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From the desk of President Chandulal Shah

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…

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BBC News – Audio slideshow: Temples in the sky

via BBC News Each year, about half a million people make a pilgrimage to 1,500 temples of the Jain religion, perched high on a hill overlooking the town of Palitana…

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Executive Board for Year 2010-2011

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…

Annual Northeast Thanksgiving Get Together

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…

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Sudhaben Chandulal Popatlal (Irving, Texas)

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…

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Ratanben Ramji Shah

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…

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Annual Texas/Oklahoma Diwali Dinner 2009

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…

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Tarachand Dharamshi Virji Malde

Shree Tarachand Dharamshi Virji Malde (born in Mombasa, Kenya, in the late 1920s) passed away on Friday, 4th September, 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, following severe heart disease. Tarachand Bhai was…