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sejhar mehta takes charge

as rotary international president

Our Bureau fabric used during Indian Freedon struggle

New Jersey in a modern manner so that the younger
generation could identify with the fabric
he Gandhian Society along with GO- and continue to wear the fabric.
PIO hosted an event to celebrate In- The Music Competition was Organized
Tdian Independence Day - Swaraj with by famous Singer Varsha Joshi and had
Bapu and Vinoba at Central New Jersey Bollywood Lyricist Swanand Kirkire as one
on August 15th with a Khadi Fashion Show of the main judges for the show. The music
and a Musical competition based on Patri- competition had over 40 children partici-
otic and Songs based on Gandhian Ideol- pate from different cities in America. The
ogy. The event was also organized to raise local judges were Gerry Cutinoh, Anirban
funds for sending ambulances to India to Roy Chowdhary. The event saw 10 people
help the secondary health sector in rural coming forward to donate ambulances with
and tribal areas. their generous donations. The people who
The event was attended Indian Con- donated ambulances include - Bhadra Bu-
sulate Community Affairs Minister - Vi- tala, Hasmukh Patel, Krishna Pirlamarla,
jay Krishna and by many law makers from Hasmukh Patel, Dr.Prabhu Rachakonda,
the Indian American Community like Sam Magan Bhai Patel, Gita Butala and others.
Joshi (Democratic Party nominee for May- The event had a very nice pictorial exhi-
or in Edison), Raj Mukerji (Asemblyman bition of Mahatma Gandhi and quotes from
from Jersey City), Upendra Chivukula Thota, Bhadra Butala etc. his life and others leaders that took him as
(Former Assemblyman and NY Assem- The Fashion show was coordinated by their inspiration. A simple breakfast and
bly speaker), New Jersey Senator Vin Go- Sonal Gadhvi and Aric Damiani. The show lunch were served at the event. The Gand-
pal (Represented by his staff). There were stopper and main model for the fashion hian Society Team comprising of Dr.Deep-
many community leaders that participated show was Aryan Vaid (Former Mr. World) ak Naran, Rajendar Dichpally, Balaji Jilla,
in the event to celebrate the Indian Inde- and participated by many Indian American Mahesh Wani, Shiva Kumar, Sravan Na-
pendence Day like Thomas Abraham, Asha Children. The fashion show was done to takala and GOPIO team Kunal Mehta, Sid
Samanth, Magan Bhai Patel, Dalpath Patel, promote Khadi Fabric which was the fabric Jain, Chitraranjan Sahay, Tushar Patel, Vi-
Prof. Rakshekhar Vangapathy, Ravinder preferred by Mahatma Gandhi and was the jay Garg and Shivendra Sofat.

many lives.”
Dr. Kusum Punjabi the Chair of Board of
Trustees of AAPI, said “As the pandemic has
exhausted all the resources, especially the
lifesaving and much needed Blood across
the nation and the world, AAPI is in the fore-
front, once again, spreading the message
for the need to donate blood and save lives.”
Dr. Anjana Samadder, Vice President
of AAPI, said, who herself has experienced
the ordeal with Covid -19, and has come out
stronger, resilient and tenacious, quoting
Red Cross said, “Blood is essential for sur-
geries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses,
and traumatic injuries. Whether a patient
receives whole blood, red cells, platelets or
plasma, this lifesaving care starts with one
person making a generous donation.” national shortage helps save lives. Since blood has a limited
“With the ongoing pandemic, the United “It is very difficult to find a matched stem shelf life, the supply must constantly be re-
States and the world need the help of blood cell donor for Southeast Asians should they plenished by generous blood donors.”
and platelet donors and blood drive hosts need a bone marrow or stem cell transplant “I urge others to take the lead in your
to meet the needs of patient care,” said Dr. and this drive will help increase the number town and help in AAPI’s blood donation
Satheesh Kathula, Secretary of AAPI, he of potential donors.” Dr. Krishan Kumar, drive. Thank you and truly appreciate your
being an Oncologist is much aware of the Treasurer of AAPI said, “Blood donation support in helping our blood banks.”

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