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  1. Dear Rekhaben,

    Thank you so much for actively participating in the poetry festival. Thank you also for your very nice gifts, the ties and muffler and Flower vase that you gave to Urvashi. ties are exquisite and I will wear it on all good occasions.
    Rekhaben, we are the few lucky individuals who witnessed the Foundation laying ceremony or Corner stone placing process of Gujarat Culture Program at University of Florida. What we witnessed was a true miracle, collection of $ 300,000 for the Gujarat Culture Program at UF in one evening! It is indeed a miracle ! Our Goal is ultimately to raise 5 million USD from our community in the entire country. Any help you can give to our efforts will be greatly appreciated by all of us.

    Please explore the possibility with your colleagues of hosting a Poetry Festival in 2013 in your area. The UF Gujarat Culture Program can be a cosponsor for the program. UF will provide some support but leave all responsibilities on the local organizers. This way we can reach out to various localities in USA and strengthen the UF outreach Program. We raised $ 300,000 at the banquet but our goal is to increase it to five million endowment to strengthen the Gujarat Culture Program at UF. The good time for such a festival will be next spring or early summer. It will be wonderful to bring together the talent of our poetic treasure of Gujarat.
    Please convey my best wishes and regards to Dr. and Mrs. Dabawala and your other colleagues. Again, many thanks for contributing to the success of our Festival and leaving many pleasant gifts here including your poems and many pleasant memories.
    Dineshbhai Shah

    The First Charles Stokes Professor and Founding Director Emeritus of the Center for Surface Science and Engineering (1984-2008), 425 Chemical Engineering Department,
    University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
    Email: dineshoshah@yahoo.com Phone (Cell) 352-871-4993
    Website: http://www.che.ufl.edu/shah/GroupPublications.html , AND

    Dinesh O. Shah, Founding Director (2008-Present)
    Shah-Schulman Center for Surface Science and Nanotechnology,
    Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, 387001 Gujarat, India
    Phone: 91- 94290 62293
    My songs of two concerts on You-Tube: Search for “tejpal hall” or “parab tara pani”
    “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant “

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