DOHA: The Indian Women's Association (IWA) had their September get together at L'etoile Hotel recently with theme that depicted the richness of Indian culture through various dance forms. Asha Shiju and Padma Singh welcomed the guests and members. A minute of silence was observed in remembrance of their excom member Benedicta Jathan. The guest speaker of the day was Elsabete Reis, Image Consultant and Style Advisor. In her presentation, she enlightened the ladies about the various styles and fashion that one need to focus on.
The highlight of the evening were the dances from various parts of India performed by the members of IWA. Suparna Ghosh presented a Bengali folk dance, Chandragururani performed a dance from Uttrakhand, Rajni Malviya did a semi classical dance, Tamil folk dance by Nirmala Raghuraman, Poonam Tanwar performed a Rajasthani dance, Tamil group folk dance was performed by Varshini Gopal, Lata Venkatesan, Nitya Shankar, Vijayalakshmi Radhakrishnan, Vijayalakshmi Ganesh and the Managing Committee members presented a fusion dance depicting Eid. All participants were awarded certificate of appreciation by President Jotshna Dey and Vice President Renu Malhotra. Sunita Chaturvedi gave the vote of thanks.
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