RETIRED OFFICERS’FORUM                  (401,Suntook Chambers, Sardarnagar, Vadodara, 390002)  

   ISSUE: 146                                        NUGGETS                                            October, 2007                

                                                             Monthly  Newsletter

Meetings held on First Friday of each month in Ladies’ Common Room, Faculty of Arts, MSU, Sayajigunj, Vadodara.

Next  Meeting on Friday, 5th October, 2007 is scheduled for 5.45 p.m and at 6.00p.m. sharp, there will be Free bumper festival Housie. Please come in time.

The festival season is in full swing, with Krishna Janmashtami and Ganesha Chaturthi celebrated last month. This month, we shall be enjoying Navaratri Garba , worshipping Durga Puja , and celebrating Dashara, to be followed by Deepawali in November. and  X-mas in December to welcome New Year 2008. Let us all enjoy festivals and enlighten ourselves for a noble cause.We shall have festival dinner ;please confirm your participation to make adequate arrangements to Mr.. D.K.Gulati (2651907),R.S.Budhwani(2344611) , M.D.Sharman((2713444) or D.B.Bhandari(2791075).

This month, we pay homage to the memory of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his birthday, 2nd October. We also whole-heartedly wish our following members and ladies a very happy birthday and prosperous life, who observe their birthdays during the month:

No.Name                         Date of Birth                 No.Name                                                Date of Birth

1. Anand S.K                           04-10-43                 20. Indrajit Khurana                                 01-10

2. Bhatt H.M                            01-10-45                 21. Indira Shah                                          06-10 

3. Bishnoi S. C             04-10-43                 22. Kaushalya Kwatra                               25-10 

4. Chawla A,P                          20-10-39                             23. Kumud Bhatt                                       12-10

5. Gulati D.K                            03-10-37                             24. Kusum Thanki                                    27-10.    

 6.Joshi V.L                              03-10-33                 25. Lila Dinesh                                          11-10

7.  Khanna S.K                        30-10-39                 26. Manjula Prakasham                             02-10

8  .Mody M.J                           04-10-38                27. Nalini Panwalkar                                03-10

9.  Panwalkar N H                   03-10-43                 28. Nirmal Nagar                         31-10

10.Parmar S.T                          13-10-48                 29. Pallavi Vaidya                         09-10

11. Prakasam M.M                  21-10-44                 30. Pratima Desai                         26-10

12. Ravindran K                       13-10-37                 31. Premvarsha Khanna                             15-10 

13. Rindani J M                       25-10-44                  32. Rama Malik                                         04-10

14 .Saini Y P                            28-10-38                33. Rani Malhotra                                      25-10

15. Dr.Shah P.D                       11-10-31                 34. Rekha Desai                                        16-10

16. Sharman M,D                     19-10-35                 35. Rosalin Ravindran                                23-10

17. Dr. Tamankar B                 15-10-35                 36. Satinder Kaur                                      01-10

18. Bharati Sheth                      03-10                      37. Dr.Suhas Vyas                                     07-10

19. Hasumati Bhavsar            12-10                         38. Susmit Vani                                         25-10

 

In September7 meeting, we had Hasya Goshti with Mr. Just Win Singh‘Jassi’ Swanni  as Chief Guest. Mr. Jassi took us to the domain of mental age, and very well explained the theme of ”AGE” as Attitude, Gratitude/  Generosity and Enthusiasm to live happily. . In our workshops on Planning for Retirement we too talk of these values, but Jassi with his unique communication skill made us laugh with his anectodotes. . Mr.R.S.Nigam coordinated the programme meticulously. We need prompting of ”sense of humor and service”. Mr.Fojdar on behalf of Fojdar Health and Education Trust gave a cheque for Rs.3,500 towards sponsorship of mementos/certificates in SSC Toppers felicitation ceremony. Members expressed hearty thanks to Mr. N.G.Fojdar for hosting mini-dinner that day on his birthday. We wish him a .“Century Inning!”

 

 

Friends of Museum Society have organized an Essay Competition for Senior Citizens on “Old Memories of Vadodara City”. Last date for submission is 30 –09-07. Essays can be in Hindi, Gujarati, or Marathi in 1000 words, to be sent to Mr. M.S.Hingurao, Secy., Friends of Museum Society, C/o Maharaja Fatehsing Museum Trust, Laxmi Vilas Palace Compound, Vadodara 390001,Tel 2426312, and M 9824165863.

 

Remembering the Mahatma: Find purpose and the means will follow: Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks Prof. Einstein!:

·        Without Einstein, you wouldn’t have had televisions, computers, lasers; CDs or DVDs. Einstein got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the photoelectric effect, which forms the basis for the working of these devices.

·        The discovery of the photoelectric effect is also considered the foundation for the growth of quantum physics.

·        Einstein’s energy-mass equation set in the nuclear age.

·        The equation also explains various natural phenomena, like the birth of stars. Space explorations are possible, thanks to this equation—the energy needed to launch a spacecraft is achieved from the conversion of mass.

Einstein’s seminal general theory of relativity also finds use in our day-to-day activity. The global

Positioning system (GPS) that can give your exact location is tweaked to incorporate the effects of general

Relativity. (TOI 26/6/07)

Do you know? :

 1 A lead pencil can draw a line 35 miles long. 2.A person breathes 23,000 times in a day. 

 

Thoughts for the Month:

Love and Eternity: Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal

 -- From a headstone in Ireland.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come- Rabindranath Tagore

Be flexible like water, cool like water, and go ahead like water. (B.C.Choksi, ROF).

The Power of Smile (H. K. Agrawal ROF)

Smile when in leisure,

Smile while in pain,

Smile when troubles pour like rain,

Smile when feel hurt by person not so sane.

Because smile starts the healing which never goes in vain.

 

To smile is humane and smile releases strain

Smile helps wipe all old tearstain

A greeting smile breaks all shackles and chain

To divine domain does smile pertain

So when it comes to smiling you never restrain

Let a smile be a gesture that remains ingrained.

Laugh a While

 “Just look at that young person, with the short hair and blue jeans, is it a boy or a girl?”

"It is a girl, she is my daughter.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, sir. I didn’t know you were her father.”

 “ I am not, I am her mother.”

‘Heights of….’(P.G.Deshpande,ROF)

Secrecy:    Offering a blank visiting card .                            Craziness: Getting a blank paper Xeroxed.

Stupidity:  Looking through the keyhole of a glass door.

Health Science: Acupressure involves pressing specific points on the body to relieve pain, reduce stress, and promote general good health. The science of acupressure is based on the theory that the body has fourteen energy channels, meridians, starting at the fingertips and connecting to the specific organ associated with each meridian. Some obstruction in the meridian slows down the flow of energy, affecting the functioning of the organ; if the obstruction is removed or dissolved, the energy flow becomes regular and the organ starts functioning well.

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