JAT organization in US

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Since I live far away form India, I had an idea.

I live in the US and would like to create a JAT organization in the US. We can start by creating a list of people that are here and location (city and state). Depending on where the majority of the people live, we can plan to meet and keep our culture and traditions alive. I think that this will also be a great benefit for our kids and for those JATs that come to US for studies, etc.

BTW: It maybe possible for those of us that live in Canada to come to US for gatherings.

Just an idea that we can implement in the near future. What do you all say?

Priti
 
Priti ji,
Indeed a good idea. For your information, in case you are not aware of, AJA(Association of JATS in america) is there and prety active. I have been to few gathering in NJ.
But most of jatland members are not AJA members and vice versa, so it will be agood idea to start something.
 
It is indeed a bright idea bhabhiji. To build upon the AJA thought provided by Ranvir ji, I have following to say:
Ya AJA is active, but i feel only in a few chapters. And just organizing gathering is not enough for an assosiation. We have to go farther. I heard from one of relatives who had been here long that there used to be an AJA newsletter which used to go around. I am not sure if that still happens.

A missing link is an AJA website. If we have a basic website that would be great. Right now anybody who comes to US fresh from India does not get any info about AJA from anywhere, except if he/she is lucky enough to come across some jat who already is a member of AJA. There lies the problem.

So on the website we can have online member signup where the member can log-in, provide address info etc so that he/she can be contacted by the association in case of events that are planned in the members area of residence.

Jatland is a good source for finding jats in your area, and I personally followed this route to connect to all jat families in and around Austin when I came here. And I am happy and lucky enough to have finally made a good social circle.

But I think we still should have a separate website for AJA. To keep the intent of AJA different from jatland, AJA website should just be a forum to get updates about jats in US, sending invitations to all members for events, updates on AJA gatherings, etc ....in that manner it will not dilute the importance of Jatland and still serve its purpose.

Lets start thinking on these lines so that we donot create a new jat association but try to build upon the one which is already present and active in certain chapters. In this manner we can spread the word to other chapters and motivate them to be active as well.

-Anurag
 
That seems to be a great idea and I strongly agree with Anurag that it should be started by establishing a collaboration or linkage between Jatland and the existing association in US. That will also increase the number of members on Jatland. I guess, most of the AJA memebers are not really aware about this online organization's growing strength. Ranvir must be having a better idea. I can recall couple of other people on Jatland raised this issue few weeks ago, but that idea could not made its way.
By the way, is there an AJA chapter in California.? Couple of months ago, I was trying to search American jat association on internet and I ran into Jatland.com but could not find AJA.

Also, we can think about putting jatland as an associated organization with AJA, under some kind of youth Jat association banner or some other appropriate theme.

Vikram
 
I attended one of AJA functions at my cousin's house. I believe AJA is rife with politics. It had evolved into an extended family...and just like extended family there were petty quarrels, backbiting etc etc.
 
I attended one of AJA functions at my cousin's house. I believe AJA is rife with politics. It had evolved into an extended family...and just like extended family there were petty quarrels, backbiting etc etc.
 
Hi Vivek,

I agree with your point of view. As a matter of fact this the quality of jats, isn't it....jahan 10-15 jat ikathe hue nahin gutbaazi and politics aayee nahin....jitne thode rehwain sain, utne hi ghul mil kai rahwain sain......

We know that AJA is rife with politics and you yourself have said that it is an extended family for people. So we cannot let that family die down, we have to take right steps so that we can keep strengthening the family even amidst the rife politics.

So lets all get together and try to strengthen AJA and may be get rid from the bad things associated with it :)

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Anurag
 
Thanks for your input everyone. It is nice to learn about AJA’s existence. AJA does not have a website, which makes it is difficult/impossible to reach out/ communicate to people in our community that are in US. Who is in charge of AJA (president of AJA)? Do all the AJA members live in NJ or other parts of the country as well?

I guess a better approach for me would be to start out at a smaller scale and find out the names of people that live in the New England area and at a later time reach out to people in other parts of the country. Maybe some of us can start doing the same in there areas (e.g.; CA, TX, etc) if they have the time to do so.

Priti
 
AJA is there in Texas but like Anurag Kadian says it is badly divided due to poeple's ego and other politics but Jats here do meet in small groups.
 
PritiJi,

I have personally been to AJA's meeting's which are a lot of fun. You are right we need a website for AJA and then it has sub-chapters representing each major region of US. I think you will find the majority of the JAT families residing in New England States. AJA sends a list of all JATs in USA annually around Diwali time. You should get hold of that and yes we should definately think about a website.

Great Idea.
Sharad
 
Well, what's the consensus then? I think we should organize a get together....I live in North New Jersey, just in case...
 
Hello,

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a while. I just came back from India. I visited Gurgaon and Delhi for the first time and really enjoyed my trip.

Mr. Chikara has given me the name and phone number of the AJA president East Chapter. I plan to call him this weekend to discuss our idea for a get together and possibly obtain a list of AJA members in the New England area. I don’t want to start a new JAT organization when one already exists. We would also need to get the names and e-mail of the people that are on this website (jatland.com) from the member directory.

Once we obtain the final list of people, I would like to send out an e-mail to the group (hopefully not leaving out anyone) for a summer get together (possible in May, June, or July). Members of Jatland community will be posted regarding our plans via jatland.com.

The get together will serve as an initial ice breaker and to get input from people on what they would like to do as part of the JAT organization (for future events). Depending on how things go, I was thinking of maybe holding a summer picnic (we can have games like volleyball, cricket, etc). Since the majority of JAT families live in the New England states, we may have a good turn out. If you all have any ideas/ suggestions and/or would like to help me in organizing, please e-mail me.

Priti
 
It's really good to start to get together but there should be NO POLITICS PLZ.
I left message to someone in AJA but never received any response from them. I might have contacted the wrong person .
 
Priti Shokeen (Mar 14, 2003 11:24 a.m.):
Hello,

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a while. I just came back from India. I visited Gurgaon and Delhi for the first time and really enjoyed my trip.

Mr. Chikara has given me the name and phone number of the AJA president East Chapter. I plan to call him this weekend to discuss our idea for a get together and possibly obtain a list of AJA members in the New England area. I don’t want to start a new JAT organization when one already exists. We would also need to get the names and e-mail of the people that are on this website (jatland.com) from the member directory.

Once we obtain the final list of people, I would like to send out an e-mail to the group (hopefully not leaving out anyone) for a summer get together (possible in May, June, or July). Members of Jatland community will be posted regarding our plans via jatland.com.

The get together will serve as an initial ice breaker and to get input from people on what they would like to do as part of the JAT organization (for future events). Depending on how things go, I was thinking of maybe holding a summer picnic (we can have games like volleyball, cricket, etc). Since the majority of JAT families live in the New England states, we may have a good turn out. If you all have any ideas/ suggestions and/or would like to help me in organizing, please e-mail me.

Priti
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Dear Priti,

Mr Sandeep Sahrawat Is the secretary of the association in USA and his email address is;

Sahrawat, Sandeep
E-mail Address(es):
sandeep.sahrawat@bankofamerica.com

The association is very active and they circulate very useful information to all its members.

Regards
Rajendra
 
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