Bouquet of Eight Flowers;  North East Cultural Fest & Fashion Parade

The event, organised as part of the diamond jubilee celebrations of Assam Association, Delhi, an organisation  kick started by the lightening of torches by participants from all the seven northeastern states and Sikkim. wenty-two models participated in the fashion show, showcasing dresses from the region.

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My father Sir Keith Cantlie served in the Indian Civil Service from 1910 till his retirement in 1947. So, in a way I consider myself daughter of Assam, a land of outstanding natural beauty with distant views of the snow and Himalayas”

With her disarming smile simple down to earth and smiling manner the bespectacled Dr. Audrey Cantlie welcomes you with a big smile at her door at Oxford street as if somebody of her own. She has an emotional bond for Assam and the Assamese people.

I still remember the day I met her sometime in September, 1998 at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies, London) I introduce myself as an Assamese I could see the sparkle in her eyes: said to me “How many Assamese people are in London? I love to meet them.