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Community
Work
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Activism
- Support a KP kid through KOA's Sponsor-a-Child
Program for past several years.
- On behalf of
KOA, raised $6000 for the families of Kargil War's fallen heroes (1999).
- Arranged social gatherings in Houston and Dallas area. A couple of times,
raised money in these gatherings to support KOA's Sponsor-a-Child
Program.
- Houston chapter president for KOA in 1991.
- Director and webmaster, Satisar Foundation, Jammu (2002-Present) - Satisar
Foundation is an organization to preserve and promote age-old values of Kashmiri
Hindu Cultural tradition (Website: Satisar.org)
- Have been interacting with several India-based KP associations (Jammu,
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata) over past several years.
- Communicated our community problems to several US policy-makers.
- First one to take an initiative and create an REC Srinagar Alumni
Association living in US and Canada and came out with an Alumni Directory
(1990-91).
- Among the first ones to visit Kashmiri
Pandit camps in Jhiri and Talab Tillo in July, 1990.
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Websites and
Discussion Fora
 As a web curator on a volunteer basis, developed and maintained
web servers for KOA (1996-2001).
Maintained and
contributed to the development of several community fora, especially
KOA-sponsored KPnet - a forum that allowed KPs worldwide to
stay connected.
Created a variety of community websites, the first KP to create a Virtual
Sharda Peeth - a Repository of a Kashmiri Pandit's culture, heritage,
religious practices, language, music, history and political literature. For a
complete list of Websites, click here.
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Video Clips
NOTE: Edited clips are dubbed in
English; Unedited
clips have Kashmiri language content mostly. Video clips taken in Jhiri and
Talab Tillo refugee camp in July 1990.
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