01-31-2007, 08:19 AM
<b>Jinnah House for Saarc, not Pak</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Now in a diplomatic masterstroke, Delhi has decided to turn the spectacular 2.5-acre villa overlooking the Arabian Sea in the Malabar Hills area into an art and cultural centre for Saarc nations.
âWe expect the centre to be thrown open to the public on August 15 this year to coincide with Indiaâs 60th anniversary celebrations,â Sanjeev Kohli, deputy director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), told agencies today.
The hub would be called the South Asian Centre for Arts and Culture and would be one of its kind in South Asia.
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Jinnah house is symbol of "Secularism". <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
âWe expect the centre to be thrown open to the public on August 15 this year to coincide with Indiaâs 60th anniversary celebrations,â Sanjeev Kohli, deputy director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), told agencies today.
The hub would be called the South Asian Centre for Arts and Culture and would be one of its kind in South Asia.
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Jinnah house is symbol of "Secularism". <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->