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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. I would encourage launch a platform for Youth called Youth you to suggest implementable options for Forum. This platform will provide an improving KPA brand as also your opportunity for our youngesters to not only volunteering resources for such options. network and share experiences and Community Centres: Our KPA founders had Continued on Page 44 Editorial - M.K.Raina 'Mubarak' or 'Poushta'

or quite some time now, there Kashmiri has also been has been a debate on the internet influenced by Ibrani F whether we need to say spoken by Jews, who lived ‘Mubarak’ or ‘Poushta’ while in Kashmir long back. greeting on Herat, Navreh etc. Some European scholar Buhler enthusiasts, particularly from our younger even suggests that generation, strongly advocate removal of Kashmiri is more akin to word ‘Mubarak’ from the Kashmiri Sindhi than to Sanskrit. vocabulary on the plea that it is a Persian In a research article, word thrusted upon us during the Afghan Late Ramchand Kaul states that Kashmiri rule, while, according to their views language went through many changes and Poushta is the original word which we need adopted words from Chinese, Tibetan, to put to use instead. While persuading Russian, Persian, Arabic, Punjabi etc. to people to use words like ‘Poushta’ reach the present state. Another European wherever suited, can not be termed as Scholar G.T.Vane has come to this conclusion wrong, discontinuation of use of words like that Kashmiri language is comprised of 50 % ‘Mubarak’ can only be detrimental to the Sanskrit, 10 % Persian, 5 % Hindi and 2 % Kashmiri language. It is ‘Mubarak’ today, it Arabic words, rest of the words are Tibetan, can be another word tomorrow. Do we Dardi and Dogri. So, will it be worthwhile to need to cleanse our language of all the free our language of all Persian and Arabic words which we think are Persian or Arabic words? I am sure, not. Even in nature, hence alien. Mahamahopadhyaya Mukund Ram Shastri In today’s world, there is freedom of and Sir George Grierson have not been able speech. Any body and every body is to do so while compiling the Dictionary of entitled to put forth his or her views on Kashmiri Language. any subject and invite people to listen to In one of the e-mails addressed to our him or her. However, the freedom of young generation, Shri T.N.Dhar Kundan, speech does not mean one should enforce our Consulting Editor and a well known one’s views without conviction. In the first scholar has rightly said that a language grows place, we need to understand the by adopting and assimilating words from evolution of Kashmiri language. other languages. Once this is stopped there Vedic Sanskrit is the original source of will be stagnation. Taking cue from Kundan our language because it is said to have been Sahib, I would like to ask if we can have the language people of Kashmir spoke replacement for the words directly about six thousand years back. Some borrowed from Persian and Arabic like MçkçÀj, people argue that Kashmiri has nothing to p] çvççvç,e ojyççj, Jçç@kçÀHe çÀ, vç]pççj,e lçcççMç,e Jç©Kç, çvÆ çMççvçe, do with Sanskrit. In their opinion, main Dçç@vçKç, Dçç@yç, Dç³ççuç, hçJÌ çob , Jççuç, Jçncç etc. which source of the Kashmiri language is Dardi we so vehemently use in our daily life. and many of its words have come from ☯☯ Shina. Again a section believes that Contact Editor at : editormilchar @ yahoo.co.in Report & Biradari News

KPA Navreh Function at Sharda Sadan : will serve the There was the community. afternoon heat Besides, but there was subscriptions for also the Milchar, the motivation of official organ of celebrating KPA Mumbai, Navreh with our which has seen own biradari a new lease of members, over 300 of them. Sharda Sadan life with the in Kharghar saw people from the farthest new editorial parts of the town and even as far as Pune on board at the April 4, 2011. The soothing sounds of helm of the affairs, KPA Mumbai also saw 23 new life members joining the organization. While Milchar has seen increasing subscriptions since the Annual Havan, there are still many members who are yet to renew them. A continued encouraging response in terms of subscriptions is required to ensure that the publication is sustained on monthly basis. Sh. Moti Kaul, AIKS President, also graced the occasion. KPA Mumbai, which he was at the helm of not too long ago, traditional aartis and bhajans reverberated hopes his attendance and the progress he through the air. Even the taste buds were has witnessed will also bring in a lot of treated to the traditional fare of Nadre goodwill and financial boost for the project Monje, Loochi and Kehva. It wouldn’t have from across the country. been an exaggeration to say that most [Report : Chand Bhat : [email protected]] people, at least the ones who have had the vvv fortune to witness it, felt like being in KPA Mumbai nominates Area Mentors : Badam Vaer. With games like musical chairs With a view to serve biradari and housie, even the youth and younger members better, the generation of the biradari enjoyed the President KPA Mr. Rajen Kaul moment. The participation in these games has released a lis of 26 Area was valued with prizes given as tokens of Mentors (list published love. elsewhere in this issue) for With a huge progress already been made the Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Mumbai in the construction of the Sadan, KPA Suburbs. The Area Mentors will act as Mumbai President Sh. Rajen Kaul appealed effective bridge between the BOT and the to the biradari to contribute benevolently KP biradari residing in their areas. Role & towards the project, which, on completion, Responsibility of the Mentors will be as Report & Biradari News under: allotments. We have handed over 68 keys 1. Get to know the key members of all the to the allottees today. it depends on the families residing in their Area. migrants when they will come and stay 2. Interact periodically with the families to here." "We are thankful to the Prime explain objectives & key programs/projects Minister for providing us better space to undertaken by KPA. live, this is better than earlier one where 3. Inform them about key decisions taken we were forced to live in slum-sheds for by BOT and give them advance information nearly two decades in Muthi camp,” said regarding programmes and functions Dwarika Nath (76), flanked by wife Deviki. organized by KPA to ensure their Like him, most of the migrants were participation. extremely happy after getting the keys as 4. Request them to contribute by way of earlier they were living with their joint articles and provide feedback on the families in one room shed. "We welcome quality and content of Milchar. the move of Prime Minister," All Party 5. Convey any useful feedback/suggestions Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC), from the Members to BOT. general secretary, Arun Kandroo said. 6. Request them for monetary contributions [News Courtesy: Anil Bhat] for running the affairs of KPA especially key vvv projects/programs like Sharda Sadan AIKS President Moti Kaul visits Jagati Project, Milchar etc. Township : 7. Request them for voluntary contribution of time for running various activities of KPA 8. Update the address & contact details of Members. 9. Enrol all adult members of the families as Life Members. vvv Kashmiri migrants get first satellite township in Jammu : A group of 68 Kashmiri migrants got the keys of new homes at Jagti Township, Jammu, on April 20, one and a half months after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh To take on hand stock of problems of inaugurated the migrant township for recently shifted Kashmiri displaced Pandits, displaced Kashmiri Pandits. Speaking on a high level team of All India Kashmiri Samaj the occasion, Mr. Ravinder Koul, Executive (AIKS) led by its President Pt. Moti Kaul Engineer of the Relief & rehabilitation visited Jagati Township. After on spot department said, "We have started the assessment and getting feed back from the allotment process of two-room flats to members of the shifted families, Moti Kaul Kashmir migrants from today. 326 families said that when Honourable Prime Minister of Muthi, 430 families of Nagrota and 756 of India inaugurated the Jagati Township, families of Mishriwalla have got the we were assured that most of the problems Report & Biradari News faced by Kashmiri Pandits living in one room tenements would be greatly lessened and their day to day problems would largely be mitigated. Time and again we have been informed by different government authorities about the quality construction of the flats. But it is awfully disappointing to see another migration of Kashmiri Pandits. It seems that the authorities have shifted the families in haste and without doing any proper ground work. In a secluded area like Jagati, the basic amenities like providing uninterrupted Workshop aims at bringing the younger potable water, education, medical facilities generation of the community face to face and above all making arrangements for with the Kashmiri culture, music and proper transportation should have been first language. A Kashmiri Reader 'Basic Reader priority before shifting the families. In for Kashmiri Language' authored by absence of such facilities it seems that the M.K.Raina & Neelam Trakru and an audio problems have aggravated for them. It is CD 'Akh Kath Tû Akh Bäth' comprising 3 surprising that instead of looking into the Kashmiri short stories written and narrated day-to-day problems the authorities have by M.K.Raina and three Lullabies sung by been on its first day stressing the Pandits Dalip Langoo, were released by a small girl for filling up the affidavits for the electricity. Shireen Bhan. The work is aimed to spread Mr. Kaul stressed the concerned and make popular our mother-tongue authorities to look into the basic problems among our youngsters. The Workshop held and urged the government to reprimand the under the Mission Boonyi, was supported contractors for the bad quality of by Project Zaan & Satisar Foundation. construction. Pt. Kaul also stressed the Organisers of the Pathshala intend to Kashmiri Pandits now living in Jagati to organise such Workshops in all parts of the maintain their dignity, honour and culture country. they have been preserving all these years. vvv Those who accompanied Mr. Kaul included Justice Hali presents Simiriti Sammans : V K Kashkari, Aryan Ramesh, Virender At a function organized by Pt. Kuchroo, Vir Saraf, L.J.Pandita, Subhash R.N.Kaul Memorial Trust, Zutshi, Ashok Bhat, Rakesh Ji and Rohit Ji. Jammu on April 16, 2011, [Input : AIKS Press Release] Justice Sunil Hali presented vvv the Simiriti Samman awards Kashmiri Workshop 'Pathshala' launched: to four members of KP The Kashmiri Workshop 'Pathshala' was community. Those who were conferred the launched at Faridabad on 17 April 2011. awards included Dr. S.L.Kachroo for Organised by Dalip Langoo, Vinod Bhan, medicine, Dr. R.L.Shant for literature and Ashwani Bhat and Rakesh Raina, the promotion of Kashmiri language, Dr. Usha Report & Biradari News

Kher for championing the cause for rights on the occasion, Wani said that Naina Saproo of the women and Moti Lal Kemmu for is one of the prominent singers of the state theatre and drama. Cash and cheques were and the release of a new album by her was also distributed among the needy children a matter of satisfaction for all music lovers of the community. Chairman of the Trust, in the state. He hoped that the activities Moti Kaul in his welcome address gave the related to art, literature, music and theatre overall view of the activities of the Trust. in the state will get further impetus with Speaking at the seventh death the return of peace to the State. 'Poshi anniversary function of Pt. R.N.Kaul, a Varshun' contains songs written by Krishan philanthropist and a well known advocate Joo Razdan, P.N.Saayil and Govind Kaul. of yesteryears, Justice Hali said that people [Contact Naina at [email protected]] like Mr. Kaul have played a remarkable role vvv in reforming the society from social evils. Sushma Kalla's Music Album Released : Stressing on the need of eradicating the social evils, he said that these are penetrating in the society and the marital discord and old age neglect has taken alarming proportion. Paying rich tributes to Pt Raghunath Kaul he expressed the hope that the Trust would take forward his mission and work for the down trodden and weaker sections of the society. [News courtesy: Daily Excelsior, Jammu] A new Music Album 'Walai Maajay Yoory' of vvv Sushma Kalla was released at a function Music Album 'Poshi Varshun' released : held at J.N.Kaul Memorial Hall, Sharika In a major cultural event organized in Bhawan, Faridabad, during a ceremony Jammu on 28th February, 2011, Hindu organised to confer Ma Sharika Samman 2009 Awards. Those present on the occasion included Mrs. J.N.Kaul, Shri Moti Kaul President AIKS, Shri Rakesh Kaul President KSD, Shri R.K.Bhan President KSS Faridabad, Mr. Sopori the great scientist, Mr Kiran Kalla and others. 'Walai Maajay Yoory' is a collection of enchanting Leelas dedicated to Goddess Sharika. Sushma Kalla, who is an approved AIR and Doordarshan Singer has manintained the nostalgia of Kashmir Education Society Kashmir (HESK) released in her released work. 'Poshi Varshun' the music album of Naina [Input : Dalip Langoo : [email protected]] Saproo Trisal. The Album was released by vvv Minister of State for Housing and Urban Sahitya Sadhak Samman for Kundan : Development Nasir Aslam Wani. Speaking Akhil Bhartiya Sahitya Sadhak Manch, a Report & Biradari News literary forum of Bangalore splendid function held at Jammu Club, which organises poetic Jammu on 25 April 2011. Mr. Vohra described symposium of Hindi and Urdu Dr. Chowdhury’s book of poems an and sometimes Kannada as excellent piece of literature and hoped that well, has conferred the 'Sahitya he would continue to write and receive Sadhak Samman' on Shri fresh awards and honours for his writings. T.N.Dhar Kundan at a function on 24th April, The programme, compered by Pradeep 2011. The function was presided over by Shri Kaul, started with the singing of the national Nand Kishor Tiwari, Editor of Rajasthan anthem. Bouquets were presented to the Patrika. Dr. Manohar Bharti of the Karnataka chief guest and the speakers. The gathering Hindi Academy and Shri Milansar Ahmed, was academicians, writers, poets, social joint Director All India Radio, Chitra Durga activists and a few poltically-oriented were the Chief guests. Along with Shri people. Dr. Chowdhury gave a brief account Kundan, a number of Urdu and Hindi poets on how he conceived the book. He said, it were honoured on the occasion with a was sheer serendipity of a visit that shawl and a citation. The Awards are given profoundly impacted him and he could not in recognition of one's distinguished hold himself from recording what he saw contribution to literature enriching social and felt. Others who spoke on the occasion awareness, national harmony and exalted included Dr. Jitendra Singh, Dr. K.N.Pandita, human values. The award ceremony was Prof. R.L.Shant (who also presided over the followed by a poetic symposium in which function), Prof. H. L. Misri and Prof. many distinguished poets participated. The Deepshikha Kotwal. Governor concluded programme was conducted by the National with a short and terse speech, inviting Dr. President of the Manch, Shri Gyan Chand Chowdhury to Srinagar for a longer sojourn Murmugya, a well known poet and scholar to write a bigger tome. Sanjay Dhar of Hindi. presented Vote of Thanks. vvv vvv Dr. K.L.Chowdhury's book 'A 48-hour AIKS discusses problems of displaced Travelogue in Kashmir' released : Pandits : While deliberating on various issues confronting the displaced Pandit community, the All India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) in a meeting held in Jammu on 21 April 2011 discussed the prevailing political scenario in the State. Addressing the meeting, AIKS chief Moti Koul urged the activists of the organization not to remain Dr. K.L.Chowdhury's new book 'A 48-hour silent spectators to the developments Travelogue in Kashmir' was released by the taking place in the State. Mr. Koul urged the Governor of J&K State Mr. N.N.Vohra at a activists to reach to the people with the Report & Biradari News formats for documentations of data to be Swaroop submitted to Apex Court. Expressing his Swami satisfaction over the unanimity of the Lakshman Kashmiri Pandit leadership which has Joo decided to launch a joint struggle for Maharaj passage of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and was Temples Bill, he said despite many celebrated assurances from the Government, it was with gaiety unfortunate that the Bill was put to back and reverence on Friday, April 29, 2011, at burner in last Assembly session also. Senior Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai. More than AIKS leader VK Kashkari urged the 100 devotees, including some foreigners, Government to be serious in mitigating the attended sufferings of the displaced Pandits and the event in ensure the tabling of the Kashmiri Hindu memory of Shrines and Religious Places Bill in the State Swamiji. Assembly. AIKS secretary Aryan Ramesh Kashmiri gave a detailed account that how the AIKS Pandit activists can reach the public for Association documentation and briefed about the Mumbai’s procedure for filling up of forms in this President Sh. Rajen Koul, Vice President Sh. regard particularly distress sales of property C.L.Raina and Trustees Sh. Kanhaiya Lal Dhar of KPs, particulars of property encroached and Sh. Dilip Bhat, were also present at the upon and details of revenue loss during last event which was organized by Dr. Anusheel 22 years. Those present in the meeting Munshi, Sh. Rakesh Shah and Sh. T.K. included Usha Tickoo, Vir Ji Bhat, Ashok Raina. The event saw a Janam Divas Puja Bhat, Vir Saraf, J L Raina, Bansi Ji and followed by recitation of poems by the Ramesh Ji. devotees in memory of Swamiji. vvv [Report : Chand Bhat : [email protected]] Janam Divas Jayanti of Ishwar Swaroop vvv Swami Lakshman Joo : J&K Cultural Academy Awards : The J&K Cultural Academy of Art Culture and Languages announced the State’s highest literary awards on 26 April 2011. The winners of this highest literary award get a cash prize of Rs. 51000.00, a Shawl and a Memento. Winners of 2010 Awards are: Agnishekhar for his Hindi book Jawahar Tunnel; Khalid Bashir Ahmad for his Urdu book Deeda-e-Aab-e- The 104th Janam Divas Jayanti of Ishwar Rawan; Report & Biradari News

Late Bashir Akhter for his Kashmiri book Anni Delhi. Gatee Nani Kath; Jyotsna, Daughter of Mrs. Neeru and Mr. Prof. Lalit Magotra for his Dogri book Cheten Roop Kaul of Malad got married to Vinny, Diyaan Ghaliyaan; Son of Mrs. Sushma and Mr. Vinay Ganjoo Nawang Gyasto for his Ladakhi book Losal on 21st February 20011 at Delhi. Ga Pheng; Dr. Neha, Daughter of Mrs. Santosh and Mr. Baljeet Singh Raina for his Punjabi book Surinder Kachroo of Andheri, Mumbai got Sudhish Pachouri Ne Kiha See; married to Dr. Ujjwal, Son of Mrs. Rekha and Mir Hyder Nadeem for his Pahari book Dr. Om Prakash Sharma at Siliguri (West Pahraas; Bengal) on 6th March 2011. Muhammad Mansha Khakee for his Gojri book Nassar Bahar; and Komal, Son of Mrs. Girija & Mr. Krishan Ghulam Nabi Khayal for his English book Kumar Shangloo of Malad, Mumbai was Leaves of Chinar. married to Deepika, daughter of Dr. Ratna [Input : [email protected]] and Dr Ramesh Raina on 11th May 2011 at vvv Jammu. vvv Promoted : Yegneopavit : Mr Roop Krishan Jalali (Flat No. 805, Silver yegneopavit Ceremony of Komal & Sea View, Sec. 8, Charkop, Sameer, Sons of Mrs. Girija & Krishan Kumar Kandivali West, Mumbai 400 Shangloo of Malad, Mumbai was 067) has been promoted as solmenised on 9th May 2011 at Jammu. Joint Commissioner of vvv Income Tax at Mumbai. KPA New Arrivals : Mumbai congratulates Mr. Ranveer - Son was Born to Tanya & Rahul Jalali. Kaul (Grand son to Mrs. Basanti and Mr Kapil vvv Raina of Oshiwara, Andhri) on 24th January Nuptials : 2011 at Singapore. Shalini, Sister of Mr. Ajay Kaul Of Sahara and Daughter was born to Sandhya and Munish Daughter Of Mrs. Sheela Kaul and Late Mr. Puri (grand daugther to Mrs. Girija and Mr. M.L.Kaul got married to Alok, Son of Mrs. A.K.Kaul of Bandra, Mumbai) on 30th Sheetal and Late Mr. Sunny Saigal on 23rd January 2011 at Singapore. January 2011 at Mumbai. Swati, Grand Daughter of Mrs. Leela Mam of Diya - Daughter was born to Mrs. Roopa and Mulund and daughter of Mr Ashok and Mrs. Mr. Mohit (Grand Daughter to Mrs. Nisha Mam got married to Ankur, Son of Mrs. Shakuntala Kachroo Nair of Dadar, Mumbai) Pushpa Kaul and late Mr. Bal Krishan Kaul of on 16th March 2011 at Mumbai. Borivali on 4th February 2011 at Mumbai. Avirath - Son was born to Mrs. Ritu & Mr. Megha, Daughter of Mrs. Reeta and Mr. Vijay Sameep (Grand Son to Mrs. Neelu and Mr. Moza of Oshiwara Andheri, got married to Maharaj Kishen Padora of Pali Hill, Bandra, Siddarth, Son of Mrs. Sulochana and Mr. Ravi Mumbai) on 27th April 2011 at Mumbai. Tickoo of Boston on 18th February 2011 at vvv Report & Biradari News Donations for Social Get-Together - Hawan 2011 Sanjay Razdan 15,000 (Andheri E) 1,001 O.N. Kaul 501 A well-wisher 12,000 M.K. Kachroo 1,001 Renu Dhar 501 M.L. Mattoo 10,000 Ashok Dhar 1,001 Vijay Kaul 501 A well-wisher 8,147 Rajinder Harkara 1,001 Narendra D.Razdan 501 Amrita Kachru 6,200 Rakesh Misri 1,001 S.K.Raina 501 PankajRazdan 5,100 Neha Kaul 1,001 Capt. A.K.Misri 501 RajenKaul 5,001 Janki Nath Mirza 1,001 Neena & Sheen Kher 501 R.N. Bakshi 5,001 Mohini Tiku 1,001 Preetika Sameer Ashok Tiku 5,000 Pran Nath Miya 1,000 Wanchoo 500 AshwaniBhat 5,000 A.N. Raina 1,000 T.K. Raina 500 MeenaWanchoo 3,001 Dr. K.K. Qasba 1,000 Bharat Pandit 500 AshishRaina 3,000 B.N Safaya 1,000 RomilKaul 500 S.N. Jalla 2,100 Vishal Sher 1,000 M.K. Raina 500 Jayant K. Raina 2,100 Ashwini Raina 1,000 Dipankar Kaul 500 AvtarKrishenRaina 2,100 Ramesh Kachroo 1,000 Ratan Rani Raina 500 Dr. N.L. Zutshi 2,100 B.K. Pandita 1,000 Shiv Nath Kaul 500 Kanaiya Lal Kachroo2,001 SharatSarojBhat 1,000 Kanchan Kalgutkar 500 A.K. Miskeen 2,001 VinayRazdan 1,000 C.L. Kadalbujoo 500 Yogin Raina 2,001 VanitaKarihaloo 1,000 Preeti/Arkush Chetan Shah 2,001 Manish Mitra 1,000 Wanchoo 500 P.N. Wali 2,000 I.K. Raina 1,000 Vinod Ganjoo 500 Sanjay Ganjoo 2,000 AmitRazdan 1,000 Shailesh Dhar 500 Vijay Channa 1,511 PadiyanPandit 1,000 Kishenji Kaul 500 Sunil Manwati 1,501 R.P. Bhan 1,000 PranNathTakoo 500 Pushpa Tiku Kaushal1,500 Aparn Kaul Datta 600 VirenderTakoo 500 Vinod Kaul 1,500 Chand K.Raina 600 M.L. Watal 500 Sunita Kaul 1,500 S.K.Razdan 551 O.N. Fotedar 500 Vijay Moza 1,500 Vijay Parimoo 511 J.L. Fotedar 500 Suriender Kachroo 1,100 BabitaKachroo 510 Bal Krishen Khar 500 P.L.Kaul (Andheri) 1,100 Sunil Dhar (Dahisar) 501 Kulbhushan Khar 500 K.K.Kemmu 1,100 Smt. & Shri C.L.Raina Narendra Kaul 500 Saroj Sathu 1,100 (Vashi) 501 MakhanLalKothidar 500 Vijay Kaul 1,100 K.L. Dhar (Nerul) 501 Usha Satish Ganjoo 500 Basanti Kachroo 1,100 D.P. Bhat (Baroda) 501 P.K.Kaul 500 Sanjay & Jyoti Makhan Lal Kaul 501 Surendra M. Raina 500 Chaudhary 1,100 Ashwini Hashia 501 Jatinder Bali 500 Ramesh Kachroo 1,100 Suresh Kaul 501 Dr. Mohan Lal Sar 500 Tej Krishen Wali 1,100 A.K. Bhan 501 S.K. Sopory 500 Jawahar Lal Kak 1,100 Mohan Kaul 501 M.K. Kar 500 Girja & A.K.Kaul 1,100 Roop Rajinder Wazir501 O.K. Kaul 500 Anna Bulk Carriers 1,100 Capt. Rakesh Shah 501 Anita Gondolia 500 S.N. Kaw 1,100 Suresh Kaul 501 Khema Ganjoo 500 T.N. Kaul 1,005 S.K.Dhar 501 Satyendra Kaul 500 Naren & Swati Dr. G.S. Muju 501 Shivaji 500 Kachroo 1,001 Virender Kar 501 Sunder Fotedar 500 S.R. Kaul 1,001 Manju Satish Kaul 501 Sanjay Kaul 500 Vinod Razdan 1,001 T.N. Shangloo 501 Sudir Shah 500 Rohit Roop K. Bhat 1,001 Ratnakar Kaul 501 M.M. Khushoo 500 Tej Kishen Kaul Savitri Tiku 501 Anmol & Shradha 500 Report & Biradari News

Chandji Bhat 301 Aastha Manwati 250 Ashok Shivpuri 101 Shakuntla Nair 301 Capt. O.N. Kunder 211 A.K. Bhat 101 Girdhari Lal Parimoo301 Chuni Tiku 201 Shiban Krishen Kaul101 B.C. Ambardar 300 Arti Bakaya Thakur 200 Vikram Raina 101 Anup Kannaw 251 Ramesh Kaul 200 Monica Raina 101 Ashok Thusu 251 Shailendra Pandey 200 Ashwani Bhat 101 RakeshKaul 251 Rajesh Razdan 200 Dulari Kaul 101 Ashok Kumar Mam 251 Rohit 200 Chaman Lal Turki 100 Leela T. Mam 251 S. Raina 200 Ajay Kaul 100 Ajay Dhar 250 Ashish Sopory 111 M.K.Kothidar 100 N.N. Kachroo 250 Usha Kaul 101 Vaijanti 100 Jawahar L. Karihaloo250 Jawahar Lal Razdan 101 Nitin Kaul 100 Reeta Mujoo Bhatia 250 Virendra Razdan 101 Ashok Kaul 100 M.L. Kher 250 J.N. Razdan 101 Prabha Bamzai 51 Rakesh Kak 250 Rachit Kaul 101 M.K.Tiku 50 Auradhya Manwati 250 Ashish Dhar 101 ☯☯ List of KPA Area Mentors

Name Tel/Mob E-mail ID Shri Rajen Kaul (President) 9967503577 [email protected] Shri M.L.Mattoo (Immediate Past President) 9819783432 [email protected] Shri P.N.Takoo (Vice President) 9419006827 [email protected] Shri C.L.Raina (Vice President) 27823364 Shri S.P.Kachru (Gen. Secretary) 9820191662 [email protected], [email protected] Smt. Meena Wanchoo (Treasurer) 9920472522 [email protected] Shri K.K.Kemmu (Trustee) 9820188453 [email protected] Smt. Neena Kher (Jt. Secretary) 9820331722 [email protected] Shri K.L.Dhar (Trustee) 9819027773 [email protected] Shri Satish Ganjoo (Trustee) 9892476664 [email protected] Shri Ashwani Hashia (Trustee) 9892292646 [email protected] Shri Dilip Bhat (Trustee) 9322288160 [email protected] Shri Jayant Raina (Trustee) 9987363908 [email protected] Shri Ashwani Bhat (Trustee) 9324781375 [email protected] Shri Anil Gadroo (Trustee) 9987017683 [email protected] Shri P.N.Wali (Special Invitee) 9892415491 [email protected] Shri J.L.Kak (Special Invitee) 9819307071 Shri Chand Bhat (Special Invitee) 9869309060 [email protected] Shri T.K.Raina (Special Invitee) 9869000144 [email protected] Shri Virendar Takoo (Special Invitee) 9930075345 [email protected] Shri Bharat Pandit (Special Invitee) 9820287669 [email protected] Shri Naren Kachroo (Special Invitee) 9967596991 [email protected] Shri Aajay Kaul (Special Invitee) 9870108612 [email protected] Capt. Rakesh Shah (Special Invitee) 27578147 Smt. Jyoti Kaul (Special Invitee) 9821455528 [email protected] Shri Narendra Kaul (Special Invitee) 9819513070 [email protected] Reaching Out - S.P.Kachru Secretary's Scribble

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oming out from Kashmir in 1990 poets find a in the wake of militancy opened convergence in the pain C a new chapter in my life, as also of exile and the terrible in the lives of thousands who feeling of deprivation, were uprooted. Exile created a new alienation, and loss - of ferment. It broke many illusions and identity, of material changed many perceptions about faith and possessions and of ideology, political doctrines and social roots. mores, human relationships and spiritual When Majboor came to see me the insights. Life had to be started all over again second time, it was with his bag full of his and it assumed a new definition and a new published books, the bag he would sling meaning as it threw us into contact with a across his shoulder wherever he went till new environment and new people, uniting he was afflicted with a pain in the arm that us by the common thread of displacement. never left him. I expressed my regret for Amongst the new contacts were people not being able to read Kashmiri fluently, a of all ranks of society, social and political fact that discouraged me from any study of activists, thinkers and writers, poets and Kashmiri literature. He would not accept songsters, bigwigs and ordinary mortals. A this lame excuse. He was himself well versed new window to humanity opened up that with three languages – Kashmiri, Hindi and had remained closed in the busy schedule English. He wrote a long review of two of of my profession of teaching medical my books that was proof of his considerable students and treating patients. There was command on English. more to life than that, I realized. There were Next time, he came with a primer of others whose suffering was worse than my Kashmiri which he created on his own for own, kindling the urge to reach out to them. me, with the diacritical marks, and sat by The flood of emotions sought expression, my side like a teacher with his pupil, and and the writer and poet in me was reborn. started imparting lessons in the language. That, and my profession, brought into my Alas, for want of time, I never took this task circle a whole lot of poets and writers. One seriously and never graduated enough to with whom I got quite close was the enjoy reading Kashmiri. I still plod and legendary Arjan Dev Majboor. fumble with words and sentences and give Majboor captured my interest in the up any effort at reading except when it is a first meeting when he sought me as a short piece of prose or a small poem. patient and revealed he was a poet. There With the passage of time the pain in his was no looking back after that. Over the arm, from a severe degree of cervical years we grew intimate with the sharing of spondylosis, became relentless, severe and our experiences and experiments with unbearable, often breaking into his sleep. writing, even though we wrote in different But, he was not disturbed by the pain as languages. Poetry cuts across all linguist much as the fact that it often caused a barriers, especially exile poetry where handicap in writing. For a compulsive poet and writer like Majboor, that was tragic. He incredible heights that not only did he was in a hurry to pour out his fertile mind – complete his work on Arnimal (published his bubbling thoughts and emotions - and in 2004), he also attained the rare see it in print. But that was not going to be distinction of publishing a translation of easy, for this relatively common affliction Neelmat Puran. was coming down with an uncommon but As if his afflictions were not enough to potentially serious complication. A large threaten survival, he came down with yet outgrowth from the cervical vertebrae and another malady, now of a progressive liver disc started pressing on his spinal cord, disease, which gave him swollen legs and a threatening his trunk and legs with belly that bulged with water accumulation. paralysis. That is when I suggested surgery The fluid in his abdomen had to be drained and referred him to AIIMS New Delhi. repeatedly. He bore all the serious He had a successful surgery that complications and the medical entailed a fixing of his cervical vertebrae. interventions with great composure and The threat of paralysis was averted but the never lost his will to live, and to write to neck became permanently immobilized, the very end. The publication of his while the pain in the arm persisted. Adding autobiographical write up, Yaaden Hund salt to injury, his shoulder became frozen Safar, in 2009 is a grand testimony to his over the years and gave him painful days perseverance, courage and passion for and nights. Despite, Majboor continued to writing, and his deep yearning to leave a write without stop. In fact, he was seized legacy. He was a writer in hurry for he knew with a passion to write and published some his time was short and in that compressed major works during this period till he was time left to him he wanted to expand his struck by a baffling weakness and anemia. writing horizons. And he succeeded to a His visits became more frequent, as the list large extent. I am sure there must be more of investigations expanded. 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Ahmad Batawari : the secret knowledge. hmad Batawari was aThe life essence for the A contemporary of Shams Faqir and knowledgeable are these lived from 1845 to 1918. He was texts while their hearts an advocate of the immortality and are full of divine light. continuity of life. In the footprints of Lal Ded Ahmad Batawar has he has said ‘Hayatuk aaftab chhuna zanh remained hidden and his losan, bozan kona chhuk yi chhu yaksan. – self is one with the The Sun of life never sets, why don’t you universal self.’ understand that the Divine pervades Swachhi Kral : everything equally.’ He has freely used the This poet lived around the same time in a Hindu mythology to bring home his point of village named ‘Yander’ in Pulwama. He was view. A few examples are given here. an ardent believer in non-dualism. He says, ‘Saalkas balkas Shiva Naranas, tsonven ‘Akh tsa te byeyi bo ganzer maba, haba yi ikavata pranas saet. Tarkas saath chum chhui gumanai. Me and you are not to be vetsarnag sranas, jan chum meelith jahanas taken as different because dualism is a saet. Veshnas, Krishnas, Resh madanas, delusion.’ ‘Dapyomus bavtam pananui mye Maha Ganish tati kas kari namaskar, Ganga aasun, dapunam pan panun gatshi thari raza byuthum Gangabal thanas… Ravun kasun. I asked Him to reveal Himself to me. rovmut manz tawanas, Sita sata rats He He replied that for that you have to go chhavan, Tsayi Rama Tsandras manz daricha beyond your self.’ Long before, Lal Ded had khanas… Shaster dendar gupt gnanas, zuv stated, ‘Larah lazam manz maidanas aend chhuk Shaster dil sat noor, Ahmad Batawar aend kaer mas takiya ta gah. So rooz yati tai gupt rood panas, jan chum meelith jahanas bo gayas panas vonye gav vanas falav dith. saet. A seeker, a child, Shiva and Narayana, In the middle of a field I constructed a house all these four are together to be and decorated it on all sides. The house remembered through the vital breath. This remained here and I only went away as if is the auspicious time to bathe in the spring the shopkeeper left after downing the of contemplation. The individual self is shutters of his shop.’ Swachh Kral has this united with the universal self. Maha to say in the same vein, ‘Yath fan sarayi dyun Ganesha is bewildered in the gathering of chhui shaba, ath manz mo trav dukanai. the sages. He sees Vishnu, Krishna among Path chhui marun az ya saba, haba yi chhui them and whom he should salute in gumanai. You have to spend just a night in reverence. The Lord of the Ganges is seated this mortal inn. Do not start a business here. at the source of the Ganges. Ravana has For you have to die now or in the morn; it is gone astray while Sita is engrossed with her all a delusion.’ He advocates adopting a consort. She is there with Shri Rama. It is vision of discrimination to see right from the Shastras (the revealed text) that give wrong. ‘Dapyomas swarma laegith kyah chhu banan. Dapunam poz ta apuz ada chhu has any clue to that. ‘Sang ta gnyana math nanan. I asked him what use is the collerium haeratas. Nyermalas manz myani naav. of discrimination in ones eyes. He replied Shubi shinyah tati khidmatas, pyom tsyatas that this enables one to distinguish right tas chhu myon naav. Bouddh congregations from wrong.’ He sees the Divine in (Sangha) and Hindu centers of spiritualism everything, the ocean in every drop. ‘Joyi (Maths) are themselves bewildered; the manz basith chhui daryav, nav dar aab tai boat of my life is in the pure sacred waters. aab dar nav. The river exists in a brook, Even nihilism is meaningless there for I water inside a boat and boat inside the realized that He and I are one – with the water.’ same name.’ Nyama Saab : Shah Ghafur : Nyama saab was senior (born 1805) and he This great holy man lived in the beginning also lived at Chinikral mohalla of Srinagar. of 19th century at village Chhivan in Badgam. He has time and again reiterated what Lal He has adopted the Vedantic dictum ‘So- Ded had said in these words: ‘Lal bo drayas aham’ (or I am He) in its pristine purity and lolare tshandan lustum dyan keho raath. has written a full poem with this title. Vucchhum Pandit panani gare, sui mye ‘Brahma, Veshan, Maheeshwar garun, shuft rotmas nyechhther ta saath. I set out in ho chhui tyuhundui zuv. Pan hai khatanai search of Him early at dawn and wandered jan hyekh marun, darnayi darun suhamsu. day and night. Ultimately I saw Him within Seek to know the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, myself and that was the auspicious moment and Shiva as they are the givers of your life. for me.’ At one place he has said, ‘Yas naad If they hide themselves from you give your layi su chum nishi, kamyu sheeshi chovnas life at their feet. Adopt always the great mai. That one whom I call aloud is near me. mantra of ‘I am He’. ‘Bashar travith, Ishar What a cup of wine he has made me drink!’ tsa garun, Isharas saet roz sapnakh sui Ishar At other place he repeats, ‘Shah chhui sapdun sharir gav marun…. Dah chhi avtaar basith panane gare, hoore mye nyunam zanh lagi na tharun, mah zan prazlan naran tsure dil. The Lord is seated within me, he chhui, Ram Ram karun gav naam sandarun, has taken my heart away.’ Again he says, daranayi darun suhamsu. Leave the ‘Yaar chhui gari panane, su no me vane aaw. individual soul and go after the Universal My Beloved is within me but I failed to soul. Remain with God and you will become recognize Him.’ Nyama seems to have God. For that you have to shun your self. reached a stage where he has shunned the There are ten different incarnations of God. notion of ‘I’ and ‘my’. This is the high point Narayana only shines in all of them like the of Upanishadic Vedanta. ‘Orai aayov ladith Moon. So you need not feel hesitant. chhav, dopnam sorui myonui gav. Ba dapun Repeating the name Rama is the way to myonui vasith pyav, ath nav aalim haarith remember God and once you get pyav. He came with all His grandeur and habituated to that you will feel one with declared that everything is His. The notion the Divine.’ Saying so, he is at once of ‘I’ in me was gone because no reason or reminded of the crucification of Mansoor intelligence is of any use in this arena.’ He and he warns, ‘Chhu vanan Shah Ghafur has described the status of the Divine vaati ma marun. When Shah Ghafur says that purposefully in indefinite terms because the Divine and I are one, he should not be he feels that none of the religious schools crucified for this truth.’ Again he says, ‘Shah Ghafur pazichi han chhuna bavan, tan chhas my childhood at the sacred foothills of rachhni lachha bo’d jaan. Po’z gatshi aashkar Harmukh, the abode of Shiva and He geared asi maranavan. Intentionally Shah Ghafur me for the journey slowly and steadily. avoids telling the truth. After all he has to Ahad Zargar : save his skin for the life is very precious. If Perhaps last of the great tradition of Muslim he reveals the truth (of oneness of God and Rishi poets, Ahad Zargar is a forceful man) he will be killed.’ One is reminded of exponent of this ideology, which thrives on these lines from a Urdu poetess of repute: non-dualism, self-realization and emphasis ‘Sach bolna bhi lazim jeena bhi hai zaroori, on contemplation. He was born around sach bolne ki khatir Mansoor ho na jana’. 1916-17 in the house of Mohiuddin Zargar, Speaking the truth is necessary but to live a weaver by profession, whose ancestors also is essential, one should not give up were goldsmiths because of which the one’s life like Mansoor did simply to speak family got the surname ‘Zargar’. Although the truth. he had studied a little of the Persian Asad Paray : language but by any standards he can be Asad Paray is a later poet who lived in village said to be illiterate like many of his Hajin (1862 to 1930). The effect of Hindu predecessors. Many holy persons would mythology and philosophy is apparent from visit their house and in their company he most of his poems. ‘Naran naguk mas’ is a got attracted to this field of mysticism and glaring example of this influence. It would spiritualism. Finally he became the disciple suffice to quote a few stanzas from this to one Khwaja Abdul Kabir Lone of poem. ‘Om ba karith drass Omkarasay, Om Kawadara, Srinagar at the young age of Narayan sat logum saet, tosas Omki pan fifteen. He emphasized the need for khalmasay ba rasa rasay kornas tayar. interaction with the holy persons in the Suhamsu yaar vuchha novnasay tathya Rama very first verse that he wrote. ‘Shad roz dila tsander sholyav, sayas tahndis tal thovnasay. myani kyazi chhuk gamanaey, Saet Jugyah lagith doonya zajmasay, khalvakh mehramanaey thav ikhlas – Rejoice my dandakvanasay manz, pranay abhyas sharir heart, why are you gloomy? Keep in contact zolmasay. Bhavanaki nagarada tan with the knowledgeable persons.’ navmasay, bava sara vuchhim divay jan. I have stated elsewhere that calling Haramokha bala paan mansovmasay, bo rasa these Muslim Rishis as Sufis is a misnomer. rasay kornas tayar. I started my spiritual Ahad Zargar’s saying supports my journey uttering the sacred ‘Om’ and the contention. It is well known that ‘Zikr’ or Divine accompanied me all through. I went rhythmic movement of head, body and on chanting Om as if He was preparing me arms is an essential feature of a Sufi. 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UFISM is a call to open ones heart communion with God. to a human, in order to open the The dance, Soma, S heart to God. A heart that is involves a slow rotation, deprived of love is no heart. The a twirling, with or without heart which has no feelings of love is accompanied music, in nothing more than a handful of dust. which every subtle Love is wine and God as the Beloved (a movement has mystic Radha-Krishna Leela). In Sufism, praise of significance. Slow turning wine and love are simply metaphoric, wine of the body, for instance represents the is the joy of spirit and love is the raptous ability to perceive God from every angle, devotion to God. Drinking of wine is while thumping of the feet represents the forbidden in Islam but drinking of wine has crushing of carnal desire. been practiced by some Sufis. No power of words can explain, when Sufism, hard to define, vague in its music and prayers speak to God. There is a doctrine, recognises Islam as highest secret hidden in the depths of music, which religion, yet considers religion itself a mere can not be revealed, as it will ‘upset the mechanism to enable a man to reach the world’. Music produces such a strong higher truth of God Himself. Sufi notes that ecstasy that seas burst into foam. Dervishs only God exists and everything else is an under Mevlani order regularly perform emanation of Him. Followers of Islamic Soma, as they believe, ‘no straw could move mysticism, an aspect of Islam, believe in unless God willed it’. practice in which Muslims seek to find the Mevlan order of Dervishs welcome divine love and knowledge through direct members of all religions, in keeping with and personal experience of God. tolerant spirit. Sufism has thus given birth Sufism emphasizes self conquest over into other religions apart from Islam. Thus ones carnal desires, overcoming ones the Hindu Sufi-saint Kabir gave rise to ‘Sant’ ‘Nafas’ or worldly desire. When hearts that tradition in India, while Sufi Baba Guru are pure, their ability to perceive is Nanak did the same for Sikhs in Punjab. elevated, even milk can taste like honey. Laleshwari, Sai Baba and Sufi master Syed You are then ‘Fidda’. Shah Waris and some others are noted Sufi A Sufi called ‘Faqir’ in Arabic and saints. God realisation by a Sufi is 'qutuliyal'. ‘Darvish’ in Persian, is guided by saints and This corresponds to perfect love, Nirvikalpa masters, prayer, fasting, techniques of Samadhi, under which Swami Ram Krishna meditation, poetry recitation, a delight in in India, Milarapa in Tibet, Lao-tzu in China, music, performing dance, Soma, all to are considered practicing Perfect Masters. achieve one goal – a union with God. They say Mysticism crosses cultures. Evolved Sufis could perform a Sufism started with oscetism but meditative dance, accompanied by either changed to mysticism, is ascribed to Rabial- poetry or music, because these practices al-Adawiyal, a woman from Barra. Last great would lead them to more intense levels of classical Sufi is Abu Hamad-al-Ghazali (d.1111). The great mystical poet in Persian Year 1372 AD … Mohammed-al-Hamdi, language Jalaludin-al-Rumi (1207-1273) was mystic theologist propagated Sufism in responsible for his didactic collection of Kashmir. poems which ran into 26000 couplets. Year 1377 AD … Sheikh Nur-ud-Din (Nund Sufism permeated in India in 1258. Some Ryosh) Sufis were though to be close to Hindu Evidence exists that Lalladed and Shah thought and mysticism. In the year 1372 AD, Hamdan did not exist at the same time. Mohammed-al-Hamdani, a mystic A few selected Sufi sayings in Poetry and theologist propagated Sufism in Kashmir. Prose are cited below: Sufi music as practiced in India by Chisti Ø My Soul wants to fly - when your Order, is popularly known as Quwwali and presence calls it sweetly in Kashmir by Sufiana Kalaam, which is My Soul wants to take flight when you believed to arouse sensual desire in one, whisper ‘Arise’ whose self is attached to no other than God. A fish wants to dive from dry land into the Rubaiyat is a Sufi scripture of which ocean – when it hears the drum beating, Omar Khayyam is considered as a famous, ‘Return’ influential and highly advanced mystical A Sufi shimmering with light wants to dance teacher. Swami Paramahansa Yogananda like a sunbeamwhen darkness summons gave spiritual interpretation of Rubaiyat of him. Omar Khayyam based on the English Ø You are in love with me, translation of the same by Edward Fitzerald, I shall make you perplexed, in ‘Wine of the Mystic’. Do not build much While Sufis seek knowledge of not For I intend to have you in ruins merely by contemplation and meditation, If you build zoo houses but by purification of heart, believing when In a manner bees do - human soul is purified, it is capable of I shall make you homeless as a fly reflecting the divine. Yet Sufis of Hakim If you are a mount of instability - Order try to find God by reason and do not I shall make you whirl rely on any dogmas. Matakallanis prefer to Like a milestone. remain contended with traditional belief. Ø O God: If I worship you out of fear of hell Rumi, the Sufi poet describes the story – burn me in it. of evolution thus: If I worship you for hope of paradise – 'We began as a mineral, we emerged into exclude me from it. But if I worship you for plant life, and into animal state, then into your own sake – then deny me not a vision being human, and always we have Of your everlasting beauty. forgotten our former state except in early Ø From all directions come birds spring when we slightly recall being green And rest together in the tree again. That is how a young person turns But in the morning each goes his way towards his teacher. That is how a baby Flying in all directions. learns towards the breast without knowing Ø Kill me, O my trusted friends the secret of its desire.' For in my killing is my life Historical Perspective of Sufism: My life is in my death and Year 1258 AD … Sufism came to India My death is in my life. Year 1335 AD … Vaks of Shaivitic mystic Ø In Sufi thought, mystery is to be in the Lalleshwari appeared. world, not be of it, to be free from ambition, greed, intellectual pride, or blind obedience no position and wealthy man with no to customs, in order to find a mystic union money. with God. Knowledge of God is not to collect Ø Excellence is that you worship God as information about God, but in knowing God though you saw Him, if you do not see Him, through experience. Spreading faith in a still He sees you. charismatic manner, through personal Ø I thought of you so often that I testimony, dance and song, spiritual life, completely became you. Little by little you moral life, voluntary poverty (dervish), draw nearer and slowly but slowly I passed repentance and renunciation of the world. away. Ø Pilgrims, pilgrimages and road – it was Ø Every moment I hear a cry from one of but myself towards myself and your arrival the children, I sigh, thinking 'what calamity was but myself at my own door. have befallen my child now?" I would think Ø Every flower with its own scent to myself, if I spend my life worrying about And everyone with his own ability to smell them, I will be ruined. If I keep to myself, He who denies that flower, emits a scent they will be survived. Would be wiser to admit that Literature cited: It is he who has no sense of smell. 'Rumi – The Book of Love' by Coleman Berks Ø Some go first and others come later 'Rumi – A Spiritual Biography' by Leslie God blesses both and all in the line Wines And replaces what has been consumed 'Sufism' by Carl W. Ernest And provides for those who make the soil of 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' by Edward helpfulness. Fitzgerald Ø Where is that moon that never rises or 'Wines of Mystic Rubbiat of Omar Khayyam' sets? (A Spiritual Interpretation) by Swami Where is that soul that is neither with or Parmahansa Yogananda. without us? 'Sufism – Alcheney of Heart' by Chronicle All creation is His, but for the eyes that can Books. see. 'Sufi Therapy of Heart – A Transcendental Ø Why are you dead? Experience' by David Heinamen. Seek for you resting place, 'Ma-Aarif-e-Mathnavi' (Vol:1&2) by Hazrat Not in the earth Moulana Hakim. ☯☯ But in the hearts of men. Ø I saw grief drinking a cup of sorrow and Author can be contacted at: called out, "It tastes sweet, does it not?" Grief [email protected] answered, "You have caught me and you have ruined my business, how can I sell ☯☯ sorrow when you know it is a blessing." Ø Wine becomes intoxicated due to us, [Note from Editor: Who is a Sufi and who is Not that we get intoxicated through wine, not, is a debatable subject and different people have different views on it. 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he path of employment chosen militancy infested area. en-route to put an end to This gets better T migration by government seems corroborated by the to have subterraneous motto to apathetic policy of the befool the world community by projecting Govt. the way Centre and that Kashmir is heading towards normalcy State Govt. have tried to and the rehabilitation process of Kashmiri exploit the bad days of migrants back in valley has begun. The migrant youth, otherwise everybody employment package announced by Prime knows, that to work in valley is about risking Minister Manmohan Singh for Kashmiri one's life and of the migrant youth. It is so Migrants and announcement of nearly 3000 because the Govt. wants to put an end to Post by State Govt. in its first phase and their migration even if it may cost them of their subsequent appointment mostly in School lives. Education Department has put most of the Besides, had the conditions been so appointees in quandary, as whether to join conducive in valley least the local people or not. Indeed, to get appointed in Govt. of Kashmir, (who are living in constant fear sector is always the priority of every young and threat) would have been able to work educated boy and girl in Jammu and and roam in and around valley freely and Kashmir, even though they won’t hesitate fearlessly? So under the prevailing in throwing away a good private job for a conditions how far the idea of State and petty government job. Every body knows Centre Govt. is going to work is a big the move is simply to put an end to question which only time is going to answer. migration, but the question is, is the time One can also understand the constraints of appropriate and situation conducive both the Govts who are very keen to enough to do so? Perhaps not, because, had rehabilitate the Kashmiri Migrants back in it been so, Kashmiri migrants would have valley but to put an end to this exile at the returned to their homes and hearths same cost for which they left the valley is without any package and would have not what may be hounding every mind. been so timid in accepting Govt's offer. Before talking of return, a good number The way Migrant youth has shown of questions need to be answered, as how willingness to work in valley may not be far the Govt. will be able to restore the lost that surprising, because one can very well glory of Kashmiri migrants after two understand the constraints of an educated decades of their exile. How far the Govt. unemployed youth, who most of the time has role in rehabilitating the migrants back remains ready for employment even at the in valley. As the way Govt. thinks it can not cost of his/her life and as is said, every thing be blamed for migration of this particular is fair at the cost of life and so is working in community so holds true about their return, where Govt. perhaps has no role. Legally it is illegal to have an undertaking It’s only up to the interest of those people from any person about the preconditions of who had been advocating the cause of job, that too of that nature which stand no- freedom for Kashmir and are directly or where when the case of other employees indirectly responsible for mass migration of state Govt. is taken, which is a gross Human from valley can make the difference. Rights Violation. Every human being has Otherwise if the rehabilitation of Kashmiri every right to be treated at par with other migrants back in valley is against their beings and his/her rights be protected as wishes, the whole exercise will turn futile that of other human beings. Perhaps the and Govt. will be bound to bow on knees. state Govt. knows very well that the Above all, who knows, return may cost them conditions in valley are not conducive what migration may not have costed them enough, as such the moment they leave and what they may have saved of migration valley fearing for their lives, will lose their may be lost in their return. Perhaps no body jobs. The question arises, what will happen is going to answer all these questions, so to other local employees the moment they before making people to tread this course, leave valley for the sake of life, will they introspection is required. also lose their jobs. Besides, when the state Even the public of valley in general and Govt. is already aware and apprehensive migrants in particular need to be taken into about the package not meeting its success, confidence before talking of return; it is the then, why this futile exercise and wasting sincerity and seriousness of Govt. about the the precious time of youth. One fears, all safety and security of new appointees from this may turn horrible. militants and other similar groups which is Above all, how far the employment to be questioned. Besides Safety and package will help to put an end to migration Security, Govt. is also required to ensure, and the rehabilitation of migrants back in safe work environment, better working valley with honour and dignity will be still condition, free from harassments of any sort too early and premature to talk of. But the which appointees in general and females flip side of the package can definitely turn it in particular may face. This is also something out to be a migration for the sake of which every new recruit has to think of migration, which if nothing will before making move. The new brood may unimpeachably break the family structures not be aware of the fact and the reasons of this particular community, preserved thereof for which their parents migrated through all these years of exile with great two decades back which may still be difficulty. What value will this move of Govt. haunting their minds be of if people will simply work in valley One also doubts the double standard and continue to live there where they had of the Govt. and fails to understand its been living all these years of exile, so think policy. The way terms and conditions are before you act? being imposed on new appointees, ☯☯ bespeaks of the Govt. not being sincere enough in its kind gesture and had it been Author can be contacted at: so, the process would have been simple and [email protected] unconditional with complete parity? Religion & Beliefs - Kalpana Fotedar Ram Navmi in Shirdi

he festival of Ramnavami always Krishana Mai was reminds me of the splendour with distributed to everyone. T which it is celebrated in Shirdi. Next day ‘Gopal kala’ was The first documented celebration organised in which an occurred in 1897. The story goes that one earthen pot containing Gopal Rao Gund was childless and parched rice mixed with approached Baba for his blessings. After curd was hung and broken receiving Baba’s blessings, he and his wife after kirtan and were blessed with a child. Elated by this, he distributed to all. Naam saptah was done started the festival. The day of celebrations by Radha Krishan Mai i.e singing the glories was fixed for Ramnavami, Baba had a of God for seven days, feeding of poor and purpose behind this, He wanted to unite wrestling matches were organised. Shirdi Hindus and Muslims, so baba called it Urs. looked beautiful as ever. The two Urs is an occasion celebrated at the Tombs communities viz. Hindus and Muslims of Muslim Men. On this day chandan paste, worked in unison without any scrapings and burning incense were put in a confrontation and quarrel. Flags were taken thali carried in a procession throught Shirdi. by Hindus and Sandal by Muslims. Old Flags On their return to Masjid the contents of hung on the masjid walls would get replaced the dishes were thrown in Nimber and rest by new ones. The functlon is still celebrated applied on the walls of Masjid. with great pomp and show. In the year 1912, there was some This year Ram Navami was celebrated addition done by Mr Krishen Rao. He between 11th April to 13th April and the same wanted to celebrate this occasion as Sri ritual was followed. I was there to witness Ram’s birthday. On this day Masjid was it with my family and I pray that Sai baba decorated with buntings and flowers. A showers his blessings upon our community. cradle was tied in front of Baba’s seat and ☯☯ Bishama the Haridasa sang Bhajans and Ram akhiyan: the composition of songs on Sri Author can be contacted at: Ram’s birth. [email protected] In the year 1914 Das Ganu Maharaj became the permanent Haridasa who sang She Left Us glories of God in his sweet voice. He dressed exactly like Narada, wore nothing on his Smt. Sumitra Devi, Mother-in-Law of torso and head and only carried a pair of Mrs. Pushpa Tikku Koshal (Green chiplis in his hand and a garland around his Meadows, Lokhandwala Complex, neck. Kirtan used to start with loud sounds Kandivli, Mumbai) expired on 17th of victory to Ram. Gulal powder was thrown March 2011 in Mumbai. all around amidst band baja and music. KPA Mumbai expresses heartfelt Prasad of Saunthvada, a mixture of ginger sympathies with the bereaved family. and sugar powder prepared by Radha Know Your Motherland Know Your Motherland Tullamul Your Questions About Kashmir Question from Shri T.N.Bhan, 302-A, Gauri Apartments, Eksar Road, Borivali (W): Why do Kashmiri Muslims call Shankaracharya Hill ‘Takht-e-Sulaiman’? Answer: Nothing certain can be said in this regard. The original name of Shankaracharya Hill was Gopadari. Raja Gopaditya constructed the temple of Jaishtharudra on top of this hill in the Photo : Javid Dar year 371 BC. Other version is that the original temple was constructed by Jalauka, son of Emperor Ashoka in about 200 BC and King Known widely as Kheer Bhawani and Gopaditya later rebuilt it and dedicated it to Ragnya Asthapana, Tullamul is Jyeshteshwara. Yet another version is that the situated 22 Kms. north of Srinagar, in temple was constructed by King Sandhiman who Gandherbal Tehsil. It is said that Mata ruled Kashmir from 2605 to 2540 BC. The temple Ragnya came to Kashmir during the was later renovated by Raja Lalitaditya in the times of Ramayana. The holy spring 8th Century, by King Zain-ul-Abidin in 15th of Tullamul is situated on the bank of Century and again during Sikh rule in 19th Century a branch of river Sindh, called, by Governor Sheikh Ghulam-Mohi-Din, when a according to Nilamat Purana, new Shiva Lingam was also installed. An image Tsandara Baga. It is approachable of Adi Shankaracharya was installed here by both by road and by river. The main Shankaracharya of Dwarika Peetha in the year temple is in the midst of a spring, the 1961. It is said that during the time of Muslim water of which is observed to be rule, inner architecture of the temple was changing its colour. The present transformed into that of a mosque and the place temple was constructed by Maharaja was re-christened as Takht-e-Sulaiman because Partap Singh in 1912 A.D. on the some people believed that Sulaiman stayed there foundation of an ancient temple, said when he travelled to Kashmir. According to Mulla to have been destroyed in 14th or 15th Nadri's Tarikh-i-Kashmir, King Gopadatta got the century. The stone image of Devi in temple repaired through one of his ministers the temple is believed to be more than named Sulaiman who had come from Persia. 600 years old. The annual fair is held Sulaiman also engraved 4 Persian inscriptions on on 8th day of the lunar fortnight of the stones leading to stairs of the temple. One Jestha. It is said that the present diety Sandhiman from the West is also said to have was installed on this day. The visited Kashmir sometime in 13th Century. This devotees usually visit the Shrine on Sandhiman is taken by various historians to be every lunar asthami. The Shrine is the Soloman who is presumed to have established managed by Jammu and Kashmir his throne on the Gopadari Hill top. These Dharmarth Trust. Devotees visit the historians attribute the base of the temple to be shrine only when on vegetarian food. Takht-e-Sulaiman (Soloman's Throne) which according to other historians is untenable. Text from Project Zaan Archives - Editor. Your Own Page

Dr. Hirday Nath Patwari Dr. Hirday Nath Patwari, a Jammu based Senior Ayurvedic Consultant has been conferred with the 'National Award' and 'Fellowship of National Academy of Ayurveda' in recognition of his 'Distinguished Services for Promotion, Propagation and Raising the Status of the Science of Ayurveda.'. He received the Award at the hands of Dr. Dinesh Singh, Vice Chancellor of Delhi University on 28th March, 2011 at New Delhi. Dr. Patwari has already been honoured with the Life-time Achievement Award at the World Management Congress organised by the Confederation of Indian Universities and TEST-COIN on 30-31 December 2009 at the India International Centre, New Delhi. Left : Receiving National Award and Fellowship of National Academy of Ayurveda from Dr. Dinesh Singh. Right: Receiving Life-time Achievement Award from Ms. Yous Makana, Cambodian Ambassador in India.

Dr. Hirday Nath Patwari retired from the J&K Health Services as Dy. Director, Indian System of Medicines in the year 2002. A Social Activist and Rationalist, Dr. Patwari is presently the Organising Secretary of the All India Ayurvedic Congress. He is father of Sumit Patwari, an Ayurvedic Doctor and a budding model and singer of Khar, Mumbai. Dr. Patwari also writes on Ayurveda and his write-ups have appeared in 'Milchar' for a long time in the past.

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Ø Dear Editor, Milchar is shaping well under your The Milchar has come back to life guidance. Your thrust on Kashmiri is well and this fact has already been taken. Keep it up. Gule Bakawli in Hindi by accepted and commented upon. your hand reads well. Other articles also So, I would not like to repeat the obvious. I keep interest alive in the journal. But there am making a suggestion for the is still far to go. involvement of the youth and bringing them With reference to the mail of Mr. Manoj to associate with the official magazine of Dhar, I would like to give the Medical KPA. We should have a page that includes Interpretation of the episode as under: Humour (jokes etc.), Puzzles, Crossword When I was a school boy, we would with clues connecting with Kashmir as well often hear stories of people possessed by as Mumbai, Jumbled words, Kashmir quiz demons and spirits. It was only later when I etc. graduated in medicine and cultivated an Warm regards aptitude for neurology and psychiatry that I K.K.Kemmu realized they were examples of a Sion, Mumbai. psychological affliction called ‘trance and [email protected] possession’ disorder, now being described lll under the general rubric of Dissociative Ø Dear Editor, Disorder. I have read with interest Dr. Dulari was a typical example of Chowdhury's story 'The Spirit of ‘possession’ disorder. During the ‘trance’ or Nandkeshwara' (Milchar March- ‘possession’ she lost control over her April 2011). Since the author himself is a actions, behaved and acted differently, lost renowned medical doctor, it would be her identity to become Nandkeshwara, interesting to know his explanation of the found a male voice, and burst into song and events based on medical interpretation. poetry. When the ‘fit’ was over she came Thanks, back to herself again. The precipitating Manoj Dhar factor was the tragic news that she had been Ashok Vihar, Delhi cheated into wedlock to a man already [email protected] married and the father of two kids. lll Many factors may play a part in the Ø My dear MK, causation of Dissociative Disorder, Thanks for sending me a copy of including spiritual, social, psychological and the Milchar of April 2011. The physical factors. Often, there is history of book post reached me in quick repeated trauma and abuse of horrific time. I prefer it to courier for it saves a lot proportion in childhood. Therefore, these of bother. I have great faith in Indian P&T, patients need to be considered in the social, one institution which still functions well. cultural, and religious context in which they We must encourage regular post in case of present. journals and routine correspondence. It It is quite difficult to treat such cases. also saves expense. However, it was the professional approach Editor's Mail by the priest, Nand Lal, which saved the a unique guide to our youngsters in knowing situation. It also left a deep impression on and studying our rich culture, social my young mind. One may call him an heritage, customs and bonds - Amen ! exorcist but he was a psychotherapist in his With regards, own right. He was fully equipped to handle C.L.Raina the situation when we consider the time of Vashi, Navi Mumbai. the story in the fifties of the last century. lll Psychiatry was in its infancy then, and not a Ø Dear Rainaji, separate specialty even in premier Congratulations and Welcome institutions. Modern day psychotherapist back. I was really very delighted may have a lesson or two to learn from Nand when you took over as the Editor Lal’s experience, except that the use of knife of Milchar. We will have many as a therapeutic tool may be questionable, more things to read, lot of variety, new but not totally irrelevant. The treatment of articles, news from various places etc. The disease, both physical and mental, is an article on 'WILL' written by Mr. P.N.Wali was ever-evolving process and many old well received and appreciated by all. The methods are being revived, reexamined and Cover page of March-April issue was reinvestigated with gratifying results. fascinating and mind blowing, it looked as Finally, the faithful can safely claim that the if the flowers were right in front of us. The pilgrimage of Raina’s to Sumbal was not a inside cover page photos of Hawan were fiasco, not even in vain, but rewarding. The not so well visible, it would have been possession by the spirit of Nandkashwara better if only 5 or 6 photos were printed was a process that helped wean Dulari off instead of all that hotch potch. It is not her obsession with the failed marriage and necessary to print all the photos at one go. led her to a new chapter in life. Thanks & Regards, Regards, Neena Bamzai Kher K.L.Chowdhury Khar, Mumbai. Roop Nagar Enclave, Jammu. [email protected] lll [email protected] Ø Namaskar lll I have been an avid follower of Ø Dear Editor, the articles written in the Milchar The renewed efforts & enthusiasm coupled magazine and I have always with high spirits with which Shri M.K.Raina wanted to contribute towards it. I & his team have launched the latest issues have attached a word document for Milchar, of 'Milchar' has doubtlessly rekindled our which details the origins of the Ram Navmi hopes of its purposeful survival. I wish the celebrations in Shirdi. entire team grand success in their Regards, endeavour & sincerely wish the magazine Kalpana Fotedar to grow to great heights affording Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai. multifaceted glimpse of art, literature, [email protected] entertainment and what not. Let it serve as lll Editor's Mail

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PDF format to all members. And I know the printers of today have the technology to lçná áob uççíuçe lçe cçççƳç mççvç, convert their final product into a PDF which Ëo³çvççLç kçÀçuÌ ç çjoE should be under 10 MB, so that it can be attached to an email. There are many Jç[çoí jç, içápçjçlç articles which I would like to share with [email protected] my International Biradari. In case you want (mçhb ççokçÀ s á pçJççyç çÆoJççvç: ç®Æ çþîç uçKí çvç e Kçç@lçje me to do it let me know. Bhushan Ganjoo Mççá ƬçÀ³ççn~ kçÀç@çMÆ ççÆjmç cçpb] ç çsÆ m³çþçn kçÀcç uçKçÓ Mumbai. çÆ®çþîç uçKí ççvç~ DççmÆ ç sô JJçcçío çpÆ] ç lççô¿ç Lç@çJÆ çJç [email protected] yççá ÆLç çlÆ ç DççmÆ ç mçló ³ç çƳçLç³ç hçç@þîç jç@çyÆ çlç e kçÀç@çƳçcç~ [Editor replies: Milchar is already available on net at www.ikashmir.net/milchar/ HçÀçívçmç h³çþ kçÀLç kçÀjçvç kçÀjçvç mçcçpçáJçá lJççÆn içuçLç, index.html and at KPA's own website ³çç Mçç³ço cç³ô ç cçç lç@pç vç e kçÀLç kçÀjve ³ç~ lJççnÆ uJçkçáÀì www.kpamumbai.org.in. We will be honoured to have your write-ups for pub- sámç, DçJç e çkÆ çÀv³ç smá ç cçç@HçÀçÇ náob nkçÀoçj~ içp] çeuçvç lication in Milchar.] cçlá ççÆuçkçÀ kçÀLç kçÀjçvç kçÀjçvç Jçv³ççíJç cç ô çÆp] ç Dç]pç lll kçÀuç çsÆ vç e p] ³ççoe uçKÓ ç ³ç&Jçç@³çlçç Ç içp] çuç ³çç vçp] cç Ø Dear Raina Sahab, Where as I respect Pt. Nand Lal Ji uçíKççvç lçe Dçp] ç kçÀuç s á p] ³ççoelçj Dççp] çço vçp] çcçe for his great contribution to the uçKí çvçká çÀ oçÌj~ ç³Æ ç sç DçJç e çkÆ çÀv³ç çpq] ç kçÀç@çHçÆ À³ç e lçe Association, I humbly beg to differ when he suggests that Prasad - Meal j@oçÇHçÀ içb[vá ç s á nvçç cçáçMq kçÀuç çkÆ çÀvç e DçJçe çÆkçÀv³ç ç]qpç should be replaced by Halwa Puri (Milchar Dçç]pçço vçp] çcç e uçKí çvá ç s á pç@oççÇ oÆ ³çlçmç mçló ³ç Jççþ March-April 2011). Annual Hawan has the K³çJççvç~ DçLç cççcçeuçmç h³çþ ³çôl³çLç kçbôÀn Jçvçvá ç sá following significance for most, may be not all: vç lç e cçvá çç@çmÆ çyç, vç mçç@v³ç cçvçMçç~ o³ç Lç@çJÆ çvçJçe cçÓpçÓo, l It has a Religious significance better DççÆj p] çJá ç e lç e oçÆj kçJw ççÆþ~ çcçÆ uç®æ ççje Kçç@lçje ªçpÆ] çJç than any other Hawan which some individual or group may conduct in and uçKí ççvç, mçç@v³ç s ô ³ç@n³ç J³çvçLç~ ç]ÆHçÀjçkçÀí Jçlçvç Jçç@æ®ç~ around Mumbai. It is a great occasion for lçná áob uççíuç lçe cçç³ç ªçÆp] çvç ç³Æ çLç³ç kç@Àv³ç yçjkçÀjçj~) friends, acquaintances and sometimes lll relatives, to catch up with each other. Like Ø Dear Sir, the guy from Vasai meets his friend from At the outset let me thank you for getting Vashi. People commute long distances and two editions of MILCHAR on time. That hours to make it to the Hawan. For the love Kashmiri Pandit brain is the most fertile of my life I cannot see these very people brain is proved through the articles in the rushing back around 3 PM for a decent meal magazine. What I would like to say is that at home, after partaking Halwa Puri. we have advanced technologically far l I believe that after more than a half ahead. The Magazine should be available in days wait people look forward to a good Editor's Mail

‘Prasad’ of Damalu, Monj-Hak and tasty many KPs must have returned back during Dhall etc.. In fact I would go step further, the reign of Budshah, thus increasing the how about some nadir or olav churma. number of KP families in the Valley. Thanks Late ‘90s I introduced Kahwa which is for raising this point.] very popular. That is served upon your lll arrival at the venue. Now I wish to introduce Ø Tathi Raina saeb, Sheer Chai which would be served after the Namaskar tu navi variyuk syatha Prasad. This will give a chance for some mubarak. more interaction between KPs while Nov variyi aav nov 'Milchar' hyath sipping hot Sheer Chai. I shall bear these ... Akh nov anhaar hyath ... Akh naev sath expenses for the next five years. BOT may hyath ... ath sathi lagin pochhar tu tunhdis please discuss and if appropriate give their athas ti ... yaem athan yi kalam sambhalnuk approval. yaqraar kormut chu ... Asi laayaq kenh ti kuni Regarding 'Know your Motherland – ti waqteh aasi, befrookeh gatchi wanun. Your Questions About Kashmir', at the nov bahaar yatchinav chaawun .. asi sarinee outset, my congratulations for introducing saan. 'Bradi Mushik' on Milchar cover ... this column. Hopefully it should quench the what a nostalgic symbol!! inquisitive minds of the seekers. I am keen Orzuv, on knowing how these 11 families survived Bharat Pandit when hundreds of thousands were either Malad, Mumbai. killed or converted. There must be many [email protected] stories which should be of great interest. lll Also wouldn’t it be appropriate to inform Ø Dear Raina Sahib, the young that along with these 11 families You are doing a wonderful job (by editing there were also thousands who had fled to Milchar) for the community. God bless you. the mountains and later trickled back when times got safe. Otherwise the impression Regards, created is that we all are the children of Ashok Durani just these 11 families. Kandivli, Mumbai. Best Regards, [email protected] Avtar Misri lll Bandra, Mumbai. Ø Dear Maharaj Krishenji, [email protected] Thanks for the colourful and Dil Chhoone [Editor replies: Your suggestions regarding wala Milchar (March - April, 2011). Will you serving Sheer Chai on Hawan has been believe that a few days back, I wrote a mail communicated to the President KPA. As to the my children and close relatives that regards survival and return of KPs during we are unfortunate, not able to enjoy Badshah's time, the answer could not be Badam Phulai in Hari Parbat, where we used stretched beyond a short reply to the main to accompany elders and have Chai question. However, though not much chot and blacken our hands, face and new information is available in the books of dress while eating Kashur Gore (singhada). history on this issue, we understand that Gone are the days full of our rich culture / Editor's Mail customs and care free life. repaired and is available at The material in the Milchar is quite www.ikashmir.net/milchar/index.html and informative and I am sure under your able www.kpamumbai.org.in. You can also have editorship, all our Biradari members will the hard copy from Kashyap Bhawan by feel bonded to our rich heritage. paying yearly subscription of Rs. 250.00 or Thanks and warm regards Lifetime subscription of Rs. 2500.00] M.K.Kar lll Mulund, Mumbai. Ø Dear Sir, [email protected] My son Deepak Jalla who is doing his Phd in lll Physics has written a poem 'Shoonya' Ø Dear Raina Sahib, recently. I am attaching the pdf file, please It is very sad and shocking a news (death of print it in Milchar if you think it is good Jai Kishori Handoo - Milchar March-April enough. 2011) for the Kashmiri cultural scenario. I Thanks and regards, had acted with her in Radio and Television Subhash Jalla and found her in true sense 'the Meena Ghatkopar, Mumbai. Kumari' of Kashmiri Drama. My sincere [email protected] condolence to her family. It has been decades since I saw her in person, distances lll and vocations have drawn us miles apart. President's Message From Page 4 May her soul rest in peace. ... Raj Kiran Sangwan interests with one another but also to get Toronto, Canada. them actively involved in fulfilling our [email protected] Objective. lll While closing, I would like to recite an Ø Dear Raina ji, appropriate quote I recently came across I just went through Milchar and must say that by an unknown Author – "Giving back is a this is one of the most extensive and responsibility that we all have. We can give informative publications I have seen from our knowledge, time and money. No matter any organization for a long time. Felt really how small the contribution, it provides a great to go-through the articles. Just a small source of fulfillment and empowerment to note. There is some font (especially towards us as individuals and makes our the end) which my machine is not commitment to serve stronger." Lets recognizing. I hope this is not the case with remember that the future of KPA depends the others. You could either tell me the font on all of us - lets volunteer our knowledge, or if possible share the font over the net. time and money to fulfill our Objective. Thanks and Regards, God Bless you all. Gaurav Kaul [email protected] ☯☯ [Editor replies: It was due to an error in the font embedding. The document stands Contact Rajen Kaul at: [email protected] OBITUARY

Shri Kanaiya Lal Kachroo

With Profound Grief & Deep Sorrow, we inform the sad demise of our beloved Shri Kanaiya Lal Kachroo of Mulund on 26th February 2001 at Mumbai.

Deeply Mourned By: Rameshwari Kachroo : Wife Naveen & Aarti Kachroo : Son & Daughter-in-law Preeti & Gotz Bendele : Daughter & Son-in-law Grand Children: Arya & Anya Kachroo, Divya & Daniel Bendele Other Family Members : Arundati Bamzai & Prabha Bamzai : Chachis Sarla & Shuban Krishen Razdan : Sister & Brother-in-law Neena & Raju Kher : Sister & Brother-in-law Shakuntala Kachroo Nair : Sister Basanti Kachroo : Sister-in-law Rajender Kachroo : Brother Rita & Suresh Gupta : Sister & Brother in law Nephew & Neices : Mohit, Nanu, Deepu, Jassu, Sonu & Harsh

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