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KOA
Zone 1 Director
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 Nimmi
Kalla was born and brought up in Rainawari, Kashmir. After marriage
she moved to New Delhi and came to USA in 1988. She lives
in Bellerose, New York with her husband and two children. She is
an administrator of a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practice
for the past 12 years.
Nimmi is a recent member of KOA, and she is honored to be elected
as Vice-President and she looks forward to serving the KOA community. As
a growing community we need to embrace the diverse thoughts of our
members and work together as a team with the same goal to stay united
and help preserve our culture for the upcoming generation. The
KOA family presents a forum, which encourages the promotion of
culture, including language, stories, history, experiences,
traditions, and many others, so that our future generation can
continue to carry the torch of our community with a bright flame that
will not be exhausted.
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81-20
247 Street
Bellerose,
NY 11426
e-mail:
n_kalla@yahoo.com
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KOA ZONE
1 & 3 ACTIVITIES
1. Shivratri Report from Ashtosh and Wimi:
Thanks to all of you for attending and making
the Shivratri get together a great gathering. I was overwhelmed by the
response and the support and help we received. My special thanks to
Anita Ji and Sanjaya Ji for making sure that everything went well. They
were the greatest help. My thanks to Rakesh Ji for coordinating the
cultural event. Thanks to Umesh Ji for taking the pictures. And thanks
to all the persons who helped in setting up the place and cleaning
afterwards. Thanks to Smt. and Sh. Razdan Ji for being there when we
needed them for distributing Kharach and Atgat.
Their blessings will guide all of us in the years
to come. Thanks to all of you for attending, without you all we would
not have had any fun.
Most importantly, thanks to all the children who
made the evening so special with their performances. Thanks to their
parents for the help. We are all very proud of them.
We will be planning some other events starting with
a summer picnic. I am always open to suggestions. If the community wants
any type of interactions, let us get involved. Please suggest your
ideas. I really appreciate the idea put forward by Anita Ji about the
Havan and please do come forward and make it a reality.
Thanks to Arvind Kalla Ji for helping with the most
important part, keeping track of the money at the entrance. Due to his
efforts, I am proud to announce that we made a profit of $ 9.05 at the
end of the event. Isn't it great? This will be our seed money for the
forthcoming activities.
I am so sorry that I forgot to mention how lucky we
were to have Rabinder Kaul Ji amongst us who took upon himself and
performed such a wonderful Puja. The chanting of the names and mantras
helped and guided all of us. Rabinder Ji spent so much of his time
compiling the Puja. We are grateful to him for his efforts.
Without Puja, Shivratri celebrations would have lost their true sense.
Rabinder Ji, Thanks from all of us.
I have added some more pictures taken by Wimi at
the get together. They can be viewed at
http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/KOAZone3/photos
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/ashganjoo/album/576460762392924684
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