A Registered NGO under Indian Societies Act 1860
& Indian Public Trust Act 1950
.Shivneri
Get Together
The first get-together of Members of Mai
Marathi was organised yesterday on 19th
November, 2006 at Fort Shivneri. The basic
aim of this get-together was to sensitize
members about the aims and objectives of Mai
Marathi and to motivate the members,
especially newer ones to actively
participate in the activities. In all 35
Members from Mumbai, 4 members from Pune and
01 member from Kolhapur attended this
get-together.
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The starting point of this trip was Dadar,
unfortunately due to late arrivals of some
members, the trip began about one and half
hours behind schedule. The bus finally left
for Lenyadri at 8.45 am. We reached lenyadri
at about 2.30 pm. Members after visiting the
temple and having lunch break went to
Shivneri. We reached atop shivneri fort at
about 5.15 pm. Members visited the relics
and then assembled just beneath the
birthplace of Shivaji Maharaj for
discussions.
Shri Prasad Thakur, President welcomed all
the members and in short elaborated the
evolution and need of Mai Marathi. Later on
the discussions took place as how to make
Mai Marathi more effective, some strategies
were talked about. Members like Shri
Sachetan Gharat, Shri Arunesh Parab, Shri
Vilas Jadhav, Shri Mandar Vaidya, Shri Suhas
Vichare actively debated and disccused
variety of issues. The discussions were
really fruitful. Shri Bhushan Paithankar and
Shri Vijay Joshi coordinated the debate and
clarified many queries raised by members.
Shri Heramb Kalele, Founding President of
Mandiyali Pratisthan, on the occasion
presented a letter of appreciation to the
President.
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The meeting concluded
at about 6.45 pm and the return journey to
the base point of shivneri began. In this
connection, we are very thankful to Shri
Vilas Jadhav and his members from Pune who
attended the get together. We also wish to
thank Shri
Mandar Vaidya, who joined this get-together
all the way from Kolhapur.
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Frankly, the way entire group gelled was
quite amazing. The Antakshari, the poems of
Shri Heramb Kalele, his one act show
everything was splendid. It seemed as if we
knew each others for years. This was the
exact reason for which we had organized this
get-together, as we firmly believed that
until and unless we meet each other interact
with each other, we will not be able to
achieve what we have set for.
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The get-together was a huge success on this
count and we whole heartedly thank one and
all for making this event such a memorable
one.