International Women's Day Celebration

“There is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved." Swami Vivekananda.

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.
“You can judge the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women”.. These are the words of the first Prime Minister of India, Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Women’s day is a special day dedicated to women. This is the day on which women are recognized for their contribution in the society.
In ancient India the culture was based on Vedas and called Vedic culture. In those times women were revered and respected. But as India had major cultural changes and the modern society is marked with corruption. Women are the worst sufferers. As a result the society is marred with heinous crimes against women, including female infanticide, rape, dowry deaths, etc. The condition of women has become pathetic and this spurred women to become vocal for campaigning the need for women empowerment.
On the women’s day several programs are conducted throughout the country. In this regard, Bharatheeyam Dubai also decided to celebrate Women’s Day, which can deliver our gratitude towards women.

Venue:- Philadelphia School Quisais, Dubai
Date:- 25/03/2011
Time:- 6.00 PM-10.00 PM
Program:-
Chief Guest: - Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman: One of the six spokespersons of the biggest political party in India - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
She graduated high school from Holy Cross High School in 1978 and graduated from Sithalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Tiruchirapalli, TamilNadu, India, in 1980. She did her M. Phil in International Studies from JNU. Sitharaman was a Senior Manager (research and analysis) for Price Waterhouse and New compiler, BBC World Service, Tamil broadcasts, both in the U.K.
On return to India, she joined the BJP, served as a member of the National Commission for Women and as a Director of a model school, Pranava, in Hyderabad. She works in a team of six spokespersons headed by Mr.Ravi Shankar Prasad, the chief spokesperson of BJP.

Programs:
• Depiction of Bharath’s finest art forms, which has the massage of unity in harmony.
• Short Film-
• Patriotical Musical Fusion by Balasree National award Winner (1997) Sri. Aswin Gopinath and team
• Classical Dance
• Songs
• A short interaction on Personality Development in women