2004 News letter
(covering activities up to February 2005)
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| Justice P.K. Shamsuddin Signing the
Trust Deed of Kerala chapter |
The most important development during
this period was the setting up on January 14, 2005 of the Kerala
Chapter (SITKRC) with the respected Justice P.K. Shamsuddin, former
Judge of Kerala High Court, as Chairman. The other office bearers
are Dr. Cyriac Thomas, former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam: Vice Chairman, Commodore (Retd.) John P.
Abraham: Vice Chairman, Mr. Riaz Ahmed: Treasurer, Mrs. Shyamala
Surendran: Managing Trustee, Mrs. Sulekha Hameed, Mr. Dilip K.
Mehta, Mrs. Chandra Shah, and Lt. Commander (Retd.) Avtar Singh
are Trustees. SITKRC is SIT's seventh regional chapter.Tjhe newly
launched SITKRC went into action immediately and collaborated
with Kerala Gandhi Peace Foundation in making a meaningful observance
of Gandhiji's martyrdom day by presenting a 'shraddanjali' dance
by children of the Dhanarani School of Performing Arts, whose
Director Mrs. Shyamala Surendran is SITKRC Managing Trustee.
Gandhi Jayanti 2004 was
also joyfully celebrated by all SIT Regional Chapters with concerts
of music and dance in New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad,
Chennai and Bangalore. The Confederation of Indian Industries
(CII), State Bank of India and Godrej Industries co-sponsored
all the six concerts as their respectful tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
In Bangalore the GJ concert was also co-sponspred by Bangalore
Development Authority (BDA) and India Council for Cultural Relations.
At New Delhi, at India
International Centre, choirs and music groups from 12 reputed
schools made a moving 'Remembering Gandhi' presentation. Former
Prime Minister Dr. I.K. Gujral and Mrs. Gujral were the Chief
Guests.
At Mumbai, the celebration
at Ravindra Naty Mandir was Sachin Shankar's much acclaimed ballet
'Gandhi'. The honoured guests were Sr. Nana Patekar and Mr. Julio
Ribiero, former Maharashtra DGP.
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In may 2004, Her Excellency Mrs. Corazon Aquino
(seen above with Mother Theresa), who had lead the non violent
struggle that ended the Marcos dictatorship and subsequently was
elected President of the Phillipines, graciously agreed to be an SIT
Eminent Counsellor.
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25 Times Street,
Quezon City, Phillipines
May 18, 2004
Dear. Mr. Nazareth,
Thank you very
much for your letter of March 27, 2004 inviting me to
be an Eminent Counsellor of Sarvodaya International
Trust. I accept your invitation and I consider it an
honour to be included in your Honor Panel of Eminent
Counsellors.
I am sorry that it took me so long to answer your letter,
but as you know we have just had our national and local
elections on May 10. Fortunately, my son, Benigno Aquino
III, was re-elected as congressman of the third district
of Tarlac, our home province and will serve his third
and last term. The votes for President, Vice President
and senators are still being tabulated and hopefully
we shall know the final result in three days.
Again, thank you for inviting me to be an Eminent Counsellor.
Sincerely,
Corazon G. Aquino
Mr. P.A. Nazareth
Managing Trustee, Sarvodaya International Trust
123, Charles Campbell Road, Bangalore, INDIA.
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