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New Delhi:
President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate a commemorative meeting
here to mark Mother Teresa's birth centenary Saturday.
Sister Prema, the superior general of Missionaries of Charity (the
religious order founded by Mother Teresa), representatives of
different religions and political leaders will also address the
function to be held at the Vigyan Bhawan here, Father Babu Joseph,
convenor of the celebrations committee told IANS.
University Grants Commission chairman S. Thorat will Friday deliver
the keynote address at a national symposium on Mother Teresa, the
Albanian-born nun who dedicated her life to helping leprosy
patients, the poor and the abandoned in Kolkata.
Navin Chawla, former chief election commissioner and biographer of
Mother Teresa, Girija Vyas, chairperson of the National Commission
for Women, P.K. Abdul Azis, vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim
University and Valson Thampu, the principal of St Stephen's College,
Delhi, will be among the speakers at the symposium.
A dance-drama based on Mother Teresa's life will be staged at St
Columba's school here on Friday and Sunday evening. Information and
Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni will Friday inaugurate the drama
to be presented by Mumbai Sangeet Abhinaya Academy. Minister of
State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas will attend the function Sunday.
A photo exhibition on the life and works of Mother Teresa is on
display at India Habitat Centre here. Noted photographer Raghu Rai
has curated the exhibition which portrays her work for the
under-privileged in India and other countries during different
decades.
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