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NRIPA FAMILY GATHERING ON JANUARY 31, 2012

The NRIPA Family members gathered on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in the Shri Aurobindo Seminar hall, Faculty of Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara and enjoyed the function to their hearts.

Some of the highlights are as under.

• Mr. Lakhi Paryani presided over the chair

• Homage to The Father of The Nation was offered by singing one of the favourite bhajan of Bapu - “વૈષ્ણવજન તો તેને રે કહીએ, જે પીડ પરાઇ જાણે રે” by Mrs. Dhairyabalaben Vyas.

• Condolence resolutions were passed and silence observed to impart eternal peace to the departed souls of Shree Girish Somabhai Patel and Shree S. N. Makhijani.

• General Secretary briefed members about recent activities of NRIPA like group meeting of Gotri – Subhanpura area on January 14, 2012 and participation of NRIPA in the GOPIO convention at New Jersey and Ahmedabad wherein Mr. Issar G. Totlani presented a paper on “CONCERN OF NRI PARENTS ASSOCIATION TOWARDS INDIAN DIASPORA”.

• The interaction with Hina Trivedi- Chicago and Dr. Shirish Shah - USA was very fruitful wherein they showed their willingness to become helpful to NRIPA members and their children in USA in all possible ways. They shared information about visa, green card, multiple visa, travel insurance, stay in USA, help extended to elderly people, education, health insurance and other related matter. Many members sought more information including legal aspects on visa, green card, insurance, education etc. and were satisfied by the in depth clarifications from Hina Trivedi and Dr. Shirish Shah.

• All enjoyed participation and company of Shree Bhogibhai Patel – U.K., Shree Mahendrarai Acharya – U.K., Shree Hasmukh Thakar – USA who attended the event as guests.

• Shree Bhogibhai Patel, B. Arch. (MSU, Vadodara) is a veteran NRI who is associated with the activities of Ramkrishna Mission in India and other countries. He has traveled many places in India along with almost all the Sadhu/Sanyasis of Ramkrishna Matha by car driving. He also took world tour by car driving.

• Shree Mahendrarai Acharya, 90 years old from U.K. is brother of Shree Manikant Acharya.

• Shree Hasmukhbhai Thakar from USA is friend of Shree Anil Jaidayal.

• All the guests expressed their great pleasure to enjoy the event and interact with NRIPA family members.

• Usual programmes of prayer, welcome and self introduction of new members, birth day celebrations of members born in November, December and January, in house entertainment, bon voyage to Dr. Bhupendra Vyas and Dr. Shirish Shah etc. were enjoyed by all.

-અમેરિકાએ એફ-વન અને એચ-વનબી વિઝા સહિતની કેટલીક કેટગરીના નિયમોમાં છુટછાટનો પ્રસ્તાવ રજૂ કર્યો

-એચ-વનબી વિઝા ધારકોના જીવનસાથીને પણ નોકરી કરવાની મંજૂરી આપવાની જોગવાઈ

-એફ-વન કેટેગરીમાં સ્ટુડન્ટ્સના જીવનસાથીને પણ પાર્ટ ટાઈમ સ્ટડીની મંજૂરી

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- બ્રિટન મંત્રાલયે આકરા કર્યા વીઝા નિયમ

- બ્રિટન ઇમિગ્રેશન ડિપાર્ટમેન્ટે ઇમિગ્રેશન પોલિસીમાં બે મહત્વપુર્ણ નીતિઓ જાહેર કરી

- આ પ્રપોઝલમાં ભારતીય અને અન્ય દેશોના ઇમિગ્રન્ટસનો પણ સમાવેશ

- બ્રિટનમાં વસવાટ માટે ઇમિગ્રન્ટસ માટે નક્કી કરાઇ 199,614 રૂની આવક મર્યાદા

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• Settlement in UK to be linked to a minimum salary of £31,000 says Immigration Minister

The UK is set introduce a minimum earnings figure of £31,000 in order to qualify for permanent settlement or Indefinite Leave to Remain, the Immigration Minister announced today.

Further changes to family migration

Reforms to settlement and greater selectivity

Breaking the link between temporary and permanent migration

Completing changes to eliminate abuse of the student visa route

review of the annual limit on skilled economic Tier 2 migrants

Contribution-based system rather than points-based

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Source: Immigration, Ramesh Rawal   |   Last Updated 12:34 AM [IST](01/02/2012)

સવાલ: હું. બી.કોમ. છું અને મારા પતિ ૧૨મું પાસ છે. અમે ઓસ્ટ્રેલિયા સ્ટુડન્ટ વિઝા ઉપર જઈએ તો એક માસમાં નોકરી મળે?-

(લેખક ઇમિગ્રેશન નિષ્ણાત એડવોકેટ અને અમેરિકાના લાયસન્સ્ડ લીગલ કન્સલ્ટન્ટ છે.)

kalash.immigration@gmail.com

ઇમિગ્રેશન, રમેશ રાવલ

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વિઝા એ ટુ ઝેડ - મૌલિન રમેશ રાવલ

કેનેડામાં મેં કરેલ સ્કીલ્ડ વર્કર તરીકેની પિટિશનનો કોઈ જવાબ નથી આવ્યો તો શું કરું?

આવા ફાઇલ કરેલા ઘણા કેસિસમાં પાંચથી છ વર્ષ કરતાં પણ વધુ સમય લાગે છે. તેથી તમે ફાઇલ કરેલ પિટિશનનો નંબર તથા તારીખ કેનેડાની ઇમિગ્રેશન વેબસાઇટ ઉપર તપાસ કરશો તો તમને તેની લેટેસ્ટ માહિતી મળી રહેશે.

(લેખક ઇમિગ્રેશનના નિષ્ણાત એડવોકેટ છે.)

તમારા વિઝા સંબંધિત સવાલો મોકલી આપો અથવા મેઈલ કરોઃ વિઝા એ ટુ ઝેડ, સંદેશ, પૂર્તિ વિભાગ, વસ્ત્રાપુર, અમદાવાદ. સવાલમાં બિનજરૂરી વિગતો ન ઉમેરવી તેમજ સરનામું પૂરું લખવું. એ સિવાયના સવાલોને સ્થાન મળશે નહીં.

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Prepared by

Prakash Nair

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The article has been displayed here with the courtesy of its publisher Shree Prakash Nair.

Evening of Life

Some of my friends in NRIPA use a very trite, common place and oft repeated phrase “evening of life” for the phase of life in which most of us are. Is it really an evening of our life? If so, then it will be followed by a night implying complete darkness and a full stop, which is the end of all life and raises the question what happens after death. Is there life after death is a fundamental question that none of us escapes. As we grow old or suffer the loss of a loved one, this question commands our attention.

The question of evening of life is connected to the question of what happens after life and has been answered by metaphysics, philosophy, religions and even laymen and yet there is no definite answer, though there are two broad traditions to tackle this question. They can be categorized as Eastern and Western traditions.

The Eastern tradition would include the metaphysics, philosophies and religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Chinese traditions, while the Western tradition may include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Throughout the history the great religions have provided answers to the question, Is there life after death, and if so, what is it like? These answers are embodied in the rituals related to death in both the traditions.

Let us first analyze the answers embedded in the Western traditions. Judaism’s answer to the question what happens after death is foundational for Christianity and Islam as this is the first religion within the Western tradition. Judaism is unique in starting with the view point that there is no survival after death and hence immortality is only through one’s children. The idea of bodily resurrection becomes common in the Western religions that came after the first phase of Judaic traditions. Salvation, in terms of resurrection is made possible for Christians by Jesus’ own resurrection. For most Christians there is an afterlife and its nature is spiritual. What happens after life therefore falls in the realm of spirituality.

Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam teaches that it is God who gives and takes away life. Islam looks at death not as an end but as a passageway from perishable earthly life to the permanence of eternal life in the hereafter, with God ruling both. Though the judgment begins soon after death, no one but God knows when the final Day of Judgment will come when the righteous will be admitted to Paradise, while the wicked will suffer a second punishment of being sent to dwell in the fires of Hell (Gehenna) forever.

In the Western tradition man does not return to earth in any form. Death is the final end of earthly life and therefore old age may be called ‘evening of life’ before the final end of life, which is death.

When we turn to Eastern traditions we find very different ideas about death and life after death. Fundamental to the Hindu view of life is the basic notion that each person is being continually reborn – life after life after life and this rebirth continuum has been going on without beginning. This basic idea life-death-rebirth (karma and samskara) of Hinduism was later adopted and refined by Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. In this view, gods have no choice, humans have free choice, animals have no choice and according to Jainism, plants and atoms of matter, though living, have no choice either.

Now if humans have a choice, they may choose to follow one tradition and call old age as ‘evening of life’ and follow another tradition call it life as it is without a beginning and an end. It is the choice that one makes decides which way we go afterwards.

Being a hardcore optimist, I would like to make the second choice and call this phase of life as the bonus that I have earned after working hard all my life. Following the Judaic tradition, I may like to see my immortality in my children and therefore would like not to relax but to go on working till my body changes to put on the new clothes with more colour, texture and beauty. Who knows you may be reborn and live with the same people, blissfully though without the memory of previous life.

These are tough questions and have been attempted for correct answers by innumerable people and I have no inclination to enter this fuzzy area. I however believe that there are no ‘correct’ answers. All the answers are true within the geography of the mind that is attempting to unpuzzle it.

What prompted me to get into this marshy and slippery land was the fact that during the last one month, I heard a few friends proudly naming this stage of life as ‘evening of life’ and this set me to ponder and reflect on this rather negative view of life that leads to bemoaning and romanticizing our past and loss of the company of our children.

Now that we have done our job as parents, it is time for us to do the job that we have been postponing for a long time: the job of what we always wanted to do. It could be that you wanted to paint, write, swim, dance or just do nothing and enjoy the freedom of being free, which is the ultimate freedom that one aspires for provided one knows how to live alone and within oneself.

As this is the beginning of a new year, let us resolve to live fully the life that we always wanted to live and were not given the freedom to live: a life of joy, satisfaction, fulfillment and contentment. Let this be morning of life and not an evening of life. Wishing you all ‘good morning’ and not ‘good evening’,

Om Juneja

NRIPA-President

1.1 From NRIPA Past President:

OUR FUTURE AS PARENTS OF NRI’S

Shri M. B. Mehta (at USA)

We feel happy that we are the parents of children who are considered elites or marginally of higher financial status, a mix of thoughts prevail whether we are really elites of society as people think and are we really happy.

While we live in India, some of us are comfortable on their own or with some support of their children living abroad.

Finance is not the only consideration to be in India. We have lived our life here. We were born here, educated, worked here and now many of us are spending the evening of our lives. What we miss is the warmth of our children and grandchildren. We wait for the phone calls, e-mail messages with attachments of latest photos of grandchildren. “Tasveer teri dil mera bahelana sakegi” (Your photo cannot please my heart).

We go abroad to spend time with our kids and stay there generally to help them out in their times of need. Very often to avoid VISA problems, we take permanent residency also. We feel happy to see the material achievements of our children in their homes, possession of cars and all modern gadgets. Yet we miss our home In India. When parents compare their life in India and life abroad, we say often “Jaisabhi Hai Mera chhota Ghar aur mera bharat hi pyara hai.”(I still love, howsoever be my home small and broken, and I love my great India).

NRI Parents’ Association tries to mitigate the emotional and social failings of being Parents of NRIs.

We need more closer social meeting grounds to feel the pulse of our friends, brothers and sisters who are lonely and need a help or some activity to avoid  being lonely or feeling useless.

I suggest following activities, besides monthly meetings.

Potluck dinners in small groups, one day picnics, going out to movies together, Attending Theater and Music programmes in groups and seeing cricket and other sports events, Otla parishad can revived.

In short we should have opportunity for more interaction amongst members.

Our talented EC committee can take appropriate decisions.

Many of our members are on Internet. Best way to communicate would be to send e-mails to all members and also request them to talk to other members who do not have the internet.

2.0 Highlights of Meetings.

2.1 Dt. 18-12-2011 પ્રવાસનાં પ્રવાસનાં સંભારણાં

સ્વામી તુલસીદાસજી ભગવાન શંકર અને માતા પાર્વતીને જગતનાં માતાપિતા વર્ણવતાં લખે છે કે,

“જગત માતુ પિતુ સંભુ ભવાની” - (બાલકાંડ ૧-૧૦૨/૪),

“જગત માતુ સર્બગ્ય ભવાની” - (બાલકાંડ ૧-૭૧/૮)

રવિવાર, તારીખ ૧૮ ડિસેમ્બર, ૨૦૧૧ દિવસે ન્રિપાના સભ્યોનો જગતના માતા પિતા ભગવાન શંભુ અને મા ભવાનીના આશીર્વાદ પ્રાપ્ત કરવા કાયાવરોહણ, રણુ અને કાવિ કંબોઈના પ્રવાસનો પ્રસંગ સફળતાપૂર્વક સંપન્ન થયો.

આ દિવસે કાયાવરોહણમાં ભગવાન લકુલીશના દર્શન કરી, રણુમાં તુલજા ભવાની માતાજીનું સાનિધ્ય માણ્યું અને કાવિ કંબોઈમાં સ્તંભેશ્વર દાદાના ચરણ પખાળી આશીર્વાદ મેળવી મંગળ કામનાઓને પૂર્ણ કરવા પ્રાર્થના કરી.

કાયાવરોહણમાં ડૉ. જુનેજાએ સ્વામી ક્રિપાલાનંદજીની અને ભગવાન લકુલીશજી વિષે માહિતિ આપી.

બધા સભ્યોએ સંતરા અને કેળાના ફળાહારને માણ્યો.

રણુમાં મા તુલજા ભવાનીનું સાનિધ્ય, મંદિરની ભવ્ય કલાત્મક કોતરણી, સુવર્ણ કળશ, આજુબાજુ નું રમણીય વાતાવરણ, પ્રભાતગિરિજી મહંતને સ્વામી નારાયણ ભગવાને આપેલ કંથા નું દર્શન વિગેરેની આનંદદાયક પળોને માણી.

તુલજા માતાજી સંસ્થાનના ગાદીપતિ મહંત રાજેન્દ્રગિરિએ ૭૦૦ વર્ષ પૂર્વે વિશ્વંભરગિરિજી દ્વારા સરોવરના ખોદકામ દરમ્યાન માતાજીની મૂર્તિ મળી આવતાં તેમનું આ સ્થળે સ્થાપન થયું અને તેમાં ઉત્તરોત્તર નવનિર્માણ થકી આજના ભવ્ય મંદિર વિષે માહિતિ આપી.

શ્રી કૌશિક પંડ્યાએ વડોદરામાં રામક્રિશ્ન મિશન દ્વારા ચાલતી વિવિધ પ્રવૃત્તિઓની માહિતિ આપી તેમજ સ્વામી વિવેકાનંદજીની તેમના જન્મ દિવસ  ૧૨ જાન્યુઆરી ના રોજ ૧૫૦ મા વર્ષની ઉજવણી વિષે માહિતિ આપી અને તેમાં ભાગ લેવા અનુરોધ કર્યો.

બધા સભ્યોએ પોતાનો ટૂંકો પરિચય આપી પરસ્પર ઓળખાણ મેળવી.

શ્રીમતી રેણુ જુનેજા અને શ્રીમતી શૈલા શિન્દેને તેમના આગામી વિદેશ પ્રવાસને અનુલક્ષીને ન્રિપા તરફથી ભેચ્છાઓ પાઠવવામાં આવી.બપોરના ભોજનમાં માતાજીના પ્રસાદના સ્વાદિષ્ટ અને સાત્વિક લાડુ તો બધાને દાઢે વળગ્યા અને એક યાદગાર સંભારણું બની ગયા.

મંદિરના ગર્ભગૃહમાં પ્રવેશી તુલજા માતાજીના ચરણ સ્પર્શ કરી અને માથુ ટેકવી આશીર્વાદ મેળવવાનું સદભાગ્ય પણ પ્રાપ્ત થયું.

અરબી સમુદ્રનાં નીર જેના પગ પહાળે છે તેવા શ્રી સ્તંભેશ્વરદાદાના દર્શન કરી જલાભિષેક દ્રારા આશીર્વાદ પ્રાપ્ત કરવાનો તેમજ દરિયા કિનારાના રમણીય દ્રશ્યને માણવાનો લહાવો અનેરો રહ્યો.

ડૉ. જુનેજાએ અને ગીતાબેને આજના યાદગાર પ્રસંગના સમાપનને શબ્દો દ્રારા વાચા આપી પરત મુસાફરીની શરુઆત કરી

પરત મુસાફરી દરમ્યાન બટાટા પૌંઆ, સંતરાં, કેળાંનો અલ્પાહાર અને તુલજા માતાજીના લાડુનો પ્રસાદ પણ યાદગાર રહ્યો. તેમજ સંધ્યાકાળ સમયના સૂર્યાસ્તનું દ્રશ્ય નિરખવાનો અમૂલ્ય લહાવો પણ માણવા મળ્યો.

2.1.1 Feedback of members

We really enjoyed last Sunday’s outing & full credit to your team & especially you for making it possible. A rare opportunity was afforded to visit three historical religious places & take in some sight seeing as well all in the course of one day. The hospitality & lunch at Ranu also deserve a word of praise.

With regards.

Shardool Majmudar.

2.2 Dt.13-12-2011 EC Meeting

NRIPA EC meeting was held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 05.30 P.M. at the residence of Mr. Niranjan P. Talati.

2.3 Dt. 29-12-2011 Invitation to attend International Indian Diaspora Conference at Ahmedabad during January 12, 13, 2012,

Dr Neerja Arun, Coordinator, Study Abroad Program (SAP) & Principal, Bhavan’s Arts and Commerce College, Ahmedabad. 380001, invited NRIPA members to participate in the Indian Diaspora Conference.

2.4 Dt. 20-11-2011 NRIPA Family Get to gather.

NEW YEAR FAMILY GATHERING ON NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The NRIPA Family members gathered on Sunday, November 20, 2011 in the Shri Aurobindo Seminar hall, Faculty of Arts, M. S. University, Vadodara to welcome the beginning of Vikram Samvat 2068 and enjoyed the function to their hearts.

Some of the highlights are as under. The President Dr. Om Juneja welcomed the members and conveyed best wishes for the New Year and briefed the members about recent activities and noteworthy incidents of the association. Vijay Khopkar made an excellent presentation through slides show about NRIPA, its activities, achievements and goals, future plans etc.

• New members introduced themselves and were happy to join such an august organization.
• Tours and Travel Committee was formed wherein Shree Bipinkumar Natverlal Shah will coordinate with other committee members to plan excursion programmes.
• Usual programmes of prayer, welcome and self introduction of new members, birth day celebrations of members born in September - October, in house entertainment, bon voyage to Pravin Vaidya / Hasumati Vaidya etc. were enjoyed by all.

2.5 GOPIO Convention at NJ USA

Our Vice President Shri I. G. Totlani attended the GOPIO Convention held at New Jersey, USA from 18th-20th November, 2011 and made Presentation on behalf of NRIPA.

“CONCERN OF NRI PARENTS ASSOCIATION TOWARDS INDIAN DIASPORA”

[ Standing from L to R, Sunny Kulathakal (Bahrain), Executive Vice President ,Inder Singh (USA), Chairman; Munish Gupta Convener NJ, Ashook Ramsaran (USA) President, K.N.Gupta ( Gopio President India N Delhi, Dr Thomas Abraham Founder Ex chairman Eminent( USA), Issar G Totlani , Vice President NRIPA Vadodara Gujarat India ]

My topic should have been rather other way “CONCERN OF INDIAN DIASPORA TOWARDS NRI PARENTS”. NRI Parents are spending the evening of their life as one Family, as part of the NRI Parents Association. They dissolve the loneliness resulting from the absence of their children by sharing and multiplying their joys and diminishing their sorrows with each other.

NRIPA Gujarat Today

NRI Parents’ association is A Social Movement aimed that goes beyond “social interaction” and creates a support system of altruists who will assist each other when needed, just like your own family member would. NRIPA is a family of self-reliant, caring and sharing seniors who support each other with great wisdom. Our members enjoy their social world in India, through NRIPA and the world of their children and grandchildren, when they go abroad and participate in their prosperity and happy moments.

Some of our network activities are:

1. Monthly dinner meets and discussions with guest speakers on current topics.

2. Birthday celebrations, bone voyage send-offs (to those going to their children) entertainment and games etc

3. Picnics and tours at regular intervals, festival celebrations like Garba, Diwali

4. Health care from reputed doctors in good medical institutions and hospitals

5. Ava-Gaman, Sneh Milan, Otla parish, meet every 15 days

6. Help Desk – On matters of immigration, visa, air travel, insurance etc

7. Police Security - Safety of assets and emergency calls 24 hours, with registered Photo identity Card.

Our children the NRI’s that make the Indian Diaspora; need not worry for their parents in India. The Diaspora should instead focus on discharging their duty by extending full support, both physical and financial, to extend the social movement to those who need most and are not yet covered.

Other NRIPA’s we know of:

Pune               Bangalore                  Aurangabad                           Ahmedabad

Coimbtore      Nagpur                       Vijaywada                              Chennai.

The opportunity for aggressive growth NRIPA is currently unrepresented in many states and cities. The possibilities for growth are phenomenal, but this can only happen when we make it “easy” to create other NRIPA’s using our experiences and collective wisdom as the blueprint or the DNA for new NRIPA’s. With a view to extend the NRIPA movement we have formed a Confederation of NRIPA’s known as CONRIPO. The goal of CONRIPO is to serve as the parent organization of all NRIPA’s and help spawn new NRIPA’s worldwide. This is where GOPIO can play an important role. We need the help of members of GOPIO to identify places in India where NRIPA can be started, suggest leaders with an entrepreneurship streak who can mentor and coordinate the start of the new NRIPA’s. NRIPA, CONRIPO and GOPIO can jointly help in looking to the interests to Diaspora. For more details on NRIPA Gujarat, please visit our website – http://www.nripagujarat.com .which is more informative, and request to put link in GOPIO NEWS Letter.

3.0 Important News

3.1 News General

3.1.1 Dt.29-12-2011 Citizenship Book in Gujarati
જેને  અમેરિકન સિટીઝન્સશીપ લેવાની હોય તેમને માટે ગુજરાતીમાં એક સરસ પુસ્તિકા

હાલમાં પટેલ બ્રધર્સના ગ્રોસરી સ્ટોર્સમાં વિનામુલ્યે વહેંચે છે.

અમેરિકન નાગરિકત્વનો રાજમાર્ગ-સફળતાના સોપાન.

લેખન-સંકલન- જયક્રિશ્ન આઇ.પટેલ

૧૦૮ પાનાનું પુસ્તક છે. પટેલ બ્રધર્સવાળા (Houston, TX-USA) દાસનો સંપર્ક સાધવાથી વધુ માહિતી મળી શકશે. ૭૧૩-૭૮૪-૮૩૩૨.|

3.1.2 Dt. 23-12-2011 Great proud for NRIPA

The SPANDA School for mentally retarded children is managed by The Banyan City Jaycees Education Trust and our life member Shree Uttambhai Shah is the President of this trust. They have received donation of Rs 25 lakhs for their noble work.

It is a matter of great proud for the NRIPA, Vadodara that its one of the members is actively associated with the institution working for the noble cause.

3.1.3 Dt. 21-12-2011

Our Dear friend Shri Jambhekar (Dada), is to be operated on his knee on 27th December at LA by one Dr. Mahesh. Let us all pray for his quick recovery and good health.

3.1.4 Dt.15-12-2011 Dr. Shirish Shah (brother of Dr. Satish Shah) in Vadodara

Dr. Shirish Shah (brother of Dr. Satish Shah), settled in USA for about 50 years, is eager to meet NRIPA members for interaction during his visit to Vadodara.

3.1.5 Dt.7-12-2011 Ms. Hina Trivedi

Hina Trivedi, our life member and recipient of many awards for her excellent social work is visiting India from January 13, 2012 to February. She is eager to meet NRIPA Family members.

3.1.6  Useful Web site

http://www.consumercomplaints.in/
http://www.consumercomplaints.in/?search=vadodara

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/

3.1.7 Dt. 20-11-2011 Helpline Numbers

અમદાવાદ-વડોદરા એક્સપ્રેસ હાઈવે પર મુસાફરી કરતાં મોટાભાગના વાહનચાલકોને જાણ નથી કે હાઈવે પર માત્ર અકસ્માત જ નહિ પરંતુ ગાડી બંધ પડી જાય તો તેની માટે ૯૮૨પ૦-૨૬૦૦૦ અને ૯૮૭૯૬-૨૬૦૦૦ નંબર પર કોલ કરીને એમ્બ્યુલન્સ અને ફ્રી-બ્રેકડાઉન સવિeસની મળતી હોય છે. આ માટે સંચાલકો દ્વારા વડોદરાથી આણંદ, આણંદથી નડિયાદ અને નડિયાદથી અમદાવાદ એમ ત્રણ ઝોનમાં વિભાજન કર્યો છે અને જે સ્થળ નજીક હોય ત્યાંથી સવિeસ અપાય છે.
Source Link : http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/article/MGUJ-VAD-express-highway-with-vehicle-death-race-2578241.html?HFL-9=

3.1.8 Dt.7-11-2011 SNEH MILAN-Nizampura Area

Making the Saal Mubarak wishing a memorable event, the NRIPA group members from Nizampura, Sama, Fateh Gunj, Pratap Gunj area met, chatted, and shared each other’s life stories on 5 November 2011 in a shadowy corner of Hedgewar Park near Mehsana Nagar from 5 p.m. to sun set.
Enjoy photographs and more story on our website.

3.1.9 Dt. 7-11-2011 Photographs of Open Garba Competition
Enjoy pictures taken during “Open Baroda Garba Competition” organised on Saturday, October 15, 2011 for mentally challenged children  at Spandan School,Karelibaug, Vadodara.
https://picasaweb.google.com/nripaadmin/GarbaAtSpandan?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPyTtqLe2rHnMQ&feat=directlink

3.2 Members under medical Treatment

3.2.1 Dt. 22-11-2011 Son of Pinakin Vaidya

Son of Pinakin Vaidya is undergoing necessary diagnostic tests  at Leelavati Hospital, Mumbai for his one kidney disorder and may undergo surgery on Thursday, November 24, 2011. We wish him successful surgery and speedy recovery thereafter.

3.2.2 Dt. 9-11-2011 Maganbhai Mistry

Shree Maganbhai Mistry, Joint Secretary has been diagnosed with tumors in the abdomen by the Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad. He has yet to undergo a few more tests there for deeper investigations and therefore needs some volunteer to accompany him to Ahmedabad.

3.3 News Members going abroad / back to India

NRIPA wishes Bon voyage to Mrs. Renu Juneja and Mrs. Shaila Shinde who are visiting their love ones settled in USA.

3.4 SAD News

3.4.1 Dt. 8-12-2011 Shri Girishbhai Patel

Shree Patel Girishbhai S. departed heavenly abode on December 07, 2011.

4.0 Articles written/ sent by Members

4.1 Dt. 20-12-2011 Keep this Railway Complaint Number in your Mobile

Forwarded by Shri Nandlal Pamnani / M.V.Ramana Murthy ,

The Indian Railway  Number to which you can SMS is   8121281212 .

4.2 Dt. 24-11-2011 Questionnaire

Sent by Shri M.B.Mehta Past-President - NRIPA

Pl. see Attachment - A at Page - 14

Shri M.B.Mehta has requested NRIPA members (who have no objection) to furnish data has per the format. It will remain confidential with him.

4.3 Dt.24-11-2011 Development oriented international jobs

Sent by Shri M. B. Mehta Past President - NRIPA

Subject Link:  DevelopmentAid.org Job Newsletter

Dear Friends,

The message forwarded is the employment offers for many Developments oriented international jobs. We have large number of highly educated and experienced members and some of them may be interested in trying their luck for a short time consultancy jobs. This link can be useful to many of NRIs who are facing problems due to recession in the western world. Such links can be displayed in our website also. NRIPA can become subscriber to this weekly job News letter.

You may do the needful as may suit you all.

Regards,

Madhusudan Mehta

4.4 maarao yaadgaar p`vaasa

From: Manhar (Manubhai) N. Shah)

Jt. Secretary (NRIPA)

isamalaa - kulau - manaalaI - idlhI

AmaarMu dSaok vyaiktnaMu g`aup AaokTaobar navaombar ( 2011) naI idvaaLInaI rjaAaomaaM isamalaa jvaa maaTo naIkLyaa hta.

vaDaodraqaI saIQaI T/ona kalaka jayaCo. baIjo idvasao saaMjnaa 7.30 sauQaImaaM phaocaI jvaaya Co.

isamalaaM

ib`aTISa sarkar htI %yaaro isamalaanauM GaNau mah%va htMu. Aajo ihmaacala p`doSanaI rajQaanaI Co. samaud`qaI 2159 maITrnaI }Mcaa[ pr Aavaola Co. kalaka sToSanaoqI isamalaa 90 kI.maI. Taoya T/ona Wara tomaj basa ko ToxaI Wara jvaaSao. navaombar maasa pCIqaI kyaaro pNa barF pDtao haoyaCo.navaombarmaaM jvauM haoyatao garma kpDa raKvaa jrurI Co. %yaaMnaa Frvaa laayak sqaLao naIcao p`maaNao Kasa Co.

maala raoD Aasaro 2 ik.ima. laabauM bajar saholaaNaIyaaonao psaMd pDo Co. poralar raoD, laaovar maako-T, lakkr bajar, kaT- raoD pNa j[ Sakaya Co.

glaona jMgala

%yaaMnauM p`#yaat pIknaIk sqaL Co. (g`aIna vaolaI)

yaaDinak jla p`pat

67 maITr ]Mcaa[qaI paNaI pDtuM doKaSao.(Falls)

jaKao phaDI

isamalaa SahornaI vaccao phaD pr hnaumaanajInau maMidrnaI maUit- 108 FuT ]McaI Co. %yaaM vaaMdraAaonaao ~asa haovaaqaI kao[ pNa vastu maaobaa[la, komaora, caSmaa pNa raKI Sakata naqaI.

baTaonaI phaDI, samar phaDI, vaoQaSaaLa phaDI, [laoSaIyaSa phaDI Anao k`a[sT caca- tomaj kalaIbaaDI maMidr jaovanaa sqaLao Co.

naaladora

isamalaaqaI 23 ik.maI. dUr gaaolF g`aa]nD Co. rstamaaM g`aInarI, phaDao Ait rmaiNaya Co.%yaaM TurIHama kaopao-roSananaI jmavamaaTonaI haoTla sarsa Co.

t+apanaI

isamalaaqaI 51 ik.maI. dUr satlaj nadInaa iknaaro Ait sauMdr g`aInarI vaccaO Aavaolau sqaL Co. Aa nadI caInaqaI naIkLInao paikstana sauQaI jayaCo. nadI iknaaro garma paNaInaa Hara Co jomaaM nhavaaqaI Aaqa-Da[Tsa, caamaDInaa raogaao iva. pr Asar kta- Co.?iYakoSa (hirdvaar) nao yaad Aapo tovauM sqaL Co.

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isamalaaqaI 16 ik.maI. pr Aavaola Co. %yaaMnaa jMgalaao tomaj GaaoDa pr jvaanaao Anaorao AanaMd maLo Co. dUrbaInaqaI vaOYNavadovaI iva. jao[ Sakaya Co.

kullau - manaalaI

isamalaaqaI 290 ik.maI. sauMdr GaaTImaaM jaovaa laayak sqaL Co. jaoko kullaumaaM Kasa kM[ jaovaa laayak naqaI, prMtu manaalaI jtaM rstamaMa AavaoCo. Aa GaaTI navaombar pCIqaI maaca-naa AMt sauQaI barfqaI ZMkayaolaI, dovadarnaa lacaI pDta vaRxaao , hjarao fuT ]caoqaI pDta HarNaaAao Anao sauMdr d`Syaao jaNaItuMM p`vaasa Qaama Co. samaud` iknaaraqaI 1220 maITr ]caa[Ao Aavaolau ijllaa maqak Co. manaalaIqaI 40 ik.maI. pholaa AavaI jayaCo. manaalaImaaM AKaDa bajar , Zalapur maodanamaaM Barata maoLa Anao vyaasa nadI iknaaro nagar Anao Paava-tI nadI iknaaro ksaaola Anao maiNakNa- Aavaolaa Co. %yaaMnaI Saala , TaopI kpDa tomaj laakDanaI vastuAao jaovaa KrIdvaa jovaI haoya Co. Zalapurnaa bajarmaaMqaI saUka maovaa KrIdI Sakaya Co. AKraoT jovaI D`ayaf`uT vastuAao %yaaM 150 ru. iklaaoqaI maLo Co. jo vaDaodramaaM 400 ru. iklaaoqaI ]prnaa Baavao haoya Co.%yaaM pNa garma paNaInaa HarNaa maaTo jaNaItuM Co. AKraoT isamalaamaaM pNa Aaj Baavao maLo Co.

saaonaMga naalaa Anao raohtaMga

raohtaMga rsta pr jtaM raomaaMcak Kolaao , glaa[DIMga Anao raopvao maaTo p`isaQQa Co.

hnaImauna manaavavaa maaTonauM sqaL khovaaya Co. jaoko isamalaaqaI kullau manaalaI jvaanaao rstao GaaTImaaMqaI psaar qataM 7 qaI 8 klaak kYT dayak haoya Co. joqaI isanaIyar saITIjnaaoAo jtI vaKto ivacaarvaa jovauM KruM.

idlhI

Aa sqaL saaO laaokaoAo jaoyauM hSao. pNa SahormaaM frtI maoT`ao T`ona drok sqLo 15 qaI 30 maInaITmaaM New Delhi rolvao sToSanaoqaI phaoMcaaDI doSao.

mau#ya sqaLao

AxarQaama laaoTsa Tompla, kutuba imanaar, Kana maako-T, kraola baaga, jnapqa, rajQaaT, laalaikllaao, laxmaInaarayaNa, maMidr iva. sqaLao bao idvasamaaM jao[ Sakaya Co.

]prnaI maaihtI maarI d`iYTAo AapI Co. CtaMya kaM[ KaoTuM laKayauM haoyatao xamaa krSaao.

5.0 Editorial

5.1 Appeal to all Members.

All members are requested to share their hidden talents, hobbies by publishing by their own small articles, poems, jokes; experiences while in India and abroad etc. in the News letter and make the News letter interesting to read, full of information and humors also.

Please request your children abroad to visit our web site regularly and send News & views for publishing in the News letter.

Let us make every month timely efforts to make ours a Model News Letter, which can create a good image of our Association in the society. All are requested to co-operate.

Members while forwarding Articles / Reading Material for putting in News Letter, are requested to mention Name of the Author, whether it is written by them or ‘By Courtesy’ received from friend? We would like to put articles in the News Letter if they are written by Members only. The Articles should be of small size and not more than 10 lines to control the size of the News Letter.

Members are also requested to share following information to our Gen. Sec. for making announcement in the meeting for the information of all members, and publishing in NEWS Letter.

(1) Members under Medical Treatment

(2) Members going abroad to bid them Bon Voyage

(3) New Members (Announced in the monthly meeting) please furnish your brief details and your children abroad.

(4) Members returning to Home / Vadodara

5.2. SUGGESTIONS BOX

Members are requested to give freely their suggestions to the Editor, How the working of NRIPA can be improved, made more interesting & enjoyable, How members would like to participate in all the activities of the association, what

Members can do for the Association and not what the Association should do for

Members, which can be displayed here for the information of all and discuss in the next meeting for implementation.

5.3. WELCOME to NRI children coming to India.

All members are requested to inform the EC in advance about their children coming to India and bring them in the meeting to welcome them and share their views about NRIPA and get feedback for better caring of their parents.

5.4. HEALTH TIPS

All members are requested to share with Members their Experience how they keep their health Fit and Fine, their daily routine, food habits etc.

5.5. KHUSHIYA-HI-KHUSHIYA

All Members are requested to communicate their Khushiyan to our Gen. Sec. to publish in News Letter and share with other NRIPA members.

5.6. Caution

Kindly note that Any Error or Omission in the News Letter is only inadvertent and not by any intention and is highly regretted. Please inform the editor at the earliest such errors and omissions for rectification.

5.7 INVITATION TO ALL NRI CHILDREN’S PARENTS.

All NRI children’s parents, who are not Members of NRIPA, are also invited to attend our meeting as a guest to get Introduction of the Association. Please contact our:

President-in-charge: Shri Om Prakash Juneja, Mobile No. - 97 262 89 064, or

Secretary: Shri Amritgiri Goswami, Mobile No. - 98 256 72 240, or

Treasurer: Shri Vijay Khopkar, Mobile No. - 98 986 63 795.

-X-X-X-X-X-

See Attachment - A on page -14

Attachment - A

QUESTIONNAIRE

ON

PLEASURES AND PAINS OF BEING PARENTS OF NRIS/PIOs

Name-                                                    Address—-
Phone-                                                     E-Mail :-
(M)

Identity and Views Expressed in the questionnaire will be kept confidential.

1. How many of your children are NRIs /PIOs

2. How many visits abroad to your children?

a. How long you have stayed (longest period)

3.  When abroad-

a. Did you enjoy being with your children?

b. How much time, on an average, you spend with them in a working day?

c. How often you go out with them on week ends / holidays?

4. Health Issues

a. Do you or your spouse have health problems in India?

b. Did you face any health problems while with children abroad?

c. How many times you had to see Doctor or Hospital?

d. Your good or bad experience of treatment in foreign lands- Describe in five sentences.

5. INSURANCE

a. Do you have health Insurance in India?

b. Do you usually take overseas Mediclaim Insurance when going abroad?

c. Did you claim any insurance? In India / Foreign country

d. Your experience in claiming insurance in India / Abroad. Write in five sentences

e. Do your children take your insurance after you go there? Do your children invite you when you have health problems in India?

6. COMMUNICATION-

a. How often you speak to your children  —-times per week / month

b. How often children call you on their own——-times per week /month

c. Do you communicate with both the spouses daughter- son in law or son and daughter in law?

d. How often you speak to your grand children? ——times per week /month

7. VISITS OF CHILDREN TO INDIA

a. Do your children visit India once in one year / 2 years / 3 years / never?

b. Do they come and stay with you or go out visiting places or take you wherever they go?

8. DEPENDENCE

Are you financially independent / partially dependent on children / fully dependent on children? (Strike out which is not applicable)

9. EXPERIENCE OF VISITS TO CHILDREN

a. When you visit your children do you feel wanted?   Yes / somewhat / No

b. Do you create your own social circle?  Yes / somewhat /No

c. Do you feel loneliness in India? Yes / sometimes / NO

d. Do you have conflicts with children on values / bringing up their children/ food habits /   Daughter in law –mother in law conflicts / No conflicts in inter relationship.

10. Your Concerns for your children.

a. Do you feel your children are financially stressed / some what stressed / comfortable?

b. Do your children have physical stress / mental stress?    Yes / some what /No

3. Your Personal thoughts on whether you are happier in India or with children     abroad. Please give your candid opinion.

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