CELEBRATING INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

Sunday 14th August 2022

2pm onwards BST

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Dr Honey Kalaria

(U.K)

2.00 pm

HOST

 Dr Honey Kalaria

Dr Honey Kalaria is a mind body soul coach and an award-winning creative dance expert with over 35 years of experience in the field of art, culture & entertainment. 

Born into a Hindu family, Honey was guided by her mother to start reciting mantras and prayers from the age of 3. Her father has also been regularly reciting the Hanuman Chalisa for many years. In her spiritual quest and journey, Honey has been blessed to have travelled to India to not only learn  Indian Classical dance but also to study how to conduct yagnas (fire ceremonies) by reciting powerful mantras. She got an opportunity to get educated on the science behind these powerful prayers, how they cleanse and purify ones aura, spread peace and offer positive benefits to the environment.

www.honeykalariaofficial.com

Girish Jogia

(U.K)

2.00 pm

Girish Jogia

Singer

Girish Jogia is the founder of Shree Ganesh Bhajan Group. With the blessings of Maa Sarswati the group has been performing live for last twelve years. Performances include:
Bhakti Sangeet, Bhajans for all occasions, Hanuman chalisa, Golden oldies from Bollywood, Mehfil’s, Karaoke, Garba, Sangeet night and live singing during the wedding ceremony.
During this pandemic year they have featured many times on Healing our Earth.

Meena Trivedy

(U.K)

2.20 pm

Meena Trivedy

Singer

Meena is a singer, performer and music teacher. She is trained in Indian classical music and specialises in Bollywood songs, bhajans, ghazals, raas & garba and of course classical music.

Meena has performed in various prestigious events and venues including Trafalgar Square, London. 

Deepti Kataria

(India)

2.35

Deepti Kataria

Message

Deepti is an Electrical Engineering graduate, and  is the first female president of Indian Community of Egypt. She is reader of various ancient Indic scriptures .
Deepti is fluent in Hindi, Sanskrit, English and Arabic and used to be the physics head of department in Cairo. She has been a resident of Egypt for over 20 years. 
She has published her papers on various international platforms (including South Africa / India).
Being a mathematician and science enthusiast she has regularly been  invited as a public speaker  in Universities and on Egyptian National TV.

Nilanjana Paul

(U.K)

2.45 pm

Nilanjana Paul 

 Indradanush Kids 

Nilanjana has been singing since she was 3. It all started off with it being her parents’ passion, and before she realised music had become her identity.
Nilanjana was born and brought up in Kharagpur, a small town in West Bengal, India. Her Guru Sri Sajal Basu held her hand and very dedicatedly guided and took her through the beautiful and extremely scientific art form….Hindustani Classical. 
Indradhanushkids is her dream project, a school in the UK that promotes South Asian music, dance and literature. The school works primarily with children and the  youth, and try to make sure they make a positive difference to the mental and physical health of children who associate.

Hanuman Dass

(U.K)

3.05 pm

Hanuman Dass

 Go Dharmic

Go Dharmic was started in 2011 by Hemal Randerwala. He was given the spiritual name Hanuman Dass by former Harvard Professor Ram Dass who introduced him to his beloved Guru and Saint, Neem Karoli Baba.

Go Dharmic is a volunteer-driven charitable organisation founded in London, UK (Charity Status No. 1171619)  with a worldwide community of over 3,000 committed members and a social media reach of over 500,000.  Go Dharmic Welfare Foundation India (Charity Status no. 282535) has volunteers throughout the country who communicate digitally and through the GD app to deliver over 15 social action objectives across multiple UN sustainable development goals including but not limited to: Disaster Relief, Food Poverty Alleviation, Development of Education facilities, Development of Toilets in India and Sanitation facilities

www.godharmic.com

Saivani Samboo

(Mauritius)

3.30 pm

Host 

Saivani Shanker Samboo

Saivani Shankar Samboo is a child psychologist, using music therapy as a method of counselling. She is the Founder Director of EHV S.T.A.R. Academy, where EHV stands for Education in Human Values and S.T.A.R. means Student Training in Attitude and Responsibility 
Saivani is the founder as well as lead singer of The Swaraagini Spiritual Orchestra, promoting values, culture, tradition and aspiration through music. Having a spiritual background as well as professional experiences, Saivani has been inspired a lot by her mother, who emphasised on helping others in need, especially family and children physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually.
She was awarded the Women of Year Mauritius  (100 Women of Mauritius) title 2018 and Top 10 Influential Women in the Indian Ocean 2019.
Saivani has worked with kids, adolescents, youngsters and parents in her consultancy, whereby transformation and positive has been observed, creating a more harmonious atmosphere in the family.  She has trained teachers, youngsters and students and parents, through human value based and psychological perspectives.
Her motto is Born to Serve and it’s a habit on her every birthday to be of service to others!

Veena Pani

(U.K)

4.00 pm

Kona Veena Pani

 Swara Villu Students

Krishna Murthy

Siddharth 

Yashvika 

Threna 

Nainika

Neelima Penumarthy

(U.K)

4.30 pm

Neelima Penumarthy

Audiobook on the Indian Independence – written and narrated by teenagers- Aarush and Ayur

Neelima Penumarthy is Founder/Director of StoryHour. Her first production, the hour-long audiobook, Ramayana : An Ancient Indian Epic, was written and narrated by her teenage sons, Shreyas and Ayur Pulle. Accolades included, “Best audiobooks of 2017”, The Times UK. British Airways selected it for in-flight entertainment. The RNIB translated it into Braille and Talking Book versions for their library. Audible lists Hindi and Telugu versions narrated by teenagers. Neelima produced a spellbinding 20-minute Ramayana puppet show, playing to packed audiences at Diwali in London, Trafalgar Square and Nehru Centre, for three years! It was featured by the BBC on Diwali 2019. English, Hindi, Gujarati, French, Spanish, German and Italian versions are on Youtube. Indian embassy cultural centres in Berlin, Paris and London featured it on Diwali 2020.

Please follow www.storyhour.co.uk

Amish Tripathi

(U.K)

5.00 pm

Amish Tripathi

 Evaluation of 75 Years of

Independent Existence

Amish is a diplomat, author, and columnist. He has taken over as the Director of The Nehru Centre in London in October 2019. Forbes India has regularly ranked Amish among the top 100 most influential celebrities in India. Amish was also selected as an Eisenhower Fellow, a prestigious American programme for outstanding leaders from around the world, in 2014.

Amish published his first book in 2010 and has written 9 books to date. His books have sold 6 million copies, and have been translated into 10 Indian and 10 international languages. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. He worked for 14 years in the financial services industry before turning to writing.

Gayeetree Samboo

(Mauritius)

5.30 pm

Host

Gayeetree Shanker Samboo

Gayeetree is the Founder Director of the Indian Ocean Centre for Education in Human Values. She holds multiples & diverse competencies. Graduated in Performing Arts, Post-graduation in the field of Values Based Education/Youth Leadership & Human Excellence / Airline Customer Care & Excellence/Media & Broadcasting, author/ composer choreographer, actor & lyricist.
She has written and produced several Values Based, teaching and learning resources materials /posters /brochures manuals / books and CDs/short movie and TV clips.
Gayeetree has actively coordinated the UN-Habitat Training Workshops during the SIDS conference in 2005 in Mauritius. She is recipient of National & International Awards including, Ambassador of Peace by the International Inter-Religious Federation – SEOUL, Acharya Ratna Award for her Contribution to Education – OMAN, 100 most Inspiring Woman of Mauritius 2018

Her Motto: Born to Serve

Dimps Sanghani

(U.K)

6.00 pm

Dimps Sanghani

 Independence Message

Dimps is a celebrity hairstylist, Mrs England universe 2018, Mrs universe charity women 2019 and Founder & Director of Tiara Organic Hair & Beauty salon in Chelsea, London. Apart from this all she is a heartfelt Mother & people’s person. She strongly believes in giving back to the society.

Dimps has designed a range of Organic Hairspa & Facials with the touch of Ayurveda & natural Remedies.
Her creativity and passion for bespoke Haircuts & Haircare led her to create a concept, which came from the vision and her 18 yrs of hairdressing experience.

Tiara Organic | Hair & Beauty Salon in Chelsea, London

6.00 pm

Session by Dhruv Chhatralia,

Eve Mendosa and

David Frawley

Bharat (India) and Our Love For

This Motherland 

Dr. David Frawley is a Padma Bhushan Indian National Award recipient, Author of over 20 books and renowned speaker on Hinduism.
 
Eve Mendoza is renowned speaker, broadcaster and teacher on Mantra Shastra, the Vedanga and the Vedic Sciences. 
 
Dhruv Chhatralia BEM is a Queen’s New Years Honours List Award Recipient, Author of 21 books and prominent speaker on Hinduism.

(U.K)

Vini Kalia 

Vini is a Life & Motivational Coach, Singer and Poet. She has been reciting self-composed poetry on Radio, Television & various other platforms.
VIni recently recited in International Kavi Goshti 2021.Her poetry has been published in various newspapers & magazines. She is an anchor, scriptwriter & news reader on Television.
Vini has done Masters in music and loves dancing & playing sports. She was crowned with Ms. Gorgeous in 2017, Ms Charming in 2018 & Ms.Gorgeous in 2019.
Vini received Sutra Excellence Award in 2021

(U.K)

Dharti Vasani

 Resident Singer 

Dharti Vasani is a primary school teacher and an artiste trained in Hindustani Classical music. Her musical journey started when she was very young.
Dharti has been performing on stage since her school-college days. Learning different aspects of Indian music has always been fascinating to her. She has been a performing artiste on various stages and musical forums across India and UK.

Bhagwati Makwana

(U.K)

7.10 pm

 Bhagwati Makwana

 Singer

 

(U.K)

7.25 pm

Sister Sudesh

Didi Sudesh is the European Director of the Brahma Kumaris and is an outstanding lecturer, teacher and broadcaster on human development, meditation and the creative abilities of the mind.  She has travelled in almost 100 countries, addressing conferences and co-ordinating workshops and seminars.

Born in North India in 1942, her ambition since early childhood has been to serve humanity. Her teaching abilities were evident from childhood, when unique circumstances made her headmistress of a girl’s school at the age of 16.

A few years later, she became a teacher and administrator with the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. In 1974 Didi Sudesh left India for the UK to help establish the first activities of the University outside of India in London. She has for many years now been based in Germany and in 2016 took on the directorship of the Seminarhaus Moringen retreat centre there.

In all aspects of her life, Sister Sudesh demonstrates a lively sense of humour, a generous nature and a youthful desire to learn from every human experience. The impression she leaves on those she meets is of a dedicated server, mindful of humanity’s journey towards a higher truth.

(U.K)

OPEN SESSION

 ANGELIQUE

CHIRAG

MIXED AUDIENCES

THANK YOU 

Technical Director –  Nishit Kotak 

Health Episodes Producer – Dr Rajeev Gupta

Luxembourg Producer/Host – Kiran Robinson

Kitchen Episodes Producer/Host – Seema Bhatia 

Production Director/Anchor  – Dr Honey Kalaria

Mauritius Co-Ordinator/Host – Saivani Samboo

U.S.A Co-Ordinator/Host – Sharron Rose

Creative Director – Sarita Menon

Host Director – Simran Ahuja 

Media Team – Kesh Morjaria 

Host Team –  Dr Honey Kalaria , Saivani and Gayeetree

Back Up Team –  Dr Lalit Sodha, Dr Sheila Dobee, Dr Milen Shah,         Dr Wai Ching Lee, Shivali Ruparelia, Ravi & Sushma Bhanot,                  Shivani Vithlani, Sharron Rose.

Facilitator Team – Various

Channel Partners – Hindu Forum of Europe, MentalHealth_Connect, Hindu Matters in Britain, Enrich, Sanskruti, Simran Ahuja Official, Diwali in London, Bhakti Sagar TV, Sarita Sabrawal Official and many more.

Special Thanks : Strategic Web Success and www.inndus.co.uk

 

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