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The Indian Ladies Association is hosting its Annual Dandiya Night on October 1 at the Diplomat Radisson Hotel in Manama. Guests will be entertained with music by Rajesh Iyer and Kavita Rajvansh from Mumbai. The Dandiya tradition hails from West Indian state Gujarat where people in large numbers dance the night away forming moving circles holding decorated wooden sticks. For details contact president Shiney Koshy on 36715550 or general secretary Deepa Chandran on 39011400 or email ilabahrain@gmail.com
British musician Andy Fairweather Low will perform at a dinner concert at the Upstairs Downstairs restaurant, Adliya on October 14. Doors will open at 6.30pm and the show begins at 9pm. Tickets cost BD30.
The British Club's AC Jurassic Sports Section will present 'Watch Out Bumble's Out' with special guest David Lloyd, former English cricketer and current television commentator at the Windsor Room in the club premises in Umm al Hasam on October 15. The 'gentlemen only dinner' event will be held at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from the club reception at BD25 for British Club members and BD26 for guests and reciprocal members. Rates are inclusive of dinner. Dress code is jacket or blazer. For details contact 17728245.
Arab-American writer Alia Yunis will sign copies of her debut novel 'The Night Counter' at Jashanmal Bookstores on October 24 from 10am until12pm at the Seef Mall store and 5pm till 7pm at the Bahrain City Centre outlet. The novel documents the final days of 85-year-old Fatimah Abdullah and her relations with her dysfunctional Arabic family. Raised in Chicago, Alia has worked as a journalist and filmmaker in Los Angeles and the Middle East and is currently working at the Zayed University in Abu Dhabi as a professor of communications.
