Saathee Magazine November 2012 Charlotte

Pushkar, Rajasthan

November 2012

In this issue: Nepal’s War Tourism Shreya Ghoshal and the AAPI Tour

Hello Readers!

Venture capital meets microfinance at an innovative non-profit that supports poor entrepreneurs in India. See pg. 8.

Heavy metal is exploding in India. Read about some of the rockers and promoters in a story on pg. 14.

Nepal is creating “war tourism” by designating new trekking routes where the Maoists once waged war against the government. See pg 32.

Shreya Ghoshal’s nine-city tour for AAPI is over. The tour generated over one million dollars for the group’s charity. Read about it on pg. 36.

Go to our new column about Real Estate and learn about the differences between a short sale and a foreclosure. See pg. 52.

There’s lots of cricket action coming up in the next few months.

See the schedules of matches on pg. 70.

Catch up the latest immigration news and trends in our column on pg. 76.

Catch up on what all the local and regional community organizations are up to as well as their upcoming events in our Community Organizations section on pg. 90.

Festivals and holidays are listed on pg. 118.

Find your astrological predictions for the month in the AstroScope on pg. 120.

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November 2012 – Issue # 175 Editor: Samir Shukla (saatheemag@hotmail.com) Publisher: Divakar Shukla (rakavid@aol.com) Community Editor: Rajesh Ganatra Ad Design / Layout: Nate “Nageshwar” Andrews Executive Assistant: Suzie Tanis Contributors: Kirit Shukla, Rajesh Ganatra, Judith L. Bergman, Chandan Sen, Gail Z. Martin, Smitha Prasad, Dr. Maha Gingrich, Sneha Shah, Anjana Agarwal, Anita Kulkarni, Jay Cohen, Sumeet P. Shah, A.J. Shah, Neal Patel, Dipika Kohli, Krutika Chheda, Yash Garg, and Jalendu Vaidya.

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In This Issue Poor Entrepreneurs Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 08 Metal Heads in India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 14 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 18 Film Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 22 Sangeet and Evergreen Film Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 24 Indian Classical Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 28 Dances of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 30 Nepal’s War Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 32 Shreya Ghoshal’s Tour for AAPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 36 Edit Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 40 Children’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 44 Mastering Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 46 Astride three Continents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 48 Behind the Congressional Curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 50 REAListically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 52 Business Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 56 Tax Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 60 Marketing Turnaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 62 Stock Tickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 66 Just Being Honest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 68 Cricket Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 70 Recipes of the Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 74 Immigration Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 76 Community Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 82 Community Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 90 Pop’s Puzzles and Jokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 116 Festivals and Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 118 AstroScope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 120 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 122 Puzzle Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 124 Index of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pg. 124 Saathee.com

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Pushkar is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. The city is also famous for its annual fair (Pushkar Camel Fair) held in November.

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Royal Treatment Venture capital meets microfinance at the innovative nonprofit Be! Fund.

Here’s how she made it work: With outreach programs and advertisements on radio and TV, it attracts business plans from some of India’s poorest — and boldest — people. Then the fund treats them just like India’s venture capital firms treat the latest tech start-ups.

Volunteers screen as many as 5,000 applications to make sure they really are economically disadvantaged, and that their business ideas really do address social problems. They choose 500 would-be entrepreneurs, and invite a couple hundred in for a three-level interview process during which experts evaluate their plans and suggest revisions. Finally, 15 of the most promising candidates are chosen.

Be! Fund staffers visit the project sites — from a farm with a broken down tractor to a one-woman candlemaking unit — to conduct due diligence. Even though investments can be as small as $1,000, the entrepreneurs get to spend hours with volunteer bankers from DeutscheBank and UBS Warburg, as well as iGate-Patni founder Phaneesh Murthy and Leapstart founder Dev Roy, two prominent Indian businessmen who provided Heydlauff with her seed capital of around $50,000.

“It’s not just volunteering time [for something] such as painting a wall or cleaning up a park or reading to the elderly. It’s not just time intensive, it’s intellectual capital intensive. And that takes this project to another dimension,” said Reshma Ghoshal, vice president in charge of corporate social responsibility at DeutscheBank.

Unlike microfinance organizations, which rely on community peer pressure to secure their loans, the “Be! Fund” provides capital to individuals rather than groups, which ensures that creative risk-takers aren’t held back by their more conservative peers. Where microcredit loans tend to max out around $1,000 for a group of five, Be! Fund investments range from $1,000 to $10,000 for a single entrepreneur.

Where microfinance tends to focus on traditional businesses, the fund finances innovative ideas that will create employment or solve other social problems through creating green energy, recycling waste or providing market access to isolated communities.

At the same time, though the fund operates like a venture capital firm in some ways, the investments are too small to generate significant returns. All nominal profits are funneled directly toward financing new entrepreneurs.

“All of us try to have quote-unquote charity dollars, and I’ve always felt that these charity dollars are traditionally used in fairly conservative models,” iGate’s Murthy said. “The way I looked at it was, here is a powerful, grassroots movement ... for ideas which are created from within the community, by community people, for the benefit of the community.”

“This is about people helping themselves and helping the other people in the area that they live in. We thought it would create a kind of ripple effect,” said Anusha Bhagat, chief operating officer at UBS.

By Jason Overdorf - GlobalPost.com BANGALORE, India — In front of his tiny garment factory in Nagawara, a village 10 miles from Bangalore’s center, 29year-old Shankar Krishnappa smiles dismissively when asked about problems he faces at work.

Since opening his tailor business last December, he’s already had to fight city hall when the electricity board cut off his power. And, because he’s been confined to a wheelchair since he contracted polio in the first grade, he still has to get somebody with strong arms to carry him inside and set him down across the desk from potential customers when he bids for a new order.

But that doesn’t bother Photos courtesy of Be! Fund. him. “Before, many people used to avoid talking to me,” Krishnappa said, speaking in his native Kannada. “They thought I might ask them for money because I am disabled.

Now that I have my own business, they know me and have a new respect for me.”

Krishnappa has the “Be! Fund” to thank for his recent success. The start-up nonprofit, which combines the balancesheet acumen of a venture capital firm with microcredit’s faith in the industrious poor, invested about $6,000 in Krishnappa, allowing him to open his business.

The “Be! Fund” — started by Lisa Heydlauff, a former teacher from the UK who runs a New Delhi-based nonprofit called Going to School — aims to create “heroes” like Krishnappa, people who could inspire poor kids from India’s villages and slums to stay in school.

“What we do at Going to School is we tell stories to inspire kids to stay in school and use their educations to transform their lives,” Heydlauff said. “What we realized after a while was that we didn’t have the stories we needed to change the world. We didn’t have stories of young people who lived in poverty who started a business to solve a problem.”

“We tried working with a bank,” she said, “working with a microcredit organization — everyone, basically — to try to say, ‘Will you fund a young person who lives in poverty, age 18 to 29, who doesn’t have a track record, with a new idea to start a business?’ It didn’t fit any of their risk profiles.”

With no other choice Heydlauff — who had about as much experience with venture capital as she had with skydiving — decided to try her hand at it herself.

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Since getting started in early 2011, the “Be! Fund” has invested $50,000 in 15 entrepreneurs in Karnataka, as well as one in Uttarakand and another in Delhi.

Now, with added funding from DeutscheBank and UBS, the fund is expanding to the Mumbai and Maharashtra and aims to invest another $50,000 before the end of the year. A grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is also on the way.

The stories are inspiring.

Take Krishnappa’s tailoring business. For the past four years, he was working as a tailor in a local garment factory along with other disabled workers. But his employers paid them half what they gave the other workers. His idea: Start his own shop, hire disabled workers, and give them equal pay for equal work.

Gowramma, another Karnatka entrepreneur, employs three neighborhood women making a nutritional supplement for HIV positive people from poor communities. Because she makes the powder out of her home, it costs the local nonprofit 25 percent less than the commercial product they were using before.

Earning a profit of around $200 a month, she’s already generating a “return” for investors – though the Be! Fund plows the repayments they receive into other new businesses.

Twenty-six-year-old Radhakrishna M. used $6,000 from the Be! Fund to buy a truck and get his commercial vehicles license so that the farmers of his isolated Nagamangala Village would have a cheap and reliable way to get their produce to the market. Previously, they were only able to make the 10-mile trip twice a month.

Within three months of buying the truck, Radhakrishna was making a profit, and has already paid $2,000 back to the fund. Now 45 area farmers can grow highmargin produce without fear of it rotting before it gets to market.

Part of an agricultural community that primarily grows areca or betel nut — which is chewed like tobacco by millions in Southeast Asia and India — 30-year-old Archana Rajendra Hegde used about $3,000 in start-up capital from the “Be! Fund” to buy pressing machines to turn areca leaves and waste products into environment-friendly disposable plates that replace plastic ones.

Starting out with just six employees, all poor women who used the extra cash to send their kids to school, Hegde soon discovered a lucrative export market for her product. And today, barely a year after starting her company, she employs 83 women.

“It’s literally one woman who hired a village,” said Heydlauff.

It’s not easy, and there have been setbacks. When the electricity board shut off his power, Krishnappa lost employees who couldn’t afford to be out of work even for a short time.

But he’s certain he’ll win his former colleagues back. “I just reopened a couple months ago,” Krishnappa said. “Once they see I’m going to survive, they’ll come back. I already have one now as a trainee.”

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By Jason Overdorf - GlobalPost.com NEW DELHI, India — An hour before the Metallica concert in Bangalore last year, the event’s organizers came to 26-yearold Chintan Chinnappa, a lawyer at Dua Associates, with some bad news. The program — running, naturally, on Indian Stretchable Time (IST) — was behind schedule. Chinnappa’s all-Indian band, Inner Sanctum, would not be opening for his thrash metal heroes after all.

“That really killed us,” Chinnappa said. “You dream about this, and then your dreams are shattered.”

Then, a few minutes before Metallica was supposed to take the stage, Inner Sanctum was back on the program.

“I don’t know how it happened exactly,” Chinnappa said.

“The guy doing sound had heard us before, and he recommended us to the organizer. He said, ‘Listen, they’re a band that Bangalore loves, and you must get them on stage.’”

“After the event, the management of Metallica spoke to us, and they were so thankful, because otherwise the crowd was so frustrated, because there was rain and all of that and they were waiting for bands to perform. After we performed, the response was massive.”

Surprised? Don’t be. It may be better known for saccharine Bollywood love songs and Hindu devotional tunes, but India has an enduring love for rock-metal acts that have fallen off the radar in the United States — if they’re even still alive.

For college graduates from 22 to 45 years old, forgotten bands like Deep Purple, Dire Straits and, yes, Iron Maiden remain immortal — thanks largely to the country’s legion of engineers.

“Engineering college computer servers have been crucial to the propagation of heavy metal in India,” music critic and concert promoter Arjun Ravi wrote recently in India’s Sunday Guardian.

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As a result, metal heads here — weaned on math homework and raised with an eye to the software industry — can look radically different from the headbangers of the American heartland or the costumed nihilists of Swedish death metal.

Hard rock and heavy metal is associated (rightly or wrongly) with working class anger in the United States and Europe. But in India, love for thrash, doom, speed and death almost always requires a college degree.

Headbangers still live with their parents, who tolerate music they call “noise” as long as it doesn’t interfere with their kids’ jobs or marriage prospects. And many rockers like Chinnappa, a buttoned-down lawyer, look and dress accordingly.

“There are two types of fans,” said Vibhas Venkatram, the 24-year-old drummer for Eccentric Pendulum. “There are these guys who believe metal heads are supposed to be some [certain] way. Even if they’re working in a software company or a bank they have long hair and they come on stage with that long hair and head bang.”

“But there are these other guys who are short-haired, with glasses, completely geeky looking yuppies, I guess you could call them,” added Venkatram, a graduate student with a modest ponytail and a goatee who until recently was working with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

“At the end of the day, we’re all just metal heads.”

At the same time, metal acts like Chinnappa’s are pushing beyond classic thrash, even as Indian electronica thrives on the club scene. And while this year’s concert program features geriatric rockers like Megadeth, Slayer, Guns-N-Roses and even Carlos Santana, there are signs of change on the horizon.

Earlier this year, contemporary metal headliner Korn played Bangalore and New Delhi. Along with the Slayer-Santana “Rock ‘n India” concert in Bangalore later this month, the “Bacardi NH7 Weekender” will bring rock-metal fans together with fans of folk and fusion music, as well as dubstep, drum and bass and reggae in a massive, six-stage event that will hit Delhi, Bangalore and Pune, Maharashtra. And trance-haven Goa’s 5-year-old Sunburn Festival will this year bring its signature mix of Indian and international electronica to Delhi and Mumbai.

“I used to call it ‘Third World Rock,’” said Ravi, who also runs a music website called indiecision. “You had bands like Deep Purple, the Scorpions, Aerosmith, all these bands [that were well past their prime] coming to India. But now, over the last four or five years, there has been an influx of more contemporary popular acts.”

Along with Korn, contemporary metal acts like Australian rockers Karnivool, French death metal band Gojira and the Prodigy are now hitting Indian shores, Ravi said. And in the world of electronic music, India is already a regular feature on the concert circuit, with David Guetta, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren and Avicii performing over the past year or two.

“This year, for example, it’s such a great year for metal, because so many more contemporary acts are coming to India,” Ravi said. “And it’s all because of these kids. None of this stuff is available in stores.” continued on page 78 14

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Future to Bright Hai Ji (Director: Sanjay Amar) Cast: Aamir Bashir, Sonal Sehgal, Satish Kaushik, Asrani, Neelima Azim, Shrikant Maski, and Nikhil Ratnaparkhi

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It’s Rocking - Dard-E-Disco (Director: Ashok Tyagi) Cast: Bappi Lahiri, Akshay Kapoor, Rituparna Sengupta, Sneha Ullal, Aryeman Ramsay, Sharat Saxena, and Asrani

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Veteran actor Kader Khan’s son Sarfaraz Khan, who has been in films like Wanted and Tere Naam, will now be seen in Milan Luthria’s Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai’s sequel. Even though his role and look in the film have been kept under wraps, an insider from the film’s unit swears on his look and role in the film. While Sarfaraz Khan’s biggest hits (Wanted and Tere Naam) were with Salman Khan, it remains to be seen if he can deliver outside of Salman’s shadow.

Akshay Produces the Documentary White Knight Akshay Kumar is bringing a cause he is passionate about to wider audiences. The documentary White Knight is about the effects of global warming and climate change. The film is about Chewang Norphel of Leh, who makes artificial glaciers to conserve water for those living in high-altitude areas. Kumar is the producer of the film. The documentary has already been shown at many film festivals. Kumar feels this film can become the basis for further action.

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The legendary director Satyajit Ray’s only Hindi film was Shatranj Ke Khiladi. Director Ananth Mahadevan is now all set to make “Golpo Boliye Tarini Khuro” (an unpublished short story by Ray) into a film titled The Storyteller. A Bengali writer-friend of Mahadevan told him about the story. Mahadevan contacted Ray’s son Sandip, who gave the director the go-ahead to film the story. Mahadevan hopes to rope in Amitabh Bachchan for the lead role and Farooq Sheikh as the entrepreneur who loves to hear stories.

Adil Husain, who brilliantly portrayed Sridevi’s unintentionally cruel husband in the recent film English Vinglish, is now going to be seen on the big screen as Tabu’s husband in Ang Lee’s The Life Of Pi, which releases in English, Hindi and other dubbed languages on November 23.

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Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif will appear on the screen together again in director Siddharth Anand’s next film, which is said to be based on Hollywood’s Knight and Day. Anand says that the film is based on Knight and Day, but it is not a remake of the popular Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz film. Look for a Bollywood twist, a whole new story line along with Kaif and Roshan’s chemistry in the as yet untitled new venture, which begins filming in February 2013.

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hit and it was featured in the classic Hindi movie Mahal starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala. In 1958, Amrohi launched Kamal Studios for his banner Mahal Films, though it closed down after three years and later changed hands to become Natraj Studios.

He had married three times. His first wife was Bano, second was Mehmoodie and third one was the famous actress Meena Kumari. In 1952, he met Meena Kumari (age 19) and fell in love and got married. They got separated in 1964. He died on February 11, 1993 in Mumbai.

By Kirit Shukla Song: Mausam hai āshiqānā ...

Film: Pakeezāh Year: 1972 Music: Ghulām Mohammad & Naushād Singers: Lata Mangeshkar Lyric: Kamal Amrohi Based on Indian Classical Rāgā: Yaman Kalyān Taal/Rhythm: Kaharavā Starring: Meena Kumāri, Ashok Kumar, Raj Kumar

Awards: 1961 Filmfare for Best dialogue award for Mughal-e-azam.

Lyrics in English:Mausam hai āshiqānā ...Ai dil kahin se unako aise men dhundha lānāAise men dhundha lānā -2; Mausam hai āshiqānā ...Kahanā ke rut javān hai, aur ham tarasa rahe hainKāli ghatā ke sāye, birahan ko dans rahe hainDar hai na mār dāle sāvan kā kyā thikānāSāvan kā kyā thikānā; Mausam hai āshiqānā ...Suraj kahin bhi jāe tum par na dhoopa āeTum par na dhoopa āeTumako pukārate hain, in gesuon ke sāeĀ jāo main banā dun palakon kā shāmiyānāPalakon kā shāmiyānā; Mausam hai āshiqānā ...Phirate hain ham akele, bānhon men koi le leĀkhir koi kahān tak, tanahāiyon se kheleDin ho gae hain zālim rāten hain qātilānāRāten hain qātilānā; Mausam hai āshiqānā ... Ye rāt ye kamoshi ye khwāba se nazāre, ye khwāba se nazāre Jugnu hain yā zamin par, utare hue hain tāreBekhāb meri ānkhen, bekhāb meri ānkhen madhosha hai zamānāMadhosha hai zamānā; Mausam hai āshiqānāAi dil kahin se unako aise men dhundha lānāMausam hai āshiqānā ...

Some of his films as a writer: 1938 Jailor, 1939 Pukar, 1940 Bharosa, Main Hari, 1943 Mazaq, 1945 Phool , 1946 Shahjehan, 1949 Mahal 1953 Daera, 1960 Mughal-e-azam, 1972 Pakeeza, 1977 Shankar Hussain, 1979 Majnoon, 1983 Razia Sultan.

His hit Hindi song’s lyric: “Mausam hai ashiqana ...” is given in this issue in Evergreen Classic Film Lyrics on this page.

(Note: The contents of this article are compiled from news, books, internet and my knowledge and love for Hindustani music.)

Meaning (Summary): The season is amorous. In such conditions, Oh heart, find him from somewhere. Tell him that the weather is youthful and that I am thirsty. The shadow of black clouds is attacking me. I am afraid that it will bite me.

How can the rain be trusted? The season is amorous.

Wherever the sun goes, Sunlight may not hit you.

Come, the shade of my hair is calling you. Come, I will make a tent of my eyelashes. The season is amorous.

I am roaming alone, so someone take me in their arms.

How long can one play with loneliness. The days have become cruel. Nights have become murderous.

The season is amorous. This night, this silence and these dreamy sights are like the fireflies, or they are like stars fallen upon the earth. My eyes are dreamless, the world is intoxicated. The season is amorous. Oh heart, find him from somewhere. The season is amorous.

A tribute to Hindi Film Lyricists Kamal Amrohi (1918-1993) Kamal Amrohi was born in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh on January 17, 1918, into a Shia Muslim family. His full name was Syed Amir Haider Kamal Naqvi. He was a Hindi and Urdu lyricist, a screenwriter as well as a famous director of Hindi films listed below. He went to Lahore in 1938 to study, where he met the versatile singer K. L. Saigal, who took him to Bombay to join the film industry. As a writer, he had a personal vision which is illustrated in his unique and powerful dialogues. He directed musical hit movies including Mahal, Razia Sultan, and Pakeezah.

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By Anita Kulkarni

This month I would like to talk about the two major styles of Indian classical music. Smitha Prasad, who writes about Carnatic Music here, performed with me recently in a Hindustani and Carnatic Classical Music Jugalbandi. In this article, I wanted to describe the similarities and differences of both styles of music in brief.

The origins of Indian classical music can be found in the Vedas, which are the oldest scriptures in the Hindu tradition. Indian classical music has also been significantly influenced by Indian folk music and Persian music. The Samveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music at length. There are two parts in Indian Classical Music.

Hindustani Classical Music – Followed in the Northern part of India including in Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar.

Hindustani classical music has been significantly influenced by Indian folk music and Persian music in the part of North India. The Persian and Muslim Maestros helped influence Hindustani Music.

Carnatic Classical Music – Followed in the Southern part of India including in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala. Carnatic music has not been significantly influenced by outside forces or styles in South India.

Similarities – Both the styles of music have originated from the Vedas which are the oldest scriptures of Hindu tradition.

There are 12 notes, 22 shrutis, mel or thaat methods in both the styles.

Alap and taana are the basic form of improvisation in bandish and are the basic feature of presentation in both styles.

There are some ragas which have the same scale as Hindustani ragas but have different names; such as Hindolam and Malkauns, Shankarabharanam and Bilawal. There is a third category of ragas like Hamsadhwani, Charukeshi, Kalavati etc. which are essentially Carnatic Ragas. They share the same name; the same scale (same set of notes) but can be rendered in the two distinctively different Carnatic and Hindustani styles.

from royal courts to the general public influenced some changes; in the past two columns we looked at the influence of technology on Carnatic music. This month we look at other changes that have come about in Carnatic music as the years have gone by.

One of the newer formats of presentation today is the “Ghoshti Gayana” or group presentation. In this format, groups of people learn krithis or bhajans and present it in a coordinated effort. Sometimes there are as many as 500 people coming together and singing in a unified presentation with multiple accompanying instrumental artists as well as percussion artists.

We have also previously looked at how the Carnatic music concert format changed with Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar introducing the kutcheri paddhathi (concert format). Not only have Carnatic music concerts undergone a change in the format, but also in the concert duration. Previously concerts would start later in the evening with the audiences having finished their dinner and assembling to listen to the concert.

The concert would last a couple of hours and go on into the wee hours of the morning. Fast forward to today when many concerts are 90 minutes long and the “long” concerts are about 3 hours in length; concerts also usually start earlier in the evening and also wrap up earlier.

Non-conventional instruments such as nadaswaram and jalatarang are now being featured in concerts as audiences not only look for variety but also are more conscious of supporting diverse artists. Even western instruments such as piano, keyboard, saxophone and the like are now popular in Carnatic concerts either as soloists or as accompanying artistes to conventional vocalists or instrumentalists.

As a result, a number of collaborative concerts featuring traditional artists paired with non-traditional instrumental artists have come about. Many of these concerts are excellent examples of how music, in general, transcends various boundaries that are in existence.

Till we meet next time, do listen to Carnatic music recordings of the saxophone artist Sri Kadri Gopalnath- he is a pioneer in the field of Carnatic music on the saxophone. Many of his recordings are easily available on the Internet.

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More of these magnificent sculptures representing this mystic dance can be seen in the Shiva temples all over India. If you missed these places this year, try to visit them during your next trip. They have the ability to connect you to India in ways you cannot imagine.

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As I started to choreograph some dances for the Dances of India 2011 show in Charlotte, it was obvious to me the beautiful way dance, sculpture, and yoga are interwoven. The deep and abiding ideals of philosophy and aesthetics on which the classical dances have been built have also profoundly influenced the allied arts of sculpture, metal casting, and painting, and of course Yoga in India.

The temples very naturally became the centers not only of religious worship but also of art and learning.

Sanskrit language was studied by the few, who gained knowledge of the high philosophical precepts by learning the Vedas, Puranas and other sacred books. But art was meant for all, and through it, Hindu religious thought and philosophy were conveyed to all classes of society. To make these abstract theological teachings simpler to be understood by the average person, symbols were created which clarified the inner meaning of these teachings. And there developed a great art and culture wherein the perplexing, highly ethical philosophies were put into concrete explicit form, thus reaching everyone at all levels of caste system and all levels of philosophical intellectuality.

Mythology also played its part in inspiring the craftsmen, who meditated on these symbolic stories of God’s divine perfection and revelations and incorporated these concepts into their marvelous sculptures. It followed then that the art of the dance with its expressive forms of rhythmic movement and dramatic content, as well as the mystic symbolic divine dances representing the various aspects of God, became the subject of some of the most beautiful sculptures.

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Here thousands of Maoist guerrillas once dug trenches and ambushed their enemy during the insurgency. When the Maoists attacked Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi, in 2004, hundreds of Maoist guerrillas trekked up and down the rugged mountains of Rukum. And hundreds of combatants lost their lives. Part of the Guerrilla Trek follows the route the Maoists used to carry their wounded.

“As all know, Nepal has seen big political upheavals and the people’s revolution will be of no value unless the country goes through an economic transformation,” Dahal said.

Already, tourism is the largest industry in Nepal, the biggest contributor of foreign exchange, and accounts for about 6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. But tourist dollars predominantly flow to the most developed areas of the country— where there are roads and hotels. And it’s the hinterland that is home to thousands of soldiers from the Maoists’ disbanded People’s Liberation Army that arguably needs those dollars the most.

Following a Comprehensive Peace Accord signed between the government of Nepal and the Maoist leadership in 2006, some 19,000 Maoist soldiers were confined to cantonments for the past six years – as a provisional government negotiated terms for their demobilization.

Now, though some of them will be inducted into the regular Nepalese army, thousands more will simply return home – to lands that are desperate for income and development.

Fortunately, those lands are blessed with exotic wildlife, captivating waterfalls, rivers, caves, and delightful lakes as well as the towering Himalayas.

According to Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal, the route also offers comfortable hotels and lodges and home stay facilities.

“Ancient ruins, mountains, rivers lined with lush wheat fields, caves and centuries-old cultures in villages like Mahat, Cwangwang, Chakewang, Khara, Pipal, Syalapakha, Kakri, Hakam, Khola Goan, Burtim Danda and Saank can be attractions for both domestic and international visitors,” Nepal Tourism Board’s Bhandari said.

By Anil Giri - GlobalPost.com KATHMANDU, Nepal — In a bid to make good on the promises made to former Maoist rebels, Nepal unveiled new trekking routes through the battlegrounds of the country’s bloody, decade-long insurgency this week.

Christened the Guerrilla Trek, the 14- 19- and 27-day routes will take hikers across rugged mountains, rivers lined with lush wheat fields, caves and centuries old villages, where Maoist soldiers once dug trenches and ambushed government troops.

Now, with a peace deal in place and provisional legislators trying to hammer out a constitution, the government hopes that an influx of tourist dollars will spread wealth further beyond the Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara and the Everest region – as the Maoist fighters long demanded.

“The picturesque bays and valleys, once filled with misery, are now awaiting tourists,” said Kashi Raj Bhandari, director of the Research, Planning and Monitoring Department at Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).

The board is the sole promoter of the route, but later the government and private investors will build infrastructure where it is needed, according to local officials.

For the time being, trekkers will be supported by small guesthouses and home-stays. But if the routes are as popular as those to Everest base camp or other popular tourist destinations, thousands of locals will benefit from the opening of new hotels and restaurants, as well as new jobs for tour guides and porters.

Will it work? Maybe.

“The trekking industry has had limited success spreading benefits thus far mainly due to a lack of commercial information for agencies,” said Robin Boustead, an author of trekking guidebooks and one of the pioneers of the newly opened Great Himalayan Trail.

“As more trails are published I expect this will change, but [their commercial success] will depend in how well these new products are marketed internationally.”

Nepal’s bloody civil war cost more than 14,000 people their lives before a peace deal was reached in 2006 between the authorities and the Maoist rebels, led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, then known simply as Prachanda, or “Fearless.”

The Guerrilla Trek will take tourists through the epicenter of the conflict, in western Nepal, where the first skirmishes were fought in Rolpa and Rukum districts in 1996.

Unveiling the Guerrilla Trek, along with a map and guidebook written by American Alonzo Lyons, Dahal – who is now the leader of a legitimate political party and a member of parliament – said the trek has the potential to become a “war tourism product” like conflict sites in Vietnam, Russia and China.

The trail starts from war-ravaged Myagdi district and passes through other conflict-hit areas like Baglung, Puthyan, Rolpa and Rukum—which are still home to many former revolutionaries.

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“Shreya Ghoshal had a magnificent performance mesmerizing the audience,” Dr. Sudhir Sekhsaria, Convener of the event in Washington, DC, said. Dr. Nayan Shah was the Chair of the Event in the Nation’s Capital. “Everyone in the auditorium enjoyed the show and commented that Shreya Ghoshal gave a 100% entertaining experience, with fabulous dancers at the background,” Dr. Srinivas Gunukula, Dallas Event Convener and Dallas AAPI chapter president, said.

Addressing an enthusiastic audience of nearly 3,000 at the historic Center for Performing Arts in San Jose, CA Indian Consul General Sri Parthasarathy said, “AAPI has proved that we are capable of making the impossible absolutely possible.”

Describing this to be an incredible event in the Bay Area, the Indian Envoy said, “I have seen nothing like this in the past. I congratulate AAPI leadership and President Dr. Narendra Kumar for taking up this challenging and daunting task.”

Shreya Ghoshal won the hearts and souls of tens of thousands of packed audiences in each of the nine cities with an amazing performance with a string of melodies and mastifilled songs at each venue. “The sensational youth icon performed beyond our expectations and turned the “Nite” truly into a magical one, despite heavy rains and slippery slopes,” Dr. Hemant Dhingra, an organizer of the concert in San Jose, said. “The concert hall was packed to capacity, thanks to our volunteers and their diligent efforts to reach out to thousands of people during the course of the year,” Dr. Akhil Wadhera, Chair of the event, added.

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The musical program combined with educational and networking opportunities was organized with the objective of bringing CME and non-CME sponsored medical lectures, exhibits, Gala Dinner, community outreach talks and lively musical night in each of the nine cities across the country.

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“Due to popular demand from several physicians on the need for enhancing scientific component at AAPI meetings and allowing greater number of members to participate, AAPI has pioneered the first series of nine multi-city programs to make it easy for physicians to participate,” Dr. Seema Jain, Secretary of AAPI, said. In its efforts, AAPI was joined by the IndoAmerican Psychiatric Association in America and the Association of Cardiologists of Indian Origin.

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Describing the process leading to the Tour, Dr. Ravi Jahagirdar, Vice-President of AAPI, recalled, “Realizing that it takes a lot of coordination and tremendous effort, we were successful in involving dozens of AAPI office-bearers of various Chapters and Executive Committee members.” Dr. Ajay Lodha, AAPI Treasurer and Convener of the NY event added, “Each of them was willing to give $10,000 of his/her personal money as seed money to put the program together at zero risk and no cost to AAPI, while committing to have the funds raised would be given to AAPI, the local Chapters, and the many philanthropic endeavors organized by AAPI and its Charitable Foundation.”

Dr. Hemant Dhingra, who has close relationship with the Entertainment Industry, worked with Shri Balaji Entertainment in the signing of the contract for Shreya Ghoshal, a contemporary singer, who makes music an emotional experience, to present an evening of cultural entertainment in each of these nine cities.

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The system has worked fairly well over most of the country’s history. But times are changing. Even though some of the arguments for maintaining the Electoral College, the current system in which we choose presidents, remain valid, logical reasoning dictates that it’s time to dump the old process.

I’ve heard counter arguments from proponents of the system.

And it wouldn’t be easy getting rid of it and replacing it with a simpler, more equitable popular vote process. But the arguments for the change to select presidents via the popular vote are becoming clearer.

So what’s wrong with the candidate that receives the most popular votes nationwide from becoming the President? All other elected offices in the nation, from mayors to governors, state legislators to members of Congress, are won by the person receiving the most votes. Why should it be different for Presidential elections? Yes, the founding fathers and writers of the constitution were brilliant, and the system currently in place has worked within its perceived benefits over most of America’s history. But times are changing.

This year’s election hinges on half dozen states, give or take a couple. The rest of the states are already on either Obama’s side or Romney’s side. That’s the problem with the current system.

Since there are so-called “solid” red states and blue states, it may affect the turnout of those that may vote for the underdog in those states. The last several election cycles have hinged on a few “swing” states. This phenomenon is proving the folly of the Electoral College in the new century.

The Presidential election of 2000 is a perfect example. Al Gore received more votes nationwide yet lost the election because of a few dings and hanging chads on the paper ballots cast in Florida. The difference in votes in Florida was about 500 votes.

It took several weeks and the Supreme Court to decide the final winner. Gore lost even though more people voted for him in the country as a whole.

In 2004 John Kerry would have been elected if he had won Ohio, even though in the end George W. Bush would have wound up with more votes in the country as a whole. The last several election cycles have disproven the perceived benefits of the Electoral College system. It will only get worse as the country has become politically fractured and divisive.

There’s an easier and more equitable solution. Keep it simple and let the majority speak. The candidate with the most total votes in the country as a whole should be crowned President.

By making popular vote the main engine, more Democrats in Texas will get out and vote. And more Republicans in Massachusetts will get out and vote.

This would mean that the campaigns would have to become national, instead of concentrating on the “swing” or “tossup” states. It would also mean that a viable third party can emerge over the next several election cycles if they are able to get a bigger and bigger chunk of the votes.

The Electoral College system is now proving to be a detriment to the American democracy and society. There maybe a couple of minor advantages remaining for the argument to maintain the current system, but in this constantly shuffling, people on the move, socially and media-connected 21st Century, the criticism and detriments of the Electoral College far outweigh any remaining advantages.

The founding fathers wanted to make the voices of the smaller states heard. They didn’t want the small or largely rural states to be denied a voice in the American democracy. But in today’s instantly-connected, internet-fused world, those old arguments have become weaker. When was the last time a Presidential candidate made an attempt to visit most of the 50 states to make his case for election? Yes, that’ an impossible task, but that’s not the point. The point is the current system has evolved into the election being decided by a few tossup states. These are not national elections; they are “swing” state elections.

The total popular vote in the country as a whole, the total number of votes each presidential candidate receives, should be the factor that decides which candidate becomes the President of the United States. Just imagine how many more Democrats in the so-called red states and Republicans in the so-called blue states would come out and vote. The numbers of voters would increase nationally while enthusiasm and participation would skyrocket, because now every vote would count. This would mean it may take a couple of days to find out the results since tallying the final votes would be time consuming. But so what?

It’s a positive thing since it would be very difficult for the news channels or even the campaigns to know who maybe gathering the votes nationally and make those too-early predictions. With a national popular vote deciding the election, everyone would have to wait for the final numbers.

It would mean that states with traditionally low voter turnout may become more active in national elections. Because it is conceivable that even in states with small populations, the number of votes per candidate would become amplified. So why not make the popular national vote a reality? Simply count the total number of votes received by each candidate in the entire nation and crown the next president. The guy with the most votes wins. Send the Electors packing.

The election fiasco of 2000 still rings loud in most people’s minds who voted that year. Do we really need to get the Supreme Court involved in electing the President? It’s conceivable another similar scenario may occur. It may happen in 2012. My hope is that this year’s election goes smoothly and there is a clear winner without controversy.

Like I said, there are still a few minor reasons to maintain the current system, but in this increasingly digital world where instant videos, social media, and the 24-hour news cycle rules the roost, those reasons become increasingly irrelevant. It is clearly advantageous for the American democratic process to dump the Electoral College for a simplified system where the national popular vote makes the decision.

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Match these idioms with “play” with their correct meaning: 2 __11. His dating strategy is to play the field. __12. It’s a bad investment. You’re playing with fire. __13. The candidate played fast and loose with the facts in the debate. __14. I won’t play up to the boss to try to get the promotion I deserve. __15. The two parties won’t play ball and important legislation is stalled! __16. He’s not really playing with a full deck. __17. Two companies are after him so he’s playing hard to get. __18. The project isn’t finished yet. Can you play for time? __19. The company is in play so their stock went up. __20. I know you’re unconventional but try to play the game. k. Not of sound mind l. Flatter, curry favor with m. Take part in something risky or dangerous n. Cooperate o. In a position of a possible corporate takeover. p. Was deceitful and dishonest q. Use delaying tactics r. Date more than one person s. Behave according to accepted customs and standards t. Pretending not to be interested or available.

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By Judith L. Bergman I love the theatre, the magic of being in the audience and the “willing suspension of disbelief” while I observe and vicariously experience human comedy and tragedy. I was born in Stratford, Connecticut that used to be home to our own Shakespeare Festival.

This past September I participated in a travel tour theatre week in Ashland, Oregon, home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival since 1935 with three stages and 11 plays a year in “rotating rep” including modern dramas, as well as plays by Shakespeare.

One evening we sat in a magnificent reproduction of the Globe (outdoor) Theatre with its three story high, Elizabethan stage set, a jet plane flying in the darkening sky overhead, and were enthralled by their production of As You Like It, which contains these famous lines: “All the world’s a stage/ And all the men and women merely players/ They have their exits and their entrances/ And one man in his time plays many parts.” (Act 2, Scene 7). These lines introduce the well-known monologue about the seven stages of man.

The word play has many meanings besides those related to the theatre and to sports and children’s recreation. Play is both a verb and a noun and is part of many phrasal verbs and idioms. Exploring these can enrich and deepen your mastery of English if you are a non-native speaker.

Suggestions to increase your mastery of meaning: This month, see how many different ways “play” is used in your newspaper and on TV in the areas of politics and business (not theatre). How many “make sense” without requiring you to go to TheFreeDictionary.com?

References: 1 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ play (dictionary and thesaurus) 2 Ibid

Match the meanings of play as a phrasal verb in these sentences: 1 ___1. He played up his management experience in the job interview. ___2. I decided to play along with them although I disagreed with the plan. ___3. The little boy played off one parent against the other to get his way. ___4. Don’t play down the seriousness of this accounting error! ___5. The candidates are playing on the public’s fears. ___6. He used to play around but now he’s settled down with his new wife. ___7. The playoff for the state championship will be next week. ___8. I’ve done my best and I’m all played out. ___9. She played at being a housewife but couldn’t wait to return to work. __10. Can you play back the ending of that movie? a. Minimize the importance of b. Emphasized c. Exhausted d. Pretend to agree and cooperate e. Be a philanderer, have multiple romances f. Do half-heartedly, without really wanting to. g. An additional game when two teams are tied. h. To set one party against the other to advance one’s own interests. i. To take advantage of another’s feelings to advance one’s own goals. j. Rerun or repeat

Answers: 1-b, 2-d, 3-h, 4-a, 5-i, 6-e, 7-g 8-c, 9-f 10-j, 11-r, 12-m 13-p, 14-l, 15-n, 16-k, 17-t, 18-q, 19-o, 20-s.

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Confetti and Ice Cream My Dad used to say, and I’ve heard it said elsewhere also, that near the end of one’s life one becomes very conscious of childhood memories, and such memories come back to one much more vividly than mid-life memories.

So it is with me. As I lie in bed staring at the ceiling, my mind goes back in time to that 14-day journey that I undertook, along with my parents and sister, travelling by ship from Bombay to Genoa, Italy, in 1961 when I was 10 years old. At Messina our ship halted for a few hours, and I remember how my family disembarked and, to while away the time, walked along the pier.

In the distance, we could see the houses of the city itself, something we would never have the chance of exploring, and would probably never revisit again in our lifetimes.

It was cold and windy, and we were bundled up. A young couple was also strolling along the pier, walking hand in hand in the opposite direction. They appeared to be local residents, and they smiled at us as we strolled by. We could tell that they had figured out who we were – long-distance travelers just come ashore from the big ship anchored nearby.

When we reached the end of the quay, we naturally turned around and started retracing our steps. The young couple, at the other end, also did the same. Then, as they passed us, they dipped their hands in a bag of confetti and released it in the air. The wind blew the confetti all over us. We all laughed in delight, and soon, it was time to go back to our ship.

The second incident that comes to mind occurred at our first rented house at St. Annes on Sea in Lancashire. When Dad left for his work in the morning to go to British Northrop, we three, i.e. my mother, sister and I, went out walking to savor the neighborhood. We passed the parade of shops and more residential areas.

One afternoon as we were walking along, we came across a group of school children playing on the curbside. A large dog came bounding up to us and would not let me pass! I guess the dog had never before seen strangers, so it was giving us undue attention, though it was wagging its tail and evidently was friendly.

We did not know what to do till one of the kids, eating an ice cream, came up and offered the dog a lick. Thus distracted, our canine friend forgot all about us, and we thankfully made our quick getaway. It all goes to show the power of ice cream over four-footed creatures!

To the question of why I’m taking the effort to record these two incidents, I can truthfully say that, “Man does not live by bread alone.” He needs cake also.

Indeed, on two more occasions in my life, I found myself back in my parents’ home, studying. In 1998, at the age of 48, in an uncertain lull in my life, I was pacing the floor and trying to formulate a strategy for the rest of my life. I watched my Dad go out heroically every day to earn money. My sister and brother-in-law, living in England, subsidized us it is true, but Dad enjoyed being the breadwinner.

He was running his small business successfully and enjoying it, while, at the same time, planning for his retirement.

Earlier, at an uncertain time in my life, deeply disappointed at the way things were panning out for me, or rather, as I thought, not panning out…I cried out to my parents in despair, “Why did you have me? I did not ask to be born!” These were words that no parent wishes to hear from their own child.

I think, till the very end of his life, Dad felt responsible for me. He had had me and so he felt the need to see me through.

As he never tired of saying, “As long as I’m alive I’ll look after you!” My childhood illness, and its consequences, may have had something to do with this benign, loyal attitude.

It was only when I started being influenced by the yoga of Sri Aurobindo that I “stepped back from a life of stress and suffering into its deep peace and its intense ananda.”

Yoga has to be done with a cheerful mind. There is even a Sanskrit phrase for it. Other requirements are peace, calm and quiet. It does not hurt to have a healthy dollop of faith, courage and patience also!

Now, just as I enjoy having a grown son in my house, I reflect back on my days with my parents, not in my childhood – though happy memories of that remain too – but in my middle age, just as the ancient Indian joint-family system was.

Sri Ramkrishna, I think it was who told the story of the hiatus between father and son. There is never any real hiatus; he is reported to have said…it is superficial only, like stretching a rope across the middle of a pond and thinking that that divides the water.

Nothing of the sort happens, the water in its depth is still one and the same. Father-son fellowship is true, always!

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Congressional Curtain Confessions of a Campaign Operative

By Neal Patel By the time you read this, Election Day 2012 (November 6th) will only be days away. For me, this is by far the most exciting aspect of my job.

We’re right in the thick of a Presidential election where Governor Mitt Romney is surging in the polls and President Barack Obama is doing his best to convince voters to award this Administration four more years. No doubt, political advertisements have inundated your homes not just for the Presidential election but for local elections as well.

I write this coming fresh off a ten day stint in the bayous of South Louisiana where my boss is running for reelection. As this issue goes to print, I’ll more than likely be back in the middle of it all downing a much-too caffeinated beverage and working on a rapid response piece or barking at reporters and controlling my candidate’s messaging. Life behind the scenes of a political race is never smooth sailing.

Let me preface things by saying, if you think you’ve got an education in politics, come down South and get a graduate degree. Politics here is a blood sport. I began my career in politics in South Carolina, and now I work for a Member of Congress out of Louisiana. This will be my 3rd campaign cycle (2008, 2010, 2012), and I am approaching it with the same enthusiasm as my very first day as a volunteer. My next stop will have to be the state of Illinois if I’m to experience the Holy Trinity of Politics.

I was driven to enter politics because it is applicable everywhere. If you like to learn, it’s the single best place to be.

Statistics, history, culture, math – politics teaches you something about everything. In politics, there is a clear winner and loser.

I enjoy the policy exposure indicative of working on Capitol Hill. However, my true love is on the campaign side. The stakes are high. The cameras are on. An entire campaign can hinge on one word or phrase.

For a candidate, it’s a high-wire act on the tightrope above the tallest skyscraper with an entire audience zoned in watching. While pressure busts pipes, it can also make diamonds. Best of all, supporters fight for their beliefs by donating time (or money) and being a part of it all.

That’s applicable to every level of office. Trust me, a candidate runs for dog catcher with the same vigor as if it were running to become the Leader of the Free World. That’s the way it should be. Nobody runs for office to finish in second place. If they do, they shouldn’t run at all.

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Therefore, phone banks, door-to-door drives, yard signs, and social media efforts play a pivotal role as well. Believe it or not, most campaigns utilize direct mail. While younger generations continue to send the postal service the way of dinosaurs, older generations are still able to be reached by snail mail. Not to mention, these voters are more likely to head to the polls to cast a vote on Election Day. My experiences on the campaign trail have taught me months of late night strategy sessions, early morning alarm clocks sounding, telephone conference calls, endless requests that are all “time sensitive,” dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s, still do not prepare you for everything that can (and inevitably, will) happen. Best of all, it all culminates in one night: Election Night.

This is the very essence of why America is such a great country. A peaceful transition of power occurs without our governments being overthrown, mob rule arising, or the imposition of martial law. Most of us take these liberties for granted. Do your part in keeping the democracy alive and remember to vote early and vote often.

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• Foreclosure Sale – Auction of the property to the highest bidder.

• Redemption Period – Time period after the foreclosure sale where the homeowner still can exercise the right to redeem the real estate, by paying the sale price, interest and other costs.

• REO (Real Estate Owned) – Involuntary transfer of property to lender, due to an unsuccessful foreclosure sale.

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By Sneha Shah Short Sale vs. Foreclosure Real estate is an innate passion in many of us – a reality that may impact our lives more than a few times in our lifetimes. It is a social territorial acquisition, an emotional haven, and an investment tool for the long haul. “REAListically” is a column covering topical interests on investing and understanding the environment of real estate, both for personal acquisition and long-term investing.

Most of us have heard the words Short Sale and Foreclosure, whether we are involved in the business of real estate or not. In the economic recession of the past few years, as the real estate market has taken major hits and downturns, these words have become a part of our consciousness. Depending on which side of the fence you are on, a picture flashes. To the buyer, these words instantly paint a picture of an incredible deal, a sale of the century – an opportunity to lap up a property for possibly cents on the dollar! To the seller, the words cast a pall of economic gloom, doomed social circumstances, and maybe a deep hit to the years spent credit strengthening and equity building.

There are innumerable myths and half-truths that shroud this new demon on the real estate horizon. What are, however, short sales and foreclosures, REAlistically?? - The goal of this article is to help identify, understand and subsequently bust or validate the myths we have heard from the homeowners’ viewpoint.

Foreclosure • Foreclosure is a legal proceeding initiated by the lender

• After short sale, lender can report short sale as: a. paid in full b. paid - settled c. paid - unrated

• The foreclosure remains public record and on credit history for seven years

• Based on the report, the short sale may reduce credit score by only 50 points • Homeowner can buy after 1224 months.

• Offer by buyer may take up anywhere from 30 days to 6 or more months to be accepted after all lending parties and lienholders have agreed on their share

• Can lower credit score by 200 points or more • Homeowner will be unable to buy for up to seven years • Since the lender is the owner, the offer by buyers is a faster process

The foreclosure and/or the short sale process is overridden with the homeowners’ emotional tsunami, and during this time, an educated real estate expert would play a crucial role in leading the distressed homeowners through alternate options available.

Some of these are: • Refinance: An eligible, non-delinquent homeowner can take advantage of refinancing a fixed-rate loan via Home Affordable Refinance - a Making Home Affordable initiative launched by the Obama administration in early 2009.

• Loan Modification: A viable option for both lenders and homeowners, cutting high lender losses on foreclosures. This is another component of the Making Home Affordable initiative.

• Short Sale: A foreclosure alternative, and yet another program of the Making Home Affordable initiative, allowing incentive dollars for servicers, homeowners and lienholders.

• Deed in lieu of foreclosure: An agreement where the borrower agrees to trade the property to the lender in exchange for the cancellation of the note.

A short sale is a situation in which: • the homeowner/seller owes more money on the loan(s) and any other liens on the property, than the sale of the property will likely produce, and • is unable or unwilling to bring any money to the closing.

In other words, the homeowner must negotiate with the lender/s to settle the remainder of the debt, oftentimes less than the mortgage amount owed and the lender/s agree not to foreclose and damage the homeowner’s credit.

A short sale is a pro-active step taken by the homeowner, who is in danger of defaulting on his mortgage payments and wants to cause the least amount of damage to his financial credit.

Short sales and foreclosures are an unfortunate stark reality of our times. There are many who have been the hapless victims or the gloating beneficiaries of this wave. Our most important advocacy is that there is absolutely no stigma attached to the homeowner undergoing a short sale or a foreclosure. Being proactive and addressing the situation squarely, as well as taking the advice of a knowledgeable expert can, in most cases, alleviate long-term credit damage, distress and family upheaval.

Next month, we will cover the short sale anatomy and how the buyers can take advantage of these opportunities.

A foreclosure is a legal process initiated by the lender/s in which a defaulted borrower/homeowner is deprived of their interest in the mortgaged property. The steps leading to foreclosure are: • Pre-foreclosure – The period beginning with initial mortgage default up to the time the distressed property is sold.

• Notice of Default (NOD) – An official notice from the lender to the borrower proclaiming defaulted mortgage.

• Reinstatement Period – Stipulated time period in which the borrower may reinstate and make good the default on the mortgage.

• Short Sale – An optional path that the homeowner may pursue in striking a deal with the lender to accept lesser money than owed on the mortgage.

• Notice of Sale – Notice of a foreclosure sale from the lender, when the homeowner is unable to reinstate the mortgage default.

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By A. J. Shah Business owners ask me, “Do I really need insurance?” The answer is simple - Yes. We know we need insurance for our home and automobiles to protect us financially in case an accident or disaster happens. We accept these types of insurance and understand the value because we realize that it would be difficult to replace something so valuable without insurance.

This same principle should be applied to business insurance.

Many small business owners don’t have proper business insurance because they think they can’t afford it. In reality, a small business owner can’t afford not to have adequate coverage. Common myths for not buying insurance are:

property due to a wide-variety of events such as fire, smoke, wind, hail storms and vandalism. The definition of “property” is broad, and includes lost income, business interruption, buildings, computers, company papers and money. Most property policies exclude flood coverage, which can be purchased separately.

3. General Liability – General liability insurance covers legal hassles due to accident, injuries and claims of negligence. It protects against payments for bodily injury, property damage, medical expenses, libel, slander, the cost of defending lawsuits and settlement bonds or judgments required during an appeal.

Types of general liability claims include injuries from customer slips and falls on your business premises, breach of contract lawsuits and products completed liability.

4. Business Owners Policy (BOP) – BOPs combines property and liability policies into one lower cost affordable package.

BOPs target small and medium-sized businesses, such as professional offices, convenience stores, motels, liquor stores, restaurants, and mailbox stores, and include business interruption insurance, which provides reimbursement for up 1. My business does not make enough money to warrant to a year of lost revenue resulting from an insured property claim. Eligibility for BOPs includes factors such as industry, insurance: location, financial stability and building construction.

The truth is any business can be sued. Business insurance can help you protect assets in the case of a lawsuit so that your 5. Commercial Automobile – If your business uses business doesn’t have to sell assets such as property and automobiles in some manner, collision and liability insurance equipment. Underinsured businesses face stiff coinsurance should be utilized. The policy should include Hired & Nonpenalties and all claims may not be covered. Also, you could be Owned coverage which covers employees and owners if they in violation of your lease or loan requirements if you are use a personal vehicle for business. uninsured or underinsured.

2. My business operates as a corporation. This protects me from personal responsibility and liability. I don’t need insurance: The truth is operating as a corporation intends to protect investors, owners and managers from personal liability.

However, as the owner, in most states, you could still be liable.

This means, without insurance, you could lose your personal assets – your home, your business, your car. Having business insurance minimizes personal exposure. The rule of thumb is, the smaller your corporation, more likely you may lose the case.

6. Professional Liability – Businesses providing services should have professional liability insurance (also known as Errors and Omissions insurance). This coverage protects businesses against malpractice, errors, negligence in provision of services to your customers. Depending on your profession, you may be required by your state government to carry such a policy.

7. Home-Based Business Insurance - Homeowners’ insurance policies do not generally cover home-based business losses. While you may be able to add on certain property 3. If I become disabled or die, my partners and family would damage riders to your policy, you may need to purchase additional policies to cover other risks, such as general and work out what do with the business: Family members and business partners rarely work things professional liability. out after the primary owner passes away. When the primary 8. Umbrella/Excess Liability – For a single premium, owner passes, often, there isn’t enough cash flow to pay the umbrella liability or excess liability policies add another layer estate of the deceased member. Key Person Insurance and a BuySell Agreement for your business ensure that each member and of protection to several other polices that you might hold, including general liability, employer’s liability and auto liability their estate is properly protected and valued. policies. This policy is usually the most affordable way to get Now that you understand why business insurance is higher policy limits on several small business insurance policies. important, let’s review the basic types of business insurance While many small business owners seek to get away with available: minimal coverage, others overpay on insurance they don’t need.

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also deduct other transportation expenses, including vehicle mileage, parking fees and tolls you pay, but you can only deduct one trip per person.

2. Household goods. You may be able to deduct the cost of packing, crating and transporting your household goods and personal property, including the cost of shipping household pets. You may also be able to include the cost of storing and insuring these items while in transit.

Tax Matters Moved This Year?

Helpful tax tips to help pay for your move

Non Deductible Expenses You cannot deduct the following moving-related expenses: Home. You cannot deduct any part of the purchase price of your new home, costs of buying or selling a home, expenses of entering into or breaking a lease, or security deposits.

Vehicle. You may not be able to deduct any expenses you may have made towards car tags, driver license renewal.

Storage. You may not be able to deduct any long term storage charges, except those incurred in transit and for foreign moves.

In general, you can deduct only those expenses that are considered reasonable for the circumstances of your move.

By Krutika Chheda Thousands of people relocate every year within the United States and from abroad. By some estimates about 3000 people move to the charlotte area each month based on the data in the past couple of years.

If you recently moved to Charlotte, any other part of the Carolinas or elsewhere in the the country, or are planning to move this year to start a new job, the IRS makes it a little easier for you to pay for it. The tax code allows you to deduct certain expenses related to your relocation on your tax return. You may be able to deduct some of the relocation expenses even if you kept the same job but moved to a different location.

Here are some tips that may help you plan for your 2012 tax return if you relocated this year for a new job or an existing job.

Reimbursed Expenses If you are reimbursed by your employer for the costs of the move, your deductions will be limited. If you choose to take a deduction, the reimbursement from your employer may have to be included as income on your tax return. If your employer provided you a relocation package, it may probably get included in your W2 at the end of the year and reported to IRS. Remember you will pay regular income tax on the amount of relocation assistance that your employer provides you. So make sure you negotiate with your employer accordingly for the relocation amount in case of a cash award.

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to call an accountant if you need help figuring out the amount of your deduction for moving expenses.

Test to see if you qualify: 1. Distance Test. You are allowed to take moving expenses only if your move meets the distance test. The distance from your former home to the new job location must be at least 50 miles more than the distance from your former home to the old job location. For example, if your old main job location was 10 miles from your former home, your new main job location must be at least 60 miles from that former home.

2. Time Test. In order to take the moving expenses deduction, you need to pass the time test. You must work full-time for at least 39 weeks during the first year at your new job location, once you have arrived in the general area of the new location.

So clearly IRS does not allow you to take moving expenses for short term assignments and relocation; although, there is a different deduction that you may qualify to take in this scenario.

3. Time Limit. Moving expenses have to be generally incurred within one year of the date you first report to work at a new job location. For example if you started your new job on June 15, 2012, you have until next June to incur moving expenses. In some cases this time limit may be extended.

This column is meant to provide information about tax and business matters and in no way should you consider this as tax, financial or legal advice. Consult your tax accountant, financial advisor and legal advisor regarding your specific individual tax and financial situation. This Article provides only an overview to the complex Tax Laws. It is not exhaustive nor a substitute for Independent Tax Advice provided by a Tax Accountant or a Tax Attorney familiar with your case.

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Self-Employed Self-employed individuals also qualify for moving expense deductions. However, they must also meet the above distance and time test. The time test criteria are slightly different for selfemployed individuals. They must work full time for a total of at least 78 weeks during the first two years after they arrive in the area of their new job location. If your income tax return is due before you have satisfied the above requirements, you can still deduct your allowable moving expenses if you expect to meet the time test. There are some special rules and exceptions to these general rules.

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Mobile Apps Get Work done on the Road

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By Gail Z. Martin 23 Online Office Essentials for Your Smart Phone When you’re working on the go, many of the helpful tools you take for granted in your office aren’t at hand. Fortunately, there’s an app for that.

Appzilla, Appzilla2 and Apzilla 3 are the Swiss Army knives of the app world. Appzilla comes with 90 mini apps, and Appzilla2 has 120, including a book lamp, checklist, countdown timer, area code look-up, alarm clock, currency converter, date calculator, flashlight, and links to nine Google apps. Sure, Appzilla also has fun things like a metronome, moon calculator and Morse code generator, but those can be a momentary distraction when you’re stuck in an airport.

Need a dictionary? Try the Dictionary! app or the Dictionary.com app and have the English language at your fingertips. The Dictionary.com app even includes a thesaurus, or you can grab FreeSaurus on iTunes.

Looking for a phone number? Before you pay for a 411 lookup, try the WhitePagesMobile app. Use it to search for either businesses or people, and get maps or directions. YPMobile gives you the Yellow Pages business directory, plus ratings and event information.

Want to translate a phrase into Chinese or Serbian? The FreeTranslator app will help you with the important short sentences necessary to get by when you’re traveling. Can’t remember the source of a quote? Quotationary probably has what you’re looking for. Need to know where in the world you are? Try World Atlas HD for maps and useful details about every country on the globe.

Struggling with a metric conversion question? Convertbot has the answer. Not sure when your package will arrive?

DeliveryStatus will get an answer for you. Need a mirror to see if the lettuce from your salad at lunch is still in your teeth? The Mirror app turns your smart phone into, yep, a mirror that you won’t lose in your desk drawer.

If you miss your filing drawer back at the office, try FilesToGo, a Cloud-based filing system that gives you access when you’re traveling. No need to juggle loose printouts on the plane: GoodReader can translate a PDF file into an iPad-friendly format so you can read it from your touchscreen. Bento is an app that works like a virtual clipboard/ database/ desktop organizer for either the iPad or iPhone.

When you’d rather speak than use a keyboard, you’ve got several great options. DragonDictation’s app (and program for the PC) lets you speak into your smart phone and activate your email or your text messages. To use your phone to take dictation or just record a message to send later, try Say It & Mail It Pro Recorder or QuickVoice2TextEmail.

Keep track of your time while you’re on the road with TimeMaster + Billing—it’s even got a billing module. Take your pick: Timewerks, TimeLogger or iTimeSheetLite can also help you manage and monetize your time. They differ in capabilities, so pick the one that works best for you.

If there’s still anything you’re missing from your bricks-andmortar office, a quick search on iTunes or Android app store will probably turn up several contenders to help you create your home away from home.

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Whether you’re a true road warrior or you just seem to be on the go all the time, mobile apps from your tablet PC or smart phone can make your life much more productive. Even better: many great apps are free, and others are very inexpensive, so productivity seems sweeter than ever.

What are the basics you need to get work done when you’re not in the office? At a minimum, you need some good ways to take notes, work on or read documents, store and retrieve files, and access the tools you usually have close at hand in an office or on your laptop. Fortunately, there are apps for all these needs, and on your smart phone or tablet PC, they’re truly at your fingertips.

Smart phones and tablet PCs are desirable because they’re smaller and lighter than a laptop and easier to carry around. But that same portability comes with a price: they can’t carry all of the files stored so conveniently on your laptop. Good news: an ever-increasing array of apps bridges that gap between laptop and mobile device, making it easier than ever to work on the go.

Quick note taking is essential to keep your thoughts organized, especially when you’re constantly in motion. iPhones and iPads come with a basic Notes app, which while not perfect, is quite suitable for the kinds of things you’d jot on a cocktail napkin. While it doesn’t sync with other apps and it doesn’t have any security beyond that of your phone’s keypad, Notes is perfect for jotting down something you don’t want to forget and assuring that you won’t lose the scrap of paper you wrote it on. Not perfect, but it’s free, and there’s a lot of basic function that goes a long way.

Evernote, which I’ve discussed earlier in the book, also has a mobile app. So if you love it on your other devices, you can bring it along in your pocket with your phone or tablet PC. A few other note taking apps include Awesome Note, WriteRoom, Simplenote and RememberTheMilk make it easy to jot down what you need to remember, and come with varying additional capabilities, such as being able to sync to other devices or store data in the Cloud.

Pages is very good, basic app for reading and writing documents. Documents you create in Pages can be emailed in RTF or Word format, and you can email yourself (small) documents in those formats and edit using Pages. While I find it cumbersome to type documents of any length with the onscreen keyboard or a phone or tablet PC, when you pair Pages with a wireless keyboard, the result is pretty efficient.

For those who want to access their Microsoft Office files from their iPad or iPhone, Quickoffice Pro HD bridges the gap between Microsoft and Apple. There’s also a scaled down version, Quickoffice Connect Suite. With Quickoffice, you can open a Word document, access a PowerPoint presentation, or edit, save and share other types of Office-based files. Office2 HD is a similar program, offering a few more capabilities for word processing than some of the more basic apps. Documents To Go Premium Office Suite not only handles Word and PowerPoint, but it will also access Excel spreadsheets, and it syncs with storage programs including Dropbox and Box.net.

Excerpted from 30 Days to Virtual Productivity Success by Gail Martin.

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One telephone call, in that awkward and lonely time, is the turning point of “The Elopement,” a memoir I launched earlier this year.

Rejecting social mores of all varieties for something unknowable, but a thing I’d trust with all my gut, that was hard.

The promise of love. How much is too much to trade?

But I wouldn’t have done it any other way. I love Akira, today more than ever, since we’ve been through things. Together. Life things.

An old man said in an interview I read when I was probably still a tween this sweet, romantic thing I haven’t forgotten.

“When it was our day” went the quote, “we didn’t think about things so much. You just held the hand of someone you loved, and you looked over the edge of a cliff, and then you did it. You jumped.”

I thought it would be nice to have some family around, so I insisted we get our marriage certificate in Japan, where Akira’s parents lived. That’s how I wound up in Ueno Park, Tokyo, at a kooshyudenwa, which means “public telephone.” If Clark Kent needed to change in a jiffy, this one’d be brilliant.

The phone box’s footprint is just a few square feet, but it’s smack in the middle of the busiest place in the world I’ve ever been, and that trumps Manhattan, London, Singapore, and even Delhi. Crosswalks of Ueno are more than a hundred feet wide, in “X” shapes, and Tokyoites slide upon them like netted fish.

The box is at the bottom of a flight of stairs that carries you into a grassy park, which I’m convinced is the best overlook in the world of several hundred trains shifting at once. You get to watch the regular commuter trains like the Yamanote line, or the Joban line’s noriire dive into the Chiyoda subway tunnel, or the sleek magnetic levitation shinkansen that skate on air all the way to Hokkaido or over to Kyuushu. (Much later, on a break from Ireland, I’d glide with them, on a solo pass all over the country, feeling closer to the place with each mile.) It’s all there. But what I love most about Ueno are its park’s lotus blooms. Pink and purple, they feel like hope.

Besides shutting out the noise and smog, there was another thing about closing the door from inside this box that comforted me. I’d called my parents in North Carolina from this exact spot the summer of 1996. That was four and a half years before the second call, with the news I got married that day.

Back in ’96, I got a summer internship at an architecture firm in Tokyo. I’d sent some fifty resume packets, and I was glad to land the gig. But my parents weren’t happy I wanted to extend my stay, and I called from there to tell them I was going to do it, anyways. Architecture was my dream. Akira had been with me then, too, standing just outside.

I’ve revisited a zillion times the exact moment when I dialed my parents’ number from this phone box in Ueno. I won’t spoil the story if you want to read it, but I’ll tell you it was a tough moment of hearing some things that told me, after all, eloping was the only way. I had to do it like that, or I wouldn’t, not ever.

And who knew what that would lead to, the not doing the thing that your heart is tugging towards.

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By Dipika Kohli The phone box at Ueno Park Not until you do the rash thing do you think about what’s next. I’m talking about consequences. A whole avalanche.

When you’re in the mode of being young and irrational, you act out of passion.

That’s how I eloped to Ireland. My friends in County Cork would say that was the “balls,” their words, about falling in love.

I was 25 when I got there, fresh-faced, to join a young man I was more or less sure I wanted to marry. (No, he isn’t Irish.) I met Akira Morita in college, when I was a sophomore at N.C. State. We got along over t-shirt and poster design, and soon enough, people asked if we were “going out.” That sounded weird. We were just good friends, right? Eleven years later, we look at each other and go, “Is it weird being this ‘friend-y’ when we’re married and stuff?” Then we just laugh.

Thing is, I knew his Japanese passport made him unsuitable as a suitor, which, a few years after we began reserving nights Friday to catch up, was exactly what my parents said.

“Kokusai kopporu,” a waitress said to us once. Must’ve been 1994. A Japanese woman, she winked and nodding at Akira and me. I’d wanted him to try palak paneer so we found an Indian restaurant off Capital Boulevard. She might have even been wearing a salwar kameez as part of her work outfit there.

“International couple,” she’d said. It made her happy. I was glad it made someone happy, and it gave me a whiff of confidence that maybe we could pull this thing off after all.

Not that this has anything to do with us getting married, promise!, but I’d been studying Japanese. To get truly fluent – and hadn’t my parents trained me to aim for lofty goals, with tenacity and grit? – I needed to study abroad. A change of scenery always helps me think, and I welcomed a break from statics and dynamics classes at Mann Hall.

Kyoto was best, Akira advised, and we boarded a plane bound for Narita together in the late summer of 1995. My parents didn’t know Akira would be heading over there with me. But neither did he. Visa regulations, he said in a midday call to my parents’ house to give me the news.

“Wait, I’m going to Japan,” I said. This was my independent thing to do. Summer was done. The school year was over. We were parting ways. Right?

“You know how I did that internship? Last summer, before we met?” he said. Eugene, Japanese taiko, and Crater Lake.

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“My advisor thinks I should get a new visa. Just in case.”

“Oh.” “But, you know? You can meet my parents.”

A year together in the land of the Rising Sun, albeit in different cities, woke me up to the fact that yes, I did like this person, and I popped the question not long after that. Since my folks had signaled disinterest, it had to be Plan B. We weren’t far enough along in life yet to know when you do a thing like eloping, you make waves. Especially if parents are the kind to hold grudges. Two of the four parents in our relevant matrimonial arrangements were. The two that were mine.

Telling my folks how it went down, well, that’s a moment I’ve revisited a zillion times in the eleven intervening years.

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Immigration Matters USCIS Announces FY 2012 Grant Recipients on Constitution Day and Citizenship Day As part of its celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in midSeptember announced the award of approximately $5 million in grants designed to promote immigrant civic integration and prepare permanent residents for citizenship. Thirty-one immigrant-serving organizations from 21 states and the District of Columbia will receive federal funding to support citizenship preparation services for permanent residents through September 2014.

Since the program began in October 2009, USCIS’s Citizenship and Integration Grant Program has helped more than 38,000 permanent residents in 30 states and the District of Columbia prepare for citizenship. Through Sept. 30, 2014, USCIS anticipates that an additional 26,000 permanent residents will receive citizenship preparation services as a result of the grants.

“With this grant program, USCIS continues its support for eligible permanent residents on the path to citizenship,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas. “By expanding the availability of high-quality citizenship preparation services in communities across the country, this funding helps thousands of permanent residents pursue their goal of U.S. citizenship.”

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The Citizenship and Integration Grant Program is part of a multifaceted effort to provide citizenship-preparation resources, and support and information to immigrants and immigrantserving organizations. USCIS complements this grant program with its Citizenship Resource Center, a centralized Web resource that provides learning materials to help permanent residents prepare for the naturalization process, and the Citizenship Public Education and Awareness Initiative, a multilingual initiative designed to raise awareness of the rights, responsibilities and importance of U.S. citizenship among the estimated 8.5 million permanent residents nationwide eligible to apply for naturalization.

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New Online Resource Provides Immigration Information in Up to 22 Different Languages In July the USCIS launched its online Multilingual Resource Center, a new feature on www.uscis.gov. The center provides a central location for USCIS resources in a variety of languages, to include - Haitian Creole, Polish and Vietnamese. Offering certain immigration application information in other languages helps ensure USCIS communicates across many cultures and reaches a broader audience, while also ensuring that customers obtain information directly from USCIS, and not from unofficial - and possibly unscrupulous - sources. Materials are available in up to 22 languages, covering information on USCIS application processes as well as frequently asked questions.

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“Our Multilingual Resource Center is our most recent step in increasing customer access to important and accurate immigration information,” said Director Alejandro Mayorkas.

“By providing immigration information to our customers in their native languages, we improve our customers’ experience and enhance their ability to navigate our nation’s legal immigration system.”

One of the highlights of the Multilingual Resource Center is the inclusion of a new Spanish translation of The Handbook for Employers: Instructions for Completing Form I-9 (M-274). Over the past two decades, employers have been using this resource to better understand the employment eligibility verification requirements and how to complete Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The Handbook provides step-by-step guidance, clarifies the law, and answers frequently asked questions on completion of this form. The Spanish translation of the M-274 also will be included on the I-9 Central and E-Verify websites.

Another feature of the new Multilingual Resource Center is the introduction of a collection of 13 newly translated How Do I… guides in Chinese. The English versions of these guides have been very useful to those needing help understanding immigration requirements and USCIS services. Now, sponsors, family members and friends can print out and provide these materials to the native Chinese speaker they are helping. These guides, already available in English and Spanish, are very useful for people who need help understanding immigration requirements and USCIS services.

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USCIS will continue to accept new petitions as they are received until the end of the current fiscal year, and will resume issuing U-visas on Oct. 1, 2012, the first day of fiscal year 2013 when new visas are available.

For more information about the U-visa, see the Victims of Criminal Activity Web page at www.uscis.gov. From there, you will find a link to Questions and Answers.

USCIS Program Extension Alert U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) advises the public that Public Law 112-176, signed by the President on Sept.

28, 2012, extends the following USCIS programs until Sept. 30, 2015: E-Verify; Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program; Special immigrant visa category for non-minister special immigrant religious workers.

The date by which J-1 nonimmigrant exchange visitors must obtain that status in order to qualify for the Conrad 30 program.

Program Details E-Verify: E-Verify, an Internet-based system operated by USCIS in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA), allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. More than 402,000 participating employers at nearly 1.2 million worksites nationwide currently use the program. Since Oct. 1, 2011, more than 20 million employment verification queries have been run through the system and approximately 98.3 percent of all queries are now automatically confirmed without any need for employee action.

Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program: Under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program, USCIS will continue to receive, process, and adjudicate all Regional Center Proposals, Forms I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and Forms I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, affiliated with Regional Centers relying on “indirect” job creation analysis. Currently, there are more than 70 regional centers throughout the United States.

Religious Worker Visa: The special immigrant visa category for non-minister religious workers covers individuals within a religious vocation or occupation and also applies to accompanying or “following-to-join” spouses and children of these religious workers. USCIS will continue to receive and process Forms 1-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, Forms I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, and Forms I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, that relate to religious workers and their families covered by Public Law 112-176.

Conrad 30: USCIS will continue to adjudicate immigration benefits covered by the Conrad 30 program. The Conrad 30 program allows each state health department to submit a request directly to the Department of State to initiate the waiver process for a foreign medical graduate who obtained J-1 status to change to another status without the required two-year foreign residence. The law previously required the foreign medical graduate to have acquired J-1 status before Sept. 30, 2012; the law now extends the program to cover J-1 admissions before Sept. 30, 2015.

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“You’re not going to go to Planet M [Indian music store chain] and get a Gojira album or a Karnivool album,” he added. “[They’re coming here] because these kids have discovered these bands over the internet. And they’re obsessive about these micro-niches — doom metal, black metal, and all the other many forms of metal that exist now have audiences in India.”

Blame the nerds. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus festivals from Mumbai to Madras were the first to feature international acts like Finland’s Ensiferum, Sweden’s Katatonia, Opeth and Hammerfall, according to Ravi. And the metal heads have never looked back.

Indian bands like Bangalore’s Inner Sanctum, Kryptos, Eccentric Pendulum and Slain, or New Delhi’s Undying Inc, Skyharbor and IAFWAY are starting to make a splash, too.

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Skyharbor’s Keshav Dhar has drawn praise from industry heavyweights like ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman by uploading his tracks to sites like Soundcloud, resulting in collaborations with Ex-Tesseract vocalist Daniel Tompkins and a contract with UK-based Basick Records, according to Ravi.

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Fast forward to March 2012. Madame Irina Bokova, DirectorGeneral of UNESCO, who having visited Auroville in Jan 2010, sends her greetings to Aurovillians on the occasion of the inauguration of the Multi-Purpose Hall at the Unity Pavilion, which will promote and facilitate more activities of the International Zone.

Mrs. Bokova writes in her letter, “On this occasion, I would like to express my appreciation for the vision of the Aurovillian International Zone. This is an impressive platform embodying ideals and views that resonate with those of UNESCO. I am certain it will serve as an open space for a “living embodiment of actual human unity,” as the Charter of Auroville declares.”

As is widely known, Auroville or The City of Dawn is an experimental township in Villupurum District in the state of Tamil Nadu, near Pondicherry in South India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, (also known as the Mother), and designed by architect Roger Anger.

As stated in the Mother’s first public message about the township, “Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.”

The Government of India endorsed the township of Auroville and this was followed by UNESCO endorsement in 1966, the latter body inviting all member-states to participate in the development of Auroville. UNESCO reendorsed Auroville four times in the course of the last 40 years.

Although originally intended to house 50,000, the actual population today is 2,200, consisting of 1,553 adults and 454 minors, coming from 43 nationalities, 836 of whom are of Indian origin.

The community is divided up into neighborhoods with English, Sanskrit, French and Tamil names like Aspiration, Arati, La Ferme and Isaiambalam.

In the middle of the town is the Matrimandir, which has been acclaimed as an “outstanding and original architectural achievement.” It was conceived by the Mother as a “symbol of the Divine’s answer to man’s inspiration for perfection.”

Ruud Lohman, a priest who spent 15 years in Auroville, arrived at the township on the day that work was started on digging the foundation of Matrimandir. His beautiful little book, “A House for the Third Millennium” is what I’m reading right now.

Ruud, a theologian, writes, “…the amazing thing for me is this: the more I discover Ari Aurobindo, the Integral Yoga, and Matrimandir, the more I feel that I have not really broken with my past life as a member of a religious order and an official representative of religion, but I experience that I am only now slowly becoming what I then, spiritually and occultly, was supposed to be.”

The Sun shines over Matrimandir; one Ray especially is caught and directed down into the Crystal in its very heart. The Sun is the Supermind, the symbol of that link-world in heaven.

Where is the symbol of the Supermind on earth?

It must be Matrimandir itself, the golden sphere which is like coming down from on high in order to carry mankind over the threshold of a new age, providing all the indications and mechanisms to operate consciously the great Mutation.

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Community Focus Events of Note IATNC Diwali Function India Association of Triad (IATNC) Greensboro will celebrate the annual Diwali function “Light up Your Spirit” on Sat, November 10, 2012 at 5.30 pm at Canterbury School, Old Lake Jeannette Road, Greensboro, NC 27455. The program includes snacks, Indian cultural performances, grand buffet dinner, fireworks and dance party. Cash bar will be available for wine and beer. Admission is free for members. Tickets for nonmembers: Adults $30, Senior Citizens/students $20, Child (age 5+) $15. Tickets can be purchased at Indu, Om, or Krishna Groceries in Greensboro or from IATNC Executive Committee.

For further information contact: Krishna Balu 336-292-9462 or Ruby Singh: 336-430-9068.

K Sridhar in Concert Sarod Maestro K. Sridhar will perform an evening recital of Indian classical music. He will also introduce his sitar disciple Michael Griska along with support on tabla by Ratnakar Nawathe. The performance will take place at the Barn at Valhalla, 1040 Duffy’s Way, Chapel Hill, NC on Sat, November 17, 2012 beginning at 7pm. Tickets are $17. For details visit www.barnatvalhalla.com.

Spoken Sanskrit for Beginners Samskrita Bharati is holding a two-day weekend workshop in Charlotte, NC to introduce Sanskrit to beginners. Learn to speak the ancient language in a fun and easy manner. The workshop takes place on Sat-Sun, Dec 8 – 9 from 9am – 5pm. The venue is the Hindu center of Charlotte, Yoga Room, Vihar Hall, 7400 City View Drive, Charlotte NC 28212. The fee is $20/individual, $35/couple, and $55/family. No prior knowledge of Sanskrit is expected of the participants. It will be helpful if participants can speak an Indian language. Samskrita Bharati has taught similar courses to over 6 million people, through more than 10,000 trained teachers. This course is interactive and designed such that by the end of the course, participants will be able to have basic conversations in Sanskrit. Lunch and snacks will be served.

For further details call Joy Vyloppully 513.432.7224, Prashant Kacharia 704.907.7908, or Jayanthi Rajan 704.799.6985 or register at www.samskritabharatiusa.org.

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Recyclable Fashion Show Varsha Pradhan and Veda Saravanan participated in the Charlotte Fashion Week’s Recyclable Fashion show.

Charlotte Seen organizes this event every year benefiting Levine’s Children’s Hospital. The Recyclable Designer Evening took place at Reelworks Studio at the NC Music Factory on September 22, 2012. The two dresses that were designed for sponsors were made out of paper and plastic, embellished with bottle caps for the flapper dress, and paper cut out for the wedding dress. They both collaborate on several arts-related projects and have shown their work in galleries in Charlotte. This was the first time Pradhan and Saravanan have collaborated in a fashion show, as they are primarily artists and showcase their work in galleries around Charlotte.

2012 Gandhi Jayanti

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Community Organizations Carolinas Christian Assembly - Charlotte Everyone is cordially invited to join for Sunday worship, Bible class, Sunday school: Sundays from 9 am - 12 pm. English and various Indian languages are used in the Sunday services.

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Charlotte Art of Living (Healing with the Breath) Art of Living is dedicated to serving society by strengthening the individual. This is done through self development programs that recharge the body, mind and spirit and allow people to function at their optimum potential. People from all backgrounds, religions and cultural traditions come together in service and celebration.

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Charlotte Gita Study Group Beginners and advanced students of the Gita are welcome. The group meets the second and fourth Sunday of each month from 3 - 5 pm. This course is based on the Home Study Course of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, PA. Each session starts with a meditation followed by a recorded lecture in English, supplemented by discussion among the group.

For further details: Rishi and Shikha Bhatnagar, rishi@solveron.com, 513.518.5300 Shridhar and Kruti Dave, skdave@hotmail.com, 704.844.9567 Naras and Beena Eechambadi, narasee@gmail.com www.freewebs.com/gitastudy

Association for India’s Development - Charlotte A volunteer movement committed to promoting sustainable, equitable and just-development. AID Charlotte supports grassroots organizations in India and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women’s empowerment and social justice.

For further details: Kiran Uppalapati 704.307.6450; Venkata Ramana Duddu 662.231.2350.

Charlotte Hindu Center Table Tennis The group meets every Monday and Wednesday from 6.30 - 10 pm. New players come after 7.30 pm for orientation. The TT action takes place at the Vihar Hall of Charlotte’s Hindu Center, 7400 City View Drive, Charlotte, NC 28134. All levels and types of play. Free coaching and lessons. For further details: s_jan@yahoo.com or visit www.ttclt.com.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Regularly scheduled activities include a daily Aarti at 6:30 am and 7 pm. Darshan: Mon-Fri 6:30 am-12:30 pm and 4 - 8:30 pm, Sat/Sun 6:30 am-8:30 pm. Gujarati classes are held every Sunday from 3 - 4 pm and “Satsang Sabha” is held every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The Swaminarayan Temple is located at 4100 Margaret Wallace Rd, Charlotte, NC, 28105.

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Charlotte Indian Christian Fellowship We meet on the third Saturday of every month at 6:30 PM for Prayer, Bible Study and Fellowship. Anyone who is interested to spend an evening with us is welcome to come with your family and friends.

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Bethel Christian Fellowship Bethel Christian Fellowship offers services in various Indian languages (i.e. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) .Sunday School Time - 11:15 - 11:45 am; Sunday Worship Service time : 11:45 - 1:15 pm. Sunday Service Location: Fort Mill Church of God, Student Life Center Building, 216 Academy Street, Room 102. Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715. Saturday Service Location: Life Builders Church - 730 Oak Dale Rd, Charlotte NC 28216.

For further details: 803.792.7223; pastorofbcf@gmail.com (Pastor: Rajan Samuel).

Charlotte Indian Karaoke Group CIKG invites karaoke lovers to come and sing Hindi songs on karaoke. It does not matter whether you are a beginner or experienced. The most important thing is to get together and have fun. The event is held once a month, usually on Friday or Saturday. Entry and participation is free.

For Further Details: Dinesh Patel at cikgrocks@yahoo.com Charlotte Kannada Koota The Charlotte Kannada Koota is an organization that promotes understanding of Karnataka culture and provides a medium for people of Karnataka (Kannadigas) to get together. The activities include social get-togethers, music, and drama.

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Carolina Sanskrutik Maharashtra Mandal CSMM promotes Maharashtrian culture and language.

Maharashtra mandal is committed to serve Carolina Marathi community with various cultural, social and traditional Marathi programs and events. CSMM’s Diwali celebrations will take place on Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 2 - 9 pm at the Hindu Center of Charlotte.

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Community Organizations Gurdwara Sahib - Charlotte The Sikh Heritage Society strives to unite and enrich the lives of the Sikh & Punjabi communities of Charlotte and surrounding areas. “Gurdwara” address: 1760 Stoney Creek Lane, Charlotte, NC 28262.

Regular Program: Every Sunday: 10 - 11am, Asa Di War by Bhai Satnam Singh Jee, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Keertan by Children, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm, Keertan by Bhai Satnam Singh Jee, 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm, Ardaas, followed by Guru Ka Langar.

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Mahaavatar Baba Ji, Lahri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteshwar Giri, Paramahamsa Yogananda, Hariharananda, and Prajanananada. A sincere seeker who follows the path of Kriya Yoga with love and devotion and a desire for spiritual growth can attain Self-realization- even in one lifetime. Center hosts two annual initiation programs and a weekly Sunday meditation for initiates.

For Further Details: Agupta1@Carolina.rr.com www.kriya.org Charlotte Tamil Sangam Charlotte Tamil Sangam works to bring together the vibrant Tamil community in the Charlotte area and strives to promote the Tamil language, arts and culture. For Further Details: Lakshmanan Krishnan (lakshmanank@hotmail.com) or visit www.cltts.org

Hindu Center of Charlotte The temple holds many regular events and religious ceremonies. The temple library is stocked with books, CDs, DVDs and other materials on varied genre such as religion, culture, history, philosophy, yoga and health.

Upcoming Events: Nov 13 - Diwali Celebration Nov 14 - New Year’s Day Celebration Nov 17 - Diwali Dinner The Hindu Center is located at 7400 City View Drive, Charlotte, NC 28212.

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Charlotte Vipassana Meditation Group Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. The Charlotte Vipassana Meditation Group holds weekly group sits and monthly all day sits for established students (those who have taken at least one ten day course from S. N. Goenka or one of his assistant teachers). Ten-day courses are also available for all students. There is never a charge for a course. New center now open in Jesup, GA. To apply for a 10 day retreat visit www.patapa.dhamma.org For Further Details: 704.277.5013, rbddesai@gmail.com 704.563.5440, dspranger@gmail.com www.dhamma.org

IAMC (Indian American Muslim Council) Charlotte Chapter IAMC formerly known as IMC-USA (Indian Muslim Council – USA) is an Independent not for profit, tax exempt organization committed to promoting peace, pluralism and social justice for all through advocacy. The organization is also committed to promote and protect human rights and human dignity in India as they are the foundation of freedom, justice and peace. IAMC-Charlotte, seeks to reach out to Indian Muslims living in and around Charlotte to join our efforts as we are dedicated to promote Peace, Human Rights and Social Justice for all in India, to strive for Inter-Faith, InterCommunity understanding in the United States with particular focus on Indian Diaspora and to build alliances and relationships with individuals and groups who share our basic values. The IAMC-Charlotte chapter is supported by donations from its members.

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Classical Music Association of Charlotte (CMAC) CMAC sponsors many classical concerts during the year in Charlotte. Membership forms are available at concerts.

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Services offered are confidential and free of charge: • Information in a culture- and context-sensitive manner • Non-judgmental help and support to women who are experiencing oppressive/crisis situations • Emotional support • Referrals to professional and community services regarding legal issues, health care, short-term child care, psychological counseling, and temporary shelter and housing • KIRAN’s services are completely confidential. Translators and crisis counselors do not disclose any information provided by our clients.

For Further Details: Crisis Hotline: 1877- NC-KIRAN or 1-877-625-4726 Kiran@Kiraninc.org www.kiraninc.org

Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte (IPAAC) IPAAC (Indian Performing Arts Association of Charlotte) promotes classical Hindustani music by inviting well-known artists from India.

For Further Details: Sarla Kumar 704.846.4423 Chaula Jain 704.364.0984 contact@ipaac.org www.ipaac.org Indian Visual Artists Association of Charlotte (IVAAC) IVAAC was founded by artists of Indian origin living in the Charlotte, NC area in their pursuit of a creative outlet, stemming from an urge to express the flow of their innate artistic moods and ideas. The vision is to promote the enigmatic and intriguing Indian culture into meaningful forms of expression that exposes the rich traditions and diversity of one of the most ancient civilizations on earth, in today’s fast blending global culture and to create an organization that provides planning and funding required to ensure and support a vibrant and culturally diverse Indian art community.

For Further Details: 704.540.8799 (Amit Shah), 704.688.5387 (Kinshuk Agarwal) www.ivaac.org

Net IP Charlotte NetIP Charlotte is the only official Carolinas chapter of North America’s Largest Network of Indian Professionals. NetIP Charlotte provides a forum for on-going Career Developmental and Professional Networking activities. It arranges various events and maintains deeper ties with Businesses & the community. It provides various effective ways for Carolinas’ Indian Professionals to connect with other successful professionals.

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Jain Center of Greater Charlotte (JCGC) The JCGC serves the spiritual, cultural, social, and community needs of Jain families in and around metropolitan Charlotte area. JCGC is dedicated to the practice, understanding, promotion, and preservation of the Jain faith. The members of JCGC meet regularly for worship, ceremonies, and festivals throughout the year. The Jain Center is located at 7631 Mallard Creek Rd., Charlotte, NC 28262 and will coordinate and carry out numerous religious activities year-round.

Upcoming Events: Tue Nov 13 (Diwali - Aaso Vad Amas) —- 9:30 am: Prakshal and Puja. 7:30 pm: Aarti and Mangal Divo 8:00 pm: Mahavir Swami Mokshakalyanak Jaap Wed Nov 14 (New Year- Kartik Sud Ekam) - 7:15 am: Door Opening and Stavan, 7:30 am: Gautam Swami Raas recital, 8:00 am: Manglik & Aarti, 8:30 am: Navkarshi, 10:00 am: Snatra Pooja, 12:00 noon Swamivatsalya All Other Weekdays: 9:30am - Mon-Friday - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm - Chaityavandan, Aarti and Mangal Divo Weekends: 10:30am - Prakshal and Pooja, 7:30pm – Chaityavandan, Aarti and Mangal Divo 7631 Mallard Creek Road, Charlotte, NC 28262 For Further Details: JCGC President – Suresh Shah: 704.717.8481 info@jaincenter.us / www.jaincenter.us

Pratham - Charlotte Area Pratham is India’s largest non-profit organization with grass roots programs in the area of primary education. Pratham has made an impact on the learning levels of several million children through its Read India campaign which reached 31 million children across India. Pratham has developed an accelerated learning technique which helps children to read & write in two months. With nearly half the children in India who attend schools are not learning to read and write at the required level, Pratham is trying to fill an important gap in the area of primary education.

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Probasi of Charlotte Probasi is the Bengali community based in Charlotte and surrounding areas. The community’s goal is to organize cultural and educational program related to Bengal in the Greater Charlotte area, to increase Bengali cultural awareness, and to provide community service in the area.

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Community Organizations India Association of the Triad (IATNC) Greensboro The objective of the Association is to promote social, cultural and educational interests of its members, develop understanding between members of the Indian community and other residents of the Triad, and make the latter aware of issues of concern to the Indian community. IATNC will be celebrating the annual Diwali function “Light Your Spirit” on Sat Nov 10, 2012 at 5.30 pm at Canterbury School, Old Lake Jeannette Road, Greensboro, NC 27455. The program includes snacks, Indian cultural performances, grand buffet dinner, fireworks and dance party. Cash bar will be available for wine and beer.

Admission is free for members. Ticket for nonmembers: Adults $30, Senior Citizens/students $20, Child (age 5+) $15. Tickets can be purchased at Groceries in Greensboro or from IATNC. For Further Details: Ruby Singh - 336.430.9068, rs7227@gmail.com Krishna Balu - 336.292.9462, balu3103@triad.rr.com www.iatnc.org

Sangamithra Foundation Sangamithra Foundation was formed by a group of people who strive to make a difference in society and has taken the path of identifying the needs of underprivileged communities in India and provides support to meet those needs. The first project of providing a water filtering system to a school in India was successfully completed within just months of the founding of the organization. The foundation is reaching out on a global scale and working collectively towards realizing its vision.

For Futher Details: www.sangamithra.org www.facebook.com/SangamithraFoundation email: info@sangamithra.org; Shree Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal Vadtal On the 1st Saturday of every month, Shree Swaminarayan Satsang Mandal Vadtal has kirtans and bhajans at the Hindu Center of Charlotte at 5 pm. After the bhajans, there is Aarti and Mahaprasad. In addition, on the 3rd Sunday of every month, an additional Satsang Sabha is held at sponsor’s house at 3 - 5 pm.

For Further Details: 704.392.4488 - Ramesh Dhanani admin@issvcharlotte.org

Indo-US Cultural Association of Winston-Salem The Indo-US Cultural Association’s primary mission is to increase awareness of the cultural heritage of India which is tremendously rich in its diversity and history. The Association seeks to reach out to the thriving Indian-American community within the Piedmont and Triad areas to share the vibrant Indian culture and promote cross-cultural understanding.

For Further Details: Manjunath C Shamanna, 336.413.5090 http://indouswinston.org/contact.aspx

SouthPark Cricket Club South Park Cricket Club is based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it has been an active member of the Mid Atlantic Cricket Conference since 2002. The club’s home ground is located at the Reedy Creek Park, 2900 Rocky River Road, Charlotte, NC. For Further Details: 847.722.9865 (Baseet Ahmed), baseer_11@yahoo.com www.southparkcc.org

Life Bliss Foundation The NC Chapter offers workshops, books, CD’s, and DVD’s on spirituality and enlightenment from living enlightened master Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Many videos are available on YouTube. Satsang in Greensboro is held the first Wednesday of each month. The meeting includes meditation, video discourse, and Q&A. Satsang Location: First Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Integrative Therapies, 7-E Oak Branch Drive, Greensboro NC 27407. Meditation workshops are taught on a regular basis.

For Further Details: 336.644.1111 www.lifebliss.org

United Cricket Club Forming a team this March of experienced as well as beginners that love cricket. Team will play in the Atlantic League.

Practice is every Sunday at Reedy Creek Park (11 to 4pm).

Sunday and Monday evenings for ages 15 and up. Join the fun.

For Further Details: 704.905.9127(Captain-Syed) 704.493.7629(Vice Captain-Mohsan)

Greensboro Greensboro Cricket Club (GCC) Good news for cricket lovers! There are several teams that play cricket in Greensboro. The goals of GCC are fun, fitness, and friendship. For info on play and location contact below players.

For Further Details: 336.501.3566 (9:00 am - 9:00 pm, S&S) Dev, Greensboro Warriors, happy4mehta@yahoo.com; Venky, Triad Tigers, venkyhot@hotmail.com.

Life Mission, USA This ashram has been established to provide helpful benefits for all - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. All these benefits can be achieved through the natural remedies of yoga therapy, ayurveda, naturopathy and diet. 8136 NC Highway 119 South Mebane, NC 27302.

Upcoming Programs: Nov 11: Lakshmi Pujan (Dhan Teras) For Further Details: 336.421.0690 848.459.7401 (Dr. Manoj) lifemissionusa@gmail.com www.lifemissionusa.com

Gujarati Cultural Association of Piedmont (GCAP) The Gujarati Cultural Association of Piedmont serves the Asian Indian community through sponsored events, cultural, educational and social programs.

GCAP, 127 Landmark Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410 For Further Details: Jack Dhekar: 336.254.1727 Manubhai Patel: 336.253.7182 www.gcap.us Saathee.com

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Community Organizations Academic Foundation for International Cultural Exchange Interested in exploring the diverse cultures of the world?

Become a host family for a high school exchange student! All the students will come from various countries around the world, and all students speak fluent English. They are of high school age (15-18) and will attend local high school in their respective communities. Each student will live as member of their American host family, sharing household duties and responsibilities.

AFICE is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to bringing cultural gaps by allowing foreign students the opportunity to live as part of an American community.

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Sri Sathya Sai Baba Center of Greensboro, NC The Center regularly conducting Sai Bhajans, Study Circle, various service activities and SSE class (for students) in Greensboro, NC all Sundays — 9:45 am to 12:15 pm For Further Details: Swami Rajendran 908-875-6964 Dr. Varatharajah 336-851-9150 Temple of the Holy Name Prabhupada Village is a rural Hare Krishna community situated in the beautiful foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Puja/Worship of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai/Sri Pancha Tattva starts at 5:00 am every day. Every Sunday at 3 pm with chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophy.Temple is located at 1283 Prabhupada Rd, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046 For Further Details: 336.593.9888 or 336.593.9888 madhuhadasa@gmail.com www.prabhupadavillage.com

Association for India’s Development (AID) Duke University Chapter AID’s mission is effect social change in India, by supporting projects with grassroots non-governmental organization in India in the areas of literacy, health care, rural credit, women’s empowerment etc.

For Further Details: http://www.duke.edu/web/aid/

Triad Hindu Temple The Triad Hindu Temple is located at 2424 Huffine Mill Rd., Greensboro. Its mission is to serve the Hindu Community and promote Hindu Culture through religious, social and educational activities. Regularly scheduled events include Puja, bhajans, children’s programs, celebration of holidays and community service.

For Further Details: www.triadhindutemple.org

Balagokulam Gokulam is where Lord Krishna’s magical childhood days were spent. It was here that his divine powers came to light.

Every child has that spark of divinity within. Balagokulam is a forum for children (4-15 years age) to discover and manifest that divinity. It will enable Hindu children in the US to appreciate their cultural roots and learn values. This is done through games, yoga, stories, songs, shlokas, arts/crafts, and Seva (selfless service) in the community. Balagokulam sessions are free for all and are held on Saturdays.

For Further Details: balagokulam.rtp@gmail.com hss.charlotte@hssus.org (Charlotte region) www.balagokulam.org

Triad Nepalese Community Center (TNCC) TNCC is an association of Nepalese and friends living in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The Piedmont Triad region encompasses the cities of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, and the surrounding areas. TNCC was established with a view to: Bring together Nepalese residents of this region and their friends to work cohesively toward preserving and promoting Nepalese ethnicity, culture and arts; Promote friendship, cooperation and mutual respect among the Nepalese people and the diverse Triad community; Provide direct and supportive services to the community; Empower community members to achieve skills and confidence in order to contribute to the well being of the Triad community; Collaborate closely with local organizations and agencies to fulfill our mission to address any challenges of the community.

For further details: info@nctncc.org www.nctncc.org/portal/home.html

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir invites everyone to the regularly scheduled events: Ravi sabha - every Sunday at 4 - 6 pm followed by Aarti and Maha Prasad. Mahapuja – every Purnima at 7 pm. Many classes are conducted. Fresh Indian snacks and sweets available at Shayona. 1020 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC 27560.

For Further Details: 919.469.6605 www.swaminarayan.org

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Bengali Association of North Carolina (BANC) BANC seeks to promote Bengali culture, language, music, arts and social activities by offering varieties of programs for members of INDO-American community within North Carolina and adjacent states. The association is organized exclusively for charitable, cultural, social and educational purposes.

For Further Details: 919.461.2386 (Ratan Ray), ratanray@hotmail.com 919.510.7943 (Swaty Sen), swaty_sen@yahoo.com banc_members@googlegroups.com www.banc-online.org

AANC - Assamese Association of North Carolina AANC is a Socio Cultural organization with the objective of promoting and providing understanding of Assamese Culture and Language. AANC celebrates Assamese festivals and organizes cultural activities like Bihu Dance, music, songs and social get-togethers with essential touch of Assamese culture.

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Community Organizations Bharatiya Senior Citizens of North Carolina (BSCNC) BSCNC is a nonprofit organization for senior citizens of Indian origin that are age of 60 years and above. The BSCNC members meet on the second Saturday of each month at Cary Senior Center in Bond Park in Cary NC from 10am to 3pm. The next meeting will be on Sat Nov 10 and Diwali and Annakut for the New Year (Vikram Samvat 2069) will be celebrated.

For Further Details: Mulchand Patel 252.314.5527 Bhartiben Patel 252.315.2895 Carolina Rajasthani Association Upcoming Events: Nov 3: Diwali Celebrations For Further Details: Sushma Maheshwari - 919-880-8529, sushmaofnc@yahoo.com Shruti Singhi - 919-412-4819, mshruti@yahoo.com www.carolinarajasthanis.org Chinmaya Mission Chinmaya Mission is a worldwide non-profit organization promoting spiritual growth, started by Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda. The Chinmaya Mission Raleigh Durham (CMRDU) chapter conducts Balavihar classes from 3 year old to youth on Sunday from 10 am to 11:30 am at Reedy Creek Middle School, Cary. The classes are tailored to each age group by special curriculum created by experienced Swamijis and Acharyas exclusively for CM Balavihar. Curriculum includes learning to chant the Bhagavad-Gita verses, shlokas, singing devotional bhajans, stories from scriptures, family pujas, meditation, and fun activities like overnight lock-ins, picnics, and competitions. Introduction to Hindi and Sanskrit is also included. All festivals are celebrated with families and Prasad.

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Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation RTP Chapter Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India (EVFI) was established to help in the overall development of the remote tribal and rural villages in India. Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of USA along with EVFI is committed to the cause of eradicating illiteracy from tribal areas. Education is the key to self-esteem, self-sustenance, economic well being and happiness. Ekal Vidyalya (One School One Teacher in one village) plans to establish 100,000 schools in tribal areas by 2012. This will cover all the villages in tribal areas where there are no schools today. The Raleigh Chapter EVFUSA conducts fund raising and awareness programs in the Triangle area.

For further details: Ekal/RTP: raginiusa@yahoo.com Geet Bazaar Radio Program Every Sunday morning from 10 am - 12 noon on WKNC 88.1 FM, join hosts Afroz Taj and John Caldwell, for a wide variety of music from India, Pakistan, and other countries and languages of South Asia. Geet Bazaar will also publicize community events free of charge.

For Further Details: 919.851.1119 (Dr. Afroj Taj) taj@unity.ncsu.edu GEM - Raleigh Church of God Attend worship services, prayer meetings or Sunday School.

For Further Details: 919.395.6208 (Pastor Thankachan M.) globalem@gmail.com Heritage India Association of North Carolina (HIANC) Heritage India Association of NC aims at providing Indian cultural experience through performing arts, cultural arts, fine arts & crafts of India. Its mission is “to preserve and promote Indian heritage and culture.” During the year, Heritage India Association of North Carolina presents several events and also coordinates Indian dances for the main stage performances for the Raleigh International Festival.

For Further Details: yashcgarg@gmail.com Hindi Vikas Mandal of NC Hindi Vikas Mandal (HVM), based in the RTP area, promotes study and appreciation of Hindi language and strives to foster Indian culture and traditions through Hindi. HVM has a special focus on the youths for the preservation of Indian Culture and heritage. For further details on the Hindi Vikas Mandal of North Carolina contact: Saroj Sharma 919.851.0225 V.P. Tiwari 919.423.0365 100

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Community Organizations Hindu Society of North Carolina - Morrisville, NC The Hindu Society of North Carolina, located at 309 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, N.C. serves the Indian community in the Triangle area and its vicinity. Temple timings are: Mon. - Fri. 8 - 11 am and 5 - 9 pm, Sat. - Sun. 8 am - 7 pm. Daily Aarti and Puja is also conducted by the Priest. Other regular religious and cultural programs: Monthly Vedic Havan, Tuesday Hauman Chalisa recitation, Sri Ramakrishna Study Group, Sri Sai Baba Group, Gita Study Group, Devi Puja, Vaishnav Bhajan Group, Akhand Ramayana Recitation, Weekend Language and Spiritual Knowledge Classes, and Sloka classes for Children.

Yoga classes are also offered twice a week (Sunday at 8:00 a.m.and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.) at the Cultural Hall. Priest services are available at your home and/or at the Temple at a nominal charge.

For Further Details: Saroj Sharma at 919.654.5224 or 919.851.1225 Arvind Shah 919.434.8021 hsnc@hsncweb.org www.hsncweb.org Hindu Students Council (HSC) - NC State University HSC-NCSU is a chapter of the national organization Hindu Students Council (HSC). HSC-NCSU is a cultural and religious student organization. It aims to provide opportunities to learn about Hindu philosophy, spirituality and cultural heritage through various activities, events and projects and is dedicated to provide “seva” (service) to the community.

For Further Details: 919.676.0298 (Mrinmoyee Sanyal) msanyal@ncsu.edu www.hsc-ncsu.org Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) The HSS conducts weekly activities to develop character and leadership skills in participants, emphasizing values such as self-discipline, self-confidence and a spirit of selfless service (seva) for humanity while maintaining Hindu cultural identity in harmony with the larger society. HSS is inspired by the idea that the whole world is one family. HSS started in 1989 in the United States and currently has over 100 chapters (shakhas) across the country. The Research Triangle Park chapter meets every Saturday. Activities are tailored to include yoga, games, songs, lectures and discussions on Hindu dharma and culture.

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Hum Sub Hum Sub is dedicated to sharing the social and cultural traditions of India with the residents of the Research Triangle Park and North Carolina.

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Indo-American Friendship Foundation Did you know that about 90 percent of rural orphans are female and most of them are abandoned at birth due to their gender? Not one of them gets the opportunity to become a doctor, engineer, or even receive basic education. Because they cannot live in the orphanage when they turn 18, many of them fall victim to different types of exploitation, including sex trade.

IAFF has created an orphanage education fund to help qualified orphans to rise as high as they can climb in the educational/professional ladder. For Further Details: 919.362.7653 (Dr. Subhas C. Mohapatra) www.iaff1.org Indus Foundation Indus Foundation was founded in NC by a group of professionals with the sole purpose of giving back to the community and the country that has helped members achieve success. Every dollar is wisely spent back into the community without any overheads. Current major projects: Indian Cancer Society rehabilitation Center in Mumbai, Mental Healthcare Center for socially rejected Women in Indore, and three Educational Centers in Gurgaon. Adopt an on-going project or launch a new project under specific guidelines. Make a commitment today to build a better tomorrow.

For Further Details: 919.461.0001 (Dr. Vinnie Goel, Chairman) 919.467.0598 (Dr. Shri Kulkarni, President) 919.319.7294 (Dr. Vijaya Bapat, Vice-President) www.indusfoundation.info International Community Church CC is a worship center for people from India and neighboring countries. The pastor is Joseph B. Jesudason and the church office is located at 1215 Franklin Jones Road, Suite #204, Raleigh, NC 27606.

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For Further Details: 919.363.2356 (Niraj Joshi) niraj_joshi@yahoo.com www.swaminarayan.info Kiran KIRAN is a multi-cultural, non-religious, community based, South Asian organization. Promoting the self-reliance and empowerment of South Asian women who are in crisis through outreach, peer support, and referrals in a confidential manner.

The group spreads awareness of South Asian women’s issues in the community and we cooperate and collaborate with organizations in the USA and elsewhere with similar objectives. Countries in South Asia include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Though there are differences in language, customs, and religions across these countries, these regions share many basic cultural and historical similarities. KIRAN operates a crisis phone line Monday- Friday from 9:00 am – 9:00 pm. For help or information regarding domestic violence call an advocate.

Services offered are confidential and free of charge: • Information in a culture- and context-sensitive manner • Non-judgmental help and support to women who are experiencing oppressive/crisis situations • Emotional support • Referrals to professional and community services regarding legal issues, health care, short-term child care, psychological counseling, and temporary shelter and housing • KIRAN’s services are completely confidential. Translators and crisis counselors do not disclose any information provided by our clients. For Further Details: Crisis Hotline: 1877- NC-KIRAN or 1-877-625-4726 Kiran@Kiraninc.org www.kiraninc.org Nuv Yug Nuv Yug is a cultural organization with a mission to promote awareness of Indian cultural arts and heritage. Striving to create synergy among various cultural groups from the South Asian region.

Upcoming Event: March 24-25, 2013: India Fest, Dorton Arena, Raleigh. The annual fest features food, vendors, art, performances, dances as well as appearances by celebrity performers.

For Further Details: www.nuvyug.net Pakistani American Association The Pakistani-American Association (NCPAA) is a nonpolitical, non-sectarian, cultural and social organization that promotes Pakistani culture to all the communities in the Triangle Area of NC. Several events are presented during the year including a family dinner on the second Friday of every month.

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Pratham - Triangle Area Pratham is a grass-roots organization that works towards universalizing primary education in India. With a goal of reaching 20 million children, Pratham is one of the largest NGOs in field of literacy movement in India. Pratham continues to evolve, grow and works to meet the continually changing needs of the children it educates. Pratham’s North Carolina chapter actively aims to collaborate with individuals, local organizations and community associations and seeks ideas, volunteers and resources to deliver the vision of “Every Child in School and Learning Well.”

For Further Details: Rajeev Thalla - rajeev.thalla@gmail.com Monica Awasthi - awasthimonica@yahoo.com www.prathamusa.org Priyadarshini Arts Known for their unique dance drama pieces, is a non-profit, duo sister team, promoting India’s Vedic and modern heritage through the various forms of dance and acting.

For Further Details: Varshana at priyadarshini.arts@gmail.com http://www.youtube.com/user/PriyadarshiniArts Professional Indians’ Association (PIA) PIA is a meetup that serves young South Asian professionals in the Triangle Community. The group is made of Indian professionals and grad students interested in cultural events, socializing and meeting/making friends with like-minded people around the Triangle. Monthly events include meeting at bars/restaurants, Bollywood movie nights, potlucks, Indian concerts/performances, outdoor activities, community service and volunteering. This will also be an opportunity for professionals to share their thoughts on respective industries, social causes, the economy and politics.

For Further Details: http://www.meetup.com/PIATriangle/ Punjabi Unlimited Punjabi Unlimited is dedicated to promotion/creation of a public awareness and education about Punjabi Arts, Culture, Sports, Language, Music, Dance etc. All welcome who are “Punjabi at Heart.” For Further Details: Gurpreet Burmi president@punjabiunlimited,org; Arvinder Singh vicepresident@punjabiunlimited.org www.punjabiunlimited.org Raleigh Karaoke Group Raleigh Karaoke Group meets once a month for the South Asian community of the Triangle area to showcase their talent and lose themselves in nostalgia through song. Events are free and open to the entire music loving community for singing or listening to friends sing so bring your fans along if you wish and pass the word. Choose from over 15,000 Hindi Film, NonFilm, Ghazals, Gujrati, Punjabi, Kanada, Koli, Konkani, Malayalam, Malayalam Muslim, Marathi, Oriya, and English Songs including holiday favorites. Sessions are held at Zayka Indian Cuisine in the Brier Creek area of North Raleigh (919.361.5370) on the third Friday of the month from 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM but please call or e-mail for a confirmed date.

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Community Organizations For Further Details: Shafi Parekh at (919) 413-3924, Email at shafi@pdiagnostics.com Raleigh Sai Center Parthi Sai devotees of Triangle area meet every Sunday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Mini-Hall of Hindu Bhavan in Morrisville. There will be Study circle, Bhajan Practice, Veda Chanting etc. during the 4-5 pm slot depending on the week, followed by bhajans from 5:00 - 6:00. The center carries out several service activities as well. The Human Values Education (SSE) classes for the children of different age group will be from 3:30 - 5:00. All are invited to participate in the Satsangh and service activities.

For Further Details: Ganesh Kumar, President, Raleigh Sai Center at (919) 413 0579 or (919) 833-7523 E-mail rsc.president@yahoo.com.

RTP Maharashtra Mandal RTP Maharashtra Mandal promotes Maharashtrian culture and language. Maharashtra mandal is committed to serve RTP community with various cultural, social and traditional marathi programs and events.

For Further Details: 919.468.8824 (Jayant Yete) 919.757.7300 (Neeraj Shikarkhane) www.rtpmm.org S. V. Temple of North Carolina S.V. Temple of North Carolina is built on over nine acres of centrally connected triangle area. This grand tribute to Lord Venkateswara and his consorts is designed to exacting standards of shilpa shasthra and features the only shrine in North America to incorporate abodes to Lord Viswaksena and Lord Sudarshana/Lord Narasimha as part of Srinivasa Parivaram. The temple rituals are performed in accordance with Pancharathra Agama Shastra.

Upcoming Events: Nov 11: Shiva Abhishekam For Further Details: 919.468.0040 comm@svtemplenc.org www.svtemplenc.org Sahaj Marg Meditation - Triangle Area Sahaj Marg translates to “The Natural Path.” It is a natural, simple system of Raja Yoga meditation and spiritual practice that helps one realize the ultimate potential within oneself.

Regular spiritual practice under capable guidance enables aspirants to progressively experience the sublime presence of the divine in their daily lives. Sahaj Marg system of meditation is freely offered to seekers worldwide through Shri Ram Chandra Mission. In Triangle area, group meditations are held on Sundays and Wednesdays.

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Sahaja Meditation Ongoing meetings, seminars and workshops are available in Raleigh. There is never any charge for Sahaja Meditation instruction or for receiving one’s self realization which is the birthright of every human being. Anyone can do it. Sahaja Mediation is free and without obligation. RSVP in meetup: Sahaja-Meditation-Triangle-Group Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. 9308 Fairbanks Drive Raleigh, NC, 27613.

For Further Details: balaram.krishna@gmail.com www.sahajamediation.com 919.757.3135 SAMPIGE - Triangle Kannada Association The Triangle Kannada Association is a cultural association for people residing in the Triangle area from Karnataka, India.

Sampige organizes Kannada (the language spoken in the Karnataka area) activities in music, dance and drama as well as social activities.

For Further Details: sampigeeditor@yahoo.com www.sampige.org Share and Care Foundation Carolina Chapter Share and Care Foundation Carolina Chapter is part of Share and Care Foundation based in New Jersey. It is a charitable organization focused their work in Rural India and their main goal is to empower children and women by providing funding to NGOs for their education, vocational training and microloans. More than 90 percent of donations reach the empowered people with the least administration and marketing cost.

For further details: 919.237.2816 (Manu Patel), Patelmanu@hotmail.com 919.481.4618 (Piyush Patel) www.shareandcare.org Sikh Gurdwara of North Carolina The Sikh Gurudwara of North Carolina welcomes visitors of all backgrounds regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or gender. All peoples, regardless of their origin or orientation, are welcome to attend our services and share in the blessings of God. Religious services are held every Saturday evening and Sunday morning, followed by a community meal (langar). In addition to religious services, we offer educational programs for children and young adults. Adults participate in religious discourse during monthly study circles. Members of the Sangat (congregation) regularly participate in community service projects in the Triangle area. The Sikh Gurdwara at North Carolina is located at 3214 Banner Street in Durham, NC 27704.

For Further Details: 919.220.9917 www.sgncweb.org South Indian Fine Arts Academy (SIFAA) SIFAA is a non-profit organization that works to arrange and promote concerts and performances in the Triangle and Triad areas, concentrating on Carnatic music for the present.

Upcoming Events: Fri Nov 2- 7:30 p.m. Kavya Tarangini —- Bharatnatyam Dance

by Padma Bhushan Alarmel Valli. Venue: Page Auditorium, November 2012

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For Further Details: 919.773.1580 www.sifaa.org Sri Shirdi SaiBaba Mandir NC SSMNC promotes Sai philosophy and facilitates worship and services similar to Shirdi SaiBaba Temple, located in ShirdiIndia. This Organization is dedicated to sponsor and support religious, spiritual, cultural, educational and charitable activities in the United States and abroad. Mandir Timings: Monday - Friday 9 - 10 am, 12 noon - 1pm, 6 - 9 pm. Sat - Sun 9 am - 9pm. Details at www.shirdisaimandirnc.org or call 919.386.1085.

St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Holy Qurbana and Sunday School are held in Malayalam/English, led by Reverend Dr. M. K. Thomas at 225 Bashford Road, Raleigh, NC. For Further Details: 919.461.1773 sec@stgregoriosnc.org www.stgregoriosnc.org Tamil Cultural Association of North Carolina (TCA NC) TCA NC is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of providing youths with exposure to Tamil culture. Everyone is invited to join TCA and become part of a wonderful organization promoting Tamil culture in the Triangle area.

Upcoming events: Sat Nov 17 - Tamizh Maalai 2012 —- Deepavali Celebration For Further Details: tca_nc@yahoo.com www.tcanc.org Tamil Sangam of Carolina The Tamil Sangam is an organization that promotes understanding of Tamil culture and provides a medium for people of Tamil culture to get together. The activities include music, drama, lectures, Tamil movies, etc.

For Further Details: 919.461.3057 - Alli Dass (President) www.tamilsangamofcarolina.org Telugu Christian Fellowship of NC (TCFNC) TCFNC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to reach out to Telugu Christians living in North Carolina, to be united and bonded together as a Telugu Christian family of God and encourage and pray for each other. TCFNC provides a place for Telugu Christians for time of worship, prayer and fellowship. They also provide a forum for kids to grow in the knowledge of the Lord and to equip them to be ambassadors of Jesus Christ. The group organizes, each year, an Annual Telugu Christian Family Conference.

For further details: www.tcfnc.org Phone: 919-43-TCFNC (82362) Triangle Area Telugu Association (TATA) The Triangle Area Telugu Association (TATA) is a non-profit Saathee.com

organization (started in 1983) committed to building a vibrant Telugu Community and promoting Telugu culture and language in the Triangle area of North Carolina.

For Further Details: committee@tataonline.org www.tataonline.org Triangle Bangladesh Society (TBSNC) TBSNC strives to arrange musical programs by artists who have captured the hearts and minds of millions of Bengali-, Urdu- and Hindi-speaking music fans all around the globe.

For Further Details: 919.741.9343 (Ishtiaque Mohiuddin) Ishtiaquem@gmail.com www.tbsnc.org Triangle Chapter-India Development & Relief Fund (IDRF) IDRF is a registered, tax-exempt non-profit organization that supports volunteer-based, honest and highly experienced nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in India in serving their populations’ critical needs around education, childcare, healthcare, women empowerment and tribal welfare, as well as relief and rehabilitation in times of natural disasters.

For Further Details: www.idrf.org.

Triangle Gujarati Association (TGA) TGA’ s mission is to promote and serve Gujarati culture in the Triangle area by organizing various events throughout the year and impart Gujarati culture and language on the youth.

Upcoming events: For Further Details: www.nctga.org Triangle Rang Mandal Devotees of Pujya Sri Rang Avdhoot Maharaj meet every Saturday in Cary or Raleigh from 8:30 - 10:30 pm to sing devotional Dattatreya Bhajans and Datta-Bavani in a spiritual atmosphere. Special programs organized on Guru Purnima and Rang Jayanti and on the occasion of Pujya Sri Prem Avdhoot Bapji’s annual visit to the US. For Further Details: rangmandal@gmail.com Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS) The mission of TVS is to build a sense of community between current vegetarians and people who are interested in vegetarianism and have a forum for a discussion of issues.

Upcoming Events: Thu Nov 22 - Annual Vegan Thanksgiving Feast at Cafe Parizade. For the 14th year in a row, the event will be held at Cafe Parizade in Durham, NC, for the Vegan Thanksgiving Feast and Raffle.

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For Further Details: barman@cs.unc.edu www.trianglevegsociety.org Two Cents of Hope (TCH) Two Cents of Hope was started by a group of Indian students at NC State University with the belief in empowering youth via education. The goal is to uplift the weaker sections of the society through education. The foundation lies in the power of cents giving TCH its name. As J. Carney put it, “Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean, and the pleasant land.” By using coin boxes to collect loose change, the total donations result in a collection that yields considerable amount of money, enough to give education to a poor student - indeed a firm footing for the rest of his or her life. Apart from the coin collection other sources of funding includes fundraising events (Trishna, Crescendo, and Booth in Cary Diwali) and sponsors. In the last three years TCH has funded $21,689, which includes 77 projects benefitting 270 students and two schools in India. To keep a coin box at your place or to know more about Two Cents of Hope, email coordinator@nc.twocentsofhope.com. www.twocentsofhope.com Urdu Majlis Urdu Majlis is a literary organization for the promotion of Urdu language and literature and has no political, national or religious affiliations. The group has regularly scheduled monthly meetings in which enthusiasts and scholars of Urdu literature meet to discuss the life and works of a selected literary figure.

For Further Details: 919.851.1119 (Dr. Afroz Taj) 919.596.4792 (Ashraf and Seema Faruqi) taj@unity.ncsu.edu Vibha Vibha is a volunteer driven non-profit organization dedicated to creating a brighter future for underprivileged children. The Raleigh Action Center has a group of energetic and enthusiastic volunteers from varied backgrounds, including working professionals and students. This group came together through a strong belief in Vibha’s mission and a resolve that we can create a positive societal impact in India – even from half way around the world. The group works to organize social events that spread awareness and raise funds to further the organization’s mission.

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Regional Cape Fear Cultural Association of India - Wilmington Cape Fear Cultural Association of India is an organization that promotes understanding of Indian culture and promotes a medium for people of Indian culture to get together.

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Sanjay Batish, Vice-President. (910.371.9860) Anjali Dashputre, Treasurer. (910.395.6633) Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC) develops and promotes trade, business, commercial and professional relationships between India and the United States, especially within the state of Georgia. GIACC was formed recognizing the need for promoting bi-lateral activities among South Asian and mainstream communities in the United States and South Asia.

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Ceremonies and events take place regularly. Temple Address: 907 Cedar Creek Road, Fayetteville, NC 28302.

For further details: 910.485.4626 910.484.8956 hindubhavan@yahoo.com www.hindubhavan.org Hindu Society of Eastern NC (Greenville, NC) Upcoming Events: November: Diwali celebrations B.S. Srivatsa 508.654.0360 Hindutemplenc@gmail.com Sri Somesvara Temple Sri Somesvara Temple is located near Asheville, NC. Temple hours are 8 am - 7:30pm. Regularly scheduled pujas: Subrabhath Aarti - 8 am, Rudrabhishek Nityapuja - 9 am - 12 noon, Pradoshakala puja and mangala aarti - 6 pm - 7:30pm.

The temple also hosts special events. Contact the temple: 828.476.4073. It is located at 95 Mount Soma Blvd., Clyde, NC 28721 Upcoming Events: Nov 13: Diwali Festival; Maha Lakshmi Puja For Further Details: www.srisomesvara.org.

South Carolina Bethel Christian Fellowship Bethel Christian Fellowship offers services in various Indian languages (i.e. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.) and Sunday Worship services are at 11:30 a.m. Address: Fort Mill Church of God, Student Life Center Building, 216 Academy Street, Room 102. Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715 For Further Details: 803.792.7223 Pastor Rajan Samuel @ pastorofbcf@gmail.com www.bethelchristianfellowship.org

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Community Organizations Carolina Buddhist Vihara (Greenville, SC) Regular beginner meditation program conducted by a Buddhist Monk. Activities are held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings: 6:30 pm (puja), 7 pm (meditation), and 8 pm (“Dhamma” talk or discussion). A “youth program” is also held once a month.

For Further Details: dhammasc@hotmail.com Hindu Society of Greater Spartanburg The daily Aarti is at 7:00 p.m., Balvihar classes are conducted from 10 - 11:45 am on scheduled Sundays, and Satsang is on second Sunday every month from 5 - 7 pm. Temple is located on 1130 Fairview Church Road in Boiling Springs, SC 29303.

For Further Details: 864.599.7048 India Assoc. of Greater Charleston (IAGC) The IAGC was founded in Charleston to bring together people who were interested in India and to provide a forum to increase the understanding of the heritage of India in US. For Further Details: 803.884.0859 iagcfolks@yahoo.com International Fellowship Church of Greenville, SC International Fellowship Church offers Sunday worship services and other weekly activities for people of Indian origin.

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Triad Avatar Meher Baba Group The Meher Center is a spiritual retreat/ashram located on SC Highway 17 immediately North of the Highway 22 connection 8 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC. Meher Baba visited this place 3 times and considered it His home in the West. A small brick house built especially for Him is open for “Darshan” on Fridays and Sunday (11:00 am.) / Meher Center: (843) 272-5777.

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Pop’s Puzzles & Jokes Clues Down:

By Kirit Shukla

Note: * denotes abbreviation of the word or phrase Clues Across: 1. The official state bird of Wyoming.

11. The capital of New York state.

12. A unit of linear measurement equal to 5½ yards; rod.

14. Danger.

15. A city & burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

16. Acute nasal congestion; a cold in the head.

18. Operating System. (*) 19. To remain; to reside temporarily.

20. “ __ Kumar”, An Indian film actor, (AKA “Dadamoni” in Bengali) and the elder brother of singer Kishore Kumar.

22. To give financial help or assistance.

23. The harsh sound of breathing while asleep.

25. Towards.

26. Delightful foods. (Two words) 28. Joining or grouping together.

30. Any vehicle on wheels; an automobile.

31. Information Technology. (*) 32. The thirteenth letter of Greek alphabet. (Ν) 33. To combine (numbers) into a sum.

34. Vomeronasal Organ. (*)35. “ ___ Mandela”, 1993 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

38. To bring into agreement, close cooperation etc.

40. Louisiana. (*) 41. International Trade Organization. (*) 42. Islands. (*) 43. “Festival of Lights,” A Hindu festival. (Nov. 13, 2012) 44. Rips; pulls apart into pieces by force.

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1. A drawing showing countries, cities, seas etc.

2. Choosing for office by vote.

3. In foreign countries.

4. A building where milk is kept and butter is made.

5. Merely; simply.

6. Wyoming. (*) 7. For example: chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan.

8. Any of several willows with reddish or purple stems.

9. A Hindu god, lover of Radha and Mira. (Sanskrit word) 10. To show appreciation or gratitude.

13. Credit note. (*) 15. Massachusetts. (*) 17. A bluish-white metallic chemical element. Symbol: Zn. 19. The second largest planet of Solar system, with rings.

20. A fleet of warships.

21. Staring at amorously or flirtatiously.

23. An offense against God, religion or good morals.

24. Quality of Engaged Collaborative Discourse. (Acronym) 26. Mind or reason specifically, as a metaphysical principle.

27. Relatively small size pieces of rock.

29. A relative by marriage.

33. Against; opposed to. (Informal) 34. An endorsement on a passport showing that a person is granted official entry into or passage through a country.

36. A high priest of Israel and teacher of Samuel. (Bible) 37. Petroleum.

39. A false statement made with intent to deceive.

(Puzzle solutions are on page 124. NO peeking!)

Hee Hee After an exam, a teacher asked his students if the questions were difficult. A student stood up and said that the questions were easy but the answers were difficult.

•••••••••••••• Mafatlal: “Which is more valuable: the Sun or the Moon?”

Booddhoo: “Moon is more valuable than Sun, because Moon shines at night when everyone needs light, but the Sun shines only during the day when no one needs it.”

•••••••••••••• A man moaning at the grave: “Why did you have to die?”

A passer-by: “Was this person your close friend?”

Man: “No. Actually I never met him.”

Passer-by: “I am curious, then, why are you moaning?”

Man: “ He was my wife’s first husband.”

•••••••••••••• A young lady asked her fiancée, a writer, “Why have you not written me a single love letter?”

Writer: “Sorry darling, but I was too busy writing a book on Love Letters.”

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Word World

(Created By Kirit Shukla) (Find & circle the words in the puzzle).

(Subject: “Gujarati Food” )

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Make words using 4 or more letters. The central letter must be used in each word. Use all letters for the subject word.

55 + words = Excellent; 41 to 54 words = Good; 40 or less needs to improve. (Solution below) Word World (Solution): ALTER, ARES, EARS, EAST, EATS, ERASE, LAPS, LARES, LASE, LASER, LAST, LATE, LATER, LEAST, PALE, PARE, PART, PAST, PASTE, PEAR, PEAT, PLASTER, PLATE, PLEAT, PRASE, PRAT, PRATE, RALE, RAPE, RASE, RASP, RATE, REAL, REAP, SALT, SEAR, SEAT, SLAP, SLATE, SPARE, SPAT, SPEAR, STAPLE, STAPLER, STAR, STARE, STEAL, STEAR, TALE, TAPE, TAPER, TARE, TARP, TEAL, TEAR, TRAP

ACHAR BASUDI BHAJIA BHAKHRI BHAT BHEL CHATANI CHEVADO DAL DHEBRA DHOKLA DUDHPAK FAFDA GHARI HANDVO

JALEBI KADI KANSAR KHAMAN KHICHADI KHICHU MASALATEA MATHIA PANIPURI PETIS SAK SEVMAMARA SHIRO THEPLA

The unused 7 letters spell means: “The state for this food.”

eZ-bZ TEST YOUR OWN IQ The common letters are “VO” - Fill in the blanks 1. A vent in a mountain top ejecting lava.

VO _ _ _ _ _ 2. A point or shaft on which something turns. _ _ VO _ 3. To wind up or roll up together; coil up. _ _ _ _ _ VO _ _ _ 4. A solemn affirmation or assertion.

VO _ 5. A legal dissolution of a marriage. _ _ VO _ _ _ 6. A pale green free-swimming algae.

VO _ VO _ 7. Egg-shaped. _ VO _ _ 8. To excite to some action or feeling. _ _ _ VO _ _ 9. To acknowledge openly; affirm. _ VO _ _ _ 10. A messenger; agent. _ _ VO _ 11. To cast a written ballot in the election.

VO _ _ 12. “___ Bandaranaike”, former Prime minister of Sri Lanka three times: 1960-65, 1970-77, 1994-2000. _ _ _ _ _ _ VO 13. To keep away from; shun. _ VO _ _ 14. A person who outlives. _ _ _ _ _ VO _ 15. To throw up.

VO _ _ _ 16. A bill. _ _ VO _ _ _ 17. A tusk of an elephant or walrus. _ VO _ _ 18. Aroma; smell; an odor. _ _ _ VO _ 19. A river in European Russia, 2300 mile long.

VO _ _ _ 20. Complete without; empty or destitute (of). _ _ VO _ _ 21. A journey by aircraft.

VO _ _ _ _ 22. Unfair partiality; goodwill. _ _ VO _ 23. Fearful; apprehensive. _ _ _ VO _ _ 24. To develop by gradual change. _ VO _ _ _ 25. The whirlpool.

VO _ _ _ _ (Puzzle solutions are on page 124. NO peeking!)

Kirit Shukla Contact him at kiritsshukla@hotmail.com

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Pancha Mahābhut The total materials and creatures of this universe including human body are composed and brought into existence with composition of Panch Mahābhut – five basic super elements of nature, according to Vedas and ancient science. In Sanskrit language, Punch means five and Mahābhut means super elements.

These are (In Sanskrit language)….

1. PRUTHVI = Earth [Solid] 2. ĀKĀSH = Sky – Space [Nothing, Void] 3. VĀYU = Air [Gas] 4.TAIGE = Fire [Agni, according Ayurveda]; – It also means Light [Energy] 5. JAL = Water [Liquid]

November 2012 November 2 - Kadvā Chauth November 4 - Daylight Saving Time ends November 6 - Election Day November 10 - Ramā Ekādasi November 10 - Vāgh Bāras November 11 - Veterans Day November 11 - Dhan Teras November 12 - Kāli Chaturdashi November 13 - Diwāli November 13 - Mahāvir Nirvān Day (Full Solar Eclipse) November 14 - Hindu New Year (Vikram Samvat - 2069) November 14 - Nehru Jayanti/Bāl Din November 15 - Bhāi Dooj November 16 - Mohurram/Hizri San-1434 (Muslim) November 18 - Lābha Panchami November 20 - Jalārām Jayanti November 22 - Thanksgiving Day November 24 - Dev Uthi/Prabidhini Ekādasi/Tulsi Vivah November 24 - Guru Teg Bahādur Shahid Din November 28 - Dev Diwali/Purnimā (Full Moon) November 28 - Guru Nānak Jayanti December 2012 December 9 - Hanukkah December 10 - Utapatti Ekādasi December 13 - Darsh Amas (No Moon) December 20 - Pramukh Swāmi Māhārāj Birthday December 23 - Gita Jayanti December 24 - Mokshadā Ekādasi December 25 - Christmas December 28 - Duttātraiya Jayanti December 28 - Akshar Purnimā (Full Moon) December 31 - New Year’s Eve. (2012 Ends) January - February 2013 January 1 - New Year’s Day (2013 Begins) January 14 - Makarsankrānti; Uttarāyan January 21 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 26 - Republic Day (India) January 30 - Gandhi Nirvana Day February 14 - Valentine’s Day February 14 - Vasant Panchami February 25 - Māghi Purnimā (Full Moon)

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Any matter in the universe is either in the state of solid, liquid, gaseous, energy or just nothing (empty).

PRUTHVI and ĀKĀSH have no any motion according to the ancient science and they both are called Sthir Mahābhut. It means steady element; though it is proved by the modern scientists that earth has its own motion. VĀYU, TAIGE and JAL have their own particular motions: VĀYU = Air moves everywhere, wherever it finds space. TAIGE = Fire has only upwards motion.

However, as the light wave, the form of energy, it moves in any direction at the velocity of 180,000 miles per hour. In physics, velocity means a constant speed in only one direction. It derives, I think, that anything travelling at the velocity of light becomes energy. JAL = Water has only downward motion. It goes only down side unless it is lifted by pump.

According to Ayurveda, in the case of a complex, multicellular organism as a human being for instance, ĀKĀSH corresponds to spaces within the body (mouth, nostrils, abdomen etc.); VĀYU denotes the movement (air in the lungs, gases); TAIGE (Agni) controls the functioning of enzymes (intelligence, digestive system, metabolism); JAL is in all body fluids (as plasma, saliva, digestive juices) and PRUTHVI manifests itself in the solid structure of the body (bones, teeth, flesh, hair etc.)

The Panch Mahābhut therefore serves as the theory for physicians to detect and treat illness of the body and mind successfully and foundation of all diagnosis & treatments in Ayurveda. When these five elements are in balance, normalcy is maintained, when there is imbalance in the state of the five elements, disease is caused. Try to keep the balance in every mode of life.

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dare to face you. Your siblings will also flourish along with you. You will start taking confident actions in the last week of the month and may start bending towards spirituality. Do it sincerely and you might achieve something.

LIBRA (Sep 23 - Oct 23) You will do extremely well in your business or trade.

If employed then service conditions will improve. An expansion of business is likely to take place. Make all attempts to gather all the luck coming your way. Long distance travel is also likely to take place. You may receive good news from far off place. You will enjoy all the fruits of the success in the last week.

General Predictions for November 2012 ARIES (Mar 20- Apr 20) Try to be practical during this month. Time will move at a very slow pace. This is going to be an eventless period, however, you will enjoy a steady rise in income. You will achieve a happy ending in married life, but will experience an unexpected setback concerning your child. Wait till second half of the month before taking any harsh action. Minor health problem could be there.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 22) You will experience ups and downs during this month. However, you will ignore any losses and will act very positive. Religious interruptions will disturb your self-confidence. You may also act hypocritical and will waste money on religious causes. Watch your partner, if involved in joint venture. Even though you have enough power to crush your enemies, you may not act aggressively.

TAURUS (Apr 20 - May 21) You will feel very weak and tired. After heavy struggle, you may see some success in the last days of the month. At the same time, however, you will see that your competitors are also rising. Your family or spouse may not be able to help you. It is advisable to compromise with enemies and make them partners in your project. The picture is not colorful as far as financial scene is concerned. Time is also not good for heart patients.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21) Success will be yours in whatever you undertake during first half of the month. Promotion and recognition will come your way. You will gain respect and good will. Income will rise. You are sliding towards higher status, although you must curb your expenses to produce some savings. Time is extremely good for education and achievements.

GEMINI (May 21 - Jun 21) Try to control your temper. Speed up in the last week of the month. Your spouse could bring good luck for you. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to control your expenses in the last week of the month. You may suffer as a result of a few egoistic comments. You will experience disappointment from your friends and siblings in the first half of the month. But things will completely change during the second half of the month.

CAPRICORN (Dec 21 - Jan 20) You will experience delay and obstacles in general pursuits. A sense of insecurity will be predominant in you. You will have considerable work pressure and you will also be involved in unrewarding jobs. Health is likely to deteriorate. Family life may not be pleasant.

There are, however, still some chances of getting unexpected, large benefits. Destiny will rule you with a strong hand.

CANCER (Jun 21 - Jul 22) Try to curb your expenses. Your friends and family will not be able to help you till second half of the month. Also, watch your diet and make sure to have enough healthy food. You will experience major setback from your partner. You will feel well and relaxed in the last week of the month. Drive carefully to avoid tickets. You may get good news through communication.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 19) Some kind of Para-psychic experience will be the focal point of this month. Your inner power will help you a lot in making the right decision. You will feel very confident and energetic. Success in all endeavors is assured in this month. You may spend money on social or religious activities. Destiny will rule all aspects of your life during this month. Try to get the best out of it.

LEO (Jul 22 - Aug 23) You must not make any decision in the first half of the month. Lack of confidence and fear will prevail. Even your subordinates will try to avoid you. Try to maintain the situation and a sudden rise in income will delight you. Your friends will help you this month.

Problems from spouse and misunderstanding in love life are also possible this month.

PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20) Try to be practical during this month. It is better to concentrate in enjoying family and social life. Long term career-related decision should be taken in this month. Time is good for students. If working, chances of promotion may also come your way. In either case, there will be a rise in income. Be aware of your enemies. Take health issues very seriously.

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Classifieds BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES: Motel For Sale: Winston Salem, NC. 57 units + apartment renovated. Block construction. Asking price 920K. For Info Please Call RK Patel 704-224-6130.

Convenience Store & Gas Station for Lease/Sale: Florence, SC Great Location, heart of the city with Major busy Hwy. Extra incentives: Bill payment, check cashing, Lottery, Hot food. Call 843-610-3137.

Newsstand shop for Sale: Open 15 years. Uptown charlotte, inside the building. Good location, open M-F 7 am -6 pm. Lottery, coffee, gift shop, muffins, bagels, & sundries. Call 704-650-7470.

C-Stores: Gadsden, SC, $1M +Inv.,GR 1.7M; Lancaster, SC, $149K + Inv., GR $1.3M; Shallotte, NC, $499K + Inv., GR $2.5M; 704-821-8888 or www.Countysouth.biz C-Store with Tanning salon for sale Spartanburg SC. Own and operated for 19 years. Gr 6.2M . Net $8500+ per month Call 864-590-2125.

Convenience Store/Gas Station for Sale: Mocksville, NC Great Location, Low Rent.

Excellent neighborhood with Major busy Hwy. Good running business with growing opportunity.

Serious buyers call 919-600-2196.

C-store/gas station in Siler City, NC: (close to Raleigh/Greensboro). Looking for a full-time or part-time employee that can start immediately. Experience preferred. Great Pay. Call 336-324-1837.

Help Wanted: For convenience store in McCormick, SC (near Augusta & Greenwood). Looking for full time help.

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Motel Help Wanted: Need couple or single help for front desk at franchise Liquor Store for Sale: Established 20 hotel at Raleigh, NC. Accommodation years. Low overhead and low rent. will be provided. Call 919-208-3513 Excellent opportunity for owner Eyebrow threading specialists now operator.

Lancaster, SC. 40K plus needed for established salons in RTP area - Cary, Raleigh, Morrisville, Durham. inventory. 803-530-0887 Excellent pay and benefits. Call 919-244Indian Restaurant For Sale: Well 4425. established and profitable in North Charlotte prime location. Serious buyers Help Wanted: Looking for a dependable only. Contact: indian.food270@gmail.com person to drive our 2 1/2 year old to preschool in Huntersville. School is about Convenience Store For Sale: Main street 2 miles from home. Tues -Thus 9-12. Call near Community College with a Roll 704-804-0064. over of $37-$40,000/monthly.

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Liquor Store For Lease: Located Columbia, SC. Sales $45K per Month. Nanny Needed: To take care of my 21 rent $2300 Per month. Asking $65K + Inv month old. Driving is required. Near ($100K). Serious buyers only contact Concord Mill Mall. Please call 908.642.4701.

Mike 704-604-9822 Babysitter Needed: Part time afterschool Tobacco Store For Sale: Excellent and babysitter needed to look after 2 boys for high visibility. North Carolina. Store 3-4 hrs 5 days a week. Driving is volume 30K and Lotto. Asking price only required. If interested please call 704$70K plus Inventory. Please call Jitu Patel 582-1844.

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Threading job in Winston Salem. Hair BP Branded Gas Station For Lease with Threading female position open for car wash. Lake Norman Area. Excellent IMMEDIATE HIRE. Full-time or Partneighborhood and busy Interstate exit. Time, for long term. Call 980-622-4386.

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Serious Refulgent Technologies Inc.: IT staffing Inquiries only. Call 704-222-8998 . company is currently recruiting Java, Motels for Sale in Augusta, GA: Just .Net, SQL Server and QA candidates. We renovated, 45 units, Gross 3.10K asking 1 also do Training & Placement. Contact Mil. 78 Units, Gross over 4K asking 1.5 Anu: e-mail: recruiter@refulgentMil. Owner finance available. Please call tech.com or 704-405-4238 John 678-665-8376.

Gas Station Help Wanted: Looking for a Tobacco store for sale in excellent and Couple or single. Full-Time for busy area in upstate of South Carolina. convenience store / gas station / restaurant Store volume 33 K + Lotto. Asking price near Charlotte, Accommodations 45 K + inventory. Please call 864-529-2646. Provided! 704-701-9975 Convenience Store / Gas Station For Hotel Management Firm Now Hiring: Lease: Lewiston, NC. GR 850K. Various positions available for House ATM/Lottery commission $7K Per keepers, front desk (must speak fluent Month. Asking 110K+Inv. Call 704-936- English), and General Manager/s of 9960. franchise hotels.

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Mehandi (Henna): Award-winning artist from Jaipur, India specializes in mehandi (henna) parties. Perfect for weddings, birthdays & get-togethers. Creative & beautiful art! Krishna Priya Dasi 919-8247734 e-mail: krsnapriyad@hotmail.com website: www.lotuslyrics.com South Indian Priest: Sastriji is an independent priest Call for Pujas, Gruhapravesh, Weddings, Multi-lingual, Vedic traditional priestly services, etc.

Call 704-625-7578 or 704-231-0751. E-mail: sastrigal2003@yahoo.com Pari Beauty In Matthews, NC: Threading, Waxing, Facials, Bleaching & Much More! 20 years of experience.

Special Deals & Great Service. For Appointment Call: 704-846-7912.

Ribald Farms Nursery & Florist: Specializes in Indian wedding reception design and floral arrangements. For more information contact Shawna Turner at 803-328-2266 or www.rockhillflowers.com

Gujarati Priest: Devendra Dave Independent priest. Ganesh, Randal, Navratri, Diwali’s Laxmi & Sharda Pujas, Satyanarayan Katha, Weddings, Vastu, Baby Shower, Funeral Seva. Call Daveji 704-780-3563. God Blessings to All.

Art / Drawing Class: Free at Hindu Center. Ages 4 to 15. Learn sketches, charcoal painting, modern art , oil on canvas etc. Age appropriate curriculum.

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Dholi For Hire: Plays the Dhol (drum) for any occasion! Classes Available! Barat, Doli, Graduation, Birthdays, Baby Showers & any other festivity. Affordable rates! Call Arpan Bhandari 704-843-7202 or email: arpandholi@yahoo.com

Neeta’s Beauty Parlor: Charlotte area open 7 days a week. Full service. Please call for appointment. 704-968-0270

Fresh Food Available: In South Charlotte area. Pure Gujarati style vegetarian food.

Everyday meals for tiffin like subji, roti, Dal, rice, pickle and farsan. Please call 704-607-7806.

Tuition available: Experienced Math, Physics, Chemistry tutor for middle, high school, IB, AP courses (including AP Statistics). Cary, Raleigh, Durham area.

Call 704-497-2639 Beautician in Charlotte Available: South Blvd between Sharon West and Sharon Lake. Near Indian grocery stores. 30 years experience. Call for appointment 704-552-4795.

Computer Consulting: Assistance with software installation, set-up, formatting, back-up, troubleshooting and more. Very reasonable rates. 704-619-2358

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Mercedes-Benz Of Northlake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Mishra Architecture PLLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Models Wanted for CAIPC Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 MyTripFare (Travel agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Nagpal, Sunil (MetLife Financial Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Nationwide Ins. (Maqsood Khan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Nazar Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Neeta's Beauty Parlor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Oza, Rishi (Immigration Legal Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Pardasani, Kamlesh (Real Estate - CharlotteArea.com) . . . . .87 Passage To India - Fine Indian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Patel Brothers (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Patel, Champa (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Patel, Mrugesh (Law Offices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Patel, Saurin (Work from Home) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Payal Groceries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Persis Indian Grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Pineville Dentistry (Lina V. Mistry, DDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Pineville Pediatrics (Dr. Jamma, MD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Rajbhog Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Rajdeep Mandap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Rajdeep Video & Photography (Ramesh Panjabi) . . . . . . . . . .69 Rajeshree Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Rapid Car Care (Formerly Ali & Sons Car Care) . . . . . . . . . . .42 Religious Ceremonies (Swminath Sastrigal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Ritu Selects - An Elegant Fashion Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Roop Beauty (Pooja Patel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 S S Photography Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Saathee Subscription Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Saathee.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Saffron Restaurant and Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Santosh Murthy (Deep-Universe Hypnosis & Reiki Center) .47 Sarvaga Studios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Shah, Anish (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 & 55 Shah, Kirti (CPA - Sepa Consulting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Shining Star Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Shoba Broker (Wilkinson & Associates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Shukla, Kirit (Music Lession & Band) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 Shyama Beauty Parlour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Sleep Inn (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 South Char. Endocrinology (Kanakasabai Narasimhan, MD)58 Spice South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Summit Plastic & Hand Surgery (Dr. Mohan Pillai) . . . . . . .119 Thakkar, Beena (Realty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 The Blue Taj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Transportation (Diamond Cab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Travel Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Travelinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Triangle Speech Services (Judith L. Bergman) . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Ttravel Guru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Usha Decor (Wedding Planning & Decor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Vyas Travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Wells Fargo Advisors (Mark Markanda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 White Horse Weddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Woodlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Worldwide travels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Yogi Indian Food & Spices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 YuppTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Zaika (Moorseville, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Index of advertisers A & V Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Abacus Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Access Realty & Funding (Chandravadan Shah) . . . . . . . . . .51 All Car Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Anil Bedi & Associates PC (CPA & Consultants) . . . . . . . . . .15 Apna Travels (Morrisville) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Ashwini Kathak Dance Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Asiana Fusion.Sushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Aura And More... Boutique (Ladies Fashions) . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Bashyam & Spiro LLP (Immigration Law) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Bethel Christian Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Bharat Bazaar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Bhindi Jewellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Bipin & Smita Parekh (Real Estate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Blooming Buds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Blue Mango Indian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Bombay Grill (Columbia, SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Bombay Grille Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 British American School of Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Carolina Law Group (Monty Desai) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 CaroMont Medical Group (Dr. Manu Patel) . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Cary Photo & Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Chai Pani (Restaurant - Ashville, NC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 Challa Law Offices, PLC (Immigration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Charlotte Rec show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Chiffon Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Chiro-Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Chuck Eaton Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 CMC Pineville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Concha, David - Immigration Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 County South Realty & Business Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Darpan Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Delhi Palace / Spices Of India (Columbia, SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Dentist (Dr. Prashant Rao - Cedar Walk Dentistry) . . . . . . . .99 Desai Desai Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Desai, Rajarshi (CPA, PLLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Dimpal's Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Dione Infotech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Dish Network (Viren Mehta) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 DJ Hangama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 DJ Kenz (Kenz Desai) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 DJ Desi (Amit Vasi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 DJ Don (David Pandoria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 DJ Lalit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Elegant Designz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Eneez Studio Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Eshaan Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Eye Level Of Charlotte (Formerly Enopi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Fairview Home Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Family Allergy Asthma & Sinus Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Flavors Of India (Uptown Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Flower Accent (Wedding Planning and DĂŠcor) . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Fly Worry Free (Travel Agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Friends Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Fu Lin Asian Cuisine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Gandhi International Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Gold Leaf Carriage (Weddings & Special Events) . . . . . . . . . .50 Great Get (Tennis Lessons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Grover Medical Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 H2 Laser & Skin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Hindu Center Charlotte (Events) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63-66 Hues Designs Party Planning (Sapna Shah) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Huntington Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 iFuturistics Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 India Grocers (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 India Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Indian Grocery (Columbia, SC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Indian Spice Land (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Jag Insurance Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Jaipur Indian Restaurant (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 K & M Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 K.B. Zaveree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Kaya Designs Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 KD Photographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Khanna & Sons Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Kumar, Kokila (Real Estate - Allen Tate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Legacy Jewels / Global Mall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 Mahabazar.com Travels Maha Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Maharani Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Malani Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 Malaya Kitchen (Charlotte) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Mathur, Gitanjali (Allen Tate Realtors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Saathee.com

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