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Priyanka Chopra to lead India Day Parade
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19 - Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra is set to lead the
27th India Day Parade as Grand Marshal in New York in August
to celebrate the country's 60th Independence Day.
The annual parade, which will be held on August 19, is
organized in Manhattan by the Federation of Indian
Associations (FIA) and attracts thousands of people every
year. It is considered the biggest such event outside India.
Announcing details of the parade at the Indian Consulate in
New York on Wednesday, FIA president Shobhana Patel said
comedian Johnny Lever would be the chief guest. The theme of
the parade would be "Women's Shakti" (power), Patel said.
Music composer A R Rahman , who is on a concert tour of the
US, was present at the function. He was Grand Marshal for
the 2006 parade.
Known personalities who have participated in the past FIA
parades include actresses Madhuri Dixit and Rekha ,
spiritual guru Morari Bapu, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
and former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Set up in 1981, FIA is a large, influential umbrella
organization of the Indian community in the US. It boasts of
300,000 members in the tri-state area of New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. The objective of its annual India
Day Parade is to project Indian Americans' progress and
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Shilpa Shetty
launches fragrance
'S Square' |
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18 - Shilpa Shetty has become the
latest star to launch her own fragrance in UK. She has named
her perfume S2 (pronounced S square) and considers it to be
a 'cut above the rest' in the sea of celebrity fragrances.
The Bollywood star has become a household name in the UK
after winning the reality show Celebrity Big Brother. As her
publicist Dale Bhagwagar puts it, 'Shilpa has come to be the
fragrance of this season and its going to last.'
S2 has been created by one of the oldest French perfumers,
Robertet, and releases across the UK at most high-street
retailers from July. 'Each ingredient has been hand-picked
by Shilpa with each keynote having an individual importance
to her. It is a kaleidoscope of rich floral with a fruity
zest including the scent of Mandarin, Bergamot, Peach,
Jasmine and Sandalwood among others,' informs Bhagwagar.
'With S2, Shilpa joins the likes of Kylie Minogue, Sarah
Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez and Paris Hilton in launching
her own signature scent,' he adds.
The actress whose next film APNE is about to release, is all
set to write a cookery book, make a DVD video on yoga to be
shot in the Himalayas, feature in a Broadway musical, launch
a chain of restaurants abroad - starting with one in Central
London, and feature as Sita in the international movie
HANUMAN. |
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