CavinKare ABILITY Awards 2011

Venue: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall 
Harrington Road, Chennai

Jury:
Justice A.P. Shah – Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court
Dr.Mohini Giri – Chairperson, Guild of Service
Mr. N Murali – Sr. Managing Director, The Hindu 
Mr. Mani Ratnam – Film Maker
Mr. Aneil Mahajan – COO-Corporate Affairs, Bhaskar Group

Guest of Honor:
Major-General Sunil Kumar Razdan 
Dr. Ramachandra Guha – Writer and historian

The event…
The 9th CavinKare Ability Awards took place on the 19th of February 2011 in Chennai. As always the evening was inspirational and uplifting. The stars of the evening were Harman Singh Sidhu, Babli Gambhir, Varun Jain and Sujata Burla.
Following the opening prayer song by Ms Uma Ramanan, a short film on the previous years’ winners was screened. The dance performance by Astad Deboo and the street children from Salaam Balak Trust was truly poetry in motion. The amazing vocabulary in their movements was something that caught the spectators’ interest. The choreography was based on the Bhakti Rasa. The introduction of the winners was followed citations and the presentation of trophies and cheques.
The presence of Major General SK Razdan, India’s first and only officer of the Indian Army who had risen to the rank of Major General despite being a wheel chair user, as one of our chief guests was truly inspiring. Also, our well known writer and historian, Sri Ramachandra Guha, who was our special guest of the evening applauded the winners for their extra ordinary courage and will to fight many odds to become successful in their lives.