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and we have historically been among the top 10 teams for fundraising.
For registration and fundraising, please go to the website www.marchforbabies.org. Click on ?walking with an existing team? to register under India Association of Indianapolis: Sunday, April 27, 2008 Indianapolis. This is a convenient way to reach your friends Registration: 12:00 noon and co-workers to make a pledge toward your walk. Walk starts: 1:00 pm Team: India Association of Indianapolis It would be wonderful to have a large contingent from IAI this year. Please encourage your children and youth to Please mark your calendar to participate in the March participate as well and make this a family event. for Babies walk (formerly March of Dimes) on the date and time shown above. This is a 5K walk and starts For more information or to receive a pledge form, please at the IUPUI track and field stadium in downtown contact Kanchana Ishwar at 317-848-8943 or email at Indianapolis. India Association members walk as a team [email protected].
Visit Our Website: www.myiai.org April-June 2008
Print Bharati - revised publication schedule Please note the print Bharati which used to be a bi-monthly in now a quarterly. The tentative dates of publication are first weeks of January, April, July, and October. Please send your submissions to me via my email address ([email protected]) by the 15th of the month prior to the publication month. It is hoped that the e-Bharati will eventually be in your inbox every month. Have a great spring season.
EDITORIAL BOARD of Central Indiana. Bharati invites advertisements, articles and letters to the editor. Editor: Ram Ravindran...... 291-2816 Articles should be of general interest and not be more than 600 words. Letters to Chairman, IAI Board: Ajai Chaudhary...... 705-0278 the editor should not exceed 200 words. Letters should be typed double spaced President, IAI Executive Committee: Manga Rao...... 843-9330 and must include your name. The editor reserves the right to edit any material Kanchana Ishwar, Advertising Editor...... 848-8943 selected for publication.
Publisher: Madhu Bhargava...... 899-1020 The deadline for receiving articles and advertising for Please mail your ads to Bhar Printing Address. Printer: Bhar Printing, Inc. 8745 Rawles Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46219 the July-September issue is June 15, 2008. Fax: 317-898-8196 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] The advertisement rates are as follows. Please make checks payable to India Association of Indianapolis. Editor: Please mail your articles to Ram Ravindran • [email protected] or One Issue Four Issues Print + E Top Print + E Side Mail: 7731 Traders Cove Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46254 Phone: 291-2816 Full page $300 $1200 $1350 $1325 Half page $150 $ 600 $ 750 $ 725 Advertisement: Kanchana Ishwar • [email protected] Quarter page $ 80 $ 320 $ 470 $ 445 Business Card $ 50 $ 200 $ 350 $ 325 Mail your payment to: 1845 Knaphill Court, Carmel, IN 46033 • 848-8943 Preprinted Full Page Insert - $220 per issue.
Bharati is a quarterly newsletter of the India Association of Indianapolis, Inc., IAI is not responsible for ad formatting and misprint. Please provide pre-formatted dedicated to communicate, inform and enlighten the Community and be a forum ad to our publisher and verify ads prior to print by request. Business Card size for fostering Indian arts and culture. It reaches all the Indian American Community advertisements will be provided free to Non-Profit Sister Organizations. April-June 2008
IAI - Fine Arts Committee Presents Next Event
Hindustani Sitar and Carnatic Violin Jugalbandhi by Gaurav Mazumdar and Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan
Co-sponsored by IAI - Fine Arts Committee and Carnatic Music Association of Indianapolis
Saturday, June 7, 2008, 7:30 P.M. Cristal DeHaan Auditorium, Univ. of Indianapolis 1400 East Hanna Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
Details will appear in due course at www.myiai.org Pandit Ronu Majumdar : Kk Kk Kk Flute Recital In Memorium... Tabla: Shri Ramdas Palsule When: Sunday, May 18, 2008, 5 P.M. On behalf of India Association of Indianapolis deepest sympathy to the family of Rajesh D. Shah, Where: Butler University, Eidson-Duckwall 60, Indianapolis, Wednesday, February 6, 2008. He Recital Hall in Robertson Hall was born in Jaipur, India, son of Mr. Dhirajlal and Mrs. Gulabben Shah. Civil engineer by trade, he moved to the Contribution: General - $15 U.S. in 1975 and founded his own successful company, Student Special - $10 Indy Construction Co. Inc., in 1984. He is survived by Sponsors - $50 or $100 (2 or 4 Admissions) his loving wife, Varsha; daughter, Nisha; son-in-law, ICMCI Members - Free Raj; son, Pulin; and daughter, Lajja. Everyone knew “Ronu is definitely the Dr. Feelgood of the Indian Flute” him as fun-loving, energetic, optimistic, adventurous, – Grammy Winner Ry Cooder generous, charismatic, and full-of-life. Every single heart he touched, he made a lasting impression, one which Pandit Ronu Majumdar, India’s Ace flautist began playing the brought out one’s inner child. His elders he always flute under the guidance of his father Dr. Bhanu Majumdar. His respected, to his peers always a good friend, and to subsequent gurus include Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale and his children an admirable role model. These memories the revered Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao. A powerhouse performer, shall never be forgetten and cherished forever. Memorial Ronu Majumdar is solidly rooted in the Maihar gharana, contributions may be made to American Brain Tumor which has produced musicians of the eminence of Pandit Ravi Association. Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. A Grammy nominee, Ronu Majumdar is a popular recording artist. His name has There is a Bhajan on Sunday, April 20, from 3-5 at been musically associated with international Greats such as Temple, 3350 German Church Road, Indianapolis. Pandit Ravi Shankar, Beatle George Harrison and ace guitarist Ry Cooder.
To become members of the ICMCI (Indian Classical Music Circle of Indianapolis) or to be placed on FAC’s mailing list, please Congratulations: contact: Arvind Thakkar, 317-872-0740 ([email protected]) Chicago: Congratulations to Beenu Sikand of Century Kalpana Merchant, 317-733-9720 ([email protected] 21 Diversified. On Punjab times night Beenu Sikand was Chetan Shukla, 317-876-5195 ([email protected]) honoured with an award for her entrepreneurial skills. Chad Bauman, 317-769-5426 ([email protected] M.S. Anand, 317-566-9555 ([email protected]) She got an award as a “Punjabi woman realtor of the year Milind Thakar, 317-783-6919 ([email protected]) 2007”. April-June 2008
Summer Intensive Program for Hindi and Urdu – SIPHUR –
India Studies Program
June 13 – July 11, 2008 آئیے،اردو-ہندی پڑھیں Indiana University-Bloomington आइए,�ह�द�-उदू द पढ़ें With STARTALK funding, India Studies Program at Indiana Univer- sity-Bloomington will offer a Summer Intensive Program for Hindi and Urdu (SIPHUR). SIPHUR is an intensive four week Hindi/Urdu course that would be equivalent to one semester of university-level instruction in Hindi/Urdu. Each class meets for four hours a day five days a week. Students will also engage themselves in various cultural activities in
and out of class. SIPHUR is targeted at middle and high school stu- dents who are of Indian/Pakistani backgrounds or anyone who has an interest in the languages and cultures of India/Pakistan. This program will be a bridge to connect junior and senior high school education to a University education. Students will benefit from the program as it will provide students a valuable chance to start early foreign language For more information, contact learning. Students of Indian/Pakistani backgrounds will have the op- Dr.Sungok Hong portunity to take a first step toward learning about their heritage and India Studies Program 825 E. 8th Street connecting themselves to their relatives in India/Pakistan. SIPHUR is a Bloomington, IN 47408 Phone: 812-855-6697 residential program, and meals and lodging will be free for those se- E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.iub.edu/~indiast/ lected for the program. April-June 2008 Asian American Alliance - Scholarship Program
Dear Asian American Youth Leaders, 7. Former Scholarship recipients are ineligible to apply. The Asian American Alliance, Inc. (AAAI) is pleased to announce its 2008 Scholarship Program This program 8. The 2008 Scholarship Awards Presentation will be is designed to recognize the best Asian-American high held during the Asian Festival at Garfield Park on May school students who have demonstrated extraordinary 10, 2008. leadership abilities serving our community in Central Indiana. 9. Completed scholarship application should be mailed to: Asian American Alliance Inc. The following are the details of the Scholarship Program: 1000 E. 116th St., Carmel, IN 46032 1. Any high school student (Grades 9-12) in Central Indiana of Asian American ethnicity is eligible to If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate apply. to contact me at 317-340-3176 or via E-mail: aaaimail@ gmail.com. 2. The student must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of six on an eight point scale, or three Sincerely, on a four point scale and must be enrolled in courses that satisfy entry requirements for college. Glen Kwok President of the Board 3. The student should send the following information ______directly to AAAI: Please answer these questions on a separate (Please do not staple applications.) sheet. This was condensed to save the space. a) Completed application form A. In 250 words or less, describe your most significant leadership activities whether in school or the b) A copy of your high school transcript community. c) One letter of recommendation written by an adult B. How have your leadership experiences prepared you who knows the applicant for at least one year and is for your future aspirations? able to discuss his/her community service activities. C. This scholarship program is designed to develop d) One color photo - Please E-mail a high resolution youth leaders of Asian descendant. Share your digital photo to: [email protected] vision. What type of leader do you want to become two to three years from now? How can a young Please make sure to put your name in the subject line. leader with your talents and enthusiasm contribute If you do not have a digital photo, you may send a to our community or the campus community where printed photo. you will be attending? You can include a specific idea of community involvement. 4. Applications will be reviewed by the AAAI High School Scholarship Committee and winners will be notified via E-mail by May 1, 2008. *You may use additional pages for your comments. Please do not exceed 4 pages including the application cover 5. Each winner will receive a $500 scholarship check. sheet. 6. The complete application must be received by April 25. April-June 2008
Please mail to: Asian American Alliance, Inc. 1000 E. 116th Street, Carmel, IN 46032
2008 Application Asian American Leadership Development Scholarship Applications along with required documents must be received by April 25, 2008. Name PRINT Address PRINT Guardian’s PRINT name(s) City/State/Zip County Home Phone Email (If available) PRINT Name of High School PRINT Grade THIS academic year 9 10 11 12 Ethnicity (circle) Chinese /Taiwanese Indian Korean Japanese Filipino Vietnamese Thai Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders Other (specify) major (vocational goals if any) Please list achievements, awards or recognitions received for academics, arts, sports or leadership.
Please list school activities or clubs in which you have participated.
Please list community activities outside of school and hours committed.
Applicant’s Signature Date
Guardian’s Signature Date April-June 2008 NorthSouth Foundation Spelling Bee Contest
NorthSouth Foundation (NSF, www.northsouth.org) Indiana chapter has conducted the Annual Regional contests in Math, Vocabulary, Spelling, Geography and Public Speaking for kids of Indian origin in grades K-10 at IUPUI on 3/22/08.
NSF was founded in 1989 to promote academic excellence among Indian kids in US and to support bright and needy kids in India through college scholarships. Currently NSF has 60+ chapters across US and 15+ chapters in India.
IAI has been a sponsor of the event for the fourth year in a row. Dr.Vijay Pal Reddy, Kanchana Ishwar and Manga Rau of IAI have actively supported the event this year. Several members of the community have volunteered as Judges and Proctors for the event. The contests were coordinated by Srinivasa Prasad, Prof. Rajeev Raje, Prof. Gautam Vemuri, Sudhakar Mamidipalli and Siva Vavilala.
The following are the results of the contests. Some of the top scorers based on their National ranking will be invited to participate in the National contests to be held in Aug’08 at MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA.
Junior Spelling Bee: 1. Pranav Haran 2. Amit Chakraborti 3. Lahari Vavilala Math Bee I: 1. Jay Maturi 2. Pranav Sriram Math Bee II: 1. Mahati Vavilala 2. Gargi Balasubramanian 3. Vikas Maturi, (Rushi Patel, Gayatri Balasubramanian, Kimaya Raje tied for the 3rd position as well) Math Bee II: 1. Vaibhav Vavilala (Priyanka Prasad tied for the 1st position as well) Junior Vocabulary Bee: 1. Amit Chakraborty Intermediate Vocabulary Bee : 1. Harsha Vemuri Junior Geography Bee: 1. Jay Maturi Senior Public speaking: 1. Raghava Kamalesh
The Hindu Temple of Central Indiana invites you to a gala dinner, cultural program, and donor appreciation event to unveil the plans for the expansion of our Temple.
Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 5:30 PM Primo Banquet and Conference Center 2615 E. National Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227
Two complimentary tickets for those who have donated $1,000 or more; Additional Tickets ($75 each) may be purchased at the Temple. For more information, please contact Satyanarayana Reddy Marri at 765.918.2004 or Atul Bhargava at 317.848.1286. April-June 2008 Hindu Temple of Central Indiana
Dear Devotee:
Do you remember the days when you had to take a day off to visit a Temple? Until February 2006, Hindus in Indiana had to travel a hundred miles or more to Dayton, Cincinnati, Chicago, Louisville or St. Louis to offer worship. To celebrate a family milestone with friends, we had to arrange for a priest who was available to travel on an auspicious day to Indianapolis. We celebrated major religious functions in school auditoriums, the community center, and other secular venues.
In 2004, six devoted Hindu families came together and bought thirteen acres of land along German Church Road in Indianapolis, and donated it for the Temple. HTCI’s first fundraising event, a Mahalakshmi Pooja, raised pledges of over one million dollars with each participating family pledging ten thousand dollars. Since then, we have raised another million through various fundraising activities. The Temple Committee visited temples around the country and spent hours with our Sthapathi and local architects to develop a plan that combined modern efficiency with ancient agamas and recognized the many streams of Hindu tradition.
On February 3, 2006, building upon the initiative and generosity of perhaps 5 percent of the 10,000 Hindus in central Indiana, our new Temple was opened and dedicated to the Almighty whose grace had brought us so far. However, it was apparent even that day that our Temple was not big enough for the throngs of enthusiastic devotees, many of whom had to wait outside until the crowd inside had dispersed. Every Deepavali, MahaShivaratri, Holi and Janmashtami since then has proven to us that we must proceed speedily to complete the second phase of construction which will give us ample, separate, dedicated spaces for religious and cultural activities.
The second phase of construction will create a home for the Moolavar deities, permanently installed in the sanctified space of the Temple. Phase III, the ornamentation of the Temple’s exterior, is eagerly anticipated not only by Hindus but by the non-Hindu visitors to our Temple, who feel that the beautiful structure of the Temple symbolizes a positive movement in American society.
HTCI’s mission is to build a Temple with the broad-based, long-term needs of the community in mind, provide various religious services, create opportunities for spiritual enrichment and promote educational and cultural opportunities for children. By celebrating the diversity of Hindu tradition, HTCI also strives to unite the entire Hindu community of central Indiana.
To meet these needs in our community, it is going to cost between $3 million and $4 million. Having paid off our initial construction loan, HTCI now has $400,000 in the bank and approximately another $500,000 in pledges. Our community cannot realize the full benefits of a Temple unless Phase II is completed. Costs will continue to escalate the longer we delay the project. Thus, the Board of Trustees has decided to break ground for Phase II during 2008. For that purpose, we are planning fundraising dinner events, raffles and small group meetings to seek support. In addition, based on the advice of several younger families in our community and to involve the community at large, we would like to solicit and enroll as many families as possible to donate an amount within their budget on a monthly basis for one to three years by a convenient automatic deduction from their bank account or credit card.
Every dollar counts and no donation is too small. Like the chipmunks that proved their devotion to Sri Rama as He built the bridge to Sri Lanka, we should build our bridge to the Lord by wholeheartedly supporting the completion of our Temple. Please join us in this sacred work.
May God bless you. Satyanarayana Reddy Marri Fundraising Committee Chair April-June 2008 April-June 2008 10
Sangamam – An online Community in a multimedia rich web 2.0 environment to enhance the Gateway in Greater Indianapolis overall user experience. Through Sangamam, you will be able to: by Mahesh Subramaniam • learn more about happenings in your local community via Community News, Events, Events Calendar, and In my past few years as a resident in the greater Publications Indianapolis area, I have had the privilege of being part of • register to attend community events through several community organizations in many different ways centralized Events Registration - as a participant at cultural events, volunteer, or an office • connect and collaborate with members of our bearer. Our regional community organizations provide community and community organizations through us the opportunity to experience the rich and myriad Groups, Forums, Blogs, and Private Messaging cultural traditions of India while being away from India • post articles through social and cultural events spread throughout the • post classifieds ads year. Without such continuing voluntary efforts, we will certainly miss experiencing a significant dimension in our As always, the success of any online community rests on lives that keep us connected to our roots while allowing compelling content and proactive users. It is my hope that the opportunity to showcase the same to the youth of you will find Sangamam compelling enough to warrant tomorrow. a permanent place in your Bookmarks / Favorites. Your valuable feedback will go a long way in making Sangamam While each community organization does a wonderful job more meaningful to you and our community. Come on, be of providing information to its members through several part of the Sangamam Community Gateway and see for communication channels, including their own web site, yourself what the rave is all about... I saw a void in actively engaging various quarters of our community. Simply put, there did not exist a medium to connect people and organizations. I envisioned that we can achieve more as a community by coming together with our individual thoughts and ideas and voicing our opinions through a centralized community platform. Looking for IT Recruiters This vision drew me to the novel and challenging idea of designing a dynamic and interactive online medium to Pyramid technology Solutions is looking for capture and catalog the mood, feel, pulse, and voice of IT Recruiters to work in their office location our vibrant community. This was my way of giving back to at 6201 Lapas Trail, Indianapolis, Indiana. our wonderful community that so graciously welcomed and accepted me and my family. Benefits: Base Salary + Commission, Paid Vacation, 401k
Out of this idea was born Sangamam.org - an online Skills: The IT Recruiter will be required to work Community Gateway. Deriving its meaning from Sanskrit closely with our Sales and Business development and Tamil, namely Confluence, Sangamam is an unique team in understanding the requirements, search attempt to celebrate the diversity of our community by the candidates, negotiating the rates with espousing the true essence of its meaning. An innovative candidates, coordinate interviews, and any other and interactive design connects people and organizations assistance needed for a successful start and in unique ways and in the process redefines the power of completion of the project. confluence by enabling and empowering our community. Candidate must have Good Communication Skills Through this voluntary community initiative, Sangamam and understanding of Technology. Candidate will humbly attempt to be the information epicenter must be able to work independently with minimum for our community. From a technology perspective, supervision. Sangamam is the perfect crossover between a community portal and a social networking site. Sangamam’s plethora of ever growing informative and interactive features have Call Dilip at 317 670 1124 or send me an been laid out in a simple and logical manner and wrapped email to [email protected] April-June 2008 11 The Great and Small Gifts Yoga its organs and musculature the practice of Hatha Yoga may prove ideal, for those whose psychic and brings to Enrich Life intuitive dimensions are active the practice of Raja Yoga would be ideal, for those whose emotional The very term “Yoga” suggests a magnificent reality is vivid and energizing the path of Bhakti Yoga possibility for the individual, for it literally translates maybe ideal, for those who are attracted to doing to mean that which “yokes” the individual Self with work that involves great service and sacrifice the path the light of Cosmic Consciousness. That effulgent of Karma Yoga would be ideal and for those whose indestructible source that is the heart of the great exacting capacity for investigating the true nature of world religions, that each of them holds dear and reality with the intellect would find the path of Jnana reverentially worships as Siva, Jesus, Rama, Yoga ideal. There are several other smaller branches Allah, Krishna, Buddha or Mahadevi. Yoga is not of Yoga, lesser known but no less potent like Mantra a religion yet it belongs to every religious discipline Yoga, Laya Yoga, Kriya and Kundalini Yoga etc. particularly if the organized structure of that religion Every stream of Yoga works with the same intent, to permits a scientific system of practices that allows relax, develop, purify, strengthen and illuminate that for the individual to verify for himself or herself the dimension of the human personality in such a way truth of being anchored in divine consciousness, that his or her individual Self may develop a more at a personal level. Yoga is radical to the extent it imperishable relationship with divinity. proposes that the light of divinity maybe found within every sentient being. Further it suggests that among Ultimately Yoga works to illuminate and evolve the the myriad forms of sentient life the human being potential of the entire human personality, utilizing is particularly privileged with the choice to actually both the known and unknown dimensions of take the journey using the science and philosophy mind so that the individual self is anchored in an of yoga to touch the very source of divinity, while indestructible sense with that which is light giving. being trapped within the mortal limits of his or her This anchorage results in the human being facing individual reality. Despite yoga having challenged the storms and vicissitudes of fate and fortune with itself with offering such an exalted benefit to ordinary optimism, hope, love and confidence, buoyed by the mortals, it goes about fulfilling this great promise in a attitude that the hindrances and hurdles in life are simple, shorn-of-fuss, easy-to-adopt manner. necessary; they are like the yoga practice that has to be done to make us stronger in our relationship to Yoga-Philosophy and Yoga-Psychology lays out what is real, what is true, what is divine. a very different framework for understanding the individual, particularly it maps out the mind, the - Dr. Nithila P. Peter body, the soul/spirit and the breath in such elaborate - Founder and President of the enKnowledge LLC detail that any comparison to what is available in - http://www.enknowledge.com modern science today would appear rudimentary. 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India Association of Indianapolis Celebrating Culture, Community, & Children
VISION MISSION To be a unified organization that celebrates our culture To promote cultural activities of India. and diversity. To foster cultural exchange between the people of India An impactful organization that makes a difference in our and the US. community. To carry out educational and charitable activities.
MEMBER BENEFITS x IAI Membership Card x Free admission to selective IAI Executive Committee events x Discounts (List of participating merchants and discounts can be found on the website or in Bharati) x Grand Patrons receive all the member discounts plus 4 free tickets for Diwali x Patrons receive all the member discounts plus 2 free tickets for Diwali
Membership Application for the year 2008 Membership is valid from January 1st to December 31st, 2008
Grand Patrons Patrons Family Individual Student* Seniors ** $300 $150 $50 $25 $10 FREE Student* = Full Time students enrolled with an accredited university Seniors** = Over the age of 65
Last Name: ______First Name: ______
Spouse: ______Home Phone: ______
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In addition to the membership dues, I would like to donate the following amount to help our community: The amount is tax deductible. $50 $100 $200 $300 $500 $1000 Other$______
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