e-khabbar

Dear Konkani family,

I hope all is well with you and your family.

This issue of Khabbar has been mailed to ALL families that have paid dues at least once since 2006. In other words, families who have not paid since 2004 will not be receiving this issue. The numbers on the mailing label clearly indicate the year/s the dues for Khabbar has been received since 2005 and if there is any error let me know.

This issue has not been mailed to families that have specifically indicated that they will access ekhabbar. The on-line version of Khabbar, ekhabbar, will be on the web a quarter after the hard copies have been mailed.

The Advisory Committee of Khabbar is glad that the annual dues will remain the same at $15.00 a year and for that you get:
 

The 2008 Khabbar Mailing List has been mailed only to families that have paid their subscriptions for 2007. The Khabbar Mailing List is a prized possession of our community and help me to keep it up-to-date. Send names and addresses of Konkani families that are not in the list to P. O. Box 222, Lake Jackson, TX 77566-0222, or email khabbar@hotmail.com and rest be assured that I’ll “Khabbarize” them!

Khabbar will publish all the developments and progress made by The North American Konkani Association (NAKA) on an on-going basis. Send your constructive suggestions to any of the Directors of the NAKA Board. This quarter, NAKA provided the much needed seed money to the 2008 Konkani Sammelan by advancing $30k. The NAKA sponsored Konkani Sammelan – 2008 (KS-2008) in Santa Clara, CA will be an experience no Konkani in North America should miss! Visit their website (http://www.konkanisammelan.org/2008/default.asp) to find out all the details of this great event.

The unofficial Khabbar correspondents in your area who send in the hoon Khabbars on a regular basis are doing an outstanding job. Remember, if it did not appear in Khabbar, then it did not happen in North America! If your area is not represented wholly, let me know and I'll recruit more volunteers. You send the news items via email (khabbar@hotmail.com).

On the Quiz front, congratulations to Praveen Kamath of Centreville, VA, who has solved 4 consecutive Khabbar quizzes correctly. He has won a free subscription to Khabbar for 1 year. Overall, Khabbar has still remained as a champ. Please note this prize has been discontinued effective immediately.

With the Foundation Stone laid for the ambitious project, Konkani Kendra, the Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Pratistan is looking for more financial support. Thanks to Basti Ganapathi Shenoy who has devised a method wherein families wanting to help Konkani Bhas Ani Sanskriti Pratistan can do so with relative ease! Call him at (702)-341-6706 or email: bshenoy@cox.net if interested to extend your help for this worthy cause.

Khabbar will always publish appeals for charity free of charge but cannot collect money on behalf of any charity. Families are encouraged to send the money directly to the concerned charities. It is amazing to see so many appeals come to Khabbar on a regular basis. Khabbar firmly believes in helping our people whether it is in India or here.

The year 2008 started with a greatest news any Konkani should be proud of. An honor of Padma Bhaushan award was bestowed by Govt. Of India on Sri K. V. KAMATH, Chairman & CEO of ICICI Bank, during the 2008 Republic Day celebrations. This is probably the highest award any Konkani has ever received!

As they wind down their business, Khabbar takes this opportunity to thank Sri & Smt G.D. Bhat of Jamaica, NY who continuously advertised in Khabbar for a long time to remember and wish them all the best in their future plans.

Happy Yugadi to you all.

Devu Boren Karo.