The Golden Jubilee celebration was finally
celebrated on 11th February and 12th February 2012.
Without doubt, it was a grand affair, what with
the Keralites’ taste for being culturally tasteful.. The members and the
managing committee of BMS ensured the grandeur of celebration befitting the
occasion was presented.
It did start with the usual hiccups as far as the
Chief Guest was concerned, the team met Shri A K Anthony, our Defence minister
and also met Shri, K Shankanarayanan the Governor of Maharashtra – but both of
them could not come due to important engagements. The big thing is that the
bouquet of BMS and the greetings of each of you members of BMS reached our
Defence Minister and the Governor of Maharashtra.
Our First President of BMS – Shri K A Ooomman was
the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honor was Shri M P Ramachandran – MD of Jyothy
Laboratories Ltd.
The President - Mr. Shriraj Nair endorsed his commitment to the Samajam by pledging to turn our School project to a land mark Educational
and Sports Center and to ensure all our services
like Diagnostic Centre and Ayurvedic Panchkarma Centre are made available to
all sections of the society.
Mr. Anil Kumar - the Secretary also addressed the gathering and gave an impromptu assessment of the years that went by and the commitment of the committee to ensure that the Samajam reach great heights not just within the Malayalis but also among other communities.
The Cultural Extravaganza on the 11th February
interspersed with the felicitation ceremony of those who were part of the
Samajam for the last 25 years, went exceedingly well with the cheers and
accolades of those present.
The 2nd
day celebration on 12th February was a fund raising program, and
hence we had renowned performers like Biju Narayanan, Durga Vishwanath, Salish
Syam, Rekha, Kalabhavan Ravindran, Kalabhavan Pradeep Lal and their Troupe.
All those who were there enjoyed and went back
home with pleasant memories of the achievements of their Samajams Golden
Jubilee celebrations and those who were unfortunate to be present can update
themselves with the snaps below.
Cheers to the Samajam and Cheers to all those
wonderful people who put their soul and mind to ensure that a great program was
hosted.
The Samajam takes great pride in thanking each one
of the audience, without whom we would have lacked the enthusiasm and the vibrancy
of our performance.
The audience was approximately 1000 people consisting
of elite invitees, members and their family from in and around Borivli, and
representatives from other Samajams of Kerala origin who attended the event.
The entire event was held in the
beautifully scaped lawn of Borivli
Malayli Samajam’s V.K.Krishana
Menon Academy,
New MHB Colony, Gorai Road,
Borivli (W).
Before the Grand Finale the following event was held as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations:
Events celebrated as a part of the Golden
Jubilee Year:
Painting Competition with a participation of 675
students from KG class to 10th Standard was conducted on 25th
September 2011.
On 2nd October 2011, we had
a grand Onam celebration with traditional cultural program and ONA sadhya. Many
non Malayalis, including elected representatives’ viz. MPs, MLAs and
Corporators and celebrated artists participated and appreciated our oneness and preservation of culture and
showcase of programs by three generations.
On 20th November 2011 we organized a
free Seminar on Redevelopment and Deemed Conveyance, jointly with Maharashtra
Societies Welfare Association(R.) at Kamala Vihar Sports Club, Mahavir Nagar, Kandivli (W), Mumbai –
400067. To our surprise, there were big number of participants from Kurla,
Bandra, Andheri and Virar.IX Inter-School Folk Dance Competition was held on 8th December 2011 at Prabodhan Thackery Hall, Soda Wala Lane Borivli ( W) in which children from 9 Schools of Municipal N ward, Borivli East and West participated.
Lecture on Cancer awareness – Conducted by Tata Memorial Hospital on 08th January 2012 at V.K. Krishna Menon Academy, New MHB Colony, Gorai Road, Borivli (W).
