Evening in India 2011 - Synopsis

Thanks to the generous support and enthusiastic participation from the community, IHI was able to raise over $8000 for the three NGOs in India. It was a great evening because of the combined efforts of so many people in the London and greater community. We had approximately 300 guests in the audience, and up to 100 performers! As a group we were able to showcase and learn about so many different regions of India, with their different colours, languages and vibrancy. Hopefully we were able to foster a bond between Canada and India - facilitating the exchange of ideas and building on common human values.

IHI would like to thank the following individuals for helping us preserve the memory of this evening:

• Dr. Sydney Siu, Lauren Sham (gallery), and Samuel Cheng (gallery) for photography.
• Dr. Praful Chandarana for video recording.
• Dr. Dev Sainani for creating a DVD using the footages.

Here are the highlights of the wonderful performances throughout the evening:

Ganesh Prarthana

Mani Bhashyam, Bhairavi Shankar, Nachiket Deshpande, Sanjay Deshpande, Vineet Vyas

Dancing Stars

Akash, Swati, Pooja, Sooraj, Presha, Dev, Ajaya, Karan, Rohan, Janani, Shefali, Dhruv, Krishna V, Shivani, Sujai, Justin, Simran, Krishna A, Srinidhi

Devi Bhajan

Charushree Prasad

Bilingual Duet – Barso Re

Mihika Jog, Shefali Panicker

Address from Office of Global Health, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Dr. Neil Arya

Kathak Dance & Tabla

Bageshree Vaze, Vineet Vyas, Raya Bidaye

Holi Dance – A Festival of Colours (Bengal)

Madhavi Prasad, Srushti Gangdev, Karishma Taneja, Saumya Saxena, Swati Nikumb, Srinitya Ganna, Rachna Jog, Priyanka Patil

IHI 2010 Presentation

Pranavi Ravichandran, Jeremy Kroes, Kayla Bennett, Marissa Van Brunt

Kuchipudi Dance

Silpa Valluri, Natya Raji School of Dance

Nachda Gaunda Punjab (Punjab)

Abhilasha Duggal, Bo Venkatesan, Dheera Ghosh, Kamini Vasudeva, Sreelatha Varapravan, Radha Nair, Navneet Rai, Vandana Nagpal-Shah

Ganapati Raya (Maharashtra)

Shobha Nikumb, Seema Desai, Monica Jog, Vranda Kamat, Neela Chinchalkar, Jyotsna Ziradkar, Kishor Pande, Sachin Kale, Priyvat Deshpande, Sanjay Deshpande, Shailendra Ziradkar

Gujrati Folk Dance - Dhandia Raas (Gujarat)

Minakshi Doobay, Eisha Gupta, Ashna Gupta, Priyanka Singh, Shivani Sharma, Sabina Shah, Deena Shah, Priyanka Shah

Dhalkyo Dhalkyo (Bhutan)

Baktha Gurung, Dipesh Gurung, Migmar Tamang, Banita Tamang, Anita Gurung, Tikha Gurung, Ramita Tamang, Anita Tamang, Phul Maya Tamang, Sharmila Tiwari; Choreographed by: Jeet Gurung

Bhage re Mann

Ratna Varma

Bollywood in the Rain

Vivian Chau, Lauren Sham, Marilyn Phung, Audrey Tran, Januvi Jegatheswaran, Aarica Arora, Sarah Ward, Smriti Khosla, Rinu Pazhekattu, Caileigh Pilmer, Supriya Singh, Sneha Iyer, Ammara Ghumman, Nisha Ravichandran

Western Indo-Canadian Students Association (WISCA) Dance Team

Akshaan Kaul, Sahil Razdan, Nirish Puri, Esha Jain, Shilpa Goel, Ruchi Parikh

IHI 2011 Team Surprise

Charushree Prasad, Brittany Foster, Julia Hall, Seth Sobel, Horace Cheng

It is evident that all this would not be possible without the support of our friends and the community. We are grateful and humbled by your generosity.