Last week, Harshad Kothari informed MusomaBlog of Firoz Kassam being nominated for the Asian Voice / Gujarat Samachar Lifetime Achievement Award 2007. The award ceremony was held on July 26, 2007.
MusomaBlog is pleased to share the great news of Firoz Kassam being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award 2007.
Hearty congratulations to Firoz Kassam for achieving this coveted recognition on the strengths of his own efforts and perseverance.
At this time a short news article has confirmed this. Article below:
Other recipients were Naynesh Desai (Professional of the Year), Ratilal Devchand Shah (Achievement in Community Service), Renu Patel (Achievement in media/Art and Culture), Firoz Kassam (Lifetime Achievement award), Dalip Kumar (Young Entrepreneur of the year and Shriti Vadera (woman of the year).
MusomaBlog awaits more details and probably, pictures of the event from Harshad Kothari. These will be posted on MusomaBlog as soon as received.
Harshad Kothari, has sent in the following information with regards to the recent nomination of fellow Musomian, Firoz Kassam for the Lifetime Achivement Award:
It is with great pleasure we have to announce that Firoz Kassam has been nominated and short-listed for the Lifetime Achievement Award held by Asian Voice Magazine. The glittering ceremony will be held at The London Park Lane Hilton in Mayfair. It will be attended by many dignitaries and the Chief Guest is Hon Harriet Harman, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of House of Commons. We are confident that, given Firoz’s business history, he will win this Award. It will be a great honour for Musomians for Firoz to win this prestigious award.
If any Musomians wish to attend this event and join us in supporting and congratulating Firoz, please send an email to harshad [at] sasconsultancy [dot] com or call him urgently, as the time is short.
Event Details: Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007 Time: 6.30pm Venue:The London Park Lane Hilton
22 Park Lane, London. W1K 1BE, UK. Tel: +44 20 7493 8000 Map Reference: Location on Google Map Tickets: ₤ 100 per person
Any messages of support will be welcome.
This Blog will be updated after Friday 27th July with photos.
For further information, please visit Gujarat Samachar’s website: Gujarat Samachar
Submitted by : Harshad Kothari
Following are the details of the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony, the previous winners and the process of choosing the Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
(Due to the size of the original document, please click the ‘On SlideShare’ logo and then please choose the ‘full’ option to be able to read the 3 page document slide clearly)
The following information was received by email, from J C Rao, informing the sad news about the demise of a fellow Musomian.
Pramod the brother of Chiman rang me at home informing me of the passing away of our fellow Musomian Chiman C Patel in Bolton yesterday.
He must be about 67 years old.
I personally knew him very well and we all grew up together in Musoma together with his elder brother Late Bhailal (who drowned in an accident in Lake Victoria near Musoma Pier) and here, in the UK, we used to exchange courtesies every month over phone but he was ill with diabetes and had to have both his legs amputated.
But on July 18, 2007, Chiman succumbed to his long illness.
We will certainly miss him but humans are helpless against God’s will and wish.
We have to all pray to God to bless the soul of the departed with eternal peace and may HE give strength to the family of the departed to bear this untimely sudden loss.
Please pass on your condolences to Chiman’s family at:
59 Leach Street
Bolton. BL365D
United Kingdom
Tel: (01204) 391060
Will email to the funeral details as and when they are available.
Meanwhile I will be grateful if you could kindly inform the fellow Musomians and
oblige.
Musomablog came across this slide presentation of the timeline of events and activities of the Aga Khan. The first slide shows the actual wording of the will created by Aga Khan III, wherein his grandson Karim is appointed the Aga Khan, Imam and Pir.
The striking thing about this appointment is the foresight and forward thinking decision by Aga Khan III in choosing his grandson as his heir. A decision made with the community in mind. Using the words of the will:
…..in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.
To celebrate this occasion in London, more than 10000 Ismailis in UK are getting together, all day, on Wednesday 11th July 2007 at Alexandra Palace, which was recently acquired by Firoz Kassam.
From All Musomians in London
The above information was passed to MusomaBlog by Harshad Kothari by email dtd July 10, 2007
