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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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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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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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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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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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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Do you wish to learn how to meditate?

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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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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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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 entry »

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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 entry »