Thursday, December 30, 2010

Starting the new year with a new blog

   IAF was started in October 2009 as a FB group, just 2 months before Jan 2010. So we may consider 2010 as our action-oriented year. For IAF, indeed this year was full of activities and achievements. Though small, but a big step into our celebrating future. In this one year itself we have almost touched the 1000 mark of solidarity, which is the proof of our cherished togetherness and love for this cause. This togetherness was all seen during the event "Indian Cultural Night" held on 13th November in Yerevan in the celebration of Diwali. The festival of lights and togetherness brought the same spirit among people from both of these countries. My heartiest thanks to all those students of YSMU, who made it unforgettable with their excellent organizational skills. We would love to see it again and again and IAF will leave no stone unturned to make it even on bigger scale for the coming years.
   In its series of establishing people-to-people connection, India-Armenia Friendship, participated in a goodwill program to encourage Sports connection between these two countries. Mr. Karen Hovhannisyan, an avid Golf Player from Yerevan, representing Golf Federation of Armenia was invited by his Indian counterparts to participate in Sixth Chandigarh Golfing tour for NRIs (Non-Resident Indians) to be held between 17th19th December 2010 in Chandigarh, India.  However apart from this Golf-game, what Karen cherished more was two unforgettable days spent with IAF members.
IAF as concept is now taking a bigger leap further in the next year to give it an organizational format, so that we transform ourselves from a virtual to Foundational platform.
   We have also worked upon certain issues which will ease out the people-2-people connection between these two countries without any obstacles. In near future, you will witness all this which will narrow the technical/bureaucratic distance between us.
This is just a beginning, which envisions the greatest ever India-Armenia relationship.
   Last but not the least. IAF would have never been in action without the devoted dedication of its members and volunteers from both countries. We thanks all of them and invite to this new blog to share new ideas and to build a new stage  of our great Indo-Armenian relationship.

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