Air chief marshal (retd.) N.C. Suri speaks on ‘Unity in Diversity — Promoting Harmonious Living in Society’ at the EZCC auditorium in Salt Lake on Sunday evening. The event was organised by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations (Bengal) and Sri Sathya Sai Trust (Bengal). The others who spoke on the occasion were (left to right) Swami Jayananda, president of Ramakrishna Ashrama Thakurbari, Midnapore, and secretary of Gouripur Sri Ramakrishna Sarada Ashram, Michael Nagar; Archbishop of Calcutta Thomas D’Souza; Maulana Md. Shafique Qasmi of Nakhoda Masjid; Swami Nikhilananda Saraswati, regional head of Chinmaya Mission, New Delhi; and Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekar, 
of Judah Hyam Synagogue, New Delhi 

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur was the chief guest at the event. ‘A great man like Sathya Sai Baba (in the garlanded portrait) could have sat in meditation but he chose to build hospitals, schools and water projects to help others. If you call yourself a Sai Baba devotee, go and help others. Wipe a tear, bring a smile,’ she said before releasing a souvenir.

Mamata Shankar performs at the event with her troupe; percussionist Tanmoy Bose  performed, too, with his group Taal Tantra 

Pictures by Arnab Mondal