Indian Presidential Visit

As many of you are well aware, the President of India, H.E. Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil visited Chile on an official State Visit from the 20th - 23rd of April. Included in her delegation were prominent members of the Indian Business Community, Military Personnel as well as leading Journalists from India. Click on the photo below to enjoy a few pictures of her stay here in Chile :

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Indian Hockey

The Indian national Hockey team were here in Santiago between the 3rd and 10th of March 2008 to play in the Beijing Olympics Qualifying Tournament. The Indian Association held a dinner in their honour and the team took the opportunity to thank all the Indians in Santiago for their wonderful support and encouragement during the tournament. Unfortunately the Indian team fell short at the final hurdle and lost to Great Britain in the final 2-0 and were unable to qualify for the olympics but they played beatifully during the entire week and left us all with a lot of wonderful memories. Below are some photos taken during the tournament. Many thanks to Rohit Thadani for taking such lovely photos.

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Diwali Ball 2007

Dear Friends

On Saturday the 10th of November, 2007 the Diwali Ball 2007 was held at Estadio Español and was a great success. DJ Monu Singh from New York came down for the event and made sure the music and atmosphere was alive till the early hours! There are more that 550 photos available and can be seen at the following website.

www.arrobachile.cl

and click on the diwali link. If you wish to order prints for yourselves or family you can do so by calling Mr. Roberto de las Heras at 632-1991 and simply place your order using the reference number on the photos. Please note we have already negotiated a price of $1,000 per print so please do not pay more. Below is a small group of phots to enjoy immediately.

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IAS

Guru Nanak`s Birthday

Dear Friends

We wish to inform everyone that Mr. Ashok and Mrs. Jyoti Vaswani and their family will be organising celebrations at their residence for the birthday of Guru Nanak. It will be held on the 24th of November, 2007 starting at 4 p.m. and more details will be sent to everyone as the time draws nearer.

Diwali Ball 2007

Hi everyone

This year`s diwali ball has been confirmed for Saturday 1oth of November, 2007 and will be held in the Estadio Español. Tickets are already on sale and can be purchased from Mr. Rakesh Khubchandani at Importadora Sai Ram. For ticket prices please call Mr. Rakesh on his cell phone at 8208-0605.

This year we have some great raffle prizes to give away as well as a DJ being flown in from New York especially for the event. It promises to be a fun evening.

Please book your seats as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

IAS

Dandiya Nite

Dear Friends

It is with great pleasure that we would like to inform everyone that we have confirmed a DANDIYA NITE to mark the start of the Navrata Festival. It will be held on Saturday 13th of October at Club Sirio and will start at 8:30 p.m.

Members of the Ladies Association are being subsidised 100%.
Members of the Men`s Association will be charged $10,000 pesos
Non-Members will be charged $12,000 pesos.
Children from 5-15 years old will be charged $6,000 and receive a special menu.

Please send your confirmations as soon as possible as we need to confirm by this weekend with Club Sirio the number expected. You can confirm by replying to either ilcstgo@yahoo.com or bharat@selecciones.cl or by calling Mr. Kamlesh Sadhwani at 689-6506.

General Body Meeting

The general body meeting of the Indian Association was held on the 30th September, 2007 at tai-pan chinese restaurant with almost 50 people in attendance. Plans for a Dandiya nite were confirmed as well as for the planning for the Diwali Ball. Elections were also held for the new committee 2008. The minutes of the meeting are published below for easy reference.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgg6b7mj_3hf9b6z