hong kong diary 2012

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Hong Kong

Diary 2012

Chitra Sivakumar


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Contents

Pranava Yogam Calendar Launch ............................................................................................................ 5

Chinese New Year Decorations.................................................................................................................. 6

Concert by Mika Singh............................................................................................................................... 7

ISS - Hope - Cultural Event in Hong Kong .................................................................................................... 10

Mahashivrathri Pooja in Hong Kong...................................................................................................... 11

Jewelry Fair ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Moksha

Odyssi Performance ................................................................................................................ 13

Asha Bhonsle in Hong Kong .................................................................................................................... 14

Purandhara Aradhana ............................................................................................................................. 15

HSS Sports Day ......................................................................................................................................... 16

World Women's day Celebrations and Holi ........................................................................................... 18

Ustad Rahat Ali Khan Concert................................................................................................................ 19

Flower Show .............................................................................................................................................. 20

Asian Film Awards ................................................................................................................................... 21

Vibhavari I................................................................................................................................................. 22

Rugby Sevens............................................................................................................................................. 23

Vasantha Navrathri ..................................................................................................................................... 24

23rd March.................................................................................................................................................. 24

Navrathri is celebrated by North Indians in the month of March as Vasantha Navrathri. ............. 24

TCA Annual General Meeting ...................................................................................................................... 25

Nidhi Arangetram..................................................................................................................................... 26

Ugadi Celebrations.................................................................................................................................... 27

Visit of Gangai Amaran............................................................................................................................ 28


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Natya Shikara annual day........................................................................................................................ 29

Tharangini programme in Cathedral ..................................................................................................... 30

Vibhavari II ............................................................................................................................................... 31

Para Brahm mela ...................................................................................................................................... 32

TCA Picnic................................................................................................................................................. 33

KSHK Summer Party ............................................................................................................................... 34

Farewell meet with Stephen Lam ............................................................................................................ 35

Book Fair ................................................................................................................................................... 38

BBG in Butterfly beach ............................................................................................................................ 40

Golden Bauhinia World Culture and Talent Performance Competition ............................................ 41

2nd Dayal International Yoga Championships ...................................................................................... 42

Krishna Janmashtami .............................................................................................................................. 45

Puratasi Pooja ........................................................................................................................................... 46

15th September......................................................................................................................................... 46

Jewelry Fair ............................................................................................................................................... 47

Suki Sivam Speech .................................................................................................................................... 48

Vinayaka Chaturthi .................................................................................................................................. 49

Dayal TCA Badminton Tournament....................................................................................................... 50

TCA and Shankar Mahadevan Concert ................................................................................................. 52

Third Ilakkya Vattam............................................................................................................................... 53

Speech by Mitranandji ................................................................................................................................ 53

11th October............................................................................................................................................... 53

Navarathri ................................................................................................................................................. 55

Arumbugal - TCA Children Programme ................................................................................................. 58

Rajyotsava ................................................................................................................................................. 60


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Diwali ......................................................................................................................................................... 61

Shashti ......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Fifth Illakya Vattam ..................................................................................................................................... 66

Lunch with Indian Badminton Players................................................................................................... 67

Cross Roads ............................................................................................................................................... 68

Ayyappa Pooja .......................................................................................................................................... 69

Longest Human Chair Record................................................................................................................. 70

Indian Chamber of Commerce 60th Anniversary ................................................................................. 71


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Pranava Yogam Calendar Launch5th February


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Chinese New Year DecorationsFebruary

There were manu decorations around Hong Kong.


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Concert by Mika Singh

10th

February


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Indian Arts Circle Talent Competition

12th

Febrauary

On February 12th, it was an evening of competition for children of Hong Kong. More than 50 children

came together to compete in Colouring, drawing and Talent competition on various age groups startingfrom 4-7, 7-9 and 10-14 organised by Indian Arts Circle. Children and parents were enthusiastic in

participating in this event to make this yearly event a grand success.

In the Talent competition, children played keyboard, violin, sang songs and danced. Neha Deshpandewas the best dancer of the day. Winners were all given cash awards.

Indian Arts Circle is planning to organise Painting, Crafts and Dance workshop to encourage the childrento learn and compete in such competitions in a better way next time. They schedule to have theseworkshops in the coming weeks of February and March.


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ISS - Hope - Cultural Event in Hong Kong19th February 2012

On 19th February International Social Services organisation that helps ethnic minorities of Hong Kong

organised a Culture Event. The programme was sponsored by Home Affairs Department of Hong KongSAR.

Different ethnic minority groups, people from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, Phillipines,Russian, Chinese particiapted in the programme to show their traditions and cultures. Booths wereorganised to show the dresses of different countries, Henna learning, beads crafting, grievances center.Adityanaach performed the song "Why this Kolaveri Di".

There were lot of people seeing and encouraging the performances.

This center helps all those who want to learn the language of the Hong Kong City - Cantonese free ofcost. Many Indians had benefitted from these classes.


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Mahashivrathri Pooja in Hong Kong20th February 2012

February 20th, Mahashivrathri day, brought devotees to various temples of Hong Kong, Happy Valley

temple, Chinmaya Mission, Sai Center, Sadashiv temple to do pooja. Bhajans were sung and arati wasdone to Lord Shiva to have better life for everyone and have peaceful world around.

Ghee, milk, honey, carat, vilva leaf, thulsi leaf, kumkum, turmeric, sandalwood were offered to Lord Shivaby the devotees.


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Jewelry Fair20th February


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MokshaOdyssi Performance

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Asha Bhonsle in Hong Kong

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Purandhara Aradhana25th February

On February 25th, Kannada Sangha Hong Kong celebrated Purandhara Aradhana vizha in Causeway

Bay from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. A group of interested musicians came together and sang various

Purandhara songs in group and solo. Pooja was done to get the blessings of God.

It was a musical evening for adults and children with sweet songs of Purandhara. Vani Ramesh andSumathy Ragothaman told about the events that took place in the life of Purandhara to enliven theoccasion. Krithika, Roopa Sastry, Pradeep Sathya, Sadashiv Hegde, Roopa Kiran, Sumathy, ShobhaShroff, Rashmi Shroff made the audience enjoy the day with their solo performances.


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HSS Sports Day26th February

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh held its annual sports day on 26 th February 2012 at Sandy Bay Sports

ground in Pok Fu Lam. The event was attended by 192 people even though the weather was unstable theday before.

People reached the places by buses arranged for this purpose. The event started with a welcomespeech by Shri Haresh Khushi. Event started with 100m race for children from 5 years till 16 years ofage took part, all hoping to win one of the gold, silver and bronze medals on offer. Later event parentstook part in racing event to show their fitness.

Our running event concluded before lunch break after which all gathered together for a deliciousmeal. While the parents enjoyed and relished the food, the children were restless to proceed for the nextevents, which to their delight consisted of games, games, games and games.

The girls were divided into four groups - the names of their teams were Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati andKaveri. And, the boys were also divided into four groups- Lav, Kush, Shivaji and Rana Pratap.

Children played many team games, which included kabbadi, ring o stick, dog and the bone, shaktipareekshan, kho kho, and a host of other lathi games.

A quiz was conducted for parents by Shri Binay Chandgothia on contemporary sports, and by ShriShekhar Iyer on various martial arts and weapons from our scriptures. The response from the parentswas overwhelming.

It was followed by a speech on Swami Vivekanand (this year being the 150th birth anniversary of SwamiVivekanand) given by Srimathi Rathi.

Songs were sung and passage was read by children - Ishita Shah, Elina Rawat, and Nitesh Aswani.

Prizes were distributed to winners and BEST SPORTSPERSON trophies were given to champions in theChildren group. All other participants were given Amar Chitra Katha comics

Last event was the entertaining event for both adults and children. It was tug of war event which wasenjoyed by one and all both participants and on-lookers.


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World Women's day Celebrations and Holi8th March

On 8th March, World Women's day and Holi was celebrated in Hong Kong in various places. The day

was eventful for 25 women who gathered in Jashan, Central, to enjoy both Women's day and Holi.

Colours were played, lunch was served, cake was cut by children and games were played. Even the job

goers joined for lunch and went back to work. The all women's executive committee of Kannada Sangha

Hong Kong headed by Mrs. Vani Rameshbabu arranged for this party and entertained the members.


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Ustad Rahat Ali Khan Concert

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Flower ShowMarch 20

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The Hong Kong Flower Show 2012 organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department was heldbetween 16 and 25 March at Victoria Park. The show attracted 560 000 visitors.

This year the theme flower was Hyacinth and the theme was Floral Delights. Over 200 organisationsfrom 21 countries showcased exotic flowers, landscape and floral art displays. The participating countrieswere Mainland China, Australia, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea,Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain,Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States. Series of activities were held during the show period,including music and dance performances, green talks, floral art demonstrations, fashion shows, cookingdemonstrations and fun games.

Student Drawing competitions and Photo competitions were held during this occasion. Schoolsparticipated in this show by displaying fun playground with plants and flowers. Children and adultsenjoyed the colourful and wonderful display of flowers. Everyone went around the garden by capturingthe beauty of the flowers in their cameras and videos.


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Asian Film AwardsMarch 20th

India is yet to win an award in AFA though Zindagi Nahi Milega Dubarah, Rockstar, Vidya Balan

were nominated in different disciplines.


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Vibhavari I24th March

It was indeed a fantastic evening on 24th March for the Hong Kong dance lovers who came to watch theshow Vibhavari, Kuchipudi show by Hari Om Dance Society in Chiang Chen Studio Theatre of The HongKong Polytechnic University.

Students Aki Lau, Amy Ting, Anita Lee, Sam Wong, Sylvia So, Virginia Cheung who were learning this artfrom Master Hari Om for few years now, started the show with song dedicated to God. VinayakaKavutuvam by Aki Lau, dances by other students were performed with elegance. Each dance wasexcelling the other. Bhama Kalapam by Amy Ting and Brindhavana Thillana by Sam Wong were praisedby the audience for their wonderful abinaya and steps.

The show special was the performance by Srimathi Sarvani Vemuri (Yadavalli) of India who was invited togive a special performance to promote this Kuchipudi art in Hong Kong. Sarvani mesmerised theaudience with her dances Brindavana Nilaye, Okapuri Kokapari and Kolavaithiva Ranga Sai in the first

half and Narayaneeyam and Brahma's dance in the second half. With her beautiful dance andexpressions, she showed her excellence in her art. Learning from the age of five, Sarvani had learnt thisart from various gurus and still a learner, has been honoured with various awards including the 'NrityaShiromani' award.

Master Hari Om told what Kuchipudi is and mentioned that Hari Om dance society is conducting such

programmes in the coming months to promote this art form in Hong Kong during the felicitation time.

Everyone attending the show went home with sweet memories of the dance performances by the dancerof Hong Kong and from India and waiting for the next show on 26th May.


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Rugby Sevens23rd March


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Vasantha Navrathri

23rd March

Navrathri is celebrated by North Indians in the month of March as Vasantha Navrathri.


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TCA Annual General Meeting

25th March

The 45th

Annual General meeting was held on 25th

March 2012 and followingmembers were elected tothe Executive Committee for the year 2012-13President Safiyur RahmanFirst Vice President NarayanmoorthySecond Vice President Mujibur RehmanSecretary Vikram

Asst. Secretary NithyanandamTreasurer ArunEc Member Yograj PoovendiranEc Member KumaranEc Member RaghupathyEc Member Mohammed Arif SultanEc Member Sam UzairEc Member Liaqath AliEx Officio Venkat Raman (Ram)


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Nidhi Arangetram

29th March


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Ugadi Celebrations6th April


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Visit of Gangai Amaran23rd April

Inkeyum Oru Gangai a gathering with Mr. Gangai amaran, Director arranged by TCA was on

25th

April in India Club.


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Natya Shikara annual day29th May

Mrs. Sandhya Gopal's Nitya Shikara school students had an outing on 29th May with their mothers. It was anwonderful evening for the students after having a competition judged by two former students Vaishnavi andSakshi. Subhisha was announced to be the best. Cake was cut to wish the former students who havecompleted their schooling and joining University.

Everyone enjoyed the evening with variety of food brought by the mothers.


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Tharangini programme in Cathedral


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Vibhavari II

Hong Kong had yet another show of Kuchipudi by Hari Om Academy on 26th night in The Chiang Chen Studio

Theatre

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. It was show with many variety of dances performed byMaster Hari Om's students who are learning this art from him for years together. It was really great to see all

the Chinese students performing this art with love and dedication.


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Para Brahm mela

May 27th

In CLUB-HOUSE, COASTAL SKYLINE, TUNG-CHUNG,HONGKONG


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TCA Picnic

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On June 3rd all Tamil Cultural Association members enjoyed a day out to have Konjam Veyil, Niraya Ullasam.Two buses carried them to Wu ka Sha YMCA Youth Village. Everyone played Cricket together, swimmed to

escape the sunny day and organised Tamil Pechu to hear Tamil. Around 120 adults and children joined thispicnic to make it a memorable one for everyone.


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KSHK Summer PartySaturday 9th June


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Farewell meet with Stephen Lam23rd June

Cocktail party to the Chief Secretary Stephen Lam before leaving after his tenure.


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WHEF

30th June


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Book Fair20nd July

As usual the well awaited Book Fair of Hong Kong started from 18th July. The organisors expect more

than 10 lakhs people to visit this compared to 9 lakhs last year. There was long queue in the entranceand many throng at the gates from early morning.

Three floors full of publishers (both Chinese and English), stationery stores, new book release sessionsmake parents enjoy with their children during the school summer vacation. Please was full of school-goers with their teachers and parents guiding them and getting thembooks that they need.

This years special for Indians is that there were two Indian authors session with the readers. One is Mr.Chetan Bhagat who had lived in Hong Kong for more than 10 years before becoming renowned writer.The session was full of Chinese readers as they had all wanted to see the story writer of the movie 3

idiots which was big hit among the Hong Kong people. Everyone was keenly listening to his session on"From Hong Kong Investment Banker to India's highest selling author". They were more thrilled to get

the book signed from him and having exclusive photo with him.

There was one more session with another Indian author Mrs. Anita Moorjani who explained her neardeath experience and recovery from Level 4B Cancer disease. Her New York's best seller publication"Dying to be me", is making her famous all over the world. Living in Hong Kong, this author gave a veryinspiring lecture about her survival and her experience during the 36 hours comma. A cancer researchermet her during this occasion and asked her to help her in their research.

There were many exhibits of Chinese art and culture all over the fair ground to give facts about HongKong and China.


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BBG in Butterfly beach22nd July


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Golden Bauhinia World Culture and Talent

Performance Competition25th July 2012

Chinese Dance Art Association organised Golden Bauhinia World Culture and TalentPerformance Competition 2012 to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Hong Kong SAR formation on 25thJuly 2012 in Tsuen Wan Town Hall.

The programme started with Kathak Dance performance by Mrs. Kavitha Gupta. There were HarmonicBand, Flute and Er Hu (Chinese stringed instrument) recital.

Sixteen groups participated in the contest under two groups Junior and Adults. Chinese, Tibetian andIndian dances were performed. In that Bharathanatyam performed by Gayathri Sivakumar of NatyaShikara dance school won Second place in the Junior group.


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2nd Dayal International Yoga

Championships

6

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August 2012

Dayal 2nd International Yoga Championship and Workshop from 4 th to 5th August 2012 held at Hong

Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong was a success with 218

participants from nine countries.

Ms. Kodh Bharya Rashmi Arjan of India went away with the Champion of Champions Trophy with a

cash prize of US$ 1500 and iPhone 4S. The 1st Runner Up went to Praveen Arya Dagar of Hong Kong

who got a trophy with a cash prize of US$ 1250 and an iPhone 4S. Interestingly the third place was won

by a Vietnames Girl Le Hong Ngoc who went away with a trophy and cash prize of US$ 1000.

First six winners of individual events in 5 groups (male and female) and winners of Artistic and Rhythmic

Yoga (singles and pair) were given DAYAL Yoga kit worth of USD$75 which was sponsored by Yofi

and first three winners got Chakras Didi T-shirt.

All the participants were happy to receive an attractive Dayal T-shirt and participation certificates.

The closing ceremony was studded with the World renowned percussionist Kalaimamani Anandan

Sivamani and Bollywood singer Ms. Runa Rizvi who gave an entertaining performance to the audience.

Mr. Sivamani played music not only with drums but with other things like vessels, suitcase etc. Audience

were quite surprised to hear very good music coming from simple things that we use in our life.

Dance performances by various groups of Hong Kong Yoga masters added color to the closing ceremony.

Astonishing performance by Guinness World Record holder Mr. Yogaraj of Yofi and Yoga performances

by various countries gave the audience the taste of yoga stretching, bending and twisting.

The workshops were well received by the participants and they came to know about yoga more and more.

The workshop by Indian movie actor Mr. Ajay Rathnam taught the participants how they could reach

their sub conscious mind and increase their memory power. Dr T.A. Krishnan with his Disciple Yuva

Dayalan taught the ancient secrets from Thirumandrium (ancient yoga script). Dr Elangovan, Registrar of

Tamil Nadu Sports University guided the participants to do the Chakra Meditation. Guinness record

holder Master Yogaraj C.P taught innovative yoga. Warrior Vinyasa by Master Nilesh from Taiwan and

From Foundation to Flight by Master Samrat from Pure Yoga and Hip Opening by Master Kumaran fromAnahatha Yoga were eye-opener for all the participants in the workshop. All proceeds from the

workshops were donated to ORBIS, a non-profit humanitarian organization devoted to blindness

prevention and treatment in developing countries.

The participants from various countries found it quite interesting and useful that they wanted to come to

Hong Kong again and try to win the next year competition.


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Krishna Janmashtami10th August


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Puratasi Pooja15th September


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Jewelry Fair22th September


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Suki Sivam Speech29th September

On September 29th, Hong Kong Tamilians had a rare opportunity to listen to the invigoarating speech of Sol

Vendar Suki Sivam on the topic "Vazhdhu Parkalam Vaa". Tamil Cultural Association () arranged for this programme for their members. More than 250 people attended this programme andenjoyed his talk. The points he discussed were topics of discussion among the audience later on. He told howpeople have to lead their life to enjoy their time on earth. Insight on importance of Tamil, speaking in ourmother tongue, importance of our land, interest in doing a work, achieving the desire, understanding thespouse, handling children etc were delivered in humourous way that everyone got his points completely.

President Safiyur Rahman gave the welcome speech. Hong Kong's Tamil Icon Mr. Mohammed Yoonusintroduced the speaker. Secretary Mr. A. Vikram, coordinated the entire programme.

Earlier, he visited the Tamil School run by YIFC volunteers. He met the students and gave a small talk. Duringthat occasion, Mr. A. Vikram gave the welcome speech and one of the student Master Ajith, introduced theTamil class to the speaker and finally Mr. Kader gave the thanking speech.

Day before, he visited the Mr. Mohammed Yoonus in the evening and met all the TCA executive committeemembers. Many topics were discussed during that occasion.


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Vinayaka Chaturthi29th September

As usual Vinayaka Churthi vizha was celebrated in Hong Kong very well.

Happy Valley Temple organised a pooja with Bhajan on 19th September.

Tung Chung residents celebrated it on 29th September. This year the pooja was attended by the Tung ChungCouncillor Mr. Jeff Lam. He was very interested to know about the festival and he enjoyed the bhajans andwished everyone to have more bright future. It was attended by more than 50 people. The idol was taken onprocession and immersed in sea near the ferry pier.


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Dayal TCA Badminton TournamentOct 1st

Badminton is a game of shiftness and good for health. Hong Kong people all love to play Badminton in

their leisure time. To bring all those game lovers together to show their talent, Tamil Cultural Associationwith Dayal Leisure and Cultural Association organized the International Amateur tournament everyyear. This year tournament was held on 1st October in Indoor games hall, Jordan. More than 100 playerstook part in the tournament.

The tournament was held in three groups. Men group with 32 teams, women group with 7 teams andjunior group with 14 teams competed in this tournament.

Sponsorer Mr. and Mrs. Sohan Goenka presided the opening ceremony.

The tournament Champion Hemal Chand and Biren Thapa of Nepal bet Anup and Naveen of India by 21-18, 21-12 and went away with the Govindasamy Memorial Rolling Trophy and cash award of $3000.Anup and Naveen went away with cash award of $2000.

In the womens section, Dipa Rai & Sunita Limbu bet Sonali Vora & Bijal Shah to win the SrimathyGovindasamy Memorial Rolling Trophy, cash coupon of $1000. Runner up went away with $500 Diningconcepts coupon.

In the teens section Mihir & Parth bet Urvil & Vaspan to win the Dayals Rolling trophy, $500 diningcoupon and racquets. Runner up went away with Badminton racquets.All the winners got a Dayal Badminton playing kit and a ticket for Shankar Mahadevan show worth $800to be held next Sunday.

The sponsors of the event Rajesh Bhimsaria, Mr. and Mrs. Vinod Dairwal, TCA President SafiyurRahman, Dayals Yuva Dayalan were present during the closing ceremony.

This year tournament was both competitive to participants and entertaining to audience.


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TCA and Shankar Mahadevan Concert

Oct 7th

With 16 years of composing experience Shankar Mahadevan along with his team of 30 membersperformed in Hong Kong and won the hearts of more than 2700 music lovers assembled in Hong KongConvention and Exhibition Center, Wanchai on 7th October. Jhalak Dikhla Jaa dance group accompaniedhim with their graceful dances.

Consul General of India Mr. Gaddam Dharmendrapointed out that Programmes like this is greatrepresentation of our culture in terms of rhythm and our music.

Mr. Rajesh Bhimsaria with Redpeppers Entertainment HK Ltd organized this event successfully. Tamil

Cultural Association (), Hong Kong supported this event and membersof TCA joined this concert and enjoyed the wonderful evening of music and dance.

Eventhough Shankar Mahadevan sang many Hindi Songs, he tried to fill the hearts of Tamilians with fewlines of his award winning song from Kandukonden Kandukonden. His knowledge in Carnatic andHindustani music were disclosed completely when he wisely mixed them as an essence to the bollywoodsong mixture.

Everyone enjoyed the show from the Mangalam Bhagavan starting song to the last song Where is theparty tonight. Every moment was enjoyed by each one. He dedicated the Pretty Women song to all thewomen audience and made them dance for the song. When the concert came to an end, many of themusic lovers went discontented as their request for more was denied.


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Third Ilakkya Vattam13th October

Speech by Mitranandji11th October


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KSHK Sports Day

21st October


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NavarathriOct 25th

Navarathri days were days of communicating with people.

In Hong Kong, South Indians celebrated by setting Golu in their houses and inviting friends to their houses togive haldi and kumkum. All 9 days chanting was done both in the morning and evening at various houseswhich was attended by more than 50 people in each place. On 23rd, the day of Saraswathi pooja, around 150devotees attended the pooja at Happy Valley Hindu temple and got the blessings of Devi Durga.

People from West Bengal celebrated it for 5 days by installing Devi's moorthy in Yau Ma Tei Community halland do poojas on all five days. Programmes of dance, singing and drama were organised to entertain morethan 200 people who meet up on all five days. Breakfast, lunch and dinner on five days were arranged by theHong Kong Bengali Association.

People from Gujarat celebrated it by organising Dandiya nights along with the fasting during the 9 days. It wasreally good to see more than 150 people belonging to various regions of India in one place doing dandiya tocelebrate the navarathri festival.

People from North celebrated it by having fasting on all 9 days and on the tenth day came to temple, singbhajans and the festival ended with burning of the effigy of Ravana at the Hindu Temple, Happy Valley, to showthe victory of good over evil. More than 250 people attended this session to get blessings from the Lord tohave a good year ahead.

East, West, North, South, whatever part of India people may come from, we could see all of them cometogether to celebrate this festival in Hong Kong. Indeed it was a festival of harmony.


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Arumbugal - TCA Children Programme10th Nov

On 10th November, lot of children came together to enjoy a show by the children organised by Tamil Cultural

Association () of Hong Kong as Arumbugal 2012.

This year the programme was organised in two stages. Firstly on October 28th, there was Painting, Origami,Handwriting, Essay competitions organised for the children. More than 50 children participated in them. Fancydressed children were covered on video. There was Photography competition for which photos were acceptedonline.

The second part was on-stage performance by the children and video projection of Fancy dress and Storytelling competitions. Children enjoyed singing, dancing, telling nice tamil poems, stand up comedy. More than300, watched the interesting programme. More than 100 were sent back as there was not enough place in thehall.

Screening of Kanchana movie song enacted by Ayush and made by Mr. Ram was appreciated by all for thevideography with nice graphics.

Prizes were given to the winners by Thamil Thattha Mr. Mohammed Yoonus and Mr. Praveen of UAExchangewho sponsored the trophies for various competitions.


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Rajyotsava10th Nov


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Diwali17th Nov

Diwali celebrations started in Hong Kong very early. There were lot of programmes around the city bringingIndians together to enjoy the festivity.

There were different types of programmes this year.

Hindu Temple in Happy Valley organised Pooja on the day of Diwali. Since it was celebrated by North Indiansas New Year, many people came to temple to get the blessings of the God. Poojas for the new accountingyear were done in all the offices.

One group in Tung Chung organised party with a stage performance of 20 children performing Ram Leela,story of Ramayana in brief. Children aged between 6 and 10 were all nicely dressed with costumes andpresented the story very well accompanied by songs. The story was set in the minds of the children in thisway.

Forum for young indian immigrants group made it a Charity event by inviting Abishek Bachchan. All proceedswere given to the organisation in Kolkatta.

Another group in Hong Kong made it an entertaining day with Bollywood music composer and singer ShankarMahadevan.

Parties were arranged in hotels to bring people together with games and dancing.

Like every year Diwali was with lot of fun and entertainment for all leaving in Hong Kong.


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Shashti

18th Nov

Shasti was celebrated in Hong Kong with chanting of mantras and singlng songs on Muruga from 14th

November to 19th November.

On 17th there was grand pooja in Hindu Temple, Happy valley to worship Lord Muruga. Lot of devoteesattended the pooja to get the blessings of the Lord. Lord Muruga was adorned with Kavasam and Vel on thatday.


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Asian Ethnic Performances

18th Nov

Leisure and Cultural Department of Hong Kong organised Asian Ethnic Cultural Performance 2012 in Hong

Kong on 18th November to bring harmony between the local community and the international community livingin Hong Kong. Consulate offices of Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand,Phillipines helped to organise this programme. Performances from various regions were enjoyed by the localcrowd of more than 1000 people.

There were two stages in the main tourist place of Hong Kong (TST) where more than 30 performances werestaged. India's Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Bollywood dances by Natya Shikara, Lasya School and HariOm Dance Academy were appreciated by one and all. Bangladesh children performed dances in group. SriLanka made it a variety with nice pooja, folk, traditional, drum, pot and Thelme dance performances.Indonesian costume was very elaborate and traditional dances were entertaining. Japan demonstrated their

mastery in martial arts through Kyokushin Karate. Nepal presented Shir ko Topi dance and Kauda dance. ThePhillipines performers gave the taste of Phillipine culture through Fan and traditional dance to the crowd whowitnessed the event with lot of interest. Chinese Yue opera impressed the international community. Thailandwith their beautiful costume entertained the crowd with Thai dance.

It was a cultural extravaganza on that day around the costal area of Kowloon. Stalls displaying cultural thingsof various countries were worth visiting to know more about those countries.


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Fifth Illakya Vattam Nov 24th


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Lunch with Indian Badminton Players

On 25th afternoon, many Hong Kong Badminton lovers had the chance to meet all the Indian Badmintonplayers in one place - India Club in Jordan.

Sindhu was full of hope to come here again and show her talent next year. She thanked the GopichandAcademy which is giving her the opportunity to play better and better.

Ajay Jayaram played against World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei and lost. During the interview, Ajay Jayaram toldthat he felt good to play in Hong Kong and surely had good chance to win which he could not do so but will tryto convert next time.

Aswini Ponappa and her doubles partners Pragya (women's doubles) and Tarun(mixed doubles) played thegame for the first time and told that they love to play in Hong Kong and will come again with full confidence toplay well next time.

Mr. Gopichand was all along with the players guiding them during and after the play.


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Ayyappa Pooja2nd December

December 2nd, Happy Valley Hindu temple was full of devotees to attend the Ayyappan Pooja.

The pooja was started with sahasranamam recitation and then Bhajans by singers of Hong Kong created adevotional mood among the devotees. 18 steps pooja was done. Lord Ayyappan was decorated with lot offlowers and lights.

Prasad was distributed to more than 200 people who attended the pooja.


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Longest Human Chair Record2nd December

On 2nd December, Prana Yogam in Hong Kong launched the event of 'Achieving the Longest Human ChairRecord'.

Yogaraj C.P., the Director of Prana Yogam, together with his student Josephine Chai Chi Yan who is anactress jointly attempted to establish a new world record for the Assist World Record (AWR).

Their attempt last for 40.3 seconds. Unedited video recording and pictures have been sent to the AWR fordeliberation and judgment. A new world record will be created once approval from the AWR is released.

Students and guests joyfully participated to demonstrate their full support and served as witnesses to the worldrecord.

Prior to this third record attempt, Yogaraj CP had already accomplished his two world records registered in theGuinness World Record Books a few years ago one for marathon yoga and another for yoga postures on themoving bike.


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Indian Chamber of Commerce 60th

Anniversary15th December

In the month of December, Indian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong celebrated its 60th Anniversary in GrandHyatt, Hong Kong. Celebration started with the opening of the photo exhibition by Mr. John C Tsang, FinancialSecretary of Hong Kong. Mr. C Y Yeung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong released the stamp to commemoratethe occasion. The President of Indian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong, Mr. Raj Sital gave the welcomeaddress and the function was attended by the members and businessmen of Hong Kong. Mr. Donald Tsung,past Chief Executive of Hong Kong was honoured during the occasion. Performances by eminent artitsts fromIndia and China made the occasion a memorable one.

The event demonstrated the strong business relationships between India and Hong Kong through the Indianbusiness community in Hong Kong.


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Christmas Decorations of Hong Kong

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