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Serving the Needs of the Hindu Sindhi Community

 

 

The Sindhi Association of UK (SAUK) is a registered charity which started in the eighties. Our main goal is to serve the Sindhi community living in London (and UK) and create awareness of our Sindhi identity, cultural and religious heritage.

 

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Regular Community News is posted on the SAUK Yahoo Forum. So check regularly for news, events, or announcements. Or sign-up to the Yahoo message board to receive regular emails. Out Now - April Issue
SAUK Newsletter (April 2009)
New Year Eve Ball 2009  

 

NEW YEAR EVE BALL

HILTON WEMBLEY PLAZA

 
 
   
Sindhi Silver Group 2009
Join the SAUK for the Sindhi Silver Group lunch at the Sindhi Centre on Sunday 27 December 2009.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sindhi Association Diwali Ball

This year Diwali Ball was  be held at the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith on Saturday 3 October 2009.

You can see a promo video which includes highlights from the 2008 Diwali Ball.
 

 

if you would like Diwali photos to appears please send them to
 
 
 Fund Raising for rebuilding of Sindhi Centre


The Sindhi Centre in Kenton is to be completely rebuilt due to a major r subsidence problem.

The community will need to come together to ensure we can execute our new building plans successfully. The new building will be multi-purpose and fit to hold a variety of events and a Sindhi library for yourr children. Shortly, members will receive a fundraising request via post.

With your blessings the new Centre will be a part of everyone’s lives. However, we do have to raise the necessary cash and your help is needed. The year ahead will be very challenging. I urge all of you to show us that being Sindhi matters and having our own Sindhi Centre is important by assisting in any way possible. The committee and I would like your views in order to move the Association forward. Please remember that we are here to serve our community and listen to you.

Donations and sponsorships are welcome from overseas and non-members. Please contact

 

 
 
 
 

Current Update: The architects have submitted plans for the re--building of the Sindhi Centre. Harrow Council's Planning Department will decide whether to grant or refuse planning permission. Without planning permission the Sindhi Centre cannot be re-built and it will leave the Sindhi Centre in a difficult position. 

Harrow Council consulted 280 local residents and quite a few objections have been sent to Harrow Council's Planning Department. Many   objections are based on misunderstanding and fear that the proposal will  have a negative impact e.g. traffic and noise.

Local residents seem unaware that the Sindhi Centre has existed for 20 years and the re-building is due to structural problems rather then a desire to expand capacity.  The expansion into the basement is to provide extra storage and kitchen, so that on the ground floor we can have a better and comfortable environment. The first floor is to provide classroom and library. Also, modern buildings have to meet new building regulations such as provision of extra toilets and disabled toilets and also disabled access.

There will be no extra traffic at the Sindhi Centre, since the association is not seeking to increase capacity (approx 100 people).

Sadly, it is believed that one or two neighbours have gone door to door to get fellow neighbours to sign objections based on fear "you will have no where to park etc..". So those signing such objections have nott studied the plans nor have spoken to the Sindhi Centre to get our side of the story. It is a shame that the opportunity to provide a modern Centre which will benefit the Sindhi community and also local groups is being hindered and possibly lost.

It is hoped that the Planning Officer will view the Planning Application favourably.

Show your support. You can lodge your Support for re-building of the Sindhi Centre on Harrow Council Planning web site and search application number P/2874/09. It will only take a couple of minutes. Please be aware there is a deadline, so don't delay.

You can also view the architects plans and all documents on-line.


 

Sindhi Association of UK on Twitter now!
   

You can now keep up to date on all the latest news and events in the Sindhi Association  by following SAUK on the free social networking site Twitter.

What is Twitter?  
Twitter is a free internet site which enables friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and get simple news updates. It works by users answering one simple question: What are you doing? The reply is then available for everyone to see.

Twitter is free to use and can be accessed by visiting the Twitter website. Twitter lets you keep up to date with the SAUK News Feeds or ‘tweets’ as they are known on the site.
 

Do I need to sign up to Twitter?
You don’t have to sign up for a Twitter account to find out the SAUK latest tweets, but if you do you will be given the option of ‘following’ the SAUK, which will then ensure the SAUK latest updates are sent straight to your twitter account.

You can follow the SAUK on Twitter :

   http://twitter.com/Sindhi_SAUK  or @Sindhi_SAUK

Follow us, tweet us, and retweet us to all your friends—we’ll see you on Twitter!
 

What will the SAUK put on Twitter?
We will use Twitter as an additional way of keeping our community and members informed on the latest news, upcoming events. It will also feature information on any emergency situation – for example extreme weather causing cancellation of an event and we may re-tweet another relevant message.
 
Is this service only available to Sindhis in the UK?
Sindhis throughout the world can follow the SAUK tweets.
   
   
Petition for Sindhi TV Channel
Sindhi Sangat is leading the way in campaigning to get our own Sindhi TV Channel, but it needs the support of our community.

Please take a moment to sign the petition on www.sindhisangat.com/petition.asp

Despite the Sindhi community contributing significantly to the economy of India. Many of India's states have their own language TV channels, but not Sindhis. This situation is unfavourable to the Sindhis in India.

Television media, without doubt is the most powerful media for promoting our language. Not only this, but our own TV Channel will help form a bond to the Sindhi communities that are scattered throughout the world.
 

   
   
Sindhi Films Released  
   
A new Sindhi movie 'The Vaaeesar ee Gum' has been released in Mumbai and in being shown in selected Cinema.

www.SindhiFilm.com
(Click above to see movie preview)  
 

 

A Sindhi movie 'The Awakening' has been released. It is a story of a girl names Sindhu from New York's village who decides to visit the land of her root.

www.theawakeningfilm.com

 

(Click above to see movie preview)

 


Pyar Kare Dis is a Sindhi movie. It is a love and drama story about a NRI Sindhi. It is rare to see a Sindhi movie and has been produced by Sindhis in Denmark. The movie is available from Sunico Films. It is available purchase on DVD or via download.

A preview is available on  Sunico web site.

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History of the Partition - Sindhi Stories

 

Sindhi Reflections

(Click to see back cover)
(Click to see Forward by L.K. Advani)

 


To Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Partition is a book Sindhi Reflections by Lata Jagtiani which is a personal account of 140 Sindhis who went through the Partition of India. Lata Jagtiani's book aims to preserve the experiences of Sindhis during the Partition.

The book is available directly from the author in Mumbai .

Extract from her book : "Narayaan Malkani's story (Karachi / USA) - The purpose of reliving this experience some sixty odd years later is only to describe what Sindhi Hindus went through at the time of the Partition of India, namely, the atrocities, the scare, the terror, the mass migration of the population, the parent's concern for the safety of women, girls and children, the murder of innocent people, the leaving of our birthplace and the leaving behind of all our property and precious belongings with a genuine hope of returning to our homeland. The traumatic experiences are now history, it is the dead past. No one can change it and no on can do anything about it, all we can do is to talk about it.

But it is a matter of pride that we Sindhis who migrated to India empty handed with just the clothes on our body, have survived and prospered. Not only have we prospered but the area that we settled in, have prospered as well. The Sindhi community has proved itself a dignified and strong enterprising community. We even managed to re-establish ourselves in India after having been uprooted from our homeland, Sindhi....."

 

 
Dada JP Vaswani
 
A beautiful and inspirational video message from Dada Vaswani given in Sindhi language.

 

 
Dada Vaswani
 

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In this book by Dada Vaswani talks of the Hindu Sindhi diaspora that was driven away from its native land to become refusgges in their own country and rose like a Phoneix from the smouldering ashes of the Patition to become on the most successful and philantropic people in the world.

Dada J.P Vaswani's book is a gripping account of the Sindhi civilisation and culture. It catalogues the dawn of the Vedic civilisation and culture. It catalogues the dawn of the Vedic civilisation which grew on the banks of the sacred Sindhu river, and traces its history to the present.

 

 
 
Sindhi Classes in London

Sindhi Classes speaking course have been running at the Sindhi Mandhir. Classes have been taught by Professor Vijay Soni.

Many students have taken both Level 1 course (basic) and Level 2 course (intermediate). New classes are about to start for a Level 3, if there is sufficient demand.

If there are sufficient students it is hoped Sindhi reading and writing classes is started.

For more information on Sindhi Classes please contact
 

 


Students at the Sindhi Mandhir, who were awarded certificates for completing both Level 1 and Level 2 Sindhi.

Sindhi students

 

 
Panchatantra Stories in Sindhi

What are the Panchatantra Stories?
 

The Panchatantra stories are fables based mostly on animals which always end with a moral. The animals portray a constant character, e.g. the lion is always strong, the fox is always cunning etc. These stories illuminating the qualities of human nature, are as relevant today in the space age, as they were, when they were first written  and form a wonderful part of the Indian heritage. 
 

(more videos available to view from www.sindhisangat.com)
 

(more videos available to view from www.sindhisangat.com)

 
The Panchatantra stories were written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. 

The Panchatantra is a 'niti shastra' or textbook of 'niti' - 'wise conduct of life'. The original stories were written in prose.  It begins by saying that the King Amarshakti  of Mahilaropya in South India had four mischievous sons, who were badly in need of being disciplined. The king put them in charge of Pandit Vishnu Sharma, who taught them all about politics, administration and morals through a series of stories or fables.

It is said that an ounce of sense contained in the Panchatantra is better than a ton of books. The word, 'Panchatantra' means, the 'Five Books'. The tales, primarily about animals, are organized into five books on such topics as winning friends, losing property and waging war.

The Panchatantra is broken up into 5 volumes which are:

  1. Differences Between Friends

  2. Union With Friends

  3. Friendship Of Former Enemy Is Untrustworthy

  4. Unwavering Intelligence Even During Emergencies

  5. Accomplishment Of Ones Task Using Discriminative Intelligence

A multimedia CD is available from Sindhi Sangat

 
Sindhi Cooking


For Sindhi Recipes visit www.SindhiRasoi.com which now has over 100 mouth-watering, delicious recipes, all Traditional Sindhi Homestyle Food.

From Dal Pakwan - the most famous Sindhi breakfast to Sindhi Curry, Sai-Bhaji Pulav and much more...

Alka Keswani is doing a fantastic job by adding new Sindhi recipe every week. She has won various awards for her contributions online

It is said the best way to get into a Man's heart is through his stomach.

So why wait, learn to cook the best of Sindhi Food!
 

 
Sindhi Radio Programme
 
 
There is a weekly one hour Sindhi radio show hosted by Amar Ochani called 'Sindhi Ji Shaan' being broadcast from Vancover on Sunday's at 4.00-4.30pm UK Time. (do check correct time). The program can be heard over the Internet by visiting  www.RedFM.ca and listening live over the web.

Alernatively, if you are live in Vancouver you can tune in to RedFM on 93.1 FM.

Happy listening!

 
Sindhi TV

British Sindhis were lucky, for a few months that Sindhi programme were being shown on Sky. However, the channel on which it was shown namely DD-India was closed down.

Viewers in other countries may be able to get DD-India or DD-Gujrati. Please see www.sindhisangat.com and www.sindhudarshan.org
 

   
 

 
 
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Last Updated: January 2010