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ICC BOOK CLUB

Are you a bookworm? Do you want to be part of a group that has like-minded people who love to read and discuss your kind of books. Do you want to launch into enthralling plot line debates, argue about your favorite authors and use the book club forum to tell other readers which parts made you laugh and cry, which parts made you angry, and why the book is a must-read.

Come join ICC’s new book club – we will meet once every 2 months, talk about a variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, and maybe flavor the evening with spicy snacks and pungent arguments.

Looking for a good book? Consider one of the ICC Book Club’s past reads.

  • A Place for Us – Fatima Farheen Mirza
  • An Atlas of Impossible Longing – Anuradha Roy
  • The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
  • The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid
  • The Guide – R.K. Narayan
  • Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard – Kiran Desai
  • The Shadow Lines – Amitav Ghosh
  • Life of Pi – Yann Martel
  • Fasting, Feasting – Anita Desai
  • The Namesake – Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Evening is the Whole Day – Preeta Samarasan
  • Riot – Shashi Tharoor
  • The Hamilton Case – Michelle de Krestser
  • Such a Long Journey – Rohinton Mistry
  • The Garden of Evening Mists – Tan Twan Eng
  • Anil’s Ghost – Michael Ondaatje
  • Half a Life – V.S. Naipaul
  • Cracking India – Bapsi Sidhwa
  • Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
  • An Artist of the Floating World – Kazuo Ishiguro
  • The Golden Gate – Vikram Seth
  • Brick Lane – Monica Ali
  • The Lady and the Monk – Pico Iyer
  • The Twentieth Wife – Indu Sundaresan
  • The Enchantress of Florence – Salman Rushdie
 

Book recommendations gratefully accepted. The book must have a connection with the Asian sub-continent, be worthy of discussion, and preferably not exceed 350 pages.

For more information, please contact Sheila Mohan.

Event Details

Wednesday

7.00 pm to 8.30 pm

Location

ICC, 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035

TOASTMASTERS CLUB

Are you looking to build your confidence, grow as a leader, improve your communication and public speaking skills?

Come join us at Milpitas Toastmasters !

Our club is highly supportive, energetic, fun environment, which encourages improvement and grants opportunities we provide for prepared speeches, impromptu speaking and constructive evaluations. All skill levels are welcome. We have speakers from beginner level to distinguished Toastmasters. 

Event details

Every Monday

7.00 pm - 8.30 pm

Location

ICC, 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035

ARTICCULATORS TOASTMASTERS

Looking to enhance your communication and leadership skills? Ace a job interview? Ignite your career? Learn to give Impressive speeches and presentations in English to the public, media or in the office. Improve your Communication, Leadership and Public Speaking skills in a friendly and supportive environment. Improve your pronunciation, grammar and accent. Learn new words, phrases, body language, vocal variety and effective use of the stage.

Guest Cost: Free. Open to all. Come join us at a meeting and see what we’re all about. In exactly one hour!


Activities: Each meeting, every member will have a chance to speak in front of people, either prepared or impromptu speeches. The meeting has three parts – the first part features prepared speeches, the second part involves impromptu speeches by randomly selected members and the third part consists of evaluation of the speeches. And finally awards. A friendly competition ensures members give their best.


Atmosphere: Meetings are friendly and lively with plenty of encouragement and support for each other. You will learn a lot and laugh aplenty as you listen to stories, experiences, and ideas of fellow members.

Timing

Wednesday

7 pm - 8.30 pm

Location

ICC, 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035

GUJARATI LITERARY GROUP – BETHAK

Meets the last Friday of each month at India Community Center.
Our aim is to:

Preserve and promote Gujarati mother tongue in the bay area.

Support and encourage the community members to read & write in their Matrubhasha.

Bringing together the community members without any religious barrier.

Provide a platform to local singers, writers & artists to showcase their talent and also encourage youth to participate in poetry recitation contests.

Event Details

Last Friday

of each month

Location

ICC, 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035

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