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THE REVIEW
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There are some women who are no longer with us, like Sharon Barron, but what they contributed to society— they have left a part of themselves behind—and it is an amazing inspiration to each and every one of us. Personally, being a lover of music, I was really excited to be part of the ‘Voice of the Year’ competition. I
kept seeing a lot of talent coming out. We had so many people participating from my own branch. We never even knew that there were so many talented singers. The Anglo-Indian community strives a lot to train the youth to be great leaders and you don’t find that a lot out there. The youth are the future pillars
of our nation and our community, and I am really thankful to the Anglo-Indian community for giving
us such amazing opportunities to get out and shine.
In Tamil Nadu, at the branch AGMs, we are having youth initiation programmes to instil confidence in our youth and improve their public speaking skills. That’s the direction that we are heading in. The President- in-Chief, Mr Barry O’Brien, as you have heard said that we are moving ahead and becoming achievers. The awards ceremony yesterday was conducted so professionally and is getting better and better. When Mr O’Brien spoke he mixed rich content with plenty
of humour. I really find his sense of humour pretty unbelievable and I think we should all learn how to speak from Mr O’Brien. I think even Mr Bean needs
to take a few notes from him! There is a buzz all over the Association right now and Mr O’Brien spoke about visibility, which I think is very important. Also, social media plays a very important role in this generation and I am really happy to see that the Facebook page has been going viral all over. Dr Oscar Nigli has always encouraged our branches in Tamil Nadu to exceed expectations and to project our talents and skills, particularly in the realm of public speaking
and language skills. It was he who encouraged me
to speak here today; thank you so much, Sir. Today we can see the Association taking giant strides in
the last couple of years. I have said this many times before and I will say it again: I am very, very proud to be a part of our beloved The All-India Anglo-Indian Association, of this beloved community, because we are a ‘one for all and all for one’ community. Thank you and God bless.
G SHANAYALEWIS
ood morning to the President-in-Chief, office bearers, Governing Body members, ladies and gentlemen. Today is an exciting day for me
as this is my first AGM and it is pretty exciting and pretty surprising to see so many people out here today because I did not have any idea that more than fifty branches were going to be represented. Yesterday, when I attended the awards ceremony, to be honest
I was taken by surprise to see how much our community has excelled. Seeing prizes given out for courage, talents, for our accomplishments, knowing that our community is making a difference in India—it is pretty amazing to see something like this! Some outside say that Anglo-Indians don’t accomplish many things, but being here today tells me that we prove them wrong every single day, that we can change the world one step at a time. This is a great way to get to know our own community better. As I was dancing yesterday, I had so much fun and made new friends, I bonded with people from different states. It made me
really be
happy and I am really proud to part of the Anglo-Indian
community. I have also seen so many
Anglo-Indian women out
there; being a woman in
India is a really tough job and, I am so proud
to say that we’ve gotten
so many opportunities
that help us empower ourselves
and to prove ourselves each and every day. We
have
guides in our Anglo-Indian community who inspire us every moment of our lives. Even women outside our community are inspired by looking at us and I feel really proud to be part of this amazing community.
such amazing leaders and