July Monthly Meeting was held at the Bent Street, Northcote on Sunday 20th July 2025.
Mr. Prem Sinha opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Giving an early hint of the flavour of the agenda. he likened the day’s function with Indian pickle, where all flavours coexist and mutually enhance each other. The MC of the day was Mrs. Janaki Ganesh. The chief guest of the day was Mr. Sashi Kochar, the 2023 Victorian Seniors of the Year Awardee and the head of the Friends of the Children Foundation. The theme of his lecture was “Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai” where he spoke about leading a purposeful life. The lecture was interspersed with many lovely old songs and bhajans. Mr. Madhav and Mrs. Uma Kiran further enhanced the presentation with their lovely rendition of some popular bhajans. This was followed by a comedy skit by Ragini Shrivastava ji with very lively performance by herself, Amita Iyer ji and Parminder Jabbal ji. Janaki ji then spoke of the importance of organ donation and Mrs. Reeti of RG Care presented on Aged Care and NDIS Services. Then there was this young poetess who marvelled everyone with her poetic talent. Mr.Arvind Gaindhar entertained everyone with his superb magic and Mr. Sushil Sharma with his lovely singing. Overall it was a very entertaining meeting.
