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www.desitalk.com – that’s all you need to know 6 CITY VIEWS October 3, 2025 Indian Consulate In New York Celebrates World Ayurveda Day T he Consulate General of India in NewYork on Sunday, September 28, 2025, celebratedWorld Ayurveda Day with a special focus on nutri- tion. Consul General Binaya Pradhan high- lighted Ayurveda’s growing popularity in the USA and people’s increasing attraction to its holistic approach. In a post on X, the Consulate said, “Indian Consulate in NewYork celebrated World Ayurveda Day with a special focus on Nutrition & Ayurveda: Distinguished panel discussed how Ayurveda’s time- tested principles guide balanced nutri- tion, holistic health & mental well-being. Consul General Binaya Pradhan high- lighted Ayurveda’s growing popularity in the USA and people’s increasing attraction to its holistic approach. Official launch of Nutrition 360, a flagship initiative promot- ing mindful & evidence-based nutrition.” https://x.com/IndiainNewYork/sta- tus/1972092681623904570 As per the California College of Ayurve- da, interest in Ayurveda slowly grew in the United States during the 1970’s and early 1980s, though the seeds of Ayurveda had been planted and nurtured decades earlier. Knowledge of the existence of Ayurveda has been known in theWest for as long as scholars have travelled to India. Euro- pean scholars have travelled to India for thousands of years. As the United States formed and became a scholarly centre, there have always been scholars who were familiar with India’s culture and Ayurveda. Early yoga teachers such as Swami Vivekananda and Paramahansa Yoga- nanda came to the United States in the early 1900s and stoked interest in Vedic knowledge. However, a largescale general awareness of Ayurveda did not occur until the 1970s and 1980s. In the late 1960s and 1970s, several important teachers of yoga came to the West. Although they came with a focus on yoga, they planted the seeds of interest in Ayurveda. These promoters of Ayurveda from India saw Ayurveda as another impor- tant facet of Vedic teachings and one that beautifully complemented the traditional practices of yoga. Most notable among these teachers was the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. On International Yoga Day, i.e., June 21, the Consulate General of India (CGI) in NewYork, in association with the Town of Greenburgh and the Indian Cultural Association of North America (ICANA), celebrated International Day of Yoga 2025 inWestchester. By a StaffWriter PHOTO:CourtesyANI Ayurveda conference at the Indian Consulate in New York September 28, 2025. Asia Society To Honor Kiran Nadar At 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala In New York City A sia Society will honor Kiran Nadar, a leader in the Indian art world credited with “profoundly” shaping it and increasing the visibility of Indian Modern and Contemporary art worldwide, through the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), a global platform established in 2010, to showcase and promote that country’s art. Nadar, who lives in Delhi with her husband Shiv Nadar, will be honored at the Asia Society’s 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala scheduled to be held October 15, 2025, at Cipriani 25 Broadway in NewYork City. Nadar’s continuously expanding, diverse art collection today comprises more than 15,000 plus artworks repre- sentative of all major phases of modern and contempo- rary Indian art. Under her guidance KNMA also drives outreach programs to nurture a museum-going culture among Indian youth, a press release from Asia Society said. Asia Society praised Nadar’s initiatives including her collaborations with globally renowned museums includ- ing the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Ma- drid), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NewYork), Tate Modern (London), Musée Des Arts Asiatiques, (Nice), Sharjah Art Foundation (Sharjah), Barbican (London) and Musée Guimet (Paris) in a short span. Nadar is also credited with being the driving force behind the India Pavilion: Collaboration of Ministry of Culture, KNMA, CII and NGMA: Our time for a Future caring: at the 2019 La Biennale, the Venezia. Additionally, she also serves as an International Council member of the Museum of Modern Art, NewYork (MoMA). The KNMA is set to open a new state-of-the-art build- ing near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Covering 100,000 square meters (over 1 million square feet), the building is expected to be an architectural mar- vel, and to be a global cultural hub for visual arts, music, dance, and theater. The new space will feature changing exhibitions, permanent displays, and performances, making it a versatile space for artistic expression. With its strategic location on National Highway (NH8), KNMA aims to become an international cultural destination ac- cessible to a diverse audience. Besides art and institution–building, Nadar is an ac- claimed international-level Bridge player. She is one of the top Indian players of competitive Bridge and repre- sented India at 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games, winning Bronze in the mixed team category. She has also won several laurels as a member of the “Formidables” team, leading it to victory at the Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships 2018, bringing gold to India after 12 years. She is the driving force behind the HCL Interna- tional Bridge Championship, which has been in existence for 18 years now. She shares her husband’s commitment to philan- thropy. Shiv Nadar’, apart from being the founder, HCL, is the Founder & Chairman of the Shiv Nadar Foundation which has invested US$1.5 billion to create institutions of transformational education, to help create India’s next- generation of leaders, including private engineering col- leges around the country, as well as, in the schools’ space, VidyaGyan schools in Uttar Pradesh and greater Delhi, bearing the Shiv Nadar name. Kiran Nadar is a member of the Rasaja Foundation which has been involved in a joint initiative with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to promote the education of the Dalit and Muslim girl child in some of the most backward districts in Uttar Pradesh in India. She has received numerous awards, including the Padma Shri from the Indian government, the CSP Hero’s Award presented by the Australian High Commis- sioner for promoting Comprehensive Strategic Partner- ship (CSP) between India and Australia. In 2023, she was bestowed with the title of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” (Knight of the Legion of Honour), the highest French civilian award. She was also recognized globally as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the contemporary art world, by the UK-based ArtReview and has also been included in Artnews’ Top 200 Collectors. Additionally, Forbes Asia Magazine recognized her as a ‘hero of philan- thropy’ in 2010, for launching Kiran Nadar Museum of Art – India’s first philanthropic private museum of modern and contemporary art. PHOTO:CourtesyAsia Society Visionary collector, philanthropist, and museum founder Kiran Nadar will be among the honorees at Asia Society’s 12th Annual Asia Game Changers Awards Gala on October 15, 2025, at Cipriani 25 Broadway in New York City. By a StaffWriter