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Indian Ambassador H.E Dr.Deepak Mittal inaugurated a Painting Exhibition in the Ashoka Hall of the Indian Cultural Centre on Saturday 03 October 2020. The Exhibition was to Mahatma Gandhi Commemorate 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and was held with the theme of Mahatma Gandhi’s Works, Ideas, Dreams or Mahatma Gandhi himself. S. Xavier Dhanaraj, First Secretary (Consular & Community Affairs), Coordinating Office of ICC, and Hemant Kumar Dwivedi, First Secretary (Culture & Education) joined during the inauguration ceremony. The Presidents and some Managing Committee members of Indian Cultural Centre, Indian Community Benevolent Forum, Indian Business and Professional Council and Indian Sports Center also attended the Inauguration.

The Guest joined the Ambassador in offering floral tributes and Prayers for Mahatma Gandhi. Artists from Indian Cultural Centre than staged devotional song “Vaishnava Jana To “followed by a classical dance based on a notable devotional song “Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram”  popularized by Mahatma Gandhi.

Dr. Deepak Mittal felicitated the Winners and Judges of the Painting & Speech Competition, which was held on Mahatma Gandhi’s life, teachings and principles. He along with P N Baburajan, President of ICBF gave away the 150 health cards donated by ICBF for the needy Fisherman community personnel in Al Khor area along with the other aid. This was a part of ICBF’s Benevolent and Philanthropic activities for the 151st Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

In his address Dr. Deepak Mittal, who is also the Patron of Indian Cultural Centre, expressed enormous praise for the participants, mainly the children who had participated in the Painting and Speech Competition

In his Welcome Note, Manikantan AP the President of Indian Cultural Centre appreciated the wholehearted support from the Ambassador and from the Embassy of India for all the ICC events and activities. He announced that following the Ambassador’s initiatives, in lieu of the Flower Bouquet reception of Event Guests, ICC would be donating the full premium of ICBF insurance scheme for four needy persons. He also announced that K M Varghese, the Chairman of Advisory Council of ICC has pledged 20 more such premiums.

Seenu Pillai, the General Secretary for ICC was the Master of Ceremonies while Anjan Ganguly (Joint Secretary) Proposed the Vote of thanks.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, India. Gandhi’s birthday is commemorated in India as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Nonviolence. Gandhi is considered the Father of the Nation in India. He was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence in 1947.