{"id":632835,"date":"2022-11-18T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=632835"},"modified":"2022-11-18T01:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T05:00:21","slug":"diwali-celebrated-at-ferguson-library-stamford-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/632835\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali Celebrated at Ferguson Library, Stamford CT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GOPIO-CT members and library staff at Stamford Library\u2019s Diwali Celebrations, from l. to r. Ambrish Mathur, Anita Mathur, AshviniPersuad, Yelena Klompus, Mahesh Jhangiani, Yashasvi Jhangiani, Prasad Chintalapudi, Alice Knapp, Prachi Narayan and Nitin Rohatgi <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ferguson Library, Stamford in coordination with The Connecticut Chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO-CT) celebrated Diwali the Festival of Lights,\u00a0on Sunday, Nov. 13th<\/sup> 2022.<\/p>\n

The program started with a welcome address by the Library President Ms. Alice Knapp, who thanked GOPIO for initiating this celebrationand all the attendees for their show of support by their participation.Ms.Knapp also said that the library looked bright and very colorful with all the decorations and was thrilled to hear that therewere more than 80 performers at this year\u2019s cultural show. This is the second year that the Library and GOPIO-CT have organized this event. At last year\u2019s event, the Indian Consulate in New York had donated books for the \u201cIndia Corner\u201d at the library.<\/p>\n

A traditional lamp was lit by Ms.Knapp, \u00a0Ms.Klompus, Mr.Prasad and other GOPIO members present.<\/p>\n

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Diwali Cultural show with the performers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GOPIO Executive Vice-President Prasad Chintalapudi said that there is so much to learn from the Diwali festival. He said that the Devas and Asuras both gain knowledge and power but Devas use it for purpose of community growth and Asuras use it for destruction. Diwali festival is celebrated all over the world including at White House every year. This year New York Mayor Adams declared Diwali to be a school holiday in 2023.<\/p>\n

The event was chaired by GOPIO Jt. Secretary Mahesh Jhangiani and Yelena Klompus the Library\u2019s ELL, Citzenship& Cultural Programs manager.Prachi Narayan, Anita Mathur, AshviniPersuad, and Shilpa Bhakta made the auditorium colorful with all the decorations.\u00a0 Darshana \u201cA glimpse into Hindu civilization\u201d traveling exhibit was on display, offering an opportunity to learn about various topics ranging from yoga and divinity to mathematics and administration. Non-perishable food items were also collected for local food banks through the Sewa Diwali initiative.<\/p>\n

\"\"Roushan Ahmed, a gifted\u00a0 local henna\u00a0 artist applied intricate\u00a0 and exquisite Henna designs for everyone.<\/p>\n

Following the ceremony, Indian American dancers including children performed Indian classical, folk and Bollywood dances representing the different regions of India.Unity in diversity was the theme for the afternoon. YashasviJhangiani and Prachi Narayan kept the audience engaged and the cultural program flowing smoothly. The auditorium waspacked, and this promises to become one of the library\u2019s more popular celebrations. After the cultural show light Indian snacks and pizza was served to attendees.<\/p>\n

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Ferguson Library, Stamford in coordination with The Connecticut Chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO-CT) celebrated Diwali the Festival of Lights,\u00a0on Sunday, Nov. 13th 2022. The program started with a welcome address by the Library President Ms. Alice Knapp, who thanked GOPIO for initiating this celebrationand all the attendees for their show of support by their participation.Ms.Knapp also said that the library looked bright and very colorful with all the decorations and was thrilled to hear that therewere more than 80 performers at this year\u2019s cultural…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":632836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}