Curtain Raiser Event Of Celebration Of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, India@75

The Embassy of India organised Curtain Raiser event of celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, India@75 on March 19, 2021. The event, which was organised virtually given the local Covid-19 situation was attended by a number of Indian community members.

Ambassador Dr. Suhel Ajaz Khan addressed the Indian community and conveyed Hon’ble Prime Minister’s message on how the #AmritMahotsav will be celebrated across India and globally. He highlighted various themes of these celebrations and underlined that the Indian community is an important stakeholder in these celebrations and invited the Indian community to wholeheartedly participate and also generate ideas on how to make these celebrations more participatory and also appealing for the local Lebanese communities. Ambassador also spoke about India's global standing, vaccine maitri initiative and India's priorities as member of the UN Security Council. Ambassador also spoke about India-Lebanon relationship and gave an overview about a number of projects undertaken by the Embassy in past 1 year to help the local communities. Ambassador also spoke about the exemplary services rendered by the Indian soldiers as part of the UNIFIL in South Lebanon.

Dr. Digamber Patra, Professor, American University of Beirut and Ms. Preeti Bhatia, Teacher in American Community School spoke on various aspects of India’s achievements in 75 years after Independence. Dr Patra spoke at length about Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan while Mrs Bhatia spoke about her life as an expatriate and how to leverage culture to build bridges with local communities.

On this occasion, Embassy of India also launched its monthly e-Newsletter “Sampark”.