Paras Ramoutar
PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD/TOBAGO, September 23, 2016 (Paras Ramoutar): “Mother Ganga–Mother of the Oceans and Rivers” will be the theme for the 30th edition of Diwali Nagar in Trinidad and Tobago, according to Dr. Deokienanan Sharma, president of the National Council of Indian Culture(NCIC). “This year’s theme has serious and profound religious meaning as Lord Shiva is reputed to hold the Ganga River on His Head,” Sharma said. Sharma said that this year’s show will run from Thursday October 20 to Friday October 29 at a projected cost of US $800,000. “Diwali Nagar has grown to be a huge economic and business enterprise with over 70 large, medium and small enterprises participating locally, the Caribbean and India, among other places”.
“Diwali Nagar which started in 1986 has now become a national, and probably an international institution in terms of its total presentation, glamour, originality and content. “Diwali Nagar has been able to foster further ethnic unity in our land, and other countries are taking a page from our social, religious and cultural disposition, all of which augur well for the unity and brotherhood of all mankind. Diwali Nagar fosters social mobility and it is an interactive model, worthy of emulation worldwide.” Mangaroo said.