The Wake for Dr Anthony Antoniswami, who died Monday October 3, 2016 morning at his home in Washington DC, will be held Friday, October 14 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm at the Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home, 11800 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20904 (Tel: 301-622-2290).

Dr Antoniswami's body will be flown to his home in Mugaiur near Villipuram, Chennai, where the funeral will take place.

The founder, director and producer of "Spirit of India," one of the longest running weekly radio programs in the Washington area, Dr Antoniswami was a voracious reader, orator and a poet who wrote in both English and Tamil. He was a familiar presence at most of the Indian cultural programs in the capital region and other parts of the country. He was 77.

For more information, please contact:
Ronald Antonisamy: a.ronald@gmail.com (Cell: 301-613-3264)
Dr Sreekumar Kadavil: shreeku@hotmail.com (Cell: 301-445-4460)