BWI: Guild for Service and Rasvihar Announce an Exhibition and Charity Sale of Fine Jewellery

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Rasvihar
Monday, February 09, 2009 12:52 PM IST (07:22 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Fashion, Lifestyle, Social issues; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Clothing & accessories, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19179
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Guild for Service and Rasvihar Announce an Exhibition and Charity Sale of Fine Jewellery


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Monday, February 09, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Guild For Service, New Delhi and Rasvihar of Chennai, India, present The Fine Art of Indian Jewellery, an exhibition and charity sale of fine jewellery to benefit the Widows of Vrindavan. This will be held on February 12, 13 and 14, 2009 between 10 am and 8 pm at The Oberoi Hotel, Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi 110003.

The Inaugural and Preview will take place on February 11 at 4 pm at The Oberoi. Smt. Sheila Dixit has graciously consented to inaugurate the event.

About the Guild For Service

For four decades, the Guild For Service has been empowering the powerless: Women, Children and Other Marginalised Groups; across India.

Today, it works in 7 states and runs homes and facilities in 12 rural and urban settings. Under its gentle stewardship, numerous disadvantaged women are taking charge of their lives and rebuilding their futures; hundreds of children are going to school.

Founded by Padma Bhushan Dr. V. Mohini Gin, the services rendered by the Guild are purely voluntary. Most members are professional women, many of them senior citizens, who have come together to keep alive the Gandhian ideal of service before self.

Guild For Service spearheads the movement for giving status to widows, bringing back dignity and joy to their lives.

Widows of Vrindavan

A major thrust area of the Guild is to rehabilitate the destitute widows of Vrindavan-Mathura. Ten years ago, Guild For Service started Amar Ban, a shelter home, supported by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.

The home provides food and physical security to residents. More importantly, it delivers opportunities for holistic development through counseling and medical aid, legal literacy, vocational training and skill upgradation, as well as through recreation. The goal is to enhance the widows' self-worth, and make them as self-reliant as possible.

Last year, the Guild started another home, Ma Dham, for 250 widows and women in difficult circumstances. This shelter home is also a residential facility, providing all services just like Amar Ban. In addition, the home practices herbal and vegetable farming, runs a medical centre catering to weaker sections from the region, and is working towards a dairy farming project.

About Rasvihar

The Guild For Service charity sale is an important initiative for Resplenda Expressions Private Limited, a company founded by jewellery designer S.Ahalya and Prabodh Jam. Rasvihar, a division of Resplenda Expressions Private Limited, opened its first showroom, spread over a luxurious 6,500 square feet, on September 1, 2007 at 17a Sterling Avenue, Nungambakkam,
Chennai 600034, INDIA.

As a contemporary woman, designer S.Ahalya recognized a lack of choices that women with Indian sensibilities had when it came to jewellery that would complement their lifestyle. She then set out to create a line that offered classic styling with a sense of elegance. This handcrafted collection caters to the woman who appreciates the finer things and who is unafraid of expressing her individuality and personal style. Rasvihar will showcase its collections consisting of bangles, rings, ear rings and neckpieces made of 18 carat gold, diamonds and gemstones which are priced between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 8 lakhs. Rasvihar clients are attorneys, doctors, homemakers, businesswomen and architects, just to name a few.

About Ahalya:

Ahalya, co-founder of Rasvihar, trained the traditional Indian way in dance and fine art. She underwent rigorous, special art training for 12 years starting at the age of six. She has completed a course in diamond grading conducted by the International Gemology Institute.

"People are my inspiration," says Ahalya, "so I see no contradiction between my artistic urges and my clients' needs. All my jewellery is designed with a specific person in mind - not necessarily someone I've met. Many times, I'd make jewellery that was inspired by a particular person, and soon enough that same person would walk in and claim the piece for her own."

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with S.Ahalya, please call Prabodh Jam +91.94440.53507 or email press@rasvihar.com.

To view the photographs, please click on the links given below:

Ms. Ahlaya .Co-Founder and Creative Director

Chennai Showroom

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CONTACT DETAILS
Prabodh Jam, Director, Rasvihar, +91 9444053507, press.contact@rasvihar.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, FASHION, LIFESTYLE, SOCIAL, MARKETING, CLOTHING, MEDIA

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