By
AZIndia Team
By - India Association Press Release
Press Release from IACRF
To Celebrate an ancient Indian discipline that helps
develop the human mind & soul 2nd International
Day of Yoga was held on Saturday, June 25 at the
IACRF Community Center jointly Organized by IA-
CRF & Hindu Swayam Sevak Sangh. With 6 certified
Yoga Teachers to deliver Ayush Yoga protocol cover-
ing Adults & Kids Session and scores of volunteers
helped to make this day linked with good health to
become mass movement in Phoenix. HSS Pracha-
rak Shyam Byra quoted Importance of Yoga which is
the journey of the self, to the self, through the self.
IACRF President Subhash Thathi & Chairperson
Jagdish Sagar welcomed over 300 enthusiasts with
inspirational words and promoted an idea of having
Monthly Once.
It was nice to see two trainers, one showing the pos-
tures & other explaining benefits of it with subtle dis-
claimers. 2 hour session was ended with Meditation
followed by Delicious Lunch.
August 15, 2016 marks the 70 th anniversary of In-
dia’s independence from British rule. India Associa-
tion of Phoenix invites you to come and celebrate
this joyous and momentous occasion with us! Please
mark your calendars for the 20 th of August, and plan
to attend our grand Independence Nite gala to be
held at Arcadia High School from 4:00 p.m. onward.
Traditionally, India celebrates Independence Day as
one of its three national holidays. To mark the oc-
casion, the prime minister hoists the Indian flag on
the ramparts of the historical site Red Fort in Del-
hi. Similar flag hoisting ceremonies take place in all
the state capitals. This is usually followed by celebra-
tory festivities featuring cultural events that high-
light India’s rich and varied heritage. In keeping with
this tradition, our Independence Nite activities will
be focused on two key themes – Patriotism (love for
the Motherland) and Regional Flavors (a cultural
journey through different regional areas of India).
The gala will feature dances, musical interludes, and
short skits based on historic, patriotic and regional
themes.
India Association of Phoenix is a non-profit volun-
teer based premium umbrella organization that rep-
resents all sister organizations and non-profit organ-
izations of Indian heritage in the State of Arizona.
We invite all of you to attend our event and make it
a grand success. Please visit our web-page at IAPHX.
org for more details.
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Chennai, (IANS) Come September, legendary com-
poser Ilayaraja will perform live at five cities across
the US. The five cities are the San Francisco Bay
Area, Dallas, Atlanta, New Jersey and Washington
DC.
His concerts will be a part of an event to be organised
by Kalalaya USA, which was founded in 1992 with a
mission of promoting Indian arts and culture in Cali-
fornia.
According to the organisers, this tour has been ar-
ranged to commemorate the maestro’s rare achieve-
ment of composing music for over thousand films.
In his illustrious career, this will only be the second
time Ilayaraja will be performing in the US. His last
concert was in 2013.
A team of over 50 musicians along with popular play-
back singers will accompany him on the tour.
lowing China’s opposition.
“India has joined the Missile Technology Control Re-
gime (MTCR) this morning. The MTCR Point of Con-
tact in Paris has conveyed the decision regarding In-
dia’s accession to the regime through the Embassy of
France in New Delhi as
well as the Embassies
of The Netherlands
and Luxembourg,” the
Ministry of External
Affairs said.
India became the 35th member of the MTCR, of
which China awaits membership.
India first applied for the membership in 2008 and
China in 2004.
“India would like to thank each of the 34 MTCR Part-
ners for their support for the membership,” the MEA
added.
High Achieving Graduates of 2016 shared their ex-
periences on College admissions etc on June 5 th at
IACRF Ekta Mandir Assembly Hall. This is jointly
presented by Indo-American Foundation of Ari-
zona, Iserve and Pratham. Event was attended by
more than 180 students and families. All had an op-
portunity to meet & hear from Students heading to
Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, UPenn, Dartmouth,
Brown, Cornell, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, ASU Bar-
rett’s Honors College and other schools.
This interactive session was highly appreciated by all
attendees.
New Delhi, (IANS) In a diplomatic success, India on
Monday became a full member of the Missile Tech-
nology Control Regime (MTCR), three days after it
failed to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) fol-
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Phoenix Stretches with the World
PATRIOTISM & REGIONAL FLAVORS
Ilayaraja set for five-city concert in US
India formally joins Missile Technol-
ogy Control Regime.
WORDS of WISDOM
Happiness is when what you think,
what you say, and what you do are in
harmony.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“In the company of wind even dust achieves great
heights -Anonymous”
