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RNI Registration No. MAHMUL/2004/13413 Price: ` 30.00 Vol. VI, No. 3 : May-June 2011 ilchar MThe Official Organ of KPA, Mumbai CChheseshhmmaa SShhahi GGaarrddeenn, ,S Sririnangagarar vçJç[jP(hPônohtoo to c: çFFáyrraççanncicjsi Bs krBuçÀnruel)nel] In this issue Ø Message from the President l Between Ourselves Milchar - Rajen Kaul Page 3 Official Organ of Ø Editorial l Mubarak or Poushta Kashmiri Pandits' Association, - M.K.Raina Page 5 Mumbai Ø Report & Biradari News Page 6 (Regd. Charitable Trust - Regn. No. A-2815 BOM) Ø Reaching Out l Secretary's Scribble Website: www.kpamumbai.org.in - S.P.Kachru Page 15 E-Mail: [email protected] Ø DççÆYçuççøçç Vol. VI ~ No. 3 l cçíjçÇ JççÆmç³³çlç EDITORIAL BOARD - Dçpç&vç oíJç cçpçyçÓj Page 16 Ø kçÀçJ³ç Editor :M.K.Raina l cçô JçáçÆvç çÆscç ³çço Associate Editor :S.P.Kachru - oçÇvçç vççLç vçççÆocç Page 20 Members :S.K.Kaul Ø Remembrance Chand Bhat l Arjan Dev Majboor - A Tribute Consulting Editors :P.N.Wali - Dr. K.L.Chowdhury Page 21 T.N.Dhar ‘Kundan’ Ø kçÀçJ³ç Webmasters :Sunil Fotedar, USA l c³çççÆvç mççôhçávççí K.K.Kemmu - [ç. yççÇ.kçÀí.cççí]pçç Page 23 Naren Kachroo Ø Culture & Heritage l Influence of Advaita on Muslim Rishis Business Manager :Sundeep Raina of Kashmir - Part 3 Circulation Managar :Neena Kher - T.N.Dhar 'Kundan' Page 24 Ø kçÀçJ³ç Yearly Subscription : ` 250.00 l Mçáv³ç Lifetime Subscription:` 2500.00 - oçÇhçkçÀ pççuçç Page 27 Ø Page 27 Advertisement Tariff ]pçjç nbçÆmç³çí Ø uçuçe JççKç Page 27 Matrimonial (upto 50 words): ` 100.00 Ø Sufism Each Extra word : ` 5.00 l Faqirs Say ... Back Cover (Colour) : ` 5000.00 - Dr. N.L.Zutshi Page 28 Front Inside Cover (Colour): ` 3000.00 Ø OççjçJçççÆnkçÀ Back Inside Cover (Colour): ` 2000.00 l içáuçí yçkçÀçJçuççÇ - 2 Inside Full Page (B&W) : ` 1000.00 - cç.kçÀ.jÌvçç Page 31 Inside Half Page (B&W) : ` 500.00 Ø Exodus of KPs l Employment of Euphemism - Ramesh Pandita Page 34 Views expressed in the signed Ø Religion & Beliefs articles are not necessarily those of the l Ram Navmi in Shirdi Kashmiri Pandits' Association - Kalpana Fotedar Page 36 or Milchar. Ø Know Your Motherland l Tullamul Page 37 Articles can also be e-mailed to: l Your Questions about Kashmir Page 37 [email protected] Ø Your Own Page Page 38 Ø Editor's Mail Page 39 !! OM NAMO BHAGVATE GOPINATHAYE !! For the convenience of devotees in the western suburbs, the ANNUAL MAHAYAGYA of Jagadguru Bhagvaan Gopinathji Maharaj is being performed on 3rd June 2011 at Anand Mangal Hall, Plot No: 150, Sector: 2, Charkop Village Naka, Kandivali (W), Mumbai 400 067. This is in addition to usual Mahayagya that is performed at Narmadeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Sion Tromby Road, Chembur, Mumbai. Purna Ahuti will be at 2 pm after 1000 Sahakars of Bhagvaanji followed by Prasad Vittaran from 2.30 pm to 7.30 pm. Anand Mangal Hall, is easily accessible from Borivali, Kandivali & Malad (W) Stations. Bus Nos: 244 & 246 from Borivali, 244 & 276 from Kandivali and 281 from Malad (W). All are invited to get blessed by Jagadguru Bhagvaanji. Kindly make sure to inform all who we may have missed by any chance. For Further details, please feel free to contact: Nancy Khazanchi : 32511271 / 9324289499 C.J.Pandita : 9821768460 / 28854226 Sudhir Shah : 9867016101~ Sushila Razdan : 26287166 / 9819249668 Savitri Tikoo : 28951540 ~ Kapil Matoo : 9867002233 Asha Kachru : 9869412406 / 40106494 ~ Sunita Tikoo : 9320575922 / 28687219 'MAHAJAYANTI', Bhagvaanji’s Birthday will also be celebrated on 12th July 2011 at the same venue and “Paduka Puja” will start from 9.00 am followed by Prasad Vittaran at 12.30 pm. Jai Bhagvaan President's Message - Rajen kaul Between Ourselves amaskar, the 'new look' Milchar At the outset, I thought I must crafted with dedication N share with you my assessment of and passion by Shri MK Key Success Factors (KSFs) for Raina and his committed achieving primary 'Objective' of KPA which editorial team. Milchar is to promote and preserve our social values has got excellent reviews and culture. Like any organization, KPA both on style and primarily exists to serve its major contents from KP Biradari stakeholder - our Biradari members members in Mumbai and elsewhere. I am supported by other partners like sure you will support Shri Raina and his volunteers, sponsors, donors, govt. bodies, team through life-time subscription, sister KP organizations, local community advertisements, articles and written etc. In my assessment, 7 main KSFs for valuable feedback of encouragement and achieving our Objective are: 1) having suggestions. We are also streamlining dedicated team to manage our Board; raising funds and logistics management 2) communicating with Biradari members; through volunteer teams of Business and 3) organizing events/get togethers focused Circulation Managers. We have also on our culture and social values; 4) building launched our website brand KPA; 5) having Community Centres www.kpamumbai.org.in on 4th April, to network and organize events; 6) raising thanks to the efforts of Shri K.K.Kemmu and funds and resources to manage our Shri Naren Kachroo. I encourage you to activities, and 7) involving Youth. Let me contact them for your suggestions for share with you on the progress your Board improvements. has made on these KSFs. Enrolment of Life Members: We have Dedicated team to manage our Board: launched major drive to enroll new Life Needless to mention that the interests of Members (we have under 900 members on our Biradari members will be best served roll although the reported population of if KPA Board comprising dedicated Trustees adult KPs in Greater Mumbai is around and Permanent Invitees, work with 4000+). To achieve this, we have designated cohesion, passion and determination to Mentors for various manageable and byte achieve our Objective. I am pleased to sized areas/locations of this huge report that all the members of the Board metropolis. These Area Mentors, moving are spending valuable resources of their forward, will act as an effective bridge and knowledge, time and money to fulfill our communication link between our Biradari Objective. members and your Board. List of various Communication with Biradari Members: Area Mentors and their broad role is For improving communication with and outlined elsewhere in this issue of Milchar. between Biradari members, as many of you I encourage each one of you who are not may be aware, we are working on multiple yet Life members, to become one. platforms. I am sure, you all must have seen Updating Biradari Directory: Many of you might have already been contacted by your great foresight in buying our first Area Mentors for enrolling new Life Community Centre in Andheri (E) - Kashyap members and for updating your contact Bhawan. This centre has over the years details in the new Directory. This important been the nerve centre of all our activities. project is being supervised by Shri CL Raina, With the spread of our community ably supported by respective Area Mentors. members across Greater Mumbai, it was felt I sincerely request you to update your necessary that we should have another contact details as soon as possible but centre. Dedicated efforts by previous Board positively before 7th June so that new led by Shri ML Mattoo helped us get the Directory planned for release by end June land from Maharashtra Govt. authorities at carries your updated records. concessional rates on which our most Organising Events/Get togethers for important project Sharda Sadan is under promoting social & cultural values: construction. Because of delays from our Apart from the successful Kashmiri Musical contractor and shortage of funds, work on Nite and Hawan functions as reported in Sharda Sadan was rather slow over more earlier issues of Milchar, we celebrated than a year. Your Board has now taken Navreh with great fervour and enthusiasm suitable steps related to the contractor to at Sharda Sadan project site on 4th April. speed up the construction activity. More than 250 biradari members However we still need sizeable funds to participated in puja, games and other complete the Sharda Sadan. festivities. I was encouraged by sizeable Raising Funds to manage our activities: I participation from the youngsters. My would like to emphasize the importance of special thanks to all the volunteers who raising funds particularly for completing painstakingly organized this memorable Sharda Sadan. The previous Board under event. Your Board is working on other leadership of Shri ML Mattoo had collected programmes like organizing picnics, over Rs. 62 lakhs from Biradari Members, seminars etc. on topical subjects like the well wishers and other sympathetic donors. need to learn Kashmiri language, intercaste We still need additional funds of more than marriages etc. impacting our ethnic culture Rs. 100 lakhs to complete it. Your Board is and social values. making renewed efforts to collect from Building brand KPA: You will agree with me high net worth KPs across the globe, other that we have been supported by sympathetic potential donors and from our Maharashtra Govt. as also by public at large own Biradari Members. I sincerely would in our local neighbourhood in many of our like to appeal to you all to donate for Sharda projects and will continue to depend on Sadan which, when completed, will be a them in future too. For this, we will need to great abode of our culture and social values. improve our brand recognition with them. Involving Youth: Your Board has embarked We are contemplating on various options on a major programme to involve our Youth. of doing so and will communicate to you In this direction it has been decided to separately in near future.