Senior Citizens Celebrates Diwali At Gujarati Samaj- Atlanta Dunia -

Senior Citizens Celebrates
Diwali At Gujarati Samaj
With Fanfare

Photos & Review: Girish Modi

The senior citizens group of Guajarti Samaj of Atlanta is a small, but closely-knit group of Guajaratis from all walks of life. On Sunday November 21, 2010 they celebrated belated Diwali and New Year festival at the Sardar Patel hall with lots of fanfare and sumptuous gujarati-style (less spicy and less oily) home-cooked dinner that was sponsored by Ramesh Pandya and his family.

The highlight of the celebration was a musical afternoon with budding singers of Atlanta’s own Navrang musical group run by Sunny Thakkar. Some seniors like Kokila Mehta, Ajit Dave and Rajnikant Parikh also participated and entertained their senior friends with songs and poems. Some senior couples also danced when Sunny sang the last item of the afternoon.

The whole program rose to the occasion since it was also “Dev Diwali” and according to many attendees it was more joyous than the Diwali celebration 2 tights before by the Gujarati Samaj that included all the members.

As a surprise item a cake was cut to celebrate birthdays of some seniors.

Thanks to the dedication of volunteers like Ashwin Shah, Rekha Mehta, Varsha Shah, Ramesh Pandya, Vinod and Aruna Patel, Vipul Patel, Sunil Patel, Ketan Shah and their family members that senior citizens had a blast that they will remember for a long time.