December 21st, 2011
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Oshwals in Southern California got together on Dec 17th at Dosa Place in Orange County. It was small turn out mostly from folks who live in Orange County, but lots of fun!
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December 21st, 2011

Congratulations to Reena (daughter of Ramesh and Pushpa Shah of Lakeland, FL) and Pratik (son of Vipin and Chandrika Vaidya of Portland, OR) on their wedding on September 3, 2011, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida. Family and friends from all over the United States, Kenya, UK, and Sweden joined in the celebration of this auspicious occasion. Reena and Pratik have settled in New York City. We wish the couple all the best and a lifetime of happiness!
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December 11th, 2011
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November 24th, 2011
The Northeast annual get together was held at Mysore Woodlands restaurant, in Parsippany, New Jersey on the 24th of November (Thanksgiving Day).
It was fun filled evening with excellent food. Several fund raising items were discussed, including the computer/higher education fund for Boarding and Kanya Chhatralaya in Jamnagar and Bangalore Mahajan wadi. Everyone agreed to close both of these items as we have fundraising for them going on for few years. There were additional fund raising items: Avash Yojana for needy Oshwals in Bhiwandee for Rs. 1000,000; and Oshwal College in Bhiwandee for Rs. 500,000. Both of these are takti program, and additional information can be obtained from the board.
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August 19th, 2011
Congratulations to Nirav (son of Kantilal and Manisha Shah of Poughkeepsie, New York) and Minal (daughter of Kirit and Naina Patel of Commerce, Georgia) on their wedding on May 29th, 2011. Family

and friends from all over United States, as well from Canada, UK, and India joined in the celebration of this auspicious occasion.
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July 29th, 2011
Our condolences to the family of Savitaben Ratilal Mulji Patani, born in Chapa Beraja, who passed away on 28 July 2011 in Barnet, England.
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June 21st, 2011
JAINA 2011 Convention was held in Houston, Texas, during the Independence Day Holiday weekend.
On July 1st, there was a reunion planned for Oshwal Families. Satish and Surya Shah Plano, TX, Rajesh, Shilpa, Rakhi, Sona, and Roshan Shah of Plano, TX, Anuj, Nutan, Roshni and Ronak of Greer, South Carolina and Navinchand and Runka of Elizabethtown, Kentucky attended the reunion. Many other Oshwal families attended JAINA. These were Punita and Misty Shah of Binghampton, NY; Avnish, Sangeeta and Khiloni Shah of Grapevine, TX; Bharatidevi Shah of Plano, TX, Jayaben Shah of Plano, TX; Kiran, Alpa, Amy, Sonya Shah and Ankita Vora of Plano, TX; and Kantilal and Hemlata Vora of Mumbai, India.
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June 19th, 2011
This year the Picnic in New York/New Jersey area was be held on Father’s day, Sunday June 19th, 2011, in Iselin at Merrill Park near Edison.
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June 9th, 2011
Do you wish to learn how to meditate?
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May 10th, 2011
Dear Oswals,
We take immense pleasure to invite you on the auspicious occassion of Shri Halari Visa Oswal Samaj- Bangalore, Mahajanwadi’s Bhoomi Poojan, Khaat Muhurat & Shilanyas on Sunday 29.05.2011 at 9.31a.m onwards. (Bangalore mahajan wadi -Bhoomi Poojan (Purification of land), Khat Muhurt (Digging for foundation) and Silanyas (Laying the foundation stone). The details of the programmes are below.
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April 25th, 2011
Mrs. Liluben Khimji Devraj Shah peacefully passed away on April 12th, 2011, in Downers Grove (Chicago, USA). She was a wife of Late Mr. Khimji Devraj Shah orginally of Juni Haripar, Gujarat, India, then Nairobi, Kenya, London, UK, and currently Chicago, USA.
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March 31st, 2011
Congratulations to Deepa Galaiya, daughter of Jayanti and Vijya Galaiya of Long Valley, NJ, on winning a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
via SiliconIndia News:
Established in 1997, the Soros awards are given to 30 students each year with a trust of $50 million. The motive behind the awards is to highlight the contributions of new immigrants to the country. The fellowships are given to students pursuing graduate degrees, irrespective of field or university. This year, 30 fellows were chosen from more than 1,000 applicants. Read the rest of this story»
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March 31st, 2011
Congratulations to Bindi and Nipul Shah, Iving, TX on birth of their son Neev. Big sister Neeya. Grand parents Kanchan and Ramesh Shah(Haraniya), Eldoret. Manjula and Kantilal Shah (Galaiya), Bangalore. Grand aunt and uncle Vijya and Jayanti Galaiya, Long Valley, NJ, Aunt Deepa Galaiya, Stanford, CA, Uncle Chiraag Galaiya, Princeton, NJ.
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January 5th, 2011
Our deep condolences to the families of Maniben Karamshi Jesa Bid of Padana, India, then Mombasa, now Nairobi, Kenya, who passed away on January 3, 2011. She lived a beautiful and happy 94 years.
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December 31st, 2010
The 25th Halari Visa Oshwal gathering was held on November 27th, 2010.
The time flies. It has been twenty five years since we first met as HVO of America informally in Union, NJ. The tradition continued on the November 27th, 2010. The Oshwals from New Jersey, New York, Connecticut gathered at Caldwell College, it was fun filled evening with food, fun, games and great time. Read the rest of this story»
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