Dear Editor,
I thank and admire the efforts of some respectful Indians who started organisations/ societies a few decades ago with a view to perpetuating their culture and traditions in USA and they are religiously conducting annual or biannual meetings/carnivals by inviting some celebrities from their respective regions in India.
Examples:
26th annual convention of Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America at the Sony Centre in Downtown Toronto - a 3 day event with a congregation of about 3000 people.
Three day Telugu Convention organised by the North America Telugu Society in Dallas in the first week of July, 2013 with the participation of about 7000 people.
Founded in 1969 the Orissa Society of the Americas conducted a three day convention (July 4-6, 2013) in Chicago with the participation of about 1400 people.
Back at home ours is a divided nation on the basis of religion, race, culture, caste, community and economic status in urban centres. As a tourist in USA I would like to see a Society of India celebrating annual conventions with a focus on one culture at a time projecting India as one nation to the foreigners.
Dr.P.Raghavan
p_raghavan47@yahoo.co.in
USA
(Based on news published in The South Asian Times July 13-19, 2013)
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