• Kashmiri Overseas Association has finally been incorporated in Maryland 

The preparation of legal papers for tax exempt status required the formulation of new Articles and By-Laws as the KOA constitution. 

• At the general body meeting held during the Shivratri celebration on March 5, 1983, in Maryland, details of the Articles and By-Laws were distributed.

• Five Board Members of KOA were elected, viz. Drs. I.K. Bhat, VA, A. Dhar, PA, G.L.Hanjura, PA, P.K. Qasba, MD, and S.K. Warikoo, MD

• Remarks of Chaman Lal Tiku, Srinagar, Kashmir

“I got a chance to go through the KOA Newsletter…………..Only issuance of a Newsletter is not enough, unless everybody takes a lively interest in the future of its community and their successors. I think that after the Overseas Association becomes strong and organized it can be instrumental in bringing cohesion amongst the Kashmiri society, which has disintegrated because of various factors. Whenever Kashmiris had to face onslaughts, the rejuvenating and restoring force came from outside. When Pathans annihilated the Kashmiri culture Shri Birdar had to seek outside help and when our immediate neighbor sent Kabalis who brutally massacred people India came as a savior. Since our society has become cankerous because of its socio-economic and geo-political problems and their dispersion has become inevitable, it is some of our own society members from the outside who can become the fore-runners of a New Revival.

We have not to accept our cultural heritage blindly. We have to change with the times and after logical and reasonable discussions evolve a new code that grants: needed vigor, and a cementing force, free from the evil traditions and practices. Our community should be like a wet nurse that can nurture its members and not only be a source of protection for the living but a consolidated Community that leaves behind a positive philosophy and culture for the future generations to inherit.