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Anaheim, Jasnuary 24, 2015 United Federation of Indo-Americans in California (UFICA) celebrated their 66th Republic Day celebration at Tandoor Restaurant on Saturday, January 24th 2015. UFICA has provided a forum to bring NRIs (non-Resident Indian ) together in the Artesia area to celebrate India Republic Day and Independence Day. This event included 200 prominent Indo-Americans and poilticians from the City of Cerritos and Artesia..
The celebration started with the lamp lighting ceremony followed by American and Indian National Anthem. Speeches were short and were kept to the minimum time frame. Cultural program were the cornerstone of the ceremony. The program was well organized in terms of adherence to timelines and was hailed as one of the best UFICA program since its inception in 2005.
Alka Patel, President of UFICA was remarkable in her organizational skills and was responsible for gathering a large audience at the function. Vinita Vineet along with Smita Das, Charu Miglani and Vasu Pawar deserves special kudos in ensuring that the cultural items were of the highest quality so much so that it drew constant appluase from the audience. Dr. Vinod Vineet, Niraj Agnihotri along with Dr Gadsalli and Prof. Deokar were instrumental in money collections and ensuring the quality of the food were of the highest order. Commissioner Ashok Pat Patnaik and Rajesh Chellani, both Co-Emcees, ensured everything went well with the program and maintained minimal downtime from one item to another. Dignitaries included Mayor, Mark Pulito and Commissioner Naresh Solanki from the City of Cerritos. Artesia was represented by Ali Taj, council memmber from the City. "We have an obligation to give back some to the community we live in." said Ashok Patnaik. "This is our mission and the ultimate goal of UFICA.".
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