AROUND TOWN NEWS
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January 2009 -
Sanjiv Arora, India’s new Consul General in Houston, was in Atlanta on Saturday, December 13, to attend an informal reception hosted for him.
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November 2008 -
Over 200 guests—key individuals from the Atlanta Indian community—attended the opening celebration of the first branch of the United Central Bank at the Global Mall in Norcross, GA, a prominent community hotspot.
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November 2008 -
The Gandhi Foundation of USA (GFUSA) celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s 139th birth anniversary at the site of the Gandhi statue at the MLK Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta on the clear, sunny afternoon of Thursday, October 2.
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November 2008 -
Sharon Springs Park in Cumming, Georgia, was the scene of a colorful festival of flowers on Sunday, October 5th as over 500 people gathered to celebrate the feast of Bathukamma.
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November 2008 -
“Omkaram”, a celebration in dance of the various forms of Shiva, was the theme of the Kalaivani Dance and Music Academy’s annual recital for 2008 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center on Oct. 5.
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November 2008 -
The Atlanta Sikh community honored General Joginder Jaswant Singh, the former Chief of Indian Army Staff who visited the city with his wife Anupama Singh on Tuesday, October 7th recently.
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November 2008 -
An enthusiastic crowd of over 450 adults and children celebrated Dussehara, the festival signifying the victory of good over evil, by burning a 12-foot effigy of the evil king Ravana.
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November 2008 -
The Atlanta Bengali Forum (ABF) celebrated Durga Puja on October 11 and 12, drawing an 800-plus crowd from places all over Georgia and Tennessee, some of whom arrived a day earlier to lend a hand with the decoration of Devi Durga.
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November 2008 -
Over 1000 people from Atlanta marked the 10th anniversary of Vibha’s Dream Mile by taking part in the non-profit organization’s annual Dream Mile 5K Walk/Run.
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September 2008 -
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