India Post News Service
A front ranking community activist Gurmeet Singh announced the launch of Midwest Punjabi Association here. Incidentally his announcement coincided with the celebration of his birthday which was attended by a cross section of Chicagoland elites
This newly launched association will cover all the 13 states of Midwest area and would be easily the biggest of its type in the area. It aims, in the words of Gurmeet Singh, at bringing the Punjabi community together and steering it towards a bright future that involves “sarvat da bhala” meaning community welfare. Gurmeet Singh is a skilled businessman who has established Adbhut Media in English and Punjabi language.
According to Dhalwan, “In today’s age pen leads the generation towards establishing a civilized and strong Punjabi community and Midwest Punjabi Association wants to work towards a future so that Punjabi community can feel proud of its rich cultural heritage.”
Professor Paul Singh’s dream is very much evident in Gurmeet Singh Dhalwan’s vision and mission. Gurmeet wants to collect the broken branches of the tree of Punjabi community by following Guru Nanak Dev’s teaching of promoting the welfare of the entire world.
He said the Midwest Punjabi Association will be a non-partisan support for people from all religions, caste and creed and who have roots in Punjab or in India.
Schaumburg Mayoral Candidate Tom Daley was also present alongwith many well known community leaders that included FIA founding President Sunil Shah Past, President FIA Mukesh Shah and Neil Khot, Current President Ninad Daftari, Keerthi Ravoori and Kanti Patel who honored Gurmeet Singh with the sacred scarf as part of tradition from South India.
Shabana Rahman from Adbhut Media team was also part of the event. The event emcee was Prachi Jaitly who announced the launch of Midwest Punjabi Association and encouraged everyone to support its mission.