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Once again, it is my privilege to greet you, on my own behalf, and, on behalf of my colleagues in the Managing Committee of the GMS, on the ensuing New Year 2008. May the God Almighty shower on you His blessings and bestow on you continued good Health, Happiness and Harmony in the new year.

For the success of any people, be it a nation or a community, it is essential to have, a strong organization, a vehicle for communication and interaction, rules and regulations, and a forum for periodical get-togethers and assemblies. Fortunately, we, Mohyals, have all these requisites in the form of the over-a-century old General Mohyal Sabha, the oldest publishing monthly magazine in India “Mohyal Mitter”, an equally old written Constitution, amended from time to time, to move with the times and periodical assemblies and get-togethers viz., Conferences, Melas/Milans/Meets etc.

Our founding fathers established the General Mohyal Sabha on a very sound footing. It was nourished for over fifty years with many achievements such as establishment of different Funds, grant of financial aid to widows, scholarships to deserving Mohyal students, framing of Rules and Regulations, bringing out a written Constitution of the Sabha, finalizing “Dastur-al-amal Mohyali” and, above all, the establishment of Mohyal Ashram at Lahore. Unfortunately, because of the holocaust brought by partition of the country in August 1947, there was a great setback and everything came to a stand still, and GMS had to re-start everything from scratch.

There was almost no progress for about two decades but the Sabha, somehow limped on, and certain Mohyal veterans tried their best to keep the Mohyali flag flying. Fortunately, and by God’s grace, in the last two decades, GMS has been able to garner financial resources as well as man power and has made rapid strides by setting up and running the Mohyal Ashram and Sewa Sadan at Haridwar, starting of the prestigious MERIT, renovation of Mohyal Ashram at Inderpuri and its utilization as a guest house for visiting Mohyals. All these are running efficiently as symbols of the progress of the biradari. But the real progress, to my mind, has been the evolvement and awakening in the biradari through the length and breadth of the country. It gives me immense pleasure to see the zeal and enthusiasm in the younger generation and the credibility of GMS has increased manifold, as a result of which the donations are pouring in and your apex body is in a position to involve itself in more and more social welfare activities of the community.

There are over 200 widows, who are receiving financial aid of Rs. 500/- each per month from it regularly. Financial relief on the same scale is being given to 24 disabled and needy brothers and sisters. Over 30 deserving students are getting scholarships of Rs.150 to Rs. 1,500/- per month, depending on the level of their studies. Financial assistance of varying amounts has also been given to many local sabhas, as grant, for construction of their Bhavans. The local sabhas are also given Rs. 5,100/- as “shagun” on their annual melas. On occasions, GMS has given one-time assistance at the time of marriage of Mohyal girls and for the establishment in life of some needy Mohyals.

The above are not the only activities of the GMS. It has been celebrating its Foundation Day, as Mohyal Diwas, regularly, for the last three years. So is the case with Prathibhashalee Vidyarthi Samman Sammelan, Youth Camps and Matrimonial Conclaves. The effort has been to involve as many young Mohyals as possible in the activities of the GMS and encourage them to become future leaders of the community. A Mohyal Nursery School has been started at Dehradun. Through the AGM and the EGM held in March 2007, the Constitution of the GMS has been comprehensively revised as per the needs of the Modern Era. To safeguard the assets of the Sabha two powerful Trusts, one the Board of (Sarprast) Trustees and the other, the Mohyal Foundation Trust, have been formed by making most eminent Mohyals as Trustees.

A drive has been launched for enrolling many permanent members of the GMS. For closer relationship with Mohyal brothers and sisters, Birthday Greeting Cards, and Greeting Cards on Marriage Anniversaries are being sent regularly to the permanent members. The move has been welcomed and appreciated all-round. The permanent members also eagerly look forward to the beautiful, laminated, Mohyal Identity Cards being issued to them.

That is not the end of the matter of achievements. We are at the launching pad of many more projects. On our shelf are projects like a Vocational Training Institute in the name of the late Padamshri Sunil Dutt, Mohyal Ashram at Kurukshetra, a residential Senior Secondary School, an Old Age Home at Dehradun, Installation of Pratimas of Mohyal Rishies at the Mohyal Ashram, Haridwar .

To achieve all these and make the Mohyal Community progress further, it is incumbent on the youth of the Community to be involved more and more in the affairs of the GMS. The base of the Sabha is also to be made stronger at the grass root level by enrolling more and more permanent members. The population of Mohyals is around 5-6 lakhs and it would be ideal if at least one member of each family becomes a permanent member, so that Mohyal Mitter reaches every Mohyal family and the entire community gets totally involved.

We should not rest on our laurels. There are many more things to be done and goals to be achieved. I am sure that, with the active cooperation of you all, especially the youth, and not to forget, the ladies, the GMS will accomplish all these and scale new heights.

This, then, is my message for the New Year to my beloved Mohyal brethren and sisters to strengthen your parent body, come, join us in our journey towards hope, progress and development in all fields.

Wishing you all, once again, a very Happy New Year.



JAI MOHYAL

Yours brotherly,

(B.D. Bali)
W-39, Greater Kailash –I
New Delhi – 110 048