Our heartiest wedding congratulations to Heena (daughter of Ramila & Suryakant (Sudhir) Shah of Ballwin, Missouri) and Brian (son of Mary Ann & Ronald Phillip Griffin of Suffolk, Virginia) who got married on February 20, 2010 at the Days Inn Eureka Ballroom, in Eureka, Missouri. The wedding celebrations started on Friday with Mehndi followed by Mandovo, Christian wedding and lunch on Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon, there was a traditional Indian wedding followed by cocktails and dinner. The reception included a traditional toss, cake cutting, and dancing throughout the night. Family and friends came from the UK and all over the USA. The evening was beautiful and everyone had a wonderful time while celebrating until midnight.

Hitesh K. Malde of Vasai/Santacruz, Mumbai, India, passed away on February 13th, 2010, in India at the age of 52. He was brother of Meena C. Shah of Springfield NJ.

Our deepest condolences to the family of Late. Smt. Narmdaben Dhanji Maru who passed away on February 16, 2010 at Mulund, India.  She was 66 years old and suffering from pancreatic cancer.

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Keshavji Kachara Dodhia of Vasai  and Bhivandi passed away recently in Thane, Indiaa at the age of 83. He was brother-in law (banevi) of Keshav and Kanchan Shah of Chestnut Ridge, NY; Harakhchand and Jyoti Shah and Mansukh and Mina Shah all of Budd lake, NJ; Pushpa and Shantilal Jankharia of Hackettstown, NJ; and Vijya and Jayanti Galaiya of Long Valley, NJ.

I would like to thank our community for electing me as the president for HVO of USA, and to serve on the Executive Board. On behalf of all Halari Visa Oshwals, I sincerely would like to thank our outgoing executive committee members for their excellent work for the past two years.

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Election for the executive committee was held during the Northeast Area Thanksgiving Gathering on Saturday, November 28, 2009, in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Presently, we have six committee members and we need odd number members for majority voting. Assistant treasurer position was eliminated to make a five member committee. Several nominations for various positions were received and executive committee was elected. There was no nomination for assistant secretary position so it was kept open to fill from other areas. After discussing with one person, this position was filled. We wish our incoming committee all the best and a great success. We ask you all to support and help them to make us more visible in the Oshwal-world.

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Our 24th annual northeast area Thanksgiving Gathering was held on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Ramada Inn, in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Despite bitter cold and windy weather, we had a good turnout of 70 plus people including children. The event was entirely sponsored by thirteen families. A wholehearted thought goes a long way.

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Peaceful Conquerers: Jain Manuscript Paintings at Metropolitan Museum of Art from 10 Sept 2009 to 21 March 2010 www.metmuseum.org

Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection at Rubin Museum of Art from 18th September 2009 to 15 February 2010 www.rmanyc.org, (press release) Read the rest of this entry »

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Congratulations to Amit and Ruhi Shah of Washington, DC, on the arrival of their baby girl, Anaya, in October. Grandparents Kantilal and Manisha Shah of Poughkeepsie, New York, and Nirav are extremely proud of the new addition to the family.

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Congratulations to Sandip and Sonal Maru of Long Island, New York, on the recent arrival of their baby girl, Saaya.

Grandparents Tansukh & Manju Maru of Hazlet, New Jersey, and Hansaben & Jitubhai Patel of Florida, and Aunt (Faiba) Seema Maru are proud of the new addition to the family.

Our deepest condolences to the family of Kiran ( Bhikhu) Shah of Nyeri (currently Nakuru), Kenya, who passed in India, on September 14th, 2009.  He suffered a heart attack.

He was a husband to Raksha Kiran Shah; father to daughters Dimple and Nipa; son of Govindji Hemraj and Shardaben Govindji Shah; brother to Kirit and Rekha; cousin to Arun Premchand Shah (Nakuru,Kenya) , Ramilaben (Nairobi, Kenya), Ushaben Ashwin Shah ( Somer,Wisconcin) and Chand (UK).

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Our deepest condolences to the families of Mahen Chandaria, of Toronto-Canada, who peacefully passed away in the early hours of Friday, September 11th, 2009, at his home at the age of 59. Beloved husband of Geeta, and dearly loved father of Sagar, Sarit and Savan, Mahen was born in Nairobi, Kenya, on August 21st, 1950.

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Sudhaben, wife of Chandulal Popatlal Keshavji (Sumaria), of, Nairobi, and Irving, Texas, and daughter of Harkhchand Hansraj Haria of Chela, passed away on the morning of October 7 after a short illness.

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Mrs. Ratanben Ramji Shah, mother of Navinchandra Shah of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, passed away on September 19, 200, in London, UK, at the age of 82.
She was born in Vadalia Sihan, India. She lived in Nakuru, Kenya, before moving to London.

We are delighted to share the details of our Texas/Oklahoma Diwali 2009 celebration. We met on Saturday, Oct 3rd, at Pasand Restaurant in Richardson, Texas. We had over 50 members at the party. We had a short get-together at the beginning followed by Arti, Mangal Devo and Navkar Mantra recital. Music and Artis were brought in by Shilpa Shah. Later, we had art activities for children and supplies were sponsored by Sandhya and Sangeeta Shah. We then enjoyed dinner followed by family quiz game. Special thanks to Reeta Shah for assisting in the party planning. A big “thank you” to all the members who have always been eager to help and support our community gatherings.