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CELEBRATING THE DAY OF FUN & LIGHTS
ADiwali bash was organised at MB Club, recently. The party saw a variety a performances being staged including a Salsa presentation by a troupe of dancers from Delhi. Chief guest on the occasion was Maj Gen Pravesh Suri, vice chairman of the club also present was his wife Hemi Puri and secretary, Lt Col Shyam Singh Dhami.
To celebrate the festival of lights programmes like Belly, Sufi, Bollywood dances along with ‘Atishbaazi,’ lucky draw, titles were held. The guests were seen enjoying the day to the hilt.
Khan Bahadur Nawab Syed Hamid Husain Khan Award was given to Shair-e-Ahlebait Taj Rizvi Chapravi at SaItanat Manzil. The event also witnessed an annual Majlis and Bazm-eMusalma being organised by professor Syed Ali Hamid and Syed Masoom Raza. In its 40th edition the event had, 14 poets from different parts of the country reciting their verses based on Misr-e-tarah “Tum Parcham-e- Islam ko Ooncha hi karoge” in the presence of a large gathering. The programme began with the recitation of holy Quran followed by the Majlis addressed by Dr Syed Arshad Jafri. The programme concluded with the award presentation. The special guest on the day included prof. Ainul Hasan. HTC
Shortly after winning her second Booker Prize, Margaret Atwood has received a rare honour from Queen Elizabeth II for her services to literature.
The Canadian novelist and poet was presented with an Order of the Companions of Honour in a ceremony at
Windsor Castle recently.
She said the experience made her “a bit emotional”. The Press Association quoted Atwood as saying that “when you see the Queen at her age and her schedule that she puts out, it’s an inspiration to everybody, you just keep going.”
Atwood and British author Bernardine Evaristo split the Booker Prize, after judges flouted the rule of one single winner.
She also won the prestigious fiction award in 2000, and has several US, Canadian and French awards.
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