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Welcome to Issue 16 of the LCUK eNewsletter.
Thanks for your continued support - please get you
Lohana friends and family to register at www.Lohana.info.
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Community
News & Cultural Events |
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LCUK
Elects First Lady President
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Lohana Community United
Kingdom hosted its 30th Annual Delegates Conference
on Sunday 22nd June 2008 in Wellingborough. History
was made with the appointment of the first lady President
since the formation of the LCUK. Officers appointed
for 2008 - 2009 are as follows:
| Pannaben
Raja |
President |
| Ajaybhai
Jobanputra |
Vice
President |
| Pradipbhai
Chandarana |
Vice
President |
| Kantilal
Savjani |
Secretary
General |
| Sunilbhai
Majithia |
Asst.
Secretary |
| Subhashbhai
Rajani |
Treasurer |
| Shekharbhai
Kakkad |
Asst.
Treasurer |
| Prafulbhai
Nathwani |
Press
Officer |
Sub-Committee
Convenors were appointed for special projects as follows:
| Ajaybhai
Jobanputra |
Webmaster
& eNewsletter |
| Maheshbhai
Saujani |
Matrimonial |
| Ashokbhai
Rach |
Directory |
| Ishwarbhai
Ruparel |
Constitution |
Sureshbhai
Modi
was appointed as LCUK Honorary Auditor
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Lohana
Professional Network Launch
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The
LCUK is facilitating the formation of the first ever
Lohana Professionals Network (LPN). This is being
launched at a special event being organised on the
weekend of 27th and 28th September 2008 in
a four star hotel and spa resort in Northamptonshire.
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Team
sports, seminars and a black tie dinner and dance
are being organised to give Lohana professionals across
the UK an opportunity to meet and network with like
minded people.
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The
objective of the launch event is to initiate the formation
of the Lohana Professionals Network for young Lohana
Professionals in the UK between the ages of 23 to
40 years old and to integrate this in future into
the wider Lohana professionals community in the UK.
The launch event is being project managed by young
Lohana professionals.
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For
more details on LPN and for more information on the
launch event please register on the website at www.LohanaProfessionals.org.uk.
Registration as LPN members is open to UK Lohana Business
and Professional people of all ages
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Lohana
Matchmaker Disco Dandiya
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The
LCUK Lohana MatchMaker website was launched last year
in September. A special disco dandiya function is
to be organised on Saturday 30th August 2008
in Leicester in the Lohana hall above the Ram Mandir.
Mark the date in your diary and have a look at the
LCUK websites www.LCUK.org.uk
and www.LohanaMatchMaker.com
for more news on this.
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Achievements
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Mrs
Ranu Mehta-Radia
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Congratulations
to Smt. Ranuben Mehta-Radia who won the Volunteer
Partner Award at the last Harrow Heroes Award ceremony
from the 150 names that had been put forward to Harrow
Council and judged by a panel which included the Harrow
MP Rt. Hon Tony McNulty, Home Office Minister.
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She
has worked tirelessly in running Sai School of Harrow,
the largest supplementary school promoting citizenship
values amongst ethnic minority children enabling her
500 pupils to work with 12 local charities to support
disadvantaged causes. She has also been fighting inequalities
for people with learning disabilities through Community
Link Up, a Pinner based charity where she has initiated
projects which have won national recognitions
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Besides
taking care of her husband Atul and children Devi
and Rishi, she always finds time to contribute to
events like Under One Sky, Festival of Lights and
Disability events. Last year, she was the creative
head for Diwali in London which attracts 15 to 20
thousand people at Trafalgar Square annually.
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Building
bridges and breaking barriers is something which she
constantly aspires for and wants to leave as a legacy
her students and youths to feel a sense of pride in
being British and apply their Hindu faith in making
a difference to the communities they live in. Ranu
hails from the illustrious Mehta family of Porbandar
and is married to Atul whose father Pujya Bhanjibhai
Radia was a pioneer in starting Sai activities in
the UK.
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Forthcoming
Religious & Cultural Events
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Urgent
Bone Marrow Donor Appeal For Jayesh Sanghani
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Jayesh
from Leicester has recently graduated from a Loughborough
MBA course and has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia
and needs a bone marrow transplant. There is currently
no match in the UK, registered on any of the UK blood
or bone databases. We urgently need more Asian donors
to register as potential bone marrow donors. The attached
link is to a website that has lots of useful information
about what is needed to become a donor. www.anthonynolan.com.
If anyone would like to get involved in fund raising
or promoting awareness to try to get more donors,
please contact Amanda (amandamorongarcia@hotmail.com)
- she is trying to arrange some events in the Loughborough,
Leicester & Derby area.
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LCNL
Hosts Pujya Rameshbhai Oza
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LCNL
in association with Sanskruti Foundation are hosting
a special discourse by Pujya Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza
on Friday 11th July from 7:30pm at Shree Swaminarayanan
Temple, Wood Lane, Stanmore. Click
here for more details.
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Luton
Mahajan Satsang
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Lohana
Mahajan Luton is hosting a Satsang programme by Pujya
Deepakbhai Desai with the Brahmin Association on Wednesday
23rd July 2008. Click
here for more details.
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Luton
Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire Functions
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The
three Lohana Mahajans are organising joint functions
for all their members and for Lohanas across the UK
to join in and enjoy. The first is a Coach Trip to
Holland and Belgium on 18th July 2008 Click
here
to see their poster for further details.
Also
mark Sunday 10th August 2008 in your diaries
for their Family Fun Day - see their website www.Lohana3counties.com
for more information on all these joint events.
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North
London Football Win
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The
LCUK May bank holiday 5-a-side football competition
was won by a North London based team called ATHLETICO
COUSINS which was headed by captain Raj Raithatha.
The other team members were Nikhil Depala, Amit Kakad,
Shailen Thakrar, Rumit Kotak and Mohammed Rauf - well
done guys!
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LCSL
Relaunch Website
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Lohana
Community South London have relaunched their website
- have a look at www.LCSL.org.uk.
LCSL are the first Lohana Community organisation in
the world to have launched a website as early as 1998.
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SLAB
Relaunch Website
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Shree
Lohana Association Birmingham have relaunched their
website. Release 3 of their portal is a dynamic, interactive
solution designed not only to keep their members and
friends informed but to enable contribution and communication.
Check out their new look website at http://www.lcbirmingham.org.uk
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Northants
Lohana Mahajans Launches Website
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Northampton
Lohana Mahajan are the latest community organisation
to have their presence on the world wide web - check
out their website, which is still under construction,
at www.northantslohana.org.uk
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LCUK
Bhajan Books
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The
LCUK Bhajan books published specially for use by Lohanas
across the UK during funerals is still available both
on-line (Click
here to download - note large pdf file sizes)
and in printed booklet format. The printed copies
are available for free use and return via your local
Mahajan committee or they can be purchased from Pradipbhai
Chandarana for £1 plus postage. Please email
him on bhajanbook@LCUK.org.uk
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Other
Events
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Natak
Performance For Charity
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Sheilaben
Sachdev is hosting the Gujarati natak "KAMAL
PATEL v/s DHAMAL PATEL" on Sunday 20th July
at Watermead Theatre in Rickmansworth, North London
at 7.00 pm. All proceeds from this special charity
show will go to Parkinson's Disease Research. For
more details call Sheilaben on 07960 540 774.
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Chinmaya
Mission Gyana Yagna - At The Advait Centre
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Chinmaya
Mission UK invites you to a week long set of talks
in London conducted by Pujya Swami Tejomayananda,
one of the world’s leading masters of Vedanta
(Indian Spiritual Philosophy). Talks are in English
and all are welcome.
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The
talks will take place between 20th - 25th July at
the Advait Centre, Forty Avenue, Wembley, HA9 9PE
(5 minute walk from Wembley Park tube station). The
evening talks on Bhikshu Geeta from the Shrimad Bhagavatam
are between 7:15pm and 9:00pm from 20th-25th July
and the morning talks on the Manas Bhakti Sutram are
from 7:00am to 8:00am from 21st-25th July. Click
here to download the flyer for more details.
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Life
Coaching Through Eastern Wisdom
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This
special event will be presented in English by a superb
orator, the revered Bhupendrabhai Pandya, and will
be taking place on 2nd and 3rd August in Edgware,
North London from 10am to 5pm. This interactive seminar
will cover four key areas which will make a significant
impact on your day to day lives and provide you with
tools and techniques to deal with the challenges of
modern life. For more details visit the website www.easternwisdom.org
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Vaishnav
Acharya From Porbandar - Mathura - Rajkot
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Pujya
108 Shree Goswami Vasant Kumarji, Pujya 108 Shree
Goswami Abhishek Kumarji and Pujya 108 Shree Goswami
Axay Kumarji are here in London and Leicester from
28 June to 15 August 2008.
Everyone is invited to partake in their Satsang, Sabha,
Hindola Manorath, Pavitra Utsav, Kirtan and Vachana
Mrat events. The venues are London: 3 Juniper Court,
College Hill Road, Harrow Weald, Middlesex HA3 7JF
- call Milan S Kotecha - 020 8416 0061 / 07887 998807
or Rameshbhai Raichura - 020 8428 7655 / 07951 578679.
In Leicester call 0116 2207244.
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Readers
Contributions
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Interested
In Becoming A Councillor
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More
women, ethnic minorities and young people are being
urged to become local councillors as part of a new
campaign. The 'Be a Councillor' campaign aims to make
council chambers in London representative of the communities
in which they serve. Women make up more than half
of London's population but hold less than a third
of council seats in the city. The campaign is organised
by London Councils, the cross-party body which represents
all 33 London boroughs. See the link provided for
more details http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7470626.stm
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The
Origins Of Kisumu
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"Kisumu
was located on a rocky ridge covered with thorn bush,
before it was cleared and roads were cut," so
wrote Charles Hobley a colonial administrator in 1900.
Click
here to read this interesting article.
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The
Queen Is Indian!
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Another
great YouTube clip - enjoy.
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Computer
Shayri
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Click
here
to read this and enjoy the techy compositions!
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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
- 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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Smt.
Santokben Narandas Amlani of Stanmore (formerly
of Saroti, Uganda), passed away on 1st July aged 92
years
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Shree
Jayantibhai Vithaldas Lakhani of Hinkley near
Leicester (formerly of Nairobi) passed away on the
29th June.
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Shree
Maganlal J Badiani passed away after short illness
on 28th June aged 75yrs
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Shree
Dharamshibhai Jobanputra of Leicester (formerly
Lumbwa) passed away on 28th June aged 91 years.
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Shree
Shantilal Dayaljibhai Buddhdev of London (formerly
of Nairobi) passed away on 27th June aged 71 years.
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Shree
Mansukhbhai Girdharbhai Thakrar of Kericho (formerly
Kampala) passed away on 26th June aged 66 years.
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Shree
Dhirubhai Samji Lakhani of Porbander, India passed
away on 15th June aged 65 years.
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Shree
Jayantibhai Premjibhai Samani of Leicester (Formerly
Kitale) passed away on 18th June 2008 aged 75 years
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Shree
Manubhai (Kanubhai) Mohanlal Master Jobanputra
of Harrow (formerly Nairobi) passed away on 18th June
aged 80 years.
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Shree
Haribhai Bhimjibhai Hindocha of Hemel Hampstead
(formerly Ramisi and Jinja) passed away on 18th June
aged 80 years.
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Smt
Gitaben Dhirubhai Popat passed away on 17th June
at the age of 59 years.
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Smt
Hemaben Jai Raithatha of Hillingdon, daughter
of Prabhudas Ruparelia (Jinja) passed away on 13th
June aged 39 years.
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Smt
Dakshaben Vinay Sangani, daughter of Kantilal
Yashlal Adatia of Pinner (formerly Kampala) passed
away on 11th June aged 52 years.
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Shree
Jagdishbhai (Batuk) Nanalal Chandarana of Cricklewood
(formerly Kampala) passed away on 11th June aged 65
years.
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Shree
Chatrabhuj L Dalia (Daliakaka) passed away on
10th June 2008 aged 92 years.
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Shree
Bachulal Vaghji Thakker passed away in Mombasa
on 5th June 2008 aged 88 years.
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Shree
Damodarbhai Ramjibhai Dasani of Northwood (formerly
Bugiri) passed away on 1st June aged 93 years.
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Shree
Tulsida Keshavji Devani (formerly of Kampala)
Passed Away On 29th May 2008 aged 95 years.
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Shree
Devshibhai Ramjibhai Jatania of North London (formerly
Kampala) passed away on 21st May aged 95 years
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Shree
Harishbhai Laljibhai Hindocha of Harrow (formerly
Miwani, Kisumu) passed away on 19th May aged 63 years.
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Smt
Santokben Narandasbhai Amlani Of Kenton (Formerly
Soroti) passed away on 1st July aged 93 years.
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Smt
Jayaben Ratilal Kotecha of Leicester (formerly
Jinja, Uganda) passed away on May 13th aged 88 years.
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Shree
Sureshbhai Gokaldasbhai Sodha of Frient Barnet
(formerly Kisumu) passed away on 4th May aged 69 years.
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Shree
Chotalalbhai Narandasbhai Khiroya of Rickmansworth
(formerly Kampala) passed away on 4th May aged 96
years.
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Shree
Jamnadasbhai Dosabhai Kakad of Cricklewood (formerly
Kakamega) passed away on 2nd May aged 85 years.
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Shree
Gopaldas Popatlal Lakhani of Coventry passed away
on 3rd May.
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Shree
Narandasbhai Nathalalbhai Lakhani of Kenton (formerly
Blantyre,Malawi) passed away on 30th April aged 83
years.
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Shree
Kantilal Kakad of North London (formerly Mombasa)
passed away on 28th April aged 75 years.
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Shree
Mukundbhai Mohanlal Majithia, aged 60, passed
away on 27th April in Leicester.
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Shree
Bhanubhai Madahvji Morjaria of Toddington (formerly
Mwanza) passed away on 27th April 2008 aged 81 years
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Smt
Jayakunver Kakubhai Chandarana of Kenton (formerly
of Dar-Es Salaam) passed away at a grand age of 105
years.
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Shree
Jamnadas Mathuradas Savjani of Manor Park, London
(formerly Mbulamuti & Kamuli, Uganda) passed away
on 18th April aged 87 years.
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Shree
Amrtalal Damodar Mamtora of London (formally Blantyre,
Malawi) passed away on 17th April 2008 aged 67 years.
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Smt
Manjulaben Krishnath Popat of Edmonton (formerly
Tabora) passed away on 18th March aged 74 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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