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Muhammad Ali Jinha and Gandhi at a Delta Chi Frat party circa 1946. Not Pictured: Nehru Playing Beer Pong with Alama Iqbal

Since this is the week we're officially selling out, why not go all the way. Hey everybody, Eighty East performs tonight in Newark! In the interest of full disclosure, I must reveal that I have a personal history with Eighty East. Once about 4 years ago, Sid the drummer and I shared a candlelit dinner on the banks of the Passaic River. It was a beautiful moment and I will not ruin it by going into details, but I feel I must be forthcoming to maintain our journalistic integrity.

Anyway, the band is performing as part of the Rutgers PSA / ISA Unity event tonight in Newark. Details below:

When: November 20th @ 7pm
Where: Multi-Purpose Room in Paul Robeson Campus Center
350 MLK Blvd.
Newark, NJ

Along with Eighty East, you can look forward to performances by some dance crews I'm sure and like three or four comedy skits highlighting the hilarious fish out of water experiences we Desis run into every day here in the states! In all seriousness, there will be a performance by the very talented Feroz, whose hippitty hoppitty skills you can check out here.

I believe there is a $5 entrance fee, but it's for charity so please lighten up. Not sure what charity it will go to, but I'm guessing it's going to Israel. Those guys end up getting all of our money anyway. KIDDING! See I'm kidding because the event is about unity and being all racist...get it?..Hahaha...no seriously Jews run the world.

See you there!

Catch The EightyEast Infection Tonight At Opera in NYC

I must admit that I was shamed into doing this courtesy of the post by the fine folks at CurryBear. But yeah, Eighty East live in concert tonight at Opera in NYC, get excited folks. In the interest of full disclosure, it must be noted that I once sat next to Eighty East keyboardist extraodinaire and psychedelic homo universalis Yousuf Arain on an airplane trip to Mind Blownesia. I learned many new things, but forgot more. The point is, in terms of celebrity hanger-on status, I guess you could say I'm in with the band.

You can get details for the event here. I shall be the guy in the corner, sobbing gently and whispering "They Should Have Sent a Poet" to myself. Hope to see you there.

Pakistan India on Brink of War, Sunny Deol Gets Movie Offers

I'm made of love for you Priyanka

Tensions between Pakistan and India are boiling over once again as Kashmir is protesting Indian rule (perhaps they ran out of booze?) and Afghan and Indian authorities are insinuating Pakistani ISI involvement in the Indian Embassy bombing last week. To throw petrol on the flames of discord, Indian musicians are taking shots at Pakistani national treasure, Atif Aslam. BihariShabab is dedicated to uniting South Asia to create a grand South Asian empire with an abundance of biryani and nihaari so we're going to take the lead in getting the two nations to settle their differences. We're going to start by showing images of your Indian bhabi, Priyanka Chopra, along with the melodious sounds of the subcontinenterrific* band EightyEast. We have great hope that the two nations can co-exist peacefully. Stay tuned for updates. Or watch the news, that's probably a better idea.

*Subcontinenterrific is a registered trademark of BihariShabab. We'll take you to court, we mean it.