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Vol. 35 No. 2 A Magazine with a Mission - to Inform, Communicate and Enlighten April-June 2011

IAI President’s MessageGreetings!I am hoping that by the time this edition of Bharati is available for perusal, the misery of cold weather will diminish and we will enjoy the sunny crispy days of spring. For us, spring also brings to mind, the vibrant colors of Holi. I would like to remind everyone that IAI is hosting HOLI DHAMAKA on April 16th, Saturday at India Community Center. We have an exciting slate of programs for this event. You do not want to miss this! I hope that you all will be able to join us for Holi celebration and make it a huge success.We are three months into the year 2011. The Executive Committee members have settled comfortably into their new roles and have been busy planning the events for this year. I consider myself truly blessed to be part of this team that consists of dedicated, helping, motivated and tireless individuals. We all agreed to focus this year on increased participation from veteran IAI members, new IAI members, sister organizations and other regional groups in all IAI events which include SUMMER IAI PICNIC, INDIA DAY, DIWALI GALA, INDIA BOOTH AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Be sure to check out our website for complete information. www.myiai.orgIt would be unfeasible for us to achieve our goals for IAI, unless we have the support of your memberships and sponsorships. This is a risk free investment for you and your family that will give you immediate gratification of playing an important role in fostering enjoyable cultural, educational and charitable activities. Your memberships and sponsorships for 2011 will give us the momentum and encouragement to fulfill the mission of IAI. So, please renew or initiate your IAI membership soon. IAI Executive Committee appreciates your feedback to improve IAI. Please do not hesitate to contact me with your comments with an email or a phone call. I invite you all again to attend IAI events and we promise you a not-to-be-forgotten experience.Thank you

Reeta BhargavaPresident, Executive Committee IAI 2011cooldrmom@aol.com

Community Service Group Activities

We are having a food drive for Dove Center and Julian Center on April 16th at the Holi function.In June, we will help Kids against Hunger pack food to feed starving children throughout the world. In August, we plan to do a back to school bag pack drive.On September 24th,we will serve lunch at the Wheeler center for women and children. Those who want to participate in all the above mentioned activities, please contact me at amitaahuja11@aol.com Thanks, Amita Ahuja

June 18th, Saturday

11am – 3 pm

Bring your family, friends and yourself.

Free Admission

Broad Ripple Park, Indianapolis Indiana 46220

India Association of Indianapolis

Summer Picnic

Worldcup Cricket Champions India Congratulations India! What a classic and classy win! On behalf of IAI, Our salute to our Team India, to their determination, their courage and their talent. They have

made all of us very very proud!! Raju Chinthala, Chairman, IAI

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EDITORIAL BOARDEditor: Ram Ravindran ........................................................................ 291-2816Assistant Editor: Madhu Bhargava ....................................................... 899-1020Advertising Editor, Wilfred Mascarenhas ............................................. 578-4312 Chairman, IAI Board: Raju Chinthala ................................................... 339-7461President, IAI Executive Committee: Reeta Bhargava ......................... 848-1286

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IAI TEAM 2011 First Name Last Name Title Term Email Phone No.BOARD Raju .......................Chinthala .............. Chairman ............................ 2008 - 2011 ........................ rajuchinthala@gmail.com ................... (317) 339-7461Manga ....................Rau ....................... Vice Chairperson ................ 2009 - 2012 ........................ mangarau@aol.com ........................... (317) 843-9330Haresh ....................Gangwani ............. Secretary ............................ 2010 - 2013 ........................ hareshgangwani@yahoo.com ........... (317) 663-7722Wilfred ....................Mascarenhas ....... Treasurer ............................ 2008 - 2011 ........................ towilfred@yahoo.com ......................... (317) 578-4312Atul .........................Bhargava .............. Jt. Treasurer ........................ 2008 - 2011 ........................ atul@thecomputercenter.com ............ (317) 201-9211Geetha ....................Babu ..................... Member .............................. 2009 - 2012 ........................ geetham60@aol.com ......................... (317) 418-9935Rupal ......................Thanawala ............ Member .............................. 2009 - 2012 ........................ rupal.thanawala@us.pwc.com ........... (317) 536-5130Rajendra .................Shah ..................... Member .............................. 2009 - 2012 ........................ rkshah@aol.com ................................ (317) 297-7541Yogen .....................Parikshak .............. Member .............................. 2010 - 2013 ........................ yogen@mibor.net ............................... (317) 846-5224Amita ......................Ahuja .................... Member .............................. 2011 - 2014 ........................ amitaahuja11@aol.com ...................... (317) 566-1558Beenu .....................Sikand .................. Member .............................. 2011 - 2014 ........................ bsikand@yahoo.com ......................... (317) 862-0524Ajay .........................Ponugoti ............... Member .............................. 2011 - 2014 ........................ ponugoti@yahoo.com ........................ (317) 733-9883Shanti ......................Panicker ............... Member .............................. 2011 - 2014 ........................ iampeace@hotmail.com .................... (317) 570-4974Reeta ......................Bhargava .............. Member .............................. 2011 .................................... cooldrmom@aol.com ......................... (317) 848-1286EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEReeta ......................Bhargava .............. President ............................. 2011 .................................... cooldrmom@aol.com ......................... (317) 848-1286Kavya ......................Reddy ................... Vice President ..................... 2011 .................................... kavya@svtechglobal.com .................. (317) 587-8686Rejimon ...................Varghese .............. Secretary ............................ 2011 .................................... vgrejimon@gmail.com ....................... (317) 508-9460Munvier ...................Singh .................... Treasurer ............................ 2011 .................................... munivsingh@sbcglobal.net ................ (317) 770-0277Manisha ..................Desai .................... Jt. Treasurer ........................ 2011 .................................... dsm2r@sbcglobal.net ........................ (317) 815-9450Reena .....................Gangwani ............. Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... reenahg@hotmail.com ....................... (317) 663-7722Rita .........................Devnani ................ Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... rdevnani@indy.rr.com ........................ (317) 573-9662Sridhara ..................Ramanna .............. Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... sridhar1905@gmail.com .................... (317) 219-3860Rajan ......................Gajaria .................. Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... rajangajaria@gmail.com .................... (317) 566-1995Situ ..........................Mistry .................... Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... pokhran23@hotmail.com ................... (317) 889-1970Raj ..........................Kanuparthi ............ Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... rajkanuparthi@gmail.com .................. (317) 522-0933Prashant .................Pradhan ................ Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... pranoti@rocketmail.com .................... (317) 585-8288Archana ..................Chaudhary ........... Youth Group Advisor .......... 2011 .................................... archana618@hotmail.com ................. (317) 705-0278FINE ARTS COMMITTEEMahesh ...................Merchant .............. Director ............................... 2011 .................................... maheshmerchant@hotmail.com ........ (317) 733-9720Kshama ..................Ranade ................. Asst. Director ...................... 2011 .................................... kranade@hotmail.com ....................... (317) 581-1276Parvathy ..................Hadley .................. Secretary ............................ 2011 .................................... hadleypar@aol.com ........................... (765) 452-4026Arvind .....................Thakkar ................ Treasurer ............................ 2011 .................................... arvindthakkar@att.net ........................ (317) 872-0740Chetan ....................Shukla .................. Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... chetanshukla@hotmail.com ............... (317) 876-5195Romil .......................Saxena ................. Jt. Secretary ........................ 2011 .................................... rsaxena@iupui.edu ............................ (317) 332-9144STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEEKanchana .............. Ishwar ................... Chairperson ........................ 2010 - 2013 ........................ kvishwar@sbcglobal.net .................... (317) 848-8943V.R. ......................... Ishwar ................... Member .............................. 2010 - 2013 ........................ kvishwar@sbcglobal.net .................... (317) 848-8943Vijay ........................Reddy ................... Member .............................. 2010 - 2013 ........................ vijayapalr@gmail.com ........................ (317) 843-8482Sheila ......................Aiyar ..................... Member .............................. 2010 -2013 ......................... sheilaiyar@yahoo.com ....................... (317) 573-9642Subhash .................Mahajan ............... Member .............................. 2010 - 2013 ........................ mahajancorp@comcast.net ............... (317) 823-8032Raju .......................Chinthala .............. Member .............................. 2011 .................................... rajuchinthala@gmail.com ................... (317) 339-7461COMMUNITY SERVICES GROUP Amita ......................Ahuja .................... Team Leader ...................... 2011 .................................... amitaahuja11@aol.com ...................... (317) 566-1558Shobha ..................Reddy ................... Member .............................. 2011 .................................... shobha_vijayapal@yahoo.com .......... (317) 843-8482Chandra ..................Krishnamaneni ..... Member .............................. 2011 .................................... raokcs@yahoo.com ........................... (317) 574-0122Geeta ......................Nevrekar ............... Member .............................. 2011 .................................... nevrekar4@comcast.net .................... (317) 842-8475Neera ......................Dayal .................... Member .............................. 2011 .................................... dayals@hotmail.com .......................... (317) 598-0244Poonam ..................Chandoke ............. Member .............................. 2011 .................................... powgen7@comcast.net ..................... (317) 328-2205COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTE Kanchana .............. Ishwar ................. Spokesperson .................... 2010 - 2011 ........................ kvishwar@sbcglobal.net .................... (317) 848-8943Vijay ........................ Gombar .............. Editor e-Bharati .................. 2010 - 2011 ........................ vjindyan@hotmail.com ...................... (317) 569-1128Archana ................Chaudhary .......... Asst. Editor e-Bharati ......... 2010 - 2011 ........................ archana618@hotmail.com ................. (317) 705-0278Ram ......................Ravindran ............ Editor Bharati ..................... 2010 - 2011 ........................ rravindr@iupui.edu ............................ (317) 291-2816Madhu .................Bhargava .............. Asst. Editor Bharati ............ 2010 - 2011 ........................ madhu@bharprinting.com ................ (317) 862-2228Raju ....................Chinthala .............. Webmaster ......................... 2010 - 2011 ........................ rajuchinthala@gmail.com ................... (317) 339-7461Wilfred ....................Mascarenhas ....... Advertisement Editor ......... 2010 - 2011 ........................ towilfred@yahoo.com ......................... (317) 578-4312Ramu .....................Chinthala ............ Web Developer .................. 2010 - 2011 ........................ chinthala@gmail.com ......................... (317) 816-1293India Community Center Developing and Management Committee (ICCDMC)Haresh ...................Gangwani ............. President ............................ 2011 .................................... hareshgangwani@yahoo.com ........... (317) 663-7722Atul .........................Bhargava .............. Treasurer ........................... 2011 .................................... atul@thecomputercenter.com ............ (317) 201-9211Yogen ....................Parikshak .............. Member .............................. 2011 .................................... yogen@mibor.net ............................... (317) 846-5224Rajendra .................Shah ..................... Member ............................. 2011 .................................... rkshah@aol.com ................................ (317) 297-7541Raju ........................Chinthala .............. Member ............................. 2011 .................................... rajuchinthala@gmail.com ................... (317) 339-7461Wilfred ....................Mascarenhas ....... Member ............................. 2011 .................................... towilfred@yahoo.com ......................... (317) 578-4312Manga ....................Rau ....................... Member ............................. 2011 .................................... mangarau@aol.com ........................... (317) 843-9330Mohammed ............Khan ..................... Administrator ..................... 2011 .................................... kjukhankhan@yahoo.com ................. (317) 297-4640

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IAI - Fine Arts Committee PresentsYogini Gandhi : Kathak Dance Recital

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7 P.M.Venue: IUPUI Informatics Building, 535 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Contribution: General - $20, Students - $15, ICMCI Members – FreeIAI - Fine Arts Committee Presents

Yogini Gandhi : Kathak Dance Recital

Saturday, May 14, 2011, 7 P.M. Venue: IUPUI Informatics Building, 535 W. Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

Contribution: General - $20, Students - $15, ICMCI Members – Free

Yogini Gandhi is amongst very few dancers who perform two Indian classical dance styles - Kathak & Odissi with equal dexterity and virtuosity. Trained under the legendary dance maestros Pt. Birju Maharaj and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Yogini's dance creatively

infuses her individual artistic perception with the knowledge she has received from her gurus. At this concert, Yogini will present creative compositions in the Kathak style.

For more information visit http://www.yoginigandhi.com/index.htm

For more information and tickets, contact: Mahesh Merchant 317 733 9720 maheshmerchant@hotmail.com

Kshama Ranade 317 581 1276 kranade@hotmail.ciomArvind Thakkar 317-872-0740 arvindthakkar@att.net

Chetan Shukla 317-876-5195 chetanshukla@hotmail.com Parvathy Hadley 317-887-6621 hadleypar@aol.com

For more information and tickets, contact: Mahesh Merchant 317 733 9720 maheshmerchant@hotmail.comKshama Ranade 317 581 1276 kranade@hotmail.ciom, Arvind Thakkar 317-872-0740 arvindthakkar@att.netChetan Shukla 317-876-5195 chetanshukla@hotmail.com, Parvathy Hadley 317-887-6621 hadleypar@aol.com

Yogini Gandhi is amongst very few dancers who perform two Indian classical dance styles -Kathak & Odissi with equal dexterity and virtuosity. Trained under the legendary dance maestros Pt. Birju Maharaj and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Yogini’s dance creatively infuses her individual artistic perception with the knowledge she has received from her gurus. At this concert, Yogini will present creative compositions in the Kathak style.For more information visit http://www.yoginigandhi.com/index.htm

IAI - Fine Arts CommitteePresents

MANjIrI ASANAre KelKAr : HINdUStANI VoCAl reCItAl Accompanists - Suyog Kundalkar (Harmonium) and Sanjay Deshpande (Tabla)

Saturday, April 16, 2011, 5 P.M.Venue: Merchant Residence at 6702 S. 850 E. Zionsville, IN 46077

Contribution: General - $20, Students - $15, ICMCI Members – FreeIAI - Fine Arts Committee

Presents

Manjiri Asanare Kelkar : Hindustani Vocal Recital Accompanists

Suyog Kundalkar (Harmonium) and Sanjay Deshpande (Tabla) Saturday, April 16, 2011, 4 P.M.

Venue: Merchant Residence at 6702 S 850 E, Zionsville, IN 46077 Contribution: General - $20, Students - $15, ICMCI Members – Free

A young and talented Hindustani Classical Vocalist Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar is an exponent of Jaipur Atrauli gharana.  Her pliant, polished and seasoned voice earned her a spontaneous appreciation as "Future Kesarbai Kerkar". Manjiri will be ably supported by Suyog Kundalkar on Harmonium and Sanjay Deshpande on the Tabla. For more information and sample music clips of Manjiri, please visit www.manjiriasanare-kelkar.com

For more information and tickets, contact:

Mahesh Merchant 317 733 9720 maheshmerchant@hotmail.com Kshama Ranade 317 581 1276 kranade@hotmail.ciom

Arvind Thakkar 317-872-0740 arvindthakkar@att.net Chetan Shukla 317-876-5195 chetanshukla@hotmail.com

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A young and talented Hindustani Classical Vocalist Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar is an exponent of Jaipur Atrauli gharana. Her pliant, polished and seasoned voice earned her a spontaneous appreciation as “Future Kesarbai Kerkar”. Manjiri will be ably supported by Suyog Kundalkar on Harmonium and Sanjay Deshpande on the Tabla. For more information and sample music clips of Manjiri, please visit www.manjiriasanare-kelkar.comFor more information and tickets, contact:Mahesh Merchant 317 733 9720 maheshmerchant@hotmail.comKshama Ranade 317 581 1276 kranade@hotmail.ciom Arvind Thakkar 317-872-0740 arvindthakkar@att.netChetan Shukla 317-876-5195 chetanshukla@hotmail.com Parvathy Hadley 317-887-6621 hadleypar@aol.com

ekal Vidyalaya Musical ProgramOn March 27th, 2011 we had a successful musical program for Ekal Vidyalaya at India Community Center, Indianapolis. Ekal’s mission is to eradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India with holistic empowerment. Ekal foundation is a non profit organization that operates single teacher schools for children in under developed parts of India. They do this with providing basic literacy skills with emphasis on reading write and arithmetic. Through the generous support of the community, we were able to sponsor nearly 69 schools. We would like to thank all the supporters and volunteers and a special thanks to India Association Chairperson Raju Chinthala and Sheila Aiyar.

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Dr. Ajai Chaudhary has been part of our Indian community for over 13 years. During this time he is an active member of IAI (Patron or Grand Patron for last 10 years). Active with IAI community Services Group, member of Fine Arts’ Committee and Member of Board of Trustees, IAI from 2005-2008. During his tenure as a board member he served as Secretary (2006), Vice Chairman (2007) and Chairman (2008). Chair, ICC Management Committee, 2006, also was an Editor for IAI Directory published in 2007.

In addition, he was actively involved in many social activities in Indianapolis area including; Key Club Member of United Way of Central Indiana, Indianapolis International Festival, International Center of Indianapolis, Active fund raiser for Second Helpings, Wheeler Mission, Pink Honor Roll for Susan B Kommen Race for the cure for breast cancer and Asian American Alliance.

Professionally, he joined Lilly in 1998, and Dr. Chaudhary has been a part of the ADME organization for over 12 years. During this time he has held multiple roles as both an individual technical leader and as an administrative leader. Recently, he retired from Lilly and moving to east coast to pursue another opportunity. On behalf of IAI, we would like to thank Dr. Chaudhary and Mrs. Archana Chaudhary for their many contributions to Indian community and wish them well in future endeavors.

Hindu American Vanaprasthi (Seniors) Network Conference Saturday, May 1, 2011at Hindu temple of Central Indiana

From 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM followed by dinner & entertainmentREGISTRATION FEE (includes meals and conference material):

$25 per person.

engaging Vanaprasthis in Meaningful Activities • Lifestyle for seniors • Health, Seva, Networking and Estate Planning discussions • Light Entertainment • Social Mingling

The Hindu American Vanaprasthi Network (HAVAN) is being launched to serve the self development and identification of service fields need for retired and to be retired members of Hindu Community living in America. The goal is to engage them locally in meaningful community service activities, develop a network, and opportunities to use their skills, specialties, and wisdom for the benefit of the society. For more information, please contact Kumar or Hansa Dave 317-889-7328, kdave@sbcglobal.net. Please call to register and check payable to VHPA.

IAI YoUtH GroUPSubmitted by: Archana Chaudhary

IAI youth group (Rushvi, Kushal, Pranoti, Sahil, Kuren, and Naveen) organized a fun-filled evening at ICC on Friday, March 18. About 25 young people, some of whom will be the next-generation leaders of Indian-American community, got together to bond with one another by playing some fun-filled games to the lively music provided by Joe. The youth group wishes to thank IAI board chairman, Raju Chinthala, and IAI executive president, Reeta Bhargava, for their presence during this event and encourage all the young people to plan more youth group events in future. Special thanks are also due to event sponsors and chaperones – Vijay Reddy, Shobha Reddy, Ajai Chaudhary, Raj Kumar Gulati, Raj Kumari Gulati , Manisha Desai, Prashant Pradhan, Sridhar, Paresh Sanghani, Raju Chinthala, and Manga Rau. Opportunities to participate in community services activities for our young people will be announced as they become available. Watch for the following youth group events announcements on the IAI website, e-Bharati, and Bharati:

Youth Group Hub at IAI picnic - 18th june Youth Group talent Show/dance Party - 9th SeptemberYouth Group Halloween Party - 21st october

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Generally, the parents or concerned older relatives pass on their life experiences to their children so that they will have one leg up over the rest of the people in this highly competitive world. As immigrants most of us don’t have the benefit of having concerned parents and older relatives living nearby us. As immigrants or as native born Indian-Americans we have a lot to learn about living in this country. In Indianapolis, now we have a growing number of retired or nearly retiring Indians. Most of their children live elsewhere. Won’t it be nice if they would share their knowledge, skills and experiences of working in US or having lived in this country for the benefit of the newer immigrants or the native born second generation Indian-Americans? Moreover, some younger people may have personal or family issues that they would like to discuss with an impartial older person. The American counselors may not have the benefit of sharing the same cultural or traditional values. Besides they may cost a lot of money.

The IAI wants to stay relevant through its many outreach activities to the members. Perhaps the Community Service Group can contact these people and offer them an opportunity to present whatever they have to offer at periodic intervals at the ICC. With the weekly e-mails going out to members, now it is easy to keep the members and other interested folks informed on the upcoming events that may be of benefit to the community.

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IAI Membership - Pay on-line (visit myiai.org) IAI preserves, and celebrates your culture and special festivals/events. It provides you with a forum for exchange of social and cultural views. We welcome you as a member of the India Association of Indianapolis and look forward to your active involvement. Pay Online at myiai.org or Mail your check to For Grand Patron or Patron c/o Wilfred Mascarenhas - (317) 578-43128258 Cloverdale WayIndianapolis, IN 46256

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HOLI DHAMAKA 2011 India Association of Indianapolis presents:

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Time: 11am-1:30pm

Where: India Community Center

What: Entertainment Program &

Holi Playing!

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