Mission

The Tamarind Society is a not-for-profit cultural and educational entity that promotes and fosters an appreciation of the wonderfully vibrant South Asian performing arts in the tri-state region of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, through the enactment of concerts, seminars and exhibitions.

Tamarind Society proudly presents: Shehzad Roy in concert at a fundraiser for Zindagi Trust at Rasoi Banquets 620 Georges Road Monmouth Junction New Jersey over dinner on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 6:00 PM.

See the attached PDF flyer for details. Shehzad Roy is a singer and humanitarian from Karachi, Pakistan. He has five albums under his belt, that include such hit singles as the 2008 Laga Reh and Saali. He is also the founding president of Zindagi Trust, a not-for-profit charitable organization that seeks to provide the underprivileged children of Pakistan with better educational opportunities. In June 2004, Roy was honored as one of the youngest ever recipients of the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, which is one of Pakistan’s highest civil honors awarded for excellence in serving humanity. His Zindagi Trust is doing stellar work in rehabbing government run schools and turning them into model institutions of learning and development. For his organization’s earthquake rehabilitation work in Kashmir he was awarded the Sitara-e-Eisaar. He was also selected to be a torch bearer for the 2008 Olympic Torch relay as a representative of Pakistan. In 2009 the city of Chicago awarded Roy the prestigious 2009 Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellowship Award for excellence.

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