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К a Literary Magazine from К the Telugu Fine Arts Society A Literary Magazine from к The Telugu Fine Arts Society к http://www.tfas.net http://www.TeluguJyothi.com September - October 2011 Save the date January 22, 2012 for TFAS Sankranthi Program. Venue will be announced shortly. 2 к The Telugu Fine Arts Society, Inc : 28 к 5 (A tax exempt and not for profit corporation) 2011 16 St. James Street, Monroe Twp, NJ 08831 º º Board of Trustees Editor: Murty P. Bhavaraju , Phone (908) 252-9434 April 2010 – March 2012 Mail articles to: 231 Marcia Way, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 or [email protected] President Anand Paluri Associate Editors: Anantha Sudhaker Uppala; Diwakar Peri - Production Support; Radha 16 St. James Street Kasinadhuni - Essays & Community News; Syamaladevi Dasika - Stories; Dr. Vaidehi Monroe Twp, NJ 08831 Sasidhar – Poems. 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N '0 Late Kidambi Raghunath The articles published and the views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or TFAS. 3 4 к к account for the reduced crowd but made every effort to minimize costs. к Ú!" Ú / Being a community organization based in New Jersey, which is the focal point of the Telugu Community As you might have $%&'( )*+!, in USA, we have come to enjoy many organizations noticed, most of the President’s having events regularly here. If you walk into the Royal messages I have written Albert Palace on any given weekend, there is very high for the Telugu Jyothi start with a remark on weather. So likelihood that you will see a Telugu event underway. the Mother Nature decided to reciprocate by showing up in Many of these events have national and international full force to all of the TFAS functions we have conducted sponsors and as such provide free admission and serve over the past year and a half. We had rain, we had snow, food and entertainment. TFAS is a community based non- we had hot weather, and we had cold weather on the days profit organization that relies on its members and local of TFAS events. This Deepavali function on October 29 th community leaders to support its events. We have several was no exception; as a matter of fact, Mother Nature events during the year unlike the other organizations. The made history by dumping over 6-inches of snow in reason for making this comparison is that some people in October, which is first time in the history since the records New Jersey have come to expect free programs and are were kept. What was amazing to me and to those who reluctant to pay even $15 or $20 for TFAS events. I hope saw the event was the number of people who braved the you understand what TFAS stands for; a nonprofit, weather and came to the event. This is a true testimony of nonpolitical, and nonreligious organization formed to the audience TFAS has and the quality of programs we promote our culture arts and heritage in USA. conduct. My heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you TFAS has worked closely with many of the national who came to the event and hats off to your dedication. organizations, as deemed appropriate. For the first time in Generally, we have most of the TFAS events down to the history of Telugu Community, representatives from a system and when everyone does their job effectively, ATA, NATA, NATS and TANA joined TFAS in felicitating the events run smoothly. However, this Deepavali event the talented musician and recent Nandi award winner was particularly challenging for me on several fronts and Chakri during the Deepavali function. My special thanks gave me heartburn and nightmares. Coordination with go to the North America Telugu Society (NATS) for their artist from India is becoming increasingly challenging as continued generous support to TFAS. Even in the their schedules change at a moment’s notice. As the inclement weather, the State Democratic Committee artists reputation increases so does their expectations on Chairperson and Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly, how we should compensate them. There is a line of Assemblyman John Wisniewski from Sayreville came to thought that we don’t need movie artists since we have the TFAS Deepavali function and wished everyone a sufficient local talent. Generally, that caters only to one Happy Diwali. segment of the audience. I believe that we need to I do want to take a moment to thank the volunteers embrace audience with all tastes and provide for their hard work, sponsors for their generous support entertainment to all. The Deepavali function we conducted and my Executive Committee’s dedication for making this this year, on October 29 th (yes the day of the snow storm), event a success. We have to love the children who had singing, dancing, comedy, skits, mimicry, a reality pushed their parents to take them to the TFAS Deepavali show and performances by local talent. function, whether it is to perform or receive the well The morning weather forecast on the day of the event deserved prizes they won in the competitions. It should only called for dusting to couple of inches of snow. I tried be noted that over 275 children participated in TFAS contacting the venue staff and was unable to reach them Deepavali competitions conducted on October 15 th . until noon, at which time snow was coming hard. I went to We continue to think outside of the box to bring new the venue and spoke to them regarding changing the date and innovative programs to the audiences. As it has and given that their staff was already there they could not become a tradition, TFAS is partnering with Vegesna reschedule and make additional payments to the staff. I Foundation in conducting Ghantasala and Balu Madhura contacted the food vendor who also indicated that he will Geethalu, a Live Concert by Top Singers from USA and not be able change the date as food preparations were Andhra Pradesh at the Shri Krishna Vrundavana Temple, completed. I then made sure that the school parking lot 215 May St, Edison, NJ, on Sunday, November 13th, and walkways are properly ploughed and posted a note on 2011 from 4 PM to 8 PM. The admission to this event is the web that the program was still on, with forecasters free. I am looking forward to seeing you at our next predicting the snow to stop and may even change to rain. program. All in all, it was an experience many of us will remember Please visit www.tfas.net and continue to look for our for a long time. We have been typically averaging about upcoming programs. I am looking forward to your 1,200 people at each of our major events and we had continued support in making TFAS the Organization of about 700 people at Deepavali despite of the bad weather. choice for Telugu people. Until next time However, we could not scale down our expenses to Your TFAS President - Anand Paluri W LM+) N ¢£ ' I¤ K F¥ W A& ®¦ I'"~ . Ar§ I 5N КAB ¨T КB + . ".. A©+ ... <2ª t .... I« Q LM +)P 30 / КB ®' ªZ AÚ¬[B 'v T .. î КB ® ¯ ®Z :Ú° ... ª ªZE *\ ...." 5 TFAS News Telugu Kala Samithi, (TFAS) based in New Jersey spellbound. The program was further enhanced by successfully conducted its annual Deepavali celebrations participation of the recent Nandi Award winner and on October 29 th at the East Brunswick Middle School renowned musician of Telugu cinema Chakri, as well as under able and outstanding guidance of leadership of our the winner of the Super Signers competition Ms.
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