July 15th, 2019

Dear Friends, Namaste, I take great pride in thanking ICSR Committee for having organized very successfully all the events in the first half of 2019. Their flawless planning and meticulous execution led to the success of these events. I also thank the community for their continued support, enthusiasm and participation and lastly all the sponsors without whom we cannot

have the kind of quality programs we were able to provide.

Vasant Utsav which kicks off our year was very well attended and organized. Thanks to our local artists Leena Gore and Faisal Aslam for entertaining the audience with Bollywood songs and music.

Holi, the festival of colors is an event loved by all! It was another hit event where many from communities other than Indian, attended the celebrations. We were blessed with a bright day, which started with gulal, music, and dance, traditional snacks which transformed into a colorful celebration of love, friendship, and camaraderie!

The first Sunday in May was a gratifying day of Recreational Therapy at Helen Hayes

Hospital; our young dancers entertained the patients and sped up their recovery. The Annual

Cultural Show was a blockbuster! Our students and parents worked alongside talented choreographers to present the multicultural, diverse dance forms of India on Mothers' day weekend. We took this opportunity to recognize the graduating High school seniors and

presented VJ Pradhan Foundation scholarships to the deserving high school seniors. The Father’s Day Cruise was a great way for us to enjoy and celebrate a very

special day. We had great company, good food, good music and beautiful scenery. ICSR is so

fortunate to be able to bring these special events where so many lifetime memories are made for families.

The Seniors trip was our way of dedicating a special day for all our seniors. A luxury

bus with all our seniors went on a trip to Peace Village, Haines Falls NY. All of us participated in several activities which includes spiritual discourses, meditation session and a tour of the

beautiful peace village and nearby waterfalls. Our Annual Picnic held in July at Congers Lake was an enjoyable event where we

arranged live screening of Cricket world cup finals. It was a fun filled summer day that brought families together to play cricket, fly kites and play various games. Feedback received

from the community for the success of this event was heartwarming.

The other programs in pipe line for rest of the year are: India Day Parade, Navaratri Garba, Health Fair, Diwali, East Meets West and Youth meet. Please help ICSR grow with your involvement and attendance at all functions, organized by the hardworking Committee. I am looking forward to see you all in our upcoming events.

Anil Mandapaka

President, ICSR

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT

ANIL MANDAPAKA

609 529 4987

PRESIDENT ELECT

BASAVARAJ BALAPAL

914 715 7127

SECRETARY

RAJIV ROHILLA

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JOINT SECRETARY

NIKITA KRISHNAN

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TREASURER

HEENA MEHTA

914 217 9161

JOINT TREASURER

ALKA SHAH

845 661 2072

PUBLIC RELATIONS

OFFICER

RAVI RAVICHANDRAN

845-270-4170

DIRECTORS

POONAM MOHAN

845 358 8984

(PAST PRESIDENT)

CHARU KRISHAN

845 928 5265

SATISH SHREEDHAR

914 879 2389

AJAYVEER CHAPOTKAT

845 624 1910

SANKARAN KRISHNAN

845 398 0805

RAJAN BARANWAL

845 639 1053

UMA JHAVERI

845 548 6774

RAVI DUBBA

303 478 8863

SURESH IYER

917 533 3271

KRISHNA NAGINENI

248 464 9765

RAMESH BONAM

609-721-1022

ABHINEET JHA

201-951-9640

Month Program

Date Chair and sub-committee Venue

Jan - Dec

Membership drives Rajiv Rohilla, Abhineet Jha

March

Vasant Utsav Saturday, 16th,

4 pm – 9 pm Nikita & Poonam, Raj, Ravi D, Satish, Ravi R, Alka, Heena, Suri, Ramesh, Abhineet

Palisades Mall Community Center

April

Holi Celebration Sunday, 14th,

12 pm – 4 pm Heena & Raj, Suri, Ravi D, Krishnan, Rajan, Uma, Ramesh, Abhineet

Congers Lake

May

Helen Hayes Program Sunday, 5th,

4 pm – 7 pm Krishna & Heena, Nikita, Rajiv, Rajan, Ramesh, Abhineet

Helen Hayes Hospital

Cultural Program Rehearsal Day

Friday, 10th,

7 pm – 9 pm

Charu & Suri, Heena, Krishna, Ravi D, Uma, Ramesh, Abhineet

Clarkstown South High School

Cultural Program Saturday, 11th,

4 pm – 10 pm Charu & Suri, entire committee

Clarkstown South High School

June

Masala Cruise Sunday, 16th,

4 pm – 7 pm Krishnan & Abhineet, Charu, Rajiv, Alka, Satish, Ramesh.

Hudson River, Newburgh

Senior’s Trip Saturday, 22nd

, Whole day

Uma & Ajayveer, Rajan, Suri, Ravi D, Ramesh.

Peace Village, Haines Falls NY

July

Picnic Sunday, 14th,

9 am – 3 pm Rajiv & Ravi D, Satish, Suri, Alka, Uma, Ramesh, Abhineet

Congers Lake

August

India Day Parade & Festival

Saturday, 17th,

11 pm – 4 pm

Raj, Ajayveer, Ravi D, Poonam, Nikita, Alka, Uma, Heena, Suri, Satish, Ravi R & entire committee

Main Street & Court House, New City.

September

AAPI & ICSR Health Fair

TBA Krishnan & Alka, Rajan, Uma, Rajiv & Krishna

Palisades Mall Community Center

October

Navaratri Night Saturday, 5th,

8 pm – 12 pm Alka, Uma, Heena, Rajan, Raj, Krishnan, Ravi D.

Ramapo High School

November

Diwali Dinner Saturday, 2nd

, 5 pm – 10 pm

Ravi D, Heena & Satish, Raj, Charu, Nikita, Krishna, Rajiv, Ramesh & Abhineet

Crowne Plaza, Airmont, NY

Youth Program Friday, 22rd

, 6 pm – 10 pm

Suri, Abhineet & Charu, Raj, Ravi D Palisades Mall Community Center

TBD East Meets West TBA Krishnan, Satish & Ajayveer, Charu, Alka, Ravi R, Suresh, Ramesh & Abhineet.

TBA

Wishing you all a very enjoyable summer!!

This is our 2nd newsletter for 2019 which includes a list of all the upcoming events planned for this

year. Our entire committee is dedicated to serving our community and is putting in a lot of efforts to

bring you these events. We thank you for your support and welcome your suggestions so that we

continue to make these events better year after year.

As we enjoy the summer, we are ready to bring you our next event The India Day Parade scheduled

for Saturday, August 17th in New City and the AAPI & ICSR Health Fair in September.

We urge you to come out in big numbers and march with us as well as enjoy the entertaining

performances on August 17th on Main Street, New City for India Day Parade. Please be sure to mark

your calendar also for the free annual health fair in Palisades Mall in September.

Our newsletter and the upcoming events will continue to be posted online at www.icsronline.com as

well as on Facebook. Please stay tuned and remain connected with us for all the updates.

Our Community Announcements section is for your use. Please send in any announcements or

achievements so that we can share it with our community. ICSR’s events would not be possible with

the generous support from its sponsors. We would like to thank all of its advertisers and

Grand/Annual sponsors for their financial support.

Given below is the name of ICSR’s 2019 Grand & Annual Sponsors. We hope that we continue to

receive their support in times to come.

Rajiv Rohilla,

Secretary, ICSR 2019

Editor’s Note

ICSR is a non-profit, cultural organization run by hundreds of volunteers since its inception in 1972.

We are truly grateful to all the volunteers and our community for their countless hours. However, none of this

would be possible without the support of our sponsors. ICSR would like to thank all of its advertisers and

Grand/Annual sponsors for their financial support. The following are names of ICSR’s 2018 Grand & Annual

Sponsors and hope that we will continue to receive their support in 2019 and we expect even more will join and

support our community services endeavor this year:

1. MR. DEO NARIAN OF AURO CHEMICALS

2. MR. MANISH AND MRS. NIKITA KRISHNAN OF ATCS

3. MR. MITUL SHAH AND SHASHI PATEL OF NYACK MOTOR LODGE

4. MR. SANJEEV AND KASHMIRA PATEL OF KG CONSTRUCTION

5. MRS. USHA AND MR. NITIN GALA OF ONE DOLLAR ZONE

6. MRS. ALKA AND DR. VIKRAM SHAH

7. MR. ALPESH & MONICA PATEL

8. MRS. SEEMA AND MR. VIPUL PATEL OF NEHAL CONSTRUCTION

9. DR. KAMINI AND DR. RAKESH SHREEDHAR

10. MRS. UMA AND CHANDRESH SHAH OF NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL.

11. DR. PRAKASHCHANDRA RAO

12. CARDIOLOGY CONSULTANTS OF ROCKLAND

13. MR. GEORGE JOSEPH OF MASS MUTUAL

14. MR. SAMEER PATEL OF DUNKIN DONUTS

15. MRS. AMI AND RAJESH SOPARIWALLA OF REGENCY AND BEST WESTERN

16. MR. MAHESH AND MRS. BHAVANA PATEL

17. MRS. SUSHMA AND DR. VIJAY SONI

18. MRS. HETAL AND JIGNESH RAVAL

19. DR. BRIJENDRA BATRA

20. GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES

21. DR. R. UBRIANI

22. DR. SURESH RAMASWAMY

23. KUMON MATH AND READING CENTER OF NEW CITY AND SPRING VALLEY

24. DR. BINA BHATIA

25. MR. MAYANK PATEL OF CONGERS WINE AND SPIRIT

26. MR. ALPESH PATEL OF HILCREST BEVERAGE CORP

27. MR. SHIVA BHASHYAM OF AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL

28. V. BOB

29. BERGER CPAS (RAVEE SHRINIVAS CPA,MBA; RAMKI SANKAR CPA, MBA; SAM BERGER CPA, MBA, JD.)

30. MR. GOPALA SWAMY & MRS. VIJAYA LAKSHMI MANDAPAKA

31. MR. SRINIVASA RAO & MRS. SANTA KUMARI BONAM

32. SASHIKUMAR CV ASSOCIATES

ICSR IS THANKFUL TO ROCKLAND COUNTY & ROCKLAND TOURISM DEPT FOR THE ANNUAL GRANT AND TOURISM GRANT

We are impressed by the interest and dedication shown by 24 super bright and very passionate 8-11 Grade ICSR Youth Wing

Volunteers 2019!!

Abhinav Khanduja Aishwarya Rajendran Shashwat Patel Spurthi Setty Aayush Sharma Aditya Sharma

Suchita Sridhara Swaneet Jha Aayan Krishan Alekhya Mandapaka Gopesh Shreedhar Nidhi Avasatthi

Vishnupriya Gupta Diya Sharma Praket Nigam Vasundara Kurup Sravanth Malla Ria Sah & Akhil Bonam

Four professionals will mentor these volunteers through the course of

the year in the following areas:

Abhineet Jha & Ramesh Bonam: Development of Skills in Event Photography: After capturing ICSR events for past

few years, it’s time to share the tips and tricks of photography with our young talented volunteers. As a collaborative team, the photography wing of ISCR’s Youth Program will get hands on experience from learning camera basics to capturing memorable moments at ICSR events. They will learn to work as a team, develop interpersonal and leadership skills while engaging with members of the community.

Rajiv Rohilla: Publicity and Membership drives: Committed to connecting our community to its culture and the values it

creates for our members of all ages and ultimately to increase our membership. Develop interpersonal skills, acquire more knowledge, confidence and develop an all-round personality of our youth which will help us secure a better future.

Suresh Iyer: Developing alumni network: Alumni had contributed immensely when they were younger, and we are thankful

to them. ICSR is what it is due to all their enthusiasm and spirit. The objective of forming ICSR Alumni group is to foster the spirit of giving in the form of sharing experiences and information that they have gained to the new kids at the cusp of starting college and their parents. Additionally, this will strengthen the ties between alumni and ICSR community as well as help in growing the ICSR family.

Charu Krishan: Creative Writing & Social Media Promotions: ICSR Youth Wing continues to work on spreading

awareness about the organization through social media and promotional campaigns. The volunteers are being coached to create written and graphic content to maintain ICSR’s online cultural synopsis series about travel, arts and heritage. The idea is to provide a platform to for them to explore creative writing, practice safe and practical cyber use, actively contribute towards the organization & generate a stronger sense of belonging to ICSR and Indian culture in general.

Past Events

Vasant Utsav

India is an amalgamation of versatile customs, cultures, and traditions. In efforts to continue promoting the Indian cultural heritage, Indian

cultural Society of Rockland welcomed the year 2019 with a grand spring celebration in form of a beautiful festival “Vasant Utsav”. On March

17th, 2019, ICSR arranged a fun filled musical evening for people of Rockland and adjoining counties. The festivity continued with ‘jeopardy’ on

India and ended with warm dinner. Children from the county were encouraged to display their artwork. This initiative is taken every year to

encourage the creativity of our youth. Politicians from the county graced the occasion with words of encouragement. Thanks to the efforts of

all the committee members, the evening truly portrayed the spirit of Indian fiesta.

Holi

Holi festival is a symbol of love, brotherhood and unity among people. It indicates the triumph of goodness over bad. It is celebrated with lots of

fun and frolic activities. This festival of colors is an event loved and enjoyed by all. A sunny and perfect April afternoon was brightened with

gulal, DJ, dance, traditional snacks and transformed into a colorful celebration of love, friendship, and camaraderie! Great turnout and many

communities other than Indian attended the celebrations on the Congers Lake.

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes, the first Sunday in May was a gratifying day of Recreational Therapy at Helen Hayes Hospital; our young dancers entertained the

patients and sped up their recovery. A little Bollywood music & dance, some delicious Indian snacks, and few smiling faces brightened up

everyone’s day.

Annual Cultural Show

The Annual Cultural Show was a blockbuster! Our students and parents worked alongside talented choreographers to present the

multicultural, diverse dance forms of India on Mothers' day weekend. Over 200 dancers including moms and kids brought home 24

performances laced with foot tapping music, ethnic costumes, and brilliant choreography. It was a celebration of the community, by the

community and for the community. We took this opportunity to recognize the graduating High School seniors and presented VJ Pradhan

Foundation scholarships to the deserving high school seniors. The highlight of the evening was a grand finale by the 2019 community members

who rocked the dance floor by a surprise performance that was fun and refreshing!

Masala cruise

On Father’s Day, we yet again embarked upon a short cruise trip on the Hudson River. Another fun filled and well attended event that offered

enjoyable evening on the tranquil waters of the Hudson River along with food, drinks and entertainment for all. Kids had a blast and so did

everyone else on board.

Seniors Trip

This year ICSR’s senior citizen trip had gone to two different places to upstate, New York on June 30, 2019. Fifty six of us first went to Brahma

Kumari’s Peace Village Learning & Retreat Center located in Haines Falls, New York. We then went to see a fall named Kaaterskill fall also

located in Haines fall within two miles distance from the Peace Village.

We visited Brahma Kumari’s Peace Village Learning & Retreat Center in Haines Fall where we were greeted by Sister Ann and other

several staffs of the Peace Village. Here, we were provided a morning tea with snacks, afternoon lunch and bon voyage tea with popcorns

before we left to go to Kaaterskill falls. After the morning tea we attended a meditation session, watched videos and daily virtue scope as well

as Sister BK Shivani’s eye greeting session with a token of sweet given to each one of our attendees. After lunch, all of us were taken for a

nature walk to empower ourselves and then we attended a session of “7 Billion Acts of Goodness” that teaches everyone to increase the

awareness and attitude towards others. This is a Global campaign that Brahma Kumari is spreading throughout the world to exponentially

increase expressions of benevolence and bringing about a revolution of goodness and happiness in all.

We were given a big send-off by the Peace Village staff after that we all went to see a Kaaterskill Fall located only two miles from the Peace

Village and on a winding curvy road. After getting off the bus, people walked to go to see the fall on their observation deck and all of us watched

the fall as well as the nature’s beauty taking pictures and sharing with all the attendees. It was an extremely wholesome day.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this trip possible.

Summer Picnic

On a perfect Sunday morning in the middle of the month of July, close to 200 members of all ages spent a memorable, fun filled and enjoyable

day by the Congers Lake. In the offering was the live screening and a nail biting finish of the WC 2019, lots of fun games and activities for kids, a

cricket match of our own for the ladies and gents besides delicious breakfast, lunch and desserts.

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Community Announcements and Events

⮚ There is a weekly, ongoing BalaGokulam held every Sunday from 5:00 pm to 6.30 pm

at the Sri Ranganatha Temple, Pomona. N.Y. Contact Dr. Rakesh Shreedhar (845 353

6306) or Smriti Sridhara.

⮚ Shalini Shankar, daughter of Shyamala and Ratnaswamy Shankar (Past President ICSR

1998) has published a book, Beeline, about the Spelling Bee. Shalini is a graduate of

Tappan Zee high school in Rockland and has further done her undergrad from

Wesleyan University, Masters and Ph.D from NYU. She is currently a Professor of

Anthropology and Asian American studies at Northwestern University, Chicago.

2019 Family Membership Application

January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 Name: ___________________________________Spouse Name_________________________________ Street Address: ________________________________________________________________________ City: ______________________ State: ________________ ZIP: _____________________ E-mail address: ______________________________ Home Telephone: ______________________________

Children’s name(s) and age(s): Signature: _______________________ Date: _______________________ Please send this completed application form along with the $50 check payable to “ICSR” at below address:

ICSR, 26 Harvest Rd, New City, NY 10956

Please note that the paid membership ($ 50) runs for the calendar year Jan 1st through Dec 31st, 2019, only. This includes:

Entry to appx 18 free or discounted events throughout the year (Vasant Utsav, Holi, Diwali etc)

Ticket preference at popular events with limited seating.

Opportunity to participate in the Annual cultural show in May.

ICSR will share selected event pictures and videos on its website, Diwali brochure and social media

https://www.facebook.com/India-Cultural-Society-Of-Rockland Instagram@indiaculturalsocietyofrockland

www.icsronline.com Twitter@icsrsocialmedia

icsrinfo@gmail.com 1-347-688-7440

Culture and Art enhance the quality of our lives. This is particularly true to all Indians as we come from a land steeped in

traditions and culture. As Indian Americans, we strive to keep this alive so that we can pass this to our children.

The India Cultural Society of Rockland has been passionately keeping the torch of Indian culture alive in the tri-state area since 1972. ICSR is instrumental in promoting Indian culture and heritage to local Indian and American community, through various events organized throughout the year.

The ICSR committee runs on the advice, time and energy provided by volunteers within the community. However nothing can be accomplished without your participation and monetary support. Your support will go a long way in helping ICSR achieve its mission as well as expand its programs and services.

Please fill in the attached ad form and mail in with a check to advertise your business as well as support your own organization!

India Cultural Society of Rockland

(A non-profit organization) Sponsorship & Advertisement for 2019

Enclosed is my check in the amount of $____________ Full Page b/w ad in 1 newsletter ($100) Half Page b/w ad in 1 newsletter ($50) Full Page b/w ad in 3 newsletters ($300) Half Page b/w ad in 3 newsletters ($150) Annual Sponsor ($500) - full page b/w ad in 3 newsletters & Diwali Brochure Grand sponsor ($1000) - full page b/w ad in 3 newsletters & color Ad in Diwali Brochure + website ad Include your text message here General / Event name _____________________ Amount: $ _______________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Sponsor Name:

Company/Affiliation:

Checks made out to: ICSR Memo: name of your ICSR contact

Mail check and form to:

ICSR, 26 Harvest Rd, New City, NY 10956

About Our Organization

India Cultural Society of Rockland, Inc. (ICSR) is a nonprofit organization whose objectives include:

(a) Promote better understanding between the nationals of India, the United States of America, and other countries; and

(b) Foster greater friendship among its members (c) Promote Indian Culture and values in the younger generation and main

stream America by:

WEAVING THE CULTURAL FABRIC Vasant Utsav, Holi, Navratri, Raas Garba, Diwali GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY Food & Clothing Drive, Senior Trip, Recreational Therapy, Youth Mentoring, Health fair PROMOTING TALENT& CAMARADERIE Cultural Show, Art Show, Recognizing Graduating Seniors, Picnic, India Day Parade & Festival

Stay Connected Please provide us your email addresses at icsrinfo@gmail.com so that we can communicate with you efficiently. This will save ICSR a significant amount of printing and in mailing costs and improve the quality of our programs.

1-347-688-7440 www.icsronline.com icsrinfo@gmail.com

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ICSR Newsletter

Volume 1

February 2019