With India stopping UAE airlines from chartering repatriation flights to India, many desperate Indians in the emirates’ have been left in the lurch.
Mrinal Saha was one such person who needed to urgently reach home as his one-year-old daughter need to undergo spinal surgery.
When he could not find a seat in a Vande Bharat Mission, Mrinal Saha was provided with a seat in one of the chartered flights by the Purvanchal Pravasi Milan. Around 175 passengers boarded the flight from Dubai to Kolkata.
Bhojpuri film actress Kanak Pandey and Purvanchal Pravasi Milan activists had come to the airport to send these expatriates home. The organization has helped more than 1,300 expatriates to return to India. The organisaton has been active with social activities during the lockdown period. Chairman of the organisations Saikat Kumar called for a change in government attitude towards expatriates.
The first international concert from abroad in 2026 and the 2nd consecutive year of the monthly Carnatic Music concert series of the International Chamber, Parakkadathu Koyickal Trust, Tripunithura, Kerala, have been hosted from OHIO, U.S.A. Vocal Sangeetha Vidushi Ms. Dhivya Senthil Murugan, Violinist Ms. Medha Lalyt Iyer, and Mridangam Vidwan Sri Lalit Subramanian have accompanied on 13-02-2026 from OHIO, USA.
March 22, 2026
SRUTHI MATHAA… LAYA PITHAA… The International Chamber for Indian Music & Culture, an international initiative of Parakkadathu Koyickal Trust, Tripunithura, Kerala, has hosted the 2nd
