U.S. Ambassador Celebrates Cultural Ties with India

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NEW DELHI:  U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster welcomed Indian cultural enthusiasts to Roosevelt House, the chief diplomatic residence of the United States, for a traditional Kuchipudi dance performance featuring Y. Lalitha Sindhuri on September 6.  The cultural diplomacy event celebrated the 230th birthday of the U.S. Department of State and the 225th anniversary of an official U.S. presence in India.
Ambassador Juster said, “The bonds between our countries have continued to grow stronger. 

Today, we cooperate on a broad range of issues ….  However, as I have often said, the foundation of our partnership is the enduring strength of our people-to-people ties.  And that is what we are celebrating tonight.”
A 2017-18 Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow at Barnard College in New York, Lalitha performed three dances. 

She was accompanied by vocalist Sri Dandibhotla Srinivasa Venkata Sastry, violinist Sri K L N Murthy, flautist Sri V.B.S. Murali, and Mridangist M Chandra Kanth.
The U.S. Mission to India promotes cross-cultural exchanges and builds linkages between Indian and U.S. cultural and educational institutions.  Nearly 200,000 Indians are studying in U.S. colleges and universities today and there are over 20,000 alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs in India.