New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. with honorees and co-sponsors at his South Asian Heritage celebration at Flushing Town Hall Queens une 30, 2009 Photo Credit: Marla Maritzer
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. with honorees and co-sponsors at his South Asian Heritage celebration at Flushing Town Hall in Queens on June 30, 2009. Pictured (back, l to r) are: Mohan B. Gyawali, Founder and President, Ridgewood Nepalese Society; Kirti Gandhi, Ph.D., Founder, Gandhi Engineering, Inc.; Thompson; Dr. Binod Shah, First Vice President, America-Nepal Friendship Society; (front, l to r) Arvind Kaur Kohli, Social Worker and Board Member, Community Advisory Board, Queens Hospital Center; Mahbubur Rahman, Editor, Bangla Patrika; and, Mohammad Frasat Chaudhry, Director, Pakistani League of America.