For the records - What World Culture Festival aims to achieve

World culture festival is a great initiative for world peace and by bringing world cultures together , we are celebrating diversity. This is the best response to threat of global terrorism world faces today.

My letter published in today's the Hindu and The Indian express.

I also expressed the pain at ignorance of ecological conservation activities of AOL. For us environment Is mother and millions of AOL volunteers like me consider it as our duty to live in harmony with the environment and not exploit it with greed.

Dear Editor,

Apropos the article "World Culture Fest to begin on shaky ground"

As an Art of living faculty who has seen the ecological conservation activities of the organisation across a dozen countries, i feel pained with the recent allegations. In 2010, i was part of campaign "Meri Dilli, Meri Yamuna", in which our volunteers fished out 512 tonnes of waste from the river. Today our volunteers are working to rejuvenate 16 dry rivers in country (12 in Maharashtra, 3 in Karnataka and 1 in TN). Infact pleased by these efforts, HC of Karnataka in 2014, directed the district administrations to replicate the project for rejuvenations of water bodies in state. Also as part of UN's 'Stand up and Take Action' initiative, we planted millions of trees all over the world and for the World culture Festival in Delhi, not a single tree has been cut. While this mega event will celebrate diversity , will bring world cultures closer and provide succour to world in times as these when world peace is threatened by global terrorism.   

Thanks & Regards

Antariksh Bhardwaj

                                                 

The Hindu

Indian Express