Happy 50 Anniversary, Nana & Nani! We love you both a lot and enjoy spending time with you. Our favourite is to play cards with you, nani and listen to all your stories, nana! We enjoy our prayer time with you everyday. May you have many wonderful years together! Love, Rishan & Naisha
Happy Golden Anniversary Mom & Dad, To have you both as parents is nothing short of a stroke of luck! And better than that is for Rishan and Naisha to have you as Grandparents!! You both are my pillars of strength. I know that I can always come to you for advice, encouragement, guidance or just to talk. Till today you are the first people I turn to for everything like work decisions, cooking recipes, health matters or kids! Planning holidays with you guys atleast once a year was something we all looked forward to. Annual trips to Mahabaleshwar club became a ritual for us! I hope we can continue this tradition soon! I am not sure I would have started Cranberry if it wasn’t for both of you encourag- ing me and holding my hand throughout. It gives me a lot of pride to build something from scratch and see it grow from 2 people and 2 clients to 10 people and increasing clients just like you did. I never thought I would be an entrepreneur but I think you always saw it in me. Because of you, I love what I do!
Dad, you have always taught me to not fear anything (not counting animals!) and accept all challenges as opportunities to grow from and learn from. This has helped me immensely in work and life. Rishan gets his quick grasping and the desire to know about everything from you! Mom, you gave me your natural creativity and I enjoy making beautiful things just like you do. It works like meditation!! You have an untiring zest for games and sports and Naisha is turning out to be like you!!! I can say that my 42 years have been a cake walk. Life has just been easy for me thanks to you both first and then to Shardul. I could not have got it any better! On this milestone of your journey together, I wish for you both to continue to have the best of each other with good health, good times and lots of happiness. Love, Amisha
Dear Mom and Dad! Happy 50th Anniversary! I thought this would be a good opportunity to thank you both for trusting me and wholeheartedly welcoming me in the family at a time when I had proven little and had little to my credit! You both were courageous to get your daughter married to someone who post his MBA did not have a job and a roof over his head I want to thank you for your belief in me! We have come a long way from the struggle to get the first job to spending years in freezing winters in Minneapolis to holidays together with you in California to our journey back to India and finally Pune! You both have whole-hearted supported all our decisions whether it was regarding relocating back to India, choosing not to join the packaging business you had set up and venturing on my own in the unknown and risky startup universe! I cannot thank you enough for everything you have done for both Amisha and myself. We are looking forward to spending more time with you and the kids in Pune in the next exciting phase of your journey together! Regards, Shardul
Dear Bhai & Bhabhi... Wishing you a very Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary! Hope you celebrate many more years of Togetherness and we are so glad to be a part of your golden jubilee milestone. Lots of love and happiness, Manoj & Rajul
Kananbhabhi & Pankajbhai: You both have always been our family’s role models and as we celebrate your golden anniversary, you continue to lead by example. Your marriage is a shining example to all of us—not only how you treasure each other but how you take care of our whole family and expertly navigate through this rollercoaster of life. Pankajbhai, when I think back to our childhood, I can think of countless memories where you so easily stepped into that leadership role. Remember when you were selected as principal of our school for the day? Even when we were little, you were always naturally charismatic, full of ideas and energy, and the person that we all (family and friends alike!) would choose to represent and lead us! Over the years, you continued paving the way—being the first to travel abroad for studies and encouraging the rest of us to follow, marrying a strong and supportive wife and showing us what a marriage should look like, raising a daughter and teaching
us about parenthood, and building your own business and becoming a highly respected icon in the industry. Pankajbhai and Kananbhabhi, you two have created an incredible life together that now spans 50 years! All of us, including our children and grandchildren, have the highest respect for the two of you. You’ve been there for us through the difficult and uncertain times and been the first to celebrate the good times. You’ve been alongside us for every major milestone in our life and for that, we are so grateful. Our family could not be what it is today without your love, guidance and constant support. Wishing you a wonderful 50th anniversary! Cheers, Arti & Hemant Pooja, Ian, Ratna, Hiren, Sahil, Sindhu Kai, Eva, Nolan
Dear Pankajbhai and Kananbhabhi, Remember when : Goodness look at all of us youngsters on our wedding day!! How dapper you look Pankajbhai and Kananbhabhi you were always so serenely beautiful Won’t forget you telling us on the day before our wedding to live in the moment; to bring on the smiling stamina at the reception; and never have to worry about remembering peoples names….. To your trips in America with us especially the first time when Rupal came to USA by herself (circumventing immigration system…) and you both joined her to ease into the new world before Viraj came back to USA. Rupal settling into the joint family culture was always comical especially when she calmly and innocently asked Pankajbhai to get her a glass of water (when he asked if he could get anyone anything) on his way to the kitchen. Everyone stopped breathing for a bit until Kananbhabhi without missing a heartbeat said “I would like one too!” And saved the day 50 years of togetherness.. what a journey of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. Happy Golden anniversary! Here’s to many more Viraj, Rupal, Avni, Kunal, Niyeti & Zayn
“ Love begins in a moment , Grows over time & Lasts for Eternity. ” Dear Pankajbhai & Kananbhabhi, What an accomplishment !!! 50 years of marriage is truly a milestone to be Celebrated and Honored. We are so happy to witness this beautiful togetherness. Best Wishes ... Rajen , Meghana & Ankita
Kanan is a loving and kind sister. She is always ready with a smile and has lovely dimples. Pankajbhai is a gentleman. He is very helpful and takes care of the entire family. We love the mantle of leadership he has assumed. They both organize fabulously family get togethers. We wish them a happy golden anniversary. Blessing from both of us Vinubhai & Ranjanbhabhi
I hope the upcoming years are happier and merrier than the last 50 years..Happy golden anniversary to the wonderful couple ! Love, Sarla
What an accomplishment! It’s truly a test of love, patience and respect when 50 years come and go. It is to be celebrated and honoured! Congratulations to you both, enjoy the golden moments and continue to make special memories embracing the new generation and what it may bring. Happy Anniversary Love, Saroj Chetan, Sejal & Ishaan
Today as both of you look back with happiness and pride upon the 50 cherished years that you have spent side by side may every memory that you share help makes this special golden day a happy one for you. Ranjana & Madhukar
Kanan and Pankajbhai, congratulations on your 50th wedding anniver- sary ! We have known you both since 40+ years even though last 40 years or so we are living in two different countries! But credit to our friendship that we have kept our special bonding in spite of such a long distance. You are a very special couple and our very special friends! Special Uncle and Aunt to Nishita and Sarita . We wish both of you best of health and happiness in years to come ! Love, Kirit and Charu
Congratulations and Best wishes for the years ahead. Thanks a lot for guiding me along all these tears. Most important decision ( at that time) in my life of becoming US citizen Mahendra
Pankaj & Kanan took advantage of their heights and discovered each other in a crowd. Embarked on a strong relationship setting excellent path for us youngsters. Several attribute include commitment to family & friends, being there when you need them, provide sound advice and many more. They have set an outstanding example for Shah family to follow. Aparna & I are very fortunate to share our friendship over the years. We wish them many many more years of married life together. From, Aparna & Anil Trivedi
Message for a Great Couple on their 50th Anniversary – Pankaj and Kanan Shah I have known Pankaj for more than sixty years. We both went to same school Amulakh and we were lucky to get admitted to the same college VJTI in 1964. We spent three years together practically everyday during 1964 to 1967. We bunked more than 80% of the classes an enjoyed going to movies and eating out and we still do not know how we became engineer. We became close friends and our friendship grew exponentially. I have known Kanan ever since she got married in 1971 and they visited us in Toronto and met them several times in seventies and got to know her more. This couple is unique in many ways. Both are cool headed, calm, practical and logical but at the same time very caring. Pankaj and I spent lot of time together in discussing and sharing our life values, our experience in dealing with many personal issues and enjoyed going on many vacations together over this long association of more than sixty years. Pankaj is very smart and successful individual and has always shown passion for others and provides practical approach to many issues. He is the one I can confide into and I experienced the same from him. Any situation that involves emotions and excitement, he has a way to tackle it in amicable manner, characteristics you will not find in others.
On the other hand he has strict values and disciplines he expects from others and when he does not get it, he loses his pa- tience and will provide good and to the point advice to them. This is the quality you may expect from corporate executives. When I mentioned to him that you are corporate blood, his re- ply was “Yes” I know that because I ran corporation myself successfully. Personally, I admire him a lot and I have learned a lot from him. I remember when we had gone to Kashmir in 1966, I got emotional about losing my father at a very young age and I remember him giving me practical advice on how to tackle it. It was short and to the point and I will never forget that conversations. At this age, I am very fortunate to have a good friend like Pankaj. I have crossed 75 last year and he will cross it this year and I am looking forward to spend quality time together with hm. For every success- ful man, you need a god wife to help him become successful. Kanan is a good example and is a strong pillar to Pankaj for his successful life. Typical couple argues and fights on many issues a lot but I have not witnessed them between Pankaj and Kanan that much. On their 50th wedding anniversary we both of us wish them healthy and peaceful life and we cherished our friendship hope to spend quality time with them during our limited remaining life. With best wishes from Anil and Madhu Shah
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