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PSA Culture Show: Newspaper Coverage

desi — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:06:51 +0000

Local newspapers in Los Angeles area covered the PSA Culture Show in their print editions. Here are some scanned images from Urdu Times, Pak Post and Pak News LA.

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The event was also covered in Pakistan Link. Here is the article from their latest print edition.

Pakistani Students Host Impressive Culture Show

Irvine, CA: The Pakistani Student Associations from USC, UCLA, and UC Irvine presented the community with an elaborate show which highlighted the vibrant aspects of the Pakistani culture. On April 1st 2007, USC’s Bovard Auditorium welcomed about 900 guests; both Pakistani and non-Pakistani, to a fundraising charity show where all proceeds would go directly to Islamic Relief. The show was structured with an elaborate skit with energetic dances intertwined into the storyline.
The three schools had been organizing the event since the beginning of this school year in the hope of raising a significant sum of monetary donations to help the less fortunate community in Pakistan. The production of the show was on such a large scale that it required the involvement of about 100 participants and volunteers from all three schools. The event was made possible through the support of Friends of Pakistan, Your Dil LA, along with media coverage provided by Pakistan Link, Urdu Times LA, PakistanNews LA, Pakistan Post, Pakmusic, Pakstop, Sunzara.com.

As the title states, the show explored the relationships of Pakistani-Americans. It focused on highlighting the different angles in our society and how Pakistani college students use their heritage to identify themselves in a Western society.
The show was well received and the audience enjoyed the humor. There were moments of high spirited amusement along with pride-filled moments when the entire hall cheered to video clips that highlighted Pakistan achievements in the past and present.
Pakistani Student Association is dedicated to bringing the community together in order to honor the culture and traditions of Pakistan. It thanked everyone who came out to support the show. “Your attendance is an encouraging response to strive to organize more fundraising events in the future!” said a PSA handout.
Speaking on the occasion, FOP President Sarfaraz Khan stated: “…You will readily agree that in the post-9/11 period Pakistani-Americans have felt the pressing need of having a representative and vibrant community organization that could air their views on various social, economic, and political issues impacting their life. Such an organization could consistently work to dispel misperceptions about community members, their faith, and their country of origin. What is more, it could spotlight the multifarious accomplishments of Pakistani-Americans so that they could be accorded recognition as useful members of the American society. The organization could thus serve as a bridge between Pakistani Americans and various ethnic groups and mainstream Americans. Friends of Pakistan has been set up with this explicit purpose in mind. It is the voice of the community. It is the voice of every Pakistani American.
“America is our adopted country and we feel great affection for, and attachment to this land. Ungrudgingly, the US has given us the opportunity to live freely and express our concerns without any reservations. It is our duty to serve this country to the best of our ability. Pakistani-Americans are law-abiding citizens. They are well educated and enterprising and have already proved their worth as true achievers in this multi-ethnic society. In airing our concerns about issues that impact our life we will behave in a dignified and respectable manner at all levels of the American system…”

PSA Culture Show: Photography and Videos

desi — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:40:44 +0000

Update (April 11): The remaining videos from the PSA Show will be uploaded in a couple of days. These include the Secret Aunty Society skits, more UCI dance performances, USC Jachdi Jawani Bhangra and other performance as well as the closing ceremony etc. Please stay tuned and keep checking.

Update (April 8): 2 more videos added in Video Gallery, 170 new pictures added in Photo Gallery.

Fasten your seat belts and get ready to view the images and videos from the PSA Culture Show, Rishton Ke Rang.

The videos are now in their own dedicated tab on this blog in the header above. Here is the link: Video Gallery

The high quality photographs are located in the image gallery. Here is the link: PakMusic Gallery

Exclusive release on PakMusic.net portal (boasting over 100,000 registered members). Click here to read the article.

Here is a little preview of YKKB’s photography.

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Videos: Rishton Ke Rang (Pass The Mirch Please!)

desi — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:16:33 +0000

More videos have been uploaded to Youtube.

FOB vs. ABCD

Firstly, a funny skit played by Aziz and Sal.

Aziz, who smells like curry, has just come from Lahore and he is boarding room with Sal who is a a cross between Atif Aslam and Tupac Shakur. This was a crowd favorite.

1. Sal has just found out that he is rooming with a Freshman who is a FOB.

2. Aziz throws curry powder on Sal

3. Sal and Aziz arguing over pakistani culture and the difficulties they faced growing up.

4. Aziz and Sal make up with eachother after Aziz tries to hook him up with a girl that he likes.

Last part.

Dance performance videos coming up next.

UCI gals dance to Fakhir’s Tauba Hai

“Josh Naal Pao Bhangra”