Guests were welcomed with buckets of cold water and titles were conferred on many eminent people, journalists, politicians, industrialists and bureaucrats during a programme organised by Thahaka Group at Tower Chowk on Monday to mark the occasion of Rang Panchami.
SP, Ujjain Sachin Atulkar was given the title of ‘Badshah of Bollywood’, Collector Shashank Mishra as ‘Modern Tansen’, MLA Mohan Yadav as ‘Jeet kar bhi Haar gaye’, former MLA Rajendra Bharti as ‘Heading towards Vanaprastha Aashram’, etc. These titles were given by convener of International Laughter Conference, Mahendra Yadav on the occasion of ‘Rang Panchami ke Rang Thahaka Parivaar ke sang’ programme.
Children, youth and elderly people danced to the tune of DJ’s and drums. Women, after playing Holi in their colonies, were too seen gathering at Tower Square. The convener welcomed the guests with buckets of cold water. All the invitees were served butter milk and cold drinks. People also enjoyed cold drinks and refreshments in the fun-filled environment. Poems of Ashok Bhati and dance of Shailendra Vyas sent the people into peals of laughter. Ravi Rai, Maqsood Ali and others worked hard to make this programme a success.