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A Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Organization MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 687, OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117

Federal ID 52-1038340 Web Address: www.gsbaltimore.org E-mail: [email protected]

Editor: Raj (Bunty) Patel V14-04 October, 2014

Board  of  Trustees  Year  2014-­‐2015  

 Chairman  

Hament  Patel  443-­‐974-­‐0344  

 President  

Shailesh  (Sly)  Patel  443-­‐865-­‐2525  

 Vice-­‐President  Manisha  Bhatt  410-­‐661-­‐8737  

 Secretary  Nilesh  Desai  410-­‐490-­‐5165  

 Joint-­‐Secretary  

Manu  Shah  410-­‐551-­‐8324  

 Treasurer  Raj  Patel  

410-­‐998-­‐9838    

Joint-­‐Treasurer  Kanu  Patel  

410-­‐465-­‐7418    

Auditor  Atul  Patel  

410-­‐833-­‐2251    

Members  Ashish  Parikh  443-­‐677-­‐5091  Rupal  Shah  

410-­‐203-­‐1963  Nikhil  Talati  410-­‐979-­‐9399  

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Wishing Everyone a Happy Diwali and Prosperous New Year Thank you for supporting our Grand Navratri Program and we had excellent support from our community. Everyone enjoyed the starting night with Vatsala Patil and Ashiq Orchestra on September 20, 2014 followed by Arpan Group on September 27, and October 4, 2014 at Meadowbrook Athletic Complex. We also acknowledge the performance by EntouRAAS group and Nishta Raj and Chrisylez Bacon. We were also blessed with Umiya Mataji’s Rath Padhramni on our final night. Last, we also thank Congressman John Sarbanes for gracing our event and his well-received remarks. To view the event pictures, please visit our website. We also acknowledge and thank the following for their Aarti donations for Navratri: Jayesh Jani, Dipak Desai, Dhruti Hirpara, Chirag Patel, Atul Patel, Raj (Bunty) Patel, Jagruti Patel, Amit Patel, Jignesh Rami, Deepan Patel, Vishnu Patel, Sly Patel, Ashish Parikh, Patel Brothers, Devidas Patel, Jiteshbhai and Amaya Thakkar. We are very pleased to bring you an excellent music program “Saaz aur Sangeet” for this year’s Diwali Dinner Program. Chowpatty Foods from New Jersy will cater our Diwali dinner. For more details, please see elsewhere in the Newsletter. Please visit our website for updates and do provide your email address so we can keep you informed. To make it easier to get on our mailing list, we have added an option/link on our front page of the website. We are pleased to inform you that we will be providing GSB Logo pins to all our Life Members and Past Presidents. The distribution will be made at our next function - Diwali Music & Dinner Program. Please do plan to attend. For sample pin image please see elsewhere in the Newsletter. Our Annual General Body meeting will be held on December 13, 2014 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at Ramada Inn, Pikesville, MD. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to all who have stepped forward to help us celebrate our past events. And, we cannot express enough our gratitude and appreciation to all our volunteers, committee members, their spouses and children, our sponsors and well-wishers. We humbly request you all to please continue to provide us your support and encouragement. Shailesh (Sly) Patel

Volunteers    

Haresh  Bhatt  Mitu  Dalwadi  Suresh  Dalwadi  

Dilip  Daya  Chandrakant  (Kaka)  Desai  Jayesh  Jani  Chirag  Patel  Jagdish  Patel  Bhavin  Shah  Romi  Shah  

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Bhavna  Patel  Bhanu  Patel  Jagruti  Patel  Kumud  Patel  Meena  Patel  Rajeshwari  

Patel  Rekha  Patel  

Youth  Ravi  Bhatt  

Justin  Brooks    

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Vishnu  Desai  Payesh  Jhaveri  Yogesh  Mehta  Jitesh  Parikh  Gaurang  Patel  Suvarna  Shah  B.  G.  Thakkar  

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Gujarati Community Newsletter

Diwali Dinner catered by “Chowpatty” & “Saaz aur Sangeet” Music Program

November 9, 2014 @ New Town High School  

W, 36th St. Baltimore, MD 853 W, 36th St. Baltimore, MD 21211TEL: (410) 235-0218 FAX: (410) 788-9305

We thank the Asian CommunityFor their tremendous support

We provide Mandap For wedding atReasonable rent

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Our latest acquisition "Chowl" Mandap and other assessories

We provide Floral services everywhere in theU.S.A and Overseas, especially to India

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Gujarati Samaj Of Baltimore Presents

Diwali Music & Dinner Program on Sunday

November 9, 2014 at New Town High School

Tickets: $50 (VIP), $40 & $30 "We are pleased to provide a token surprise gift box to express our appreciation to our membership for their support

of all our programs - any member family attending the Diwali Program will receive one gift per family membership"

Sunday – November 9, 2014 - Concert: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Dinner: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets: $50 (VIP), $40 & $30

Children under Six free in General Seating Only

New Town High School

4931 New Town Blvd, Owings Mills, MD 21117

Please buy tickets online at www.gsbaltimore.org

For additional information please contact: Hament Patel (443)-974-0344 Sly Patel (443)-865-2525

Manisha Bhatt (410)-661-8737 Raj (Bunty) Patel (410)-998-9838

Rupal Shah (410)-203-1963 Ashish Parikh (443)-677-5091

Become a Life Member - Attend Diwali Music Program - Receive surprise gift box from GSB

Surprise gift from GSB Happy Diwali from GSB Saaz aur Sangeet Diwali Music Program

"ગજુરાતી આરંભે શરૂો" એ તો આપણે બધાએ સાભંળ્ુ ંછે, કહવેતો બનાવવામાં પણ એટલા જ શરુા છે (પણ પાળવામા ં"અશરુા" છે)

એ નીચેની "ગજુરાતી કહવેતોની ગાથા" પર થી અનમુાન અને અનભુવ થશે.

ગજુરાતી કહવેતોની ગાથા ......! "બોલે તેના બોર વેચાય"

"ના બોલવામા ંનવ ગણુ"

"ડાહી સાસરે ના જાય અને ગાડંીને શશખામણ આપે"

"રાજા, વાજા અને વાદંરા ત્રણે સરખા"

"ખાલી ચણો વાગે ઘણો"

"અધરુો ઘડો છલકાય ઘણો"

"ટીપે ટીપે સરોવર ભરાય"

"લોભી હોય તયા ંધતૂારા ભખેુ ન મરે"

"દુરથી ડંુગર રણણયામણા"

"શેરને માથે સવાશેર"

"ઝાઝા હાથ રણણયામણા"

"સપં તયા ંજપં"

"સાપ ગયા અને લીસોટા રહી ગયા"

"વડ જેવા ટેટા અને બાપ જેવા બેટા"

"પતુ્રના લક્ષણ પારણામંા ંઅને વહુના લક્ષણ બારણામા"ં

"લક્ષ્મી ચાદંલો કરવા આવે તયારે કપાળ ધોવા ના જવાય"

"કાગનુ ંબેસવુ ંઅને ડાળનુ ંટુટવુ"ં

"ઉતાવળે આંબા ના પાકે"

"ધીરજના ફળ મીઠા"

"રામ રાખે તેને કોણ ચાખે"

"મા, તે મા, બીજા બધા વગડાના વા"

"શેઠની શશખામણ જાંપા સધુી"

"કીડીને કણ ને હાથીને મણ"

"કાગડાઓ તો બધે કાળા" (કાશી માયં કાગડા કાળા) "ઘેર ઘેર માટીના ચલુા"

"ચેતતો નર સદા સખુી"

"રાજાને ગમે તે રાણી, છાણા વીણતી આણી"

"કુતરાની પછૂડી વાકંી તે વાકંી"

"આપ મઆુ શવના સ્વગે ના જવાય"

"જેવો આહાર એવો ઓડકાર"

"જેવુ ંવાવે તેવુ ંલણે, કરે એવુ ંપામે"

"કાચ તટેુ એટલે એને સધંાય નહી"

"ગમ ખાતા શીખ, નહીતો માગીશ ભીખ"

"ઘરડા ં શવના ગાડાં ના વરે"

" પાણી કરતા લોહી જાડુ"

"લોહીની સગાઇ એ સ્વાથથની સગાઇ"

"પે્રમની સગાઇ એ સૌથી ઉંચી સગાઇ"

"ઓડ, ઉમરેઠના ઊંડા કુવા, દીકરી દીધી એના બાપ મવુા"

"સખુ સતંોષમાં છે, સાધનોમાં નહી"

"જે ખાય કાદંો, ના પડ ેમાદંો"

"જાગતો નર સદાય સખુી"

"જો જાગત હૈ, વો પાવત હૈ;

જો સોવત હૈ, વો ખોવાત હૈ"

"દાણે દાણે પર લખ્યા છે ખાનાર ના નામ"

(દાને દાને પર લીખા હૈ ખાને વાલે ક નામ)

"બાર ગઉંએ બોલી બદલાય"

"બાર વષે બાવો બોલ્યો"

"વખતે લીધેલો ટાકંો નવ ટાકંાને બચાવે"

"કાણાનેં કાણો ના ંકહવેાય"

"બાધંી મઠૂ્ઠી લાખની"

"હાથે તે સાથે"

"ઘરડે ભજશુ ંશ્રીગોપાળ"

"ઘરડે ભગવાન ના ભજાય"

"બધા એક જ માળાના મણકા"

"પાણીમા ંપોરા (પહોરા) શોધે"

"મીયા ંમસાલે મોળા"

"મીયા ંની દોડ મસ્ીદ"

"મીયા ંપડયા પણ તગંડી ઉંચી ને ઉંચી"

"પાઘડી બધંબેસતી હોય પહરેી લો"

"એક મ્યાનમા ંબે તલવાર ના જાય"

"વહમેનુ ંઓસડ નહી"

પીળં ચળકે એ બધુ ંસોન ુનહી"

"ઝમકે નહી તો ઝાઝંર ના કહવેાય"

"પડ્ુ ંપડ્ુ ંગણુ કરે"

"કતૂરાનો સગં કદી કાશીએ જાય નહી"

"ગરુુ શવના જ્ઞાન નહી"

"ભાગ્ુ ંભાગ્ુ ંતોય ભરુચ"

"જયા ંના પહોંચે રશત તયા ંપહોંચે રશવ"

"જયા ંના પહોંચે રશવ તયા ંપહોંચે કશવ" અને

"જયા ંના પહોચે કશવ તયા ંપહોચે અનભુશવ"

"જયા ંના પહોચે અનભુશવ તયા ંપહોચે શ્રી હરર ........

અંતમા,ં "ગજુરાતી આરંભે શરૂો" ..... પણ

"જયા ંજયા ંવસે એક ગજુરાતી, તયા ંતયા ંસદા કાળ ગજુરાત"

સકંણલત: રશતભાઈ પટેલ

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We are pleased to inform you that we will be providing GSB Logo pins to all our Life Members and Past Presidents. The distribution will be made at our next function - Diwali Music & Dinner Program. Please do plan to attend.

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2014 EVENTS CALENDAR

Drama .................................................................................................................. April 27, 2014 Picnic @ Centennial Park East Pavilion H ........................................... Sunday, August 3, 2014 BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Robbinsville, NJ .................... Sunday, September 7, 2014 Navratri @ Meadowbrook Athletic Complex ............................................ September 20, 2014 Navratri @ Meadowbrook Athletic Complex ............................................ September 27, 2014 Navratri @ Meadowbrook Athletic Complex .................................................. October 4, 2014 Diwali Music & Dinner Program @ New Town High School .................... November 9, 2014 General Body Meeting @ Ramada Inn, Pikesville, MD ............................. December 13, 2014