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He set the mood is critical to gain public support and with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern trol the context, as was the case with for the evening and contributed trust, as it is only through collective last year as Covid-19 threatened its the pandemic, you can always control immensely by creating a perfect flow. initiatives that any country over- comes the challenges it faces. Praneeta Kochhar Mahajan vicious spread), have made him a your behaviour and how you decide In his Welcome Address, Auckland household name and a ‘National to respond. While things around me Mayor Phil Goff acknowledged the In his ‘Reflections,’ India’s High he Eleventh Annual Indian Hero.’ were far from calm and peaceful, I country’s 75th Independence day Commissioner Muktesh Pardeshi Newslink Lecture with Dr Dr Bloomfield shared the lessons tried to make everyone who heard celebrations and admired 75 years complimented Dr Bloomfield on his Ashley Bloomfield held at that he learnt through the pandemic me feel calm,” he said and added that of unbroken democracy which is an ‘uplifting Lecture and for reliving Mahatma Gandhi Centre in and reminisced about life before Cov- many letters and emails from people, unparalleled achievement for any the triumphs which we as a nation TAuckland on Monday, August 16, id-19 and the events that followed the achieved through the pandemic. especially children, remarked about Nation. 2021 was an evening that had it all. It first positive case that was diagnosed his ‘calm and cool disposition’ while Social Cohesion Concluding Remarks was an evening with a perfect mix of on February 28, 2020. addressing the Nation every day. Diversity, Inclusion & Ethnic In his Concluding Remarks, elegance and intellect. eMental Health International The event was marked with impor- Collaborative and Health TRx Chief tant discussions and conversations Executive Professor Anil Thapliyal around Good Governance and how reflected the sentiment of the the Covid-19 pandemic brought to audience that the Lecture seemed ‘as light the need for an efficient and though Dr Bloomfield was talking to far-reaching response for effective each one of us individually.’ management. Praneeta Kochhar Mahajan is our occasional Columnist and Reporter. She A household Name attended the Indian Newslink Lecture The Lecture was a much-antici- 2021 to file this Report. pated event, with interest evinced She lives in Hamilton. by people across communities in Additional Reading: On Page 3 Dr Ashley Bloomfield with Priyanca Radhakrishnan, Christopher Luxon and other VIP guests at the Indian Newslink Lecture on August 16, 2021 families separated for the past 20 humankind has ever come across. months- with one person living in New Even affluent countries with superior Indian envoy calls for humane approach to migrants Zealand and their spouses, children healthcare infrastructure have found Venkat Raman and other immediate family members it extremely difficult to handle the leading anxious lives in India. smite of the virus. In India, the sheer ndia’s High Commissioner to “During these hard times, the High size of the population made it all the New Zealand Muktesh Pardeshi Commission has been at the forefront more difficult to tackle a pandemic has called on the New Zealand of looking after the welfare of the of the magnitude of Covid-19, which government to be more humane distressed citizens in New Zealand. spreads rapidly in densely populated Iand ensure the return of stranded Both countries and their people have places,” he said. migrant workers and their families stood together in solidarity. In our Massive Evacuation back in India. humanitarian endeavours, we have Mr Pardeshi said that India was one Speaking at the Eleventh Annual received support from all quarters- of the first countries to start a massive Indian Newslink Lecture with Di- from the New Zealand government as programme of evacuation on May 7, rector-General of Health Dr Ashely well as from the Indian community 2020 to bring back stranded Indians Bloomfield on Monday, August 16, organisations. I take this occasion to in various parts of the world. So far, 2021 at Mahatma Gandhi Centre in record my deepest appreciation to all,” more than 2.3 million Indians have Auckland, he said that Prime Minister he said. been evacuated in about 15,000 flights. 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