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Vol. 30, No. 1 A Magazine with a Mission - to Inform, Communicate and Enlighten January-February 2006

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Letter from the President...

Dear Friends,

It is an honor to be nominated as the President of IAI fora second term in a row and although it might seem scaryto some (to be quite honest it is for me too at times) I feela sense of comfort and confidence knowing that I havethe support of a great team. The executive committee of2006 is diverse, tenacious and entrepreneurial. I amconfident that along with having more fun we will alsooffer variety in our programs. This year we will alsointroduce new events and member appreciation programs.Your membership in the India Association of Indianapolisis a testament to how we come together as a unifiedorganization to celebrate our culture and diversity. Asa token of appreciation IAI executive committee hasstarted a program this year which would provide youwith some great benefits for being a member. Theseprograms will grow throughout the year.

The first one I would like to introduce is the ‘MerchantDiscount Program’. This program allows members of IAIto receive special discounts and other offers. To takeadvantage of this program all you have to do is be a memberof IAI. 2006 membership application can be downloadedform from the IAI website http://www.iaibharati.com ordetaching it from this edition of Bharati and mailing it in withyour membership dues. Once we receive your form we willprint and send you your official IAI membership card whichwill display your name, type of membership along with yourmembership expiration date. All you will need to do is takethe card with you to an authorized merchant and enjoy thebenefits they have agreed to offer. Below is the list ofmerchants (in alphabetical order) who have graciouslyaccepted to be part of the merchant discount program. Forcomplete details about the offer please look ahead in thisissue of Bharati under the title ‘Merchant Discount Offer’ oron our website.

• Centex Homes• Garam Masala• GDP Spices and More• Heera Authentic Indian Cuisine• Masala Kitchen• Nest Indian Grocery• Royal Cuisine of India• Shalimar Indian Restaurant• Shanti Authentic Indian Cuisine• Udupi Café

If you are a merchant and wish to participate in this programplease do not hesitate to send me an email [email protected] or call me at 317-803-4324. Yourparticipation will help grow this benefit for our members.Signing up as a merchant is completely free. As a merchantyou will be advertised on the IAI website and your name willbe mentioned in Bharati as recognition of participating in theMerchant Discount Program.

Now the events for 2006. Many of you will recall that in thelast issue of 2005 I had mentioned that we will be eliminatingthe Republic Day and will instead combine it with the IndiaDay Celebration. I also mentioned that we will be offeringnew programs this year and will do our best to bring variety.Here is a list of the proposed events for 2006 along withtentative dates.

Event Date (tentative)Holi March 18th

Vendor Exhibition May 20th

Talent Competition July 15th

India Day August 19th

Picnic September 9th

Diwali Nov 4th

As with many new changes taking place in 2006, one of thechanges we have decided to make is in the membership duesarea. Following is the new membership dues for 2006.

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EDITORIAL BOARDEditor: Ram Ravindran .......................................................................... 291-2816Chairman, IAI Board: Subhash Mahajan ................................................ 823-8032President, IAI Executive Committee: Haresh Gangwani ....................... 803-4324Kanchana Ishwar, Advertising Editor ..................................................... 848-8943

Publisher: Madhu Bhargava ................................................................... 899-1020Please mail your ads to Bhar Printing Address.Printer: Bhar Printing, Inc. 8745 E. Rawles Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46219Fax: 317-898-8196 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Editor: Please mail your articles to Ram Ravindran • [email protected] orMail: 7731 Traders Cove Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46254 Phone: 291-2816

Advertisement: Kanchana Ishwar • [email protected] your payment to: 1845 Knaphill Court, Carmel, IN 46033 • 848-8943

Bharati is a bimonthly newsletter of the India Association of Indianapolis, Inc.,dedicated to communicate, inform and enlighten the Community and be a forumfor fostering Indian arts and culture. It reaches all the Indian American Community

of Central Indiana. Bharati invites advertisements, articles and letters to the editor.Articles should be of general interest and not be more than 600 words. Letters tothe editor should not exceed 200 words. Letters should be typed double spacedand must include your name. The editor reserves the right to edit any materialselected for publication.

The deadline for receiving articles and advertising forthe March-April issue is February 12, 2005

The advertisement rates are as follows. Please make checks payable to IndiaAssociation of Indianapolis.

one issue six issuesFull page $300.00 $1400.00Half page $150.00 $ 750.00Quarter page $ 80.00 $ 400.00Business Card $ 50.00 $ 250.00

Preprinted Full Page Insert - $220 per issue.

IAI is not responsible for ad formatting and misprint. Please provide pre-formattedad to our publisher and verify ads prior to print by request. Business Card sizeadvertisements will be provided free to Non-Profit Sister Organizations.

FAC announces membership ofICMCI - Indian Classical Music

Circle of Indianapolis

As most of you are aware, the Fine Arts Committee of IAIwas set up in 2004 with the mission of making Indianapolisa major center for classical performing arts from India. Thefirst two years have been very successful for the FAC withperformances by renowned and upcoming artists alike.While the Kuchipudi dance drama “Gopika Krishna” wasthe highlight of 2004, Kathak Gunjan, a presentation ofdance, melody and rhythm was the first of the 2005 events.This was followed by a unique Jugalbandi program byJayanti Kumaresh on the Veena in the Carnatic style andGaurav Mazumdar on the sitar in the Hindustani style. Thisevent, presented in co-operation with the Carnatic MusicAssociation of Indianapolis (CMAI), is sure to lead to otherjoint events in future.

The goal of the FAC is to bring well-recognized performersas well as promising new young talent, with the hope ofappealing to connoisseurs as well as inspiring our own youth.

For 2006, the Fine Arts Committee has planned an excitingseries of events. There will be a classical vocal recital by thewidely acclaimed Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, a Sitarperformance by maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh and anunusual evening of dance by Bharat Natyam exponent,Vrunda Mehta and Hindustani vocal music by her husbandHemang Mehta (a disciple of Pandit Jasraj).

To enable people to take maximum advantage of theseplanned programs, the FAC has announced membership tothe ICMCI. Membership levels and associated privilegesare as follows:

• Individual Membership - $ 75 All FAC sponsoredconcerts are Free. Discounted tickets for co-sponsoredconcerts and special concerts

• Family Membership - $ 150 Same benefits as Individualand includes spouse. Children under 18 (mature listeners)and visiting parents will be admitted free.

• Student Membership - $ 50 Same benefits as Individual

Take full advantage of the upcoming 2006 concertseason and sign up for membership today. Prepaidmemberships, described above, will offer a significant savingover admissions purchased at the gate. Mail you check toKshama Ranade, Treasurer, IAI-FAC, 2100, Hodges Drive,Indianapolis 46280. If you have any questions, feel free tocall or email any of the Committee members:

Arvind Thakkar - Director872-0740 [email protected]

Kalpana Merchant - Secretary733-9720 [email protected]

Kshama Ranade - Treasurer581-1276 [email protected]

Chetan Shukla876-5195 [email protected]

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Membership Dues

Letter from the President... contd.

Type (Jan 1st through Dec 31st 2006)_________________________________________________________Grand Patron $250Patron $125Family $50Individual $25Student (Full time registered with $10a accredited university)Senior (>65 years) FREE

Along with the changes in dues we also have decided to offerthe event (excluding Diwali) tickets at no cost. As a memberof IAI, the entry to above events (not including Diwali) willbe absolutely FREE. We believe that this is a membershipprivilege that we must extend to you. I have said it multipletimes before and will say it again, this is our association, andwe all need to take pride and part in growing this.

I was amazed to see all of the people I saw at the Diwalievent, in fact, when I was collecting the Diwali ticket formsI could not believe we received over 750 ticket requests(which was great by the way and I hope you all had fun). Outof the 750, we had approximately 250 non member ticketsthat were sold at Diwali. Although they bought tickets witha little more money than they could have as a member, thepoint is that there are still hundreds of non-member Indianswho live in Indianapolis or greater Indianapolis area that caneasily fill out the membership form. Your membership dueswill allow us to bring these and more events to you and moreimportantly grow us as an association.

Last but not least, please join me in welcoming the 2006Executive Committee members without who the task oforganizing, planning and executing all these programs and

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events would be next to impossible. They play an importantrole and I for one am extremely grateful for their support.

Raju Chinthala Vice PresidentSunil Mohandas SecretarySoni Dhesi TreasurerSumit Thaker Joint TreasurerGeetha Babu Joint SecretaryAmit Chatterjee Joint SecretaryRita Devnani Joint SecretaryRohit Dalmia Joint SecretaryAbdul Mohammad Joint SecretaryManga Rau Joint SecretaryManoj Sutaria Joint SecretaryChandra Heeralal Youth Group Advisor

Thank you for your trust and support.Wishing you all a happy, prosperous and a

healthy new year.

Haresh GangwaniPresident , IAI Executive Committee


MY observationsduring the short trip to India

(Ram S. Ravindran)

Recently I spent about two and a half weeks in India, mostlyin Tamil Nadu and in Bangalore.. As Indian expatriates wefeel good if India advances in the area of economy and socialdevelopment. Chennai airport, as is the case with the airportsin most of the major cities of India, is now fully air-conditioned. The customs, immigration clearance andbaggage delivery are all processed smoothly. They don’tbother about taxing electronic and computer goods anymore.. All consumer goods are freely available. You can justabout purchase any item in India now. You really don’t haveto take any items as a present. That means you can take moreitems for your own use in India.. The private industry andbusinesses are giving a tough competition to old PSU (PublicSector Units). The 10 million workers working in the ITindustry have created dramatic changes in the society. Of thepeople working in IT industry, 70% of them are women.They work 24 hours a day. This has created a lot of socialchanges. The interest rate is very low. As a result, privatebanks like ICICI, HDFC are all doing a roaring businessfinancing homes and loaning out installment loans on a varietyof big-ticket items.

The most noticeable change is the proliferation of cellphones. People in many walks of life use cell phones. Thisincludes auto-rickshaw drivers and other service people. Ibelieve they are enrolling almost 1.5 million cell phonecustomers every month. Right now India has about 50 millioncell phones and 30 million land lines in use. A few years agopeople had to wait in line to get a land line connection. Nowactually the land line subscribers are surrendering their landlines in favor of cell phones. People carry out a number ofactivities (like checking on the reservation using free SMS)using cell phones.. Cheap broadband internet connection isavailable now. ISDN rates are falling. I believe starting fromJanuary of 2006; you can make an overseas call from Indiapaying only Rs 2/ minute. That is less than US 5 cents. Nowit makes sense for folks in India to initiate the call than folksin the US or elsewhere.

Education has become a big business.. Instead of openingnew schools themselves the state governments are allowingprivate individuals open schools, colleges and professional

colleges by the thousands. Can you imagine that Indiaproduces about 40% of all the engineers in the world! Thevast majority of the engineering schools are operated by theprivate individuals and foundations. In spite of all the clamorthe politicians make about changing names of towns andcities and promoting the use of local languages,, in the Southof India most of the middle class and well-to-do children (Ibelieve it is true in most of the metros in the North as well)attend only English medium matriculation schools. I won’t besurprised if most of the major Indian languages die out incourse of time (because the current generation and the nextgeneration will use them in a primitive manner for everydayconversation only). Mastery of the English language andattainment of new skill set in IT area are what everyone isgoing after now. Unfortunately the BHUMAR states withtheir dislike for English are losing out in the economic field.

Economic liberalization, globalization and privatization havewoken up India and unleashed the entrepreneurial spirit ofIndians as a whole. For the first time the car production inIndia has reached one million per year. The disposableincome of the middle class is increasing. The easy availabilityof loans and credit cards is making in India a consumingcountry. New malls, hotels, restaurants, large modern grocerystores are sprouting up in most of the large towns. Manymiddle class families own private vehicles, microwave ovens,refrigerators, washing machines, and cable and internetconnections. People are having a longer and healthier life.Many people live past 60 years of age. As long as thegovernment stays out of the way of the private enterprise andminds its business of building and maintaining goodinfrastructure, India’s economic and social development willsurely move forward. However, I noticed that thedevelopment is not uniform. The roads can be better takencare of and expanded to accommodate the increasing traffic.Though the medical care is getting better in privately runnursing homes, it is prohibitively expensive. People don’thave a sense of cleanliness and order. They expect thegovernment to keep everything clean for them.

The political parties still engage in Hartal over petty issuesand make city life miserable. Though the size of the middleclass is increasing, the per capita income is still about $600/year. India has still a long way to go but the progress is moreapparent now.


Merchant Discount Program Participants and Offer

Following is a list of merchants to date who have participated in the discount program. Please make sure youhave your valid membership card with you at all times. This offer is only available to members of IndiaAssociation of Indianapolis.

Merchant Offer Condition

Centex Homes $1000 off Applied towards options or upgrades.Applicable when buing a new Centex home.

________________________________________________________________________________________Shalimar 20% off Dine in only.

Not to be combined with any other offer, coupon or gift certificate.__________________________________________________________________________________________India Palace 15% off Dine in only purchase of $20.00 or more________________________________________________________________________________________Garam Masala 10% off Dine in only________________________________________________________________________________________Heera Authentic 10% off Dine in only________________________________________________________________________________________Masala Kitchen 10% off Dine in only________________________________________________________________________________________Royal Cuisine 10% off Dine in only________________________________________________________________________________________Udupi Café 10% off Dine in only________________________________________________________________________________________Shanti Authentic 10% off Dine in (weekdays only)________________________________________________________________________________________GDP Spices & more 5% off Grocery purchase of $25.00

$0.50 off DVD rental________________________________________________________________________________________Nest Indian 5% off Grocery purchase of $25.00

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Geeta Mandal News

It is with mixed emotions that we bring this latest news about Geeta Mandal. On one hand we are sadden that we willbe leaving our home at the India Community Center where Geeta Mandal has been holding its functions for almost twodecades. On the other hand it is exciting that Geeta Mandal will be holding its functions at the new temple site, 3230German Church Road, Indianapolis.

On January 7, 2006, Geeta Mandal had the honor and privilege of welcoming all the dietes that will be in the Temple.The devotees were awestruck and captivated with the divine presence during the welcoming ceremony.

Ananth Kini wrote ~ It was a beautiful and momentous day for Indianapolis. At 4 PM sharp, illustrious UtsavaVigrahas made a dazzling arrival at Geeta Mandal, followed by indescribable celebration with immense joy and warmthall around. You can browse the snapshots posted in the following site and enjoy the brilliance of the holy deities, feel thewelcome offered by devotees. http://photos.yahoo.com/gmhtci . On January 8, 2006 it was announced by Dr. Ram Belagaje, President, HTCI that the opening ceremony function forthe Temple will be held on February 4 th and 5th, 2006. The ceremonies will take place both at India Community Centerand the new Temple site. Please mark your calendar and be present for these auspicious ceremonies on both days.Please call Madhu Bhargava for sponsorship details at (h) 862-2228, (m) 509-3745. God bless us all.


ENTERTAINMENT ENTRY FORM

Holi Hai 2006!Tentative Date: March 18th, 2006 • Deadline to sign up: Feb. 28, 2006

Skits, Mimes and other performances with of a colorful and festive nature are encouraged

This entry form must be filled in completely whether sent by postal mail, fax, or emailName of item (if more than one item please fill in separate entry forms):

Preference 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Preference 2: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Number of Participants (List names):

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Choreographer/coordinator (if applicable): _____________________________________________________________________

Contact person:_____________________________________ Contact Number: _________________________________

Email Address (Mandatory):_______________________________________________________________________________

Age Range of Group Members: ___________________________ Length of Performance:______________________________

Description of item (attach a separate sheet if you need more space):

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Stage setting (lights, curtain, musical instrument, etc.)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Signature of person responsible:_____________________________________ Date: _____________________

Note: All fields must be filled. The form must be signed & dated to make the entry valid.For mailing address contact Chandra Heeralal ~~~Email: [email protected]

Guidelines• Any Participant, Choreographer, Coordinator, or anyone whose name is associated with an item and wants his/her name to be

announced, MUST BE a member of the IAI• All participants must be members for calendar year 2006 prior to signing up, for inclusion in the program• First Come, First Served• No song duplication• Each item not to exceed 3 minutes• Plan to attend rehearsal on Sunday March, 12th, 2006 Time and Location - TBD (Attendance is mandatory for all performers).

Please contact Chandra Heeralal at [email protected] for information.


Vande Mataram Vande mataram hum sub mil gataySheesh hum sub nevatayBharat Ma humari hai sub say nayariBharat desh hai mahaanUsay kotee kotee parnaam Es desh ka bacha bacha jagratHo jata Ma ki aek pukar pay Hum oos desh kay vaasi hainJahaa aaj ka kesaanJawan ban jata samay aanay payYe hai Bharat desh humara Usay kotee kotee parnaam Yahaa badey badey mahatma huyaiJinonay golee khayee seenai payFir so gayai methee needh maySir rhak kay Ma key godhmayFakhar say sir rahata ucha humaraYe hai Bharat desh humaraUsay kotee kotee parnaam Havayai door disha say aatiLayke payaar bhara paigamJaha baithe hai veer humaraiJaan key bajee lagaa kayFir bhi paatay khudh ko majai mayPoochhte haal ghar walo kaYe hai Bharat desh humaraUsay kotee kotee parnaam Jaldee jeet kay hum lautaigayYe hai humara vadaPer waqt aanay payJaa key bajee hum lagaaday gay hastay hasrayParaan nichhavar hum kardaygayYe hai Bharat desh humaraUsay kotee kotee parnaam Yahaa chalti khoon key holiBahuto ko hum maar gira karFir girgeyei hosh gava kayAi Ma sabar karlaynaaAbb hum to safar kartai haiTiranga humara lahrata rhai Hum rahai na rahaiJai Hind By Uma Gupta

O; Mother we salute you

O; Mother we bowOur heads and saluteMother India is uniqueIndia is greatO; Mother

We salute you million times;At her call all her childrenAre ready to protect the countryWhere a farmer can becomeA soldier in no timeO; Mother

We salute you million times.Great people were born hereWho sacrificed their livesAnd slept in peaceWe are proud of our country IndiaO; Mother

We salute you million times.Soldiers at the borderAre ready to defend the Mother landThey are in high spirits;and enquireAbout the welfare of the familiesO; Mother

We salute you million times.They assure the familiesThat they will be victoriusAnd be back home soon.They are ready to sacrificeTheir lives for the countryO; Mother

We salute you million times.It is war timeAnd bloobshed every whereIf after killing many enemies we dieO; Mother please console yourselfSincer we laid our lives for theHonour of our Country and our FlagJAI HIND

By Uma Gupta


India Association of Indianapolis Celebrating Culture, Community, & Children

VISION To be a unified organization that celebrates our culture and diversity. An impactful organization that makes a difference in our community.

MISSION To promote cultural activities of India. To foster cultural exchange between the people of India and the US. To carry out educational and charitable activities.

MEMBER BENEFITS

• IAI Membership Card • Free admission to selective IAI Executive Committee events • Discounts (List of participating merchants and discounts can be found on the website or in Bharati) • Grand Patrons receive all the member discounts plus 4 free tickets for Diwali • Patrons receive all the member discounts plus 2 free tickets for Diwali

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Third Request: 2006 IAI DirectoryThird Request: 2006 IAI DirectoryThird Request: 2006 IAI DirectoryThird Request: 2006 IAI DirectoryThird Request: 2006 IAI Directory

The current edition of IAI Directory was published in 2001. Since then, there has been anexponential growth in the size of the Central Indiana Indian community. We plan to update the IAIDirectory with your help. We invite all Central Indiana community members to become part of the

new IAI Directory. As in the past, India Association Members will be entitled to one free copy with paid membership.

To be included in the Directory, please fill out the following form (write in capital letters) and mail to:Ajai Chaudhary • 13949 Saben Court, Carmel, IN 46032

Alternatively, you can email the details to at ~ [email protected] website www.iaibharati.com will also display a fillable form very soon.

For further details please contact Ajai Chaudhary (317) 705-0278—————————————————————————————————————————————

Last Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

First Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Name of Spouse: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Children Names: _______________________________________________________________________________________

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Please mail check to: For Grand Patrons and Patrons For Family and Individual India Association of Indianapolis India Association of Indianapolis

c/o Kanchana Ishwar c/o Sumit Thaker 1845 Knaphill Court 6223 Weller Circle

Carmel, IN 46033 Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 848-8943 (317) 297-9470


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Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Telephone (home):________________________________________ Telephone (Work):______________________________

Email: _____________________________________________________________________

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Membership Application for the year 2006 Membership is valid from January 1st to December 31st, 2006

Grand Patrons

$250 Patrons $125

Family $50

Individual $25

Student* $10

Seniors ** FREE

Student* = Full Time students enrolled with an accredited university Seniors** = Over the age of 65

First Name: __________________________________ Last Name: ____________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

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City: __________________________________ State: __________________ Zip: ________________

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In addition to the membership dues, I would like to donate the following amount to help our community: The amount is tax deductible.

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Elohim Day instead of Halloween Day

Halloween is celebrated as the day of evil or day of darknessor to put it other words celebration of lower aspect of self.People put on scary masks, put on customs of vampires,devils, and exhibit skeletons outside their homes, put spiderwebs on their name tabs etc.

By doing this our mass consciousness is increasingly goingtowards negative .They forget that what goes in our mind iswhat comes out. If the input is negative, outcome will benegative. Our mind is very powerful. For example, a computercan use a nuclear energy to create electricity to light the wholenation or create a nuclear war to destroy the whole earth.Similarly, our mind is more powerful than computer. It alldepends how the mind uses the power of thoughts. If we putin negative stuff in our mind, we will create negative thoughtforms and attract negative situations in our life. If we put inpositive stuff in our mind, we will create positive thought formsand attract positive situation in our life. Just imagine people arevoluntarily inviting negative stuff in their life. They are payingmoney to buy these negative stuff and also enjoying it, nowonder there is so much violence, misery, disease, povertyand lack of moral standards in today’s world.

The need of the hour is to stop celebrating such negativefestivals. Instead of Halloween, we should celebrate ELOHIMday. In bible, ELOHIM stands for feelings tones of God.Elohim

also depicts five tattwas ie elements of air , water, fire, earthand akash .Elohims are etheric beings not visible to physicaleye, as they are on different vibration. Earlier humans were inco-creation with Elohims and Angelic kingdom. But humansabused them and slowly we lost contact with them. That’show; all fairy tales are just imaginary now.

We should celebrate Elohim day by acknowledging thepresence of nature spirits, elemental beings of tattwas, andAngels. Instead of wearing vampire dress, we should weardress of Angels, fairies and nature spirits. One good exampleis of findhorm community which is co-creating with nature andElohims .For more details pl go to their website at http://www.findhorn.org/home_new.php

It is of great importance that mass consciousness needs toawaken to embrace positive thought forms and stop encouragingnegative thoughtforms.By demonstrating only LOVE, LIGHTand ONENESS; we can eventually transcend negative egodesire for making Halloween celebration and change the wholeof society. What ever happens in the world is the cumulativeeffect of mass consciousness. We can make great start, bycelebrating Elohim day instead of Halloween day. We cancelebrate by promoting Love and Light, thereby creatingheaven on earth.

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Ravindra B. Pattar MBA, CPA Santosh Rajamane, MBACarolyn Scott & Roberta Surber

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We’ve sold more business and made money for sellersthan any other company. We have sold over $2.5million worth business in last 3 months. Here are someof the business we sold since June 1st, 2005:

• Small Manufacturer focusing on powder coating withrevenue of $400,000 sold for $275,000 in 120 days

• Wholesale Distributor sold for $658,00 in 99 days

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Gas Stations and Convenience Store, Restaurants, Fast Foodor Full Service Motels up-to $5 Million

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International Bazaar4225 Lafayette Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254

(317) 299-4628Mon-Closed, Tuesday-Saturday 11:30-8:00, Sunday 11:30-7:00

Serving the Indian Community with all theirIndian Grocery Needs for more than 17 years!

We carry a large Variety of Daals, Rice, Atta, Spices,Pickles, Frozen Vegetables, Frozen Foods,

and MUCH MORE at our EVERYDAY LOW LOW PRICE!

We receive a large stock of FRESH Vegetables every Tuesday

317-299-2127 ext. 6Pure Vegetarian Cuisine

Voted Best Vegetarian Restaurant by Indianapolis Monthly!TTTTThe onlhe onlhe onlhe onlhe only PURE South Indian y PURE South Indian y PURE South Indian y PURE South Indian y PURE South Indian VVVVVegegegegegetaretaretaretaretarian Restaurian Restaurian Restaurian Restaurian Restaurant in the City!ant in the City!ant in the City!ant in the City!ant in the City!

Meat Market@ International Bazaar317-299-4628 ext. 19

Fresh Zabiha/Halal Meat Available Everyday!

B H A R AT I B;;rt;IIndia Assn. of Indianapolis, P.O.Box 19191, Indianapolis, IN 46219-0191

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IAI BOARD OF TRUSTEESChairman: Subhash Mahajan ............. 317-823-8032 2002-2006Vice-Chairman: Archana Thaker ........ 317-297-9470 2004-2007Secretary: Ajai Chaudhary ................... 317-705-0278 2005-2008Treasurer: Kanchana Ishwar .............. 317-848-8943 2005-2008Jt. Treasurer: Niranjan Pati ................. 317-818-9011 2005-2008Members:Uday Murthy ......................................... 317-585-1093 2003-2006Kiran Adhlakha ...................................... 317-908-5166 2005-2008Satish Calcuttawala ............................... 317-496-0538 2005-2008Kris Dasari ............................................. 317-514-5260 2006-2009Gayatri Devaraju ................................... 317-873-8777 2003-2006Yogen Parikshak .................................. 317-846-5224 2004-2007Vijayapal Reddy .................................... 317-843-8482 2006-2009Mahesh Subramaniam ........................ 317-569-9493 2006-2009

IAI STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEEChairman Subhash Mahajan ............... 317-823-8032

V.R. Ishwar .......................... 317-848-8943Raj Patel ................................ 317-577-9777Vimal Patel ............................ 317-409-9113Dilip Shah ............................. 317-876-7068Nalin Shah ............................ 317-882-0543

IAI FINE ARTS COMMITTEEDirector: Arvind Thakkar .................... 317-872-0740Secretary: Kalpana Merchant ............... 317-733-9720Treasurer: Kshama Ranade .................. 317-581-1276Joint Secretary: Chetan Shukla ...................... 317-876-5197

IAI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident: Haresh Gangwani ................ 317-815-1235Vice President: Raju Chinthala ...................... 317-339-7461Secretary: Sunil Mohandas .................. 317-846-6884Treasurer: Soni Dhesi ............................ 317-786-8518Joint Treasurer: Sumit Thaker ....................... 317-297-9470Youth Group Advisor: Chandra Heeralal ................ 202-425-1153Joint Secretaries: Amit Chatterjee .................... 317-872-4780

Rohit Dalmia ........................ 765-532-4737Rita Devnani ......................... 317-573-9662Abdul Mohammed .............. 317-258-4678Manga Rao .......................... 317-843-9330Manoj Sutaria ....................... 317-240-2722

ICC MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEAdministrator: Krishna Dasari ..................... 317-514-5260

YOUTH GROUP COMMITTEETarun Gangwani Ketki TamhankarReshma Kalimi Gauri WagleRaghava Kamlesh

New Year WishesMay you get a clean bill of health from your dentist, yourCardiologist, your gastroenterologist, your urologist,proctologist and podiatrist, your plumber and IRS.

May you hair, teeth, face lift, your abs and stocks not fall;and may your blood pressure, triglycerides, cholesterol,your white blood cells count and mortgage interest not rise.

May New Year’s Eve find you seated around the table,together with your beloved family and friends. May you findthe food better, the environment quieter, and the cost muchcheaper.

May what you see in the mirror delight you and what otherssee in you delight them. May someone love you enough toforgive your faults, be blind to your blemishes and tell theworld about your virtues.

May telemarketers wait to make their sales call until youfinish dinner. May the commercials on TV not be louderthan the programs, and may your check book and budgetbalance.

May you remember to say, “I love you” at least once a dayto your spouse, your child, parent, and siblings.

And May we live in a world at peace and with awareness oflove in every sunset, every flower’s unfolding petals, everybaby’s smile and every wonderful, astonishing miraculousbeat of our hearts!

Happy New Year 2006Submitted by Dr. Mohini Ahuja

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