K habbar North American Konkani Newsletter Volume XXVIII No. 3 July, August, September - 2005 From: The Honorary Editor, "Khabbar" P. O. Box 222 Lake Jackson, TX 77566 - 0222 XXVIII-3 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED FIRST CLASS TO: Khabbar XXVIII No. 3 Page: 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. There is no doubt in my mind that Khabbar is a part & parcel “We received the Khabbar without the text -- only the cover. of life of Konkanis in North America. In fact, Khabbar has Would appreciate your sending the newsletter again. developed a special relation with most of the Konkani families I was amused to read about the person whose wife took and here are some examples of those close encounters of a Khabbar with her when she went to India. I do take this different kind….…… newsletter whenever I travel too. -- We don’t leave home --------------------------------------------------------------------------- without Khabbar!!” -- Editor’s Reply: I never realized how much our community is attached to Watch out American Express! Khabbar till I got this note from this family in NY after they ***** received their Khabbar in March of this year: I suspect quite a few families read Khabbar from the front to the back without missing a line but I never thought that they “Dear Vasanthmaam, scan the whole issue with a magnifying glass to note each and Thank you for all your “Hoon Khabbar”. Receipt of every detail, especially the typo! The case in point was this “Khabbar” signifies change of seasons, every time. This time, family from NY tells me of a spelling error in the name of we move from winter to spring, probably the best time of the person in the last issue on page 5 line #39 in the last issue!! year!” Editor’s Reply: ***** Could it be that the Editorial Committee purposely put some Thanks to the US Post, this family in AZ just received the typos! Actually, in that issue on that page there were 2 more cover page of last issue of Khabbar only! Even then, the typos that this family missed !! family took time to read the cover page & the “Khabbar ***** Follies” and here came the following note: SUBSCRIPTION FORM: Dear Konkani family, It is time to renew your subscription for 2005! 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 remit your subscription for 2005 at $15.00 a year. Please, don't pay for future years! Fill the form below and send your subscription with a check payable to Khabbar to P. O. Box 222, Lake Jackson, TX 77566-0222. (Canadian Konkanis please pay cash or MO in US$) Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ Spouse Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone: _____________________________________________________________________________ Email ID: _____________________________________________________________________________ …………………………………………………………………………………………………Children…………………………………………………………………………………………………… Name Boy/Girl d.o.b. Hobby/Interest ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Comments, if any: ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Khabbar XXVIII No. 3 Page: 2 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Khabbar XXVIII No. 3 Page: 3 Quarterly Newsletter For Circulation to the Konkani Community in North America Volume XXVIII No. 3 July, August, September - 2005 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, Khabbar will publish all the I hope all is well with you and your developments and progress made by The With this issue concludes the series of family. North American Konkani Association articles on “Bhagavad-Gita as a Stress (NAKA) on an on-going basis. Send your Management Guide” by Dr. K. P. S. This issue of Khabbar has been mailed to constructive suggestions to any of the Kamath of Cape Girardeau, MO. Simply ALL families that have paid dues at least Directors of the NAKA Board. put, this was one of the best Khabbar ever once since 2000. In other words, families published. Congrats to you, Dr. Kamath, who have not paid since 1999 will not be The credit for success of the AmCHIgale and Khabbar hopes to see more of your receiving this issue and for families that Youth Convention - 2005 in Chicago articles of interest . have paid only in 2000, this will be the goes to our youngsters. Everyone who last time they will receive the hard copy participated this gala event liked it. The unofficial Khabbar correspondents in of Khabbar. The numbers on the mailing Already there are plans to hold the next your area who send in the hoon khabbars label clearly indicate the year/s the dues youth convention in North California area on a regular basis are doing an for Khabbar has been received since 2000 in 2007. NAKA will certainly support our outstanding job. Remember, if it did not and if there is any error let me know. youth in this endeavor. appear in Khabbar, then it did not happen in North America! If your area The Advisory Committee of Khabbar is The preparations for the event of 2006 are is not represented wholly, let me know glad that the annual dues will remain the taking shape on a grand scale. The and I'll recruit more volunteers. You send same at $15.00 a year and for that you KonCANi Sammelan – 2006 in the news items via email get: Hamilton will be an event no Konkani in ([email protected]). • Four issues of the Khabbar, North America or in the world should • Annual Mailing List and miss! The various committees and their On the Quiz front, Khabbar has still • Discounted advertisement rates. volunteers are already at work to prove remained as an undefeated champion! that this will be worth your time and Remember, anyone getting correct The on-line version of Khabbar, money. Visit their website solutions to 4 consecutive issues will get ekhabbar, will be on the web a quarter (www.konkani2006.com) to find out free subscription to Khabbar for a year. after the hard copies have been mailed. more about this great event of 2006. This issue has not been mailed to families Khabbar will always publish appeals for that have specifically indicated that they September 2005 will go in Konkani charity free of charge but cannot collect will access ekhabbar. history with the landmark event of money on behalf of any charity. Families Foundation Stone Laying ceremony for are encouraged to send the money directly The Khabbar Mailing List is a prized the ambitious project, Konkani Kendra. to the concerned charities. It is possession of our community and help me The NAKA Board unanimously agreed to heartening to note that various Konkani to keep it up-to-date. Send names and donate $5,000 for this project. Also, Basti families and organizations showed addresses of Konkani families that are not Ganapathi Shenoy has devised a method support to the victims of Hurricane in the list to P. O. Box 222, Lake Jackson, wherein families wanting to help Katrina. All the Konkani families in the TX 77566-0222, or email Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Pratistan affected areas are safe. [email protected] and rest be can do so with relative ease! Call him at assured that I’ll “khabbarize” them! (702)-341-6706 or email: Happy Diwali to you all. [email protected] if interested to extend your help for this worthy cause. Devu Boren Karo. Khabbar XXVIII No. 3 Page: 4 Vasanth Honorary Editor Khabbar XXVIII No. 3 Page: 5 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 Mam, undergraduates are working on under brought out a newsletter by name Thank you again for publishing my the guidance of Dr. Eri Srivatsan. The "Sudharma". The inaugural issue was letter about my readings of goal of our project is to improve the released in May this year. We will be CELESTIAL MOTIONS in Los quality of life in rural Indian villages glad to post a copy of it to you and Angeles and Chicago in the last issue by raising money to increase access to your