RETIRED OFFICERS FORUM

Issue: 144                          NUGGETS                         August 2007

Monthly Meetings: First Friday, each month.

August Meeting: Friday, 3rd August 2007, 5.15 p.m (Kindly note changed time).

Venue: Ladies’ Common Room, Faculty of Arts, Sayajigunj.

Agenda: Birthday felicitation, Felicitation of SSC Toppers, and Mini-dinner.

Birthday Greetings:

We whole heartedly wish a very happy and prosperous life to following Members whose birthdays are being celebrated in the month of August, 2007:

No:            Name              Date of Birth

      1  H.K.Agarwal                  10-8-30

1.      Lt.Col.Bhalla                03-8-39

2.      Dr.D.B.Bhandari          07-8-29

3.      N.K.Bhatt                    20-8-42

4.      V.S.Bhatt                     29-8-37

  1. R.K.Chawla                 25-8-43
  2. P.B. Dighe                    22-8-42
  3. M.S. Ghataura              08-8-37
  4. H.Jetley                        03-8-32
  5. D.A.Bhatt                     07-8-49
  6. S.D.Kwatra                  04-8-36
  7. S.N.Makhijani              04-8-30
  8. M.D.Mazumdar            13-8-34

No:            Name              Date of Birth

14. Mr. A.P.Misra                     20-8-48

15. Mr. G.S.Parthasarathy        25-8-41

      16 Mr.C B.K.Pillai        31-8-50

17. .Mr. R.K.Sharma                27-8-39

18. Mr.D.R.Vyas                      15-8-38

      19  Mrs Manju Chaturvedi       01-8

20  Mrs Geeta Desai                  17-8

      21  Mrs.Maya Dalal                   21-8

      22. Mrs.Sharda Narula               06-8

23. Mrs.Shobha Srivastava       24-8

      24. Mrs.Umashashi Srivastava 02-8

25. Mrs.PuspaThakkar               13-8

26. Mrs. Indra Misra                  26-8

Felicitation of SSC Toppers:

Ten toppers of Gujarat Board and five of CBSE from Baroda schools will be felicitated in the meeting on 3rd August, which will start at 5.00p.m. A special request to Members to kindly come in time. Mementos to the Toppers are sponsored  by Fauzdar Health and Education Trust.

Training  Programme  for “ Planning for Retirement”:

A two-day work-shop on Planning for Retirement for GSFC is scheduled for 24th and 25th July.2007, and another such programme in August 2007.

HASYA GOSHTI

A Hasya Goshti, programme of humour and laughter, is planned in September, .Those who desire to participate may please give their names to Mr.R.S.Nigam by 3rd Aug.. At the initiative of Mr. S. K.Anand, Mr. Jaswinder Singh Swanni (”Jassi”),popular Hasya Kalakar of Baroda, Director, Institute of Happiness and working as Marketing Manager for Encon Thermal Eng, will be  special invitee  to regale the audience .

 Events at the initiative of Members:

On the lines of the well attended and appreciated spiritual retreat at  B.K.Ishwariya Vidyalaya organized by Mr.D.K.Gulati  in Lalbagh on 15th June, a gathering was organized by Dr.Ranjeet Gohel at his residence on Jetalpur Road on the 15th July, providing exposure to Reiky, Acupressure and Yoga to prevent and manage pains and aches.  Please come forward with programmes in your areas, to foster fraternity amongst ROF, apart from entertainment and skill- enhancement to Members.

      Mr.G.R.Narula has contributed Rs.501 for welfare activities of ROF.

 

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Thinking Positive: Reflections after the accident  (Wing Comdr: K.Ravindran):

 During the past several weeks since my scooter accident in May confined me to enforced rest, I have been reflecting on the many positive aspects: -

    1.  Had the scooter turned right, instead of left, after the hit-and-run incident, my fate could have been worse with vehicles coming from behind.

2.      I was not wearing crash helmet and so, I was lucky not to have suffered head injury, spine injury, hipbone fracture or severe bleeding due to rupture of any artery/vein, aggravating my condition.

3.      My right side was not affected at all in the accident, and being right-handed, I am able to write, eat and do all my activities without difficulty

4.      While one rash and reckless youngster hit me and sped away without caring to stop, five boys stopped by to give me immediate help, both physical and moral.

5.      Such on the spot physical and moral support, and visits and concerned enquiries by relatives, neighbors, friends from ROF and many others, during the hospital stay and later at home, are invaluable for elderly couples like us, whose grown-up children work far away and are unable to respond to such emergencies.

6.      I am able to use this compulsory house arrest to catch up with a lot of things, which were neglected for some time now.

Finally, I come to the good old adage –“Whatever happens is for the good and this too shall pass”.

(Compiler’s Note: The vision behind the conception of Nuggets is to provide a forum for active communication amongst ROF family, to share ideas, information and experiences .For this, I earnestly seek contributions of interest from members, to reach by 15th each month for inclusion in the following issue of Nuggets: M.P.Desai).

Food for Thought:

13.  God made the country, and man made the town: William Cowper.

      2.  They say money is the root of all evil. But have you thought what is the root of money? :  Ann Ryan (Author of Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead)

3.  A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. – Charles Gordy

Dhai Akshar Prem ke: Kabir.     

The Hindi word Prem is made of two and half letters. One letter is for the lover, the second is for the beloved and the half for something unknown that exists between the two. Only when someone falls in love do the  two- and- half letters of ‘Prem”become complete. But no matter how hard you try, love never becomes complete .You are never content…It is also an indication that it is everlasting. Remember, whatsoever attains to completion, dies. To remain  incomplete is love’s nature. So a lover is never satisfied and therefore, his joy is endless. (Osho, ToI 30/6)

Laugh a While:

Cool Quote: George Eliot: One can say everything best over a meal.

T Shirt Quotes:

1.      I don’t forget faces easily, but am ready to make an exception for you.

2.      I will conquer my procrastination problem, JUST YOU WAIT.

3.       I get enough exercise just pushing my luck.

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Art of Living: Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter: Mark Twain.

Happy Living, Friends! (MPD)