Today, I awoke to the amazing news that I will be presented the
2016 Hind Rattan award in India on January 25, 2016. As I write this, I find
that I am at a loss for words and feel completely overwhelmed – overwhelmed
with gratitude that the universe has been so appreciative and generous.
Recently, I wrote about my trip to London, England to accept
the Mahatma Gandhi Parvasi award. This
award was given to only a few people of Indian origin living outside of India
for their good and inspirational work. People
travelled from around the world to accept this prestigious award. It was an
amazing experience that I was able to share with my sons.
Upon returning to Malibu, I plunged back into my work and
published a beautiful October/November issue of Malibu Chronicle magazine. The
magazine is very well liked and received. Within two days of hitting the stands
and delivery to Malibu homes, we started to
hear from our happy advertisers
that they were already getting calls. Our online publication www.MalibuChronicle.com is growing in
following, and our clients are getting calls and leads from their ads and
articles online. One of our online
advertisers reported he received 35 leads in just a little over a month of
being with us. All in all, I am happy to report we are doing well!
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I am also pleased to be a part of the team bringing Peer
Mediation to Our Lady of Malibu (OLM) School.
OLM is the first school in Malibu to offer Peer Mediation as a course
elective, teaching children how to resolve conflicts peacefully instead of with
anger and force. As one of the teachers
in this program, I get to use my skills as a mediator with an MDR, Masters in
Dispute Resolution from Straus Institute at Pepperdine Law School.
In the last couple of weeks I was invited and nominated to
be the co-chair of the Entertainment and Tourism Committee for BizFed, the Los
Angeles Business Federation. I am
honored, and even though it is a significant time and work commitment, I want
to be part of a wonderful group like that, where I feel I can make a
difference. I am currently talking to
our Malibu Chamber of Commerce to see if I can also represent them in this
organization. I have attended a couple of meetings at BizFed through SABAN,
South Asian Biz Awards Nationwide, and have learned BizFed is very well
connected with businesses nationwide. It has an elite membership with a seat at
the White House level. I believe I can help bring state and national recognition
and support for our Malibu business issues.
Amidst all these events, I woke up today with an email from
NRI Welfare Society of India, the same organization that presented the Mahatma
Gandhi Parvasi Samman to me in
September. They have selected me for an even more prestigious award - HIND RATTAN AWARD, 2016. This will be
presented to me in New Delhi, India (the Capital of India) among the
celebrations of India’s Constitution day on January 25, 2016. I am so overwhelmed by this good news that I
still have not responded to the Advisory Board for this huge honor. I am still
letting it sink in before I can properly respond.
The universe is wonderfully accepting and appreciating my
work and me in general. I am grateful to all good things and people in my life.
It just is overwhelming sometime, in a good way of course!
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Learning to L.I.V.E. was written to increase awareness of domestic abuse and eradicate this cancer from our society by empowering women and men who are suffering due to this epidemic. My goal is to help them believe that they deserve a life in freedom and self-love.
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