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Nightlife with Rose Billings
Indo-American Arts Council
15th Anniversary Gala
at The Angel Orensanz Foundation
Honoring
Salman Rushdie, Mira Nair and Dr. Manjula Bansal
A Splendid, Beautiful & Heartwarming Evening
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Aroon
Shivdasani,
Artistic
&
Executive
Director
IAAC
Salman
Rushdie
and
Missy
Brody |
Dr.
Manjula
Bansai.
Honoree
Thank you for your wonderful contributions to society
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Kenny
Ascher,
pianist,
composer
of
"Rainbow
Connection"
Beautiful
music
always... |
Madhur Jaffrey, actress and food writer,
"Bombay Dreams", "Autobiography of a Princess" as well
as
"Indian cookbooks for The Western audience"
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Manish
Arora,
designer
Magnificent
runway
show
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Mira
Nair,
filmmaker
extraordinaire
and
the
wonderful
Aroon
Shivdasani
Executive
Director
IAAC
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Salman
Rushdie,
Aroon
Shivdasani
IAAC
Director
and Madhur Jaffrey
Thank
you
all
for
this
joyous
15th
Anniversary
Gala |
Taylor
Negron,
writer,
actor
and
Standup
Comedian
Always
a
delight... |
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Tracey
Jackson
and
Paul
Williams,
Oscar
Winner
headlining
our
musical
entertainment...
Thank
you! |
Jitin
Hingorani
and
Salman
Rushdie. |
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More
than
250
of
New
York’s
crème
de
la
crème
packed
the
Angel
Orensanz
Foundation
for
the
Performing
Arts
on
Thursday
night
to
raise
a
glass
and
toast
The
Indo-American
Arts
Council’s
15th anniversary
and
celebrate
the
non-profit
organization’s
numerous
contributions
of
Indian
performing,
visual
and
literary
arts
to
New
York
City’s
diverse
cultural
landscape.
The
IAAC
honoured
three
outstanding
Indian-Americans,
author Salman
Rushdie,
filmmaker Mira
Nair andDr.
Manjula
Bansal, for
their
commitment
and
contributions
to
the
global
artistic
community.
Headlining
the
entertainment
at
the
event
was
Oscar-winning
duo:
singer/songwriter/composer Paul
Williams
(Oscar
winner
with
Barbara
Streisand
for
“Evergreen”) with
pianist/composer Kenny
Ascher,
of
“Rainbow
Connection”
(from The
Muppet
Movie) fame.
Additionally,
Exclusively.In
presented
a
breath-taking
runway
show
featuring
the
creativity
of
iconic
Delhi-based
designer Manish
Arora through
his
“Indian”
collection. The
emcee
for
the
evening
was
comedian Dan
Nainan, and
some
of
the
celebrities
who
presented
awards
and
walked
the
red
carpet
included:
chef
and
author Madhur
Jaffrey,
actor Sarita
Choudhury (Homeland),
writer
and
filmmaker Sabrina
Dhawan, actor Sakina
Jaffrey (House
of
Cards), author,
screenwriter,
producer Tracey
Jackson,
Ambassador Manjeev
Puri, actors Reshma
Shetty (Royal
Pains) and Manu
Narayan, just
to
name
a
few. |
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Dan
Nainan,
Comedian
emcee
for
this
fabulous
night |
www.iaac.us
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