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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                           NOVEMBER 07, 2025        |  The Indian Eye 30

               GOPIO-CT Celebrates Diwali Supporting a Local

             Charity as Stamford Mayor Proclaims Diwali Day

            OUR BUREAU
            Stamford, CT
                  he Connecticut Chapter of
                  Global Organization of Peo-
            Tple of Indian Origin (GO-
            PIO-CT) and Hindi USA Stamford
            Chapter joined together to celebrate
            Diwali on October 17th at Westover
            Magnet School in Stamford, CT. The
            program started with the lighting of
            the lamp by Stamford Mayor’s rep-
            resentatives and officials both orga-
            nizations.  Over  fifteen  group  dance
            items were presented at the show
            which was followed by a dinner. The
            program was put together by GO-   Presenting Stamford City Mayor’s proclamation of Diwali Day at the celebration. From l. to r.: Babita Gupta, Sonali Gannu, Jayashri Chintalapudi,
            PIO-CT Board Member Manish Ma-
            heshwari, who also serves as Coordi-  Stamford Mayor’s Multicultural Council (MMC) Vice President Malinda Polite, GOPIO-CT President Mahesh Jhangiani, Stamford-HindiUSA Coor-
            nator of Stamford-Hindi USA.        dinator Manish Maheshwari, GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thomas Abraham, Kavita Rathi, Rekha Heda and MMC Board member Shobhna Bhatnagar
                As a Diwali giving, GOPIO-CT
            Chapter presented a check of
            $25,000, contributed by its members,
            to 100-year-old Children’s Learning
            Center (CLC) in Fairfield County in
            Connecticut at the Diwali Celebra-
            tion organized by Hindi USA Stam-
            ford and GOPIO-CT. The chapter
            has been supporting many local char-
            ities in Connecticut. This year GO-
            PIO-CT supported Future 5, an or-
            ganization which provides coaching
            of high school students from low-in-
            come and immigrant families as well
            as Society for Human and Environ-
            ment Development (SHED) which
            runs schools in Mumbai slums and in
            the rural areas of Maharashtra.
                At the houseful Diwali show, the
            check was presented by GOPIO-CT    GOPIO-CT Presenting a Check of $25,000 to Children’s Learning Center, from l. to r. Prasad Chintalapudi, Viresh Sharma, Sonali Gannu, CLC’s
            President Mahesh Jhangiani along     Director of Partnerships Jennifer Hallissey, CLC CEO Monica Maccera Filppu, GOPIO-CT Treasurer Srinivas Akarapu, GOPIO-CT President
            with GOPIO International Chairman
            Dr. Thomas Abraham to CLC CEO               Mahesh Jhangiani, GOPIO Chairman Dr. Thoams Abraham and Stamford-Hindi USA Coordinator Manish Maheshwari
            Monica Maccera Filppu. GOPIO-CT
            had supported CLC earlier too.    largest  religion  Hinduism with  one
                Stamford City Mayor Caroline   billion followers and India in its 77th
            Simmons issued a proclamation     year of independence.
            to  honor Diwali. It was presented    Over the last 20 years, GO-
            by Stamford Mayors’ Multicultur-  PIO-CT, a chapter of GOPIO In-
            al  Council  Vice  President  Malinda   ternational has become an active
            Polite along with Board Member    and dynamic organization hosting
            Shobhna Bhatnagar. In her procla-  interactive sessions with policy mak-
            mation, Mayor Simmons noted the   ers and academicians, community
            presence of 66,000 people of Indian   events, youth mentoring and net-
            origin living in Connecticut and 4.8   working workshops, and working
            million in the USA enriching com-  with other area organizations to help     Dancers at Diwali Celebration by GOPIO-CT and Stamford Hindi-USA
            munities across the nation with deep   create a better future.
            tradition, professional excellence    GOPIO-CT – Global Organi-     and community service organization   people of Indian origin through com-
            and cultural vitality. The proclama-  zation of People of Indian Origin –   – promoting awareness of Indian cul-  munity programs, forums, events and
            tion also recognized Diwali, India’s   serves as a non-partisan, secular, civic   ture, customs and contributions of   youth activities.

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