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Hope there are a few Anglo-Indians on this site who may know a Maurice Fernandez who left Chennai many , many years ago.When I was as little as ten years old.44 years ago, the son of Frank Edward Fernandez, and May (his mother).If any one happens to know hisn where abouts in Danbad, please let me have his contacts.Or pass my contacts to his family. Thanks, Barbara * Correya. P O BOX 38485, Sharjah UAE Cell 00971 050 6914668 land line 00971 06 7456401 --- In [email protected], Jharkhand Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dhanbad, Oct. 14: A group of Muslims is organising Durga Puja in Jharkhand in a bid to promote inter-religious harmony. > > The Bhuli colony in Dhanbad, about 240 km from state capital Ranchi, celebrates the Durga Puja festival with traditional fervour and the credit for this goes to the Muslim community. According to locals the puja pandal is majestically decorated. > > "Our aim is make it one of the best and grandly decorated pandals in the city. Durga Puja is a festival of victory of honesty and good over evil. This festival cannot be restricted to one particular community," said Mohammad Nausad, joint secretary of Sarvajanik Durga Puja Samiti (SDPS). > > "People of our community actively participate in the festival. We help in the decoration of the pandal and organise other work for the puja," he added. This year the pandal replicates New Delhi's Lotus Temple of the Baha'i community. > > "Durga Puja in Bhuli is the best example of secularism in India. We come out with secular slogans during festivals to strengthen communal harmony and the Muslims contribute in a big way," said SDPS president Mr Prem Kumar. > > Bhuli is a Muslim dominated neighbourhood and Hindus are in a minority there. Muslims celebrate the festival despite their religion frowning on idol worship. A Muslim headed the puja samiti here for seven years 1988-1995. > > thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=173412 > > > > Jharkhand Online Forum > > > --------------------------------- > Building a website is a piece of cake. > Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
