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Hope to see everyone at Hotstar Presents The ANOKHI Awards on November 28<sup>th<\/sup> at the Liberty Grand in Toronto!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>~ DJ<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Amita,\u00a0\u00a0Legendary Bollywood &amp; Bhangra Deejay<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][mk_fancy_title color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;28&#8243; force_font_size=&#8221;true&#8221; size_tablet=&#8221;25&#8243; size_phone=&#8221;20&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;100&#8243; letter_spacing=&#8221;1&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;5&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;Maven+Pro&#8221; font_type=&#8221;google&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]<strong>Bio<\/strong>[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510593568560{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]DJ Amita\u00a0is a trailblazer to the South Asian music scene. You may have grown with her,\u00a0as\u00a0most Desi households have, listening to her for 2 decades\u00a0as host and producer of\u00a0Masala Mixx on Saturday afternoons on 88.1FM. If\u00a0you weren\u2019t tuned into the radio then you have dance with large crowds at one of Dj Amita\u2019s\u00a0epic\u00a0Besharam jams, now in its 12th year.<\/p>\n<p>DJ\u00a0Amita has also played to\u00a02015\u00a0Pan Am Games, the Geminis, Toronto International Film Festival, Luminato and numerous South Asian festival and events.Amita is also the author of \u201cSilk Saris and Mini Skirts\u201d which explores culture conflict among South Asian teenage girls and has a Ph.D in Sociology. 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