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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Differences Between Friends
Union With Friends
Friendship Of Former Enemy Is Untrustworthy
Unwavering Intelligence Even During Emergencies
Accomplishment Of Ones Task Using Discriminative Intelligence
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.
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