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A Monthly Publication of the Federation of India Community Associations (FICA) Since 1967 INSIDE Free Monthly Subscription - A Non-Profit & Tax Exempt Organization - Tax ID# 34-1215066 September 2015 - Volume 0915 Cleveland, Ohio, USA Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OHIO PERMIT NO. 1051 FEDERATION OF INDIA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INDIA COMMUNITY CENTER 12412 CEDAR ROAD CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH 44106 Or Current Resident 1 FICA Matters 2 Community News President’s Message 3 Runaway oughts 4 “Om Julka” as told by his friend 5 e Jared Scott Miller Library 6 Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.3 7 Celebrating Independence day 8 Runaway oughts 9 Arun’s Legal Corner 10 British Conquest of India 11 Community News 12 LOTUS TEAM Publishing & Editorial Sujata Lakhe Barnard Ramesh “Ray” Gehani Priyanka Gopal Email Distribution & Advertising Atul Verma [email protected] Public Relations/Creative Paramjit Singh [email protected] For Lotus related questions / comments, please email : lotus@ficacleveland.org, or call 216/791-FICA(3422), and leave a message It needs to be clarified that this was 69th Independence Day but 68th ANNIVERSARY of the day India gained its Indepen- dence and assumed self-rule. Following is the excerpt of the article pictured here. CLEVELAND, Oh-- Members of Cleveland’s Indian community came together to observe their nation’s 68th Independence Day with a day of yoga, marching, speeches, dances, music, and more. About a dozen people practiced yoga before the statue of founding father Mahatma Gandi in the India Cultural Garden along Martin Luther King Dr., led by Stacy Teter. Joined by onlookers, the gathering then marched behind Indian and American flags for a short stretch to commemorate Gandi’s “Salt March,” a protest against the British monopoly on salt, an act of defiance in a chain that eventually led to the independence of India from British rule. Later in the day, more Indian-Americans, many in brightly colored national costumes, gathered beneath a tent in Rock- efeller Gardens to sing the national anthem, listen to Indian singing, watch Bollywood style and traditional dancing, and sample an array of Indian foods. Included among the celebrants was Om Julka, 97, who told the assembled crowd how as an Indian Army colonel, he stood on the platform behind the Prime Minister at the original observance of Independence Day in 1947, and once touched the feet of Mahatma Gandi himself. Joyful day for Indian Community! 68 years ago their nation was born Reported omas Ondrey for a special report in late edition in city of Cleveland, Ohio on August 16, 2015 of THE Plain Dealer. Shweta Ravi performs a traditional Indian dance beneath a tent at the Rockefeller Gardens in Cleveland in celebration of India’s Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015.(omas Ondrey/e Plain Dealer) Umadaop drum corp lead the symbolic salt march at Indian Cultural Garden Amazing reverberation from the leading drum Corp Little ones marching to the beat of their own drums! Audience hanging on to Usha Gupta’s original patriotic poem A yoga session in the India Cultural Garden in celebration of India’s Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015.(omas Ondrey/e Plain Dealer) Sarees and Jewellery by Anuradha from Findlay, Ohio, parents of Jared Miller in the background

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FICA Matters 2Community NewsPresident’s Message 3 Runaway Thoughts 4“Om Julka” as told by his friend 5 The Jared Scott Miller Library 6Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.3 7Celebrating Independence day 8Runaway Thoughts 9Arun’s Legal Corner 10British Conquest of India 11Community News 12

LOTUS TEAM

Publishing & EditorialSujata Lakhe BarnardRamesh “Ray” GehaniPriyanka Gopal

Email Distribution & AdvertisingAtul [email protected]

Public Relations/CreativeParamjit Singh [email protected]

For Lotus related questions / comments, please email :[email protected], or call 216/791-FICA(3422), and leave a message

It needs to be clarified that this was 69th Independence Day but 68th ANNIVERSARY of the day India gained its Indepen-dence and assumed self-rule. Following is the excerpt of the article pictured here.

CLEVELAND, Oh-- Members of Cleveland’s Indian community came together to observe their nation’s 68th Independence Day with a day of yoga, marching, speeches, dances, music, and more. About a dozen people practiced yoga before the statue of founding father Mahatma Gandi in the India Cultural Garden along Martin Luther King Dr., led by Stacy Teter. Joined by onlookers, the gathering then marched behind Indian and American flags for a short stretch to commemorate Gandi’s “Salt March,” a protest against the British monopoly on salt, an act of defiance in a chain that eventually led to the independence of India from British rule.Later in the day, more Indian-Americans, many in brightly colored national costumes, gathered beneath a tent in Rock-efeller Gardens to sing the national anthem, listen to Indian singing, watch Bollywood style and traditional dancing, and sample an array of Indian foods.Included among the celebrants was Om Julka, 97, who told the assembled crowd how as an Indian Army colonel, he stood on the platform behind the Prime Minister at the original observance of Independence Day in 1947, and once touched the feet of Mahatma Gandi himself.

Joyful day for Indian Community!68 years ago their nation was born

Reported Thomas Ondrey for a special report in late edition in city of Cleveland, Ohio on August 16, 2015 of THE Plain Dealer.

Shweta Ravi performs a traditional Indian dance beneath a tent at the Rockefeller Gardens in Cleveland in celebration of India’s Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015.(Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer)

Umadaop drum corp lead the symbolic salt march at Indian Cultural Garden

Amazing reverberation from the leading drum Corp

Little ones marching to the beat of their own drums!

Audience hanging on to Usha Gupta’s original patriotic poem

A yoga session in the India Cultural Garden in celebration of India’s Independence Day on Saturday, August 15, 2015.(Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer)

Sarees and Jewellery by Anuradha from Findlay, Ohio, parents of Jared Miller in the background

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FICA matters

Karen Butler spoke at India’s Independence day celebration under the can-opy at Rockefeller Green house located at the north end of Cleveland Cul-tural Garden. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Northeast Ohio Neigh-borhood Health Services, Inc. (NEON), a nonprofit community healthcare organization with seven locations throughout Greater Cleveland. Estab-lished in 1967, it is one of the oldest Federally Qualified Health Center systems in the country. Karen previously served as the Director of the Cleveland Depart-ment of Public Health and the Commissioner of Health for the City of Cleveland under the leadership of Mayor Frank G. Jackson. Karen has received numerous honors and awards from local, state and national organizations for her tireless dedication and commitment to improving the health and well-being of those in greatest need. She is involved in numerous civic and professional organizations and is a frequent presenter at national conferences and seminars. Ms. But-ler has also traveled to the White House to present before the President Obama’s Domestic Policy Council.

Karen Butler and Kokila Jain enjoying India’s celebration for 69th Independence day or 68th Anniversary of India as-sumption of self rule.

Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve Students City officials participated enthusiastically

Students had a blast entertaining the crowd with Bollywood dancing,showcasing Indian tra-ditional art as well as their extracurricular talent. Most of these students have been here only for few months and expressed immense joy and pride for the opportunity to celebrate their homeland!

Teeranga Pyara!

National Anthem

Fun to be had by all!

Alvin “Dante” YarbroughFriday, September 25 • 7:00 p.m.

Alvin “Dante” Yarbrough was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. He is passionate about people, particularly

African American youth and wishes to convey a message to them or about them.

Emory DouglasSaturday, September 26 • 2:00 p.m. Emory Douglas was politically involved as Revolutionary Artist, then Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from February 1967 through the early 1980s.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch, 1962 Stokes Blvd.216-623-2921 • This event is free and open to the public. www.cpl.org

The Lockwood

Thompson diaLogues

A r t i s t s e r i e s

writers readersSerieS of Hope

Mitchell S. JacksonSaturday, September 19, 2015 • 2:00 p.m.Mitchell S. Jackson’s His writing career began while he was serving a 16-month sentence in prison. His novel, The Residue Years won several awards.cpl.org/writersandreaders | This event is free and open to the public.

www.cpl.org

Main LibraryLouis Stokes Wing AuditoriumEast Sixth & Superior Avenue216-623-2921

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Around the communities

FICA StaffAdministration

Board of Trustees Chittaranjan Jain, [email protected] 440/942-4369

Executive Board Sujata Lakhe Barnard, [email protected]/791-FICA(3422)

Giri Guruswami, Vice President [email protected], [email protected]/317-3911

Jyoti Sadekar, [email protected]@hotmail.com216/791-FICA(3422)

Ashish [email protected]/202-6662

Sujata Lakhe BarnardEditor & Publisher, The [email protected]/791-FICA(3422)

Priyanka Gopal , Lotus Copy [email protected]/201-0443

Atul Verma, Lotus Business [email protected] [email protected]/307-5470

Jessica Kumar, [email protected]/349-0480

India Cultural GardenRaj Pillai - [email protected]/724-4398

Shiksha DaanSanjay Garg - [email protected]/590-1261

Project SevaMona Alag, [email protected]

Sister Organizations

Association of Indian physicians of Noth Ohio (AIPNO) www.aipno.orgDr. Umesh Yalavarthy, President216-513-4964 [email protected]

Bengali Cultural Society of Clevelandwww.bcscle.orgSujit Ghosh, [email protected]

Marathi Mandal www. neomm.orgDr. Sharad [email protected]

Odisha SocietyBirendra Jena, President 330 544-1725 [email protected]

President’s Message

Fica Tennis Tournament- By Michael Sreshta

I was recently invited to a Community Media Work-shop event where law en-forcement officials, com-munity advocates and consumers were brought together to talk about scams and frauds intro-duced in our society part-ly due to heavy reliance on internet for daily life transactions. Prominent

among those who were present were, Jon Miller Steiger, Regional Director, Federal Trade Commission, East Cen-tral Region, Patti Poss, Attorney, Federal Trade Com-mission Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Marketing Practices, Sheryl Harris, Director, Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs, Tom Mlakar, Deputy Director for Advocacy, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Felicia King, Outreach Specialist & Regional Director – Policy and Public Affairs, Office of Ohio At-torney General Mike DeWineEvery year scammers defraud our communities of hun-dreds of millions of dollars by selling fake services and worthless products for everything from immigration, housing and health to debt collection, jobs and educa-tion. People are often too scared to report fraud when they have been victimized by it. I am inviting members

of our community, people of Indian origin who are liv-ing in Greater Cleveland area to send me stories of fraud, either experienced first hand or by a loved one. Talking about this will be first step in figuring out what people can do to protect themselves and their neighbors. These stories could be either published in The Lotus with your names or compiled to be published as story by me in future.Anybody’s wish to stay anonymous will be fully honored.Changing gears a little, This year spring, summer was a great year with multi-ethnic, asian festivals with Indian representation held all around the town, some examples being Asian Festival, World Festival, Indian Indepen-dence day, One World day, Phogana, IndiaFestUSA and Amjad Ali Khan Concert. However, October, the very last ‘good weather’ month in North East Ohio is still left, so don’t forget to put International day at Cleve-land Museum of Arts on October 4th and Gala Fund-raising event on your calendars! FICA will be having an assigned table at the October 4th International day at CMA. This year our executive team worked hard with museum staff to create a silk, batik print banner to be hung on the day. Indian traditional dance will also be showcased at this event by Students of Anga Kala Kathak Academy. October 9th event for Indian Cultural Gardens at Signature of Solon, new and exciting plans for future development will be unveiled.Hope all have a joyous and productive September.

FICA Tennis started on a beautiful sunny evening on August 7th at the Solon Tennis courts. This year we had over 24 partici-pants and most chose to play both singles and doubles. In addition to the winning ladder we added a “loser’s ladder” to give every player a second chance not only to play two games but also a chance to face the winner in the finals. This was careful-ly engineered by our committee member Devender Reddy. The weather kept look-ing great the following day as well and by the time the last match was completed it was 5.50 pm on Saturday, practically a full24 hours tennis matches!

Kishore Dokibbura, another committee member ordered the trophies for the first time for our tennis tournament. Mixed doubles was however cancelled due to lack of enough participants to hold the tournament but hopefully we could rec-tify this issue next year.

Congratulations to the winners:

Singles.First place : Chetak ChakkarwarSecond place : Manoj Parmar and Suyog Bapat.

DoublesFirst place : Chetak Chakkarwar and Rav-ish KatochSecond place : Manoj Parmar and Piyush Verma

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4 Events Future & PastRunaway Thoughts

- By Inder SunejaSmallest things in our lives can play a huge role at times. Chimp’s DNA matches almost 99% with that of hu-man beings. It is that 1% difference makes us so different. Whether it is math or science, biotech or IT or composing fiction or nonfiction, a human being can do it all success-fully. Chimps just can’t do any of this. After Apps (Computer Appli-cations) appeared a few years ago and took over most of Mobile World (and to some extent fixed internet as well - desktops, laptops, etc.), powerful Search Engine like Google started losing revenue on account of sudden decrease in advertis-ing dollars. As a matter of fact, all Search Engines (Yahoo, Bing, etc.) make money primarily from the advertisers. At that point, Google.com, we were commonly adjusted to (most of the users), started mak-ing tiny adjustments and came up with the concept of Google Now & Google Cards, etc. for its Android OS devices. These enable the user to find some information he/she is interested in immediately. Apple started making small adjustments for its iOS also and came up with a modified version of digital assistant Siri, and launched it as proactive Siri. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, Cortana, available to iOS and An-droid Platforms is also an outcome of similar little adjustments. These adjustments were warranted in or-der to control part of the market share when it comes to advertis-ing dollars. In fact, the entire game of technology commenced around 1960s when movement of a tiny part of atom/electron’s simultane-ously passing through two holes could be understood by mankind on account of same 1% DNA (which might have been in us on account of our biological evolution and/or creation). The way tech is chang-ing at such a rapid rate, it is hard to say as to what is going to be the fu-ture of apps industry. Some parts of our beautiful World has just started recognizing the significance of mo-bile industry (smartphones, tablets, etc.), and tremendous use of apps on such devices/gadgets only recently. Reviewing the figures of one of the richest parts of Arab World/Middle East (especially Gulf Cooperation Council/GCC - Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE/Dubai, etc.), one can clearly notice this fact. In the first three months of 2015 alone, mobile indus-try and usage of apps has surged more than 20% in that region. By the way, Qatar is the richest nation on this planet when it comes to per-capita income. USA comprises the

largest economy (about $17.5 tril-lion) in the World but our position is at #9 when it comes to per-capita income. Qatar’s position is likely to change for over 70% of its income has been from Oil & Gas (which has lost quiet a bit of its shine over last several months). However, threat of apps going obsolete is likely to have serious impact on India where al-most 300,000-strong app developer

community lives today. It is not only what happens to apps industry. Overall, when it comes to IT, there are important lessons to be learnt with the passage of time. Who had thought about the constant strug-gles of 3i InfoTech IT giant one day? On account of available technol-ogy and opportunities, quiet a few businesses keep advancing without realizing the amount of debt they are getting into. Debt service com-panies are there to loan money as soon as enterprise’s name gets es-tablished a little bit. Bharti Airtel (enterprise) comes to my mind im-mediately. BA has been India’s larg-est telecom service provider and it expanded its operation like ‘wild fire’, in my opinion, not only in In-dia but in other parts of the World (especially in various parts of Afri-can Continent) as well. As per latest figures, it is almost over $10 billion in debt. Fortunately, it has recently succeeded in selling some of its tele-com towers in parts of Africa (Gha-

na, Uganda, Nigeria, etc.) for a little over one and a quarter billion dol-lars. It is not much but will help BA to get rid of at least part of its accu-mulated debt which, in turn, should enable it to focus on more lucrative 3G/4G Networks. When it comes to ‘staying debt free’ and keep grow-ing, India’s pharmaceutical giant ‘Lupin’ has set an excellent example. It has kept spending about 25% of its

profits to develop new biosimilars/offpatent/generic drugs (80% of the drugs consumed in the World to-day are generic, including in USA) thru its Research & Development Department for quiet some time. With the result, it has been able to hire some of the best scientists from all over. Whenever possible, it has also acquired other pharmaceutical companies in different parts of the World, without incurring any sig-nificant amount of debt. With the result, its revenue next year (2016) is expected to be around $5 billion, a substantial growth over last several years. When it comes to Generic Drug, counterfeit seems to be a huge prob-lem these day. At least 20% of these medicines seem to either lack less amount of active ingredient or req-uisite ingredient is totally missing. Thanks to available field of science, Nanotechnology, all this can be fig-ured out. Nanotechnology allows us to analyze a matter to subatomic

and molecular/supra-molecular levels these days. But there are cer-tain problems which need to be addressed as soon as possible. For-tunately, India has come up quiet strong when it comes to the field of Biotechnology. And, as a result, several pharmaceutical businesses of India (and of outside World also) are financially in very good position now. An average Pharmaceutical business in India has a gross income of about a half billion dollars. It de-pends on about fifty distributors which supply drugs to thousands of chemists and drug stores/pharma-cies. Now how is it possible to sub-ject each and every drug to ‘Nano-technology’ before it gets purchased and used by the consumer. Counter-feit medicine can slip thru the cracks. Isn’t it? But, I am glad that Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is going to test as many as 42,000 In-dian Drugs within next few months. Such a testing should become an es-sential routine every where in the World. Prices of generics is another vital issue. On account of acquisi-tions at much higher values, prices of some of the essential drugs have gone up more than 1,000% (over last few years), on account of lack of competition. Populations are gray-ing all over (Russia, China, Japan, USA, European Countries), as you are already aware of. In USA alone, about 10,000 Americans are retiring every day, i.e., by and large, they are going to be on fixed income. Abnor-mally high prices of drugs are likely to pinch many, everywhere. Ladies & Gentlemen, some $5 tril-lion are changing hands everyday in this World now. There are huge op-portunities available in almost every sector. Thanks to the new technolo-gy for all these possibilities. But with progress, responsibility also takes birth. It is vital to remember that we not only receive but give also. We can’t overlook what is in front of all of us. We must take care of those in genuine need around us, no mat-ter who they are and what faith or race they come from or belong to. If we can’t share their joy, we must not hesitate to share their burden at least. By sharing one’s burden, it becomes half as they say. We must do our best to cultivate hope and determination in them, for determi-nation and hope certainly help the obstacles fade away. Determination and hope nearly always win.....We can’t long for life without difficul-ties, just like we can’t ignore the fact that diamonds are made under high pressure.

Hugo Rheinhold ApeWithSkull DarwinMonkey

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5 Community News“Om Julka” as told by his friend Jagdish Dhamija

Om Julka’s 97th Birth-day was cel-ebrated by Senior Citi-zens Cof-fee Club on August 28 at a lunch party in a Restaurant. Om is the sixth of his eight sib-lings (seven brothers and a sis-ter) born at JAIJON

DOABA rail-way station

where his father Mr Salig Ram Julka was a Sta-tionmaster under the British North Western Rail-way. He was only 12 years old when his father passed away; and so his older brothers with help of his mother brought him up. He received his education at Ferozepur City in Punjab, a Bachelor of Arts degree from Punjab University, Lahore. In his school days there was a lot of agita-tion going on in India in support of struggle for Freedom from British rule, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. He personally remembers seeing the remains of three Freedom Fighters, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who were given death penalty by hanging by the British administration at Lahore and secretly their dead bodies were cremated at river Sutluj in March of 1931. He has witnessed police lathi charge on peaceful processions in different towns in India. In September 1939, at the age of 21, he joined service in the British India’s Home Minis-try just when the Second World War had begun. Subsequently he joined service in British Indian Army Headquarters at first as a civilian and later got commissioned in the Indian Army where he rose to the rank of Lt-Col before retiring in 1972. He reminisces about an occassion as a student he attended the evening prayer meet-ing of Mahatma Gandhi at Birla house in Delhi, and even touched the feet of Mahatma Gandhi in reverence. The prayer meeting grounds at Birla house is where Mahatma Gandhi would be assas-sinated by gun man.

During his stay of many years in New Delhi he had the opportunity of meeting and observing great personalities, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Maula-na Abul Kalam Azad, Lala Bahadur Shastri, Saro-jini Naidu, Sardar, VallabhBhai Patel, and many other VIP’s. In 1947 at the time of India’s Indepen-dence when Pakistan was carved out of India there were many atrocities and killings in Paki-stan and later in India which Mr. Julka then aged 29 and father of two kids witnessed. He also lis-

tened to the Speech of Mr Nehru who spoke from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Delhi on the mid-night of August 14/15 when he said, “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substan-tially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will wake to freedom. A moment comes but rarely in History when we step out from old to the new. Then an age ends, and the soul of a nation long suppresseed, finds utterance.....” The transfer of power from British to In-dian hands, the unification of Indian States with the Federal government, or the various wars with newly formed Pakistan were all witnessed by him. On 26th January 1966 Republic Day Parade, Major Julka was given the honor of Standing be-hind the President of India, Dr. Radhakrishnan to announce the bravery award citations for Indo Pakistan war of 1965.

Some of the accolades that Mr Julka got in his life are:-Om became a Monitor of his class in Grade 6th on-wards, Passed High School in First Division, at College became the Student Editor of College Magazine. Dur-ing Army service he got First Prize in Pistol Shoot-ing competitions. he got first prize in German Lan-guage examination. In America, where he

moved with his wife to live with their two sons after his retirement, his talent in Art was high-ly acclaimed by the then Mayor of Cleveland , George V .Voinovich, who awarded him a CER-TIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IN March 1983.

His Motto is: Keep smiling; “I’am not getting old, but just growing up, so long as I do not drink, do not smoke and do not get overly affected by wor-ries” This life philosophy of his has kept him re-silient even after the death of his wife of 59 years in the year 2002.

These pictures was taken on Mr. Om Julka’s 97th birthday celebrations by Jagdish Dhamija

Senior Citizens Coffee Club on August 28 at a celebra-tory lunch party in a Restaurant

Jaijon Doaba Railway Station

Om Julka taking part in a march symbolic of Gandhi-ji’s ‘salt-march’ on August 15, 2015 at Cleveland Cultural Gardens!

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6 Community News

Our son Jared was only 34 years old when he was stricken with an asth-ma attack that took his life in 2013. It was important to us to find a special way to honor Jared’s memory that would encompass his values and how he lived his life. After a great deal of thought we decided to build a living memorial to celebrate our dear son’s life. Jared was committed to advancing education, children’s literacy and the Tamil language. A library encompasses all this and more.

Learning was always very impor-tant to Jared and he had many var-ied interests. He earned two under-graduate degrees, one in Journalism and one in Anthropology and in graduate school was studying the Tamil language. He received a FLAS Fellowship (Foreign Language Area Studies) for his study of Tamil. His dream was to go to Tamil Nadu and write a book about the region while living there. When thinking about this, it was then that we knew our memorialization of our son would include Jared’s love of the Tamil lan-

guage and his love of chil-dren and learning. With the help of Gabriel Project Mumbai, a grassroots or-ganization, we were intro-duced to the special peo-ple who run New Colors Educational Center (www.newcolors.org) in Eday-anchavadi, a local village in Auroville, Tamil Nadu. We became aware that the children were using a con-crete roof for their studies with no enclosure against the elements. In addition, there was a tiny room, about the size of a closet,

where there was a bookcase – this was and still is the “library”.

Over the past several months we have sent Jared’s puppets, Tamil books and early childhood books and once the library is built, our plan is to send many other of his books. Just knowing that our son’s DNA is now in India gives us chills and much happiness. Jared is now in India!!

When The Jared Scott Miller Library is built, it will be a central place in the village where over 5000 children and their families can go to read, learn, be tutored in their studies, attend story hours, enjoy musical events, put on puppet shows and participate in all aspects of school life. It will be THE central gathering place in the village.

We are so proud of Jared and ask you to please help us achieve this goal of a permanent library. It will be built for the children ensuring that Jared’s life will be remembered in a way that brings joy and learning

to those in Tamil Nadu.

Through our friends at FICA we were able to participate in the In-dia Independence Day celebration and felt so welcomed. The interest shown in this project is overwhelm-ing and so appreciated. Here is a link to a youtube video by Dan Han-son, ClevelandPeople.com, from the festival: https://youtu.be/aTS_-oi0Ffw

Please join us in celebrating Jared’s life by helping us build The Jared Scott Miller Library. With your help we know we can do this!To make an on-line donation and to read more about Jared’s story:www.rootfunding.com/campaign/jareds-libraryOr, you may send your tax deduct-

ible donation to:Cheryl & Paul Miller P O Box 21703 Cleveland, OH 44121-4048****Please make checks out to: Ga-briel Project Mumbai

The library also has a facebook page: The Jared Scott Miller Librarywww.facebook.com/jaredscott-millerlibrary We welcome your “likes” and comments and would appreciate it if you could share all the information with your friends and family.

Also, we offer charitable acknowl-edgement letters sent in honor of or in memory of those special people in your lives. Letters are sent on library stationery. Please contact us for further information.

THE JARED SCOTT MILLER LIBRARY in TAMIL NADUMessage from Paul and Cheryl Miller, Jared’s parents.

[email protected]

Jared’s dream was to live in Tamil Nadu and write a book and teach children.

Girl in red outside Jared Miller Library The library as it exists today

Jared’s puppet puts a smile on little girls face!

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Meaning: As a result of Yoga, the Purusha or the Self or Seer is firmly established in its own form that is joy and bliss, and we act from a place from our own true Self and not from the modifications of the mind.

However, to have a deeper connection with our Purusha or our soul, we must let go of our day and the activities that we are involved in and the different roles we play through out the day. We must honor the energy of the setting sun and withdraw from our universe of thoughts and mind and connect to our higher Self.

The following steps can help in unwinding at the end of the day:

1. Dim the lights as the sun goes down to signal the mind that it is time to stop being “on”. Cut time on electronic devices, and read something uplifting or spend time with family and friends.2. Imbue with lighting a stick of incense. This helps in quieting the senses known as Pratyahara in Sanskrit. Incense has grounding and a calming effect. Also it connects us with the divine. 3. Soothe with a warm shower and applying a few drops of lavender oil behind the ears. 4. Breathe To calm yourself before sleep, spend a few minutes doing Nadi Shodhana. This Pranayama technique calms the nervous system and balances the energy of the sushumana nadi, the central channel of our spine. 5. Savor The following asanas or postures can help you transition from activity to stillness:

a. Salamba Supta Baddha Konasanab. Salamba Balasanac. Viparita Karni

Salamba Supta Baddha Konasana

This restorative asana is done with the help of a

bolster, blanket, two blocks, two sandbags, yoga strap and a Yoga mat. Sandbags are placed on the thighs to release the adductors. Blocks are placed under knees for support. Strap is placed around the lower back into the feet for a deeper stretch in the inner thighs. The back torso rests on the centre of the bolster and the head is supported with a blanket. With your hands grip the inner-most thighs and rotate your inner thighs exter-nally. Palms face up so that the shoulders have an external rotation. Close your eyes, soften the jaw, and stay in the pose for at least five minutes. The natural tendency in this pose is to push the knees towards the floor in the belief that this will increase the stretch of the thighs and groins. But if groins are tight, pushing the knees will harden the groins, belly and lower back. Salamba Balasana

This supported variation of Balasana is done with a bolster and a blanket on top as shown in the picture. Come in a table top position with big toes touching and knees apart. Drop the hips back. Place the bolster in the middle of the legs and place your heart on to it. Rest one side of a cheek on it and shift sides or place your third eye centre on the bolster to quiet the mind. Notice the release in the lower back and length in the spine. Unwind, soften, and let go. Close your eyes and unfurrow the brow, and unclench your hands and feet. Encourage your entire body to feel ten-der, spacious, and at joy. Rest in this pose for at least five minutes and release every muscle in your body.

Viparita Karni

Often called Legs up the Wall Pose, this posture is an inversion and is excel-lent for anxiety, insomnia, headache, depression, uri-nary disorders, menstrual cramps, respiratory ail-ments and menopause.This asana is done with a bolster placed about six inches in front of the wall. Sit with the left hip towards

the wall and on an exhale swing the legs up onto the wall and your shoulders and head lightly down onto the floor. Sitting bones drip into the space between the bolster and the wall. Lift and release the base of your skull away from the top of your neck and soften the throat. Allow the ster-num to lift towards the chin. Release your hands and arms out to your sides, palms up. Keep your legs firm enough to hold them vertically in place. Close your eyes and look into your own hearts, into the light of the Purusha or soul. Stay in this pose anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes. Coming out of this asana can be tricky. Bend the knees and push your feet into the wall. Lift your pelvis off the support, then slide the support to one side, lower your pelvis to floor, and turn to one side. Stay on your side for a few breaths, and come up to sitting with an exhalation.

6. Chant the mantra So Ham and drift off to sleep. Use the mantra So on inhalation meaning I am and Ham on exhalation meaning the eternal. I am eternal. I am that. I am Shiva.

Unwind at the end of the dayWAKE UP REFRESHED

Tada Drashtuh Svarupe Avasthanam | Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.3- By Vishali Gupta

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Rachel Mendoza recently arrived here in Cleveland to study her Masters in Engineering and Management at Case Western Reserve University after completing her mechanical engineering. Rachel is a trained Indian Classical musician who has learnt the tabla at the Allarakha Institute of Music and has had the opportunity of being taught by Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Faisal Qureshi. Rachel also is a drummer and was part of a rock band back in India. Both western and Indian music has played an integral role in her musical background and this is demonstrated in her performances.

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While driving in a rainstorm, you prudently slow down to 5 mph. As you are crawling along, your grow tired of “Jaane Kahan Gaye Woh Din” and start to play with the radio to find something more contemporary. As you are looking down, you feel a slight bump. You realize that you have gotten into a minor (very minor) accident with a car driven by an elderly woman. Although you were not going more than 5 mph, she sustains signifi-cant spinal, back, leg, and hip trauma. An ambulance takes her away on the verge of death. The motorist sues you for negligence. You do not (and cannot) contest that you were negligent: you should not have been looking at the radio, you should have been looking at the road. What you would dispute, however,

is the extensive medical bills and pain and suffering alleged for numerous surgeries, rehabilitation, medical devices, etc. How could it be that you are on the hook for millions of dollars in damages for an accident that would not have caused injury to anyone else? The answer is commonly referred to as the “eggshell plaintiff rule”. Under negligence law, you take each plaintiff as you find him or her. What is rel-evant is your negligent conduct and the damages necessarily flowing from that conduct. It doesn’t make any difference whether the remainder of the human population would have been unaffected by the slight bump. What matters is the single person whom you did strike (negligently) suffered sig-nificant trauma. Perhaps her advanced age made her bones brittle or per-haps she had an individual susceptibility to blunt force trauma, it doesn’t matter. You are stuck. While Mahatma Gandhi wisely said “freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes”, your mistake severely injured someone. While it may seem unfair to be on the hook for such significant damages, you did cause them. Drive more carefully next time. ###Arun Kottha is an attorney with Tucker Ellis LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. He focuses on the defense of personal injury, product liability, and commercial lawsuits. Contact: [email protected]; please feel free to submit a topic for a subsequent article.

This article is for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact an attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem.

ARUN’S LEGAL CORNERBY: ARUN J. KOTTHA, ESQ.©

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In 1857 the last ruler of India, Baha-dur Shah Zafar was arrested at Del-hi by the British troops . And in the next year Punjab was also annexed. The British Raj over India had be-gun. So on November 1,1858, Queen Victoria the British ruler proclaimed ,”Henceforth everyone, brown or white, rich or poor, Hindu or Mus-lim, Sikh or Christian would enjoy the equal and impartial protection of the law”…..The proclamation ended with a promise and prayer written by Queen Victoria herself as follows:- “In their prosperity will be our strength, in their contentment our security, and in their gratitude

our best reward…..And may the God of all power grant to us, and those in authority under us, strength to carry out these our wishes for the good of our people” In a way, the Queen’s procla-mation was the founding document of the British Raj in India. In big cit-ies like Calcutta and even smaller towns and hill stations there were fireworks and celebrations. That was when the East India Company lost its power in the administration to the British Government. The earlier events of British East India Company are also very significant. A British boy, Clive, who at age 18 came to Madras as a clerk

and bookkeeper in British East India company was a moody young man. He even attempted suicide twice. But look at his good luck. He became a soldier and statesman and eventu-ally a Baron (Lord) Clive of Plassey where by fair or fowl means he won the battle of Plassey by bribes, against Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula. He thus succeeded to extend British in-fluence in India. He had already cut French aspirations in South India. Thus he also laid foundation of 200 years of British rule in the Indian sub-continent.. One other employee of East India Company is said to have later remarked, “Clive walked between

heaps of gold and silver, crowned with rubies and diamonds and was at liberty to help himself”. It was estimated that in 1757 alone Clive and his cronies extorted more than 1.2 million pounds sterling from the rulers of Bengal, enough to build a duplicate Bukingham Palace. He later bought a fabulous estate in Shropshire in England. He could not enjoy his gains and even had a very serious illness too. It is said that he eventually com-mitted suicide there at his estate.

Community News10British Conquest of India

- By Om Julka

Clive of India Clive house at Fort St George in Chennai, India!The Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, as a pensioner of the British East India Company, 1781.

TEN YEARS AGO....A DREAM WAS REALIZED.A celebration onFriday, OCTOBER 9th 2015 at 6:00PMSignature of Solon39000, Signature Drive, So-

lon, Ohio

A message by SEVA president Mona [email protected],(440-256-3247).

We are planning a gala evening to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a very popular destination on Martin Luther King Boule-vard....THE INDIA CULTURAL GARDENS.With its 6 plaques engraved with Gandhi-ji’s philosophy,an elegant statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of Doan brook,and our flag flying high,numerous people are seen visiting and taking pictures of the Father of our Na-tion. Read about Indian cultural Gardens on www.ficacleveland.org/fica/indiaCulturalPage.html Additional contacts:Raj Pillai ([email protected]); Swati Sathe ([email protected])Poonam Punwani ([email protected]); Latta Varyani ([email protected])Kusum Mainthia ([email protected])

The Cleveland Museum of Arts11150 East Blvd, Cleveland Ohio 44106Sunday, October 4 at 11:00am - 4:00 PM

FICA and other Indian communities witll be represented at The Cleveland Museum of Art at a festival celebrating our city’s rich artistic and cultural diversity. Enjoy this FREE after-noon of global art and entertain-

ment as more than 50 community organizations share their heritage through dynamic performance, music, and table displays. Bring

the whole family and explore with hands-on activities studio

workshops, scavenger hunts, and the museum’s Art Cart, plus two

stages of music and dance. Photo from a prior year.

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Over 320 people gathered in Millis-Schmitt Auditorium, Case Western Reserve University to hear Acharya Vivek Gupta, speak on “Finding Happiness through Ser-vice” on Friday, August 14, 2015. The talk, followed by a Panel dis-cussion was organized by Sewa In-ternational, Cleveland Chapter in association with Chinmaya Mission, Cleveland.

The program began with an invo-cation song by Narayan Ji. Dr. Hira Fotedar (President, Sewa Cleveland Chapter) opened the event and wel-comed the key note speaker, chief guest, six panel members and the audience; Dr. Sree Sreenath (Nation-al President, Sewa International) up-dated the audience on his recent trip to India and Nepal. He mentioned that Sewa is undertaking building of 8 hostels for the Earthquake orphans in Nepal along with construction of 61 Village Community Centers and has already distributed 10,000 School kits. Ms. Viji Vijay, Sewa Co-ordinator, gave a presentation about Sewa Cleveland activities, which is focused on economic empowerment and educational support to refugee immigrants and low-income fami-lies as well as helping immigrant communities in the areas of Health and Family Services.The Chief Guest, Dr. Susman, Dean, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Medicine (NEOMED), in his address explained how despite having one of the best healthcare systems in the country, many im-poverished people are still unable to obtain affordable healthcare. He mentioned that NEOMED is em-phasizing service and empathy in the medical curriculum. The Key-Note Speaker for the eve-ning, Acharya Vivek Gupta, Resi-dent Acharya of Chinmaya Mission Niagara, mentioned that Happiness begins by making yourself success-ful first and providing your family with its basic needs of love, friend-ship, intimacy, financial well be-ing and personal security. This is achieved by having a vision, mis-sion and setting personal goals. De-veloping time management skills to achieve them. Citing Maslow’s hierarchy of needs he advised that true happiness comes when we give back to the society, help and serve people in need. He observed that United States, despite being an amazing country filled with many opportunities, was not one of the happiest countries. This is because of our tendency to associate happi-

ness only with material wealth. He said that this approach leads to ego

that causes a feeling of separation from others. However, selfless living instead of selfish one would connect us with others. Volunteering our time and resources to those in need, results in lasting satisfaction and happiness.

Dr. Rupesh Raina led the panel dis-cussion by asking each of the six Panelist’s questions regarding how they balanced their professional life with public service and how they find happiness. Todd Teter, Vice president and gen-eral manager of Moen U.S. whole-sale spoke from personal experience as to how he got involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research founda-tion’s Northeast Ohio chapter when his child suffered from type I diabe-tes. He went on to explain that the look he sees on the parent’s faces when they realize that they are not alone makes this service very re-warding.Dr. Holy Perzy, Vice President, Met-ro Health, was asked how she found happiness. She said that she always wanted to be a doctor as this profes-sion allowed her to reach out and help others. She is very concerned about the unequal access to medical care in this country to low income families. She is committed to cor-recting this. Dr. Sanjiv Tewari, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Akron General Medical center, and Presi-dent of the Lung allergy, and Sleep Centers of America, informed that in his hospital he places heavy em-phasis on providing empathetic ser-vice to patientsFareed Siddiq, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, and a financial ad-visor, mentioned that helping fami-lies to find and achieve financial in-dependence makes him very happy. In addition his heavy involvement with organizations such as the

American Red Cross, The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland, and

other organizations gave him im-mense satisfaction.

Dr. Kristin Englund, a staff member of the Department of infectious dis-eases at the Cleveland Clinic and a volunteer at the Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland and for Med-Works in the Cleveland area finds happiness by volunteering despite her hectic schedule. Ratanjit S. Sondhe, founder of a ma-terials science company who over-

came many challenges and built it into an industry leader, advised that in times of difficulties, we should choose to face them head-on to suc-ceed; and losing the opportunity, we will learn nothing.

Acharya Vivek Ji answered ques-tions submitted by the audience. He ended with an interesting take away. In some cultures when it is a person’s birthday it is customary to give something to others rather than expect others to shower the person with gifts. How much differ-ent would our lives be, if as we grow older, each year that is added to our lives, we spend as many hours vol-unteering weekly or donate per-centage of our income to charity? That would make the world a better place.

Master of Ceremonies, Ritu Ma-hana kept the event moving along at a lively pace. Padma Jambunath offered a vote of thanks and recog-nized the contribution of Dr. Saloni Khatri and Dr. Priyanka Sharma of Chinmaya Mission as well as many volunteers from both organisations.

Community News 11“Finding Happiness through Service”

Dr. Rupesh Raina and Viji Vijay

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