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DJ Desi

"I would tell myself not to be so preoccupied with looking for approval from other people... You're

About Me

A TRUE INTERNATIONAL DJ - BLENDING MUSIC IN OVER 8 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND 30 DIFFERENT GENRES




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My Interests

Desi Attitude (A Non Profit that focuses on 5 different areas including children, women, poverty, literacy, and music education), Getting involve in other social causes such as Learning & researching more about Indigenous people (They fascinate me), My beautiful son, Cooking, Movies, Cricket, Games, Traveling, Comedy Clubs, Meeting new people, Dining out, Magic/Illusions, Movies, Traveling, Learning about other cultures, languages, religions, Kids, Animals, Horseback riding, MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC neat freak, Politics (not too much though), international history, Arts, Spontaneous people, random short and long trips, ICE CREAM, spirituality, meditation, working out, SIMPSONS, Beaches, laughing, God/Faith, Fireplaces, Lighthouses, Smiling faces, Making other people's wishes come true, Being spontaneous, Happy Surprises

I'd like to meet:

.. For those who are helping me in this project, thank you. Everyone else, I wish you ongoing success in your efforts to improve the lives of those you serve. ..

Music:

Being a DJ - music is my life and I pretty much love every genre. I have a collection that exceeds over 20,000 tracks in seven different languages. Its very hard for me to choose however few of my favorites are Dave Mattews Band, U2, Coldplay, Fugees, Kanye West, John Legend, Postal Service, Shakira, Madonna, Mary J Blige, James Blunt, Robin Thicke, Nelly Furtado, Joss Stone, Lonestar, Los Lonely Boys, Santana, Nadia Ali, Duran Duran, Don Omar, Usher, Snoop Dog, Charles Ray, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rob Thomas, Pussycat Dolls, Ray J, Sean Paul, Daddy Yankee, Lata, Chris Brown, Asha Bosley, Michael Jackson, Jay Z, Kishore Kumar, Bob Marley, Stereo Nation, Kailash Kher, Sonu Nigam, Bombay Rockers, Junoon, Vital Signs, Pink Martini, Norah Jones, Rolling Stones, Amr Diab, Punjabi MC, Alabina, Tabla Beat Science, Raghav, Tarkan, Cheb Mami, Bally Sagoo, Savage Garden, and many more..

Movies:

Namesake, Pursuit of Happyness, Borat, Crash (If you havent seen it watch it today), Born in Brothels (touching), The Italian Job, Kandahar (Depressing but very true), Under The Tuscan Sun (Charming), Four Brothers, American History X, Pretty Woman, Something about Mary, National Treasure, Indiana Jones, Shawshank Redemption (classic), Sabrina, True Lies, Thomas Crown Affair, Austin Powers, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Van Wilder, Enter the Fist (All time favorite, the most stupid movie you will ever waste your time on), Bruce Lee Movies, SpiderMan, Superman, Soul Plane, Good Will Hunting, 8 Mile, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Private Parts, Back to the Future, Lion King, Shrek, Patch Adams, Glory (Morgan Freeman was amazing so was Denzel), Monsoon Wedding (Deep and very personal to me), Pulp Fiction, The Inconvenient Truth and many many more

Television:

The Simpsons, South Park, The Office, Friends, Real World, Apprentice, MTV, Chris Rock Specials, Russell Peters Special, Howard Stern, David Letterman, Jeopardy, Seinfeld, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Travel Channel, Discovery, Conan o Brien, Jon Stewart Daily Show, Stephen Colbert, MTV Desi, MTV, Dateline with Chris Henson

Books:

Three Cups of Tea (Reading this right now, amazing book by Greg Mortenson), Night, Million Little Pieces, Shes come undone, Ideas and Opinions, Across the Bridge of Sighs, America (The Book), DaVinci Code, Sleeping with the Devil, The Killer Angels, Veil of Roses and many more

Heroes:

My Parents - Bill Gates - Nelson Mandela - Mother Teresa - Edhi - Gandhi - One of my best friends M, and Oprah as a Humanatarian

My Blog

Bigger and better things --- DA journey continues ...

I dont consider myself a humanatarian by any stretch of the imagination. I do believe in doing the right thing and doing "something" within my abilities for the right causes. I have spent many years v...
Posted by DJ Desi on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:01:00 PST

Is your blood O+ive ? Can you help save a life - Desi Attitude Initiative

Being a dad of a 3 year old boy, this particular blog is hard to compose but here goes. One of my colleague's is friends with this family. They have a little boy who is 5 years old and his name is&nbs...
Posted by DJ Desi on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:58:00 PST

The Awakening : Updated

I have updated the following essay/poem as I didnt have the full version of it. A friend was kind enough to point it out. Enjoy!------------------------------------------------------ ------------------...
Posted by DJ Desi on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:33:00 PST

Help me help someone see life - Looking for an eye surgeon! can you help?

I meet all sorts of people on regular basis while doing charity work, deejaying, consulting work, in school and other places.I need your help with one of my Desi Attitude initiatives. While working wi...
Posted by DJ Desi on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:37:00 PST

Returning to normalcy | Next 2 Projects

Past couple of months have been very busy dealing with the craziness of life and some health issues. Things are not completely ok but being an optimist, I can say things are looking better now. Physic...
Posted by DJ Desi on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:06:00 PST

VA Tech Shootings

"We challenge the culture of violence when we ourselves act in the certainty that violence is no longer acceptable, that it's tired and outdated no matter how many cling to it in the stubborn belief t...
Posted by DJ Desi on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:02:00 PST

My Health, Progress and Projects

I know I have been M.I.A for past few weeks. I also know my voicemail and inbox has been filling up and I am unable to get back to everyone. I felt it might be easier to write about the situation so m...
Posted by DJ Desi on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:16:00 PST

Hard Questions to ask once the honeymoon phase is over

You don't like the concept of relationships as "work," so why "hard" questions? Whenever I read "Relationships take work," I always thought, "Uh, no thanks." To me, that meant things like scheduling t...
Posted by DJ Desi on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:38:00 PST

My Birthday - Wish List

Thanks for all the phone calls and messages that are pouring in for my Birthday. I really appreciate it. A lot of you have asked me if I want anything for my birthday. The answer is yes I do :)1) Send...
Posted by DJ Desi on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:04:00 PST

The journey continues --- Weekend with homeless

"Oh I remember you; you are the guy from last week". I heard that as I approached Edward standing on a street corner by Grand Hyatt in Washington DC. The temperature was in low 30s. Wind was makin...
Posted by DJ Desi on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:57:00 PST