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Picture of Lord Ganesh
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Mahatma Gandhiji
About 80 Indian dignatories paying tribute to
Mahatma Gandhiji's statue at Tavistock Square
in London on 2nd October,
Picture taken by Vallabh Kaviraj,
a longstanding Indian journalist in London
Mr. Hansraj Bhardwaj, India's Minister of Law
and Justice addressing the attending guests,
on the right, India's Chief Justice,
K.G. Balkrishan,
Mayor of Camden, and Mr. Michael Foot,
President of India League, are seen.
Picture taken by Vallabh Kaviraj,
a longstanding Indian journalist in London
At India House, acting High Commissioner,
Ashok Mukherji addressing the audience
during reception and opening of Gandhiji's
photo exhibition in the Gandhi Hall.
From the left His Excellency Ashok Mukherji,
and Indian journalist Vijay Rana who has lauched
his book on Gandhiji, and Press & Information
Minister, Mrs.M Shubhasini, are seen
in the picture,
Picture taken by Vallabh Kaviraj,
a longstanding Indian journalist in London
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In India, noted jurist, LM Singhvi,
age 76, passing away in Delhi
In the picture: from the right Dr. LM Singhvi
is seen and Mrs Margaret Thatcher Britain's
formerPM and Dr. Singhvi's son Abhishek and
Mrs Kamala Singhvi.wife of Dr. LM Singhvi,
are seen during Dr. Singhvi was
India's High Commissioner to Britain.
This picture was published in The AEN-
The Asian Express Newspaper in London
during he was High Commissioner in London.
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By Vallabh Kaviraj in London
India is many-but it is a great glorious one nation where more than a billion people have their different languages, religions, traditions and customs, though culturally they are one people, have lived together with Indianness for centuries, and that is the beauty of this glorious country in the world today.
However, it needs to be said, India had suffered enough for several centuries because of various foreign invasions in different periods and they (the foreign rulers) had robbed the coutry's wealth as well as they politically had broken the paramount India into regions and also created a groupism and castes to divide the Indian society at large for socio-economic reasons, which unfortunately created disturbing social problems with a communal element and now India is to put up with such problems.
At last, Mahatma Gandhiji with his ideal philosophical and political approach he had waken up the public at large and won the battle without bloodshed, achieved a success in gaining India's Independece in 1947 and opened up a new era for India.
But the communal element had made India to be divided and narrowmindedly the same Indian society created a division and India the one nation had been partitioned unnecessarily as Pakistan and India.
It was not easy to build up new India from a scretch with a clean slate, however, India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had made a great success in building up the country and marched on to reach to a point to become the largest democracy in the world and that has happened.
Today, India has got a considerable resources, manpower, skills and became an emerging market for the globalised world.
Also the country has got a considerable defence strength and holding the balance of power in South Asia today. And marching on for a world peace and prosperity.
However, India is being noticed in every corner of the world where more than 20 million overseas Indians have made a considerable success in their chosen fields, contributing not only to the economy of a country in which they live but also contribute to India which is a land of their origin. And also promote the rich Indian culture taking India with them. They are the ambassadors of India today.
But they feel, India and Indian people in India do not see that way. There is a gap between the Global Indian Society and India and Indian people, especially Indian politicians who want something from the Global Indian society but not to accept as their own people by granting a dual citizenship.
However, it needs to be said that late Indian leaders; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Morarji Desai, Mrs Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and several others helped overseas Indians as brethren whenever and whereever they were in difficulties, and that is a difference the Global Indian Society sees today.
It is unnecessary to organise Mela for overseas Indians and unnecessary to create gimmicks for awards to be presented to academias and politicians who are minority among 20 million overseas Indians, some of the longstanding overseas Indians contributed considerably already for years in their own way selflessly with a great feeling for the land of origin they love, and the gimmick of such kind of awards would not bother to majority who always follow their true path.
What it seems that the Mela was a kind of a public relations excercise, there is a huge costs involed and these costs could be invested for the poor in India, said critics.
It seems that India needed overseas Indians more than Global Indian Society needs India.
However, Global Indians know well enough how to promote rich Indian culture abroad and also they are preparing their children to follow their path culturally and taking them often to visit the land of their origin to educate them of their grassroots.
But what global Indians want is the better understanding of Indian people in India towards the global Indian society, especially from Indian politicians, that is the feeling expressed generally within the Global Indian Society today.
(The author of this article, Mr. Vallabh Kaviraj is a longstanding Indian journalist, a poet, writer in London and newspaper editor. He travelled widely in many parts of the world including America to cover conferences on global economy and current affairs as well as covered a number of Commonwealth conferences (CHOGM) held in the Commonwealth countries. He is the founding editor, publisher and owner of Britain's pioneering first independent Indian Asian English newspaper:The AEN-The Asian Express Newspaper, first of its kind, founded by him in London 1973, and published and updated daily on Internet, reaching readers globally. He is also founding editor, publisher, owner of GBF-Global Business Focus and The AEN News Diary, which are published and updated daily on Internet for the global readership.
A book of his own composed peoms in Gujarati and in English, the first of its kind in two languages, published in London 1973, adding a novelty in the world of literature in this country. He has honourarily served as a parent governor for six years in one of the best secondary English schools in London.
He was formerly a teacher in India, came to Britain by air in mid 1950's to gain higher education and practical knowledge in the field of business and journalism and achieved a success considerably and now devoting his professional knowledge and expertise in helping and serving the humanity journalistic way globally.)