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Unforgettable India Trip What better way is there to spend a vaca-

tion then go to India? India is an amazingplace filled with a variety of things to do andplaces to see. My trip to India is one that I will never forget. I went on the medical mis-sion trip with a group of doctors, visited themany parts or north and south India, and my favorite part of all was going to the city toshop and hang out.

Going to India for a Medical Mission trip was a real eye opener. I had the opportunity to help people in small rural villages wherenot many people visit. Working with a groupof doctors, organized by Doctors GoodwillFoundation, got me interestedin the medical field. The sen-sation of helping people is wonderful. Through out themedical mission my eyes wereopened to the different typesof people that are in India,and the different ways of liv-ing compared to the United

States. The medical missionhelped me grow as a personand made me more aware of the people around me as I gotto help the society. The sites in India arethrilling. No matter where you are, India cannever get boring. There is always somethingto do and sites to see. When I went to SouthIndia, it allowed me to better understand my culture because I visited so many temples.The hand carved temples and the statues of Krishna and the other gods were breath tak-ing. I never imagined how a temple couldhave such an impact on my own culture. Ilearned more about the different Gods andtheir purposes. This allowed me to gain moreknowledge about what I did not know before.After visiting the south I went up north toAgra. Here lies the famous Taj Mahal. It isone of the prettiest buildings in India besides

the temples. I never knew the meaning behind ituntil I visited and foundout the king had made itfor his wife. The TajMahal has meaningbehind it which is why itis admired along with itsbeauty.

The best part about going to India is shop-ping and eating food. Riding the rickshaw into town is adventurous because hundredsof cars are zooming by honking their hornsfor no reason. As I was going down the main

street, I see hundreds of cloth-ing departments and places toeat. The first thing I wanted todo was eat Pani Puri. Eventhough everyone in the US saysits bad and you might getsick, I decided to eat it any- ways and find out. It was spicy but I continued to eat, and

never got sick! There are a vari-ety of foods in India that willnever keep you hungry. I wouldlive there to eat food all day.

And who could forget shopping. I can noteven remember how many sari and Panjabistores I went to. I bought 10 new panjabis allin different colors. Every time I go to India,my closet grows bigger because of theamount of clothes I buy each time.

India is a fascinating place and my visitthere made me discover new things. Themedical mission opened my eyes to how peo-ple really live. The different sites allowed meto get a better understanding of what India isreally made of and the meaning behind it,and of course shopping and the food makeeverything better. My visit to India was exhil-arating and definitely one I will never forget.

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A Trip to Remember Many people have been on outstanding

vacations everywhere in the world but havethey ever been to India? India is a country where you can find thrilling things. Thesightseeing is one of the best features Indiacan offer whenever you go. Its always anentertaining trip to look forward to and tolook back upon.

I visited the small towns where my parents were born in Gujarat. There were dirt roadsand, and no auto vehicle in village. Wearrived in the village and my grandfathercame with a Ox cart to receive us. I was

scared to sit on the Ox cart, but when I did Ihad an immense experience. In the front yard there were cows, buffalos, ox, birds, andpeacocks and I enjoyed watching them. My aunt taught me how to milk the cow. At din-ner time we sit on the floor; no dining table,and had delightful food, like bhajara no rota-lo, khichadi, bangan bharthu, and pickle. Ilearned how to cook on a Indian clay oven(chulo). After dinner all the neighbors kidscame and sit with us and asked us questionsabout USA. What a great time I had, and Ialways remember it.

The second day I went to the giganticfarm. They grew tomatoes, corn, wheat, andgarlic. We had lunch at the farm; we had tosit down on dirt under the tree. It was abreathtaking environment, with no pollution.The water was pumping out from the well,and we took shower straight from there. Ithink all kids should have a chance to visitIndia because its spectacular.

When you go to India there is no doubtthat you will come back with more stuff. Yourbag will probably be bulging out. There are aplethora of stores to choose from when I amshopping in India, I never know where tostart. Once you get into the store you sitdown on a mattress. We usually spend about

an hour or more in a storethat we really like. Owestay for a while they startasking if we want food orany drinks. Of course my answer is always, yes!The food in India isdelightful! There is noth-ing to compare to it.Every time I go there I always want Bhajipav,Dalwada, snow cone (baraf no golo) from thelari. People say you will get sick if you eat it.I think thats funny because I eat food from

lari and drink bottled water and I dont getsick! I always look forward for the food whenI go to India, its one of best parts!

Its hard to imagine how many templesthere are in India. The biggest temple that Ihave seen so far is the one in New Delhi itsbuilt by the BAPS group. Just looking at allthe designs on the outside walls and thesculptures of all the Gods made me wonderhow long it really took to build this breathtak-ing temple. India celebrates lots of festivalsevery year like Holi, which is the festival of colors its the best because you get to throw color powder at everyone. Another one would be the Kite Flying day. Everyone isoutside on their roofs flying kites and thenext day you can see all the stringing hangingeverywhere. There is also Diwali is the festival of lights.

A trip to India will leave you breathless forthe rest of your flight home. I can guarantee you will have a good time no matter who youare with. When you go to India you are auto-matically coming back with 500 picturesbecause you dont want to miss anything and you can look back at all the amazing thingsIndia can offer for you. You are sure to comeback home and miss India.

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Amrit Yoga connects yoga practice with itsancient roots and fundamental principles thatare at the core of all branches of yoga. By adding the mental and spiritual disciplines of Raja Yoga, inwardly focused attention andmeditative awareness, Amrit Yoga combinesthe strengths of Hatha and Raja Yoga into onesystem.

Amrit Yoga can be a powerful extension for yoga teachers and students from all traditions who wish to add the spiritual dimension intotheir personal practice and professional skills.It uses the body as an entry point to exploreexperience and release psychosomatic blocksthat prevent us from tappinginto the source of the infinitepotential within. It creates new possibilities for widening therange of healing modalities andself-discovery. The conceptsare adaptable to various typesof healing professionals, as wellas for spiritual growth.

Amrit Yoga cultivates inwardfocus and meditative aware-ness along with the practice of postures and pranayamas.Inward focus becomes ananchor for engaging scatteredattention. Withdrawing attention from inter-nal and external disturbances (pratyahara)and focusing on bodily sensations (dharana)heals the body-mind split, bringing the mindand body into a harmonious, co-creativefriendship. This internal focus is the single

most powerful tool to prevent chronic unconscious,unproductive mental dia-logues, images and emo-tional reactions. Theseunconscious habitsaccompany us throughevery activity all day long;the yoga mat is not anexception. The vigoroustraditions of Hatha Yoga provide powerfulresults and are intended to serve as a founda-tion for the mental and spiritual dimension of yoga. Hard work can silence the mind during

vigorous practice, but has no

power to transcend or alteremotional and karmic patternsheld securely in the uncon-scious. Vigorous practice com-bined with internal focusengages the mental and emo-tional bodies into the practiceof yogaexpanding its scopeand deepening the experienceof Hatha Yoga many fold. For your body to be the temple of

the divine, your yoga practicemust harness and harmonizethe conflicting forces and dis-

turbances that arise from the body, emotionsand mind. These uncon-scious forces keep you divided and fragment-ed in your thinking, feeling and doing. Thepractice of Amrit Yoga has the power toengage you totally, absorb you completely,and integrate you fully in your body, mind,heart and soul. It empowers you to enter theexperience of unity and ecstasy, which is inte-gral to the experience of yoga.

Amrit Yoga is a metaphor for life. The skillsof mindful attention and meditative aware-ness you develop on the yoga mat extend tochallenges you encounter in life. Painful tran-sition periods, relationships and crises canbecome opportunities and openings for per-sonal transformation.

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Knowledge of scriptures will help us to proper-ly evaluate the values we ascribe to the objects of material life. These are the values we attach tomoney, physical comforts, power and prestige,ego satisfaction, unless one realizes the hollow-ness, worthlessness, for the primary aim of happi-ness, there will be no need to reconsider their val-ues in life. Such evaluation can help us to over-come six enemies that trouble us. These are 1.Kama: Desire for material objects. 2. Krodha:Anger when desires are not fulfilled. It can be inthe form of dislike, hatred, disrespect and strongdesire for revenge. 3. Lobha: Greed Expectingmore than one deserves, dissatisfaction tendency

to snatch everything from other, theft, robbery,looting. Resort to scams, fraud, cheating etc. 4.Moha: It is undue attachment, emotion, mis-conception about real or just value, believing falseto be the truth. 5. Mada: It is superiority com-plex, strong ego. 6. Matsar: jealousy. Effort torun down others better placed. Conquest of Shad Ripu is only negative aspect of spirituality.After conditioning, conquering six fold negativi-ties, one should try to develop positivities. Theseare described in Geeta Ch. 13, verses 6-11. Whenthese qualities become effective, the characteris-tics of person of steady intellect, Sthita Pragnyadevelop characteristics of a wise devotee, JnaniBhakta. For such evolved and advanced souls,freedom from misery Dukha Nivruti is easy. Forgaining peace and happiness in worldly life spiri-tuality is useful in this way! However, the supremegoal of life is self realization, liberation, Moksha.Let that be for the rarest of the rare.

The positive attitudes referred above are: 1.Amanitvam humbleness. Not expecting to behonored. This can lead to work as an agent forsupreme Nimittabhava, and further to egoless-ness. 2. Adambhitvam No hypocrisy. Not show-ing what one is not. Consistency in thought,speech and action should be achieved. Reason of inconsistency can be to protect ones image, socialetiquette, diplomacy etc. This takes one away from integration of personality, truth. 3. AhimsaNon injury to others in any way, physical, mentalor intellectual. Not hurting anybodys feelings,

respect etc. even thoughts to harm or cause painto others, is called Himsa. 4. KshantiForgiveness. 5. Arjavam Straight forwardness.Open heartedness. No scheming, evil designingetc. 6. Acharyapsanam Service to teacherGuru 7. Shaucha means cleanliness of body,mind and the environment. Mental cleaningmeans taking out the negative tendencies. 8.Sthairyam means steadfastness. The seekershould be able to keep firm on goal of liberationunmoved by the failures in attempts for goal. 9.Atma Vinigraha Self control on natural inclina-tion to sense pleasures. 10. Indriyarthesu Vairagyam means detachment of a seeker who is

not driven by objects and five fields of senses,such as sound, touch, form, taste, smell. 11.Anahankara No pride or self esteem 12. DukhDoshnu Darshanam Visualize painful nature of worldly life, such as birth, death, old age, poverty,unemployment, dishonor, failure etc. and theirtransient nature. 13. Asakti Detached frombody,sense objects, etc. 14. Anabhishvanga Lackof misconceived identity with any objects, person,family, house, land, money etc. 15. Nitya SamaChittatvam Sameness towards reactions to allhappenings, desirable or otherwisewhich keepson coming to us as a result of destiny. 16. AnanyaYogen Not harboring any thought other than of Supreme self. Firm Dharana and Dhyana cantake a seeker to this state. 17. BhaktiAvyabhicharini Devotion which do not waverfrom one deity to the other., but is faithful, steady for chosen one Istha deva . 18. Vivikta DeshaSevitram Residing in a holy place. Suble vibra-tions of the holy place can be conducive to spiri-tuality. Staying alone, solitary will reduce worldly attractions. 19. Arti Jana Sansadi No desire for

contact with others. 20. Adhyatma JnanaNityatvam Always absorbed in the study of theself or the scriptures. 21. Tattavrtha JnanaDarshanam Realization.

As a result of these qualities, one can adoptpath that suits him/her of Action (Karma),Devotion (Bhakti) or Knowledge (Jnana) forattaining supreme objective of life- liberation(Moksha).

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Levin Papantonio is investigating claimsand Fosamax lawsuits nationwide forFosamax users who have suffered damage totheir jaw bone as a result of the popular med-ication. Oral Surgeon Warns about "bis-phossy jaw": Bisphosphonates, a class of drugs taken by millions of patients for osteo-porosis and bone-related complications of metastatic cancer may actually contribute to

the onset of osteochemonecrosis, or "bis-phossy jaw," a painful, potentially disfiguring jaw condition, according to an article pub-lished in the May issue of the Journal of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery.

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Wall Street Journal says industry movingslowly on dead jaw problems: After eightoperations on patients whose jawbonesturned out to be dead, oral surgeon SalvatoreRuggiero began doing some research inFebruary 2001. He scoured the patients'medical records and discovered they hadsomething in common: They were cancerpatients taking a drug called Aredia to com-bat bone loss...

USA Today - Dead Jawbones linked todrug: Over a three-year period, the jaws of dozens of patients who had undergone oralsurgery at his hospital had failed to heal prop-erly. Part of the jawbone had died andbecome exposed.

Biphosphonates and Jaw Necrosis: Cancerpatients given drugs called bisphosphonatesto control hypercalcemia too much calciumin the blood or the growth of bone metas-tases can develop bone death in the jaw theFDA warns.

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Preet Patel, son of Drs. Girish Patel andKirti Bhargava-Patel of St. Petersburg, hasbeen part of the Florida High School MathTeam and has participated in severalNational Math Competitions. He won firstplace (overall individual competition) at thePUMaC - Princeton University MathCompetition, a National Math Competitionsponsored by Princeton University in JuniorDivision for the year 2007-2008. As part of the Florida team he also participated in theHarvard-MIT Math Competition where theFlorida Team was placed first, in 2007-2008

academic year. Preet is asophomore in theInternational Baccalaure-ate program at St.Petersburg High Schoolthis year and is the co-captain of the FloridaHigh School Math team.He is gearing up for sev-eral National Math com-petitions again thisspring. Kudos and best of luck to Preet.

Beginning with college alge-bra in the seventh grade, AnkitGandhi took 16 classes at theUniversity of South Floridabefore he even graduated fromthe rigorous InternationalBaccalaureate Program at C.Leon King High School.

Gandhi was admitted to 14 schools, includingUPenn and MIT but selected the accelerated6-year medical program at Penn State (USNews).

Ankit was named a National AP Scholarand received the highest IB exam score inHillsborough County. By the end of his highschool career, Ankit attained an 8.36 GPA,the 2nd highest GPA in the state of Florida.

Aside from his plentiful academic accom-plishments, Ankit has taken leadership rolesin many extracurricular activities. Forinstance, he was president of the Key Club, aservice organization devoted to the educationof children, and president of the Math Club, where he successfully competed in regionaland state competitions. Furthermore, he wasproduction manager of the high school news-paper and performed pediatric oncology research at St. Josephs Hospital, where he

wrote two papers for publica-tion. He also did more than200 hours of volunteer workduring medical mission tripsto India with the DoctorsGoodwill Foundation. By par-ticipating in all of theseendeavors, Ankit was been

awarded over 102 trophies. Through hisachievements and distinctions, Ankit hasbeen featured in the St. Pete Times and theUS News and World Report.

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Nirja Patel, a 7th grade student atIndependent Day School in carrollwood hasalready collected numeroushonors in short course and longcourse swimming competitionsthroughout the state of Florida.She started swimming at theage of five and has participatedin major swim meets for pastthree years. Nirja got her firstbreakthrough on 07/07/07 during a majorswim meet held at Brandon where she fin-ished 50M breaststroke in 45.61 seconds andqualified for Florida State Junior Olympics(FLJO) of the year 2007. She attended

FLJO in July 07 and again qualified for 2008FLJO and participated in 50M and 100Mbreaststroke events at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Nirja has also participat-ed in West Zone FL championship held at St.Petersburg, where she got gold medal for thefirst place in 100Y breaststroke and silvermedal for the second place in 50Y freestyle.

In last six months Nirja has received eight

major championship medals for securing topthree positions and thirty seven ribbons for

the placement in top eight.Nirja is an avid breaststrokerand her current seeded rankingin the FL state is third for 50M,100M and 200M breastroke.She does four to five miles of swimming every day whilereceiving her training from

Sickles High school (2007 state champions)coach, Scott Parlett, a national champion of freestyle and breaststroke events. Nirja hasreceived many invitations and offers to swim with high school senior girls swim teams and

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Key ClubKey Club is the oldest and largest service

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ization that teaches leadership through serv-ing others. Key Club is merely the highschool branch of the Kiwanis family whichextends from elementary school (K-Kids),middle school (Builders Club), high school(Key Club), college (Circle K), all the way toadults (Kiwanis). Key Club members buildthemselves as they build their homes, schoolsand communities through their passion forservice.

Today, Key Club International exists onmore than 5,000 high school campuses, pri-marily in the United States and Canada.Growth efforts, however, have taken the Key Club experience internationally to Canada,the Caribbean nations, Central and SouthAmerica, and most recently to Asia andAustralia.

Locally in the Tampa area there areapproximately thirty high schools instilled with a chartered Key Club. From the basicclub member all the way up to InternationalPresident of Key Club International, eachindividual makes a positive contribution tosociety in their means of service.

The service organization has played a vitalrole in my life, as it almost determines theperson I want to be as I mature throughoutthe years. Holding the position of LieutenantGovernor in the Tampa area, I serve as a liai-son between the schools and the Mighty

Florida District of Key Club. I relay mes-sages of important changes, goals, and districtprojects that affect all the schools in Florida.My duty entails holding monthly divisionalmeetings, producing newsletters, attendingKiwanis congregations, and still finding sometime to commit some hands-on community service. The greatest benefit of holding this

office is earning the opportunity to meet var-ious kinds of people with all different back-grounds with the common goal of service.

One of the major events in any Key Clubber'slife is attending the District Convention which is held every year in the five star RosenShingle Creek Hotel in Orlando. At conven-tion, new district officers are inducted, clubofficers are trained in workshops, and Key Clubber's have a great time at the Governor'sBall dance.

As I've been a member of Key Clubthroughout my high school career and climb-ing the ladder of offices, the lessons I'velearned and the memory of the unique peo-ple I have met will stay with me throughoutthe years. Key Club is more than just a serv-ice organization, it is a family of people basedoff the foundations of Caring, CharacterBuilding, Leadership and Inclusiveness, andit is because of this that makes this Club sogreat.

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Florida Medical Association Alliance

recently honored Nimisha Chheda with 3awards for her hard community work inHillsborough County. After studying medi-cine at B. H. M.C Homeopathic MedicalCollege in Bombay, India, she worked formajor Hospitals in Bombay. When shecame to US after marriage, she studied toget her Masters in Public Health. Her giv-ing nature led her to work for volunteerorganizations; including Hillsborough

Medical Association Alliance Where she was elected President in 2007-08. She hadtaken up two community health projects,Screen out! and Breast CancerAwareness. Screen Out! project is a cam-paign which deals with taking smoking out

of the films aimed at

Children. Both of theseprojects were successfulbecause of her uphillstruggle. Her successstory is published on the screen out web-site; she won the international week of action award for the Screen out! project

from AMAA, and she also, received a grantfor the project from the State. FloridaMedical Association Alliance honored her with first Place awards for both the com-munity health projects. She is now thespokes woman for the Screen Out! projectfor the State. She has improved theAssociations newsletter and the State hon-ored her with the award for that also. She isnow promoted to work with the FloridaState Medical Alliance on various positionsincluding representing State MedicalAlliance on FMA Public Health Council.Nimisha has also received full scholarshipfrom AMA Alliance to attend their LDCconference in Chicago this year.

Success Story of Nimisha Chheda

FMAA President-Elaine Hale , FMAA President-elect. Ann Anderson giving 3awards to Nimisha Chheda on 2 August 2008.


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Saheli Sange Adult Garba

Sonal Patel, Payal Patel, Nima Viradiya, Jagruti Ajvalia, Archana Patel, Sejal Parbhoo, Alpa Desia, Mamta Choksi, Front Row: Maria Desai, Hetal Chugani, Sonal B Patel, Isabel Shaw, Nipani Shah, Dwiti Shah.

Om Divine College Folk Dance

Sitting (from left to right): Sita Patel, Teja Burri, Dhara Patel, Hiteshi Patel, Rika Burri, Shreya Narayanan. Standing (from left toright): Puja Patel, Meera Patel, Radhika Patel, Juhi Desai, Shivani Desai.


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Ghoomer Minor Folk

Anika Virmani, Tanvi, Tara, Palomi, Yesha, Yashvi, Suchi, Simran, Karishma, Richa, Rounak, Vedic,Yash, Goutami, Niyati Shah

Rangeelo Minor Raas

Vishnu Premkanth, Keerti Premkanth, Parth Patel, Keshav Shah, Sohom shah, Rushubh Shah, Devan Shah, Jaysan Shah, Dev Patel, Jeena Patel, Karina Shah, Milani Patel, Riyanna Patel, Ruchi Korde, Heta Patel, Heather Amin, Meera Patel, Anaya Patel.


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Dholida High School Raas

Back row standing from left: Bhavin Patel, Forum Shah, Rahul Vyas, Shrina Reddy, Harsh Parikh, Nikki Patel, Shahana Bhattacharya, Anil Sedani. Front raw starting from left: Nirav Shah, Sweta Shah, Aarsh Shah, Heena Joshi, Karna Mangrola.

Om Divine Junior Raas

Sitting (from left to right): Deepal Patel, Uvarshi Patel, Dhara Patel, Bansari Kaasindra, Riddhi Patel, Anisha Patel, Roshni Patel, Ami Patel. Standing (from left to right): Juhi Desai, Adam Gordon, Anuj Desai, Jigisha Desai, Jay Patel, Parthik Patel, Shivani Desai.



Panther College Raas

Girls: Shina Patel, Sanngeeta Macko, Bhavika Bhakta, Leena Augusty, Kimberly Maharaj, Nikita Patel, Blanca Cuervo, Sheetal Sujan.Guys: Jai Nebhrajani, Atit Shah, Anuj Gupta, Fayaz Adam, Abhishek Sinha, Moulin Lalaji, Dale Parsan, Shail Parikh.

Rangeeli College Garba

TOP: L to R: Sena, Sohini, Payal, Pomy, Kinita, Avinash, BOTTOM: Pareen, Marilyn, Shriya, Puja, Jeena, Aneesha


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Balle Balle Kids Minor Bhangra

Girls from right to left: Shayla Emandi, Sonia Desai, Sonia Amin, Riana Amin, Aashi Patel, Isha Patel, Boys from right to left: Shivan Desai, Samir Rajani, Kishan Patel, Viraj Mithani, Rudrik Desai, Suraj Panara, Rohan Patel, Raj Shah, Dasuni Chathurika.

Reshmi Minor Folk Dance

Sitting girls from right to left: Radha Patel, Nandita Shah, Reeya Arora, Davina Patel, Shreya Shah, Shivani Patel, Mansi Patel,Standing girls from right to left: Nisha Desai, Mira Rajani, Maansi Patel, Divya Arora, Riya Patel, Isha Patel, Nandini Patel, Anika .



Tornados Junior Raas

Boys: Ishaan Parikshak, Ashish Amin, Rahul Bapna, Amar Desai, Kamal Makati, Om Derasari, Ankit, Shilpen Patel Girls: Shreena Parikshak, Yasmin amin, Megha Patel, Anaysha Singh, Malvika Bapna, Divya, Vivekha, Reena Patel.

Thunder Minor Raas

Kush Patel, Kunj Patel, Roshan Patel, Devan Patel, Jayan Thakkar, Ashesh Soni, Rajan Patel, Ravi Patel, Roshni Patel, Mira Makanji, Asmi Patel, Orisa Patel, Mansi Patel, Tvisha Patel, Sneha Bhakta, Riya Patel.


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Aalaap Adult Folk Dance

Margi, Nila Shah, Seema Desai, Kirti Bhargava, Lopa Dalal, Geeta Kapadia, Hemali Shah,Dr Rashmi Nanda, Dr Pratibha Desai, Vaishali Patel, Anju Anand

Meethi Gudiyas Minor Folk Dance

Back Row (L to R) Saritaa Singh, Rashmi Gupta, Shreya Patel, Anjali Shah, Mira Patel, Janki Patel Middle Row - Divya Desai, Amanda Jagannath, Aditi Patel, Dayita Wable, Sneha Patel, Dr. Kirti Bhargava-Patel (Director)Front Row - Celine Shameer, Alexa Azeez, Rena Upadhyay, Priya Patel, Anjali Mistry

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