Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
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Today I noticed that we mark a significant event in the culture of India. I attempted to memorize the name of the day and wish my friends at the K-Stop down the street where I buy various items during the week a happy day.
I don't think my pronounciation did much for the language ... but they seemed to think it was a nice touch by a customer to reach out and recognize their efforts so I went ahead and blew the term out of the water anyway.
The Indian diaspora has resulted in the dispersal of citizens from the subcontinent of Inda internationally. Some of the very best friends I have ever known in the United States like Dr Subhash Patel and Dr Vasant Garde have been originally from India.
It is a difficult matter to gather the entirety of your world and relocate far away in search of what you might construe to be a better life for yourself. So many of those dispersed citizens of India have done precisely that with themselves and their families.
Today is Non-Resident Indian Day, an annual celebration by the Republic of India observing the contributions of overseas members of the Indian community towards it's development and growth.
The day is sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India as well as the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry commemorating the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to Mumbai on January 9, 1915.
Established in 2003, it is sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Confederation of Indian Industries and the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
A formal event marking Pravasi Bhartiya Divas is held in various centers of commerce in India