaved corrected Mr. Rai’s Hindi. Mr. Rai dedicated a song to Darjeeling and sang it along with his brother and nephew. Naved gave Neelu the best compliment when he said “Darjeeling ka sunrise bahut khoobsurat hota hai aor woh sunrise humne yaha dekha hai”.

There was sher shayari competition at this point between Ravi and Naved. When Naved started the sher, it was completed by Ravi and vice versa making their audience laugh.

The second mother to perform in this family round was Ripanpreet Sidhu who was more then happy to perform and meet her entire family. She came in with her extended family and performed a Punjabi number. Ripanpreet wore a pretty red color ghagra but wore it in a punjabi style. She looked great and plus she was getting a chance to perform along with her husband and so her smile was saying it all. Her performance started with Punjabi verse from the song “sona sona” from movie Major Saab. She danced with her family on the above number and then it all clears up Ripanpreet Sidhu1making room for a romantic number “teri ore” where she danced romantically with her husband. Both the pair looked good and her husband carried good smiles throughout. Ripans brother and her son then joins her along with entire family dancing to song “jee karda”. Overall steps were well synched making the entire performance a well entertaining number. The after performance talk informed that Ripan has couple of good singers in her family as her brother sang a song “munde gabaru” and girls performing a gidda on the stage. Mother was the cutest and was the highlight. Jaaved Jaaffery was especially pleased on seeing the large family and how they came in to support Ripanpreet and he was very happy. Ripan’s father who couldn’t join her in her family round, sent her a video clipping wishing his daughter for the competitions. It was emotional moment for Ripanpreet. Overall it did convey a message loud and clear that Ripan has a loving large family who will stand for her in her support at any time. Now Ripan just needs to come out of the inferior complex and work on the relations outside. A lot of times just because we are weak in one area such as language speaking, we think others when they speak that language are often making fun of us. It is not true. 99.99 percent of the times, people are not even bothered to gossip about us. We just need to forget the petty things and mix with everyone just the way we mix with our own family. They say right “winning hearts at home is easy but winning hearts with strangers is commendable”. We do hope to see the Ripan that we saw in the first episode all bubbly and cheerful back and out of the shell.

The last performance of the night was from sweet Harpreet kaur who came in with her husband, mother, sister, brother in law and her cousin. The intro of this performance was hilarious with husband and mother in law both making Harpreet do all the home work tiring her out and she in turn cursing her husband to be a woman to Harpreet Kaur1know what women go through. When the curse comes true, husband changes into a woman and so does the song “Maahi Ve” making them dance to it. Harpreet’s family as the judges said is a very talented family and so the performance should be loved by one and all. The entire steps choreographed were well performed by all members making it a must watch and thoroughly entertaining. The brother spoof in middle was neatly placed and it was awesomely done. The change of music in the end with faster steps was beautiful. The after performance talk is a MUST MUST Watch for one big reason and that is Harpreet’s brother in law who performed great mimicry on the stage. Don’t forget to watch it! It was totally a paisa wasool performance!! Harpreet also spoke very high about Naved and how he helped in making so many celebrities and yet maintains his humble and down to earth attitude. We fully agree with this statement and this blog stands true in admiration of this great superhero. We shall talk more about him in separate article tomorrow.

6 After the flashback and a little teasing, it was time for results which brought breath of fresh air in knowing that the judges decided not to eliminate anyone. Yes – there was no elimination this week but the following week will enter into the toughest rounds making mothers dance to the dance genre that they are least comfortable with. Thank You judges for no eliminations this week ;)

Aug 26

 

 

Mummy Championships Friday’s episode came with family round and all remaining mummy’s were excited not only to dance with their respective families but they were meeting them after a long time. Leaving family behind is not an easy task for anyone as missing family can make even the stronger of the strongest go weak. But last week, judges had asked Deepa Singh to do the opening of the show but looks like the family or her must be upset with the elimination and returned back instead of availing one more opportunity to dance on Boogie Woogie show. Well it is well understood and we wish them all the very best but Boogie Woogie’s family round came in rejuvenating all mothers bringing hope and happiness and giving the episode a fresh look – Must Watch of course!

Sayli Desai1 The first mother to dance in this family round was Saili Desai who came in with her family and danced on a regional number. She was dressed prettily in a green saree and her family gave her good company. They all danced energetically and gracefully making the performance an overall entertaining number. Saili has been consistent in her performance and also has been surprising week after week. Her comedy round as Dada Kondke was the best according to my opinion. Back to her Friday’s episode, the after performance talk was funny and brought many good and happy moments to the stage.

Geeta Soni1 The next mother to perform was Geeta Soni. She came in with her kids. She wore a green and red outfit and danced on the song “jhoomka gira re”. Geeta looked as usual very attractive and gave a scintillating performance. It was a good entertaining performance and both her daughter and son matched her dancing steps. Boo dancers were fabulous as usual and added their own charm. It was one colorful family talent show. The after performance was the most funniest with Geeta’s brother sending mithai for the judges and the way judges enjoyed the mithai. ;)

Sabah Bari1 The third mother to perform was Saba Bari who came in with her family. Saba’s entry and start of the performance was interesting and pretty good. She wore a light green and white combination color outfit and danced on song that was beautifully remixed. The song started with Saath Samandar par and it was mixed with Raghav’s Storyteller number “Teri Baaton mein”. It sounded awesome to the ears. A job very well done!! The steps they choose were great and all family members put in their best performance with Saba especially coming up with great expressions and smiles. Her steps were graceful as usual. The rotations that were performed came out pretty smooth. After performance talk brought few more good moments adding some icing especially when Saba’s brother sang one of my favorite number “Aye Zindagi Gale Laga le”. It was beautiful!

Sonia Dias1 The next mother to perform was the strong willed lady “Sonia Dias” who came in with daughter, sister and friend. The pre performance talk was adorable and the performance started with the daughter making an entry on stage with her roller skates and a flute – it was one cute entry. Boo dancers then joined the little kid and they were absolutely wonderful. At this point Sonia and her sister who wore gray color pant and coat with pink shirt and black tie joined the stage dancing on song “jeele ek baar jeele”. We already knew Sonia is one of the best dancers but the family added their own charm making this performance a complete entertainment. It looked almost professional. I have never seen Sonia giving less then her 100 percent to any of her performance and just like she did before, she proves to be the toughest competitor for mummy’s and must gain an entry into finals if she continues the way she is now. Must Watch of course! The after performance talk was hilarious with some cool PJ’s from Sonia. Her daughter sang a song and Sonia got good compliments from Jaaved on her performance.

Ritu Gupta1 The last mother to perform on Friday night was another power talent Ritu Gupta. She came in with her entire family. The pre performance talk of Ritu’s family was honorable as her family spoke very well and respectfully. Ritu’s family round was a real family round with a beautiful story narration of marriage and its different functions. Ritu got married to her husband on the Boogie Woogie stage and it was a cute adorable performance. It started with song “Mehandi hai rachne wali” with Ritu in yellow color saree and she looked very pretty. The second song in the medley was “Tere ghar aaya main aya tujhko lene” with her husband joining in and then after the marriage entire family dancing on “balle balle soniya je rang dekhlo”. The thoomkas and jhatkaas were great in the steps. It was one complete entertaining number and yes is a must watch! The after performance talk made Ritu’s niece narrate a joke and also made her dance. The rest of the talk was funny and as well as informative. It also showed that Ritu’s family is happy go merry type. The highlight was when Ritu was asked what she would do with the money if she ends up winning the competition and she talked about her desire to open a dancing school so that she can give back to the society what she has benefited and learned out of the prestigious stage. She spoke very well and there was a lot of honesty and integrity in her talk.

With Ritu’s performance, it was end of Friday night’s Boogie Woogie episode and we were thinking since only 8 mummy’s were left and out of which 5 already performed on Friday night so what Boogie Woogie is planning to do with only 3 mothers for Saturday night – are they bringing in some surprises or some guests? Well we shall have those details for you in our next update ;)

Aug 20

 

Last week in Boogie Woogie Mummy’s Championship it was dancing with look alike Bollywood actors and this blog just like last time picked three top performances that we enjoyed the most as “Rising Stars” and one mummy as the hottest Mummy of the week.

The top performances that Boogie Woogie India Blog has chosen are:

rising star  Sonia Hritik  Sonia Dias/ Hritik

rising star  Geeta and Salman  Geeta Soni/ Salman

rising star  Harpreet with Sunny  Harpreet/ Sunny

The Hottest Mother of the Week based on costume, makeup, personality, and after performance talk goes to…..

hotmummy Geeta Soni1 Geeta Soni

Aug 17

 

 

Saturday Indian Independence night started Ravi and Navedbeautifully with VandeMataram on Boogie Woogie and the ones performed on this number were beautiful little kids who were accompanied by mummy’s in the end. Marvelous job indeed! This was not all in celebrating India’s Independence day (Aug 15th), very soon we heard all three judges – Javed, Naved and Ravi along with everyone that were present in the studios sing Indian national anthem superbly. Great Job Boogie Woogie – Proud of you!

After the celebrations, it was time for remaining mummy’s to perform on Ritu and SaifSaturday night and the first one to do so was Ritu Gupta who got Saif Ali Khan look alike as her partner. The performance started with a spoof with Karan Johar look alike in a show called the “K-Run”. It was one funny hilarious spoof which instantly tickles your funny bone. The song “bebo mein bebo” was a perfect start followed by medley with song “Twist” from love aaj kal dominating the performance. Both, look alike Saif and Ritu danced fabulously and used some good dancing steps. The change in color in Boo dancers looked great, the closure was good and overall it turned out to be a fabulously entertaining number. The after performance talk made look alike Saif narrate a real Saif dialogue from movie “Rahna hai is dil mein” and it was very well said.

The second mummy to perform was Deepa Singh who came in with deepa with shahrukhShahrukh Khan look alike. Deepa was dressed in beautiful purple gown and looked awesome. She danced on song “Diwangi” from movie “Om Shanti Om”. This performance not only made Deepa dance with Sharukh but brought all the look alike stars on the stage. It was different but entertaining number. The after performance talk made Deepa say that she wore the gown for the first time. She also talked about how her confidence was increased and how she enjoyed wearing the dress but then it was good only up to the stage and not carry it back home in her conservative family. Look alike Sharukh maintained his silence.

The next mother to dance was Saba Bari who got Emran Hashmi as her Saba and Emrandancing look alike partner. Now this performance was hilarious and succeeds in making its audience laugh. It started with Killer news which was HILARIOUS! Saba Bari entered the stage in blue outfit and red scarf and danced energetically. She and her dancing partner both danced on Emran Hashmi’s medley. The one thing I love about Saba is which ever dancing steps she takes, she performs them with grace and perfection. She gives them her own feel and makes you feel good watching her. Her smile and expression was again fabulous. The after performance talk made Saba sing a song “chuhkar mere mann ko” and she did an alright job with it :) It was a good attempt!

Must Watch is Jagdeep look alike who yet again makes you roll with laughter. This time he sang a song “Iss desh ka yaaro kya kehna” in his own style.

The last mother to perform on Saturday night was Geeta Soni who got Salman Khan as her look alike partner. The entry of this Geeta and Salmanperformance was too good with Salman trying to put the wedding mala and his heroine ending up with another guy. This time the Boo choreographers came back with bang and with originality and it looked like some fresh concept. Geeta looked like a million bucks and made an entry on song “zara zara touch me”. She wore a black color outfit which complimented her performance and her figure to the core. Both Geeta and look alike Salman danced on song “Tenu leke” from movie “Salaam e Ishq” and did a fabulous job (without being bias!!) They both put on good steps and carried the required smile and expressions. They threw in a very well entertaining performance which makes it must watch! Boo dancers were great and their color combination  they wore, complimented the performance. Geeta was surprised to see her brother and bhabhi visit her and her expression said it all. Her family spoke really very well in her support and encouragement.

deepa1 After a sher from look alike Jagdeep on Ravi, it was time for flash back and results. Unfortunately the one mother to get eliminated was Deepa Singh! We wish her very best for all her future endeavors and hope to see her back on Boogie Woogie stage soon.

Aug 16

 

 

ishq bector Friday night started Boogie Woogie with Ishq Bector performing “Chal be Shaane Task Kar” on Boogie Woogie stage along with Boo dancers. It was well performed item and should be enjoyed by all.

Before we get onto which mummy started the performance first, lets talk about the judges – All three judges Naved, Javed and Ravi looked their best. Naved sported a white coat, Ravi in Gray color suit pant and Jaaved in Blue color jacket. Good colors and styles and they looked great!

Ravi Behl Jaaved Jaaffery Naved Jaaffery

This week it was look alike special and mummy’s were suppose to dance with the look alike actors. Now look alike specials has always been very special for Boogie Woogie fans and so this week should be super hit among them.

Ripanpreet with Shahid The first mummy to start the competition was Ripanpreet Singh who got Shahid Kapoor as her partner. Ripanpreet sported a bright red color outfit and danced with look alike Shahid on “Aye Paapi” song. It was well done job as far as performance was concerned. The after performance talk was funny when look alike Shahid said Ripan ke saath chemistry nahi aati on which Ravi promptly remarked saying its good that there is no chemistry or else it would be a problem with her husband. Look alike Shahid brought Kadaas and scarfs from Gurdwara for the judges.

Saili with Amitabh The second mummy to perform was Saili Desai who got look alike Amitabh Bachan as her partner. I liked the entry of look alike Amitabh at beginning of the show. Saili wore a yellow color ghagra and look alike Amitabh was in black outfit with orange pullover. The Boo choreographer tried to bring some comedy and so added a dialogue for Amitabh calling Saili his mother and then dancing on song “Pardesiya”. Sometimes I think the Boogie Woogie choreographers mind goes to docks and that’s why maybe due to overload of work they end up with bad comedy. But anyway the performance of both Saili and look alike was entertaining minus the bad mother joke. After performance brought good comments from Jaaved Jaaffery for Saili. The mimicry of look alike Amitabh was good.

Neelu with Arshad Sanju The next mother to perform was Neelu Rai who came in with two look alikes – Arshad Warsi and Sanjay Dutt. Neelu wore a black and white outfit. It first started with Neelu and Arshad Warsi dancing and then the second half brings Sanjay Dutt. There were many dialogues and even jokes of Munnabhai MBBS. Overall entertaining performance!

Before the next mother would perform the look alikes of Arshad and Sanjay gave out bad news of Kiran who was a look alike of Shatrughan Sinha that he died. Judges and the entire Boogie Woogie audience stood 2 minutes in silence as mark of respect and condolence. Our heartiest condolences to the family. May God give them enough strength to overcome this tough time.

Harpreet with Sunny The next mother to perform was Harpreet Kaur who came in with look alike Sunny Deol. Harpreet and Sunny Deol finally manages to put the magic that was missing in other performances. The dish that both Harpreet and Sunny presents was a perfect dish for Friday night – with right amount of spices and salt. Nothing was missing and should tastes just perfect on your tongue. Look alike Sunny Deol has been his very best each and every time he came to Boogie Woogie and I of all the people love watching him. He is not only a good dancer but an awesome comedian and mimics Sunny to the core thus making his performance a MUST WATCH. Harpreet wore a pretty pink Punjabi kurta lungi where as Sunny wore a brown color punjabi with red pagdi and maroon waist coat. They danced on medley and used some good steps making the performance perfectly synched. It was hard to make out if the magic was from Harpreet or from look alike Sunny Deol but both performed very well and managed to keep viewers eyes glued to the TV screen. After performance talk was funny.

Sonia and Hritik The last mother to perform on Friday night was Sonia Dias who got look alike Hritik Roshan as her partner. Now look alike Hritik is also very popular just like look alike Sunny and has made place in many hearts especially after the sawaal jawab with Shakil Siddiqui which is still a hot topic on YouTube ;) Anyway, coming back to performance, the entry was neat with Jadoo on the stage. Look alike Hritik wore yellow shirt and maroon pant and Sonia first came in as Jadoo and then changed into a red hot lady dancing in tune with the energies of look alike Hritik. The song they choose to perform was “you are my sonia” from movie Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham. Sonia displayed full confidence and her steps were awesome. There is something in Sonia that says she is not here just for the heck of it and when she performs she means strict business. She has been putting her very best in her each and every performance and that shows all the time. She indeed is a strong will woman who after going through a big tragedy, stood up and took the decision to fight for Sonia Hritik her dream and also to look after her family. Another thing that was fabulous in her performance were the Boo dancers. In other performances, except for Harpreet, it looked like there were many Boo dancers or maybe the performance from other mothers wasn’t at par that the attention was going more towards the Boo dancers then to the main dancers but with both Harpreet and Sonia, everything looked in good deserving number and not too much crowd on the stage. I enjoyed it very well! The after performance talk brought some funny moments as well as emotional moments especially when the clip was shown of Sonia’s daughter, sister and mother speaking and encouraging her. And yes finally we got to hear some AWESOME PJ’s from Sonia. MUST WATCH!!

Have a goodnight folks!!

Aug 15

 

To Celebrate OUR Indian Independence Day, we thought there is no other better way then to celebrate with one true hero of the nation – Mr. Abdul Kalam Ex President of India. We bring his motivational speech as part of our celebration and hope that we “together” will put his words into action!

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our Achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success
Stories but we refuse to abdul-kalamacknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a
Self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements
But our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I Was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the
Day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The Gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the Newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign Things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign Technology.  Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not reindia_flagalize that Self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this Lecture, When a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal In life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, You and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India Is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you Have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is Yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don’t work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a Face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International Best. In Singapore you don’t throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in The stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking Lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or A shopping mall irrespective of your status identity… In Singapore you Don’t say anything,abdul kalam DO YOU? YOU wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai . YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered In Jeddah . YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange In London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, ’see to it that my STD and ISD Calls are billed to someone else.’YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, ‘Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so’s son. Take your two bucks and get lost.’ YOU wouldn’t chuck an empty coconut shell Anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand .
Why don’t YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don’t YOU use
Examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still
Talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system In other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. ‘Rich people’s dogs are walked on the
streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,’ he said. ‘And
then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?’ He’s right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide jai hindclean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? ‘It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons’ rights to a dowry.’ So who’s going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great
deal of introspection and pricks one’s conscience too…. I am echoing J. F. Kennedy’s words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians…..

‘ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY’

Lets do what India needs from us.

Thank you,

Dr. Abdul Kalaam
JAIHIND

Aug 14

 

 

sagar patel2 Recently on August 1st, International Boogie Woogie competitions took place where contestants from many countries who won their national championships participated to compete for the world championships at Sykline Sheraton Hotel in London, UK.

Out of many that participated, United States of America’s representative and participant “Sagar Patel” won the International Championships hands down and with utmost honor. Sagar danced on a medley starting with “Bachna aye Hasino” to a Tandav dance from movie “Waqt” with a mix of hip hop and classical. Sagar performed with so much perfection and grace that the judges were totally mesmerized and applauded in favor.

The judges that judged this international competitions were Italian Choreographer “Antonio Susinni”, Actor “Nitin Ganatra” and Indian Idol “Surabhi DebVerma”.

It is told that during the show, Judge Antonio commented after Sagar finished his performance that “he would jump in the swimming pool right there if Sagar didn’t win the championships”. He was totally impressed with Sagar’s performance and gave his vote, encouragement and full points in favor of Sagar.

sagar patel1 Mr. Rakesh Patel, father of Sagar Patel has conveyed his message that “everyone from Sony were very helpful and the show was very well organized.” His special thanks went to Suchita, Nash and Mr. Robin Singh who worked very hard for the show. Mr. Patel has extended his gratitude to all of them including Sony and also said “All contestants were amazing and all are winners.”

Thank You Very Much Mr. Patel for spending your valuable time with Boogie Woogie India Blog to inform us about this championships. We congratulate you and your proud son “Sagar Patel” on this amazing victory and wish you the very best in all future endeavors. We are very proud of you Sagar – Keep it Up!!

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