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Fiji Today/Fiji Feature is the editor’s review on the major happenings back in Fiji based on the information from , Fiji Times; Fiji Live, Fiji Sun; visitors to and
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ARUN MAHARAJ—HAYWARD CALIFORNIA USA
Publisher/Editor—India Fiji Today
India Fiji Today Publisher Arun Maharaj has a long association with compiling and editing magazines. He
has compiled numerous issues of annual school maga-zines for the secondary schools he taught in Fiji. He has also published many magazines for Fiji Jaycees.
Apart from his interest in writing articles he has served the public life in Fiji and here in USA as follows—Co-chairman of the California Business Advisory Coun-cil—1986 National President Fiji Jaycees—California Jaycees Senator—Jaycees International Senator—
Recipient of the American National Leadership Award— Invited to the US Presidential Dinner in Washington DC.—Former member of USA Fiji Festival
Advisory Committee—Fiji delegate to Japan Jaycees Youth Voyage in Japan—Represented Fiji in Jaycees World Congress in Japan—Former secretary of Fiji Teachers Union Credit Union—Taught at Vunimono High School in Nausori Fiji—DAV College in Suva Fiji—Rishikul High School in Nasinu Fiji.-
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FIJI FEATURE Volume 1, Issue 1
India Fiji Today
Publisher & Editor
Arun Maharaj
Hayward, California
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Sacramento Correspondent
Kristeen Prakash
Contributing Writer
Jai P. Narayan
Correspondents
Mahesh Bharadwaj
Delhi, India
Indar Nair
Sydney, Australia
Subhash Chandra
Auckland, New Zealand
Indar Mudaliar
Toronto, Canada
Death by Lightening
Strike-On Increase in Fiji Nature seems to be showing cruelty to Fiji these days. The recent massive flooding that devastated parts of Fiji is still fresh in people’s minds. Deaths by lightening which is believed to have claimed two lives recently is alarming as this was not a common thing of the past. It is believed a man died by being struck with lightening in his village recently. In another case a man reportedly died in his house by lightening strike. In an ear-lier case a group of students were struck by lightening in greater Labasa but they survived the disaster. Death by lightening strike was hardly heard off in Fiji in the past. The changing weather patterns in Fiji could be attributed to the massive change in weather pattern re-sulting in more hot weather. Suva and the central division was known for its cool weather but reportedly the area ex-periences hot weather during most part of the year.
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FIJI TODAY MYSTEROUS DEATH OF
FORMER FIJI RESIDENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN!!!
Former Fiji residents have settled in large numbers abroad. The largest former Fiji settlement is believed to be in Australia. As the Fiji community grew abroad, so did the family tragedies and do-m e s t i c mishaps. The re-c e n t death of a Mel-b o u r n e Australia f a m i l y seems to be sur-rounded by mys-tery. Re-portedly two for-mer Fiji residents, a husband and wife in their early thirties and their two Australian born children were found dead in their home in Melbourne. The decade long case involving the deaths of three children of former Fiji residents in Brisbane Australia has not been forgotten . The recent case of a New Zealand based former Fiji man believed to be accused of brutally killing his wife in New Zealand is still a fresh news..
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A Site in Suva
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FIJI
FLASHBACK
The Days of Community
Based Living in Fiji… ‘‘There was a time when children in a community in Fiji would re-spect the elders in the community as they would their parents and the elders would guide them as they would their own chil-dren.’’ The community based lifestyle had nothing but ad-vantages that are not seen these days particularly here in Ameri-ca. The concept of nuclear and individual lifestyle has set in so much in some cases that it has distanced people from their very own. Even the elders in some cas-es have changed so much that the youngsters are not able to look upon them. Community based living in Fiji had the joy of living together as one large family. The warmth and protection it provided molded chil-dren in to responsible adults. The satisfaction of being respected by the children gave the elders confidence in their community.
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A P E R S P E C T I V E
By JAI P. NARAYAN—Union City-California
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Life Returns What
We Invest in it!
Most of us would readily believe that we are part and parcel of one creation. The Creator is one and we’re all manifestations of that one Creator. In-deed, each one of us and each item of creation are tied to that one Supreme Being, as if through an umbilical chord. Each item of creation is governed by the same energy and possesses the same potentials. No individual is supreme to anyone else since the central core is the same in all. With the excep-tion of some who have major limitations, most other people have all the necessary abilities to achieve success in life. Why then do we see marked differences in the achievements of people generally, and even within the same family? A look at differences in achievements of different members of the same family can be quite revealing. In fact, it is not uncommon to find within the same family some major differences in the overall progress, development and success of different individuals. Here, I am not limiting the measure of success to how well-off we are in material terms but generally to success in any of life’s noble endeavors. How can we explain such differences when each member of the family came from the same genetic tree and was exposed to more or less the same environment? Is it luck or fate? Yes, luck or fate may play a part, but the differences may also be due to how each applied himself/herself and utilized the opportunities presented. We all have at our disposal the means to pros-per in this world. But we have to play our part and realize that what we get out of life depends on what we put into it. As we know, positive attitude, absolute determination and persistent ef-fort are the essentials for achieving success. Needless to say, we should never be overawed by the success or status of anyone. As we are from the same creation, we are no less or more than anyone else, and we must guard against any tendency to think that others are superior. We stand to harm ourselves if we have the habit of running ourselves down or engage in self-defeating thoughts. Likewise, we should never place ourselves on the pedestal and think that others are inferior to us. Looking down on oth-ers or laughing at the misfortune of others reflects immaturity and lack of understanding of hu-man nature and its potentials. Life is an even playing field and how we play the life- game depends on us!
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A P E R S P E C T I V E
By ARUN MAHAARJ—Hayward-California
Arun Maharaj
Learning From the Concept of ‘Innocence of Children’…….
In this world dominated by stress, jealousy, agony and unhappiness, the notion of purity and innocence of children can guide us through and make us come out of the quag-mire of life. The children’s innocence towards life projects a highly noble message that can have tremendous positive effect on people’s lives. The children are taught to live, first by their parents and later the teachers teach them in schools but in return what the children teach the world is something worth pondering about. It is believed the element of inno-cence and purity is dominant in children up to the beginning of their teens and from there onwards the other qualities start dominating and the innocence quality starts to fade away but may not be completely lost. In this world divided along race, culture, sect and clan and even other divisions the con-cept of innocence of children can provide great relief to the suffering beings. They are ignorant of the quality of selfishness, jealousy, hatred etc and everything and everyone is alike to them, this is pure innocence. The peace they enjoy is probably the sweetest part of human life. The innocence quality does not die out in adults but is somewhat subdued and can be brought back to live again, changing their lives for good. It is accepted that as adults we have certain responsibilities to fulfill in order to live a successful life. These requirements or obligations of earning money, having other wants that have turned into needs today, will lead us to a successful practical life and happiness, which can many times be
temporary.
Only meeting these demands of life may allow us to live a life devoid of peace and it is peace that we are all longing for in life, many times
even not knowingly.
Arun Maharaj
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INDIAN FILM WORLD
2012 MAY
Dimple Kapadia Won the 1973 Filmfare Award for Best Actress
The 1973 Filmfare Award saw a young and
highly talented actress grace the Indian silver
screen. Dimple Kapadia at the tender age of
sixteen made her appearance in Bobby with
newcomer Rishi Kapoor. The film became a
sensational hit and went on to become one
of the most popular all—time films of the Indi-
an Film Industry. Dimple Kapadia’s subse-
quent marriage to the then superstar Rajesh
Khanna made headlines in Indian news. She
went on to take retirement from acting but
made a come – back after a decade and still
continues to act in varying roles. Source—http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimple_Kapadia
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India Travel
Sugar Cane Farming in Uttar Pradesh Being basically an agricultural country farms are seen in most parts of India. This is a flour-ishing cane farm along roadside in remote Ut-tar Pradesh—largest Indian state.
Sugarcane Farm in UP
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India Travel
Chandigarh-Punjab and Hariyana Capital The city of Chandigarh houses the capital of Punjab and Hariyana states. The city with mod-ern structure portrays a modern lifestyle. The picture below speaks about the lifestyle there.
A Shopping Complex in Chandigarh
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India Travel
Downtown Mumbai– The Film City The most populous city of India with a popula-tion of around twenty million it is one of the most populous cities of the world. The Film in-dustry there makes it most popular city in India.
Downtown Mumbai
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Sri Guru Gobind Singh College... The college in Chandigarh was a popular choice of Fiji students studying abroad during the seventies. A lot of students graduated from this institute during that period.
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College
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Land Lots to be Donated
for Hospital Use in Nadi
A generous donor seems to be calling on in-
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Fiji Today
Shooting of Bollywood
Films in Fiji Locations
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lized as location for Bollywood films yet.
There have been isolated cases of shooting
of Bollywood films on Fiji soil. The recent
shooting of a Bollywood film—Supermodel
at Natadola Beach in Sigatoka featuring a
Pakistani actress Veena Malik may be a
step ahead for Fiji to become a popular film
shooting location. The confirmation of shoot-
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Fiji Today
Alarming Poverty in
Northern Division…
The recent exposure of the reality of Fiji’s
Northern Division economy seems to be
alarming. It is believed more than fifty percent
of the population is living under poverty line.
The isolated second largest island of Fiji suf-
fered greatly in the recent years as mass
movement of people out of the island took
place. The reservation of the sugar cane farm
land resulted in the mass movement of peo-
ple to the central division. The shrinking pop-
ulation obviously slowed all economic activi-
ties even economically affecting the Labasa
and Savusavu, the only towns on the island.
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A Scene in the
Capital Suva City...
Fiji Today
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Fiji Today
Rakiraki Bridge
Opening Delay...
Rural developments in Fiji are equally im-
portant to the urban projects. With about half
of Fiji’s population living in diversified rural ar-
eas rural projects need the country’s focus.
The recently built bridge in interior of Ra
seems to have suffered damages by the re-
cent flooding. The delay in the opening of the
expensive bridge seems to be causing alarm
to the residents. The bridge is anticipated to
assist the framers in the remote areas to bring
their produce to the markets. The school chil-
dren will also benefit with the project along
with the people living in the area.
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