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Nun York: tiours balinc thc 2sth annuull)iu,alj i\4rrr la$t Sundayar South Srrcct Scapoft"thcrc was a p r c - D i r v a l it l i r r n r r a n c lA w ; r r d s Ccrcrnory ho$kxi by AIA-NY at thc l ) i c t r ch o t c l ,l r i f s r f i , t t l r r 'u \ s o c i i r l i o n O r c r " ' l 0 {i)n \ l t c c s .i i l c l r r r l i n g csloral(. lleadsof spotrsrxinr; cotn. prrlics,atlcndcd gljttcringcvcnt lltc I l t i su i r sr r " s l l r e i r lt h a n k o u .c c l e y bratilg thosc uhr) sltpportbol.llthc Indiat-Arlerican coturuD jry. antl thc cxposurc f thc cullUrc." aid o s lknju lhtud, AIA ])rcsidcrit, A " 5 i l v c r l ) i r r r r l rl S r i g h t . i g h r l A r u r r r d u r s i l c s r o r v c dr q r o nl r r c c " r t u r c m b c L s f C o n g r e s s ;l l l i o t l o L n g c l , ( i ; r ru l v r r t J l \ l ; . r l o r r ua r r r l r (;rcgoryW Mechs,wirh thc nonos o l l r r r l i r ' s r l b . l l a r < l c eS i n g hP r r r i A p and Pakistan's rnb Abdtrllah A I l u s s i r i rIrl r r o o n i l s c r i b r : r r r p o n l cacnawatd O r r b er 1 ' . r r tC o n 1 1 r l o r r c y p r , V . \ r ' n t c dJ . \ l r e f i r i l r )f l l g s l l o r v r r ' i l t t h c ( ' a p i t o lI - l i i l l ) , r l u j n h { , n o r l ' o A t n h . I ' u r i ,A n t t r l I x r o i , r a r ) , jl ( r r i ] l l r r t t l . r c ' r r r r r i . i r rtgl t { A u r b l ) u li l r c p r c s c r l t i n g r r d i a .A n t b I l a t o o n I t c p t c s o l l i i l u' ; r l < i s t r r t.t < li l { l 0 r r r c , I n lfu\,i llatra fcpr0souting llrritcd thc i flags flown over Capitol Hill dome pre.sented by Congresswoman Maloney to Arttb Put,i, Amb Haloon ahd Ravt Strtos,have "nade Ihc worlrl saicr Bdtra, (1. to R) A56 UN Women Lakshmi Puri, Amb Hardeep Singh Puri, Amb Abdullah Hussain llaroon, AIA President Rdtlju Bdtrtt, tvillt lhcir rttrlrralrcspcut rrrd al'[i:cRavi Bava, Congress members creg Meeks, Carclyn B. Maloney dnd Eliot Enget, (Photos: vijay shdh/Freetance tion " IJSitledla), ALnb Putrcrllcd r\mb Uaroon"a l r d i a ' s C o n s u l ( i c n r : r l l P i a b l r u ! ( r ' y ( l ( i I j i i c r r r l . v l r , r v i n s; r I o l t l D a y n i , l r d i n ' s c c r c t u riy ( i O l I ) . K r S n r t l ' d r l r r l r r a r r : b l s s a i [ irb r r l l r l r r lvlisraand Maniccv S I'uri. lndia's r rcspccl ilnd lii0Dds hascarncd1br l)c1nty Purmaucilt hc llcptcsctrlativc k) l ' a k i s l l r r . r u r l r c k r t r r u t l i , c r ll ( a v i t h c I J N t ' h o r ou ' c f c r l s o e l c c t c d " h as"thc ilrssing link lrctwoollltc two ol'licirls.lcaclcrs iiorn socrott,, baokol rhcDl," irg. rncdia, anLl nr:tcrl author\/ikrarrr A n r l r I l r t r o o l tr r : 6 r r l c dh c r r r d i - Scth l 'lhc o r c c u i l h t l r \ 'l r i s l , r r r ' I D i w r l i r n d y prograrn slanc(lwith il plodgc i t s r r a d i ito n s .t h i r tI l i s t ) t o t h r r\ \ r \ o1'allcgiarcc conductcd justiccs by b , r r no r r I ) i u , a l i , n r l t h a t I r r t l i a n t l o f t h c N c u . Y o r k S u p r c u r c o u r t r r C I)rrkisfun to p)L:r Irrrl clos(r ail(l slilll W c l c o m c r c t n a r k sr v c r ur n a d cb y lo dist[n thc b()rdclbc(wcOn thcm l { a j c c l l 3 l r a n i bir, C O O o f l l r t l i r L Rl r llrrtr said"tltcsc' rntbls- A I ) r o a d S c n r t o r l l u t h l . l a s s o l l lL two s r t r k r rh r t l c l h l r r u c r t l r c p c i l c L . t r J - I'hollpsut spokc of hcr graldson s l jcckrry oti i -5billjon pcoplc ol'thc wantjngto attctrd l)iwaij cclchiatiun S r r b -o r t i r c r r tr v i l h w i l l i r r g o v e r r r - an(l Mt Vcfnon N4ayor ( g Eruic [)avis rl r)tcnts spolic ol culturc and tchia\,cu)cnt l ( r u j uI l r t r as r i t l ." ( i o n g l V l r l o r r u v N Y C C l o u l c i l r n c r r r b c r D a n has gir,cDu,jBgsto [r\r pct ptojcot I - l a l l o i s ro c l c l ) r o t c t h c c o D n t u n i (l [ ) i r v r l i S t r r n l r l l y i s s u i n er ly's hrud s,orl( aiid ^chicvcrncnts Clorrgressionol lottct i1l s0ppoll 01 t l o I l y o r l s p L o v i d c r l. s p c r l l n r l i n g bi A "Silver Diwali Bright Light Award" was bestowed upon three memt)ers of Congress l h c S t r i l t L )N , r w .p l c a s cc l l l v o r r r t l a n c ep c r t o L n a n c c s , l ' r a t l i t i o n a l nj-('olgrc\s ilxl ltiltr' thelr. boxcsof burli sullct wctc givcn ro Drcn)bcr Amb. Hardeep Singh Puri and Pakis s i g r tt l r r 1 \ [ a l u i l c v) i u r l i S r r r n l r trlLdl.tcildces t inscribed upon them. (photo: Srldpshdia,) l.rxtcL" Shdrddtrl, "'l his p-atlrcr irris p r ' J l i( r I l h uf l c l t r al lri t n r r l rd f g o o u h olcr cvi[, and ]iliht ovcr (larkDcss 11 c\icn sfcalc to thc powcr 0i- goodncssan(l rnuturl I cspcct" Ranju Bntra thankcd Silvcr l)irvalj's rilairrsponsor"s: Stalcl)arrk 01 hldifl lbr thc frircu,orts. Star Plus for Crantl felcvisiorr N'lctlia Sprxsor,Iiank oi'tlaroda lbr "Kids 'lbrrrisrrr, liunlonc', lndir lSrrrk l o I r r d i aa n d A i r t n d i d a s l l l a l i n u r l l Sponso,'loyota.Mc[)onaltl's, Neu, York t,ifc),who had rrcjor pre"scnco ol thc lncla and $tlls Flrgo t'or snpporr She also thauked hcr llxccutivc Oorlmittcc, lhe nrtrdia andher furnily ftrr support lndia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb Tlic dignitarics prcscnt incJudctl Harcleep Singh Puri speaking at the event.

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AIA-NYPresldent Ranjr^r Batrade]ivers her on

promise a bigger of andbetterDeepavali Fesrlval

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New York: Thc Association of Indians in Amcrica's(AlA-NY) day-long Diwali fcstival that shut down SouthStrcctScaport and scvc l a l c i t y b l o c k sw a s a n i n s p i r i n g sightthis pastSundayTcnsofthous a n d so f p c o p l c f l o c k c d t o t h c downtowll, outdoor cvcnt, dcspitc thc drizlc throughout day.AIAthc N Y P r c s i d c n tR a n j u B a t r a , w h o organizcd cvcnt,said,"My nain thc objectivcfor AIA has always bccn t o h c i g h t c nc x p o s u r co f t h c r i c h Indian culturc in Ncw York so that it ilcrcflscsundcrstanding, lcading to morc social and culturalharnrony Thc Diwali Fcstivalwas a lot of work to put togcthcr,but aftcl ntany slccplcssnights, I'rn vcry plcascd that so many pcoplc, of cvcry agc and cthnicityjoincd thc cclcbra, tions and cnjoycd this fcstivc win, dow into lndianculturc" AIA's sigrlatuc Diwali fircworks ovcl thc East Rivcr, sccn by nillions of Ncw Yorkcrs, was sponsorcd by StatcBank of lndia Star Plus, Grand TclcvisionMcdia Sponsor, roughtthcir lcad pair b Nikhilcsh and Sanyukta Mazumdar from thc hit show "Ek Dusrc Sc Kartc LlainPyaarl{urn" to hold auditions thc BharatMailimony for Main Bhi Staf conlcst and had an endlcssline of auditioncrscoming to thcif studio/boothfor the TV nctwork's "Star Scarch" Bank of Baroda'scarnival-csquc K i d s F u n - Z o n c w a s p a c k c dw i t h youngkids cntcrtaincd continuously by jugglcrs,magic shows,arts and crafts,paintingDiwali'l-shirts and diyas,and thc crowd favoritc:a big jurnping castlc Visit to Incrcdiblc lndia's Booth was both cnjoyablc and iuforrnativc T o y o t a ' sb o o t h w a s o n c o f t h c lnost acsthcticallyplcasing at thc cvcnt With ncw rnodcl cars bciug showrlou tlrc picr atopa lcd calpct, thc prcparationnccdcd to crcatcthis cyc-catching displaywas cvidcntto f c s t i v a l - g o c l sB a n l < f I n d i a ,A i r o lndia, Ncw York Lifc, ard M c D o n a l d ' s l l h a d b o o t h st h a t a wcrc crowdcd thc cntirc day lJcalth F a i r ,o r g a n i z c d y t h c F l u s h i n g b Ilospital Mcdical Ccntcl, was busy chcckingblood prcssurc and taking mammograrns ho Diwali Mcla, T s t a y i n gt l u c t o i t s r o o t s , h a d a clowdcd Mccna Bazaar,and a full city block of diffcrcnt rcstauLants s c r v i n gv a r i o u sk i n d s o f I n d i a n culslIcs 'fhcrc wcrc two stagcs full of pcrfounanccs throughout thc day Many of thosc on stagcwcrc cltild r c n a n d y o u n g a d u l t sw h o h a v c traincdfor months to pcrform synchronizcddanccsto classical Iudian,fo1k,Bollywood,fusion, and Amcrican music Just Dancc firalists of Star Plus rockcd thc stagc McDonald's had an Asian-thcncd lnartialalts pcrformancc that cxcitcd thc crowd, and danccon Jai Ho was pcrfomrcd insidc a big clcar balloon, rncsmcrizing audicncc thc T h i s y c a r h a d s p c c i a l ,n c v c r bclbrcsccnactslbr Diwali arrangcd by DiamantaircManagcncnt,rcprcscntingmuch rnorc fusion of lhc lndian and Amcrican culturc 'Ihc acknowlcdgcd VIP hour startcd with Bravo's Rcal Houscwivcs of N c w J c r s c y ' sr c a l i t y p c r s o n a l i t y T c r c s aC i u d i c c a n d S t c p h a n i c OvadiaofPlaid PR wishingcvcryonca "llappy Diwali," This was followcd by rccording a r t i s t sC h a $ i c n d R a q u c l C a s t r o , a

AIA-NY President Ranju Batra

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w c l l a s r l ) c l r i s t o r y n a d cr l r c n i g h r r bcforcat Thc Piclrchotcl D r C h a n s y h r r nP r n d c y .n l A n a t i o n a l p r c s i d c n tc x p r c s s c dh i s p r i d c i n R a n j u B a t r a ' st c r u r c f o L takilg nln to ncw hcights nd his r thanks to all committocmcrnbcrs T h c n , t l l c r u d i c n c cw a s r d d r c s s c t . by Corrgrcsswornan Yvcttc Clarkc hcr I st Diwali, alongwith hcr motn, D r U n r C l a r k c . b o t h p i o n c c r sa s J a r n a i c a n - A m ic ra n t r a il b l a z c r sc tlrc moln as a Councilrncrnbcr and hcr daughtcras a ColgLcsswornarr NYC Cortrollcr John L.iuprcscntcu a C o m r n c n d a t i o nN Y C P u b l i c , AdvocatcBill dc Blrsio prcscntcrl a Diwali Fireworks on East River enable viewing P r o c l a r n a t i o no u n c i l n r aH a l l o r a r : C, n from all five boroughs of New York City nrcscillcd two Proclarnalionr contcstant NBC's Thc Voicc,hit- i s s u c d . r r r d d i t i o n t o h i s o w n , b 1 on i t i n g t h c s t a g c l ' o r a p c r f o r r n a n c c . l n c z D i c k c n s ,M a r k W c p ri n , a n d q u i c k l y f o l l o w c r lb y a n a r r r y o f S p c a k c r Chris Quinn wcll-wishing politicians and evcnt A s s c m b l y w o m a nC r a c c M c n g . sponsorsRcggicNoblc, a,k a C o u n c i l w o m a n i s h J a m c sa n d T R c t l r n a na w c l l - k n o w r tr c c o r d i r r g A n r b V i j a y N a m b i a rf c l i c i t r r c o . altistand actol,scnta gratcfulyidco w i t h D i w a l i w i s h c s .l b l l o w c d b 1 rcsponscfion Gcrmany,whilc on K C P a n d c y , n d d i s t r i c t l c a d c r s a tour, for thc "Crcativc Harmony U r n a S c n G u p t a a n d J c n i f c r Award" hc has bccn givcn by AIA RajkurnarVP HarishThakkargavc f o r h i s i n n o v a t j v c w o r k r n i x i n g the votc of lhanks Also cclebratilg I n d i a n s o u n d sa n d v o c a l s w i t h w a s s c l l a t o r - e l e c t C o u n c i l m a n lnainsficam hop. hip Jamcs Sandcrs. AIA-NY's Vicc Presidcnt Suuil Ranju Batra royally thankcdthc Modi gave thc wclcome remarks s p o u s o r so n s t a g e w i t h h i s t o r i c a[d introduccd Ranju Batra as a plaqucs, the prescnce in ofall digni"vcty hard worki|g prcsidentwho tarics, rnakingSilverDiwali a 2for has givcn her all to AIA and the day grandsucccss resultsslrow - bigger and better than To cap offa rcmarkableday of cvcr before Diwali " Ranju Batra cclcbl"tion,thc heavcns, heavywith gavc hcl presidential rcmarks, not- all thc day'srain stored let loose up, ing thehistoricnature ofcelebrating the vcry secondthe last firework Diwali for the 25dr year and that it had lit up the Ncw York night sky booth is the largcst in North Ancr ica, as brilliantlyand with a cresccudo

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AIA'NY President Ranju Batra dnd her committee were presentetl two proddmatians bv Councilman Halloran -- from himself and the othey from lnez Dickflns, Mdrl( Wetrrin and :tpeaker Chris Qutnn

NYC CoNptroller lahn Ltu prpsente.l a Comnlendation to Rdn|u Batra and her team.

NYC Public Advocate Eill de Blasio presented a proclamailon

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New York: Star Network celebrated Deepavaliat the AIA South Street Seaportevent, Aside from being the exclusive media sponsors,Star Plus engaged visitors by hosting the much awaited Bharat Matrimony Main Bhi Starcontesl This year Star Plus brought in the lead couple from their very popular prime time show Ek Dusre Se Karte l{aim PyaarHurn, Sanyukta Majumdar and Nikhitesh Majumdar to judge the contest 1Vo lucky winnerswitl be chosen,one male and ole female winner, and flown to India to a p p e a ro n a p o p u l a r S t a r P l u s show Auditions were also held in SantaClara, CA, as part ol'Utsav 2012 Aside l'rcm the auditions, the US finalistsof the popular dance s h o w ,J u s t D a n c e g a v e a s p e c i a l performanceat the event, giving a u d i e n c cm e m b e r s a " S t a r P l u s 'l'he Experiencc" pcrformarce showcased bestof SouthAsial the talentin America and included music, Bollywood dancc, Contemporarydance, tlip-Llop dance,and other fbnns ofdancc, S'fAR India, the leading Media and Ertertainment conglomerate,

Star Plus brought in the lead couplefrom their popular prime time show Ek DusreSe Karte Hain pyaar Hum, Sanyukta Majumdar and NikhileshMajumdar to judge the contest
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About a year ago,JAINA, ard ISISflnternationalSchool JainCenrerof SourhernCalifornia for JaiDStudies) havepartneredtogetherto pr(rmobr at Lincoln Jainshldies CLU[Claremont Unive$ity] in Claremont, CA, Within the last 12 rnonths,wc have madelots of progress towards creating a robust prograrn leadirg to graduatedegreein ]aitrisln at CLU Cl,U is cornmitted offering Mastersand phD clrgree to program in Jainismand has maly projectsto reiuforccteaching innovative and research activibes related Jai[istn: ro lnSepbmbellthe{JDiversityhosEdthefirstlnbrnationalfainScholar'scoDferencc"Bio Ethics: planninghasalreadybegunfor the Religlous and spiritxalappl,oaches" 2013 .lainScholars coDference "Roleof Women in DharmaTraditions,,. oI Averyambitious,lndiabasedmuldrnediaresearchprojectisunderwayontherole Jainsplayed(or did not play) iD thc violent aftermath ofthe partition of hrdia following thc independcnce from thc Britrin. lncooperationwiththeJainCentDrofSouthernCalifomia,theLJniversityisplanningto offer a nafionalsummeryouth programforJaiustudies campus. on A campus wide Ahimsaday celebration Octoberznd of everyyearernphar;izing on Forgiveness

. Bank of lndia's Chief Executive (IJS) Mr B.B Joshi speaking on the occasion of the South Street Seaport Diwali mela

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The University pt eparingfor on line courses Jainism is on that will be offeredfree of costto anyoneilr the world As companionto theseon line courses, are lookingto buiH a sizwe ablelibrary of high qualityIain l(nowiedge such as research papers, ticles ar ancldiscourses in English, French, German, Hindi,Gujarati and Kannadlanguages the CLUwebsite for Through this announcement, are requestingyou to send us your articles,essaysor we videosfor the Jainstrrdies pages CLUweb site.'l'he on materialshouldbe original not copypermissionfor iLsfree and unresficbd useby CLU ,l'hematerialcan be rightedand with sent to LidyaPohpenl(o:lpotapenl(o@claremontlincoln,org CD,sor DVD,S can also be mailed to her atr Center for Jain Studies,1325 North CollegeAvenue, Clermont, CA 91711,4\lof the materialshouH bc ma& available CLUfree of cost,Creditto the authors to will be givenon the CLUweb sib No maErial weather used or not will be rebrrnedto the aulnor We thatrl( you for help in rhis noble endeavor lfyou ltave any questiorrs, you may conEcr any one ofthe followingISJS voiunteers Bank of lndia staff with AtA- Ny president Ranju Batra at their stallat the Diwali mela.

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