Entertainment, laughter and food to greet Raj Charan

Venkat Raman – 

Members of the family of Raj Prabhash Charan were present at the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards Presentation ceremony held on Monday, November 23, 2015 where he won the ‘Business Excellence in Retail Trade’ Award.

“You are the pride of our family and you richly deserve this honour,” they said.

In their comments, the panel of judges, independent of Indian Newslink had said, “We commend Raj, a very committed and enthusiastic owner of Hunua General Store; he has excelled at aligning his customer needs with his business, and promoted high levels of customer care. It was exhilarating to see the business model of this Store the pride of making a difference in the community.”

The fact that Raj cares for his friends was evident at the party that he hosted at the Karaka War Memorial Hall in the South Auckland rural setting on Saturday, March 12, 2016 with almost 200 men, women and children. Some of them had travelled from Gisborne (his brother Vikash and sister-in-law Ashika Charan and others), Hamilton and Wellington to greet their favourite friend, brother, uncle and most important of all a fine human being.

Young at heart

No one believed that he was 45 years old. For in thought and spirit, he is never a day more than 21 years of age.

Friends and family from Fiji, Australia and America had sent their greetings in words and gifts for the occasion, which also marked the coming together of Raj and Ronita Radesh. There was goodwill and love all over the place.

Raj’s mother Chanchala Charan commenced the proceedings with her blessings and words of welcome, which was followed by a Haka by Cathy Pryor and other senior performers from Pakuranga Marae.

Ratna Venkat presented a ‘Lord Shiva Dance’ in Kuchipudi style, followed by a Hindi film dance item by Kaur Singh and belly dance. Drinks and dinner continued as guests danced late into the night to the music played by DJ Vick Singh.

Photo:

1. Raj Charan with little Atinsha Kumar, Anmol, Priyanka, Vrinda, Ronita, little Tanush and Prashant at his 45^th Birthday Party
2. Raj Charan with (from left) Dr Nasser Sheik, Mohammed Iqbal, Chandu Patel and Deepak Ratti
3. Reinka Ratti, Mawish Sheik, Reshma Ratti, Ishana Ratti, Sara Sheik, Henna Morice, Priyanka Charan, Mustafa Sheik and Prashant Ratti at the Party
4. Chanchala Charan with Master of Ceremonies Malti Prasad (to come)