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[email protected] • 813-758-1786 FIA OF TAMPA BAY TO HOLD VIRTUAL Inside: REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION JAN. 24 The Federation of India Associations (FIA) of Tampa Bay will hold a virtual event to celebrate India’s Stream This! 72nd Republic Day on Sunday, Jan. 24. This year’s FIA officers are President Jigisha Desai, Republic ‘Tandav’ Day Event Chair Ramnarayanan Mani and Republic Day Event Co-Chair Rini Mishra. There will be cooking, rangoli, fancy dress and youth art and essay competitions, 2020 high school 3 graduates scholarships and a spirit of freedom blood drive. There also will be cultural programs and duets of FIA-music contests. Register at www. Guest article fiatampabay.org For information, email FIA_TPA_ Radharaman Kirtane
[email protected] or see ad on page 6. tribute In related news, FIA provided six graduate students 6 from India with financial assistance ($500/student) during COVID-19 on Sunday Dec. 6. Classifieds Matrimonial 8 Immigration Processing fees up Top row: Vidya Takkalaki, FIA Treasurer-2021 and USF graduate students Bottom row: Vijayan Nair, 10 FIA Treasurer-2020, Jigisha Desai, FIA President-2021, Bhanu Prakash Dhulipalla, FIA President-2020, Dr. Kotha Motoring Sekharam, FIA Trustee Board Chair- Jeep Gladiator 12 2021-2022 and USF graduate students. Florida News New Miami dean 16 e Co th ver BOOKS er “Murder in Old Bombay” (390 pages; $26.99) by d Nev March; published by Minotaur Books n (www.minotaurbooks.com) U 1892 Bombay serves as the backdrop for this riveting mystery that features Captain Jim Agnihotri of mixed e heritage (Indian and British perhaps).