Chhajjuka Chaubara as on 24th July 2013
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                                                                          The program started  with  prayer.
                                                                          Akur Srinivasan  presented one biographical sketch of celebrity. Gita Mahajan presented  story regarding love for Dog. Swaati presented poems and her own experience regarding inner development. Dinker sang one devotional Tamil song. Thadani sang one famous song of Mukhesh from old movie. Veena Gupta presented few Shayari and Gazal in Hindi. Manju Kaushik presented one Gazal  of Jagjit Singh from Hindi movie. Rajkumari presented one devotional song. Pushpa Mathur sang one classical devotional song of Surdas.
                                                                          Dr Mahipal Ghemawat gave presentation regarding Health Care wherein he  briefed Seniors regarding Slip Disk, Kidney Disease. He also gave some tips regarding Healthy Food and Vitamin'D'.
                                                                        The students of Satish Gadadkar presented the one hour musical program on key Board. It was received well. The young tabla player Hemanand was appreciated very much. Dr V Jotwani felicitated all young Artist. The vote of thanks was proposed by Shakuntala Bahadur. The program  ended with prayer.
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Third Monday program as on 07/15 /2013
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(SPIRITUAL AND YOGA SESSION)
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                                                                       T P Subramonion chaired the session and Shashi Bubna, a  Corporate Leader, Engineer, Scholar and Researcher was a Guest Speaker. T P Subramonion also gave the formal introduction of Guest speaker and the opening remarks.
                                                                         Thereafter Shashi Bubna started his power point presentation on ' The Journey of Souls' with opening remarks that journey of soul is a mistory of life. He added that life is real and it is not grave. He further stated that the theory of reincarnation is based on lot of research and experiences. He came across  450 books regarding the said \Subject written by various scholars and writers.
                                                                        He discussed the following subjects  in details under power point briefing.
- Who or what is god?
- What is soul?
-Karma and Reincarnation
-The process of Reincarnation
-The documented proof of Reincarnation
-The research on ' The Near Death Experiences'
                                                                      He also informed that theory of reincarnation is also supported  by Hinduism,Koran, Bible, Judism, Tibatan Buddhism, Rome,Greece,Egypt, and including 'The Theosophical Society of New York, USA.
                                                                       There was very interesting question/ answer Session wherein Several Seniors took part. Dinesh Bajaj facilitated Shashi Bubna with memento from ICC, Cupertino and T P Subramonion proposed vote of Thanks.
                                                                          Mahendrabhai  conducted Yoga Session from 12 noon to 1.00PM.
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Friends on Same wave Length as on 07/08/2013
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(FOSWL- 162ND SESSION)
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                                       The session was started with prayer offered by Mrs Sevani. Dr Vivek  Shanbahug,MD,(Ayurveda),'Ayurveda Ratna', and Board member of ' The California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine' was a guest speaker. B K Rao, ISA, former Secretary of government of India chaired the session.
                                        Thereafter M L swamy , Secretary,'FOSWL' gave his welcome address wherein he gave the progress report regarding the the various chapters of FOSWL. Akur Srinivasan, Vice president,' FOSWL' gave the introduction of the distinguished speaker of the day. B K rao gave his opening remarks wherein he mentioned the contribution made by Dr Shanbahug in the field of ayurvedic medicine.
                                        Dr Vivek Shanbahug gave his power point presentation on" The longevity with dinacharya-Ayurvedic health routine"
He added that healthy  and long life is based on the healthy routine. He also explained the healthy routine wherein one is required go with healthy habit, less stress, stronger immune system and fewer infection. Besides that skill has to be developed for time management. The oral hygiene is also important factor in the healthy routine. The early to rise  by six and to go for sleep by  9.30pm is good habit.The early morning exercises keeps one body in tact including doing Surya Namashkar, Pranayam, Dhayan and Walk for 20 minutes. The Abhyenga herbal oil massage is also good
                                       The diet is also very important factor in healthy routine. Three regular meals but keeping away from unhealthy chemicals is also Requires. One must try to take vegetarian food with less sugar, salt, coffee, soda and junk food. One can also take tombola after meal for proper digestion of food. The  dinner by 7.00pm is the most suitable for maintaining good health. The most of the decease starts from the mouth. Therefore cleaning of teeth and toung is very important. Besides that drinking 3 to five glasses of water per day is more important for cleaning the body.
                                       B K Rao in his closing speech stressed point on study of the some of the aspects of Ayurveda medicines even though it has become universal.
                                      The question answer  session was well  participated by the seniors.
                  Nazanin proposed vote of thanks at the end.
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Friends On Same Wave Length as on 20th June 2013
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('FOSWL' 161 ST Session)
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                                                                                       The prayer was offered by Naznin in the beginning of the program. M L Swamy gave welcome address wherein he gave the report regarding various  units of the FOSWL.  Prema Santhnam introduced the speaker of the day. M Santhnam, Chair person gave opening remarks wherein he gave his version of brief history of 'FOSWL'.
                                                                                       Thereafter Dr R,V.S.N. Sarma, Guest Speaker, Consultant Physician, Vice President, FOSWL( India )Chennai presented power point presentation on 'Guruvashtakam Aadi Sankeracharya'. He started explaining the Advait philosophy of Jagad Guru. He added that  Hunger,Thirst, grief does not touch the person who follows  message of Aadi Jagadguru Shankeracharya. He added that Jagad Guru gave the message of  unity and respecting every one equally.
                                                                                       Even Vedas said that God is in every one. Thy is in wisdom and in Atma of each one.  One may call it with any name. Besides that one has to introspect him self  because  Fame, Name, Wealth, Power, Knowledge, Courage, Nobility Good Family, Good Children, and Good looking Spouse has no meaning without the following the message of Guru i,e,Following the preachings  of Unity, Equality and Serving the needy.

                                                                                         Ved Vyasa had also said that 'By helping other you ascend to the Good Hood and by harming others you Stoop Down'.  All are born Sudras only by Karma  one can be Brahmin. All saints including Bharathari, Thirukaral, Sri Purandara, Kabir, Annamacharya, Tyagraja Swamy, Narshi Nehta all gave the message of Unity, Equality and Serving needy.
                                                                                          M Santhnam did his summing up at the end of presentation. The vote of thanks was proposed by Renukadevi.
                                                                                          Gopi Ghodhwani, Chair Person, Senior ICC, Sushma Chopra, Mr and Mrs Kulkarni and Jaya Mehta were facilitated at the end by 'FOSWL' for their services.
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Friends on Same Wave Length as on 13 Th June 2013
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                                                                                The session was chaired by Dr V K Jotwani, former Dy Director Central Health Services, Government of India.  The guest speaker of the day were Grace Kromosaka,Senior care specialist and Dr Ahmed Khan, physiotherapist. Naznin presented prayer in the beginning of program and M L Swamy gave brief report regarding the various units of 'FOSWL'. Mrs Sujata Chandrasekhar introduced the both speaker wherein she mentioned the contributions made by them in their fields. Dr Jotwani  made opening remarks wherein he mentioned that physiotherapy  has become now part of the  medicine.
                                                                                 Grace kromosaka gave insight in the services offered by long care to the seniors. She added that it also take care of the isolation problem related to senors. Besides that seniors are also orientation regarding  various activities which helps them to improve their health. She also answered few questions raised by seniors.
                                                                                 Dr Ahmed khan gave talk on 'The physiotherapy and pain management'. He also demonstrated certain exercises related to joint pain etc. He briefly informed regarding the physiotherapy which gives treatments through Heat, Water and Massage. He added that main reason for pains are  due to muscular pain or strain or sprain or fall due to loss of balance etc.  They are some time  treated with suitable exercises. There are  different types of exercises for strengthening and enduring the the bones.  They are known as metric, balancing, safety and tolerance exercises. The large number of seniors participated in the question answer session. The vote of thanks was proposed at the end.
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Chhajjuka Chaubara as on 06 /05/2013
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                                                           The program started with prayer by Krishna  Gutala.
Manju Kaushik presented one Bhajan in Hindi.  Laxmi presented one song in Tamil. Thereafter Gutala  sang one song of Siagal. Bharat Desai sang his own devotional poem in Hindi. Harindra Vasavada and Thadani also presented  Song/ Thumri  of Siagal receptively. Raj Jaggi presented one song of Kabir regarding attachments in life. Ghai  recited few Shayaris in Hindi.
                                                           Shakuntala Gheewala narrated her few experiences  regarding healing of illness with indigenous medicine in the past. She added that old method was quick as based on personal touch and faith while to day it has become more prolonging painful because of too many specialists involve in the process. Shakuntala Bahadur presented her experiences with her German professor who was a  renowned sanskrit scholar.  she also informed that Germany has one of the finest libraries of Sanskrit books. R P Agarwal presented the story wherein he informed that the nature of people around you makes the great impact on one's nature. Chiranjit Serma talked on his book 'The anatomy of Grief''. R B Singh gave brief description of  his experiment with Yoga. Mahipal Ghemawat gave talk on 'Health Care 'wherein he put stress on vegetarian food. he also informed regarding the availability of medicine regarding chronic constipation. Indu Chhabra presented few joke relating to husband and wife.
                                         The program ended with prayer.
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Chhajjuka Chaubara as on 05/29/2013
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                                                       The program started with the prayer  by Avatar Kaur. The 'Omkara was conducted by A  Narayanaswami who explained how it affects Tamas, Rajas, and Satvic qualities of Human being.
                                                   

                                                      Thereafter Pushpa Mathur presented devotional song in Rag Bahar. Ms Kaushik also presented devotional song. Shakuntala Bahadur recited song  regarding advancing age of seniors and how to handle it suitably. Krishna Gutala presented Hindi movie songs  on Key Board. Harendra Vasavada presented one song of Lata Mangeshkar from old movie. Thadani also presented song in Sigal voice. Rangamany Swamy presented one devotional song in Telugu. Avatar Kaur presented one devotional song in Punjabi while Indu Chhabra presented one Hindi song from old movie. Ms Sinha sang one devotional song. R P Agarwal presented one Hindi poem.

                                                   
                                                           

R P Singh presented talk on Nehru wherein he described various instances of Nehru's life. khatri Lal gave various quotations which can be helpful in life. Amrit Verma gave very good experiences regarding her 'VTA 'Bus travels and with Outreach Services. M L Swamy nicely narrated  some of the instances from the life of Lord Buddha. Shri M L Ghai, Former Sr Dy Supdt of Police narrated the present law order conditions at New Delhi. A Narayanaswami narrated the story regarding  management principals operating at different level. Bharat Desai gave talk on 'The Politic and Life'.
                                              The program ended with the prayer.
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