We celebrate culture and heritage of India to make a beautiful mosaic called Canada: Panorama India

Asha Bajaj
7 min readJul 10, 2021

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Toronto/IBNS: Panorama India has been celebrating India Day for the last 21 years. This year it would celebrate India Day 2021 with a historical first time ever India Day Drive Thru Parade. During a Zoom meeting Jul 7 Asha Bajaj, Editor, Director & Marketing of Canadian-Media, had a chance to discuss with Sumeeta Kohli, Chairperson, Panorama India, Sandeep Goel, President & Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank, and Victoria Clarke, Director, and CEO of Tourism Mississauga to learn about the highlights of India Day 2021.

Image: Interview with Panorama India (From left to right: Sumeeta, Asha, Sandeep, and Victoria). Image credit: Screenshot from Zoom video

Following is the excerpt of the interview:

Asha to Sumeeta: Give us a brief background about Panorama India

Sumeeta: A non-profit organization for the last 21 years, Panorama India’s primary goal is to celebrate the culture and heritage of India and to make a beautiful mosaic that is called Canada.

​India is an unbelievable country with many cultures, backgrounds, and languages, and we all come together as proud Indians and as Indo-Canadians we and get to celebrate India here. The need to connect virtually with more and more last year and this year has allowed us to connect with seniors and kids, who all perform, love our culture, and love to celebrate.

After about two and a half months of planning carefully behind the scenes, looking at all the scenarios with the safety of all as our number one priority, we are showcasing the first-ever drive-thru parade celebration on Aug 15.

After about two and a half months of planning carefully behind the scenes, looking at all the scenarios with the safety of all as our number one priority, we are showcasing the first-ever drive-thru parade celebration on Aug 15.

Panorama India Drive Thru event. Image credit: Panorama India poster

​Asha to Sumeeta: Panorama India has been celebrating India Day for the last 21 years. What’s new about India Day this year?

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Asha Bajaj

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