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Navy Pier, Delhi committee of Chicago

Sister Cities partner for celebration of Holi

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Smita N. Shah, Chairman Ravi Baichwal ABC 7 News Reporter

CHICAGO, IL

irst time a large metropolitan
city in the United States, Chi-
Fcago, celebrated the Indian
festival of Holi, with over 2000 peo-
ple in attendance which included live
cultural programming, music and
dancing, food and drink, and color
throwing. “The Delhi Committee
of Chicago Sister Cities is thrilled to
partner with Navy Pier for this event
so that Chicagoans and visitors can
participate in the celebration of Holi,
a holiday that marks new life and en-
ergy,” said Smita N. Shah, Chairman
of the Delhi Committee of Chicago
Sister Cities International, Director
on the Navy Pier Board of Directors, Consul General Amit Kumar, Mrs Surbhi Kumar, Pratima Shah, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot, Indian Community Leader Niranjan S. Shah and
and CEO of SPAAN Tech, Inc. “How Smita N. Shah, Chairman of the Delhi Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International
fitting that we can celebrate this one-
of-a-kind event on our beautiful lake-
front, with Mayor Lightfoot, in the
city blessed by Swami Vivekananda.”
Also in attendance were Consul Gen-
eral Amit Kumar, Indian Communi-
ty Leader Niranjan S. Shah, Pratima
Shah, and ABC 7 News Reporter,
Ravi Baichwal.
Ravi Baichwal of ABC7 News,
provided a welcome for attendees
and served as the master of ceremo-
nies. The celebration was the last of
three events in the Global Connec-
tions series at Navy Pier presented
by ComEd, which previously hosted
events celebrating the Chinese New
Year and International Carnivale.
“Chicago is a global city, and this Holi Bhangra Dance
partnership is a perfect example of
that,” noted Mayor Lightfoot. She Americans, Native Hawaiians, and community to the Chicagoland com- and the U.S., and the ever-important
also thanked Smita N. Shah for her Pacific Islanders munity. Under Smita Shah’s leader- principles of truth and non-violence.
commitment to the citizens of Chi- Delhi’s position as a sister city to ship, the Delhi Committee of Chi- Shah also helped secure the desig-
cago, leadership of the Delhi Com- Chicago demonstrates the strong re- cago founded the Annual Legacy of nation of October 2nd as Mahatma
mittee, and for her appointment by lationship between India and the city Mahatma Gandhi Luncheon in 2014, Gandhi Day in Chicago.
President Biden to the President’s as well as the cultural importance of honoring the long-standing exchange --Asian Media USA
Advisory Commission on Asian the established Indian American of ideas between Mahatma Gandhi

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