The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK
LIFESTYLE/SOCIAL Indian Cinema’s Veteran Stars Join Hands with The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK and Pledge to Help Thousands of Underprivileged Children in India with Free School Meals £300,000 Raised at The Sparkle Ball, a Glittering Fashion Fundraiser The UK and India’s leading social glitterati, dignitaries, charity ambassadors and veteran stars of Indian cinema, Waheeda Rehman, Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, gathered in March 2013 at Vinopolis in London to celebrate The Sparkle Ball - a glittering night of haute couture fashion to raise vital funds for The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK, the world’s largest NGO-run school meal programme, which feeds and educates some of India’s poorest, underprivileged childen. Other attendees included LN Mittal and family, the Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation UK Harin Thaker,and the advisory board members, Yogesh Mehta, Prashant Jhawar, Nirmal Banthia, to name some. The beautifully restored V...