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2017 Magazine

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CONTENTS

Ambassador’s Message 1-2

Holi Hungama 3-4

IIK Premier Cup 5-6

Sarang 7-8

Diwali Fest 9-10

IIK Cricket Club 11-12

Books & Literature 13

Mission Vision Values 14

Inventory Rental Service 15

Board of Directors 16

The organization mainly includes Indians living in Korea and Koreans who are interested in India or Indian community. This group primarily composed of engineering professionals, business persons, research fellows, students and housewives. IIK upholds India’s umbrella of Unity in Diversity and intends to make Indians feel at home and interact freely in Korea. Regardless of religion, region, culture and language, doors of IIK are open for every Indian. With the help of our lively discussion in group, meetings, get together parties, socio-cultural activities and the best helping hands by each of the members in the group, IIK wishes to provide every individual an open communication platform to share experiences, social knowledge and simultaneously a feeling of togetherness. We are proud to be Indian ever since the significance of being an Indian is known to every individual. We, in Korea, are for work, education, name and fame of our country as well as our own. Any differentiation, disintegration towards the great India must be kept at bay. Keeping in mind to raise our country's name and fame as well as our own, we should help each other and make our stay more comfortable in Korea.

stablished in 2002, IIK is a non-profit organization with over 6000 members. E

Ambassador’s Message In the year ahead, we look to working more closely with our countrymen, person of Indian origin and all friends of India, to create greater awareness of the opportunities that the India-Korea partnership offer both countries. We also hope that Indians In Korea will continue to keep in close touch with Embassy including by registering on our website and participating in events, so that we can plan for a better future while preparing for any eventualities. I congratulate the Indians In Korea group for their hard work and efforts to remind all Indians of our diverse and exciting homeland, and to keep us connected with out culture in all its myriad hues.

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It is pleasure to be able to reach out to fellow citizens and persons of Indian origin through this electronic magazine of “Indians In Korea”. A busy year has gone by in 2017. Not only has the work environment remained exciting, out bilateral relationship continues to bring India and Korea closer together as special strategic partners. With the entry into Office of the new Government in Korea, the pace of exchanges has increased. This is complimented by a very promising increase in bilateral trade and investment flows for the first time in several years between our two countries. More than even, this is a good time to be proud Indians in friendly country.

Holi Hungama March 12, 2017

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Holi, also known as the "festival of colors" or the "festival of love“, is a spring festival celebrated in India. The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest. On March 12, 2017 IIK celebrated its 6th Holi event. IIK Holi event has been improving year by year with addition various activities and games to the event. It all started with spark of Holi in the hearts of IIK friends in 2012. In 2012, IIK kicked of Holi event with a trip to Danyang with colors prepared by IIK families. In 2013, IIK celebrated Holi in a restaurant in Seoul with DJ music and buffet lunch. In 2014, IIK decided to make it big and rented an open space at Ichon Hangang Park located across the banks of the Han river in Seoul. Since 2014, this park has become favorite place for celebrating Holi every year. Every year the event is open to all people regardless of gender, age, religion and nationality. In the recent years, the percentage of foreigners has been increasing and the event popularity is increasing more and more. As did on event of every year, this year also people enjoyed playing colors with DJ music across the riverside. Tug of war has been the favorite game played every year at the event. Special games for kids and couple dance competitions added extra fun to the event. Luckily it was warm day compared to other days in winter and helped everyone to release all the stress accumulated during the winter. The event ended with delicious lunch from Royal India restaurant filling all the hungry stomachs.

IIK Premier Cup July 22, 2017

IIK premier cup is one of the main attractions for Indians sports lovers in Korea. It encourages people to get together and enjoy the game of cricket that is loved and appreciated by all. IIK has already successfully conducted this annual event 5 times in a row. Moreover with the constant improvement in the tournament facilities, this year marked the participation of 10 teams throughout Korea. Every match was played with 10 overs for an inning and the audience came in large numbers with their families to enjoy not only cricket but also the delicious food served by Ms. Chanchal Sharma & Mr. Naveen Sharma. One of the great attraction for this tournament was to be telecasted live through YouTube with the help of Mr. Amit Gupta. IIKPC 2017 Results: Winner - SNU - XI Runner Up - GCC Best batsman- Abhilash Desai Best bowler- Jaswinder Singh

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Sarang Oct 20 ~ 29, 2017

Embassy of India organised 3rd edition of annual cultural festival “SARANG-Festival of India in Korea” from 20 to 29 October 2017. Since the year is the 70th anniversary of India’s Independence, this year SARANG festival was scaled up and presented as part of our India@70 celebration across South Korea. Given the significance of our 70th anniversary celebrations worldwide, SARANG 2017 featured a special line up of events. These included Indian classical music recitals by world-renowned Bansuri Maestro Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Grammy Award winning Mohan Veena artist Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt and Tabla –nawaz Pt. Ramkumar Mishra; collaboration of Indian and Korean music with contemporary dance by Astad Deboo, featuring Trayam and Noreum Machi of Korea; traditional folk dance by a Purulia Chhau team from Jharkhand and contemporary music and dance from North East India, by Rattle & Hum Music Society. The festival also included an Indian Food Festival, an Indian Film Festival, an Exhibition of Modern Art by Indian and Korean artists and a Yoga Workshop.

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The 10 day festival traveled from Seoul to Busan, covering in between the cities of Seosan, Gimhae and Miryang. The festival received an overwhelming response from Korean citizens across age groups, who filled the venues beyond capacity. All viewers were overawed by the cultural diversity and uniqueness of India. It is relevant to underline here that the main financing for the Festival came from sponsorships. The Hyundai Motor Group, Tata Daewoo Korea and Millennium Seoul Hilton gave us generous assistance in cash and kind, as did a range of other GOI entities including ICCR, Department of Tourism and Air India.

Diwali Fest Oct 29, 2017

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Diwali or Deepavali is the festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in India. One of the most popular festivals of India, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doors and windows, around temples and other buildings in the communities and countries where it is observed. Diwali celebrations started by Indians living in Korea as early as in 2002. Indians in Korea officially started organizing the Diwali in 2008. Since 2008, every year IIK Diwali has been the biggest event of the year organized by any Indian Community in South Korea and IIK has been successfully hosting every year possibly with new themes and new concept and the attendance has been as high as 700 in some of the years. This year IIK celebrated its 10th Diwali anniversary and according to some of the audience at the venue, this year Diwali has been the best Diwali organized by IIK until date. At the venue, to mark the 10th anniversary of IIK Diwali, everyone was welcomed to the event with a gift. IIK Diwali kicked off with the event inauguration by Honourable Indian Ambassador to Korea Mr. Vikram Doraiswami. The energetic and young hosts Kuldeep Kasana and Anshika Jangra kept entertaining the audience with charming talks and short games. The powerful performances by the dance performers during the event made everyone feel like live theater and the high energy in the hall made them feel that they are in India and not in Korea. The creative and fun games organized by Naveen Maheswari and Vijay Dhoot moved everyone to their childhood, and winners and participants in each game were awarded with valuable gifts. The authentic and delicious food served by Chakra restaurant, Hare Krishna Temple, and a group of Indian friends boosted everyone’s event satisfaction to the next level.

IIK Cricket Club 2017

Indians have been playing cricket in Korea since Korea Cricket Association (KCA) was formed. The club is made up of “Social” cricketers. Some players are regular but others are timely players. For 2007 ~ 2012 we were playing in the name of “Lions Indian”, but 2013 saw a shift when we started playing under banner of Indians In Korea. It gave birth to IIK Cricket Club(IIKCC). Our first aim is to have fun, be inclusive of everyone who is Indian and interested in Cricket. Quality and discipline are not compromised in any possible way during the games resulting in ranking us higher on the rank. IIK CC currently participates in 2 competitions. One of them is KCA Chairman’s Cup Cricket league organized by KCA . GCL is a 20 overs competition played in Yeonhui Cricket Stadium, Incheon every Sunday. Duration –Spring~ Autumn each year. The league is comprised of 12 teams from all over Korea. Competition and desire to win emotion could be felt during the game. The other league is KCA Super Six Tournament. This is the shortest format of the game. Played with 6 players each team with the over limit of 6. We also play friendly game within us very often either in Seoul National Ground, Suwon University, SKKU or other available places. Team Selection Policy for various competitions 1. KCA Chairman’s Cup Cricket league: the best available team plays. This team will be picked by a 3~4 people selection panel who will choose the team based on who they think will be competitive against the opposition in that game. Current form, your role as a cricketer ( eg spinner/opener/wicket keeper, etc), your form the last time we played that side, how you are performing at training, are just some, but not all, of the ways the panel will choose the team. 2. KCA Super Six : the best available fit to the format of the game will be the main criteria. As Super Six tournament is totally different format, every players should bowl and bat well. So only all-rounder players will get the first chance excluding keeper as he dosnt need to bowl. 3. Friendly Games : First priority goes to people who have been available for league game and may have missed out. 4. Fun type game : The main purpose of this kind of tournament is to have fun. So to have more fun we make a balance teams with all available player. So no such strict rules for team selection. Who can join and how to Join in IIKCC Anyone from India who knows how to play cricket can be part of IIKC team selection process. If he is compatible enough and suitable for IIK CC team would be always welcome. Contact person Kuldeep Kasana ( email: dkekuldeep@gmail.com): Team Manager Maidul Islam ( email: islam.mcu@gmail.com): Team Manager Dwarkaprasad Dayama ( email: dtsys1@gmail.com): Board of Director

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Books & Literature

Author: Skand R. Tayal Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Pages: 293 Price: Rs.795

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Mission & Values

Mission: 1. Help Indians to make their life easy in Korea by providing useful

information at one place. 2. Strive to create a positive image for India through

transformational thinking and creative contribution. 3. Recognize achievements of India & Indian community and their

impact on Korean society and economy. 4. Provide an outlet for spreading group & personal creative

expressions and experiences. 5. Promote ideas to create a sense of mutual openness and trust

between Koreans and Indians. 6. Help to resolve common recurring social, professional, medical,

and any other miscellaneous problems and issues of IIK members.

7. Maintain the unity among all the Indians living in Korea by keeping them connected at one platform.

8. Keep the rich Indian culture alive by arranging various cultural events and get-together.

Values: To act as a source of transformative wisdom, and promote transformative thinking and leadership among the Indian community. To help in recognition of hidden potential and find ways to manifest and leverage the potential in each individual. To bring focus on Interdependence and synergy of collective wisdom of NRIs towards realizing India's hidden potential.

This comprehensive survey documents the interaction between the two governments, relying on facts and hitherto unpublished original records provided by India's Ministry of External Affairs; offers an illuminating account of India's active role as a neutral party in the post-Second World War events of the Korean War and the division of the Korean Peninsula; and provides a vision of the future direction of India–Korea relations. The author also shares candid observations of Korean society and its people during his service as Ambassador of India in Seoul. The work will be useful to policy makers as well as students of politics and international relations, strategic studies, economics, and contemporary world history.

Examining the underlying logic of the strategic and economic partnership between the Republic of Korea and India, this book is the first detailed study of the numerous facets — cultural, economic, people-to-people, and strategic — of blossoming relations between two major Asian democracies.

Inventory Rental Service (To recover cost)

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Item Cost / Unit / Day

Vertical Banner stand -2 qty ………………………………..... (width 60cm, height 180cm)

1000 KRW

Portable Speaker w/ wireless Mic – 1 qty ……………… (Weight : 4.7 Kg, Height : 32.5 cm, Width 21.5 cm, Depth 23.5 cm)

24,850 KRW

BOSS – 2 qty ………………………………....……………………… (for voice enhancing during vocal performance)

15,600 KRW

Motorola walkie takie – 5qty ………………………………... (Max coverage 5Kms)

5,500 KRW

Full length mirrors – 2 qty ………………………………..... 1,500 KRW

Canopy – 2 qty ……………………………….....………………… (3m x 3m)

6,080 KRW

Table bench set -1 qty ………………………………............ (Blow molding Outdoor/Indoor Table l:100cm W:80cm H:80cm 2 benches – with total 4 people seating)

8,980 KRW

Blow molding table – 1 qty ………………………………..... (l:120cm w:80cm h:80cm)

3,100 KRW

Blow molding chair – 4 qty ………………………………..... 1,800 KRW

Mini wooden foldable table – 1 qty ……………………… l:60cm w:40cm H:25cm

1,000 KRW

Steps to rent – 1. Select required item. 2. Send item info, event details and period of rental to contact@indiansinkorea.com Note : Shipping and handling is responsibility of tenant. In case of damage, full cost of item will be requested.

Item Cost / Unit / Day

Mini wooden foldable chair – 1 qty ……………………… 1,000 KRW

Small luggage hand cart – 1 qty ……………………………. (~50 Kg capacity / area : 20cm x 40cm)

3,698 KRW

Big luggage hand cart – 1 qty ……………………………….. (~150 Kg capacity / area : 60cm x 80cm)

2,480 KRW

Boundary marker disc cones – 1 set ……………………. (1 set : 40 cones)

2,330 KRW

Tug of War rope – 1 qty ………………………………………… (Material : Jute / l:20m, Thickness:20mm)

1,834 KRW

Sacks for sack racing (gunny bags) – 1 set …………….. (w:80cm h:125cm / 1 set – 20 ~ 25 sacks)

1,530 KRW

Board of Directors

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Dwarkprasad Dayama President

Rohidas Arote Vice-President

Navneet Basutkar Director, Finance

Maidul Islam Director, Sports

Partha De Director, IT

Jagadish Gumudu Director, IT

Shivraj Nile Director, Events

Ganesh Sable Director, Events

Vikram Dave Director, Events

Kuldeep Kasana Director, Sports

Kumar Brata Das Advisor

Rashmi Gupta Advisor

Chandan Singh Advisor

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@IndiansInKorea

CREDITS Content : Indian Embassy, Navneet Basutkar, Vikram Dave, Maidul Islam, Kuldeep Kasana

Design : Ronak Totlani, Dwarka Dayama

Editors : Rashmi Gupta, Rohidas Arote

Vote of Thanks

An organization is strong when hands involved in it are working hard and smartly. For IIK these hands are none other than our beloved volunteers. IIK Volunteers have been supportive in every activity; be an event or gesture toward a cause. IIK will always be thankful to all those hands who helped keeping organization alive and helpful for Indian diaspora.