'Chajjuka Chaubara' on 9th May 2012 at ICC, Cupertino, CA
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(Mother Day Celebrations which falls on 13th May 2012)
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Sita Doraiswami offered prayer in the beginning and thereafter Kamala Krishnamurty presented ‘Omkara’.
                              Shankuntala Bahadur welcome the members for celebrating the ‘Mother Day’.\
                              -Aswini Talwalkar presented the two stories presented on serial ‘Stayamev Jayate’ by Amrikhan welkown Bollywood Star. She described therein how women are empowered to protect their right.
                             - Zebaji briefed regarding mother that How they drink poison  comes out of life and always give Amrut in form of love to her children.
                             - Kamala Krishnamurthy presented Tamil song on mother.
                             - Premlata Majmundar stated that mother is always represented in the form of’ Maa’ Durga, Amba and Kalikaa in Hindu religion. She also praised the relationship of Krishna and Yashoda as Mother and Son.
                             -Indu Chhabra presented the the famous Hindi film song’ Teri Shuratse Bhagwaanki Shurat Kyaa Hogi’. She also presented few jokes.
                             - Suhashini presented very melodious songs on mother.
                             - Vijaya Bhardwaj also presented one punjabi songs related to mother.
                             - Sudha Pendse paid tribute to mothers.
                             - Amrita Verma gave historical background of ‘Mother Day’ in America.
                             -Shifaliji sang one Marathi Song paying tribute to mother.
                             - Meera Ramchandran Sang one Tamil song relating to mother.
Krisna Butala sang Tamil song describing the love of Mother. Hari verma recited one poem from Maithilicharan Gupta regarding mother. Bharat Desai described How he learned from his mother to become better person in the world. It also helped him to be  useful for the needy one.
The Kawali written by Shakuntala Bahadur paying tribute to mother was sang by Seniors at the end. The some of the seniors danced on the same. The portrait of Mother Teresa was exhibited on the stage representing the Mothers of the World. It  is sketched by Mukund Talwalkar One of the Seniors.
                   The program ended with vote of thanks by Shakuntala Bahadur.
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Chujjukaa Chaubara as on 05/02/2012 at ICC, Cupertino
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The program was started with prayer offered by Kamala krishnamurthy  and Omkara by A Narayanaswami. A Narayanaswami described the Giant clock sounding Omkara at Maheshwar Temple at Omkar Hill, Banglore.
                                                Thereafter several speakers gave presentations on ‘The most admired personality’ by them. Rajalaxmi gave her talk on Sarojini Naidu, Freedom fighter, and known as Nightingale of india. She described the various incidents of Sarojini Naidu during freedom struggle of India. R B Singh also added few things regarding Sarojini Naidu.
                                                Zebaji gave a talk on Indira Gandhi and her achievements being a woman in a man dominated society.
                                                Shakuntala Bahadur admired Induji one of the senior who has lost her eyes. She described how she manages her self to go out alone and even look after her ill health huband. She also entertains seniors with songs and very humorous jokes.
                                               Krishnamurty also gave briefing on the some of the incidents of Mahabharat and Ramayana.
                                                Dr Mahipal Ghemawat gave presentation on the Health Care of Seniors wherein he gave importance to Socialization, Good Sleep and on Nutritional factors.
                                                Manilal Jagtap also recited one poem and Akur Srinivasan gave talk on the president Truman and his life.
                                               Bharat Desai gave a talk on Sardar Patel and his qualities. He briefly described how Sardar integrated the more than 500 hundred Indian Native States into Indian Union.
                                               Dr B M Mathur presented slides on the chronic disease related to Seniors.
                                               Thereafter Sudha Pendse gave talk on the various slogans mentioned on the back of  the trucks. She added that some of the slogans are having Poetic message with helpful meanings. Rajkumari Chhabra sang very melodious devotional song.                   
                                                The program ended with prayer
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CHHAJJUKA CHAUBARA ON 25TH APRIL AT ICC, CUPERTINO ===================================================================

The program was started with the Birth Day celebration of Professor Krishna Butala one of the Seniors. Mrs Shakuntala Bahadur recited a poem on Krishna Butala. Thereafter M Santhnam inaugurated the celebration with ‘Omkara’. Mr M K Rao gave introduction of Butala wherein he mentioned the achievements of Butala in the sphere of Art, Writing, Music, Singing, and Engineering etc. Dinesh Bajaj inaugurated the Exhibition of Books, CD and Paintings of Dr Butala. Dinesh Bajaj also appreciated various achievements of Butala. Thereafter Butala sang one of the songs of’ Saigal.                      

Mr Dinker Spoke on the writing of ‘Purandara Das’. M Santhnam gave talk on the predictions of Nostradamus a french forecaster. Mrs Urmila Talwalkar presented one story titled ‘The game is over’ relating Surrogate Mother. M L Swamy presented few good quotations. R B Singh presented the Birth story of Khalsa. Indiraji presented few jokes and sang a song. T P Subramonian and his wife Kalyaniji presented Adi Sankracharya’s ‘Shivohm’. Amrit Verma presented talk on the recent succession of North Korea. Bharat Desai also spoke on ‘ The uncalled for advices’. The vote of thanks proposed at the end.

FRIENDS ON SAME WAVE LENGTH AS ON 9TH APRIL 2012
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FOSWL
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145 TH Session of FOSWL was presided over by Gopi Godhwani, Director, ICC, and the Guest Speaker was Kalpana Desai, Founder member of Society of Art and Cultural Heritage of India.
M L Swamy, Secretary gave the background and activities of various Chapters of FOSWL. Mrs Raghunath Welcomed the Guest Speaker and Mrs Rajalaxmi offered prayer.
Thereafter Kalpana Desai gave talk on 'Maharajahs Splendor of India's Royal Court' wherein she talked about Maharajahs, and their patronage of Art and Culture.
She exhibited in her power point presentations the paintings of historical events and portraits of various maharajahs. She also presented the various types of ornaments which were used by the maharajahs and their families. She also presented the paintings of Delhi Darbar of 1911. The Portraits of Maharajah Amarsigh,of Udaipur, Sayajirao Gaikwad,of Baroda, Nizam of Hyderabad, Maharajah Holker, Maharajah of Mysore, Maharani Chimnabai, and Sitadevi were presented wearing various types precious Jewelleries. She also showed the pictures of precious neckless and crowns used by various Royal Households. The Silver carriage of Maharajah, Bhavnagar was very glamorous. She tried to show the precious treasures of jewellery held by Royal Houses. It was a grand show of cultural heritage of India. The talk was very informative and interesting which was received very well.
Some of the Seniors were facilitated on their Birth Day including Pradeep Joshi.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Prema Santhnam.
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MUSICAL AND YOGA PROGRAM ASON 6TH APRIL 2012
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(TOP PHOTO OF B V JAGADEESH, DIRECTOR,ICC AND IN THE BOTTOM PHOTO ON EXTREME LEFT AMRITLAL SHAH DODHIA WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIEND-ONE WHO SPONSORED THE LUNCH FOR SENIORS IN MEMORY OF HIS LATE WIFE I.E. ON HER DEATH ANNIVERSARY)
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Usha Prabhu presented Musical program at the initiative of Anu Jagadeesh. She presented classical devotional songs related to Meerabai,Lord Krisha and Lord Shiva in Hindi, Kannada and other Languages. She sang those songs in classical Ragas including in Raag Maulkosh/Hindola. It was one hour melodious feast of music which was received very well.Usha Prabhu and Surendra Man who was accompanied her on tabla were felicited by the ICC, Cupertino. B V Jagadeesha, Director, ICC also attended the Musical function. M Santhnam proposed vote of thanks at the end.
Thereafter Vasanti Bhatt conducted Yoga session for one hour.
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Current Events as on 2nd April 2012
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M Santhnam introduced the program of the day in the beginning.
Thereafter Dinesh Bajaj presented his talk on ‘The beautiful America’. He started with the Republican Party's process of selecting their nominee for the forthcoming presidential election. He informed that Mitt Romney is appears to be heading.He also discussed regarding the fate of Healthcare Bill which is at present lying with the supreme court. He further discussed regarding the individual right including the right of Gun. He also gave the latest information in respect of Basket Ball Games and Football. He briefed regarding the latest popular movies including ‘Hunger Game’, and Separation.
Jayshree Vasavada also talked about her personal American experiences related to her son and husband.
Uma Sheshadari presented her experiences during the recent visit to India. she reported regarding ‘Telagana agitation, UP elections, and regarding fire at culcutta hopital etc
A Srinivasan talked on the international events. He discussed the latest developments regarding Syria, Afghanistan and Burma.
Dr Mathure presented his talk on the’ Heart Attack and its causes thereon.
Thereafter Raji Lukkoor described her personal experiences during the Vipasana workshop. The question answer session was actively participated by seniors. It was received very well.
The Session ended with the vote of thanks by Dinesh Bajaj.
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