About the Traditional India Series Culture Days 2015 A passion project.

Earlier this year Coquitlam resident, Nina Buddhdev was honoured to receive recognition as one of BCs
Culture Days Local Ambassadors. This recognition encouraged her to bring fourth her prolific expertise of arts
and cultural development with intentional leadership. Nina has relished the Culture Days opportunity to
connect, learn & inspire an embracing spirit of which the Traditional India Series is an outcome. The
conception of Traditional India Series has cultivated partnership collectives of cultural pride. Indian arts,
culture and heritage platforms are made accessible to our wider community through presentations of local
excellence, collaborative events, participatory activities and informative exhibits. Nina has savored the
prospect to mobilize participation with emerging and aspiring artists. TIS has gathered, cultural organisations
and individuals who share the purpose in identifying productive collaborations with cultural sectors and
commerce. Thus, building on the successes of established communities with a willful hand of divergent
partnership. By unification of forward-looking mindsets, Nina hopes to help dissolve preconceived undertones
through vital & necessary communication. The spirit of BC Culture Days voluntary movement has attracted
neighbourhood families to contribute their areas of expertise that is validated with such involvement.
Consequently, Nina has founded the, Tri-City India Heritage Arts & Culture Society. TIHACS is a newly
established community group based in Coquitlam who are collectively propelled by the practice of meaningful
collaboration, distinguished by mutual respect. TIHACS is an umbrella organisation of refined knowledge,
experience & excellence. TIHACS believes in ethical best practice carried out together through progressive
dialogue & synergetic initiatives.

The TIS project is amongst more than 7,500 free activities & events that take place in over 825 communities
across Canada. The TIS project offers the local communities with a unique opportunity to share heritage
disciplines and interact with the community in an engaging way. As a result, BCs Indian Arts & Culture
organizations can share their creative process so members of the public are able to fully appreciate and take
informed perspective. Via the TIS Nina has initiated a cultural forum for authentic expression and facilitate
ideas that recognize the excellence of cultural diversity and pluralism's which define BC. That, which makes up
the DNA of our evolving societies through, the adoption of our complimentary cultural visions. The TriCity
India Heritage Arts & Culture Society, TIHACS is a continuum that embraces the cultural forum & heritage
disciplines of BCs cultural identity. TIHACS aims to further cultural partnerships that catalyse the enriching
impact to society, wellness, generational connectivity and social stability for shared & sustainable cultural
pathways. Everyone is welcome to create, participate & share the pride of BC Culture Days weekend 25, 26,
27 September 2015. The TIHACS team are enlivened by the marvellous leading organisations who have
appreciated the essence of this embroyic project.
A warm welcome comes to you from TIHACS Directors; Sanjeev Buddhdev, Dr Ajay & Anupama Garg, Kamal &
Ritu Ahuja, Malay & Poonam Kapoor, Pradeep & Meena Phadkar, Ashok & Chandni Appadurai & BC Culture
Days Local Ambassador & Founder of TIHACS, Nina Buddhdev.