The 41st International Polonaise Ball

a tribute to

Polish – Indian Relations & Friendship

Gala Dinner DanceSaturday, the Second of February

the Year Two Thousand and Thirteenat Seven O’clock p.m.The Grand Ballroom

Surf Club9011 Collins Avenue

Surfside, Florida 33154

“Polonaise” by the Members of the Committees

EntertainmentMusic for Dancing

White or Black Tie Regalia R.S.V.P.

Incredible India

India’s history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization.

Surrounded by the majestic Himalayan ranges in the North and edged by an endless stretch of golden beaches,

India is a vivid kaleidoscope of landscapes, magnificent historical sites, royal cities, misty mountain retreats, colorful people,

and rich traditions.

Placed in the center of Asia, India has always been a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe.

As South Asia’s largest democratic republic, modern India is home to diverse influences that are visible in the lifestyles,

thoughts, architecture and systems of government...

...all of which reflect the distinct impact of some era or time gone by...where prehistoric civilization sits

next to 21st century architecture...where temple elephants exist amicably with the microchip...and where traditionally

garbed tribals walk next to sophisticated urban jet-setters.

Incredible India is truly multi-dimensional.

Under the gracious patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryszard Schnepf

Special GuestPresident Lech Walesa

Royal Guests H. R. H. King Kigeli V of Rwanda

H.R.H. Duke Dom Duarte Pio de BragancaAmpun (H.M.) Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, Royal House of Sulu

H. I. H. Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie of EthiopiaH.I. H David Bagrationi of Moukhrani, Royal House of Georgia

Marquis Alberto D’Ornellase de Vasconcellos JardimCount Antonio De Deus Ramos Ponces De Carvalho

Ball Chairmen

International Honorary CommitteeDr. and Mrs. Horacio AguirrePrincess Marianne Bernadotte

Honorable and Mrs. Zbigniew BrzezinskiDrs. Stanislaw and Barbara BurzynskiPrince and Princess Karol Czartoryski

Mrs. Barbara Kaczmarowska-Hamilton

H.E. Noble Datu Vitez Andres Linholm, Count of Negele, Raja Muda Kraton Kupang

Mr. Rafal OlbinskiMs. Stefanie Powers

Princess Lada SchuiskiMr. and Mrs. Henry P. Williams III

Honorable Walter Zachariasiewicz

Countess Barbara Pagowska - CooperLady Blanka Aldona Rosenstiel

Co-ChairmenMrs. Virginia Aristazabal-Cordoba

Mr. and Mrs. Walter BeamanMr. and Mrs. Bob Dickinson

Mr. and Mrs. Keith GrayMr. and Mrs. Amedeo Guazzini

Count Rodney HildebrantMr. and Mrs. Paul Lowenthal

Viscount Matthew Meehan

Marquis Alexander Colonna-Walewski Montague and Marquise Maria Alonso Montague

Dr. and Mrs. Raphael OrnafMs. Alicja Schoonover

Mrs. Marjorie SonderlingMrs. Beata Paszyc and Mr. John Frank Velez

Baron Kimon Andreou Vergara Mr. John Wayne Jr.

Social CommitteeMrs. Ruby Bacardi

Mr.and Mrs. Bronislaw BajcarMr. Doug Evans and Mr. Mikolaj Bauer

Drs. Wojciech and Renata CymerDrs. Vikram and Renu Desai

Honorable and Mrs. Maurice FerreBaroness Magdalena A. von Freytag

Mrs. Jadwiga GewertMrs. Margareta de Gea Grezell

Countess Astrid de GrabowskiCount and Countess Wlodzimierz Grocholski

Mr. and Mrs. Karlheinz HuthMrs. Alicja Iwaszkiewicz

Mr. and Mrs. Jan KaraszewskiMr. Steven Karski

Mr. and Mrs. Krzysztof KruszelnickiMr. Adam Kruszelnicki

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony KruszewskiMiss Francesca Lowenthal

Miss Luccia LowenthalDr. Basil and Mrs. Magdalena Mangra

Miss Monica Mangra

Ms. Madhu MehtaMr. and Mrs. Roy Meyeringh

Mrs. Daisy RichardsonMr. Jarosław Rottermund

Mrs. Carol SadowskiMs. Lynne Schaefer

Mr. Michael SkronskiMr. John Sullivan

Mr. and Dr.Vijay VarkiProf. Zdzisław Wesolowski

Mrs. Ligia Wiegand

Chicago Committee Chairmen

Countess Izabella Pagowska – Budys Ms. Vanessa Godek

Dr. and Mrs. Janusz GolecDr. Ewa Jachimowicz

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher KurczabaDr. Tomasz Osolkowski

Mr. Jacek and Dr. Jolanta TataraDr. and Mrs. Mark Tucci

Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Zwierzycki

Countess Brigitte Victoria CooperCountess Janelle Annette Cooper

Co-Chairmen

Cleveland Committee Chairmen

Mr. Leon Cholewa BadzinskiMr. and Mrs. Gerald Broski

Mr. Edward GodlewskiMr. John Nosek

Mr. and Mrs. George SobierajMr. Ben Stefanski, II

Mr. Jon Theobald Dr. Michael Klimiuk-Wieczerski

Mr. and Mrs. Thad CookeMr. and Mrs. Chester Partyka

Co-Chairmen

Ms. Halina Malinski

Michigan Committee Chairman

Mrs. Barbara Lemecha Mrs. Henrietta Nowakowski

Co-ChairmenMrs. Nina de Rovira

New York Committee Chairman

Countess Jadwiga KrasickiMr. and Mrs. Chester Lobrow

Mr. and Mrs. Witold SulimirskiMrs. Danuta Wilk

Co-Chairmen

Washington DC Committee ChairmanMr. Michel Pawlowski

Ms. Katarina KrzysztofiakMr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Mirecki

Ms. Anne Riggle

Co-Chairmen

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Polish IndianFascinations & Friendship

Poland has always been fascinated by the rich culture of India.Polish traveler and sailor Krzysztof Pawlowski was the first Pole to visit India in 1596;

he travelled from Poland via Portugal to Goa.

The first Chair of Sanskrit was established at Jagiellonian University (Krakow) in 1893.

Andrzej Gawroński (1885 - 1927) Indologist, ex-traordinary linguist and polyglot who knew 60 languages. His Sanskrit handbook is the main textbook for Indology students in Poland.

Jam Saheb with Polish children in Christmas costumes

Maharja Digvijay Sinhji

During WWII, thousands of Poles were deported to Siberian labor camps and lived in horrific condi-tions where death was imminent. Maharja Digvi-jay Sinhji (1895 - 1966) (‘Jam Saheb’) of Nawa-nagar, India saved and gave refuge to thousands of orphaned Polish children. In 1941, he adopted the first 60 children to secure their safety. During the

children’s years in India he ensured that Polish traditions, language and culture were preserved. In recognition of his courage and compassion, Jam Saheb received posthumously the Com-mander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, and there are streets named after him in Warsaw and Krakow to honor his noble compassion.

From Gandhi to WalesaFreedom and Compassion

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the preeminent leader of nationalism in Brit-ish-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence, civil rights and free-dom across the world.

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”Mahatma Gandhi

Maurice Frydman (1901 - 1976), known as Swami Bharatananda, was a Polish engineer and humanitarian who spent the later part of his life in India and became a disciple of Gandhi. He co-drafted a new constitu-tion for the State of Aundh, edited and translated Nisar-gadatta Maharaj’s recorded conversations into the 1973 English-language book I Am That, and co-founded the Indian- Polish Library in Madras. Frydman also aided Polish orphans’ trans-fer from Siberia to India, Kenya and New Zealand.

Wanda Dynowska (1888 - 1971), of Polish nobility, went to India in 1935 and collaborated with Gandhi in assisting Tibetan refu-gees crossing to India. She co-founded the Indian-Polish Library in Madras which for over 30 years was a major editorial and publishing body for Pol-ish translations of main Hindu religious texts, contemporary poetry and literature, and many books were translated by Dynowska from Polish to English, Tamil, and Hindi.

Father Zelazek (1918 - 2006), Polish priest and missionary, survived the Dachau concentration camp. In the 1950’s he went to India to work with the Adiba tribes and beginning in 1970 he organized a leprosy colony in Puri for over 600 people, providing shelter, work and treat-ments which he oversaw for 30 years. Fr. Zelazek was short-listed twice for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and 2003.

Lech Wałęsa, Solidarity leader and Presi-dent of Poland, helped end communism in Poland and Eastern Europe. A Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1983, Walesa con-sidered himself a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi. “Gandhi was not confined to In-dia or South Africa alone, but the apostle of peace was relevant to the entire world.” Walesa felt that Gandhian philosophy and its legacy would be instrumental in ending world unrest and would be the basis for lasting peace and successful globalization.

Cultural Relations

Norblin Murals in Jodphur Shaji N Karun, Zbigniew Preisner

Danny Mark Pudi, the wise-cracking actor best known for his role on the NBC series, Commu-nity, started his performance career as a come-dian. Mr. Pudi, American born son of a Polish mother and Indian father, speaks fluent Polish and is proud of his Polish and Indian heritage.

Lisa Ray, daughter of a Polish mother and Indian father, is an internationally acclaimed perform-er and philanthropist who has garnered many awards and has a reputation for taking on chal-lenging films and facing life head-on. Ms. Ray is a passionate advocate of stem cell technology.

Polish born Stefan Norblin (1892 - 1952 ) was a popular artist in India’s royal circles. His lush Art Deco style was heavily influenced by Hindu mythology, and his most significant commis-sion was the design and painting of murals for the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodphur. In 2011 a Norblin exhibition, “A Master of Many Arts,” opened in New Delhi.

Zbigniew Preisner is a renowned composer from Poland who has written the music for the films of famous Polish director Krzysztof Kies-lowski, as well as French, American, and Greek films. Preisner is currently scoring Shaji N Ka-run’s next movie Gaadha which began shooting in October 2012.

Tourism & Business

Indo-Polish business relations are long standing and friendly.Thousands of Poles visit India every year for a firsthand encounter

with the world’s largest democracy and its traditions, culture and civilization.With India’s excellent doctors, reasonable rates and alternative medicines,

Poles go to India for natural methods treatment.

Poland is currently India’s largest trading partner in Central Europe.Important bilateral treaties and agreements include economic partnerships,

science, technology, and cultural exchange programs.Some examples of business cooperation between the two countries are Mittal Steel

which owns 70% of the steel industry in Poland and India’s Videocom owns Thomson Piaseczno,manufacturer of LCD TVs. Poles have invested in India’s steel, pharmaceutical, and packaging

industries.

An audiovisual co-production agreement between Poland and India was signed recentlyat the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw,

and covers all types of production with particular focus on television.

Shrine of Love - Taj Mahal

Bollywood’s biggest star - Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in Krakow, Poland

Ms. Aishwarya Rai, Ms. Shah Rukh Khan

Signing of AV production agreement

Stanisław Schayer (1899 - 1941) Indologist, ex-pert on religion and author of a book about Hindu philosophy.

Noble Compassion

Classical Indian dancers