5th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar launched in Kyrgyz Republic

Aaghaz-e-Dosti Kyrgyz Chapter created history by launching 5^th Indo-Pak Peace Calendar internationally on Saturday February 18, 2017 at Unum Cultural Centre in Bishkek. The calendar launch was followed by a discussion titled “Sharing of Hopes for a Peaceful Co-existence”. Kayemba Nicholas was a guest speaker in the discussion. He is from Uganda and a student at International Ataturk-Alatoo University in Bishkek.

These peace calendars have 12 selected paintings (6 from India and Pakistan each) which were selected from hundreds of paintings received by Aaghaz-e-Dosti this year. Every year, Aaghaz-e-Dosti announce to invite paintings from school students in India and Pakistan on ‘Indo-Pak Friendship’ theme. The team also invites messages from 12 (6 from India and 6 from Pakistan) eminent persons working on Indo-Pak peace. After selection of paintings by jury, Indian painting with message of Pakistani peace activist and vise-versa get form of a calendar by 12 such pages i.e. one for each month and these calendars are released with a discussion ‘Sharing of Hopes for Peaceful Co-existence’ in India and Pakistan every year.

This year, we had got tremendous participation in our competition for paintings from youths of both the countries. From Pakistan, we received paintings from Balochistan, Karachi, Lahore, Rahim Yar Khan and Toba Tek Singh district. From India, we received paintings from Anupshehr (UP), Cuttack (Orissa), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Delhi, Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Kolkata (West Bengal), Lucknow (UP), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Surat (Gujarat) and Vadodara (Gujarat). We also received a painting from an Indian student studying in Oman.

This year’s calendar has already been launched in different cities in India: Dehradun, Delhi, Mumbai and Panipat and in Pakistan: Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Toba Tek Singh. The Calendar is also scheduled to be launched in three other cities in India – Chandigarh, Jalandhar and Kolkata.

The event in Kyrgyz was the first launch of this calendar outside India and Pakistan.

The event was attended by children of different age groups, students, young professionals and parents from India, Pakistan, Uganda and Kyrgyz Republic.

Infact, the Peace Calendar was launched by future leaders i.e. our children. The children, Nasim Karim, the Kyrgyz Co-ordinator shared, took great interest in going through the pictures in the calendar drawn by students of India and Pakistan. They were very excited for the next year calendar launch as they want to participate in the competition and want to get their voices for peace published.

Nasima Karim had briefed about activities and mission of Aaghaz-e-Dosti through presentation and images. The event was wrapped up by brainstorming and networking activity to further promote friendship, peace and co-existence.

Press Release issued by

Devika Mittal

on behalf of Aaghaz-e-Dosti

For further information or for queries, email us at aaghazedosti@gmail.com

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