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Congratulations to Kapil, Son of Jyoti and Harakhchand Shah of Budd Lake, NJ on his engagement to Bhavna of Mumbai in March, 2008

Rahul Motichand Dodhia of Thika, Kenya, and Annette de Soto of Seattle, WA, were married on February 3, 2008 in Thika. It was a tense time in Kenya, right after the post-election unrest. But several brave souls from outside Kenya flew in for the wedding. The wedding was a very happy celebration and afforded a welcome transition back to a feeling of normalcy.

Neerali Shah (daughter of Mukesh and Vibha Shah of Connecticut) was engaged to Christopher Bernard in September 2007. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Sohini Shah (Daughter of Sudhirbhai and Jyotsnaben Shah of Santa Clara, California) and Sean Stone (Son of Dave and Diane Stone of Nashua, New Hampshire) on their wedding on August 18th, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Arti Shah (daughter of Sharad and Mayuri Shah of St. Louis, MO) and Kiran Patel (son of Jagubhai and Dahiben Patel of Salinas, CA) on their wedding on May 19th, 2007.
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Congratulations to Milan (son of Bhanuben and Late Vinod Lalji Gosrani of Nakuru, Kenya) of Shawnee, Kansas, to Sonal (daughter of Manjulaben and Sharad Vaghji Shah of London, UK), on their recent engagement.

Our heartiest congratulations to Swati (daughter of Madhu and Manek Dodhia of Suffern, NY) and Sukesh of Los Angeles, CA (son of Zaverchandbhai and Champaben Jakharia of Mumbai, India) upon their recent wedding. We wish them all the very best as they embark on this exciting new journey together.

Baiju, daughter of Chandrakant & Madhu Malde of Flint, Michigan, was married to Aashish Chauhan of Chicago, Illinois, on July 23rd, 2005. They are living in Chicago.

Congratulation to Nikesh, son of Kanchan and Keshav Shah of Chestnut Ridge, NY on his engagement to Neha Parikh of New Jersey.

Congratulations to Pareen, son of Jyoti and Harakhchand Shah of Budd Lake, NJ on his engagement to Gira of Jamnagar.

Bena Shah, daughter of Ila Anil Shah, married Abhay Patel, son of Dhirubhai and Ramaben Patel, on June 12th, 2004, in New York

Congratulations to Neil, son of Ila and the late Anil Shah of NY, on his wedding with Shelly Juneja. daughter of Satish and Chandni Juneja, of Princeton, NJ on August 21, 2004.

Congratulations to Hansil Shah of Plano, Texas (son of Manjulaben and Amratlal Dharamshi Shah of Nairobi) on his marriage to Roshni (daughter of Charuben and Ashwin Dharamshi Dodhia of Nairobi).

Congratulations to Nimish Vora, son of Jayantilal and Pragna Vora of Baroda, India on his engagement to Mita Mehta daughter of Kumudchandra and Hansaben Mehta of Rajkot, India.

On July 24th, Binit Babulal Shah married Sulsa Shantilal Shah in Potters Bar, UK. Binit (resided in Woodridge, Illinios - currently resides in UK) married Sulsa from Kenton,UK with traditional wedding ceremony at our Oshwal Majanwadi-Hook House, in Potters Bar, UK. A grand reception was followed in the evening with guests from UK, USA and Kenya. Binit’s grandmother, Liluben Khimji Deveraj Shah of Lemont, Illnois, along with his Kaka Dipak and Kaki Smita with cousins Parin, Reena and Milan all attended the wedding. Binit’s faiba Ranjanben and Fuva Rajnikant Shah of Bolingbrook, Illinios also graced the occasion. Binit’s faiba Manjuben from Pittsburg graced the occasion in UK. Our heartiest Congratulations to the couple, from Kaka Dipak and Kaki Smita, from Illinios.