A notion crossed the minds of a few respectables of Vasant Kunj that although our colony is one of the largest and most cosmopolitan colonies of Delhi yet something important is still missing for the overall well-being of its residents. The RWAs of different pockets were doing good work and essentially busy in the improvement of the civic amenities, the need was felt to have a very good conglomerate of people from entire Vasant Kunj to look after the social, cultural, fitness and health needs of its citizens.
Under the dynamic leadership and able guidance of our area councillor Jagmohan Mehlawat and untiring efforts of Shailu Verma along with Satish Dogra, a team of such jewels was thus formed.
As a first step, an event titled UMANG was organised by this conglomerate of Jewels of Vasant Kunj, on 18 June at 6.30 PM at the ISIC auditorium. Its sole purpose was to encourage active participation by one and all to meet the social, cultural and health needs of our residents. Such was the enthusiasm amongst the people that the entire auditorium was packed to capacity and remained so till the end of the programme at around 9.30 PM.
The programme was beautifully anchored by Ms Amita supported by Ms Roopam.
At the outset, the auditorium reverberated with chants of AUM by Mr Dogra. This was followed by invocation of Ganapati and maa Saraswati in Sanskrit shlokas, beautifully sung by young & talented Ms Palak, creating a heavenly atmosphere in the auditorium.
A very cute performance by tiny tots ensued.
It was then time for introduction of The Jewels of Vasant Kunj to the audience. There was a huge round of applause after introduction of each Jewel who was present, namely – Shailu Verma, Satish Dogra, Arun Kumar, Amita Mehra, Dr Gururaj, Ajay & Somilla Soni, Roopam Kapur, Pradeep Chaddha, K K Mehra, Savita Soni, Air Cdr BK Gandhi, Santosh Gangwal, Rashmi Sharma, SS Gupta and Rajan Chhabra.
The chief guest, councillor of Vasant Kunj ward, Shri Jagmohan Mehlawat ji, in his speech shared his vision for the entire area and about the concept of Jewels of Vasant Kunj. He called upon residents to come forward actively to participate in the betterment of the area.
For maintaining very good health amongst all age groups, a highly informative talk was given by the world-renowned surgeon, Dr Gururaj from ISIC. Each word of his lecture was received in pin drop silence by the audience.
This was followed by a highly informative talk on the principles of mindful living by the famous wellness coach, Rashmi Sharma, who also engaged the audience in Chair Yoga exercises.
There were dance-fitness events accompanied with foot tapping music by various groups of boys, girls and youngsters.
The event ended with a highly joyful energetic dance performances with fast music by Ajay & Somilla Soni, where the audience joined in from their seats itself, further enlivening the overall atmosphere.
As may be evident from the whole event, it fully met the basic vision and concept of the group of Jewels formed by our illustrious Councillor Jagmohan Mehlawat.
Cheers to Shailu Verma and Satish Dogra for organising such a highly successful event.
Best wishes for many more in future.
