“The fleeting glimpses that I have been able to have of truth can hardly convey an idea of the indescribable luster of truth, a million times more intense than that of the Sun we daily see with our eyes.”
—Mahatma Gandhi

GANDHI JAYANTI
153rd Birth Anniversary Observance of Mahatma Gandhi

Lamp Lighting

Bharatanatyam Dance Invocation:
Devi Dutta-Sultan

Welcome:
Srimati Karuna, Director, Gandhi Memorial Center

Music Offering: “Ekla Chalo Re”
words and music by Rabindranath Tagore
sung by Sudeshna Basu with Himu Rosario on tabla

Remarks:
Embassy of India

Music Offering: “Prathamo Adi Tabo Shakti”
words and music by Rabindranath Tagore
sung by Supriya Dutt and Steve Bauer
tabla by Pratap Das and violin by Anthony Hyatt

Remarks: "Lead, Kindly Light"
Srimati Kamala, President, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Foundation

Music Offering: “Lead, Kindly Light”
words by John Henry Newman and music by John Bacchus Dykes
sung by Jackie Ventouris and Steve Bauer
with guitar by Tony Ventouris

Music Offering: “Ram Dhun”
words by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
All are invited to join in singing.