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Newsletter 3 - Jun 2016

Working towards a

closer community

The Secretary’s Message

Dear Members,

This is BSNL’s third newsletter.

Read on for the reports on the last six functions arranged by BSNL and for

details of upcoming programmes arranged for you for July, August,

September, October & November.

I would like to thank the convenors, sub-committee members and

volunteers for their help and hard work in delivering the last six excellent

functions.

As well as news, the March issue of the BSNL Newsletter contained a

consent form. You were requested to complete the consent form if you

wished to receive our newsletters via e-mail. Thank you to all those

members who completed and returned this consent form, we will be

sending the newsletter to you all by e-mail. If you would like to receive the

newsletter by email but have yet to tell us, please send your request and e-

mail address(s) to Hitesh Purohit at hmpurohit@gmail.com. Sending

newsletters via email saves money and time, and helps save the

environment too!

BSNL has appointed Vandanaben Y Joshi to look at all possible grants that

may be on offer and make applications as and when required. This very

important role requires special skills and knowledge. If you are

experienced in this area or feel that you can help, BSNL (and Vandanaben)

needs you! Please do contact Vandanaben on 07944913208 and offer you

services.

BSNL has been and will continue to take photographs at all our BSNL’s

functions. Some of these photos are loaded on to the BSNL Website and

BSNL’s Facebook pages. If any member does not want his or her picture

taken then please ensure you advise Gunwantbhai Dave or me, Harendra

Raval in advance.

It has been agreed that we will include in our newsletter any

announcements members may wish to make (i.e. engagement, wedding,

births, bereavement, educational achievements, recipes, any other articles

of community interest, etc.). If you have an announcement, please send

your details by e-mail to Hon Secretary Harendra K Raval at

secretary@bsnl.org.uk. BSNL reserves the right to include these details in

the Newsletters.

Harendra K Raval, Hon Secretary and Trustee-BSNL,

07956 428 050

Contact Us

For General Enquiries:

Harendra Raval 07956 428 050,

secretary@bsnl.org.uk

For BSNL Hall Hire:

Text on 07483 904 979 or e-

mail at hall@bsnl.org.uk

For Membership Enquiries:

Hitesh Purohit 07882 571 234,

membership@bsnl.org.uk

For BSNL Cultural Club:

Trupti Joshi 07947 807 147,

cultureclub@bsnl.org.uk

For BSNL Elders Group:

Vinod Mehta 07770 730 202,

eldersclub@bsnl.org.uk

For BSNL Abhilasha:

Anjana Thaker 07949 830 273,

abhilasha@bsnl.org.uk

For BSNL Young Brahmins:

TBA

Visit us on-line

Stay in touch with all the latest BSNL news by visiting our website (www.bsnl.org.uk) and our Facebook pages (login to Facebook and search for Brahmin Society North London).

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BSNL does Bournemouth – 2 coaches all SOLD OUT!

Pack you swim suits, your sun-cream, your sweets and your savouries!

Jump on board the coach on Sunday 26th June 2016, 8am departure!

Enjoy the day at Beautiful Bournemouth!

Board the coach again at 6pm sharp for our journey home – tired

but hopefully happy and carrying a bag full of lovely memories!

For information, contact:

Trupti (07947 807 147), Harsha (07909050120), Hitesh (07882 571 234)

Upcoming Events

Events for the year ahead – at a glance

June July August September

Sea-Side Trip Gita Gyan Gita Gyan Gita Gyan

Kishor Kumar Night BBQ FBA Cultural Show

Saathi Samelan Disco Dandia Nite

DIL Auditions

Bhajan Sandthya

October November December

Gita Gyan Gita Gyan Gita Gyan

Navratri Diwali Dhamaka AGM

Nav-Chandi Havan Childrens Christmas Party

Continue reading for more details on these upcoming events. If you are interested in organising an event for the community, please contact Harendra Raval

Gita Gyan Yagna

The Bhagwat Gita Gyan Yagna divine journey continues at BSNL every

second Sunday of the month.

Please come and be inspired by the knowledge of this Holy Book (in

English). So far, we have had two talks (speakers: Dhruv Chatralia and

Chandni Joshi).

Time: 1pm to 2.30 pm.

Venue: BSNL Community Centre 128 East Lane North Wembley

Middlesex HA0 3NL

Dates: 12/Jun, 10/Jul, 14/Aug, 11/Sept, 9/Oct, 13/Nov, 11/Dec.

We look forward to welcoming you.

BSNL, 128 East Lane, North Wembley, HA0 3NL.

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Saathi Samelan – Sun 3 July 2016

Dear Members,

The Federation of Brahmin Association (FBA), with the support of the

East London and Essex Brahm Samaj have organised a Saathi Samelan!

Members, from various Brahmin organisations affiliated with the FBA,

Interested in meeting their future life partners can mingle with

like-minded individuals in a relaxed, informal setting.

See attached flyer for further details.

Parchay

This is an annual subscription service introducing partners by way of a comprehensive

register. A list is issued to members quarterly with a synopsis of other members for

possible contact.

Cost - £35 (annually)

See attached flyer for further details

Kishore Kumar Karaoke Nite at BSNL Sat 2 July

This is first event organised for you by the newly formed fundraising group,

and your opportunity to come and join us for a fun filled, music filled

nostalgic night at the BSNL Community Centre.

Programme of events:

6:00PM TO 7:30PM – Dinner

8pm onwards – Karaoke nite

Tickets £15 contact Harshaben Trivedi, 07956 586 926 or Bhartiben Vyas 07802 888707

Dress Code Ladies - dress to impress,

Gentlemen – transform into Dev Anand or Rajesh Khana

Scrumptious food, melodious music and a very warm BSNL welcome guaranteed!

Diwali in London (DIL) Auditions

Auditions for this

year’s Diwali in Trafalgar

Square will take place on Saturday

30th July 2016 at Brahma Kumaris,

Global House, Pound Lane, London,

NW10 2HH. Any groups wishing to

participate this year should contact Shivali on

misshiv@hotmail.com to obtain appropriate forms.

Please note: those groups who performed last year will not be

considered for auditions. GOOD LUCK!!!

BSNL, 128 East Lane, North Wembley, HA0 3NL.

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BHAJAN SANDHYA – Sun 31 July 2016, 2pm – 4:30pm

Once again, Haribhakto, it is time to recharge ourselves with Bhakti Rus, to be able to proceed

in our spiritual journey of life with renewed vigour and purpose.

Therefore we request that you all join us in Bhajan Sandhya at our BSNL HALL, with family &

friends (members as well as non- members are all welcome) followed by light refreshment.

We hope you will once again enjoy the variety of bhajans and have a Bhaktiful afternoon

with us.

Anybody who wishes to bring Prasad is welcome to do so.

For any inquires or if you wish to sing bhajans at this event, please contact

Kailashbhai Thaker (Convener) on 07500903498 by latest 15 June, and we will

try to accommodate you.

BSNL BBQ – Sat 14 Aug 2016, 2pm start

Why not come and join us to enjoy an amazing day in the sun, with lovely

vegetarian barbeque food hot off the barbeque and games for all ages.

Venue: BSNL Community Centre

Time: 2:00 pm start

Tickets: Adults £5 Children (up to age 12) £2

Dress code: Tirangi design clothes

We can guarantee fun and great food all you have to do is bring the sun

and a fun attitude.

For tickets, get in touch with Hitesh Purohit, 07882 571234

FBA Variety Show and Dinner – Sun 11 Sept 2016

The Federation of Brahmin Association are hosting a Variety Show and Dinner on

Sunday 11th September 2016 from 1 pm to 8 pm at Greenford Town Hall, Greenford, Middlesex.

Please see attach flyer for further details.

Variety Show Participation

All individuals or groups who wish to participate and present an item are requested to contact Mukesh

Raval on 07588 728968 in the first instance. If that is not possible then they can also contact the

event organisers at brahmin.associations@yahoo.com. Stage based entertainment items of all

genres including singing, dancing, drama, comedy, magic and more will be welcomed.

Disco Dandia – Sun 17 Sept 2016

This charity function is to be held at the JFS School.

Look out for further details in the next newsletter!

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NAVRATRI 2016

Our celebration of the festival of Navratri will be held at the JFS School in Kingsbury.

The dates are 1st October 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th October and 14th

October 2016.

Please note that the JFS School is not available on 2nd and 3rd October 2016,

so we shall not be meeting on these dates.

Further details in the next newsletter.

HAVAN 2016

This year BSNL will be holding their annual Navchandi Havan on Saturday 22nd October 2016.

We have had to change the venue this year as SKLP had another function. Therefore early

warning that this years venue will be Kadva Patidar Hall in Kenton, Harrow. I am sure

everyone will agree that given we have a bigger much more modern hall we can make this years

Havan even better.

I hope I have given food for thought to all who have aspirations to be

Yajman at the Havan. This year will be special with an awesome

venue. The bidding for Havan as always will take place during

Navratri on Atham Day Sunday 9th October 2016

Ladoo making will be on Thursday the 19th October 2016 at BSNL

hall. This day is open to all men and women so come and learn how

to make ladoos and have loads of fun.

Anyone who wants to donate items for Havan, wants to help on the

day or has questions please contact Kamal Purohit on

07946 344 075.

Diwali Dhamaka 2016 –

Sat 12 Nov

Put the date into your diary – further details in

next newsletter!

BSNL Childrens Xmas

Party 2016

Once again, BSNL will be entertaining

the young ones at Xmas! Look out for more

details in upcoming newsletters!

BSNL 2016 Children’s Garba

BSNL are once again proud to holding an afternoon garba event for our young members!

As ever, there will be good music, energetic dancing, fresh food and fun in a warm, safe, welcoming

environment.

Details will be included in the next newsletter so stay tuned in!!!

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The BSNL Subgroups

The BSNL Children’s Culture Club Culture Club (CC) is a fun club for all BSNL children aged between 5 and 18.

We meet every Saturday (10 sessions per school term), between 2 and

5 pm, at BSNL house.

During our sessions, children learn about:

Hindu and Gujarati culture, history and religion, during ‘topic time’

The Gujarati language

Singing (bhajans, garbas, aartis, lok-geet, etc)

Dance (traditional, folk and fusion bollywood styles)

Yoga and keep-fit

in a relaxed, friendly environment.

This term, our topic has been ‘The Mahabharat’, which the children have been getting

to grips with through interactive, tailor made sessions.

As well as learning children gain friends within their own community and

have fun.

The club is run by a very dedicated, voluntary group of samaj mum’s (Nutan, Hetal,

Zareen, Gayatri and Neha).

We charge £20 for 10 weeks (3 hours each week), which goes towards paying for our

resources as well as a snack, which children enjoy together each week.

Do encourage your children to join us!

For more information on the club, to enrol your child or to offer

your services, please contact

Trupti (07947 807147) or

Nutan (07963 796748)

- we look forward to hearing from you!

Jai Shree Krishna,

Trupti Joshi, Bsc (hons), P.G.C.E.

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BSNL ABHILASHA

Please look out for future abhilasha ladies’ events - details will be sent via abhilasha Whatsup group

chat, BSNL Facebook page and BSNL website.

July- After a successful cookery demonstration on 8th May 2016, we are planning this again with a

different style. With a picnic to include cookery demo, with items that do not need cooking!

Date, time and venue will be confirmed via social media.

Anyone wishing to demonstrate an item, please contact Jyoti Joshi on: 07852 119507- you will

need to bring your own ingredients.

August- Garba and dance steps for ladies.

Abhilasha ladies can learn new steps and get ready for Navratri - date and time to be confirmed via

social media.

Later this year-Get ready for karoake -this will be for all BSNL members

For further information on Abhilasha, please contact: Anjana Thaker 07949830273

BSNL E-group

Our elders are having fun every Tuesday – with bhojan, bhajan and manoranjan – a super day out

for them amongst friends. We start at 12 and finish at 4 pm with a full vegetarian lunch in-between

– which is usually donated by our members and their families celebrating their birthdays,

anniversaries, and other events. They get pleasure and satisfaction in feeding fellow elderly

Brahmins.

Our menus and quality of food and at the right price is managed by Dr Sharadbhai Mehta, in charge

of Catering & Dining. Entertainment is a key success factor and very well managed by Mr

Shashikantbhai Mehta, our Manoranjan Leader. We have lots of singing with live music and many

discussion topics of value to members. We also enjoy special celebrations with lots of variety and

fun items performed by our elders organised by Dr Mukundbhai Mehta, our Special Events

Convenor. Our last special event was on 3rd May which was a huge success with over 66 roles to

include the maximum number of our members to participate. Inclusion is part and parcel of our

feel-good ethos. And with a houseful scenario every week it is important to manage attendance and

members register which is very ably done by Mrs Prafulaben Purohit, our Membership Manager.

Not many people know that we run our eGroup yoga (eYoga) classes every week under the

leadership of Mrs Nirmalaben Rawal. We have been lucky to have Mrs Kalpnaben Purohit-Patel, a

Ramdev Baba Patanjli Peeth trained professional yoga teacher.

We have lots of volunteers giving selfless service to our elders – too many to mention including Mr

& Mrs Bipinbhai & Jayaben Dave looking after serving food and Mr Pramodbhai Mehta looking after

Health & Safety and Hall Management.

And our recent highlight was our 11 day eCruise in the Mediterranean on a brand new cruiser,

Carnival Vista, visiting 5 countries and docking at 8 ports where we had super excursions in each

port. We all had a wonderful time.

I am grateful for the support given by our Board of Trustees to our Elders Group.

Mr Vinod Mehta

BSNL Trustee & Chairman of BSNL eGroup, 07770730202 , mr.vinod.mehta@gmail.com

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SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR-UK TOUR 2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a world-renowned peace leader, humanitarian and spiritual teacher who has captured the hearts and minds of millions around the world through his meditations, breathing techniques and wisdom. He is an icon of non-violence and seeks global peace through service and fostering human values.

At Sri Sri’s Meditation 2.0 - Go Deeper UK events, he will guide the audience through one of his much-esteemed meditations, silencing the auditoriums as thousands experience it live. The events will also include Satsang (Sanskrit chanting) from the Art of Living repertoire and interactive sessions, where audience members will be given the opportunity to pose questions to Sri Sri Ravi Shanker and enjoy his profound and often humorous answers.

This event presents a unique opportunity to interact with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whom Forbes

Magazine has identified as one of the top five most powerful figures in India and who has reached

over 300 million people worldwide.

London Event on Sunday 19th June 2016 at Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP from

5 pm. Tickets available from Box office or on line on www.royalalberthall.com.

Other News and Events

Review of crematoria provision and facilities: discussion paper

A discussion paper has been published by the government on the Review of crematoria provision and

facilities.

Please check under https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-crematoria-provision-and-

facilities-discussion-paper

Samaj Samachar

Congratulations to Uma and Divyang (Raju)

Purohit for their amazing charity walk.

They walked 100 miles in four days from

Bowness on Solway on the West coast to

Whitley Bay in Newcastle!

Congratulations to Mr Bhupenbhai Rasiklal

Mehta and Mrs Divyaben Bhupenbhai Mehta

and many blessing to the newly married couple

- Minal and Rikhil!

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Newly Formed BSNL Fundraising Committee

BSNL is there for you, our members.

How many of you have had the pleasure of seeing the new upstairs hall – isn’t it

breathtaking?

Recently, a small group of us met and agreed to create a small committee whose focus

will be on nothing but raising money to allow us to keep improving our building and

make it the place for you and your friends hold all their functions.

This small group has no special fundraising skills but they have a passion to want to

better our community hall and what we offer YOU our members.

Our aim is to ensure we host quality events that people want to come to and be proud

to attend, we host events that attract all ages so you can come with your family and

friends and lastly have loads of fun whilst raising the much needed funds to build a

bigger venue. We want to be the talk of town in the best quality events around.

If you feel you too would like to help with these events then feel free to contact any

one of the fundraising committee members:-

Bhartiben Vyas – 07802 888 707

Harshaben Trivedi- 07956 586 926

Gunvantbhai Dave-07877565747

Ramnikbhai Joshi-07729655424

Harubhai Raval – 07956 428 050

Trupti Joshi – 07947 807 147

Parul Jani – 07940 584 321

Vinod Mehta- 07770730202

Kaushik Raja-07703 297129

Kamal Purohit – 07946 344 075

Our motto will be ‘Help us help you’. BSNL is for you and it is there to ensure we have

it for generations to come.

Come and join us in this journey to make BSNL even better.

BSNL, 128 East Lane, North Wembley, HA0 3NL.

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Newly Formed Subgroup – Club3060…

Recent Events Gone By…

Holi Celebrations on 23rd March 2016 at our BSNL hall

(Convenor Trupti Joshi, Hitesh Purohit, Harsha Bhatt)

Holi was celebrated with much style and enthusiasm at our BSNL Community Centre on Wednesday

23rd March 2016 from 7.30 pm onwards.

Members were able to enjoy holi darshan and dhuleti fun with lots of colour and laughter!

The evening was completed with a delicious meal cooked by our in house volunteers (including Bhang)!

Thanks to all volunteers, participants and members!

Gita Gnyan Yagna on 3rd April 2016 and 8th June 2016 at our

BSNL hall

(Convenor Vandana Y Joshi)

Members benefitted from the interesting lectures and explanations in English of Chapter 1 of Bhagwat

Geeta.

Special thanks to our speakers.

Welcome to the Club3060! This is a new sub-group put together by a few of us to cater for BSNL members between 30 and 60 years of age. The idea is that we meet up once a month and have a variety of events to suit most, ranging from movie nights to theatre nights. We had an inaugural meeting on 29th April at 8pm where we brainstormed ideas. With the right support, these will be planned in and should be deliverable over the next year. We want you to be a part of this sub-group and so need your support. As just with the Elders Club, membership will be limited. Please contact Hitesh Purohit on 07882 571234 and remember….. BSNL is not just for Navratri.

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Chaitri Navratri 10th April 2016 at our BSNL hall

(Organised by Abhilasha -Event convenor Anjana Thaker)

There was a very good turnout . Good music and good food cooked on site by inhouse volunteers.

Thanks to all volunteers, participants and members.

108 Hanuman Chalisa 23rd April 2016 at our BSNL hall

(Convenors Nilima Raval and Parul Jani)

Again a very well attended and organised function. Members enjoyed chanting and dancing to the singing

of 108 Hanuman Chalisa creating a very electric religious atmosphere.

Thanks to all volunteers, participants and members who helped on the day.

Special thanks to sponsors of Hanuman Chalisa function- Mr Mahendra and Mrs Sarojben Bhatt.

They wrote:

Thank you very much for letting us participate in the auspicious chanting of Hanuman Chalisa under the

capable and friendly stewardship of all Samaj members.

We appreciate the warmth of feelings extended to us by the Samaj committee members from the time we

arrived till the time we left the function.

Bhajan Sandhya 1st May 2016 at our BSNL hall

(Convenor Kailash Thaker)

Bhajan Sandhya on 1 May 2016 was very well attended by 115 members(approx.) who thoroughly enjoyed

both the Bhajans as well as the garam nasto that was freshly made on the premises, by our inhouse

volunteers.

Special thanks to the generous donors whose contribution helped fund the snacks, prasad etc., with no further cost to the Samaj. Thanks also to all yajman, donors, volunteers and trustees.

Members requesting more of the same again soon!