NEW DELHI: Nepali Embassy in India on Tuesday celebrated Holi and International Women’s Day.
Ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma on the occasion said: “I am very happy to organize this kind of program in the Nepal Embassy here. Many people, including diplomats, have attended this program and are enjoying it.”
He said: “I also would like to salute our embassy colleagues for organizing the same thing. Today, I think we are also celebrating International Women’s Day. I would like to wish all the best for very hard-working, intelligent, talented women of the world, including Nepal, and including in the embassy and those who are present here.”
He said that Nepalis have already celebrated Holi yesterday and that in Nepal, Holi is called Fagu Purnima. Holi in India will be celebrated on March 8. The Ambassador further said that: “Nepal has also made significant progress in the area of education. We talk about gender parity, it’s more than one. If you talk about the business owned by women in Nepal, it is more than 33 percent. If you talk about the representation at the local level, in the government in Nepal, it’s more than 40 percent. And the parliament, national parliament, and the provinces, it’s about 33 percent. So I think we have made a great achievement, but we need to do a lot more in this area, including health and education.”
Holi celebrations at the Nepali embassy were marked with various dance performances. Everybody was dressed in colorful clothes. Women were seen dancing together.
(with inputs from Agencies)
