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North Area :
Update on recent events
The community spirit continues in the North Area with
the new committee organising plenty of events catering
for all ages.
The Culture and Heritage team organised a Gujarati
comedy play “Parnu To Aenej Parnu” at the Finchley
Arts Depot on 13 May. With an overwhelming
response, the theatre was fully packed with people and
the cast of the show had the audience in fits of laughter.
The Gujarati school team organised a mini variety
show in April. This was a very colourful and memorable
event displaying the culture and morals achieved by the
school and the talents of the children.
The students who undertook their Gujarati GCSE this
year all passed with outstanding results as follows:
Gujarati School GCSE Results 2006
Kirun Chavda - A*
Parita Gorasia - A*
Bansi Patani - A*
Jannat Shah - A*
Meera Ashok Shah - A*
Meera Dines Shah - A*
Sahil Patel - B
Many congratulations to the students, teachers and the
North Area Education Committee.
The Sakhi Milap team, as ever has been busy
organising various events. The first event by the new
committee was a flower arrangement demonstration by
Nilamben Shah on 9 May. This was a very interesting
and enjoyable event where Nilamben worked with three
to four vibrant displays using flowers and fruit.
A Father’s Day Special Salads and Smoothies
demonstration took place on 27 June. On this occasion,
Ketan Jayantilal Shah, Ketan Premchand Shah and
Paren Shah demonstrated their culinary skills showing
off their colourful and healthy salads and smoothies. A
very pleasant and humorous evening with the audience
enjoying all the tasty food and drinks prepared by the
multi-talented gentlemen!
The Welfare Committee organised a very informative
talk on Cancer Awareness by a specialist nurse from
CancerBACUP with translation in Gujarati
on 25 June. People of all ages attended
and found it interesting. Harishbhai Haria,
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Chairperson of the North Area took the
opportunity to introduce the new North
Area Committee and this was followed by a
dal-roti evening and bhajans.
Happy Diwali - Oshwal News
Priyani Patel - A
Shivani Patel - A
Aneeka Shah - A
Nisha Shah - A
Chandni Vora - A
Rina Hema Visavadia - A
Area Reports ...
The Youth Committee have had a busy time
organising a Whist Drive evening on 24 June which
proved to be a very enjoyable evening for those who
attended. They also organised a camping trip at Frith
Manor Camp Site in Mill Hill for under 12s on 15 and 16
July. The weather was just right for camping and the
children had a fantastic time. On Sunday 16 July, family
and friends joined in for a barbeque – with blasting hot
sun, everyone had a whale of a time!
Paryushan Mahaparva 2006 Once again, the
Paryushan festival was a very colourful event,
celebrated peacefully, each day starting with
pratikraman followed by Aarti, Mangal Deevo, Bhavna
and Raas Garba. Everyone who participated enjoyed
the 8 days. We are very fortunate to have local talented
musicians who provided the music and entertained
everyone throughout the evenings.
On 25 August, the 14 sapnas of Trishlamata were
celebrated in style. The 108 Deeva Aarti was
performed by a family dressed up as Kumarpar Raja
and his parivar – the whole procession looked stunning
and bright.
Tapasvi Bahuman took place on Sunday 27 August.
There were 8 Tapasvis in the North Area:
Nimuben Ramji Shah
Nilaben Hitesh Shah
Rekhaben Ramesh Shah
Pragnaben Nilesh Shah
Nitin Keshvaji Mulji Shah
Dilip Ranmal Dodhia
Jaimal Dilip Dodhia
Sagar Hasmukh Shah
6 upvas
6 upvas
6 upvas
8 upvas
8 upvas
8 upvas
8 upvas
8 upvas
After the Savantsari Pratikraman on the last day, a
Samo Aarti of 108 Deevas was performed by many
families.
All the Committee members and sub-committee
members worked hard as a team to make this a very
special and enjoyable event of the year.
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