42Nd Newsletter March 2016

March 2016 @ nd 42 Issue An initiative by Youth Wing of Global Bhatia Foundation For Private Circulation Only Bhatias of Yesteryears Page 1 Editorial This issue has an interesting achievement of a Hindu Bhatia student from Pakistan, Urvashi Ashar from Bangalore and creative writing from 3 Bhatia girls. Variety of other inspiring stories are loaded too. Hope you like them. Your suggestions are welcome. Happy Reading ! Editor : Haridas Raigaga Design & Layout : Dharmesh Gandhi Advisor : Arun Bhatia Forthcoming publication We are proud of you by Dr. Mukul Asher Shri Bharat Narottam Doshi, Chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra Financial Services is appointed as a part-time non- official director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India for a period of 4 years. Inside this issue Parichay Milan-2016 Kalpit Ashar Padmarani Nida Fazli Old Memory Mother & Child Writer’s Area Steve JobsE-commerce Angkor Vat Pakistani student Mrs. Urvashi Ashar Backwaters of Alleppey Bhatia Pagdi Vividha Rishabh Mariwala Page 2 “ Parichay Milan” held on 28 Feb. 2016 at Sunderbai Hall, Churchgate Summary of Parichay Milan-2016 Page 3 Padmarani Padmarani was an Indian actress who acted in many Gujarati films, Gujarati plays and some Hindi films. Padmarani was born in a middle class Marathi family in Pune, Maharashtra though she grew up in Vadodara. Her father, Bhimrao Bhosle, was a barrister and mother, Kamlabai Rane, was from Goa. She began acting on at a very young age, along with her sister Sarita Joshi, due to financial problems that her family found itself in. She is often confused with her sister, who is also a renowned actress. She married into a Parsi family at the age of 18, when she married renowned zamindar, Namdar Irani, who later became a director of plays and dramas. She was a renowned Gujarati poet, Sursinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil, Maharashtrian, with Marathi as her mother tongue, while famous by his pen name "Kalapi". Sanjeev Kumar Namdar was a Parsi whose mother tongue was Gujarati. played the titular role, while Padmarani played his wife, This meant she was fluent in both languages, and could act Rama, a princess. Some of the other superhit films in in films and plays in either of them. Together, they have a which she has starred are Patli Parmar (1978) with daughter, Daisy Irani, who is also an actress. Daisy settled Upendra Trivedi, Gangasati (1979), Lohini Sagaai in Singapore after her marriage. (1980), Bhagat Peepaji (1980) based on the life of the She is great friends with actor Arvind Rathod, a reputed famous mystic poet Bhagat Pipa, Kasumbi No Rang, Gujarati actor, with whom she has acted in numerous Shamal Shah No Vivah, and many more. plays, including Baa Retire Thai Chhe. It is not only Gujarati films that Padmarani has acted in. Padma Rani died on Monday, 25th January, 2016. She has graced many Bollywood movies, the most Padmarani began work in plays, before starring in films, memorable being her roles in Parivar (1968), Veer and the theatre has always remained close to her heart. In Ghatotkach (1970), Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), Dil (1990) an interview she said that since the stage had special as mother to Aamir Khan's character in the film, and in importance to her, she would never shoot for films on Zaalim (1994). She has acted in many other films, a lot of Sunday, a day when she would without fail be present on them with religious or mythological themes. the stage for some play in Mumbai, which is the hub for She had 3 appearances with singer Himesh Reshammiya Gujarati plays. She has acted in a huge number of Gujarati and she also shot for the 1000th episode of the TV show plays, doing over 6,000 shows in all. Some of the popular Swapna Kinare. According to an interview of hers, she plays in which she was the lead are Baa Retire Thai Chhe, rejected offers for TV shows because the studios where Baa A Maari Boundary, Kevda Na Dankh, Saptapadi, they are shot are far away, and many new directors asked Chandarwo, 5 Star Aunty, Vachan, among others. Over her to audition for roles, something that she doesn't want the last few decades, she has gotten a lot of lead roles to, given the fact that she's spent more than 50 years in the where she plays a mother, and is often compared to Nirupa film and theatre industry. This is also one reason why she Roy, who played the role of mother in countless has stopped acting in films, that and the fact that Bollywood films. according to her, many of the new directors aren't as One of her first films was the 1961 film Narsaiyyani aware about shot division, camera angles, and other Hundi. Her next big appearance was in the 1963 Asha aspects of shooting, as they ought to be and that leads to a Parekh starrer Akhand Saubhagyavati. Around the time lot of idle time on set. she got married, Padmarani starred in the 1966 Gujarati film Kalapi, opposite Sanjeev Kumar, on the life of the Page 4 Nida Fazli Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli, known as Nida Fazli (12 kho jaaye to sona hai'. Some of October 1938 – 8 February 2016), was an Indian Hindi his famous film songs include and Urdu poet, lyricist and dialogue writer. Aa bhi jaa (Sur), Tu is tarah se Born in , India into a Kashmiri family, Nida Fazli grew meri zindagi mein (Aap To Aise up in Gwalior, where he attended school and Na The) and Hosh waalon ko subsequently studied English literature. His father was khabar Kya (Sarfarosh). also an Urdu poet. During the partition of India, his He wrote essays critical of parents migrated to Pakistan, but Fazli decided to stay in contemporary poets of the India. sixties in his book Mulaqatein While still young, Fazli was passing by a Hindu temple which outraged poets including where a bhajan singer was singing a composition of Sahir Ludhianvi, Ali Sardar Jafri Surdas about Radha sharing her sorrow with her maids at and Kaifi Azmi. As a result, he was boycotted in some being separated from her beloved Krishna. The poetic poetic sessions. beauty of the Pad, relating to the close rapport and His career improved when Kamal Amrohi, a filmmaker, bonding between human beings, inspired Nida to begin approached him. The original songwriter Jan Nisar writing poems. Akhtar working on the film Razia Sultan (1983) had died During that period, he felt that there were limitations in before completing the project. Nida wrote the final two Urdu poetry. He absorbed the essence of Mir and Ghalib songs and attracted other Hindi filmmakers. to express what he intended. He was fascinated by the His celebrated lyrics were also used in Aap to aise na the, lyrical mood of Meera and Kabir and widened his Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996) and Gudiya. knowledge of poetry by studying T. S. Eliot, Gogol and He wrote the title song of TV serials like Sailaab, Neem Anton Chekhov. ka Ped, Jaane Kya Baat Hui and Jyoti. The composition He moved to Mumbai in search of a job in 1964. In the "Koi Akelaa Kahaan" is another popular composition early days of his career, he wrote in Dharmayug and Blitz sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy. His ghazals and other . His poetic style attracted the notice of filmmakers and compositions are sung by notable artists of the day. He writers of Hindi and Urdu literature. He was often teamed up with Jagjit Singh in 1994 to bring an album invited to Mushairas, the prestigious recitation sessions named Insight, which got appreciation for its soulful of one's own poetry. poetry and music. He became known among readers and ghazal singers for He recently wrote columns for BBC Hindi website on his elegant presentation and exclusive use of colloquial various contemporary issues and literature. language for ghazals, dohaas and nazms, while avoiding Mirza Ghalib's works often get mentioned by him. ornate Persian imagery and compound words to simplify He died in Mumbai on February 8, 2016, following a his poetry. He wrote the famous couplet: 'Duniya jise heart attack. kehte hain jaadu kaa Khilona hai Mil jaaye to mitti hai An Appeal to Youth Disclaimer Global Bhatia Foundation invites Bhatia Youth from the Globe to serve as volunteers. GBF youth has education, sports & cultural Views expressed by the authors need not be assumed as the events on its agenda and success of such projects is possible with views of Global Bhatia Foundation. t h e s e r v i c e o f s e l f l e s s v o l u n t e e r s . C o n t a c t : [email protected] All The Copyrights Are Acknowledged. YOUTH@GBF is an in-house ENewsletter distributed freely to the members of Bhatia community and published from Mumbai by Global Bhatia Foundation, a not for profit organization. GLOBAL BHATIA FOUNDATION 1/6, Dossa Mansion, Next to Apna Bazar, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001 Tel: 9167826768 Email : [email protected] Website : www.globalbhatia.org Page 5 Old Memory Bhatia Mahajan Zanzibar - 7th July 1939 Page 6 Writer’s Area Being Ethical!! Human beings are always puzzled with moral questions of right and wrong behavior. Doing the maximum good or least bad has always been an integral part of the Indian culture. But with passage of time, we started witnessing a degradation of ethical values, forgetting the wise teachings, associating material success and fame as higher achievements.

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