8 November 2015
Hyderabad

TAL Celebrated its 8th Children’s Day in memory of the First Indian Prime Minister “Chacha” Nehru’s birthday in Featherstone High School, London. Under the supervision of TAL Culture Centre (TCC) Trustee Sri Mallesh Kota and TCC Advisor, Smt. Dharmavati Nishtala TCC children Pooja, Susmitha, Ayishwarya and Akshara have conducted the event.

About 150 kids and 300 adults participated in celebrations where 60 children have showcased a variety of talent in fine arts. TCC students and children have performed various fine arts like Carnatic Music, Bharatha Naatyam, Patriotic and Cine Songs. Little children have dressed up as National Leaders, Freedom Fighters and Comic characters in Fancy dress competitions.

Students who attended the workshops lead by Hamsanandi Kalaratna Sri K V Satyanarayana have captivated the audience with their Koochipudi dances.

TAL Chairman Sri Pagadala Satyendra has commended the work of volunteers Sridevi and Sharmila. He also thanked all the volunteers, sponsors and parents of children who have always supported TAL’s activities.

He appreciated the new Board of Trustees, Balaji Callur, Sridhar Medichetty, Mallesh Kota, Bharathi Kandukuri, Nirmala Dhavala, Kiran Kappeta, Sridhar Somisetty and Srinivasa Rao Kornepati to have successfully organised the event.

Vice Chairman Balaji Callur has praised Sri K V Satyanarana for his dedicated support to TAL’s culture centres and requested him to continue to support TAL going forward. Old and new Board of Trustees came together to felicitate Sri K V Satyanarayana.

TAL team also felicitated Vikram Kolagatla, Director New College and specially thanked him for all the support he has been giving to TAL’s TCC centres.

About TAL
Telugu association of London (TAL) is a not-for-profit widely known first ever Telugu charity organization in UK (UK registered charity organization No. 1137074). TAL was formed in April 2005 with a clear vision and objective to lay foundations for Telugu speaking community.

The 16th-century Venetian explorer Niccolò de' Conti visited the Vijayanagara Empire and described Telugu as “the Italian of the east”.

TAL motto: Unite, Cherish and Share Telugu Culture
TAL runs various events throughout the year under the following sub-groups. A few below.

TCC (Telugu Culture Centre) organises the following activities
Telugu language classes for all
Violin, Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance), Carnatic Vocal (Indian classical vocal), Bollywood Dance for juniors and adults
Children's day with performances by TCC students each November

TAL Sports organises the following activities

TAL Cricket 20-20 championships each summer
Badminton, Chess, Volleyball championships each winter
TWF (TAL Women Forum)
TAL Cricket 20-20 championships each summer

TAL has restored the Grave of the British Born Telugu writer/poet Sir. Charles Philip Brown (CP Brown) in London and also we started TAL Cultural Centres to teach Telugu Language and fine arts to preserve our language and culture and pass it onto the next generations. We had the greatest honour of felicitating Great Grandson of Sir. Arthur Cotton who built many dams across rivers in In addition to this, TAL charity recognizes the achievements of various artists, performers and exponents and brings their works to the notice of thousands of new audiences through our most popular annual celebration on every Telugu New year day “Ugadi” in London. TAL conducts talent hunts and surveys.

Also brings out a colourful cultural souvenir “Maa Telugu” (means Our Language) every year with works from various artists, authors, writers, scientists, professionals, students, business community etc. We also encourage the artists by grandly felicitating and respecting their work by commissioning “Cultural Excellence Award” and “Life Time Achievement Award” every year. I am very pleased to say that 7 eminent people received life time achievement awards in due recognition to their dedication for the very development of the humanity and society in Britain and a total of 14 including local and international artists received Cultural excellence and appreciation awards.

Throughout the year in addition to other charitable, social, women's, sporting and youth activities TAL also provide opportunities for cultural sharing and skills development through our international arts performance and exchange program on various international stages in and around London. We support cultural practitioners, for example in the areas of music and dance, literature to have their work appreciated by others and their concerns staged and propagated at a local and global level. We are making every attempt to understand and develop projects to foster greater respect and understanding between different identities in London, particularly in the areas of education, music, dance, linguistics, sports etc. As part of our curriculum we celebrate Children's day every year on eve of the birth anniversary of India’s First Prime Minister Shri. Jawaharlal Nehru.