Proposed Concept: "North-East Festival"

"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people." - Mahatma Gandhi

To bridge the gap and to create awareness, it is proposed to organize North East Festival on 8th& 9thNovember, 2013 at IGNCA Ground, Janpath, New Delhi. It is organised in association with Ministry of DoNER, Govt of India in association with Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA) by Trend MMS, leading cultural trust of North East having experience in organizing mega cultural event. North East based organization based in Delhi such as North East MPs Forum, North East Image Managers, North East Media Forum would be associated in organizing the event.

An organizing committee is formed to organize the event comprising ShriHarishankar Brahma, Election Commissioner of India, Dr. JayantaMadhab, eminent economist, Mr. TakamSanjoy, Hon'ble MP, Shri A Jamir, Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Shri WMS Pariat, Chief Secretary of Meghalaya, ShriHaukhumHauzel, Member Secretary, Mizoram Planning Board, Mr. AM Singh, Joint Secretary, DoNER, Shri SN BrohmoChowdhury, Adviser (NE) Planning Commission of India, ShriPradyot Deb Barma, Maharaja of Tripura, Mr. Karma Gyatso, Adviser to CM, Sikkim as Board of Advisers. Students Association of the North East region based in Delhi and Delhi based NER State Associations would also be part of the organising team.

The idea behind organizing this unique North-East Festival is to highlight and showcase the rich cultural heritage, food habits, handloom handicraft and tourism of the North East to the National Capital. This is to raise awareness of the region in the National Capital wherein wrong perceptions have created confusion. This is also to create visualization for a healthy and productive communion of cultures for peace, harmony and development of the feeling of the National Integrity. The event will also showcase the huge tourism prospect of the North-East region.

There will be an exclusive stall from Ministry of Women and Child Development for women empowerment, their safety and rights as there are many instances of women violation of women rights, misbehavior, racial attack, especially towards girls from North-east in National Capital and other cities of India.

One of the objective of the event is to erase from the minds of the people of the North-East the feeling of ostracize from the mainstream and the negative perception of people from other parts of India.Our country mates should have an experience of the richness of the lively culture and tradition and the hospitality of theirNorth-Easternregion.

This two day eventwill try to showcase the cultural and traditional heritage of North-east to rest of India and will be a platform for creating awareness, removing misconception and promoting the feeling of integration with rest of India. The event will be marked by:

Expected Outcome of The Event