Sunday, the 26th of January 2020 marked the 71st Anniversary of India’s Republic Day. On this very day, India’s Constitution came into force in the year 1950, which marked the country’s transition towards becoming an independent republic nation.
Amongst several other grand Indian Republic Day celebrations held all over the Globe commemorating this event, Inspiring Indian Woman(IIW), a Not for Profit organisation, based in UK, lead the Republic Day Celebrations in Harrow, Greater London. The “Hum Aur Humari Bhasha” event was held at the splendid premises of Zoroastrian Centre, Harrow.
Chief Guest of the celebration was His Worshipful Mayor Cllr Nitin Parekh, Guest of Honour, Honourable MP Harrow East Padmashree Bob Blackman, Minister of coordination from High Commission of India Mr Manmeet Singh Narang. Various other special guests were Cllr Bandana Chopra from Hounslow, Cllr Anjana Patel from Harrow, Cllr Dr Anwara Ali ( Conservative candidate from Harrow west in last election), Cllr Ramji Chauhan, Cllr Krishna Kumar, Mr Sardar Singh ( President and Director Hounslow Chamber ), Mr Kuldip Shekhawat ( Director MA TV ), Mr Kuha Kumaran ( Conservative campaigner ), Mrs Sonoo Malkani (Community Leader and Chair of Harrow Inter Faith)
The entire Indian Diaspora also felicitated Honourable MP Padmashree Bob Blackman being awarded the highest civilian Honour the Padmashree by the Indian Government with a standing ovation and shawls. It was a moment of immense joy and pride.
India’s cultural unity and diversity was exemplified in various creative and outstanding performances that were showcased in this event. Some of the Program highlights included Fancy Dress by children of all ages, Yoga performance by Indira & Dr Vishwanath Sharma, Kathak Dance Recitals,
IIW has been instrumental in celebrating India’s Republic Day celebrations in Harrow since 2016. The event has grown by leaps and bounds, and has received astounding response and adulation from the public in and around Harrow. Almost 100 children had registered for this grand celebration and each and every participant was given a certificate and chocolate. Being Leprosy Day as well, ‘LEPRA CHARITY’ representative also spoke about their work and had set up a table.
The IIW team was led by Pavithra Venkatesh included Shital Kamkar, Komal Ganeriwala, Nitu Saxena, Nilanjana Paul, Priyanka Verma, Seema Khandelwal, Kuldeep Kaur Gill, Heena Zala, Gayatri, Pooja Nikhil Patel, Srividya, Devina Rishi and Vaishali Nagpal. The entire programme was compered by Darshana Shah and Swati Patel who kept the audience engaged.
Many women entrepreneurs had set up their stalls too. Photographs Credit- Mr C K Naidu
The event’s purpose was to instil love for the motherland amongst the British (Indian) Kids, which it successfully fulfilled.
BY:Gayatri Shenoy
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Very nicely covered