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Cutchi Memon News Bulletin
come.to/memon Issue One: September 2000
Editorial E-Publications Just Born Matrimonial proposals Professional News Those who left us Weddings Visit Cutchi Memon Villa Aandhre Guuchraa
(i.e., Inter-twining of small intestine)- A Cutchi phrase commonly cited by the elders of our community, meant to convey, our affinity. They would say, "We, the children of two brothers - Nalho and Panjo - have grown into a Jamath. Actually we are an extended family and so are all inter-twined" (In Memon Prakash, Issue 6/1997).
"What is the need for this microscopic Web-based Cutchi Memon community to have its own bulletin? Do we have so much to communicate regularly among ourselves - have we become one of Arnold Toynbee's 'creative minority', responsible for growth of a civilization? To whom, out of blue, has this funny idea occurred? Why this effort to bring to book all those who have volunteered to be otherwise - r u guys crazy? Do we want to wash our dirty linen in public? Obviously, Internet is no-man's land and any one can walk into our personal lives just like that - then why put us on the Web? Can't we have our own -- secure -- news bulletin, accessible only to registered participants, instead of letting all sundry smell our cuisine? Let alone a news bulletin, some even ask 'Why a separatist attitude among the Memons'. You may be a Cutchi Memon, or whatever, why disturb me, and who on the earth gave you my email, I will sue! I don't care, a Memon or otherwise, who are you to worry about my personal interests?"
If you wish to know the present thinking about community development perspectives, read the following discussion on the Web Is Being Memon Worth Anything?
Responses to these voices, hopefully, will come from you, if you want to participate in this sort of activism and community development.
Such voices are relevant for many reasons. A call for starting a bulletin given weeks ago, was responded by a few.
Does this situation make any sense to us? Do we care??? May be this goes in favor of those who
say, lets live our own life, why this empathy -- a view point that may be compatible
with 'salad bowl' and 'melting
pot' environments. But not suitable, for the followers of Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) who said, join those
who break from you.
The justification
for a news bulletin, as has been in the case of developing the first Cutchi
Memon Web site, is 'Connect the disconnected web-based Cutchi Memon community'. In short, a social forum for Cutchi Memons that could build
bridges, is the intention and may Allah accept this service.
All memons are invited to nominate members that constitute the editorial board of this Bulletin.
If you agree that we need such a Bulletin, please offer your services, comments, feature articles,
news, etc.. Your support for this news bulletin will show whether we need
an exclusive Cutchi Memon communicator or Cutchi Memon explorer!!! The
ball is in your court dear members of the Web Memonwada.
In this issue of the Bulletin are: e-publications (electronic publications), matrimonial facilitator, and news (professional affairs, marriages, birth, death, etc.). Many more features can be added depending on demand, including profile of Memon institutions, prominent personalities, charitable agencies, etc..
Memon Prakash - News
Letter. This is a regular publication, reporting exhaustively
about the Nasserpuria Memons in Kenya. Reading Prakash one gets
a feel of how actively the members are trying to keep up the Memon welfare traditions. Visit their site at: http://acm.cs.umn.edu/~ashiq/prakash1.html or Archives, or contact the editor Just in case we forget our roots, read a note published in Prakash, it re-traces our spatial concentration: Cutchi Memons are from the entire region of what was once the larger Kutch State, including, Bhuj, Mandvi, Lakhpat, etc. The extract thus reads: "Late Mr. Kassam Khamisa ( a Gamrai residing in Kamachumu, a town near Bukoba in Tanzania ) has written a Gujarati manuscript about Gamrais in which he has written his version of Gamrai Origin. According to him when Memons from Sindh, Nasserpur came to Maddi (a Cutchi name for Mandvi, a port in Cutch) one or two families went to Lalpur, a village around Maddi, and stayed there. On coming to Maddi, they were being called Gamadia (villagers) - hence Gamrai. He had mentioned about some Nasserpuria personalities in Maddi - notable among them Abdulrehman (Patasa) Esmail Kadernani. The whereabouts of this manuscript is not known". 'Memon Flash', A
News Magazine by Memon Federation of Pakistan. Read this at: http://memonworld.com
Poem of the Month:
'Change' By Farheen Sait
LEAVING BEHIND FAMILIAR SIGHTS
Roots: In order to
trace our roots an ongoing research has resulted in collecting some basic
information. The messages received from Akbani family (akbani is their nukh or surname),
reveals points of convergence and divergence in the family names that represent the Jamath. Read these messages at http://memon.freeservers.com/akbaniroots.htm
List of names for the new born are on the Web:
While the intention here is to provide matrimonial link, there is no attempt at authenticating or validating
any details that will appear in this bulletin.
Some extracts from Islamic Voice.com:
See also matrimonial columns at: Memon Online, U.K.
http://memon.cjb.net
and web sites, such as, http://jannah.org
provide marriage and matrimonial links.
Eligible Memons are
many, and there is no dearth of avenues to find matches in this Memonwada.
Support this cause of providing links and Allah will reward you for this
simple act - bearing in mind the Prophetic Tradition (SAWS) : Actions are
based on intentions.
I received the following
details from a memon family, write to me for contact address:
Mr. X
Ms. X
While all fields of
activity are our concern, we will at the outset mention the most recent, i.e., Information Technology,
(IT). Many Memons have
already joined the IT revolution. Some have their own
websites and some others offer specialized services to their respective
communities.
Personal and corporate
category web sites, developed by members of the Jamath will be indexed
on our two web sites, Kutchimemon.com and jamath.com. .
Profile of the Month: Abdur Rahman Sait
Note: The plan is to continue such profiles. Please send details of Jamath members.
Khathuma of Bangalore, w/o Buddu Sait, expired on 15 July, 2000. She is the mother or Ayub Sait, Yunus Sait, Hashem Sait, all residents of Bangalore. Prof. Sadiq Ayub Sait, her grandson, serves in University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Ambereen d/o Taher Ahmed Sait of Bangalore, married Mohamed Owais, s/o Mr. Omer A. Vahedna, at Bangalore, 16 July 2000. Haroon b/o Ambareen, serves in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fatima Noorain (D/o
Khalid & Shabnam, Grand d/o Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait, M.P.,), Ernakulam,
married to Hishaam (S/o A.S.A. Latheef Sait, Cochin), on 26 August, 2000. We pray that all these marriages be blessed, Amen.
Sincerely, Taher Ali Mohamed Akbani
E-Publications
Note: The relevance of Nasserpur, Sindh, to us is thus obvious, and there is more food for historians than what it looks.
AND MOVING ON TO NEW
BRINGS MANY A TEAR TO THE EYE
FOR DELIGHTED THERE WILL BE FEW.
ANTICIPATION OF THINGS TO COME
COUPLED WITH A FEAR
CAUSES ME TO TURN AND LOOK
AT ALL THOSE MOMENTS DEAR.
A WONDER FILLED HEART
POUNDS SO FAST
AS A HOPEFUL MIND
RECALLS THE PAST.
AS I RIDE THE TIDE OF CHANGE
AND REACH A SHORE SO NEW
OF ALL THE THINGS I MUST SEE
I HAVEN'T A SINGLE CLUE.
(Farheen is a computer engineer by profession and is presently in
al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia.)
Just born
Reeba D/o Asad Amin & Noorain Masood, born on 15 June, 2000, at Hyderabad, India. Asad is based in Riyadh and affiliated with Emirates.
Patel's list
Shariah Net
Sudairy's List
Matrimonial
proposals
AURANGABAD: Cutchi Memon Sunni Muslim parents invite alliance for their only daughter, age-25 years, height-5.3", complexion, fair, convent-educated, graduate
Alima, homely, apply to I.V.Box.No:2281. (Islamic Voice March 2000)
BELGAUM: Proposals invited from Sunni Muslim Cutchi Memon/non Cutchi Memon well settled groom either in business or service for a Cutchi Memon Doctor girl MD, DNB age 30/5’4"/having good personality, hard-working, religious, sociable from a highly respected and cultured family. Contact Phone: 0831-428745 Mrs Sait 69, High Street Camp, Belgaum-590001. (Islamic Voice April 2000)
CHENNAI: Kutchi Memon Muslim parents residing in Chennai invite alliance for their daughter, English medium-educated, type writing higher, B.A.B.Ed, fair complexion, smart, 28/5’3". Boy should be a graduate, professional, employed overseas with family visa, religious and broadminded. No Dowry. Apply I.V.Box: 2520. (Islamic Voice April 2000)
BANGALORE: Cutchi memon parents invite alliance for their son Age-25 years, Divorced and pious, Non-cutchi memon may also respond. Apply to I.V. Box.No.1519. (Islamic Voice Aug 1997)
Age. 29
Education: BE (Mechanical)
DBM
Nukh: Pidiya
Presently at USA
Desirable: Educated
girl, willing to settle in USA.,
Age: 25
Education: BSc (Chemistry),
B. Ed.,
Nukh: Pidiya
Desirable: Educated,
single never married boy from a descent family.
Professional
News
Father's Name: Kasim; Grand/f: Abubaker Ismail (alias Bakku) Sait, Mysore; Nukh: Mujawar
Indian; Born: 1973; Marital Status: Single;
Educational Information: GCE, Bangalore Univ.,; B.E. Computer Science, Bangalore Univ.;
Diploma in Internet Technologies with HTML and Web Server Administration, PCS Computer Academy Bangalore,
Skills: Computer Languages: JAVA, C++, C.
Internet: HTML4, ASP, JavaScript, ISAPI, MS Visual InterDev, MS Front Page, MS-Site Server Commerce Edition 3.0, Web-Page Design Concepts.
Networking: Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 DNS, DHCP, RAS, IIS 4.0,
Packages: MS-Office, Oracle, SQL Server7.5, Visual Café.
Operating Systems: Dos, Unix, NetWare, Windows 3.11, 95, NT.
Professional Experience: Arabic Computer Systems, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1999-
Position Held: Web programmer with sole responsibility of coding and testing all web-sites being developed by the company. Currently posted on a client Saudi Telecom Company.
Job Profile: As a Web developer. Responsible for web server administration, Database administration, and programming.
Projects done: National Agricultural Development Company Web-site; Saudi Telecom Company (STC); ACS-IIS; URLs of web-sites developed:
* http://trans.pcsindia.com;
* http://trans.pcsindia.com/bhatkal
* http://trans.pcsindia.com/ymd;
* http://trans.pcsindia.com/kefcodb;
* Http://www.ntg.com.sa;
* http://www.minhal.com.sa;
* http://www.wpr.com.sa;
* http://www.thimar.com;
* http://www.gulf-patent-office.org.sa;
* http://www.villasrosas.com;
* http://www.medicom.com.sa
* http://www.acs.com.sa
Other projects in hand:
* A website For a United Food Manufacturing Corporation; * Website for a Oryx Travel a travel agency; * International Public Relations (Proto Type); * General Organization for Social Insurance (Proto Type); * Al-Seteen palace Hotel (Proto Type);
* Al -Essa
PC Services Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, India, 1996 - 1999.
Position Held: Software Engineer.
Job Profile: As a team leader implemented a project on e-commerce, Supervised Development of Web sites, Chat server. Also worked as a consultant for Corporate Training in Java, Internet, and Networking.
Projects done: Chat Server in Java using TCP/IP programming; Online Registration of Enrollments in Java using JDBC; Info Alp; Telephone Reckoner; Course Monitoring System
Those
who left us
Weddings
Imran Sait (S/o Siddiq
Sait), Bangalore got married in Hyderabad. Br. Imran served in Riyadh for over one year, and now is a leading Internet related service provider in Bangalore.
Note: Janab Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait has the distinction of being a leading Cutchi Memon and a prominent leader of the 20th century Muslim World. Distinctly, he is accepted as a leader by all the schools of Islamic thought. We are building his profile at the Website. He has won, in 1999, the award instituted by the Jeddah-based Arab Indian Cultural Forum. The award ceremony co-incided with the release of his two volume biography in Malayalam. May Allah grant him long life, and continue to Guide him in his activities.
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Memon's
Directory
Memon origin (Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer)
Memon origin (Dr.Mohamed Taher)
Status
(A survey)
Haji Abdus Sattar Sait, Ex
MLC Pakistan, Bhatkal Speech 1936
Memon's Profile:
Ali
Mohd Ismail Akbani
Gulam Mehmood Banatwalla
Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Akbani M.P.
Begum
Daulat Hidayatullah
Memon Family Trees
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