Our next function (Holi get together) on Saturday, 4th May 2002 evening, at       Andheri (W)

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MAB Directory – 2002

Regular Members for our Working Function Committees

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Dear Member

1. OUR NEXT FUNCTION

The Managing Committee, MAB, takes pleasure in announcing that its next function (Diwali get-together) will be held on Sunday, December 16th, 2001 from 6.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. at the following venue

Good Shepherd Church Lawns

Sangeetkar N. Dutta Marg,

Off Four Bungalow Road,

Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400 058

Note: This function was planned for 20th April (the third Saturday, as per our norms) for which venue booking was done last year itself. However, on receipt of the Panchangs & Jantri for the new year in January 2002 it was seen that the Chaitre Navratrey occur from 13th to 21st April this year, 20th & 21st being Durga Ashtmi & Ram Navmi respectively when most Mathurs are busy, many even observing fast. The function therefore had to be shifted to the next earliest available booking date of 4th May.

1. The venue is the same where we have been having our functions for a few years past. Entry to the venue is from the N. Dutta Marg, which takes off from the 4 -Bungalow Road just round the Church corner. We are sure the location is familiar to most of our members. However, for newcomers and for those who have not so far been to this venue, brief guidelines to approach are as follows

a) The 4-Bunglow Road (connecting the JP Road with New Link Road) is a well- known road in Andheri (W) and the Church on this road is a prominent landmark, known to everybody around. The place is easily approachable from Andheri (W) Railway Station by taxi / auto.

b) Bus Nos. 266, 267 from Andheri (W) station, Bus No. 255 from Sion Depot, Bus No. 352 Ltd., from Anushakti Nagar (via Chembur, Sion, Bandra, and Andheri).

c) Any further or more specific guidance about the venue location, approach etc., can be had from any one of our Committee members

i) Shri Taj Bahadur, (Tel 6363340 / 6319319)
ii) Shri Anil Mathur, (Tel 5700754 / 5797081)
iii) Shri Ajit Mathur, (Tel 6498673 / 6481744)

d) A rough sketch showing the approach route to the venue location is provided.

2. Dinner, snacks, drinks (soft, as well as …you know for our hard taskmasters) will be available as usual.

3. Because of time restrictions on lighting & sound, we are compelled to close down by 10.30 p.m. It is, therefore, earnestly requested that members arrive early so as to enjoy the function to it's maximum.

A variety entertainment programe with exciting games, raffles, lucky dip etc. awaits you. Those interested in presenting any item are welcome to do so and they may contact any of the following:.

a) Smt. Rajni Mathur, Khar (W) Phone: 649 8673 / 648 1744
b) Smt. Savita Mathur, (Powai), Phone: 570 0754 / 579 7081

4. Annual Membership of Rs. 50/- for the year, 2002 - 2003, may kindly be paid by all members (except Life Members) at the Reception counter. From the 1st of July 2002 the annual membership fee is being increased to Rs. 75/-

5. When you approach the Reception Counter (or for any communication any time with the MAB), please do specify your MAB Directory Ref. No. (like C-2, W-12, NE- 5, etc.) in addition to your name. This will enable us to locate you quickly in our member's list and correctly credit your payments against your name. Besides, this will save a lot of your and our time at the Reception counter, especially during the peak rush.

Your reference number is always noted on the address cover of the News Letter.

2. OUR LAST FUNCTION – A REVIEW

1. Our last (Diwali) function held on Saturday, 16th December 2001 at the Church lawns was attended by 355 guests, including quite a few first timers. It is alwaysour pleasure to welcome the new comers and to include them in the folds of theMumbai Mathur biradri. The entertainment items, food, snacks, etc., provided were liked by all. We specially thank all the participants for providing a lively program.

2. The Managing Committee has special thanks for the following for their very helpful participation during the function.

a) Shri Chetan Mathur, (Jogeshwari / NW-124) for compeering the stage items.

b) Shri Munish Mathur, (Andheri-W / NW-51) and Shri Alok Galgotia (Bandra-W / W-54) for manning the Reception counters.

c) Smt. Sunita & Shri Rajiv Mathur, (Khar-W / W-40) for their continued help in providing placards, decorating the venue and other arrangements.

Sponsorship / Donations

We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsorships and sincerely thank the respective sponsors / donors for their generous gesture for the function

a) Shri Taj Bahadur (Andheri-W / NW-119) for sponsoring 8 bottles (actual consumption) of RC Whiskey, valued about Rs. 3800/-

b) Rs. 1500/- from Shri Sanjay K. Mathur, (Andheri-W / NW-99) for Cold Drinks

c) Rs.1500/- from Smt. Prabha Mathur, (Andheri-E / NW-67) on the joyous occasionof the birth of her grandson, SANAY, s/o Nidhi & Vijay. Hearty congrats to the jubilant grandma and the happy parents. Wishing all the best in life to dear Sanay.

d) Rs. 1000/- from Shri Alok Galgotia, (Bandra-W / W-54) towards function expenses.

e) Rs. 500/- from Shri N S Mathur, (Kala Chowki / C-16) towards function expenses.

f) Smt. Renu & Shri Sushil K. Mathur (Powai / NE-44) for providing, as usual, free ice cream to all the guests.

4. A special feature in the function was the setting up on nominal charges, of sales stalls by two of our members, as follows:

a) Shri K.R. Mathur, (Andheri-W/ NW-39)
b) Shri Kaushal Mathur, (Santa Cruz-E / W-73)

5. The standing "GANPAT SAHAI" Academic award of Rs. 500 for the year 2000-01 sponsored by Shri Sushil K. Mathur (Powai) was presented to Kum. MINI Mathur, d/o Smt. Shobha & Shri Kuldip Mathur of Thane, for having obtained 90.67% marks in HSC examination held in March / April, 2001.

6. The standing "GUNNO DEVI" Academic award of Rs. 500 for the year 2000-01, sponsored by Shri Sushil K. Mathur (Powai) goes to Master RAGHAV Mathur, s/o Smt. Rita & Shri Pradeep Mathur (Andheri-W) for having obtained 86.13% marks inthe SSC examination held in March / April, 2001. Our shabash to Raghav and &hearty congrats to the proud parents. As the award could not be processed earlier, it will now be presented in the coming function. Therefore Raghav, please do come to the function on the 4th of May and romp back home with the award.

3. MAB DIRECTORY

MAB Directory – 1999 Edition. As already informed, MAB Member’s Directory (1999 Edition) has been put on the Internet at address http://www.geocities.com/bombaymathurs. It is currently updated upto 31st October 2001 and will be kept regularly updated, say every quarter till we come out with our new Directory proposed sometime next year. This website can be accessed from your PC, or from a neighboring cyber cafe and will be useful to our External members too, as also to any Mathur anywhere in India or abroad.

MAB Directory – 2002 Edition. Arrival of new Mathurs and final departure of some from Mumbai, change of home / office address, phone nos., etc., are constant, ongoing process in this metropolis and its extended suburbs. This necessitates perpetual changes in the Directory with the result that our present 3-year old Directory has now becomes quite outdated, needing immediate updating & revision.

An appeal: The publishing of the Directory costs a lot, well beyond our normal means, especially as it is offered to members at a much subsidized price. We, therefore have to depend on our members in raising the necessary funds by donations from individual members and through advertisements from well-wishers, companies and business houses. A good number of our members are themselves well placed in reputed companies or are doing well in their respective profession / business and can, therefore, be of great help by offering their own ads or obtaining advertisements from sources known to them. Samples and patterns of the various types of advertisements can be seen in the Advertisements Section of our present 1999 edition Directory and can be shown to prospective advertisers whom you approach them.

We request all our members to please try their best to collect as many ads as possible, beside their own one, if possible

a) Zone Dividers (colored full page) Rs. 2,500 /- each

b) Full page Rs. 1,000 /- each

c) Half page Rs. 500 /- each

For any further information / processing your advertisements kindly contact any of the following:

a) Shri Krishna Murari (Tel: 746 8573)
b) Shri Mahesh C. Mathur, (Tel: 201 3328 / 203 4148)
c) Shri Shamsher B. Barellia, (Tel: 446 7212)

Kindly ensure advertisement materials with crossed cheques in favour of Mathur Association Bombay are sent to any of the above members by 4th May 2002. Appeal letters for advertisements can be sent on request.

4. LIFE MEMBERSHIP

We repeat our request to members to take up Life Membership by paying a onetime Membership of Rs. 500/- for themselves & spouse. The fee will be increased to Rs. 750/- from the 1st of July 2002.

We heartily welcome the following who took our Life Membership during the last function on 16.12.2001

A. W-70. Vishal Mathur (Mrs. Amita), Santa Cruz (E)
B. NW-17 Devesh B. Lal (Mrs. Poonam), Vasai (W)
C. NW-30 Anil K. Mathur (Mrs. Shail), Mira Road (E)
D. NW-72 Sanjay Mathur (Mrs. Ritu), Mira Road (E)
E. NW-76 Pradeep Mathur (Mrs. Rita), Andheri (W)

5. SPONSORSHIP / VOLUNTEERS - An Appeal.

While drawing member's kind attention to our Appeal on this subject, repeated perpetually in all our past Newsletters, we request for their help and patronage for our functions by taking any of the following sponsorship which will go long way in our being able to hold good functions

A. Give a Corpus Donation, which could be put in a Bank FD and its interest, used as your running contribution at each function.

B. Give whatever you wish as a spot cash contribution during our function(s) towards function expenses.

C. Sponsor (wholly or partly, individually or jointly) an item of the function(s) by contributing the amount shown against each

Venue hire	Rs. 5000/-	Lighting, tables, chairs, etc	Rs. 3000/-
Non-veg material	Rs. 5000/-	Hard Drinks (Whisky & Beer)	Rs. 3000/-
Cooking & Service charges	Rs. 5000/-	Soft Drinks	Rs. 1500/-
Music & Entertainment	Rs. 3000/-	-	-

Note: Though the actual expenses on these items are usually more, sponsorship amount has been limited to the above or actuals, whichever is less.

d) Any other way desired, e.g., Donation on a marriage or any other happy occasion in the family or business.

e) Your generosity will be greatly appreciated and acknowledged in our Newsletters. Kindly contact any of the following for further details and processing your contribution

Your Zonal Representative
Shri Shamsher Barellia, (Mahim / C-25), Tel 446 7212
Shri Mahesh C Mathur, (Churchgate / S-18), Tel 2013328 / 2034148

Volunteers :

We are always in need of volunteers to manage the various counters at functions and once again request members, especially young boys and girls, to come forward for this. Those who feel reluctant to tie themselves down to a counter throughout the function may form groups of two or three so that amongst themselves they can relieve each other and still enjoy the function. We are sure many will find this an exciting assignment along with a sense of fulfillment of rendering an important community service. Please do come forward and convey your names immediately to any of our Committee members, or contact us at the function itself.

6. GENERAL

A. Please do inform us promptly through a letter, phone call or e-mail of any change in your home or office address, phone number etc. as and when it occurs to enable us to keep our directory and mailing list up to date. A register to record all such changes is always kept at the Reception Counter in each function and members are requested to advise us of any change by entering it in the register.

You may even inform us by a letter to our office address or a phone call to our DIRECTORY CELL (Contact: Mr. Krishna Murari, Tel: 746 8573 or Mr. Shamsher Barellia, Tel: 4467212). This is all the more important now that we are printing our new Directory shortly and you would certainly not like your address or phone number to appear wrongly.

B. Members who wish to have their e-mail addresses on the MAB directory and mailing list are requested to please inform it to us.This will greatly facilitate quick communication, exchange of information between members & the MAB and last but not the least, TATKAL issue of MAB Newsletters through e-mail.

C. Members desirous of putting up their stalls, advertisement banners etc., for promoting their professional / business activities at our forthcoming function venue are welcome at nominal charges of Rs. 75/- per stall. Please get in touch with any of the following latest by 30th April.

Shri Krishna Murari            (Tel: 746 8573)
Shri Mahesh C. Mathur      (Tel: 2013328 / 2034148)
Shri Ajit K. Mathur               (Tel: 6498673 / 6481744)

D. Mrs. Saroj Bahadur (Worli) informs that a revised and reprint edition of her book, "Mathur Gharanon ki Reeti Riwaj", has come out and will be available in the function on 4th May.

E. Shri Arun Mathur (noted TV / Film actor) informs that he conducts classes for Intensive & Practical Acting Course. Those interested can contact him at Tel No:812 6259.

F. Kum. Neha Mathur, d/o Smt. Manju & Shri Arun Mathur (Mira –Bhayender, / NW-186), a promising cricket all rounder, has distinguished herself with the following awards: