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Reports from recent gatherings, notices for what is coming next, and the record of a year in the life of ANRIA Qatar.
ANRIA Qatar published its tenth-anniversary souvenir magazine, 'ANRIA AL-Ashar', unveiled by Mrs Bindu N Nair, Second Secretary for Education and Culture at the Indian Embassy. It records ten years of the association's cultural, sporting, charitable and community work alongside members' stories, poems, articles and interviews.
The poster for ANRIA Qatar's Grand Master Chess Challenge Season 1, run with Pride Deal, was unveiled at Qatar GEMS American Academy. Competitions are planned across the under-8, 10, 12 and 14 age groups, with around 300 young players from several countries expected at Al Jazeera Academy on 27 March.
Working with the Hamad Blood Donation Centre and supported by Blood Donors Kerala (BDK Qatar), ANRIA Qatar ran a blood donation camp on Friday 19 December 2025. 126 donors came forward — part of a wider programme that also covers housing support for families in need and medical assistance.
At the badminton tournament held on 6 December 2025 at Beta Cambridge International School, Al Meshaf, ANRIA Qatar entered three teams against a field of around sixteen. Jofin Edakkalathur and Midhun Jose took first place in men's doubles, with Hari Krishnan and Richard Jose second.
ANRIA Qatar's mega show at the Qatar National Convention Centre reimagined the 'Kalyana Thalennu' — the eve-of-wedding feast and ceremonies particular to the Angamaly region — as a full evening of music, dance and theatre performed entirely by members, opening with the association's Bhavapadam team.
ANRIA Qatar announced its mega show 'Kalyanathalennu' for 28 November at QNCC — a staging of the eve-of-wedding traditions shared across every community in the Angamaly region, with a sadya of regional dishes including Angamaly's own mango curry served free to ticket holders.
The association marked ten years at ICC Ashoka Hall, inaugurated by Dr V Vaibhav Tandale, Chancery and Consular Head at the Indian Embassy, and chaired by acting president Augustine Kallookaran. Ten founding leaders were honoured with the association's Torch Bearers Award.
ANRIA Qatar's women performers drew sustained applause for a cinematic dance at the ICC Carnival on 15–16 May at Ideal School Ground, choreographed to a medley of three Hindi songs before a crowd of several thousand.
Women and children from ANRIA Qatar performed at Qatar's Asian Town ground on the evening of 30 March 2025, at a celebration organised under the Workers' Support and Insurance Fund to mark Eid Al-Fitr.
On a cool January evening, ANRIA Qatar families gathered around the theme 'Kalyanathalennu — a re-enactment', cooking and staging the old preparations together: Angamaly's traditional beef and plantain, its signature mango curry, and an evening of shared performance.
At 'Kala Ke Rang', organised by ICC Qatar's youth wing, the ANRIA Qatar ladies' team beat fourteen other teams to win the cinematic dance competition, and the association also took first place in the patriotic song contest against ten teams.
ANRIA Qatar's Onam season closed with a full day at Retaj Salwa Resort on Friday 25 October 2024, inaugurated by dancer and actor Aishwarya Rajeev. Around eighteen art forms — including pulikali and panchari melam — were performed entirely by the association's own members, young and old.
The official Onam song for 'Thiruvonaravam-24' was released, sung by Shibu with chorus by Rajan Somasundaram and Vinod, written by Sreevalsan Govindan and mixed by Ashlyn at SASA Media Studio.
Ten teams — one for each of nine panchayats plus Angamaly Municipality — competed in the Onam floral carpet contest, with women, children and men all taking part. Kanjoor Panchayat took first place and Nedumbassery second.
Around 300 people attended the association's ninth anniversary at ICC Ashoka Hall on 25 April 2024, with dance, music and a shared meal. Students with the highest Class 10 and Class 12 results and members with sporting achievements were honoured.
The Angamaly Carnival at ICC's Ashoka Hall held around two hundred people for two and a half hours, spanning a Carnatic devotional set by the Puthiyedam sisters, mentalism, folk and cinematic dance, and a semi-classical performance led by Ranji Rajeswar.
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