(  Official  Newsletter  of  The All  India  Anglo  Indian  Association – Danapur   Branch,    Patna,    Bihar,    India  )

 -  The Hony. Secretary

C/o Don Bosco Primary School

66, Patliputra Colony, Patna –13, Bihar, India

Ph: 91–612 –2260334 / 2273647 / 2265352

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 Independence Day Issue

“Anglo - Indians    :  The only All-India Indian Community”

Volume:3  Issue:4  (May 2006 -  August 2006)                                    (FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY)

 

 NOTES FROM THE NEWSLETTER TEAM :

 

We have our roots in India, we live worldwide. Spread over many countries and various disciplines, we serve the people in many a way. We are Anglo-Indians. As God's children, by serving our brothers and sisters, we want to emphasize a simple thing - wherever you are and whatever you do, you never distance yourself from your culture, values, and unity.  

Happy Anglo-Indian Day 2006!!  & Independence Day To all our members and readers.

 

 

B   R   A   N   C   H           R   O   U   N   D        U   P   : 

 

Mr. Oscar Fernandez , Member of the Rajya Sabha & Minister of State of Govt. of India  meets members of the Danapur Branch.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Oscar Fernandez, Minister of State, Government of India and member of the Rajya Sabha  and Mr.Sadanand Singh, MLA and Ex-Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly met with members of the Danapur Branch and participated in the Anglo-Indian Day celebrations on 2^nd August 2006. He also accepted a petition from the members of the Danapur Branch regarding nomination of an Anglo-Indian member to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The members apprised him of the fact that for the last 6 years there was no Anglo-Indian nominated to the Bihar Legislative Assembly and that this was very unfortunate for this small community which has and is providing yeoman service to India and is being completely ignored and side stepped by successive Sate Governments. Mr. Oscar Fernandez assured the members that he would use his good offices and try and have this matter redressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD  ANGLO-INDIAN  DAY  CELEBRATIONS  -  2006   AT  DANAPUR  BRANCH   

 

World Anglo-Indian Day was celebrated at the Danapur Branch with a colourful beginning. 

An on The Spot Drawing and Painting Contest was organized on the 28^th, 29^th and 30^th of July

in which over 2500  students from various schools of Patna participated, namely – Don Bosco Academy, Don Bosco Primary School, St. Stephen’s Primary and High School, St. Michael’s High School, Notre Dame Academy, Loyola High School, Nav Deepti Academy, St. Joseph’s Convent High School etc. etc..  

 

The First Inter-School Winnifred Connally Memorial Elocution Contest was a runaway success which was held on World Anglo-Indian Day on 2^nd August 2006 at the Don Bosco Academy, Digha, Patna hall.

 

  On the 5^th of August we celebrated our day with a thanksgiving mass for all the Anglo-Indians where ever they are followed by the rewards and awards ceremony.  And the following students of our branch received  the same :-

 

 

 

 

 

The following children received awards and rewards for their academic excellence in the year 2005-06.

 

 Rohit Michael Daniell, Aaron Dirk Lazarus , Ishika Cowell,  Sophia Loren Manly,  Trish Gayle Knight,  Natasha Cowell,  Jovita Marie Paul,  Tanya Rebecca Sahu,  Mary Jutshi Cooper, Noel DuBois,  Neil Wood,  Maurice Blaquiere,  Maurice Moven Strong,  Aman Alwin Wood, Elvis Mark Strong, Jason Alvin Chesney,  Roysten Norman.  

Sarah D’Souza  and  Crystal Charlotte Rai  for clearing their class X (ICSE) board exams.

We hope they will all excel next year too and more of our children will join them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Ms. Catherine Daniell, RNRM, was given a small momemto as a token of our love to her for all the help provided to the members of the community when ever they needed medical help, especially when we make a trip to the Kurjee Holy Family Hospital – she is our very own Florence of Nightingale.  Thank-you Catherine once again.

 

Miss Catherine,RNRM, being felicitated by Branch President- Mr A G deRozario	Our young achievers – being felicitated for their academic excellence for 2005-2006

 

And to top it all, as usual a fantastic spread to sum up the entire Anglo-Indian Day Celebrations

 

 

W h a t z   Co m i n g     U p  ……… ?    :- WATZ  HOT  AND  WATZ  NOT     1. The Annual General Meeting ( AGM ) of the Danapur Branch will be held on the 27th of August 2006 at bldg. No. 152 Patliputra Colony at 10:00 am. All members are requested to attend this AGM   2. The AGM of the AIAIA will be held on October  20th, 21st, & 22nd 2006 at Kolkata. All our members are requested to attend the All India AGM as the venue is very close to Patna.

 

THIRD INTER-SCHOOL HECTOR ANGUS BROWN MEMORIAL ENGLISH DEBATE COMPETITION

An exclusive report by Michael Daniell

 

“ BIHAR  IS  A  VICTIM  OF  THE  MEDIA ” was the topic of the Third  Inter-School Hector Angus Brown Memorial English Debate held on the 22^nd  of April 2006 at Don Bosco Academy Hall and the participants were from Don Bosco Academy, Notre Dame Academy, St. Michael’s High School, St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Loyola High School,  Delhi Public School, St. Paul’s High School, International School and St. Karen’s High School. 

 

The Judges for this debate were Mrs. Muniba Sami – Dept. Of English – Patna University, Ms. Neerja Lal – Head of Dept. of Communicative English at Patna Women’s College and Mrs. Varsha Jain – Consultant for Dorling Kindersley Family Learning and Scholastic (India) Pvt. Ltd. The Chairperson for this debate was Dr. Shankar Dutt – Dept of English – Patna University and Chairman of the Bihar Sangeet Natak Academy.

 

The Welcome Address was given by Alan Cowell – Vice-President on behalf of the President – Mr. A.G. de Rozario.    Rev. Fr. Chandy SJ – Minister XTTI was the Chief Guest and presided over the function.  The standard of the debate this year was exemplary and compared to previous years showed a tremendous rise in the competence of the contestants debating abilities, with special respect to – content, arguments, appropriateness of language, delivery and rebuttal.

 

The Best Speaker of this debate was Abhishek Bhardwaj of Don Bosco Academy and Urvi Mohan of St. Joseph’s Convent followed by Sakshi Pande of Notre Dame Academy (Runner-Up)

 

Most Promising Speakers were – Akanksha Rimjhim of Notre Dame Academy & Shweta Shalini of St. Joseph’s Convent followed by Akshay Gautam of Loyola High School  (Runner-Up)

 

The Best Team Trophy went to Don Bosco Academy – Winners of the Third Inter-School Hector Angus Brown Memorial English Debate Competition – 2006.

 

The Chief Guest for the event Rev. Fr. Chandy SJ – Minister XTTI gave away the Trophies to the winners and the vote of thanks was delivered by the Hony. Secretary – Mr. Tyron Lazarus after which the competition drew to a close with the singing of the National Anthem by the Don Bosco Academy choir of Anglo-Indian children & staff.       

 

 Our Sponsors for this debate were – Oasis Institute, Oxford University Press, Orient Longman, MacMillian India Ltd., Allied Publishers, Book Centre, Saloni Creations, Roshan Brothers, Pratilipi and Sudhir Kr. Singh.

 

 

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK – The most important things of this world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed no hope at all…….

TOGETHER WE STAND TOGETHER WE PROGRESS!!!                    - Alfred George deRozario, Ex-MLA

 

 

FROM THE TREASURER’S DESK –. This is an urgent appeal from your FM. It is a fact that money makes the world go around. To make progress we have to show the “MOOLAH” !  If we have to be an outstanding branch, we cannot have so many oustandings!! (Subscriptions). Please clear all your dues immediately.

For any clarification please phone me – 9835631877                                         – Mervyn Dubois

                                                                                                                                                

 

 

P h o t o        G a l l e r y

Winners with the Chief Guest, Branch President, Chairperson and Judges with their trophies at the Hector Angus Brown Debate Competition  2006	Wnners-of H A Brown Debate - Don Bosco Academy with the  Branch President Mr.A G deRozario
The Danapur Branch donates a 5 KV inverter to the Missionaries  of Charities, Patna City   In keeping with its social obligations the Danapur Branch donated a much required Inverter set for the use of the Orphans at the Orphanage Center at Patna City Managed  by the Mother Teresa Sisters – namely the Missionary of Charities. Several members including the President, Secretary, Treasurer and other office bearers visited the orphanage and interacted with the destitute children and Sisters and were overwhelmed by their plight. All the members were touched by the gratitude shown by the children and Sisters.	In order to make Easter and Good Friday meaningful, the Danapur Branch organized a “Blood Donation Camp” on Good Friday At the Kurjee Holy Family Hospital for the poor and needy.   All together over 17 members donated their blood. The Kurjee Holy Family Hospital was greatly appreciative and praised all the members who had donated their blood for the use of the poor and needy. In keeping with the Easter spirit of sacrificing something for the good and benefit  of others, this gesture of our members was indeed very significant and we are sure that several poor and needy patients would benefit from this Blood Donation Camp.
Winners with their trophies at the Painting contest  2006	President- Mr A G deRozaro giving away prizes at the Painting contest  2006

 

YET  ANOTHER  BEGINNING ! First Inter-School Winnifred Connally Memorial Elocution Contest

An Exclusive Report By Rudolph Mawer

 

            The First Inter-School Winnifred Connally Memorial Elocution Contest organized by the All-India Anglo-Indian Association, Danapur Branch commenced at the Don Bosco Academy Hall, Digha Ghat, Patna on the 2^nd of August to commemorate  -WORLD ANGLO-INDIAN DAY.

Sixteen schools namely St. Mary’s Anglo-Indian Secondary School, St. Albert’s High School, Little Flower School, Mt. Carmel High School, St. Paul’s High School, St. Karen’s Secondary School, St. Karen’s High School, International Girls School, International School, Delhi Public School, St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Notre Dame Academy, Loyola High School, Don Bosco Primary School and Don Bosco Academy participated in the contest.  Mrs. Judith Cowell, the only daughter of Late Mrs. Winnifred Connally was the Chief Guest of the occasion.

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The three judges for the event namely Rev. Fr. Josey Mathias, Mrs. Muniba Sami and Dr. Shankar Dutt were presented with bouquets by Elvis Strong, Paricia Cowell and Merissa Cowell respectively.

 

In his Presidential address Mr. Rozario stressed on the fact that “the Anglo-Indians are a unique race of people, who by combining the European and Indian cultures have evolved a culture of their own.  It is the only community in the world with the word “Indian” attached to the name, giving it a unique identity of its own.”    Addressing the gathering Mr. Mervyn Cowell, grandson of late Mrs. Winnifred Connally mentioned “that the elocution contest is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Winnifred Connally, who was a well respected lady of high repute.  Speaking about her, he said that she was an Anglo-Indian by birth and spoke Hindi as a native.  As a teacher she served in St. Michael’s under the aegis of the Irish Christian Brothers and in the Military School in Danapur.  She was also the first Principal of Don Bosco Academy in the year 1973.”

 

Natasha S. Cowell, great-grand daughter of Mrs. Winnifred Connally and grand daughter of Mrs. Judith Cowell representing Don Bosco Primary School in Group A (Std. II & III), took the audience by storm with her intonation and gesture on her poem “A Brave Little Kite.”  With the audience spellbound and silent, Natasha bagged the prize as the winner of group A, with Sheyashi Ghosh Ray from Notre Dame Academy and Ipshita Sinha of St. Joseph’s Convent High School settling for the first and second runner ups respectively.

 

Group B (Std. IV & V) had Shreya Choudhary of Notre Dame Academy as the winner with her poem “Lets Save The Earth,” Riya Raj of St. Joseph’s Convent High School and Aman Alwin Wood of Don Bosco Academy settling for the first and second runner ups respectively. 

 

Group C (Std. VI & VII) which proved to be quite a hard nut to crack for the judges had Shreya Agrawal of Notre Dame Academy and Vansha Singh of St. Joseph’s Convent High School as the winners, with two second runner ups Shivam Akhauri of St. Karen’s Secondary School and Anvita Mishra of International School.  Shrishti Vinamra of Mt. Carmel High School was the first runner up.

 

Speaking on the occasion Rev. Fr. Josey Mathias – Dean of Studies X.T.T.I stated that the elocution contest was excellent and he thanked the organizers for a splendid job done.  He mentioned a few notes to the participants on presentation and body language, context and style.  Judging the contest, Fr. Jocey Mathais said that quite a lot of effort and time had been put into the performances of the participants.  The curtain came down as Mr. Tyron Lazarus – Hony. Secretary of the Danapur Branch took the stage to render out his Vote of Thanks to one and all.  Trophies and certificates were handed over to the winners.  Momemtos were handed over to the dignitaries and the day came to an end.

 

Winners of the 1st Winnifred Connally Memorial Inter-School Elocution Contest  with Mr. A G deRozario–President & Chief Guest-Mrs J Cowell	Elocution Contest Champions Notre Dame Academy with the Branch President Mr A G deRozario & Chief Guest Mrs J Cowell

 

Believe it or not!!!!   

WATER OR COKE?? -  This is really an eye opener......

NOTE: No one can guarantee whether any of the following is totally true or not but it is an eye opener.
 

WATER

1.  75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2.  In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3.  Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as 3%.
4.  One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5.  Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on    a  printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

 

And now for the properties of COKE:
1. In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola in to the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke              re moves stains from vitreous china.  Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals:  Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished,  remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix  with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains.
9. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.

 

For Your Info:

1.        The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid.  Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.  Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!      Have A Great Day and Share It With Others...                                                                                                                                   

 

 

                                                                                        Mail from Canada 

 

Anglo-Indian Association of Canada    -  7596 Chinook Drive, Mississauga, ONTARIO.  L4T 2C3 Canada.

 e-mail: drebeiro@sympatico.ca   -   The Anglo-Indians:  Echoes, Images, Visions                 Tel:  (905) 676 – 1086

 

2007 WORLD ANGLO-INDIAN REUNION   August 12-19, 2007   -   SYMPOSIUM EVENT -- August 13, 2007

ESSAY CONTEST FOR YOUNG ADULTS

Open to Ages:       12 - 19 – 1^ST Prize $300.00 – 2^nd Prize $200.00;  20 - 25 – 1^st Prize $300.00 – 2^nd Prize $200.00;   26 - 35 – 1^st Prize $300.00 – 2^nd Prize $200.00

CONTRIBUTORS GUIDELINES ARE AS FOLLOW:

I.  Articles must be limited to 10 Pages maximum single-sided.  Please note that submissions exceeding this length will NOT be considered.

II. All articles must carry the full name, age, postal address, e-mail and fax/phone number of the entrant.  All submissions should be in Times New Roman, 12-font size, double spaced (please no fancy fonts or headings).  Articles must be preceded with a short personal introduction.  A maximum of 10 lines.

III. If sent as an e-mail attachment, this should be in Microsoft Word, and in order to ensure the authenticity of the attachment (having virus-embedded attachments on the Internet, the subject heading must contain the words:  “Symposium 2007 Event, Essay – Contest for Young Adults”.  E-mailed articles should be sent to:  drebeiro@sympatico.ca, or mailed to:  Lynette Rebeiro,  A-IAC 2007 World Anglo-Indian Reunion Symposium Event,  7596 Chinook Drive,  Mississauga, Ontario  L4T 2C3.  Canada

IV. We will not consider material, which, at the sole discretion of our Panel of Judges, is obscene or slanderous.  Articles may be written in the first person or third person.  The writing style should be easy to read and entertaining enough to provoke and sustain interest.

V.  The publication, depicting your Anglo-Indian way of life, will cover a broad contemporary canvas.  Stories, anecdotes, or experiences, may be humorous or serious.  We are looking for unique and fresh perspectives on the Anglo-Indian experience, as well as focusing on our traditions of hospitality, aptitudes, inclinations, and our worldviews.  

VI. With due respect, your essay is not primarily meant to be a eulogy of your parents or family.  However, sketches of an unforgettable Anglo-Indian character (funny, sad, fierce, strong-willed or influential) that are woven into the content of a broader article will be acceptable.