C/o Mahesh C. Mathur & Co.
First Floor, Kakad House,
Barrack Road,
Near Liberty Cinema
Mumbai 400 020

Phone: 2200 2697
Telefax: 2200 5618

E-mail: bombaymathurs@gmail.com

August 1, 2011

NEWSLETTER

Highlights:

Our Last function
Restructuring MAB Managing Committee
MAB Directory

Dear member,

The Mumbai monsoon has come in its full mode bringing a welcome and much needed respite from the hot weather. Monsoon has its own pleasures and problems and like any other Mumbaikar, we all take it in its stride. We are sure those of us who had gone out during school holidays are back by now, resuming their normal daily routine, and perhaps, some enjoying Monsoon picnics etc. So, here we are with the MAB’s Newsletter for your reading pleasure.

1. Our last function – a review:

a) We had our last Annual function (a day picnic event) on Sunday, 16th January, 2011 at the vast green and open ground of Naval Baug, Madh-Marve Road. The venue, weather and ambiance were just right to create an enjoyable mood for elders and youngsters alike. It started at about 10 a.m., with welcome tea, followed by sumptuous veg. & non-veg lunch around 2.30p.m, and finally closing in at around 5 p.m., with evening tea and snacks

In between, the guests enjoyed meeting each other in a leisurely mood while savouring the delicious hot served veg. and non-veg snacks, chilled drinks (soft and not-so-soft), participating in outdoor games, an Antakshri .etc.

b) The function was attended by 145 guests. With this nice, already tried and largely appreciated venue we were, however, expecting a better attendance, specially as now we have only one function in a year. One reason for this rather low attendance, we are told now is the Marathon Race in Mumbai on the same day in which many of our members were participating or had gone for watching. We are sorry for missing those who could not join us

c) Our sincere thanks are due to the following members for their generous contribution and help in the function, as given below:

i) Shri Rajesh Narain & Mrs. Ratanmala (NW-102 / Kandivili-E) for providing 78 nos. 600 mL Beer cans, (as actually needed)

ii) Col. R. K Mathur (Retd) (NE-45/Powai) for a donation of Rs. 5000

iii) Shri Chetan Mathur (NW-133A/Jogeshwari) for managing the floor show and organizing the games and entertainment programme.

iv) Shri Sushil K. Mathur & Mrs. Renu (Powai) for their usual offer of providing free ice cream to all. Ordering for it to the supplier was done as usual by us on their behalf but unfortunately for some unexpected reasons the ordered ice cream could not be received at the venue in time. Nevertheless, this almost two decades long unbroken, continued year after year gesture of goodwill of theirs is gratefully acknowledged, with our sincere apologies to them for the mishap this time.

d) Membership:

We welcome Sh Rohit Mathur / Mrs. Abha (NW-116 / Kandivili-E) who took Life Membership on payment of Rs. 1000.

Annual Membership for year 2010-11 (Rs. 100 each) was thankfully received from the following members:

1. NW-62 A, Kshitij Mathur/Mrs.Arti.	2. NW-166, Amit Sahai / Mrs. Vinita
3. NW-108, Rakesh Mathur/ Mrs. Kalpana	4. NW-102, Rakesh Mathur/ Mrs. Ratanmala
5. E-55, Mayank Mathur/ Mrs. Shikha	6. E-24, Brij Mathur/ Mrs. Ratna
7. N-5, Anil K.Mathur/Mrs. Neeta	8. NE-40, Nishu Simlote/Mrs. Neera
9. NW-113, Ravi Nigam/Mrs. Sangeeta	10. NE-91 Anil K.Mathur/Mrs. Nupur
11. NW-14, Anurag Mathur/Mrs. Shubhra	12. NE-45A, Manoj Mathur/Mrs. Archana
13. W-61, Vijay N.Mathur/Mrs. Ragini	14. NW-73, Atul Mathur/Mrs. Neha
15. NE-87, Viresh Mathur/Mrs. Nita	16. NW-167, V.S.Mathur/Mrs. Sarita
17. NW-65, Naresh Dayal	18. N-28, Rakesh Mathur/Dr.(Mrs) Renu
19. NW-168,Devesh Mathur/Mrs. Poornima	20. W-40, Vivek Mathur/Mrs. Shipra
21. C-1, Abhishake Mathur/Mrs. Arti	22. W-22, Mukesh Mathur/Mrs. Madhu
23. W-60, Vijay Mathur/Mrs. Nsha	24. NW-119, Y.B.L.Mathur/Mrs. Purnima

Some corrections in our last Newsletter dated 15-12-2010:

i) Para-5: Shri Rajiv Mathur / Mrs. Manisha, (W-39/ Bandra-E) was shown in the list of payers of Annual Membership while he had taken Life Membership by paying Rs. 1000. Necessary correction has been made in our record and they have since been registered as Life Members.

ii) Para 4-viii: In the list of donations for medical emergency expenses for a member, the donor’s name (Rs. 1000) may please be read as Mrs. Sudha Mathur (c/o Shri Mathuresh Sherry) of Powai instead of Mrs. Beena Mathur wrongly mentioned.

We are sorry for the above two errors in the last Newsletter:

1. Restructuring of the MAB Managing Committee & Zonal Committees:

a) We feel sorry to announce the resignation (on health grounds) from MAB’s Managing Committee by S/Shri Suresh C. Mathur, (Khar-W) our Vice-President and Shri S.D. Mathur, (Chembur), our Joint Secretary.

We will be badly missing Shri Suresh who has been so active, benevolent and dedicated to MAB during his long stint with the Association. We express our great appreciation for his valuable guidance and service he rendered to the Association all through.

Our sincere thanks and appreciation for Shri S.D. Mathur for his active participation in MAB’s activities; especially as a member of its Catering committee and also for organizing in a big way the Zonal functions in his Zone.

We wish a healthy and long life to both Shri Suresh Mathur & Shri S.D. Mathur and hope that they will continue their interest and extending their helping hand in the Association’s activities.

b) Our Managing Committee has consequently been restructured as required, with the inclusion of two new members in place of the two outgoing ones. The profile of the new Managing committee is attached at Annexure – 1

c) A revisited list of our Zonal Committee members is also attached at Annexure-2 for your information and interaction with its members of your Zone.

1. MAB Directory:

a) The draft of the MAB Directory-2010 Edn, was fully completed by December, 2010, ready for print. As you are aware, the printing cost is usually met with from advertisements from well wishers, but unfortunately despite of our best efforts sufficient number of ads to meet the printing cost could not be collected by then. With continued efforts by our Mg. Comm. and Zonal Comm. members more ads started coming in gradually and it is only now that we are in a position to meet the printing expenses. We have now given clearance to the printer to go ahead with printing work and expect the Directory to be ready by around October this year for supply to members.

cIt may be mentioned here that the Directory under print is corrected upto December-2010. However, names of new members as also changes in member’s address, etc., received by us upto 30th June, 2011 have been incorporated in it.

The new Directory, updated to June, 2011 (as it will appear in the printed version) has been uploaded on our website http://sites.google.com/site/bombaymathurs and can be viewed by members.

b) An Important message: Modalities of delivery of the Directory to members are being worked out, but most likely it may have to be sent at their listed address through courier. We are afraid that for those whose address has changed but not informed to us, these will come back to us undelivered. To avoid this as much as possible, members are requested to please immediately view their name, address etc., as listed in the Directory on the website and inform us at the earliest of an address change, if any. We will be grateful if you kindly do the same for members known to you who do not have access to the internet.

For this, on opening the website first please click on “Alphabetical Listing”, locate your name and note down your Zonal No. (eg E-54, NW-78, NE-34, etc.). (Your Zonal no. is also marked on the address sticker on your newsletter). Thereafter, click on “Our Zones”, and then on your particular Zone, in that get your name, address etc., against your Zonal no. noted by you earlier. If there is any change in the address as shown on the website please inform as early as possible to our Directory cell (Shamsher Barellia, Ph: 2446 7212 / Mob: 98204 27290 or em id: barellia@yahoo.com) with cc to us at bombaymathurs@gmail.com. This will at least ensure proper delivery of Directory at your corrected address and also save unnecessary wastage of our couriering expenses.

If however, you received our last Newsletter dated 15-12-2011, and have not changed your address since then, we will presume that your address is correct and in that case you need not re-confirm your address to us.

c) Some interesting statistics from the new MAB Directory under print:

i) Total number of listed Mumbai Mathur households: 546

Their Zonal locations are as follows:

From the above it is seen that about 30% of Mumbai Mathurs live in the Western Suburbs (Bandra to Borivili) and another about 22% in Eastern Zone (Chembur & New Mumbai), the two Zones jointly containing about 52% of Mumbai Mathurs.

ii) Total number of members (including those in joint families) is 706

iii) Total Number of our External Life members: 69, of whom we have contact addresses only for 23.

iv) Number of listed Mumbai Mathurs alphabetically arranged:

A = 137, B = 21, C = 7, D = 28, E = 1, G = 19, H = 9, I = 4, J = 11
K = 30, L = 1, M = 36, N = 31, O = 3, P = 50, R = 90, S = 144,
T = 4, U = 9, V = 55, Y = 16.

There is none with name starting with F, Q, W and X. It seems Mathurs have a preference for “S”, “A” and “R” to start their names, not many choosing “L”, “I” and “O”.

MAB Welfare Trust

We make a living by what we get

We make a life by what we give

i) The formation of the MAB Welfare Trust and its Registration under the Charitable Public Trusts Act, along with our having obtained permission for issue of Certificate under Section 80G of I. Tax Act (entitling a donor to claim tax relief) have already been announced in detail in our previous Newsletters. It may be recalled that the main objective of the Trust is to provide emergency medical relief to members in distress, besides other public activities in the field of education, welfare of Senior citizens, etc.

We wish to bring to member’s kind notice that it was in response to a long pressing demand by them for creation of a Trust for the benefit of the community at large that MAB had put in lot of efforts in the formation and Registration of the Welfare Trust. A beginning has been made but much greater efforts are now required by one and all to develop the Trust to a viable financial level so that it is of some real, meaningful service to the needy.

On its own part the Trust has been regularly performing charity activities. A few years back it had organized a free Eye Camp at a School at Bhayander where the students got their eyes tested and the poor amongst them who needed glasses were provided with free spectacles. In the last two years a contribution of Rs. 25,000 to the Cancer Society as aid for child cancer patients, and another one of Rs. 15,000 to a deserving Mumbai Mathur student for educational purposes were provided.. These have already been reported in our last two Newsletters dated 30-3-2010 and 15-12-2010 respectively. Later, in August, 2010 another contribution of Rs. 25,000 was provided to an institute of destitute children for education of the inmates therein.

However, it may please be appreciated that members of the MAB Management alone cannot carry on the Fund Collection drive all by themselves, without active support and involvement from our Biradri members. Members are, therefore requested to please make wholehearted efforts to get as many contributions as possible, not only from our Biradri but also from other sources and well-wishers to develop the Corpus Fund of the Trust to a viable level.

Within our Biradri, our first request is to our members who are in their own business / profession (or those who have resourceful approach to other potential doners) on whom we depend for active support. Charity begins at home - an old saying.

ii) The total Fund collection for the Trust stands at Rs. 244358 only, till date.

1. Academic Awards:

a) The “GUNNO DEVI” award (Rs. 500 cash, sponsored by Shri Sushil K. Mathur of Powai) for year 2009-2010 was awarded to Kum. PARIDHI, (d/o Smt. Neena & Shri M. K. Mathur, Anushaktinagar) for brilliant success in SSC Exam of CBSE held in March, 2010, having obtained A-1 in four and A-2 in one out of total 5 subjects with a CSRA of 9.8

b) Following Academic awards sponsored through MAB are available for Mumbai based Mathur boys/girls

(a)

GUNNO DEVI AWARD

Rs. 500 for the highest marks obtained in SSC Exam

NOTES:

1) For under (a), (b) and (c-i) above, minimum qualifying total marks are 80% or equivalent grading.

2) Applicant’s parents (other than Life members) should have paid their annual Membership for the concerned Academic Year as well as for the year of application.

3) Applications for the awards for the year 2010-11 , complete with attested photocopies of the marks sheet should reach the MAB office, (with a copy to our Gen. Secretary, Shri S. Barellia), latest by 30th September, 2011.

Applications received later may not be considered.

1. Wedding bells:

Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love

And they blossom when we love the one we married

Our heartiest congrats and best wishes to the newlyweds and their families for the following weddings:

a) Aditya, s/o Smt. Rupa & Shri Ashok Mathur, (W-12/Juhu) to Kum. Meeta, d/o Smt. Saroj & Shri Nagendra Sarup Saxena at Mumbai on 15-1-2011.

b) Mehul, s/o Smt. Shail & Shri Anil K. Mathur, ( N-6/Mira Road) to Kum.Divya, d/o Smt. Shweta & Shri Rajesh Mathur at Jaipur on 7-2-2011.

c) Aditya, s/o Smt. Geeta & Shri Lal Bahadur Mathur and grandson of Smt. Shail & Shri Jagdish N. Tawakley (NE-29, Ghatkopar) to Kum. Shiny, d/o Smt. Seema & Shri Shirish Waghmode at Mumbai on 4-5-2011.

d) Amol, s/o Smt. Geeta & Shri Lal Bahadur Mathur and grandson of Smt. Shail & Shri Jagdish N. Tawakley, (NE-29, Ghatkopar) to Kum. Nidhi, d/o Smt. Sangita & Shri Narottam Chirania at Mumbai on 5-5-2011.

e) Abhishek, s/o Smt. Ruby & Late Shri Vinod N. Mathur, (E-83/Koperkhairane) to Kum. Rashmi, d/o Shri Dalip Podar & late Smt. Anjali at Mumbai on 15-5-2011.

1. Obituraies:

Kahi(n) door jab din dhal jaye

Our heartfelt condolences to members of the bereaved families and prayer for peace to the departed souls of the following who left for their heavenly abode:

a) Smt. Rajeshwari Devi, wife of Late Shri Rajbans Bahadur Advocate and mother of Arvind (W-10, Juhu) and Anuj (NW-103 / Vasai) at Vasai on 19-01-2011; aged 92.

b) Smt. Indu, wife of Shri P.K.Mathur, (N-23/Mira Road-E) and mother of Arvind at Mira Road on 26-01-2011; aged 82.

c) Smt. Sunder Piyari, mother of Shri Vishwa Nath Mathur, (C-37/Wadala) at Mumbai on 04-02-2011; aged 91.

d) Smt. Rajeshwari Devi, mother of Shri Naresh Dayal (NW-65/Goregaon-W) at Mumbai on 11-02-2011; aged 94.

e) Shri Rakesh B. Lall (RCF Retd., E-76/Kharghar)),husband of Smt. Sharad Lall at Mumbai on 24-04-2011.

f) Shri P.B. Mathur, (N-22/Mira Road-E), husband of Smt. Rani and father of Devendra and Shailendra at Mira road on 25-04-2011.

g) Shri N.M. Mathur (W-29 / Bandra-W), an old Mumbai settler and father of Subodh & Nemesh at Bandra on 07-07-2011.

Encls: Annex. 1 & 2

For & on behalf of MAB Managing Committee,

Krishna Murari

(President)

Annexure 1 - MAB MANAGING COMMITTEE (With effect from1st May, 2011)

MANAGING COMMITTEE

Sr.No	Zonal No.	Name	Residence	Designation	Ph. (Res.) / Mob.
1	E-50	Krishna Murari	Panvel	President	2746 8573 98207 19593
2	S-12	Mahesh C. Mathur	Churchgate	Sr. Vice President, Hon. Treasurer & Financial Adviser	2201 3328 98700 96638
3	W-4	Ajit K. Mathur	Khar(W)	Vice President	2649 8673 98201 332341
4	C-29	Shamsher B. Barellia	Mahim	Member Secretary	2446 7212 98204 27290
5	N-6	Anil K. Mathur,	Mira Road	Member	2811 0038 93243 54497
6	e-70A	Diwakar Mathur	Koperkhairane	Member	2754 2671 93222 57895
7	NW-171	Mathuresh Sherry	Kandivili (W)	Member	2868 0187 98201 34967
8	NW-74	Prabha Mathur, Mrs	Andheri(E)	Member	2832 4795 98201 94007
9	C-37	Vishwa Nath Mathur	Wadala	Member	2415 6680 98211 63526
10	NE-90	Yogesh Mathur	Thane(W)	Member- Joint Secretary	2539 3926 9819233256

ADVISERS TO THE MANAGING COMMITTEE

Sr.No	Zonal No.	Name	Residence	Ph. (Res.) / Mob.
1	E-96	Shri Satish Chandra	Vashi	2766 0480 98195 73951
2	NW-82	Shri Prakash N. Mathur	Andheri(E)	2218 7318
3	NE-76	Shri Sushil K. Mathur	Powai	2570 5983 98211 44288
4	NW-143	Shri Taj Bahadur	Andheri(W)	6695 4836 93232 80249
5	W-59	Shri Suresh C. Mathur	Khar(W)	2649 8677 98206 93505

Annexure 2 – MAB Zonal Committees