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.
Twitter
The Sindhi Association of UK is on with Twitter.
Twitter is a great way for the SAUK to keep you up to date news and information.
We aim to use Twitter to create an 'informal' chatter
with the Sindhi community.
Our Twitter feed is aimed at all Sindhis throughout the world. So you don't need
to be a British Sindhi to follow us on Twitter!
Do sign up
to Twitter if you wish and follow us on Twitter or you can visit the SAUK
web site and read regular Tweets here.
Live Feed from Twitter**
Our Twitter id is @Sindhi_SAUK
Valentine Celebration
The SAUK is organising a Valentines Day Family Lunch on Sunday
19th February 2012 at Sindhi Centre. Adult £10 and Children
under 10 £5.
Our cupboards are full of secrets, past loves and past lives.
Now is the time to move on and start living for the moment.
De-cluttering your wardrobe is never easy but you will feel
liberated once you have. So discard those unwanted Indian
outfits, Saris, Lenghas or any clothes taking up that premium
space and fall in love with your home again!
We are looking for Indian outfits or any clothes in a good
and clean condition to send to our less fortunate brothers and
sisters in India. The clothes will be sent to a range of
organisations and charities as follows:
Evening-wear will be sent to Sindhi Samaj, Bhopal to
provide to under-privileged and/or orphaned girls for their
weddings.
Casual Wear will be sent to the Shraddha Charitable
Trust in Mumbai, whose main focus is on providing rehabilitation
and training programmes for young adults with autism; and the
Holy Mission of Guru Nanak, Khandala for distribution amongst
those in need.
Children’s wear will be sent to various orphanages,
including Bal Vikas Orphanage, Mumbai
Dependant on the quantity of clothes donated, additional
charities and organisations will be added to the list.
How to Donate
Drop-off sessions have been set up at the following
locations:
15 Berkeley Court, Glentworth Street, London NW1 5NA Monday
6th February from 6:30 to 9:00pm.
Sindhi Community House (Sindhi Mandir) 318 Cricklewood
Broadway London NW2 6QD
Tuesday 7th February 10:00am – 1:00pm & Thursday 9th February
12:00 – 3:00pm
Sindhi Centre 230a Kenton Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 8BY
Saturday 11th February 10:00am to 2:00pm
All items will be packaged at the Sindhi Centre on Saturday
11th February (10am – 4pm) and Sunday 12th February 2012 (11am –
5pm)
How you can Help:
Please clear out those wardrobes, closets, drawers and donate
your unwanted clothes at one of the locations above. Please note
that clothes must be clean and in good condition (no tears or
holes). We will be collecting the following items: Ladies Indian
Wear – salwar / churidar suits, saris and lenghas, kurtis Mens
Indian Wear – Sherwanis, kurta pyjamas, kurtis Mens Western Wear
– Trousers and shirts and belts Please note we will not be
accepting accessories, shoes or women’s western wear
We will need to buy boxes for shipping and to pay towards
shipping and port handling, therefore, any donations towards
these costs would be highly appreciated. A donation box will be
set up at each of the drop-off sessions for you to donate
Help with transporting bags from the collection locations
Baker Street and the Sindhi Mandir to the Sindhi Centre, where
packaging will take place.
Hands to help with the packing on Saturday 11th February and
Sunday 12th February, even an hour would be wonderful!
Just a quick selection of highlights of 2011. Do
send us more photos if you want them published. Send photos to:
Cheti Chand at Sindhi Mandhir
This years Cheti Chand, which marks the Sindhi New Year was
organised by the Sindhi Mandhir. It was marked in a most
authentic way. It was enhanced by the visit of Kamal Bhagat from
India gave entertained everyone with with his amazing singing
voice. He also had a burning hot pot on his head.
Sindhi Association Diwali Ball
2011
Diwali in Trafalgar Square
2011
A great moment for Sindhis. As a diwali message from Swami
Swaroopananda was broadcast onto Trafalgar Square to commemorate
Diwali 2011. A special thanks go to Mayor of London for
sponsoring the event. The message was pre-recorded. Thankfully,
this winter's weather was mild making the event enjoyable.
Sindhi Centre Diwali Open
Night
The Sindhi Centre Opening is door again in 2001, to mark Diwali.
There was an amazing performance by YSUK, who also performed at
the 2011 Sindhi Diwali Ball. The evening was followed by Dinner
and fireworks.
SAUK Facebook
The SAUK is now on facebook. So take the time to visit our page.
YSUK (Young Sindhi UK) on
Facebook
YSUK is the youth wing of the SAUK, which plans events for youth (students and
young professionals). Please see the
YSUK page on Facebook (restricted entry).
REGULAR EVENTS AT THE SINDHI CENTRE
Yoga classes with Madhu Vyas a qualified expert. £3.50
per session - Every Friday 7pm-8pm
Reflexology - Every Thursday at 8pm
Sindhi Radio
This is Radio Sindhi being
broadcast from Mumbai, India.
This is first Sindhi Radio Station available
Internationally via the Internet.
Radio
Sindhi is an initiative and platform to
re-bind our dispersed Sindhi Community which
is scattered across the world. With this
initiative we would like to make our
community aware about our Sindhi Music,
Movies, Drama, Culture and Language. Radio
Sindhi is an effort to erase the
geographical distances that exists between
our Creative Artists and Audience.
On 29 September 2010, the SAUK received Planning Permission to
rebuild the Sindhi Centre. The existing building suffered
from subsidence and major problems. The new Centre will
provided improved and better quality facilities for the local
community.
A message from the Sindhi Association of UK to our members.
Dear SAUK members,
We are happy to inform you that the planning permission for
the new Sindhi Centre has been granted by Harrow Council. We
thank everyone for their good wishes and steadfast support
and encouragement during the lead up to the final decision
taken by Harrow Council. They understand the work of Sindhi
Association of UK and the importance of this charitable
association.
We are aware that team effort from the community has enabled
this positive outcome. THANK YOU!
Our task ahead of us now is to proceed with the next steps
namely getting the work started on the Centre and commence
fundraising to ensure the future viability of financially
maintaining and running the centre.
We have received some donations and will now push forward
with fundraising. If you wish to contribute do not hesitate
to speak with a Committee member.
We will shortly be issuing a fundraising form and welcome
ideas to raise funds.
We thank you for your continued support and look forward to
seeing you all soon at the Navratri and Diwali celebrations.
Sincerely, SAUK Committee
The existing Sindhi Centre front entrance and side photos.
The following is an architects design on the new Sindhi
Centre. It will provide facilities on three levels (includes the
basement).
With your blessings the new Sindhi 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 SAUK committeewould 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
Sindhi Voices Project
We Need you!
Natasha Raheja is a MA student in the Department of Asian
Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She has started
the Sindhi Voices Project.
She will be travelling
across the United States, Pakistan, North and West India. She
aims to document the life narratives (audio and video) of our
Sindhi elders who lived through the 1947 Partition of British
India and have memories of growing up in Sindh and life
post-partition.
She is excited about this oral histories project and wants to
develop an archive of oral history.
In addition, she is looking to volunteers to record memories of
their loved ones and elders in the community and send in
their interview to form the Sindhi voices archive.
Everyone has a story to be told and we want to hear it. All this
is part of our culture and heritage our history. Also, if you
have photos, family trees and diaries of family members.
Sindhi Voices Project web site will be operational soon
www.sindhivoices.org
A field kit is available from the Sindhi Voices for conducting interviews.
Sindhi Voices project can be
contacted on
Funding is needed to take this project for this project.
Sindhi Association of UK on Twitter
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 re-tweet 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
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 the Sindhi language.
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. (please 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 in the UK. However, the
DD-India channel has closed down.
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