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| About USHA KUMAR |
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Ms. Usha Kumar, the daughter of Shri Yogeshwar Dayal and is presently the General Secretary of Anjuman Sair –E-Gul Faroshan. She was born when the family was still in Haveli Raja Jugal Kishore in Chandni Chowk. Ms Kumar has taken after her father. She is a staunch traditionalist and loves Delhi like her father. She has inherited from her illustrious father his love for Delhi and its traditions, its monuments, its food, its jewellery, its language and its festivals.
Ms. Kumar was educated in Delhi in Modern School, then in Indraprastha College and then in Delhi University Law Faculty. She learnt classical dance in Sangeet Bharti and at Triveni Kala
Sangam, She gave several stage performances in her time and became an expert in Bharatnatyam and Manipuri styles of classical dance.
After marriage she shifted to Jullunder and returned to Delhi during the 1972 war with
Pakistan. She is practicing as a lawyer in Delhi High Court since 1977.
She has been associated with Anjuman Sair -E- Gul Faroshan as Joint Secretary and took part in the Festival by assisting her father in the organisation of the Festival. Now she is managing the show as the General Secretary.
She is a great conservationist and has stood up for the cause of heritage by filing several Public Interest Litigation cases in Delhi High Court for saving and conserving monuments under the aegis of Heritage and Culture Forum
website:http://www.heritageandcultureforum.com
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N.G.O. founded by her for saving heritage and culture. |
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