LAMP® World Cultural Centre
A nation comes alive in its space for arts, culture and conversations that are both informed and inspired. Lamp® World Cultural Centre – heightens the global understanding and comes forward to build the bonds of friendship through Music Art & Cultural. It has a vision to stimulate the senses through the appreciation of music & the arts, engage in dialogue, and encourage the intellect towards Nation Building. Music Art & Culture can bring a Nation together. Lamp® Trust aims to strengthen connection & harmony with the neighborhood to collaborate with mutual understanding and admire each other’s Music, Rich Heritage, Art, Literature and Cultural. The planned LAMP® World Cultural Centre seeks to provide a National Centre of Excellence with state-of-the-art enabling environment and infrastructure for cultural and intellectual exchanges nationally & globally.
LAMP®’s World Cultural Collaboration
Building long term ties with Institutes from around the World.
LAMP®’s Projects with Article 51A(a)
“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem.”
– Article 51A(a) of the Constitution of India
India represents the inspiring and enormously important cultural ethos of “Unity in Diversity”. The project “COME INDIA SING JANA GANA MANA” is a clarion call to 133 Crore (1.33 Billion) Indians to stand together for one cause – the Unity of India – by singing a song of praise – our National Anthem – with honour, pride, passion and precision, the right way– in precise 52 seconds.
The National Anthem unites us through 4 P’s:
Practice, Pride, Precision and Passion
The National Anthem has the uniqueness of the homeland and it symbolizes the nation’s glory through its history, rich heritage, culture, music, art and the patriotism among its populace.
It is LAMP® Trust’s pledge – to embrace the National Anthem – to stand in dignity, integrity and to spread patriotism among its populace.
The nation building project ‘Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana’ is a souvenir of our tussle for freedom and the nation’s triumph. This project encourages the citizen of the nation to participate in unity to resonate in martial tune of our national hymn – our national anthem – in precisely 52 seconds and embrace the nation’s glory and it’s ingenuous culture.
This project will include wave upon wave of live interactions with our next generation. The project has various components including music and the performing arts, education, training, auditions, talent development, films, ‘edu-tainment’, cultural programs, events, concerts, contests, acknowledgements, recognitions, and awards on a national and global scale.
A Journey IntoThe World of Musical Celebration
The musical evenings that represented and communicated the essence of India being a nation with such rich amalgamation of cultures, rich in the arts and impacting the globe as we emerge to be global leaders. The National Patriotic Project “Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana” recognised and awarded schools that participated in this nation building project and have ensured 100% participation of their students in this noble cause.
2012
25th January
Concert in Gurgaon
A Musical Evening Celebrating on the eve of our 63rd Republic Day, the 100 years since “Jana Gana Mana” was first sung. The exact date the Anthem was first sung was 27th December 1911. We also paid tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th Birth Anniversary. We had underprivileged children from a mobile school in Gurgaon sang patriotic songs accompanied by the ‘Rajasthani Josh Group’.
2013
24th January
Concert in Gurgaon
A Musical Evening Celebrating Our Republic Day
15th August
Launch of the National Patriotic Project
“COME INDIA SING JANA GANA MANA”
Concert in Gurgaon
A Musical Evening Celebrating Our Nation’s Independence
The LAMP® – ICONGO KARMAVEER CHAKRA AWARD FOR MUSIC was powered and supported by LORRAINE MUSIC ACADEMY.
LAMP® has collaborated with ICONGO to constitute the LAMP® – ICONGO KARMAVEER CHAKRA AWARD FOR MUSIC.
The launch of a Nation-wide Talent Contest.
There are four categories / themes for this award:
- PATRIOTIC / NATIONALISTIC MUSIC (Group or Duet or Solo)
- GOSPEL MUSIC (Group or Duet or Solo)
- FOLK MUSIC Folk Music (Group or Duet or Solo)
- POP / ROCK MUSIC (Band or Duet or Solo)
11th December &24th December
Come India Sing A Christmas Carol
A Musical Evening Heralding The Christmas Season
2014
24th January
Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana
A Musical Evening in Honour of India on Republic Day Eve.
15th March
Come India Sing a Festive Song
– A Musical Evening Celebrating COLOURS on the eve of Holi Festival
19th April
Concert: “An Easter Tale”
An Easter Eve Musical
15th August
A Musical Celebration of India – “Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana”, on our Independence Day
14th December
Concert: Come India Sing a Christmas Carol
A Musical Morning Heralding The Christmas Season
2015
26th January
Gurugram, Haryana
Singing and Dancing for Nation Building.
Lorraine Music Academy and LAMP® Trust hosted “Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana – A Musical Evening in Honour of India on Republic Day”, on the occasion of the 66th Republic Day.
10th May
Gurugram, Haryana
“Come India Sing For Disaster Relief” – was a musical initiative to raise awareness, sensitivity, resilience, resources and support for National Disaster Management & Relief work. We participated in the “Pure Hearts” Fund Raiser and collaborated towards putting up a performance in order to raise funds for the Nepal Earthquake victims.
2017
10th August
Gurugram, Haryana
A Musical Celebration Of India – “Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana”, – on the eve of our Independence Day – On this day we also launched the 2017 edition of the Nation Building Project “Come India Sing Jana Gana Mana”.
21st December
Gurugram, Haryana
A Musical Celebration of Christmas – “Come India Sing a Christmas Carol”.
LAMP®’s Projects with Article 51A(b)
“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom.”
– Article 51A(b) of the Constitution of India
www.100 Greatest Indians.com
The idea behind the compilation of the project of 100 Greatest Indians is to inspire the next generation of Indians. Those who contributed to Nation Building in the area of Freedom Struggle or in the fields of Arts, Civil Service, Economics, Literature & Education, Medicine, Military, Public Affairs, Science & Engineering, Social Work, Sports, Trade & Industry; and their work being attested and recognised and having impacted and continuing to impact the largest number of citizens are those who will be included in the list. The objective of compiling this list is to inspire ourselves to emulate these heroes and achieve greatness ourselves in every field of life.
Our aim is to first make every Child and Youth of our nation a “Good Indian”. A Responsible Citizen. And then inpire them to transform themselves to be a “Great Indian”, by pursuing and “striving towards excellence” in their area of calling, utilising their gifting, talent and skills sets “in all spheres of individual and collective activity, so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.” (– linking this project with the project based on Article 51A(j) of the Constitution of India)
The lives of these 100 Greatest Indians will inspire our nation’s children and youth to wholeheartedly press on with their dreams for our nation and their deeds to build our nation. This will be a series of blogs, articles and stories covering the inspiring lives of these 100 Greatest Nation Builders.
www.HeroOfWarAndPeace.com
This project aims to tell the story of our “Ideal Indians” and our “Unsung Heroes”.
Our 2nd Prime Minister – Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri has been chosen by us as the ideal icon of a leader who we feel will be the ideal role model for the next generation. He was born poor and without resources; yet he lived his life with impeccable integrity and rose to lead his nation. He had a dream for his country as a young boy and he followed his dream to fulfilment by achieving greatness for the country. We believe it is possible to inspire and develop in our next generation the national dreams and passionate commitment to take action through “Gyan” and “Vigyan”.
It is said that “No legacy is as rich as HONESTY”. Lal Bahadur Shastri was a man of transparent sincerity and high character. An exemplary citizen who became an inspiring leader worthy of our honour. His life is an example for the younger generation of India and the World to follow.
A lot of hard work has been put in conducting a detailed research into the life of Lal Bahadur Shastri and we endeavour to author a book on his life. The past 7 years have been spent in extensive research on Lal Bahadur Shastri’s life, his character formative years, his inspiring moral values and his impactful works. This includes in-depth research of various available records combined with comprehensive interviews with his family members. We have met with each family member of Lal Bahadur Shastri upto the 4th generation, as well as the extended family and people close to Lal Bahadur Shastri. We have delved into various archives and travelled across India in our pursuit and research. Based on this extensive research, the following projects are works-in-progress:
A Feature Film on Lal Bahadur Shastri:
We are currently involved in raising funds for an international feature film on the life of an “Ideal Indian” – our Second Prime Minister Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shashtri. The feature film (130 minutes) is currently titled “A Hero Of War & Peace”, and will be shot in English and Hindi across multiple locations in India and overseas. It will be dubbed in 8 Indian languages (these 10 languages are spoken by 90% of India population : Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odiya) and 11 International languages (spoken by 50% of Global population : Mandarin, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Javanese, German, Korean, French, Turkish) for a planned national and global release. The global release plan will include Theatrical, Satellite Television, Digital / Online, exclusive preview screenings, and participation in top International Film Festivals.
Publication on Lal Bahadur Shastri
The full length book on Lal Bahadur Shastri will be released nationally and globally around the time of the national and global theatrical release.
Television Serials on Lal Bahadur Shastri
Thereafter, the 48 episodes Television Serial will be produced and
released.
Documentary Film on Lal Bahadur Shastri
A documentary film will be the final release for public service telecast / broadcast, nationally and internationally.
2013
2nd October
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi
A Musical Memorial on Gandhi Jayanti
12th November
Gurugram
Remembering Chacha Nehru
A Musical Memorial on Children’s Day Eve. The evening celebrated Chacha Nehru’s birthday which was truly magical and musical. Students of Lorraine Music Academy as well as others school sang in unison and gave us a spectacular performance that lifted the spirit of the crowd.
2014
2nd October
A Musical Memorial
Remembering Gandhiji and Lal Bahadur Shashtri hosted by Lorraine Music Academy and LAMP® Trust.
9th November
A Musical Memorial On Children’s Day Eve
“Remembering Chacha Nehru& Sardar Vallahbhai Patel”
A musical memorial that included performances of a medley of our national folk dances, highlighting India’s cultural ethos of “Unity in Diversity”. The musical evening witnessed the launch of the National Singing Project “Come India Sing For Clean India” in support of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The concept behind the movement was to rekindle the pride and glory of our nation through music, song, dance – performing art, visual art, literary art – “The (Little) Thinkers’ Charcha” and the “The (Big) Thinkers’ Charcha”.
The gathering paid homage to our 1st Deputy Prime Minister & Home Minister – “Iron Man” Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, commemorating his recent 139th birth anniversary on 31st October as the National Unity Day.
The gathering also paid homage to the 1st Prime Minister of our Nation – Jawaharlal Nehru, on the eve of his 125th birth anniversary on 14th November.
The evening was also dedicated to our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s initiative of “Bal Swachchata” on the occasion of Children’s Day. The present audience took the Clean India Pledge of Swachchata Shapat in Hindi, thus committing themselves to 100 hours of service to this cause every year, ie- 2 hours a week; volunteering work for cleanliness in their homes, schools, work places, neighbourhoods; and to encouraging 100 other persons in doing the same.
2015
24th October
Gurugram
A Musical Memorial Remembering Lal Bahadur Shashtri
Hosted by Lorraine Music Academy and LAMP® Trust, the memorial commemorated the 50th Golden Jubilee Anniversary of the famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ that our Nation’s Hero, Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri, has given to our Nation. A large portion of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s family attended the event – his sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Many people in the audience came from different parts of the country.
2016
22nd October
Gurugram
A Musical Memorial – Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.
A memorial in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon to commemorate the 51st Anniversary of the famous slogan “JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN” that our Nation’s Hero, Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri, has given to our Nation!
2018
24th October
Gurugram
A Musical Memorial – Remembering Lal Bahadur Shashtri.
A memorial to commemorate the inspiring, famous slogan “JAI JAWAN JAI KISAN” coined by Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri for our Nation 53 years ago during the time of famine and war in our country.
LAMP®’s Projects with Article 51A(c), (d), (h)
“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.”
– Article 51A(c) of the Constitution of India“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so.”
– Article 51A(d) of the Constitution of India“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of enquiry and reform.”
– Article 51A(h) of the Constitution of India
LAMP® Trust has organized several Concerts and events to commemorate honour our the spirit embedded in the above clauses of the Constitution of India through the project: “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan”. Going forward, we plan to organise these Events annually across top 100 Cities across India.
The slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” was coined by the 2nd Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri, on 21st October 1965 in Uruva village in Allahabad District, Uttar Pradesh, to motivate and inspire the two pillars of India, the Soldier and the Farmer. He later reiterated the slogan at another public gathering at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. The slogan became a very popular slogan with almost every truck plying across the nation bearing this slogan painted on its body. Underlying this is the inner-most sentiments ‘Jai Hindustan’.
Soon after Shastri took over the prime ministership of India after Jawaharlal Nehru’s death, India was attacked by Pakistan. At the same time there was scarcity of food grains in the country. Shastri gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” to enthuse the soldiers to defend India and simultaneously cheering farmers to do their best to increase the production of food grains to reduce dependence on import. Under his leadership India faced and repulsed the Pakistani invasion of 1965. It is not only a matter of pride for the Indian Army but also for every citizen of the country. The war of 1965 was fought and won for our self-respect and our national prestige. For using our Defence Forces with such admirable skill, the nation remains beholden to Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri. He will be remembered for all times to come for his large heartedness and public service.
This slogan reverberates even today through the length and breadth of the country and is very much pertinent in today’s India.
www.JaiVigyan.info
On 20th May 1998, at a historic address from the site in Pokhran where 5 nuclear tests were conducted by India a week earlier, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee recognised the contributions of Science & Technology for India by adding “Jai Vigyan” to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s famous slogan of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.
www.JaiAnusandhan.in
Our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 3rd January 2019, added “Jai Anusandhan” to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s famous slogan of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s “Jai Vigyan” when he spoke on “Future India: Science and Technology” while giving the inaugural address at the 106th Indian Science Congress at the Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara near Jalandhar, Punjab. The new slogan for New India becomes “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan” going forward to building an India of our future.
Our Prime Minister said the life and works of Indian scientists are a compelling testament of integration of deep fundamental insights with technology development and nation building. “Today’s new slogan is Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan and Jai Anusandhan. I would like to add Jai Anusandhan to it,” he said.
He called for research, which is a fusion of Arts and Humanities, Social Science, Science and Technology.
LAMP®’s Projects with Article 51A(f)
“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture.”
– Article 51A(f) of the Constitution of India
www.ComeIndiaSing.com
“Come India Sing a Festive Song”
2011
20th October
Concert: Chanchal Banga (Israel) & Lorraine Fiona Aloysius A MUSICAL Evening of LIGHT in aid of LAMP® on the eve of Diwali the Festival of Lights (Supported by the EMBASSY OF ISRAEL)
2014
15th March
Come India Sing a Festive Song
– A Musical Evening Celebrating COLOURS on the eve of Holi Festival
“Come India Sing A Folk Song”
Most of LAMP®’s Musical Evenings & Concerts have included folk songs and dance performances from various states of India in order to encourage, foster, encourage, promote and imbibe India’s cultural ethos of “Unity in Diversity”. For example, we have had the ‘Rajasthani Josh Group’ perform many times at LAMP®’s concerts. This group included performances on ancient musical instruments so as to preserve, support and encourage the teaching of playing these instruments to the next generation of artistes.
LAMP®’s Projects with Article 51A(j)
“It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement.”
– Article 51A(j) of the Constitution of India
www.IndiaDreams2047.com
Projects under the Article 51 A(j) aim to motivate children and youth of all sections of society across our nation to DREAM for India and DO to BUILD for India. Where children and youth will express their aspirations, thoughts, ideas and commitment to action through creative channels such as essays, poetry, songs and paintings, etc. about their Dreams and planned Deeds.
ART is the Heart of the NATION.
MUSIC is in all of US and stands for US.
Fundamental duties towards the nation to preserve our Heritage & Culture
A step to take our CULTURE to the FUTURE.
In line with the vision and thought embedded in Article 51A of the Constitution of India and the National Youth Policy objectives, our current project is titled “INDIA DREAMS 2047” – Envisioning our future Nation Builders – through listening to the hearts and minds of the Children and Youth of India & the Diaspora. This project is aimed at children below the age of 15 years and youth between the ages of 15-29 years.
We aim to motivate children and youth of all sections of society across our nation to DREAM for India and BUILD for India. Children and the youth will express their aspirations, thoughts, ideas and commitment to action through creative channels such as essays, poetry, songs and paintings, etc. about their DREAMS and planned DEEDS. The annual Coffee Table book, “INDIA DREAMS 2047”, will be presented to the leaders & influencers of our Nation every year over the next 28 years.