3rd Annual Nanubhai Gala

Our 3^rd Annual Gala was held on Friday 29^th April 2011 at Midtown Loft & Terrace, New York City. Thank you to all our supporters, donors, sponsors & performers who helped to make this year’s gala a huge success! The gala’s 250+ attendees raised $25,000 to support our programs in rural India throughout the upcoming year. Highlights of the evening included a great venue with spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline, an Ice and Martini Bar from Ketal One, entertainment from NYC Garba Girls & Aatma Dance troupe, a silent and live auction and the launch of our  Sponsor a Child Program. Congratulations to all of the evening’s auction winners! Our most successful auction items included a Behind the Scenes with Photographer Indrani, a Flight Lesson with former US Airforce Pilot and Nanubhai founder Raj Shah, a signed baseball by President Obama, a Date with actor Arjun Gupta and Coffee with Nigel Barker. Gala program Please join us on Facebook to stay informed about upcoming Nanubhai Events. Click here for 2011 Gala Photos Congratulations to the auction winners! Our most successful Auction items included: - Behind the Scenes with Photographer Indrani – winner Ankur Dharia - Flight Lesson with Raj Shah – 2 winners, Korok Ray and Sanjay Chauhan - President Obama signed baseball – winner Kandarp Shah - Date with actor Arjun Gupta – winner NYU volunteers - Coffee with Nigel Barker – winner Ruchi Shah   Sponsor a Child The Gala also launched our Sponsor a Child initiative and thanks to your generosity 40 students will be able to take part in before and after school classes for an entire year . If you would like to Sponsor a Child , please click here. We want to thank our sponsors , donors, entertainers and everyone that came out and helped us celebrate and raise funds to support our programs.   Please keep in touch with us on Facebook for upcoming Nanubhai Events in your area  2011 Sponsors Search for and instantly play the best Hindi music from Bollywood & beyond. With Saavn, your favorite Hindi music is here. Search for and instantly play the best songs from Bollywood, bhangra, bhajans, ghazals, and more. Create and save your own playlists, and get the latest hits with new releases and Saavn’s weekly top 15. Works with your existing Saavn.com account to access your saved playlists and favorites.   2011 Entertainment NYC GarbaGirls is New York City’s professional Gujarati folk dance collective. This all-female group aims to increase awareness of Garba and Raas dance forms, and further, revive these styles by infusing traditionalism with a fresh, artistic perspective. The unique and creative choreography is representative of the diverse global dance training each individual dancer embodies. Combined with our ever-growing enthusiasm and passion for dance, we hope to inspire our audiences with our performances.Our aspirations are to shed further light on our cultural dance roots and support the flourishing South Asian arts platform. Visit: http://nycgarbagirls.com/ AATMA Performing Arts aims to unite traditional Indian dance styles (Bharathanatyam, Kathak, Garba, Bhangra) with modern forms of movement (Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop), resulting in a vivid amalgamation of eastern and western culture. AATMA’s interpretation of Bollywood dance, which originates from Indian cinema, combines ethnic spirit and intense emotion to produce a breathtaking visual display of dance and entertainment. AATMA’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times and has landed the company performances with HBO, AT&T, HSBC, Bank of America, and Mastercard. They have worked alongside Bollywood Actress, Priyanka Chopra as well as choreographed pieces for music artists such as Cappadonna (Wu-Tang) and G-Deep. In August 2011, AATMA will be headlining a Bollywood tour in Switzerland, taking over 70 dancers from the east coast to perform a 2-hour musical. The tour is set to travel eastern and western Europe for the next few years. With a dance troupe that travels internationally, as well as competitive dance schools in New York and New Jersey, AATMA’s focus is to preserve the culture of India, while incorporating it with American dance influences to create a brilliant fusion of art powerful enough to be understood by audiences around the world.