By Jayanti Oza
About 320 members of the Indian Seniors of Chicago celebrated their monthly birthday and musical event on March 9, 2024. The program was successfully managed by Shri Bhupendra Suthar. The event commenced with the members offering prayers followed by a Shri Hanuman Chalisa recitation.
Mr. Bhupendra Suthar announced the name of the new president of the group Mr. Dilipbhai Patel who was unanimously elected by the Executive Committee. This announcement was welcomed by all the members. Treasurer Mr. C. V. Desai presented the accounts for the month of February 2024 and announced the names of the donors. He also reminded all the members about the daylight saving time change on Saturday night.
A birthday program was celebrated by calling all the members whose birthdays fell in the month of March. President Shri Dilipbhai Patel greeted the members with birthday greeting cards and all the members also wished the birthday members a very happy birthday.
Shri Bipinbhai Shah gave a beautiful speech on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. It holds great importance among Hindus globally. It depicts the celestial union of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, depicting the cosmic dance of creation, preservation and destruction.
After this a song and bhajan singing program was organized by the members. The participants were Durgesh Shah, Nalini Chudasma, Arvind Patel, Jyoti Vyas, Jayanti Oza, Manhar Parikh, Jashwant Seth, Chandrakant Chudasma, Satish and Daksha Parikh, Bipin Shah, Baiju Mehta, Hemant Modi and Hasmukh Sathia.
A moment of silence was observed to pay the respect to devgad members of Indian Seniors of Chicago, Bhanuben Pandaya and Suresh Shah.
Rishit and Nupur Shah were invited to explain the information on financial planning and will-making followed by a Q&A session by the members. The program concluded with a sumptuous meal.
