Manukau Indian FM and School of Music - Community Centre

06/10/2025

All of our initiatives can be viewed on the page of Praneil Chandra

26/08/2025

Kava, Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs are all harmful to our health (Including Sh**ha, Ho**ah, Va**ng and E-Cigarettes)

Kava can cause liver and Kidney damage
https://www.hepatitisfoundation.org.nz/site_files/36909/upload_files/kava_and_your_liver.pdf

There is little information on how kava interacts with other medication, so it's best to avoid kava if you are taking any prescription medicine.

In the long term, kava use may cause a wide range of problems including:
* Breathing difficulties
* Visual changes, including sensitivity to light (photophobia)
* Slight alterations to blood cells, including white and red blood cells, and platelets
* Liver damage
* Compromised immune function
* Kidney damage
* Contact dermatitis – causing scaly, flaky rash on the skin
* Appetite loss, leading to malnutrition and weight loss
* Loss of drive and motivation
* Worsened symptoms of pre-existing mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/kava

More than 5 tonnes of kava is being imported into New Zealand every month, going up to 8 tonnes during Indian festivals!

All alcoholic drinks are linked with cancer.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Toxicology Program of the US Department of Health and Human Services lists consumption of alcoholic beverages as a known human carcinogen - capable of causing cancer.

There is no amount of alcohol that is considered safe and drinking any alcohol can be potentially harmful.

Alcohol can cause different short and long-term harm on our bodies, even if you are drinking moderately.

Alcohol contributes to the development of over 200 health conditions that can affect our quality of life. It is also one of the biggest risk factors for cancers, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, assaults, falls, car accidents, drowning and alcohol poisoning.

One way alcohol causes cancer - technical explanation -

https://www.facebook.com/manukau.indian.fm/videos/2798564013610560/

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=892735788604471

https://www.alcohol.org.nz/

Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/index.html

Va**ng and E-Cigarettes - The majority of va**ng products contain ni****ne.

Sh**ha and Ho**ah - All ho**ah smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals and toxins, including carbon monoxide, heavy metals and tar.

https://www.facebook.com/manukau.indian.fm/videos/768623254966469

The permanent effects of drugs on the body can slowly destroy vital systems and functions, culminating in permanent disability or even death.

https://fb.watch/loEu6ocy2x/

Obesity: https://www.facebook.com/manukau.indian.fm/videos/3224864314476429

Diabetes: https://www.facebook.com/manukau.indian.fm/videos/885377263740668

Alzheimer's Disease: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/uXK3mtix6vzW9nME/?mibextid=gYSGZt

Heart Disease: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DeGVPsq6V/

Blood Pressure: https://www.facebook.com/manukau.indian.fm/videos/1480217466273985

15/07/2025

No doubt the recent incident in the Samabula Sanatan Shiv Mandir is stirring up both sadness and anger in a lot of our community members however this is not the first and nor will it be the last in Fiji. I have collated a list of all reported mandir desecrations in Fiji and have come up with the list below, no doubt there are a lot more incidents than the reported ones mentioned below. Note particularly the gap between 1994 and 2004 - I was in Fiji in the 90s and had witnessed various incidents on the news. I have talked about this before and wouldn't like to retell how disgusted I am by this. What is the solution? I don't know. This is one of the reasons why Indians continue to migrate out of Fiji, maybe that is the only solution.

Date Temple Name
October 15, 1989 - Lautoka Arya Samaj Temple
October 15, 1989 - TISI Sangam Temple (Lautoka – exact name not specified)
October 21, 1989 - Sri Subramania Swami Temple (Nadi)
October 21, 1989 - Unnamed Hindu temple (Nadi – looted and desecrated)
September 1991 - Unnamed Temples (Raiwaqa and Vatuwaqa, Suva)
June 20, 1994 - Shri Jai Maha Shakti Temple (Nasoso)
January 18, 2004 - Shri Shiva Subrahmanya Swami Temple (Nadi)
January 19, 2004 - Shiu Narayan Mandir (Suva)
June 30, 2005 - Waila Prem Mandali (Nausori)
September 18, 2006 - Calia Devi Mandir
September 2006 - Shree Sanatan Dharam Vishnu Mandir (same timeframe)
October 17, 2008 - Kendrit Shiri Sanatan Dharam Shiv Temple (Nadi – built 1905)
December 16, 2017 - Votualevu Tirath Dham Mandir (Nadi)
December 25, 2017 - Shree Sanatan Dharam Ramayan Mandali (Waila, Nausori)
January 2018 - Vishnu Bhavan Temple (Sasawira, Nausori)
January 2018 - Two Unnamed Temples (Nadi and Votualevu – idols vandalized)
September 29, 2021 - Sacrilege committed on a Hanuman murti by a Lautoka Pastor
April 5, 2024 - Korociri Temple (Nausori)
April 24, 2024 - Shri Vishnu Temple (Saweni, Lautoka)
July 2024 - Jai Santoshi Maa Temple (Nadi)
July 2024 - Gangaiyamann Temple (Nadi)
July 2024 - Shree Sanatan Dharam Temple (Boca, Labasa)
April 6, 2025 - Vunicuicui Temple (Labasa)
April 2025 - Gangamma Temple (Wairuku, Rakiraki)
July 11, 2025, Samabula Sanatan Shiv Mandir (Samabula, Suva)

25/05/2025

21/05/2025

The Art of Letting Go by Apoorva.