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| www.newsindia-times.com Arts Council to Celebrate Anglo-Indian Culture By a Staff Writer |
| The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), in collaboration with the Calcutta Tiljallah Relief (CTR) and the Indian Consulate in New York will celebrate the film, music, food and culture of Anglo-Indians at the consulate in New York on Aug. 1. To recognize and celebrate the influence and assimilation of Anglo-Indians in Indian culture, Consul General Prabhu Dayal has declared Aug. 1 as Anglo-Indian Day. “Anglo-Indians are one more ingredient in New York’s giant melting pot, and we hope this celebration creates awareness about the Anglo-Indian community,” Aroon Shivdasani, executive director of IAAC, was quoted as saying in a press release. The celebrations will include the screening of Aparna Sen’s “36 Chowringee Lane,” a film that explores the solitary life of an Anglo-Indian woman living in Calcutta; a book reading and discussion by Blair Williams and author Margaret Deefholts; and cocktails and dinner, the release said. “The Anglo-Indian community, in its modern sense, is a distinct, small minority community originating in India whose British ancestry was bequeathed paternally,” Williams, founder of CTR, a New York-based nonprofit that provides education and support to Anglo-Indians living around the world, was quoted as saying in the release. “While there is a small number of us living and working in New York, this day is a way for us to share our culture and sensibilities with the larger community.” |
| Source: http://www.newsindia-times.com/NewsIndiaTimes/20100729/5272903613704601623.htm |