Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Warrier Samajam, Mumbai concludes.

Warrier Samajam, Mumbai had their Silver Jubilee Celebrations on the 20th of September, 2009 at Bombay Tamil Sangham Auditorium, Opp Sion Hospital, Sion(East), Mumbai.

Click here to see the photos taken on the occassion

Jaipur Foot Camp in Chennai (Oct 6 & 7)

Dow India will be conducting the Jaipur Foot camp in Chennai this year on October 6 & 7. They will be distributing free Jaipur Foot, crutches and calipers during these 2 days.

Request you to help spread the word around… as we need to build the awareness for this camp.

A Report on Executive Meeting of Delhi Warrier Samithy on 17th July 2009

Minutes of Meeting of Executive Committee Body held at A 5C/26-A, Janakpuri, New Delhi on 19th July 2009

The Executive Committee Meeting began at 4:30 PM and it was presided by Mr. S.B. Variar. The agenda of the meeting was the following:

Re-christening and registration of Delhi Warrier Samithy
Election of Office bearers to the Executive Committee Body
Donation to Smt Narayani Variyasaar
Fixing the date for AGM and related issues
Updates on the features posted in warriersonline.com

Re-christening and registration of Delhi Warrier Samithy

The Secretary informed the members that Delhi Warrier Samithy was registered in the year 1992 and the statutory requirements of maintaining the registration was never met till date. Hence, it is required to re-register the Samithy. It may be registered under the same name or may be in another name. All members agreed to the suggestion.

Election of Office Bearers to the Executive Committee Body
The Secretary informed the members that it has always been a practice in Delhi Warrier Samithy to select the office bearers of the Executive Committee by consensus. It was proposed by the Secretary to nominate Mr. N.V.Sekhara Warrier as President, Mr. Sudheer Warrier as Secretary and Mr. C.V. Ramachandran as Treasurer in the forthcoming Annual General Body Meeting.

Donation to Smt. Narayani Warrasiar
The President informed the members on the plight of Smt. Narayani Warrasiar and her blind daughter, which was posted on warriers.org and subsequently on warriersonline.com. All members agreed to provide the contribution and the payment was collected by the Secretary from members, which will be wire-transferred to Smt. Narayani Warrasiar.

Fixing the date for AGM and related issues
It was proposed to hold Annual General Body Meeting on 20th September 09, which was accepted by all members. It was also decided to serve lunch in the traditional Kerala style. Cultural programmes will be held under the supervision of Ms. Raji Warrier and Mr. Sreekumar. Ms. Kala Balakrishnan and Ms. Latha have been entrusted with the task of identifying the appropriate hall for holding the AGM.

Updates on the features posted on warriersonline.com
The President enlightened all members of the latest developments on the website warriersonline.com. He informed all members that a special feature captioned Warrier of the Week will be posted on the website shortly. He also informed there is a special gallery showcasing the photographs of Mr. Anil Warrier is posted. He also solicited members to provide valuable suggestions to improve the website.

The meeting ended at 6 PM. Our President, Mr. S.B. Variar thanked all Executive members for their active participation and in particular the family of Shri. Bhaskarakumar who have extended their hospitality for the meeting by providing the venue and refreshments.

The meeting was followed by a melodious and spiritually inspiring Satsang lead by Raji Warrier, Latha and others.

C. Anil Kumar
Secretary

Preethi R Warrier - sails into Stage III of Idea Star Singer (Season-4)

Kudos to Preethi for sailing into the third stage of Idea Star Singer (Season-4) on Asianet channel.

She now gracefully steps into the Third Stage and being the 'Topper' of the previous stage, is previleged to appear in the First Episode, which is a 'Hit-song based Round', of the Third Stage.

This episode will be telecast on 7th July and will be on air between 8.30 to 9.30 hrs in the night on the 'Asianet Channel'.

Please do shower your good wishes and solid support via 'SMS' Votes to take Preethi through this round into the finals.

BE CAREFUL - Fake Series of Rs. 1,000/-.(Important info shared by our Mr. KV Venugopal)

Avoid accepting Rs. 1000/- note of series 2 AQ and 8 AC.

Copy of this circular from RBI is also enclosed. Click here to download and read the same in pdf format.

( Information Courtesy: Shri KV Venugopal )

Helping the elderly Smt Narayani Warasyar and her blind daughter

On 24th March, 2009, we had highlighted the plight of the 75 year old Smt Narayani Warasyar and her 38 year old daughter Miss C V Usha(blind by birth) on our site and requested all warriers to come forward and help out in whatever possible manner (Reproduced at the bottom).

It gives us great pleasure that many sensitive individuals and organisations/branches of our community had come forward to help out the above mentioned community members.

Prominent amongst those being:

1. The Thiruvananthapuram Unit of Warrier Samajam has credited to the joint account of Smt Narayani Warasyar and Miss C V Usha, a sum of Rs 5800 (Rs Five Thousand Eight Hundred only) on 13th June 2009.

2. Varriam Charities (proposed Varriam Trust) has come forward to donate Rs. 1000/month to the joint account of the above mentioned community members.

3. Manipal Foundation has come forward and donating monthly Rs.500/-
4. Coimbatore Unit of Warrier Samajam has donated Rs.1000/-

5. Warriers.org has donated Rs. 1500/-

6. Smt. T.V.Kamalam Warasyar, Kuttanellur has donated Rs.1000/-

7. Shri T.V.Vijayan, Mumbai has donated Rs. 1000/-

8. Warrier Samajam Kerala donated Rs. 1000/-
9. Smt. Latha Surendran , Thrissur donated Rs.1000/-
10. Advocate Sreeraman donated Rs. 1000/-
11. Smt. Achutha Warrier , Athavanad donated Rs. 500/-
12. Raghava Warrier, Kokkad unit donated Rs. 250/-
13. Warrier Samajam, Vattoli Unit donated Rs. 250/-
14. Smt. Thankamony, Kochi donated Rs. 500/-
15. Shri Narayana Warrier, Bangalore donated Rs. 1000/-
16. Shri RT Warrier Mumbai donated Rs. 500/-

The above list is not exhaustive and would have left out many more contributors due to lack of information since the donations are going directly to the account of the needy family.

We sincerely thank all contributors for their committment to the welfare of our community.

Any other interested groups/individuals who would like to come forward and contribute to this noble cause may do so by forwarding their contributions to the joint account No.30732315290 in State Bank of India Branch at Kannur- 670001 (IFSC Code: SBIN0000822) of Smt. C.V. Narayani Varasyar & Miss. C.V. Usha

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(Reproduction of the post on Warriersonline.com dated 24th March, 2009)

Let us help out our community member in distress


I was touched to hear from our Shri Suresh Warrier(www.warriers.org) about the plight of a 75 years aged lady with a 38 year old blind dependent daughter. Details can be read at www.warriers.org or by clicking here.

As a physically challenged person, I could relate to the trauma of this family. Folks, being blind is the worst form of disability and to add to their woes -poverty !!

We all live for ourselves, let us go an extra mile to be of help to a family which is in dire need for support. I would request all community members to come forward and help out in whichever possible manner, we can.

If we can bring a smile on their faces, we have done our part. May GOD bless you.

Regards,

Balagopal Keeran
TEAM Warriersonline

Minutes of the meeting (WCW); Submitted by: Suresh Warrier (warriers.org)

Minutes of the meeting of the promoter members of WCW held on 23-05-2009 at Thiruvananthapuram

Members present:

Mr. Ramachandran Warrier T.V (Mumbai)
Mr. I.K. Warrier (Hyderabad)
Mr. Gopinath P.K. (Bangaluru)
Mr. Suresh Warrier .K (Coimbatore)
Mr. Appu Warrier .K (Coimbatore)
Mr. Anil Kumar C (Delhi)
Mr. Indra Kumar Warrier (Bahrain)
Mr. Rajendran Warrier (Bangaluru)
Mr. Brijesh Warrier (D.S.W.G.)

The meeting started at 3.30 pm and was presided over by Mr. Ramachandran Warrier. The main agenda of the meeting was to discuss the draft Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws of the WCW.

All the clauses of the Memorandum and the Bye-law were discussed in detail. Each member present had his own suggestions on some or other clauses, which were thoroughly discussed and accepted, and necessary corrections and amendments were incorporated in the draft. The finally approved draft copy will be circulated by e-mail for verification by promoter members. Once accepted, procedures for registering WCW with the statutory bodies will be taken up by Mr. Ramachandran Warrier.

It has been decided to establish the Head Office of the WCW at Mumbai, considering the easy access point for members from all over the world. However, the Administrative Office will be functioning at the home town of the General Secretary, which will be changing from term to term as the General Secretary changes.

The meeting also discussed about the points to be specified by the WCW promoter members present in their felicitation speech at the World Confederation of Warriers Meeting to be held as a part of the 31st Annual Meeting of Warrier Samajam, Kerala, at 9am on 24-05-2009 at Aswathy Auditorium, Perur, Thiruvananthapuram.

The meeting concluded at 6pm.
Report on the public meeting of World Confederation of Warriers held at 9am on 24-05-2009 at Thiruvananthapuram

The meeting started at 9.15am at Aswathi Auditorium, Perur, Thiruvananthapuram, and was presided over by Mr. R.C. Warrier (Chairman, Steering Committee of 31st Annual Meeting, Variar Samajam Kerala). Dr. Sarat Chandran (Director, Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce) was Chief Guest and Mr. P.V. Muralidharan (General Secretary, Warrier Samajam, Kerala), was guest of honour.

The main agenda of the meeting was to announce the formation of World Confederation of Warriers, a new organisation to act as an apex body to bring all the Warriers spread all over the world under one roof, and to form a world Warrier family.

Mr. Suresh Warrier, convener of the World Confederation, delivered the welcome speech followed by the Presidential address by Mr. R.C. Warrier. The meeting was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by Dr. Sarat Chandran. He made his inaugural speech in a very interesting manner wherein he explained the need for formation of a single united body like WCW. In continuation to this, felicitation speeches were made by Mr. I.K. Warrier (Hyderabad), Mr. Gopinath P.K. (Bangaluru), Mr. Anil (Delhi), Mr. Indra Kumar Warrier (Bahrain) and Mr. Appu Warrier (Coimbatore). Mr. Ramachandran Warrier (Mumbai) explained the objectives of WCW in his speech and also appealed to the Warrier community to become members of WCW. Mr. Brijesh (DSWG, Dubai) and Mr. Rajendran Warrier (Bangaluru) were also present on the dais.

Mr. Prabhakara Warrier (Secretary, Trivandrum Unit of Varier Samajam, Kerala), proposed a vote of thanks to the rich audience, who attended this public meeting.

The meeting concluded at 10.30 am.