Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame Honours and raisons d’etre for ethnic media
The Indian Weekender is celebrating its ninth anniversary this year – a proud moment for celebrations for any independent media.
More so for an ethnic migrant media outlet, that is seeking to serve a citizenry that is hugely distracted in finding its feet in a new country, and are lost, if not distraught, about the questions of their self-identity and sense of belonging in their new nation of residency.
Yes – the audience that an ethnic migrant media seeks to serve has special needs, along with the usual quest for truth in journalism.
They seek to have a voice in their new country of residence, and that voice is not necessarily adversarial to the government, or anyone else in the society for that matter. It’s just that they seek to have a voice ‘amongst’ all other voices in an increasingly multicultural society of New Zealand.
They also have an unspoken desire of self-preservation – preservation of their beliefs, self-esteem, culture and way of life – which naturally are challenged in the new setting that the ethnic minority migrants find themselves in their new chosen home.
It is important to acknowledge that this does not reflect their unwillingness to integrate with the culture and the society of their chosen new home. It’s just that the expectations laid upon the new ethnic minority migrants about the speed of integration in the new society and the manner of integration is sometimes a bit unrealistic.
Regardless where one chooses to put their opinion in this debate, the ethnic minority migrants, including the Indian community, often find themselves overflowing with the emotional needs of extolling their identity in a respectful and dignified manner.
The Indian Weekender, right from its inception nine years ago, has absolute clarity of this arduous, yet utterly pleasurable task, of becoming the voice of the community and giving the community back something meaningful, including a sense of self-identity that makes them feel proud of themselves in their new country of residence.
To become an effective and trusted voice of the community, The Indian Weekender has constantly strived to serve the news, views, opinions, and entertainment that is most relevant for our Kiwi-Indian community in a timely manner. Toward this goal, The Indian Weekender has always sought to step up and up its ante as practically as possible in delivering news on its multiple media platforms – print, web, digital, video and social media.
Toward the goal of giving back something meaningful to our community, The Indian Weekender has started the prestigious Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame Honours to celebrate the success of our fellow community members and create role models for our future generations.
A community bereft of role models, or with role models that have not been acknowledged and celebrated collectively in a manner that does the community proud, often struggles in finding its feet and growing its roots in the new environment that it lives.
Having said that, there is no sense of boastfulness in claiming that it is only The Indian Weekender’s prerogative to celebrate the success of our community. However, it makes no sense to underplay what we do and do effectively with a sense of pride and satisfaction.
Set as a night of celebratory elegance, the Hall of Fame awards will laud the immense talents that the Kiwi-Indian community has to offer to Aotearoa.
Billed the Kiwi-Indian community's premier event, the guests will find themselves immersed in an evening of live entertainment and dancing along with plenty of opportunity for networking while being treated to an assortment of tantalising cocktails and a three-course sumptuous Indian spread.
The sixth edition of the award ceremony will continue the precedent of honouring excellence in the community in the categories of community service, leadership and trailblazing achievements.
Let’s do this, again in 2018!
The Indian Weekender is celebrating its ninth anniversary this year – a proud moment for celebrations for any independent media.
More so for an ethnic migrant media outlet, that is seeking to serve a citizenry that is hugely distracted in finding its feet in a new country, and are lost, if not...
The Indian Weekender is celebrating its ninth anniversary this year – a proud moment for celebrations for any independent media.
More so for an ethnic migrant media outlet, that is seeking to serve a citizenry that is hugely distracted in finding its feet in a new country, and are lost, if not distraught, about the questions of their self-identity and sense of belonging in their new nation of residency.
Yes – the audience that an ethnic migrant media seeks to serve has special needs, along with the usual quest for truth in journalism.
They seek to have a voice in their new country of residence, and that voice is not necessarily adversarial to the government, or anyone else in the society for that matter. It’s just that they seek to have a voice ‘amongst’ all other voices in an increasingly multicultural society of New Zealand.
They also have an unspoken desire of self-preservation – preservation of their beliefs, self-esteem, culture and way of life – which naturally are challenged in the new setting that the ethnic minority migrants find themselves in their new chosen home.
It is important to acknowledge that this does not reflect their unwillingness to integrate with the culture and the society of their chosen new home. It’s just that the expectations laid upon the new ethnic minority migrants about the speed of integration in the new society and the manner of integration is sometimes a bit unrealistic.
Regardless where one chooses to put their opinion in this debate, the ethnic minority migrants, including the Indian community, often find themselves overflowing with the emotional needs of extolling their identity in a respectful and dignified manner.
The Indian Weekender, right from its inception nine years ago, has absolute clarity of this arduous, yet utterly pleasurable task, of becoming the voice of the community and giving the community back something meaningful, including a sense of self-identity that makes them feel proud of themselves in their new country of residence.
To become an effective and trusted voice of the community, The Indian Weekender has constantly strived to serve the news, views, opinions, and entertainment that is most relevant for our Kiwi-Indian community in a timely manner. Toward this goal, The Indian Weekender has always sought to step up and up its ante as practically as possible in delivering news on its multiple media platforms – print, web, digital, video and social media.
Toward the goal of giving back something meaningful to our community, The Indian Weekender has started the prestigious Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame Honours to celebrate the success of our fellow community members and create role models for our future generations.
A community bereft of role models, or with role models that have not been acknowledged and celebrated collectively in a manner that does the community proud, often struggles in finding its feet and growing its roots in the new environment that it lives.
Having said that, there is no sense of boastfulness in claiming that it is only The Indian Weekender’s prerogative to celebrate the success of our community. However, it makes no sense to underplay what we do and do effectively with a sense of pride and satisfaction.
Set as a night of celebratory elegance, the Hall of Fame awards will laud the immense talents that the Kiwi-Indian community has to offer to Aotearoa.
Billed the Kiwi-Indian community's premier event, the guests will find themselves immersed in an evening of live entertainment and dancing along with plenty of opportunity for networking while being treated to an assortment of tantalising cocktails and a three-course sumptuous Indian spread.
The sixth edition of the award ceremony will continue the precedent of honouring excellence in the community in the categories of community service, leadership and trailblazing achievements.
Let’s do this, again in 2018!
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