RAAS FOR LOVE OF LIFE, RAAS FOR CHARITY

This one is about not just Raas. It is about love. It is about longing. Longing for old friends. Longing for some one that is gone. Lord Krishna did Raas with his celestial lovers, the Gopis who were hand picked to take birth when he was on this earth to experience true love and longing.
Some times things don't work out in love and in life. Some times people move on. This is about one such soul who moved on. His name is Sachin. Sachin Shah to be exact. Late Sachin Shah to be precise. He died in a car accident. He loved to dance. Here is what his friend Suneet has to say about this fun loving young soul (As a parent I would never want my kinds to die when I am still around. It must be really tough for Sachin's parents).
"In high school, I danced with Sachin on the "Mitwas" team. We competed in two competitions in 2002. The CCF (Charitable Care Foundation) competition in Hayward, CA, where we won first place. The same team also competed at the Neema Sari Palace competition in LA, where we also won first place.After high school Sachin went to UCSD where he competed on the UCSD team I believe in 2003, 2004 and 2005."
Sachin's friends on the Berkeley Raas team have been selling T shirts and raising funds for charity. The family has also created a web site. They are also trying to raise funds for charity. The URL for the t-shirts is:http://www.suneet.com. The website for the charity, The Sachin Shah Cares Foundation, is http://www.mysscf.org . They are a non-profit and have a tax-id, etc.The website, suneet.com, contains all the information about the team and why they are selling the t-shirts, and the mySSCF website has more information about where the money will be spent, etc. The photographs on the web site are absolutely heart breaking. Here is this handsome young senior who is suddenly gone.
Kudos to Berkeley team for raising money by selling T shirts. They look kind of cute.To me, this team is the real winner. I don't care what happens at BOB 2007.
I just bought the T shirt. I bought the large size, even though I am a small guy. I guess my "beta" can wear it too. I hope you buy one too. I will wear it with pride and pray that no young person die before their time. A word of advice; if you lost at a competition, don't be too mad or too sad. There are worse things in life. Dying young before your dreams are fulfilled. Having to raise funds for a buddy who died before his time. Never drink and drive. Party in moderation. Don't put down other teams; lose or win, be a gentleman/lady.