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NRI PULSE 1
February 2010
Seniors Celebrate Mata ki Chowki
Hakoba Sarees: First
Branch in Atlanta
#560 Global Mall
678-381-1300
www.hakoba.com
Hakoba Sarees by Fujiyama, a New
York based brand has opened its first Atlanta outlet at the Global Mall. It is the only
company in the USA that specializes in the
complete process of ‘Design, Creation,
Manufacturing and Marketing’ in bringing
Hakoba Sarees to the world. Each outstanding design and color combination of Hakoba
Sarees is originally created by owner
Mukesh Shah.
Hakoba means ‘fine embroidery’ in
‘white’ or ‘multi-color’ yarn with a border
of about 4 inches on one side. The soft
fabric is either imported Swiss Cotton Voile
or Chiffon. Fujiyama Fabrics manufac-
tures the fine embroidery
in the USA in over a dozen
different proprietary and
registered designs. The
Swiss Cotton Voile
sarees come in a dozen
different elegant and attractive colors and can be
a perfect wear throughout the year. The chiffon
sarees are ideal summer
and party wear, available
in a variety of different colors and prints.
The Atlanta outlet has beautiful
sarees in cotton voile, chiffon, double
net etc, Punjabi suits, petticoats etc.
The high-end variety, called Hakoba
Classics, is a collection of sarees with
intricate work that can be worn to weddings and big events.
Hakoba Sarees are very reasonably
priced, says store manager Narendra
Mehta. That’s because as the original creator and manufacturer of the entire product, Fujiyama Fabrics has achieved the
lowest cost metrics.
Hakoba Sarees by Fujiyama has
three branches in New York. The Atlanta outlet will soon have its own tailor to meet the tailoring needs of Hakoba
clients, adds Mehta.
The Senior Citizens Program
(SCP) organized “Mata Ki Chowki” at
Global Mall recently where seniors were
treated to spiritually uplifting Bhajans,
some with popular filmi drum beats
adapted to devotional songs. Over 200
seniors attended the program.
The SCP volunteers Chinti Bali,
Jyoti Dama, Isha Goyal, Minesh Modi,
and Aruna Patel and Raj Razdan extended
a traditional welcome on behalf of the
SCP to a packed hall, with New Year
greetings. SCP also welcomed the seniors
of the Bhutanese Families who have recently migrated to Georgia from Bhutan,
and were attending Mata Ki Chowki.
Surinder Bahl, a community leader
associated with the Atlanta Chowki Group
gave a brief background of the Chowki
Group, which has been celebrating Mata ki
Chowki for the past ten years. Through
these Chowkis, the group preaches about
Mata, sings “Jagrata”, motivates devotees
all over the world pay to pay their respects
through their prayers.
The Atlanta Chowki Group is
spearheaded by Inder Bery and has a
team of dedicated, devotional singersInder Bery’s wife Kalpana Bery; Vinod
Grover and his wife Santosh Grover;
Harjeet; Kshama Kakade and Kusum
Bahl. At the request of SCP, contributions from the Chowki was donated
towards the construction of the Shiv
Mandir in northeast Atlanta.
Baba Ramdev Health
Products Inaugurated
Global Mall #535
678-534-5423
www.ramdevproducts.com
Atlantans are very fortunate
and blessed to have Divya and Patanjali
products of Swamiji Baba Ramdev available at the newly opened Patanjali retail
center at Global Mall under the name of
“Baba Ramdev Health Products”.
The Patanjali retail center was inaugurated on Jan 16th and has received tremendous support from the people of
Atlanta. Many people who follow
Swamiji have been using the Ayurvedic
herbal supplements by getting them from
India or elsewhere. The center is looking
to fulfill that void by
making these products
accessible to everyone in
this area. The list of available products will soon
be updated at its website
www.ramdevproducts.com.
The center’s mission
is further promote and
achieve Pujya
Swamiji’s vision of
a disease free world
through
Yoga,
Pranayam
and
Ayurved. Divya
Pharmacy
and
Patanjali Yog Peeth
produce a variety of
personal care, health food supplements, Ayurvedic herbal supplements
that are 100% vegetarian using natural
herbs.
Nagesh Kasam, Patanjali Yog Peeth,
Atlanta Chapter coordinator has taken
the initiative to setup up the center.
Patanjali Yog Peeth, Atlanta Chapter is
planning to start FREE weekly yoga sessions at Global Mall and other places
around Atlanta soon. Check
pyptatlanta.org for updates.
Global Groceries
Under New
Management
# 105 Global Mall
678-421-0071
www.ggroceries.com
Global Groceries, the spacious, wellstocked grocery store at the rear end of Global
Mall is now under new management. New
owner Nitin Vaidya has several years of
experience at well-known Atlanta markets
like the Dekalb Farmer’s Market, the
International Farmer’s Market (IFM) and
wholesale Indian grocery markets.
Vaidya is excited about leveraging his
deep knowledge and experience of produce
and groceries to improve Global Groceries
in the areas of inventory, service and prices.
“We assure our customers a better variety
of produce, frozen items and Indian grocery,
including more name brands,” he says. “We
also promise to match Decatur prices.”
Apart from the groceries and
produce aisles, Global Groceries also
stocks puja items, cosmetics from
India, fresh snacks like samosas, batata
vadas, rotis, theplas, chapathis etc, and
Indian sweets.