A scene from an earlier Indiafest.
By Rajeshwar Prasad
The India Association of Long Island will be holding its 18th Indiafest on Sunday, Aug. 3, rain or shine, from noon to 10:00 p.m. at the Huntington Hilton, Melville.
Indiafest has attracted thousands of people, not only from Montauk and Orient Points to Manhattan but from as far places as New Jersey and Westchester.
With some three dozen vendors in Indian arts & crafts; prestigious restaurants with exotic Indian food and traditional snacks, delicacies, and drinks; with whole full live music and dances wit DJ; booths for information about various services such as health care; face painting for children; the atmosphere will create a nostalgia of little India. The event will provide an opportunity to meet political and social dignitaries.
The festival is open to all, with free admission and free parking. You may win prizes in a raffle, and there is a Silent Auction of two round trip tickets to India.
IALI is a not-for-profit community organization operating on Long Island for the past 32 years. It undertakes many programs for youth, seniors, women and families throughout the year. For further information, please call Dr. Anila Midha, IALI president at 516-569-6261 or Dr. Jagdish Gupta, Indiafest chairman, at 516-746-2266
Rajeshwar Prasad is chairman of public relations for Indiafest.