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Winter is here and with that starts the festive season. The
imminent arrival of Xmas is already evident in the streets
and shops. On behalf of the LCUK eNewsletter Team, I would
like to wish all our Readers the Best Wishes for the festive
season and a Very Happy New Year 2007. This is our last
issue of 2006 and the next one in January will celebrate the
first anniversary of the LCUK eNews launch. Thanks for your
ongoing and ever increasing support. Get more of your Lohana
friends and family to subscribe free at www.Lohana.info
- backdated copied of eNews and articles from our Culture
Corner and Readers Contributions can also be found there. |
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Community
News & Events |
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LCUK
launches on-line Contact Database System |
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The
first ever LCUK online database system to hold contact details
for Lohanas in the UK was launched on 1st November 2006. Each
person registered on the UK Directory has been provided with
an LCUK Reference No. and password in order to be able to
access and check their details on-line. New entries can also
be accepted online for those UK based Lohanas who have not
registered. See the Database Project page on the LCUK website
www.LCUK.org.uk
for more details or use the link http://www.lcuk.org.uk/database/login.php
to enter or check your details. |
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LCUK
Bhajan / Prarthna book |
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A
prarthna book has been published and dispatched to all LCUK
Lohana Mahajans across the United Kingdom. These books are
to be used at the residence of a bereaved family for the period
of approximately two weeks, after which they are to be returned
to the respective Mahajan committee member. Click
here to download your own pdf copy of the Prarthna
book, with the compliments of the LCUK. Note - The book is
100 pages and 6.6 Mbytes in size so large to download. |
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Young
Lohana Community East London Xmas Kids Party |
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YLCEL
is hosting a special children's Xmas Party on Sunday 17th
December 2006 at Ilford Sport Club Pavilion, 468 High
Road in Seven Kings, Ilford. Special Bingo sessions are being
hosted for the adults whilst their kids party away. Contact
Hemalee Popat on 07957 374 156 or Amit Karia on 07985 154
459 for more details. |
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Lohana
Community North London Table Tennis Tournament |
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On
9th & 10th December 2006 at RCT, Headstone Lane,
Harrow, Middlesex. Click
here to download entry forms with event
information. |
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LCNL
Mahila Diwali / Xmas Celebrations - For People With Special
Needs. |
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Saturday
16th December 2006 at RCT Hall, Headstone Lane, Hatch
End, Harrow, Middlesex. From 12.30pm to 5.00pm. Click
here for details. |
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LCNL
Xmas Eve Celebrations |
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This
is Charity Fund Raising event for India to be hosted on Sunday
24th December 2006 at the VIP Lounge, Edgware. For further
details and tickets call Pratibha Lakhani 0208 907 3330, Dipak
Jatania 0208 907 5586, Sudhir Karia 0208 958 9848 or Vinubhai
Kotecha 07956 847 764. |
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LCSL
Masti Bhari Mehfil |
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Lohana
Community South London is hosting a Mehfil to start the 2006
year end celebrations and are proud to present "Rajeev
& Romi" on Saturday 30th December 2006 at
the Lan Franc School, Mitcham Road in Croydon. Tickets are
only £10 including a buffet meal. A pay bar will also
be open. For more details or to book tickets please contact
Subhashbhai Popat on 020 8288 0413 or Dipakbhai Pattani on
020 8408 9814. |
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31st
Lohana Sports and Culture Festival - Nairobi, Kenya |
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Nairobi
Lohana Youth League is hosting the 31st Lohana Sports &
Cultural Festival in Nairobi during the 2006 Xmas break -
Saturday 23rd December to Tuesday 26th December 2006.
Teams
are expected from Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Kampala, Mombasa,
Nakuru, Kisumu to participate along with the hosts, Nairobi.
The festival includes various sports - badminton, cricket,
volleyball, snooker, tennis, swimming, throwball, table tennis,
marathon, darts. Various cultural and entertainment programmes
will also be hosted in the evenings -
click
here for
more details or email Subhashbhai Modi (Festival PRO) at
modi_subhash@yahoo.com |
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Lohana
Achievers |
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Atulbhai N Panchmatia of South London
was recently elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical
Engineers (IChemE). Atulbhai graduated with a BSc in Chemical
Engineering in 1978 from Imperial College London and has had
a long and varied career working on the North Sea oil and
gas platforms and in various companies in Qatar and Brunei.
He was also involved in the rebuild of the Piper Alpha platform
after the major disaster and is currently an HSSE Manager
for BP. Congratulations to Atulbhai and his family on his
achievement. |
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Aarti
Chandarana from Nairobi has been selected to represent
Kenya in Badminton. Her involvement in the national team will
include travel to Algeria in the near future. |
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International
Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Kenya's umpire Subhash
Modi to officiate the Triangular series between Holland-Canada-Bermuda
in South Africa. Subhash Modi will officiate three one day
international matches and one four day first class fixture. |
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Shri
Rasiklal B Somani Foundation -
Rasiklal (Bhikhubhai) has
touched the lives of many during his existence on this earth
(1935 to 2006). His donations have helped so many who desperately
needed it. His treatments with natural therapy and reflexology
has cured thousands. His love and care will leave lasting
memories. It is planned to start a Charitable Foundation in
memory of Sri Rasiklal Somani with the objective to carry
out some of the good causes that he valued.
If
you wish to participate either financially or any other
way, please contact Subhashbhai V Thakrar on Tel: 01923
829523 or Email sthakrar@blackstones.co.uk
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Culture
Corner |
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Why
do we celebrate Navratri & Dussehra? Why
do we play Garba and Dandia Raas? These and many more questions
answered in this article by Ami Gadhia.
Click
here to
read. |
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Diwali
- The biggest festival in the Hindu Calendar.
What
is the significance of the Pujas and rituals that we perform
over the five days of this colourful festival?
Click
here to
find out. |
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Readers
Contributions |
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All
About Water - Are you drinking enough water every day?
Click
here to read the facts and how drinking enough water
is so important. |
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Benefits
of Walking - After all that lovely Diwali food and sweetmeats,
read about the benefits of walking in this presentation. You
will need Powerpoint 2003 to view the slides once downloaded
- click
here. |
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Study
Hinduism in a structured manner - GCSE and Advanced level
classes in Hinduism are held at Vivekananda Centre in London
every Sunday morning from 10am to 12 noon. The classes (GCSE
and Advanced levels) are run at The Sindhi Centre, 230a Kenton
Road, Harrow. Classes open to all age groups (including parents)
and from any sectarian background. Email kaushik_budhdeo@hotmail.com
or visit the website www.vivekananda.co.uk
for more details. |
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Articles
from our Readers are hosted on the www.Lohana.info
website. If you have any interesting articles then email them
to eNews@LCUK.org.uk
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please let us know if you have got the articles from another
website so we can acknowledge them. Any comments and feedback
welcome for all these articles - write to Feedback@LCUK.org.uk.
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Community
Announcements |
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Bereavements |
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Shree Maganbhai Tulsidas Samani
of Borehamwood (formerly
of Kericho), sadly passed away on Thursday 31st August at
the age of 89 years. |
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Shree Dayaljibhai Ghelani passed
away on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in Toronto, Canada. |
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Shree Subhashbhai Raichura
(husband of Purnima) of
Harrow (formerly Kisumu) passed away on 17th October at the
age of 52 years. |
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Smt Ramaben Vishrambhai Somaiya
of Surrey (formerly
Jinja) passed away on 21st October at the age of 88 years. |
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Smt Manjuben Bhikhubhai Thakrar
of Harrow (formerly
Jinja) passed away on 23rd October at the age 69 years. |
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Shree Pranjivanbhai Muljibhai Thakrar
of Harrow (formerly
Kisumu) passed away Tuesday 24th October at the age of 79
years. |
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Smt Radhaben Laljibhai Karia (formerly of Lugazi) passed
away on 2nd November at the age of 84 years. |
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Shree
Rasikbhai Bhanubhai Somani of Edgware (formerly of Saroti)
passed away on 6th November at the age of 71 years. |
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Smt Kantaben Ratilal Jobanputra
of Stratford, East
London (formerly of Kericho and Nairobi) passed away on 6th
November at the age of 76 years. |
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Shree Kishorebhai Pranlal Vasani
(of Uganda - former
cricket test player of Uganda) passed away on 8th November
at the age of 68 years. |
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Shree Manshukhbhai Jethabhai Ruparelia
of Colindale
formerly Mwanza (Magoo) passed away 13th November at the age
of 57 years. |
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Smt Vrajkuvarben (Vajiben) Pragjibhai Morjaria
passed
away 21st November at the age of 92 years. |
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Shree Mathuradas Nanji Ramji Ruparelia
of Southampton
(formley Mbarara) passed away on Friday 24th November at the
age of 84 years. |
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Shree
Girdharbhai Odhavji Sonecha
of South London (formerly
Mwanza) passed away on Friday 24th November at the age of
86 years. |
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Shree
Nathalal Keshevji Kotecha of Stanmore (formerly of Soroti)
passed away on 29th November aged 81 years |
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Contributions
& Feedback |
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If
you have any contributions to make to our next e-newsletter,
please email all relevant details / articles to enews@lcuk.org.uk.
News items provided will be included if relevant and with
space permitting. The eNews Editorial team reserves the right
to make amendments if and as necessary |
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Similarly, if you have any feedback
to give us on this e-newsletter please email the Convenor
Ajay Jobanputra on
feedback@lcuk.org.uk
- thank you for your time and support. |
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