Khabbar Vol. XXV No. 4 (October, November, December
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K habbar North American Konkani Newsletter Volume XXV No. 4 October, November, December - 2002 From: The Honorary Editor, "Khabbar" P. O. Box 222 Lake Jackson, TX 77566 - 0222 XXV-4 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED FIRST CLASS TO: Khabbar XXV-4; #1 Khabbar Follies In this section, Khabbar looks into the Konkani community and anything and everything that is Konkani from a Konkani point of view. The names will never be published but geographic location will be identified in general terms. Under Konkani Calendar Navaratri ( not VAVARATRI) There is no doubt in my mind that some Khabbar readers read begins on October 7th and not 6th according to Panchang and the first page through the last page of each and every issue! 6th is Mahalaya Amavasya. Moreover if December 16th is Some even go through all the pages with a fine tooth comb Mukkoti Dwadashi, Ekadashi shud be the previous day i.e., attached with a magnifying glass!! December 15th . Is it not? Case in point, here’s a letter I received from this family in Regards, MA: (name withheld) Dear Vasanthmaam, Reply from the Advisory Committee: Rec’d yr latest khabbar (Vol. XXV No.3) y'day and it is very Khabbar takes extra efforts to minimize errors (typo, interesting to see anew info and that is giving the email id of grammatical, etc) and sometimes purposely includes errors to many Konkanis. It is very helpful if any Konkani wants to see whether the readership is aware of these mistakes or not!?! contact others with greater ease. In the same page 6, Baby girl Nithya is NOT a grand son to her grand parents! Could it be that your magnifying glass was However on page 6, center column under New Arrivals: clouded with …….!!! RHEA: nice to hear about the birth but the child cannot have two paternal grandparents. Trust Vasudev and Nirmala Bhat ***** of Mumbai must be the maternal grandparents. SUBSCRIPTION FORM: Dear Konkani family, Please, note that you have the FREE access to the eKhabbar, the electronic version of Khabbar, by logging on to ekhabbar.com. If you want hard copy, then only renew your subscription for 2003 at $15.00 a year. Please, don't pay for future years! Please, fill the form below and send your subscription with a check payable to Khabbar to P. O. Box 222, Lake Jackson, TX 77566-0222. (Canadian Konkanis please pay cash or MO in US$) Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ Spouse Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: _____________________________________________________________________________ Email ID: _____________________________________________________________________________ …………………………………………………………………………………………………Children…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name Boy/Girl d.o.b. Hobby/Interest ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Comments, if any: ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Khabbar XXV-4; #2 Quarterly Newsletter For Circulation to the Konkani Community in North America Volume XXV No. 4 October, November, December - 2002 Honorary Editor: Mr. Vasanth Bhat Mailing Address: P. O. Box 222 Lake Jackson, TX 77566-0222 www.ekhabbar.com Tel: (979)-299-3210 Email: [email protected] Annual Subscription: $15.00 Make check payable to "Khabbar" & mail to P.O.Box 222,Lake Jackson, TX 77566-0222 The Editorial Committee reserves the right to exclude, edit and correct all material received for publication and does not accept any responsibility for views expressed by authors of the publications. E D I T O R I A L Dear Konkani family, their 2nd Convention in 2003 in Austin, needed anymore. Khabbar thanks for all I hope all is well with you and your TX. The efforts are underway for the the Konkanis help to the family and family. grand SammeLAn of 2004 in Southern wishes the Kamath family of New California. And looks like the venue for Orleans, LA all the best. This issue of Khabbar has been mailed to the 2006 Sammelan is already set. More ALL families that have paid dues at least on this later. Most of the articles and news item come once since 1989. This issue has not been voluntarily on a regularly basis. If you mailed to families that have specifically Back in India, the Konkani spirit is also send them via email indicated that they will access ekhabbar. very much alive. Plans are there for a Rs. ([email protected]), it makes the The numbers on the mailing label clearly 4 crore project, “Vishwa Konkani editing job much easy. Send any Hoon indicate the year/s the dues for Khabbar Kendra” to revive the Konkani literature Khabbar, sunshine news, your or your has been received since 1989 and if there and culture by Konkani Bhas Ani child's promotion or achievement, articles is any error, please, let me know. Sanskriti Pratistan. I hope North of interest, etc. Share your joy or grief American Konkanis will participate in with fellow Konkanis. The 2003 Khabbar Annual Mailing List this great undertaking by donating will be mailed separately only to families generously. On the Quiz front, Khabbar has remained that have paid their dues for the year as an undefeated champion for a long 2002. The Mailing List has 1,728 families Thanks to Sri Sarvothamdas Pai of the time! It is really a pity to see only a addresses and phone numbers. I am sure legendary Bhadragiri brothers, the handful few got the correct solution to the there are more of us in North America. If Konkani families across North America last quarter’s quiz!! Moreover, some are you know of families that is not in the list, had the pleasure of listening to the hari even complaining the quizzes are too please, send their details to me and I’ll keertans. easy!!! surely “khabbarize” them. Also, a Konkani speaking sage, Swami As the year 2002 comes to an end, it is For the dues of $15.00 a year, you get: Jyotirmayananda, is presently in the time to reflect on needs of the community. • Four issues of the Khabbar, US. He had come here to participate in A lot needs to be done to help the needy • Annual Mailing List and the World Association for Vedic Studies of our community either in India or here. • Discounted advertisement rates. (WAVES) Inc. in July 2002. I hope Khabbar will always publish appeals for Konkani families will avail his spiritual charity free of charge but cannot collect The reality of dotcom economy is true for knowledge by contacting him directly at money on behalf of any charity. Families Khabbar also. The on-line version of [email protected]. are encouraged to send the money directly Khabbar, ekhabbar, is not generating any to the concerned charities. revenues. Also, people prefer the hard Thanks to Dr. K. P. S. Kamath, Khabbar copy of Khabbar. Hence, ekhabbar will will start a series of articles by him on With the year 2003 fast approaching, I go on the web a quarter later after the Stress & the Bhagavad Gita. His seminar hope the struggle to rid terrorism from hard copies have been mailed. at the KS-2002 was very much this world will materialize soon. appreciated by the participants. The Konkani Sammelan 2002 (KS-2002) Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to is behind us but the Konkani spirit is alive Khabbar is glad about the progress done you all. Devu Boren Karo. with all the North American Konkanis. by Mithun Kamath. The updates on Already the Konkani Youth are planning Mithun which started in 1998 will not be Vasanth Khabbar XXV-4; #3 Editor Khabbar XXV-4; #4 Letters to the Editor ...... Letters to the Editor will be considered for publication unless the writer requests otherwise. Letters may be edited for publication. Editor reserves the right not to publish anonymous letters. Initials only on request if the writer includes his or her name. Dear Vasanth, Dear Mr. Bhat Contribution to the World", is almost I will mail you in installments an I have attached the .pdf versions of the ready. article on Stress Management first issue on War, and the second There is an idea to visit all the according to Bhagavad Gita. If you issue on Fantasy with this email. I Vedanta Centres in the US to show think it is worth publishing, you may thought this would be a quicker way presentations for the benefit of all the do so. If not, I understand. No of getting the information to you. devotees there. Also there is a problem. Thanks, War featured a piece on Kashmir by a possibility of visiting some of the Prabhakar Kamath senior U.S. policymaker and his aid Universities and Colleges in the US Cape Girardeau, MO (Morton Halperin and Amit Pandya), among the 500 to whom my book on Editor’s Reply: and Fantasy features photographs Swami Vivekananda were presented Thanks. Your seminar on Stress from Bombay and Agra (taken by last year by a devotee)