Chhajjuka Chaubara as on 27th march 2013
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(HOLI CELEBRATIONS  AND GOOD FRIDAY)
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Sita Dorairaj presented prayer and M Santhnam  conducted  'Omkara' and explained the significance of the same with illustration.
                                                Shakuntala Bahadur conducted the the ' Holi 'celebrations and she presented poem regarding the Holi and its purpose thereof. Enice De Sa gave talk on the 'Christ' and how he was crucified.  Kamala Solanki sang song on 'Holi. Indu Chhabra sang song regarding Holi on which several senior ladies enjoyed dancing. Sheela Kelkar presented song on inner developments while Pushpa Mathur sang classical song "Kana Meri Chundari par naa daalo Rang". Sudha Shankar, Sita Dorairaj also sang songs regarding Holi. Harendra Vasavada presented C H Atma song 'Pritam aa milo--'. Rani also sang popular song' Kana ki Murali Baji--'

                                                T P Subramonian described the Holi as afestival of Color, Joy and Dance. He further made reference of the story of Prahlad, and Holika who are very much connected with the Holi festival. Rajeshvari talked on  how Holi festival is celebrated by Indians in various countries including in Pakistan. Bharat Desai presented one poem on Holi and its message thereon. Dr Mahipal Ghemawat gave some hints on Health Care. He informed that fruits are good for Health. He also cautions regarding  excess input of salt. He added that vegetable like tomato are good for memories. Dinesh Bajaj gave talk on Holi and Easter. He also briefed regarding  the jews  migration and thereon. The group song was presented i.e. 'The Rang De Vasanti as a last item
                                                 The program ended with prayer.
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Fourth Monday program as on 03 /25/2013
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(Karaoke and Yoga)
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Prema Sastry introduced Kiran Desai, 'Karaoke' Artist . He presented songs mostly from Old Movies.
He sang songs from Movies 'Anand', 'Kohra', 'Anaadi', 'Mere Sanam', 'Sadhna' and ' The 1942 Love Story'. It covered the play back given by Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Mukhesh, Hemant Kumar and Kishor Kumar. Prema Sastry also presented songs from movie 'Madhmati, Parnita( New One). The musical program continued from 11 AM TO 12.00 NOON.
                   Thereafter Prema Sastry took yoga session for one hour up to 1.00PM
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Chajjuka Chaubara as on 20th march 2013
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The program started with Prayer. Rajkumari referred devotional song. Kanan Srivastav sang one poem regarding present days Kaurav and Pandav of kalyug. kavya Avatar Kaur presented one devotional song in Punjabi. Shakuntala Bahadur presented song on' How to be helpful to others?

                                                  M L Swamy presented  talk on the Balance Sheet of life while Amrit Verma talked on the life of new' Pope, Francis' and his mission.  Urmila Talwalkar narrated one story on the blind belief in the certain things. The story was based Marathi Movie. Dr Mahipal Ghemawat gave some information regarding Health Care wherein he mentioned about certain Antibiotic 'Z-Max' which requires some caution before using it. He informed that some fish based Tablets/Capsules may not be as good as fish. He also informed regarding some of the signs of stroke.  Sometime stroke may reflect in writing and speaking. He also cautioned against using Tomato in cane as it may be creating chemical reaction with the Container. Hari Verma talked on 'what is accepted from us?' He also briefed regarding Emergency system. Bharat Desai briefed regarding the latest Military and financial strength of Russia but he cautioned that Russia is again on the path of Dictatorship under Putin. M Santhnam gave talk on George Harrison, one of the Beatles and his contributions in the music world. He also briefed seniors regarding  his Hindu philosophical background.
                                         The program ended with closing prayer before lunch.
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'The completion of One Decade by India Community Center, Milpitas,CA.
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             ( The Grand Celebration as on 17th March 2013 )
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                                                     The most active Indian American Community Center of Northern California celebrated its 10 Th anniversary on 17 Th March 2013 at Malavalli Hall,Milpitas, California between 11 Am to 3 Pm. The Thousands of American Indians of Silicon Valley participated in the grand celebrations.  The celebration was inaugurated by 'ICC' Chairman Kumar Malavalli. The Malavalli Hall was jam packed with Indian American community including children  youth and seniors. The Chief invitees Guest were Mike Honda, Congressman, Jose Esteves, Mayor of Milpitas, and Ash Kalra, Council member of City of San Jose. The program started with the inauguration speech by Kumar Malavalli wherein he described the  service oriented 10 years journey of India Community Center.
                                                    The Senior ladies group under the leadership of Shakuntala Bahadur from 'ICC', Cupertino, Center presented Musical presentation describing "How 'ICC' has enriched their lives". Thereafter Senior group of 'ICC' Milpitas presented the Dance. One short humorous script was also presented by Seniors of 'ICC' Milpitas. All those programs were received very well.
                                                   Afterwards India Community Center, 'Karaoke Group presented very melodious movie songs and dance. The children group of 'ICC also presented the songs including the patriotic songs. The Past Youth Seva Team also presented songs and folk dances. The two items of'' Bombay Jam, Zumba, Belly Dancing and Body Pump 'were received very well by the audience.
                                                  The Congressman Mike Honda, Mayor of Milpitas, Jose, Esteves  Council member Ash Kalra also addressed  the gathering and praised the services of India Community Center. They also presented the Citations accordingly.
                                                  Thereafter Current and Past 'ICC' Board Members, 'ICC' Alumni Staff,
'ICC' Media Partners, 'ICC' Volunteers were recognized.
                                                  Afterwards Table Tennis  demonstrative  matches were also took place wherein National Players also took part. The Tournaments were conducted for all ages. It was a grand show for sport loving people.
                                                 Besides that special craft activities for children with Indian theme were held in the Lotus Room of 'ICC', Milpitas. The Songs, Puzzles, Book reading, and Craft activities were also arranged at the'ICC' Preschool premises  It was full of fun and entertainment for all sections of Indian American Community along with Free Raffle Prizes. It was a grand and well managed Celebrations.
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Second Monday Program as on 11 Th March 2013
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(Friends On Same Wave Length)
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                                                     The session was presided over  by M K Rao and the Guest speaker was Prema Sastry, MA in Industrial Psychology, Director,Premaarpan Yoga and Wellness Center, Los Getos, CA, She spoke on " Mental Dynamics of Happiness"
                                                     Eunice De Sa  offered prayer and Prema Santhnam gave introduction of the Guest Speaker.
                                                      M L Swamy gave welcome address and wherein he gave brief reports regarding FOSWL(India) Chennai and Hyderabad.  He also informed regarding the inauguration of FOSWL(India) Mysore Chapter.
                                                      Prema Sastry started her talk with Sanskrit verses for peace and happiness  She said happiness has no limit but it depends upon individual.  We requires peace, contentment and restfulness in order to achieve happiness. The happiness mainly depends upon once mind. One must know how to control mind i.e.  like car. One must also manage to  park mind in the right place. She further explained how the mind works?  It depends upon high and low mood. We may not act when we are in low mood.  we have also conscious and unconscious mind. However conscious mind create instant feeling. But we must give proper time to our mind. We must give more importance to positive thinking which helps one to see in the right perceptive.  That is a key of happiness. The different thoughts are involve in different realities. We must be able to separate realities and should have compassion for such thoughts for creating good feelings within us. It will also give all happiness in the process. The feelings also play very important role in order to achieve happiness. Besides that Jealousy, Ego, Hate feelings, are some of the factors which are root cause of all unhappiness. She concluded that one should ride over circumstances instead of circumstances riding over them. It is most important that one should be the master of  mind  in order to achieve happiness.
                                                      Tanuja Bhahel, CEO, ICC, also addressed the meeting regarding the program of 17 Th March 2013,(i.e.10th Anniversary celebrations of India community center) at ICC, Milpitas,CA.
                                                       The question answer session was well received by Seniors.
The program ended with vote of Thanks.
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First Friday Program as on 8 TH March 2013
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( The Talk by Dr Vivek Shanbhag and Yoga Session by Vasanti Bhatt)
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                                                                Dr M K Rao introduced the speaker Dr Vivek Shanbhag, Ayruvedic Practitioner and Professor, Founder and Director of Natural Medicine Clinic, Academy and Spa.
                                                              Dr Vivek Shanbhag gave talk on ' The preventing of Heart disease with Ayurveda and Yoga'.  He informed that lots of research is going on regarding Heart disease and it is observed  that victims are mostly from South Asian Community. The Heart disease has spreaded like epidemic among them.  He further stated that  Heart decease has increased in spite of that Asian are mostly Vegetarian , and they do not Smoke too much. The Heart Attack mostly takes place because of Diabetes, High Cholesterol Ratio, and Less Activities.  He gave reference of well known American Cardiologist of Bay Area Dr Dean Cornish  who is very much influenced by Swami Satchidanand philosophy of Ayurvedic Measures. He suggested that Heart decease can be controlled  by Eating Vegetarian Food, Moderate Exercise, and Stress Management through Yoga/ Meditation.
                                                                Besides that he further briefed that Obesity, High cholesterol, High Blood Pressure also increased the Heart problems. He added that nature of person also increase Heart disease i.e.Rajas/and Tamas type of Natures. However Satva Nature prevent the problem. He gave few tips like the Surya Namaskar in the Morning, and Few Minutes Evening walk are always Good. One must have sufficient sleep for about 71/2 hours. The Light Meal by 7 PM in the evening is advisable. It is better to avoid, Sugar Fat, Coffee, Deep Fried Food and Soda. He gave the list of Herbal things which are good for Health.(i.e. The list is given in the photo above).
                                Vasanti Bhatt conducted Yoga after 12 noon for one hour.
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Chhajjuka Chaubara as on 6th March 2013
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                                                                    Kananlata presented prayer in the beginning and M Santhnam conducted 'Omkara'.
                                                                 
                                                                    Indu Chhabra presented one song with few jokes. Thereafter Sita Dorairaj Sang Devotional song in Hindi  regarding Lord Shiva. Meera Ramchandran sang one Lavani Marathi song from hit Marathi Movie. Bharat Desai presented one Gujarati folk Song. Krishna Gutala played hit song from Hindi Movies on Keyboard i.e. Songs from film 'Sarashvatichandra', and ' Anapadh'.
                                                                    Uma Sheshadhari made Power-Point presentation on  'The effect of Budget Cut' mandated by Barrack Obama in order to reduce the deficit. She briefed that because of the cut 750000 job will go.  The all essential services like FBI, Police Military,and Health Care Services etc will suffer because of budget cut. Even the Airport Security Services and Air Traffic will also suffer. The Tax will also go up automatically which will adversely effect  the Bussiness and Industries. Dinesh Bajaj presented few jokes which were received very well. Ramji Patel gave brief report regarding his recent visit to India.
                                                                     T P Subramonion, Kalyani and Sunila Fondekar presented small humourious Script. Shakuntala Bahadur  along with Shuhashini, Indu Chhabra, Kananlata, Meera Ramchandran, and Zeba Rezvi presented the song regarding the achievements of India community center during last ten years.
                            The program ended with the prayer offered by Rajkumari.
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