Federation of Indian Associations Chicago Embarking on A New Journey…

FIA Team Elect Sunil Shah As Chairman Embarking on a new chapter, Federation of Indian Associations [FIA] Chicago, status 501(c)(3), a premier community umbrella organization — held its very first meeting of the year 2022 on Jan 05, 2022 (7PM to 8:30PM CT). The meeting was hosted virtually via zoom keeping in mind the growing number of covid cases, practically all over the news channels lately! The meeting was called to order by Gen Secretary, Richa Chand, and presided over by Founder President Sunil Shah and President 2022 Hitesh Gandhi, and well attended by Team FIA Board Members: Executive Board members:  Rita Singh, Mukesh Shah, Dhitu Bhagwakar, Neil Khot, Gurmeet Singh Dhalwaan, Vinita Gulabani, Pratibha Jairath, Ashawani  Mahajan, Abir Maru, Anu Malhotra, Pika Munshi Neelam Jai, Directors: Mukesh Mike Shah, Bharat Malhotra, Jitendra Balsara, Mir Ali, Vidya Joshi, Chandni Kalra, Pratik Deshpande, Hemendra Shah, Kashif Khan and Advisory Board members: Keerthi Reevori & Suresh Bodiwala. The meeting was focused on the New Year and the New Beginnings under the leadership of President Hitesh Gandhi. Opening speeches were delivered by Sunil Shah, Hitesh Gandhi and Founding Members Mukesh Shah, Rita Singh, Neil Khot, Dhitu Bhagwakar, followed by other members present. There […]

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International Indian Icon (3iii) A global platform

for Indian talent across the globe The Grand Finale of 3iii (Three Eye) 2021 International Indian Icon (3iii) Season-V resulted in successful completion of 1st Phase of 5 seasons. The awards ceremony of the Grand Finale was hosted by Sharan Walia, CEO of Gee Vision Inc. All judges and participants, including legendary music director and Grandmaster Jatin Pandit (DDLJ, KKG, KKHH, Fanah etc.), lyricist and music director Arko Mukherjee, Slumdog Millionaire Jai Ho Choreographer Longinus Fernandes and Ms. India 2013, International celebrity anchor and 3iii Fashion Ambassador Simran Ahuja were present here, along with 148 participants along with their families from all over the world approximately 24 countries.    Winners were picked after 3 days of rigorous semi-final and finale competitions (28th to 30th December 2021) 1st and 2nd runner-ups, along with judges’ choices in different categories for Juniors and Seniors were also declared here. The winners are as follows: Abnash Kaur from San Francisco, California USA was declared 5th INTERNATIONAL INDIAN ICON of 3iii 2021 Season-V in singing Senior category. Uttara Vaidya from Miami, Florida USA got the title for Dancing senior and tied with Ankur Sharma for Fashion Senior Hasini Namala grabbed the Fashion Junior title Mrunal Behere-Langote from […]

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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Chicago, The Legacy Tour

Event: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Chicago, The Legacy TourTime: 8.00 PMDate: Friday – November 19, 2021Venue: Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N River road, Rosemont, IL 60018 Live 4 U presents Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Chicago, The Legacy Tour on Friday – November 19, 2021at Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N River road, Rosemont, IL 60018http://imgupload.chaaloindia.com/images/Rahat10082021R.jpeg Event: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Chicago, The Legacy TourTime: 8.00 PMDate: Friday – November 19, 2021Venue: Rosemont Theatre, 5400 N River road, Rosemont, IL 60018 Organizers: Live4U Buy Rahat Event tickets @:https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/04005B21B7F32680

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Sindhi Association of Metropolitan Chicago Celebrates Diwali

Chicago IL: Sindhi Association of Metropolitan Chicago, one of the oldest organizations in Chicagoland, celebrated its Annual Diwali celebration on October 30th at Ashton Place, Willowbrook, IL. The celebration started with Lamp Lighting and the Mahalaxmi Aarti followed by a cultural program by kids of all ages. The event also featured a media briefing by the current President Subhash Balani and other board members. Balani explained how the association was formed over 6 decades ago with the aim of creating a platform for the upcoming generations. He talked about the annual activities that the association organizes to celebrate Sindhi Culture.   Another board member Nand Balani elaborated on the initiative called, Alliance of Global Sindhi Association that connects Sindhis all over to the world. The three aims of the alliance focus on matrimonial services, romanized script for sindhi language, and a global sindhi directory. Geeta Rupani, past president and current executive board member who has been involved with the association for over four decades mentioned how the organization has been working hard to promote Sindhi culture, music, language and history. Sunder Tekchandani stressed on the importance of involving more and more members, especially the younger generation to take these initiatives forward […]

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Sikh Religious Society Organize Four-Day Diwali Celebration

Sikh Religious Society, Palatine Gurdwara organized a four-day celebration to mark the auspicious occasion of Diwali from November 4th to November 7th in Palatine IL. Bhai Inderjit Singh Khalsa came all the way from India to join the celebrations and to be part of the occasion. The events included deepmala as well as katha and kirtan by Bhai Rajinder Singh and Jatha, Bhai Parminderjit Singh and bhai Inderjit Singh Khalsa. The daily kirtans were followed by langar seva where hundreds of volunteers of all age groups offered their services by serving hot meals to all the attendees. This year’s Diwali Seva at the Gurdwara was hosted by Savi Singh Attal & Pritpal Dandona family from Chicago. Over 1,500 people attended the beautiful Diwali celebration at Gurdwara. With Beautiful Diyas & some fireworks for display. The sangat came from all over the Midwest/Interstate of Chicago. Savi Singh son of Mr. Satwant Singh Attal SRS Palatine Gurdwara (Past President) family have been hosting Langar and doing Seva for Palatine Gurdwara for over thirty-five years and have been a prominent Sikh Family of Chicago migrated from India in the late 1970’s. The entire family has committed to the Sangat for over four decades […]

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09-11-2018 USHA invites you for celebration of the 125th anniversary of the historic Chicago address of Swami Vivekananda to the World Parliament of Religions

Event: Celebration of the historic speech of Swami Vivekananda at the World Parliament of Religious in 1893 Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm Date: Tuesday – September 11, 2018 Venue: Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago 10915 Lemont Rd, Lemont, IL 60439 The United States Hindu Alliance (USHA) cordially invites you to the launch event of Chicago Address 125, a yearlong nationwide celebration of the 125th anniversary of the historic Chicago address of Swami Vivekananda to the World Parliament of Religions. Admission is free. Vegetarian dinner will be provided. RSVP is required since seats are limited and dinner is being served. To register, please visit www.events4.us/chicagoaddress125. For more information, please call any of the following volunteers: Nirav Patel: (630) 709-9902 Amitabh Mittal: (224) 388-9122 Tilak Marwaha: (708) 275-3769 Kumar Natesa Iyer: (847) 727-5012 Das Rajagopal: (630) 640-6535 Riddhi Patel: (201) 406-3773

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