In Rajasthan's Sun City
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| With Danseuse Sonal Mansingh and Maharaja Gaj Raj Singh at the dinner in Sun City. |
July 26,
2012, Jodhpur: This evening I hosted a dinner at the Umaid
Palace Hotel in Jodhpur. I am in this Sun City
for two reasons. First to meet Mr Vijaydan Detha, who, due to his ill
health, could not come to our reception-cum-felicitation function in Jaipur.
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| With Maharaj Gaj Raj Singh |
Earlier
this year I had organized this function in which the Hon’ble Chief
Minister of Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot had conferred Rajasthan
Padmashree Award to Vijaydan Detha – a literary giant
whose contribution to Rajasthani literature is immense. Since Mr
Detha was bed ridden he could not come to the function. He is still
confined to his bed and unable to move out of his home.
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| Thakur Sundar Singh |
So I thought
I'd pay him a visit and do the honours of personally felicitating him
for his life time achievement and contribution to Rajasthani
literature.
My second
reason for being in the city is that I am planning a number of art
and cultural activities and events in Jaipur and have plans to
include Jodhpur to this events circuit.
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| With Mahendra Detha in white kurta and others |
So I am collaborating with FICCI Flo on this. This
organization has been looking for the right kind of event in Jodhpur
and also to open their membership drive in Jodhpur.
Tomorrow is
the Prabha Khaitan Memorial Literature
series to be presented by danseuse par excellence Sonal Mansingh.
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This event
would be hold at Hotel Amangarh. I thought since I am in the
Sun City I have to meet up with quite a few prominent
people of the City who have an abiding interest in cultural
activities.
That’s why I hosted a dinner at the Umaid Bhavan
Palace and invited the prominent residents of Jodhpur for dinner
which was graced by Maharaja Gaj Singh who is popular as Bapji
in this region.
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