W H AT ’ S ONTHURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

Al Najat Secondary School for Boys (Hawally) held an honoring ceremony for top graders of the school. Talal Islam Al Sharaa of ninth grade was also honored and his parents were proud of his achieve-ments. Other parents and well wishers of top rankers were also present during this honoring ceremony to cheer the students.

Soorya Kuwait Chapter will stage‘Soorya India Festival 2014’ in associ-ation with UAE Exchange today

evening (April 10) at the IndianCommunity School Auditorium Senior,Salmiya at 7pm. Indian Ambassador SunilJain will inaugurate the festival.

This time, Soorya is bringing a mix ofthree oldest dance forms of India -aBharatanatyam recital by DakshinaVaidyanathan, one of the promisingBharatanatyam dancers today, aMohiniyattam recital by Aiswarya Warrier, aleading Mohinayattam exponent and anOdissi performance by Arupa GayatriPanda and Pravat Kumar Swain, leadingduet odissi performers of the country. Inaddition, a solo fusion by Mridangammaestro

Kuzhalmannam Ramakrishnan will alsobe presented.

Dakhsina Vaidyanathan, a young prom-ising Bharatanatyam dancer and an inno-vative choreographer, has enriched withthe stamp of her own personality since herchildhood. She has performed her dance inmany stages both inside and outside thecountry.

Trained under accomplished Gurus’,

Aiswarya Warrier has been noted as one ofIndia’s top exponents of Bharatanatyam.Her solo dance presentation titled‘Shakuntala’ sends twin messages of ourlife being integrally part of the rich naturalenvironment and the potential power of awoman as an individual.

Duet performers of Odissi dance ArupaGayatri Panda and Pravat Kumar Swainhave individuated themselves by passionfor perfection, vibrant nritta and sophisti-cated senses of Abhinayam.

The Guinness World Record holder forlongest hand drum marathonKuzahalmannam Ramakrishnan uses hisskills in percussion as a catalyst for socialchange exalting peace and anti-violence.His name is synonymous with Mridangamin the world of music.

The art lovers in Kuwait will experiencea unique combination of dance and musicthat will amaze and enthrall people of allage groups.

Soorya India, led by versatile master-mind Soorya Krishnamurthy, is present in20 countries. It has been propagating theart of India abroad over the last 16 yearswith active support of its chief patron DrBR Shetty.

Soorya India Festival today

The new management of committee ofBarisal Divisional Expatriate WelfareCouncil in Kuwait elected new president of

(BDEWC) Mohd Jahangir Alom Basher, vice presi-dent Mohd Anis Mollah, general secretary MohdAnwar Hossein Mirdah, organization secretaryMohd Monir Khalifa, along with 151 members ofexecutive committee of Barisal divisional expa-triate welfare council, Kuwait and Wazirpur expa-triate welfare committee, Kuwait congrats andwelcomes Mohd Jahangir Hossain, gen secretaryMohd Aslam. assistant secretary Mohd MotiurRahman, organization secretary Mohd AbdurRahim, Mohd Abu Taleb Mohd Anwar Khan,Mohd Azizul Hoque, Mohd Anwar Sardar, MohdKamal Mollik, Mohd Jakir Hossain, Mohd MahadiFarque, Mohd Younus Mollah, Mohd FaruqBapari and others.

BDEWC elects new committee

KKCA holds family picnicKuwait Knanaya Cultural Association (KKCA) organized a family picnic at Riggai Park in which nearly a thousand people participated. Fr John Padipurackal inaugurated the picnic by releasing balloons

with KKCA inscription on them. Gulfmart Kuwait Country head Remesh T A inaugurated the ‘KKCA Charity Mission 2014’. KKCA president Tomy Praladayil presided over the event. KKCA general secretaryShinsen Olikkunnel welcomed and Treasurer Reni Abraham proposed a vote of thanks. Several entertainment programs were held for both adults and children.

The Embassy of India has beenreceiving often reports from themembers of Indian community

residing in Kuwait regarding thefts, rob-beries assaults and damages to theirproperty etc. All such incidents shouldbe immediately reported to the localpolice station. In order to extend helpthe members of our community, pleasecontact us with the following informa-tion so that the matter could also betaken up by the Embassy with Kuwaitiauthorities:-

(a) Brief details of the incident;(b) Civil ID of the affected member(s)

and their passport details;(c) Contact telephone number and

the proof of residence of the person(s)affected;

(d) Copy of FIR along with address ofthe Police station.

2. Please contact, Ambassador’s officeat Telephone No. 22561276, Fax No.22546958 (E-mail:amb.kuwait@mea.gov.in ORambss@indembkwt.org) or BalramKumar Upadhyay, Counsellor (Consularand Chief Welfare Officer) on TelephoneNo. 22533125, Fax No.22573910 (E-mail:counsellor@indembkwt.org).

Advisory to Indian nationals in Kuwait