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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.

Jay Shri Krishna
Jashwantbhai