It is being held right now at New Jersey. I could not find news coverage in English media.

Here are news from Akila

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Here's some coverage in English......


http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=1393&catype=NEWS" target="_blank">http://www.gujaratglobal.com/nextSub.php?id=1393&catype=NEWS


Edison city has now got a Gujarati touch. One can feel this Gujarati aura while moving around this city of New Jersey. This city is hosting world Gujarati Conference-2006 starting here on September 1.

Massive preparations are going on for the three-day event which will be held at sprawling Retinton Expo Centre. The theme of the conference is Gujarati in every way, right from the deliberations to the food and entertainment.



Surendra Patel of Vishala fame is now giving shape to Gujarati village at the conference venue. Four-container load of 'Country material', carts, utensils for water, wooden cots have been brought here from Gujarat. The hall of the Centre has capacity to accommodate 10,000 people.

Giving details of the conference, President of the Association of Indian American of North America (AIANA) Sunil Naik said that the conference had been receiving such a great response that they had stopped 'online registration'.

For the registration as many as 30 registration booths had been set up, according to Ashish Mehta, an IT expert.

For the food for delegates the mega menu has 90 Gujarati varities. Sarojben and Nayanbhai have been specially brought from Ahmedabad to prepare food. They are assisted by the volunteers of Dwarkadheesh temple. The food is being kept in air condition containers in deep freezer. Giving details of food arrangement trustee of Dwarkadheesh temple Ishwarbhai Patel said delegates will be served typical Gujarati breakfast of fafda, Jalebi and Gota.



Anil Vasani who is looking after the accommodation of participants said over 11,000 rooms had been booked in five star hotels and motels. 25 limousine and 15 AC coaches have been mobilized to ferry delegates between airport, hotels and other places.

Mukesh Kashiwala is looking after media and live coverage facility. Five large screens and closed circuit TVs have been installed for the live coverage, he said.

Vice President of the AIANA Chirag Thakkar mentions the special role of the team of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purshottam Sanstha in site management. Volunteers of BAPS will be actively involved in the arrangements during the conference here, he said.

Among the artists from Gujarat will be Shahbuddin Rathod, Pankaj Udhas, Praful Dave, Tiku Talsania and Manav Gohil. There will be forty folk art groups at the conference.

Noted litterateur Raghuvir Chaudhary, Madhav Ramanuj and popular musicians Purshottam Upadhyay and Rasbihari Desai are also attending the conference.

Among politicians Union Ministers Shankarsinh Vaghela, Dinsha Patel, Gujarat Minister Anil Patel and Narhari Amin, Bharat Solanki and Jayanti Barot have confirmed their presence, according to Himanshu Vyas who is coordinator AIANA, India.

He said Pankaj Patel of Zydus Cadila, Karsan Patel of Nirma, Gautam Adani of Adani group, Bakul Dholakia of IIM, Ahmedabad, Sam Pitroda, Krishnakant Vakharia of Vishwa Gujarati Samaj will attend the conference.

Morari Bapu, Ramesh Ojha, Indira Betiji, Dwarkesh Bawa and Hariprasad Swami (Sokhda) will be leading religious heads at the conference.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Pramukhswami Maharaj and Baba Ramdev will participate through videoconference, he said.

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Hello friends..

I am too a gujarati.. a lohana, its nice to see a massive programe like this.. but dear bhais and bens... this is the oppurtunity we need to make it clear to those who are responsible to reflect a very fanatic image of gujarat in form of riots and religious ways, we need to say ..hang on guys.. we dont want you talk politics and try to make it a platform for creating a facist image of gujaratis on the global level.. I am sure there are many gujjus well educated and wise enough to understand what i am trying to point here (conferences on internet).. i am not against anybody.. but I am concerned that gujjus should not be labeled as fanatics at any point of time.. in future or ever by supporting the acts of some specific acts of some specific people.... We have contributed a lot to the society and country and abroad too..we should not allow any one to destroy that image of ours which we have earned over ages by proving good things on every steps..We need to use this platform to correct the image and pass the clear message.. by showing we do not support fanatic intruders in our society..

God bless gujjus god bless humankind