MICQ

MOTHER INDIA'S CROCHET QUEENS

(HANDS BEHIND WORLD'S LARGEST CROCHET BLANKET)

Concept & Design by

Swapna Sridharan & Sadhana Sridharan
Copyright © MICQ 2016
All Rights Reserved



At a glance.....
Summary of members and their contributions

MICQ Members No. of No. of
70Years & Above Members Blankets
12Years & Below
Schools 93 454
8Blankets & Above including Knitpro
Miscellaneous Members 44 73

4 229

260 4617

1052 2662

1453 8035

Content 6
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1. History of Mother India’s Crochet Queens - A Mission In 9
Making Guinness Record For The World’s Largest Blanket 10
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2. Our Founder 13
3. Coordinators 22
4. Associate Coordinators 27
5. Teams 30
6. Member’s Contribution Photos - 70 years & Above 53
7. Member’s Contribution Photos - 6 to 12 years 65
8. School’s Contribution 72
9. Member’s Contribution Photos - 8 Blankets & Above 75
10.Miscellaneous Member’s Contribution List – Below 8 Blankets 79
11. Media Photos 85
12. Media Links / Member’s Musing & Certificate Photos 95
13. Ensemble Photos 96
14. Gallery 97
15. Esteemed Sponsors
16. Esteemed Volunteers
17. Acknowledgements
18. MICQ Song

History of Mother India’s Crochet Queens - A Mission In
Making Guinness Record For The World’s Largest Blanket

The “Mother India’s Crochet Queens” group was conceived by
Ms. Subashri Natarajan. She is our mission’s flag bearer and prime
motivator to overcome the sea of challenges faced in creation of the
world’s largest 'crochet blanket'.

“Mother India’s Crochet Queens” group invited women of Indian
Origin from all parts of the world to participate and display their
abilities. From a humble beginning, we are now a strong force of
around 2100 women bound together with a strong mission and wishful
aim to donate the individual blankets to the underprivileged society
after the record break congregation.

Previous Guinness record was held by South Africa at 3,377 sq.
meters and Mother India’s Crochet Queens determined group with
boundless aspirations have embarked on this fulfilling and challenging
task to set a new inimitable record in a single blanket at 11,148 sq.
meters. Mr. Pravin Patel (Adjudicator, the Guinness World Records
Ltd, London) - presided over the event and honoured us with the
announcement of record measurement.

We believe our esteemed group has gained a wider reception and
recognition with women across all societal strata in transforming our
noble dream to noblest reality.

Our Founder

Founder & Secretary

Subashri Natarajan hails from Chennai, Tamilnadu. She had learnt
the art of crochet at the tender age of 10 and has since been pursuing her
crafty passion. Her dream of achieving big in her lifetime germinated into
an idea of participating in a record breaking crochet event. She learnt
about the Guinness record breaking event held in South Africa, April 2015
which spurred her enthusiasm to make Indian women break the current
record.

This wonderful journey would not have been possible without her
guidance, support and enthusiasm. We thank her profusely for being the
luminary beacon from registering and seeking Guinness committee’s
approval process (Mar-Jul, 2015), obtaining approval, overseeing the
project to its timely completion and spreading our wonderful message to
the global community.



Coordinators

Ms. Sowmya Bhuvarahan Ms. Remya Sajeev Ms. Aruna Mukund Raj
Sponsor Coordinator Tamilnadu Coordinator Mumbai Coordinator

Ms. Mallika Natarajan Ms. Charu Malhotra Ms. Radha Natarajan
Mumbai Coordinator Delhi & Jodhpur Coordinator Kerala Coordinator

Ms. Smitha Prathap Ms. Aasiya Khaliq Shaikh Ms. Kavya Bollaki
Karnataka & Goa Coordinator Pune Coordinator Hyd & Nagpur Coordinator

Ms. Rooma Nag Ms. Birva Kalpesh Chhaya Ms. Ruba Murali
Kolkata Coordinator Gujarat Coordinator Overseas & USA Coordinator

Associate Coordinators

Tamilnadu Associate Coordinators Mumbai Associate Coordinators
Ms. Kalpana Chitharanjan Ms. Deepti Deshpande Bodhankar
Ms. Anila Golechha Ms. Hansa Parmar
Ms. Nadya Javed Merchant Ms. Jovette D’souza Pinto
Ms. Poonkodi Thanigaivelu Ms. Kalpita Dixit
Ms. Sree Sandhya Ramkumar Ms. Ranjana Moona
Ms. K.M.I Abida Sultana Ms. Medha Chandrashekhar Pade
Ms. Devi Thulasiram Ms. Geetha Venkat
Ms. Dhivya Vijay Ms. Priya Nagesh Mungekar
Ms. Jayanthi R. Sekar
Pune Associate Coordinators
Jodhpur Associate Coordinators Ms. Meenakshi Ganesh
Ms. Neelkamal Chouhan
Nagpur Associate Coordinators
Ms. Kavita Chabbriya

Kerala Associate Coordinators Overseas Associate Coordinators
Ms. Santhakumari Ms.Bhavani Kasiviswanathan,Kuwait Associate Coordinator
Ms. Sri Vidhya Magesh Pai Ms. Diya Ann George, Oman Associate Coordinator
Ms. Lakshmi Anand Ms. Selvameena Rajagopal Murthi, Australia &
Newzealand Associate Coordinator
Karnataka Associate Coordinators Ms. Vaishnavi Kuppuswamy, Qatar Associate Coordinator
Ms. Dina Sengupta Ms. Vinothini Ramesh Babu, UAE Associate Coordinator
Ms. Suma Ms. Parvathi Venugopal, Bahrain Associate Coordinator
Ms. Swarna Rao Ms. Deepa Srinivasan, Singapore & Malaysia Associate
Ms. Varalakshmi Coordinator
Ms. Shiksha Ms. Sriprabha Kasturirangan, Europe & UK Associate
Ms. Merlin Anisha Coordinator

Teams

Ebook Team Charity Team

Ms. Swapna Sridharan, UAE Ms. Ruba Murali, USA
Ms. Sadhana Sridharan, UK Ms. Varalakshmi, Bangalore, India
Ms. Priya Sivakumar, UAE Ms. Komal Niranjanbhai Patel, Gujarat, India
Ms. Divya Dharshini R, USA
Ms. Neeraja Natarajan, Chennai, India Journey Video Team
Ms. Mallika Natarajan, Mumbai, India
Ms. Aruna Mukund Raj, Mumbai, India Ms. Swapna Sridharan, UAE
Ms. Sadhana Sridharan, UK
Ms. Priya Sivakumar, UAE
Ms. Bettina James, UAE

Ms. Remya Sajeev, Tamilnadu Public Relation (PR) Team

Ms. Radha Natrajan, Kerala Ms. Neelkamal, Delhi
Ms. Shanta Kumari, Kerala Ms. Preety Arora, Delhi
Ms. Anita Dhall, Delhi
Ms. Kavya Bollaki, Hyderabad
Ms. Merlin Anish, Karnataka
Ms. Rupali Kamble, Mumbai Ms. Poornima Kannan, Karnataka
Ms. Priya Mungekar, Mumbai Ms. Rowena, Karnataka
Ms. Ranjana Moona, Mumbai
Ms. Kalpita Dixit, Mumbai Ms. Ruba Murali, USA
Ms. Medha Pade, Mumbai
Ms. Simmi d Souza, Mumbai Ms. Priya Sivakumar, UAE
Ms. Radha Srinivasan, Mumbai Ms. Buvana Ramesh, UAE
Ms. Shuba Iyer, Mumbai Ms. Bettina James, UAE
Ms. Sarala Sonawane, Mumbai Ms. Miti Agarwal, UAE
Ms. Jovette D Souza Pinto, Mumbai Ms. Anjana Bhatia, UAE
Ms. Shojna Sudheesh, UAE
Ms. Neelam Singh, Pune Ms. Ross lype, UAE
Ms. Rani Kumar, Pune Ms. Smitha Chandran, UAE
Ms. Meera Athavale, Pune
Ms. Madhuri Sahasrabudhe, Pune Ms. Kiranpreet Kaur Sahni, Oman
Ms. Sharmila Shaligram, Pune Ms. Abeda Shakil Narmawala, Oman
Ms. Shantha Priyah, Oman
Ms. Jignashu Chhaya, Gujarat
Ms. Jwalant Chhaya, Gujarat Ms. Vaishnavi Kuppuswamy, Qatar
Ms. Vishwash Thakkar, Gujarat Ms. Fasna Olikkal, Qatar
Ms. ketaki Joshi, Gujarat Ms. Manju Madhu, Qatar
Ms. Dharmesh Vaidaya, Gujarat
Ms. Kamal Pandya, Gujarat Ms. Parvati Venugopal, Bahrain
Ms. Kalpesh Chhaya, Gujarat
Ms. Harita Mehta, Gujarat Ms. Bhavani Kasiviswanathan, Kuwait
Ms. RJ Abha desai, Gujarat
Ms. Selvameena Rajagopal Murthi,
Australia/Newzealand