Dear Members,

Hello once again! Our March meeting was the “Holi” lunch gathering at Queen’s Restaurant, Thamrin. We were greeted at the entrance with a touch of coloured powder and sweets. The ambience was suiting with the various colourful bandnis decorated all over the walls of the restaurant.

We started off with light snacks such as pani puris, dahi puris and veg kebabs followed by games. This time we played a different kind of antakshari and each of the four groups sang with great enthusiasm. Next we went down the memory lane and played passing the parcel with a cute punishment to the not-so-lucky ones. Our winner for this game was Mrs Jyotsna Moona. After enjoying the appetizing lunch, we savored the faloodas, sweet jalebis and were given nankatais to share with our loved ones at home. It was indeed a colourful Holi filled with fun packed afternoon and we had a great attendance alongwith new members who joined us this month.

Dear members, with your support the IWA gatherings will always be interesting and informative. Do keep it up.

Bien venue (Salutations):
We would like to welcome our new members – Mrs Bimla Agarwal, Mrs Soniya Jatiani and Mrs Sita Ghianchandani to our IWA community.

On to our next meeting:
As we are all aware, the heavy pollution is creating many kinds of diseases. However common illnesses like colds, flu etc, can be treated with simple home remedies and this is what we are going to learn about - “Dadima Ke Nuskhe” (Grandma’s tips) in this month. Our speaker for this topic is our very own IWA member Mrs Veena Jethnani who will enlighten us with her tried and tested remedies. She will also share with us green tips on environmental friendly garbage disposal. Members, during this meeting you are also requested to share with other members any remedy or tips that have worked best for you and could be of help to others too. Lastly there will be a short quick healthy salad demonstration. And as a reminder please do bring your pen and paper so you can jot down all this useful and interesting information. You are welcome to bring along family and friends so they too can benefit from this learning session. The meeting schedule is as follows:

Date: Tuesday, April 8th ,2008
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Mrs Sonal Sadarangani’s Complex Clubhouse:
           Gedung Damai, Jl Danau Permai Timur II,
           Behind Hotel Sunlake.
Tel: 6583-3885

(11.00 am sharp the programe starts)

Birthdays:
Our belated birthday wishes to our IWA President Mrs Gopi Panjabi whose birthday was on March 11th, the same day as our last meeting. Even though she was not with us on that day - our loving wishes are always with her. Our heartiest birthday wishes also to Mrs Nimita Lalwani, Mrs Rukmani Adnani and Mrs Dimple Chellani whose birthdays fall in this month - may God grant you abundant blessings.

Thought of the month: ‘Try to make at least one person feel better each day because of something you say.”

A Final Reminder: To those who have not yet paid their annual membership dues for 2008 – the sum of Rp120,000/- please kindly do so at this April meeting. Newsletters will be sent using an automated system ONLY to those who have settled their dues.

A word to all members who would like to share anything informative with the rest of IWA community or if you know of anyone who can contribute valuable information(s) may kindly contact the secretary by email. As the saying goes “Sharing is caring”, each one of us can make a difference to the society.

~ From the secretary’s desk ~