Art of Living London organised a grand curtain raiser- a special preview for media and different community organisations and their leaders to introduce them to the forthcoming World Culture Festival and the 35 year’s celebration of the Art of Living on Sunday, the 28th of February 2016 in London.
The Art of Living (AOL) London Region team with its sponsors Hemraj Goyal Foundation and The Mint Leaf restaurant organised a grand reception for citizens from different walks of life. The gathering included media persons, community leaders, prominent industrialists and politicians. The preview was hosted by Zee TV presenter Anila Dhami and guest artiste Parvati enthralled the audience with her Kathak performance. The event began with a ‘Silent Minute Prayer for peace’ facilitated by Andrea Carrani of the Silent Minute Prayer for Peace organisation.
The Mayor of Harrow Krishna Suresh presented a special certification to Ameet Aggarwal, Chairman, Art of Living – London, in recognition of his contribution to the charitable activities of the organisation. AmeetAggarwal said “I accept this honour with gratitude to my Guru Sri Sri who taught me to serve communities with a smile. I am proud to host with my global family the 35 years of my organisation AOL’s celebration and it’s my privilege and pride to be to be associated with the WCF and Global Leadership Forum in particular which aims to build a stress and violence free society.”
Among those offering their congratulations to the Art of Living at the press preview were Ms Neena Gill MEP, Mr. Neeraj Dhingra – CEO-Europe, Zee TV, Mr. Dinu Bhattessa – Chairman, Mint Leaf Group (Key Sponsor), Mr. Avnish Goyal – CEO, Hallmark Care Homes (Key Sponsor), Dr Rami Ranger CBE of Sunmark Ltd, Duncan McNair of the charity Save the Asian Elephant and Andrea Carrani of the Silent Minute Prayer for Peace organisation, Rajan, Minister of Coordination, Indian High Commission, Geoffrey Van Orden MBE, Member of the European Parliament, Navin Shah, London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow, and Sheila Gewolb, Vice President of The Board of Deputies of British Jews, CB Patel, Publisher/Editor, Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar among others.
The Curtain Raiser is a precursor to the World Culture Festival. The World Culture Festival 2016 is a celebration of The Art of Living’s 35 years of service, humanity, spirituality and human values. It will take place on March 11-13, 2016 in New Delhi, India. The festival will celebrate the diversity in cultures from across the world while simultaneously highlighting our unity as a human family. Over 3.5 million people are expected to congregate at the festival which will provide a unique platform for religious leaders, politicians, peacemakers and artists to spread the message of global peace and harmony. True to its motto of a One World Family (Vasudhavia Kuttumbakam), a series of events are planned to bring together people of talent, eminence and repute at the festival.
Showcasing the rich cultural traditions of dance, music and the arts from around the world as well as yoga, the World Culture Festival hopes to foster a deeper understanding between people of different faiths, nationalities and backgrounds.
Global Leadership Forum
The Global Leadership Forum, is a joint initiative of The World Forum For Ethics in Business (WFEB) & The World Culture Festival (WCF) and will feature leaders and entrepreneurial personalities from a diverse range of industries brought together to discuss, analyse and reflect on the current paradigms of leadership. The forum seeks to explore how leadership strategies can be better adapted to meet the needs of our current globalizing and interconnected geopolitical and socio-economic landscape. On the agenda are also the discussions on megatrends of the next few decades and evaluate how leadership can ensure resilience, ownership and alignment of the teams to a shared vision to cope with the challenges ahead.
The Global Leadership Forum will bring together senior leaders from business, government, politics, science, NGOs, faith based organizations, sports, academia and media to reflect on the paradigms of leadership needed to manoeuvre the world of today.
