User:Chethanauk

Chethana is a socialist organisation that was formed to engage the Kerala diaspora in the United Kingdom in april 2009. The organisation was set up to serve the Malayalees who while calling the UK, home still retain an emotional, cultural and economical attachment to their motherland.

chethana are different in that, members seek to build a link to the motherland while accepting the fact that most of them will spend their lives as responsible citizens of the UK. Chethana aims to provide a cultural forum where the malayalee diaspora is encouraged to retain their unique tradition and culture while resident in the UK.

chethana is a fraternal organisation that built on three fundamental principles. The first is of having a socialist and just society where together, everyone contribute in a wholesome manner to the betterment of their immediate society. The second involves  engaging the consciousness and inate goodness of each individual in helping to transform the world they live in. Thirdly, the community wishes to nurture and stimulate the creative and cultural talent pool within the Kerala diaspora in the UK and leave a lasting legacy of malayali's unique heritage.

To this end, Chethana has created several cultural fetes and competitions to showcase community talents as well to provide a taste of kerala. The secretary has claimed that Plans are also on the anvil to hold skills workshops across the UK where experts from within the community would offer free advice and skills training to its members. Chetana is also invloved in several charity projects both in the UK as well as in India