Eboo Patel is a member of President Barack Obama's inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships. He is an American Muslim of Gujarati Indian heritage and founder and president of the Interfaith Youth Core[1], a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation.
Patel grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he attended Glenbard South High School. He has a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. Patel attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for his undergraduate studies.
Patel (also known as a Patidar) is surname of Indian origin mainly used by people belonging to Hindu Agricultural Communities viz. Kurmi or Kunbi, Hendre, Koli or Koeris, Teli, etc. Muslim Community people of Maharashtra and Gujarat in India and Pakistan also use Patel surname.
The name Patel is found primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat, along with Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Karnataka, as well as metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Delhi. Within the United Kingdom, it is the twenty-fourth most common surname nationally, and the third most common in the Greater London region. In the US, the surname "Patel" ranks 174 among the top 500 list of most common last names. The majority of those with the Patel last name are Hindus. However, Parsis and Muslims also carry the surname "Patel" (see also Muslim Patel).
Patel represents a section of Gujarati population that were historically farmers and landowners; the term patel itself meaning "village headman". The Patels forms large population in the state of Gujarat in India and also the United Kingdom and the United States. Gujarati Patels were historically landowners and farmers, and traditionally strict vegetarians. The Patel community varies by religion and ideology, with disparate groups having their own samaj (social gatherings) and mandirs. Traditionally Gujarati Patels married within their own gol (circle), though this custom had faded in the modern era. Patel community is a business community.
Oh baby doll!
When bells ring out the summer free
Oh baby doll
Will it end for you and me?
We'll sing our old alma mater
And think of things that used to be
I remember it so well
Back when the weather was cool
We used to have so much fun
When we were walking to school
If we stopped off to hear
The latest songs they sing
And we just make it in
Before the bells would ring
Oh baby doll!
Etc...
When the teacher was gone
That's when we'd have a ball
We use to dance and play
All up and down the hall
We had a portable radio
We was ballin' the jack
We'd be all back in order
When the teacher got back
Oh baby doll!
Oh Baby Doll!
when bells ring out the summer free
Oh baby doll
will it end for you and me?
We'll sing our old Alma Mater
and think of things that used to be
I remember it so well
back when the weather was cool
we used to have so much fun
when we were walking to school
if we stopped off to hear
the latest songs they sing
and we just make it in
before the bells would ring
Oh Baby Doll!
etc...
When the teacher was gone
that's when we'd have a ball
we use to dance and play
all up and down the hall
we had a portable radio
we was ballin' the jack
We'd be all back in order
when the teacher got back
Oh Baby Doll!
All of my love
All of my kissin'
You don't know
What you been a missin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
That you were meant for me
All of my life
I been a - waitin'
Tonight there'll be
No hesitatin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
That you were meant for me
Stars appear
And the shadows are fallin'
You can hear
My heart callin'
A little bit of lovin'
Makes everything right
And I'm gonna see
My baby tonight
All of my love
All of my kissin'
You don't know
What you been a missin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
That you were meant for me
(solo)
All of my love
All of my kissin'
You don't know
What you been a missin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
That you were meant for me
All of my life
I been a - waitin'
Tonight there'll be
No hesitatin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
That you were meant for me
Stars appear
And the shadows are fallin'
You can hear
My heart callin'
A little bit of lovin'
Makes everything right
And I'm gonna see
My baby tonight
All of my love
All of my kissin'
You don't know
What you been a missin'
Oh boy, when you're with me
Oh boy, the world can see
He's a fine man
Salvation in his hand
Recruited by the league
Of lovers on demand
He is there for you
Lifting every proof
That you were never lost
When you followed through
And I will miss the nights
We walked the streets alive
And I had found a home
Oh I could never lie
Look up the hill and see
There is still the tree
And it will bloom again
Just like any other year
There's so many roads
More important roads
Than the heartache
Like my friends would know
First love is only
First love they told me
And I'll go with them now
Sink the drugs for lonely
And sometimes miss the nights
We walked the streets alive
And I had found a home
Oh I could never lie
Look up the hill and see
There is still the tree
And it will bloom again
Just like any other year
Just like any other year
Here's a fine man
With every dream you have
These days won't be the worst