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W H AT ’ S ONTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015

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Stage set for two-daydrama festival ‘Keli 2015’

The stage is set for ‘Keli 2015’, a two-day theatrefestival for Gulf Indian diaspora, organized by theKuwait Chapter of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka

Akademi (KSNA).Indian Ambassador Sunil Jain will inaugurate the festi-

val at a glittering opening ceremony at the IndianCommunity School (Senior), Salmiya at 5.30 pm tomor-row. A judging panel comprising three well-known the-atre personalities from Kerala - Sreejith Ramanan,Sudheer Parameswaran and C K Haridasan — willadjudge the four dramas to be performed during thetwo-day event, KSNA Kuwait Chapter Chairman VijayKarayil said.

On the first day (Wednesday), Nirbhaya Theatre,Kuwait will present ‘Eee Choottonnu Kathichu Tharuo’ at6:00 pm followed by the play ‘Guantanamo’, by AyanamOpen Forum, Kuwait, at 8:00 pm. On the second day,Kalpak Kuwait will present ‘Papasangeerthanam at 5:30pm and Sruti School of Music will present the drama‘Kolangal’ at 8:00 pm.

Theatre festival for Gulf Indian Malayali diaspora,held under the aegis of Kerala Sangeetha NatakaAkademi in order to identify and honor the best theatreartistes in the Gulf region, will also be staged in Qataron February 27-28 and Bahrain on March 1-2. Accordingto the KSNA Ad-Hoc Committee, the entry to ‘Keli 2015’will be free. ‘Keli 2015’ is expected to provide an excit-ing and memorable experience for theatre lovers inKuwait.

KDN to hold 4thMalabar Maholsavam

Kozhikode District NRI Association (KDNA) Kuwait willconduct Malabar Maholsavam on February 27th atIndian Central School, Abbassiya, Kuwait, as a full-

day event. The venue is titled Kallai Kadav” will landscapethe heritage and cultural significance of Malabar and itsdeep rooted relation with Kuwait, and the same was men-tioned by the organizers in a press meeting. The entrancewill resemble the famous “Kallai Bridge” in Kozhikode.

The event begins at 10 am. Different types of dances,Oppana, Mehfil and comedy show of the famous M-80Moosa & Pathu team, [Vinod Kovoor & Lakshmi Surabhi]and great music are from Afzal, Akhila the fabulous back-ground singers from Malayalam film industry in store forvisitors at the event. The day’s event will begin with Hennacompetition for ladies at 10:00 am, fancy dress completion& face painting competition for children, Cooking competi-tion for ladies. Various types of Malabar foods will be avail-able in the stalls.

The highlight of the day will be a cultural program fea-turing prominent film director IV Sasi, and the musical evelead by famous Afzal and Akhila

KDNA President Aziz Thikkodi, General SecretarySathian Varoonda Program Chairman Suresh Mathur ,Program General Convener Zubair.M.M, Treasurer ZaheerAlakkal, Media Secretary Muhammed Rafi were presentduring the press meet.

Statement from the embassy of India in Kuwait

The Indian embassy would like to respond to the various suggestions/remarks whichhave been received on “Indians in Kuwait” to further improve the services of theEmbassy:

The Najla Al-Naqqi Forum hosted a delegation from the Egypt Lovers’ Association, headed by Egyptian media figure Tahani Al-Bortuqali. The visitingdelegation included 70 Arab media figures, including actress Shereen, author Dr Antoine Bara, and singer Ala’a Hadi. The Kuwait Corvette Club alsoparticipated in the event.