Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, unveiled the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Consulate General of India in Dubai on January 31, 2023.
Sunjay Sudhir, Ambassador of India to the UAE and Dr Aman Puri, Consul General of India in Dubai and the Northern Emirates joined Sheikh Nahyan in offering floral tribute at the bust of Mahatma Gandhi.
The bust of Mahatma Gandhi measuring 42 inch and sculpted by Mr. Naresh Kumawat was presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi.
Sunjay Sudhir, Ambassador of India to the UAE and Dr Aman Puri, Consul General of India in Dubai and the Northern Emirates joined Sheikh Nahyan in offering floral tribute at the bust of Mahatma Gandhi.
The bust of Mahatma Gandhi measuring 42 inch and sculpted by Mr. Naresh Kumawat was presented by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi.
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00:00Whose legacy is a universal force, deeply imprinted in the moral consciousness of humankind.
00:23I am pleased and honored to join all of you in this unveiling of the bust of this remarkable
00:33man and to honor his vision and achievements.
00:39We in the UAE are proud to call India our close friend.
00:52A friend with whom we have enjoyed a long, prosperous, friendly, and mutually productive
01:02relationship.
01:05I am pleased to be a part of today's celebration for our participation together, embodies one
01:15of the core values of both India and the United Arab Emirates.
01:23To have fathers of the nation whose vision reverberates in their ethos and the way we
01:29are as civil societies.
01:33The impact of Sheikh Zayed and Mahatma Gandhi go well beyond their lifetimes.
01:38As we grow as nations and societies, we feel their presence all around us.
01:44And it is for a reason that the only person on Indian currency notes is Mahatma Gandhi.
01:51Because that's what Mahatma Gandhi means to all of us.
01:55And I can say the same about Sheikh Zayed, whose country we are all living in.
02:00And 3.5 million Indians here can feel that.
02:07His message of non-violence, peace and harmony was perhaps as very important of course during
02:16his lifetime, but is perhaps even more important today.
02:21And I think on that score at a global level, both India and the UAE have been working on that.