On the third and final day of the 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA) are to be conferred.
Category: NRI/PIO Stories
Indian-American Artist Sharmi Basu uses music to effect social change
Best known as Beast Nest, Basu is creating her marks from ‘NorCal Noise Fest’ in Sacramento, Calif., to ‘Empowering Women of Color’ conferences at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
Rendezvous with Sonia Patel – Novelist, psychiatrist, songwriter
Novelist, active-trekker, songwriter, hip-hop artist and a practising psychiatrist Sonia is a resident of Oahu, third largest Hawaiian island in the US. She is deeply committed towards helping teens who have experienced emotional, sexual, physical, and mental abuse. Connected to India spoke to Sonia
Pratibha Patil joins the Council of Women World Leaders
Former President of India Pratibha Patil has been chosen as one of the new members of the Council of Women World Leaders.
PBD 2017: Two KSA Indians to be honoured with Pravasi Excellence award
Two KSA Indians expatriates from Saudi Arabia – Mohammed Abdul Rahman Saleem and Seshu Kumar Pitani, have been selected for the Pravasi Bhartiya Excellence Award 2016.
Monika Kapil Mohta appointed as Ambassador of India to Latvia
Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Latvia and will take up her assignment shortly.
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017: Portuguese PM Antonio Costa to grace the event
Dr. António Costa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Portugal is all set to grace the upcoming 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention to be held from January 7 to 9, 2017 in Bengaluru.
Singaporean with Sikh Roots: The highs and lows of a footloose writer
Singapore News: Born in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the Philippines, she studied creative writing in the United States. Balli Kaur Jaswal’s work represents species of writers.
Meeting PM Narendra Modi as the CEO of INCO is one of the high points of my life: Sriman Narayana
In a tete-a-tete with Deepti Kaul, Sriman talks about his meeting with Indian PM Narendra Modi, cultural exchanges between Indians and Europeans and Indian diaspora’s efforts of giving back to India.
