Fun-filled evening keeps ‘JF Coastal Festival 2015’ crowd ecstatic

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May 8, 2015

Dammam: The month of April 2015 began with a dreadful sand-storm which kept the people’s mood unstable and for many days the weather kept alarming the uncertainty in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. On April 16, Jam’iyyatul Falah’s volunteers had the faith in Allah and His blessings and kept their preparation in full swing for the annual event of family-get-together ‘JF Coastal Festival 2015’. The pleasant evening had extinguished the fear of misfortune and brought back the mood of festival with a huge gathering of above 1500 people.

The promise made by the JF event organizers had given the crowd a wonderful opportunity to bring together the spirit of Mangaluru and created the environment of Festival. The theme of the event ‘Our Community is Better Together’ has fulfilled with joy and excitement. Men, women and children had discovered an amazing native atmosphere of Mangaluru.

The radiant and enjoyable social event offered by one of the distinguished society of Mangalore Diaspora arranged by the charitable organization ‘Jam’iyyatul Falah’ (Dammam Unit), a Karnataka State award winner for .Best NGO.

The evening was filled with fun and frolic, Quran recitation competition for different age groups children, Quiz Competition for Adult and different types of games for Children and Adult with much more fun and excitement had kept the crowd entertaining till 3:00am. The event also brought together the spirit & essence of Karnataka.

The celebration commenced as scheduled with an introductory speech by the President of JF Dammam Unit Mohammad Wahid and the Qirath by Master Salman Ashraf had opened team event. Immediately followed the dinner and the dinner was the ‘Taste of the Evening’ which squeezed and jammed the crowd to taste the scrumptious and lip-smacking food catered by the famous Indian Restaurant “Batkhal House” of Dammam. The mouth-watering Indian cuisine creates a center of attention to the crowd and enjoyed the yummy and delicious native taste.

The attractive kiosk from Al Jufailah Corporation, the sole distributor of Al-Kabeer Frozen Products, had pulled the crowd with their appetizing aroma to taste the sample of their new products. Suhana Travel sponsored one-way Air-Ticket to Mangalore for the winner of Raffle prizes. Diamond Gift voucher sponsored by Malabar Gold, Al-Khobar.

The entire evening was filled with various funs and exciting games for children and adults and it was well organized by Javed Saeed and his team. The attractive prizes were presented to all the winners immediately after each game. The evening was later triggered with “Quiz Competition” and the Quiz Master very efficiently and meticulously handled the competition and did a commendable job by keeping the crowd entertained.

All programs and its activities were conducted under Islamic environment and the event had provided a book stall by Shanthi Prakashana which displayed the Islamic books in Kannada language.

JF Members kept the momentum moving by diverting the crowd with the announcement of each winner of 20 Raffle Prizes, which was drawn after every 15 minutes and the winning excitement in every person made the Raffle Round more ecstatic. The event also offered the Mega Prize and the winner took their prizes with wonderful memories of the delightful evening.

At the women’s section, several games were organized for different age groups. The girls were cherished and enjoyed the fun. The women’s organizing committee had skillfully managed the program and brilliantly implemented the games for adult and children which successfully accomplished the task provided to each volunteers. All the winners were presented with the attractive prizes.

The Ex-President P. B. A. Razak of JF-HQ in Mangalore on his visit of Saudi Arabia was felicitated during the Event. NRCC Ameer Mohammad Farook presented the Memento and Event Chairman Munaf draped the Shawl together with the Committee Members of JF Dammam Unit. The Mega event “JF Coastal Festival 2015” was exclusively sponsored by “Gulf Co-operation Symbols Contracting Co. Ltd.”, “NADA (Al-Othman Agri. Production and Processing Co.)” and “Azmeel Contracting Co.”.

The magnificent evening had witnessed the success of the Event and displayed the hard-work of the Event’s Working Committee. In the early hours of dawn, thrilled spectators made a reluctant exit from the venue, thoroughly lost in the magical spell cast on them during an unforgettable night. JF once again create an example to others by innovating and reaching for something even better.

Sadiq Ahmed proposed vote of thanks immediately after announcing the winner of Super Mega Prizes.

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April 7,2020

Dammam: Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka chapter distributed Food Kits for Indian expatriates labors who were in trouble due to Corona lockdown on April 6, 2020 at a labor camp here in Al Khobar.

The labors, most of them are from the staes of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh And Uttar Pradesh, were in trouble without food.

 Recieving the information leaders of Indian Social Forum immediately visited the camp to take survey.

Indian Social Forum with the help of donors distributed food kits. Indian Social Forum, Dammam, Karnataka Chapter president Mr.Mohammed Shareef Jokatte expressed gratitude for donors for their contribution.

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Muhammed Irshad
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Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020

 

Really appreciated. Working for this cause during this critical situation is really great job.

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March 2,2020

Abu Dhabi: Yogish Prabhu K is the newly elected president of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious India Social & Cultural Centre (ISC) and he will serve for the period 2020-2021. ISC’s annual general body meeting and Election for 2020 were held on Thursday, February 27 and the election results of the election were announced during the early hours of Friday, February 28th morning.

In the keenly contested election, Yogish Prabhu emerged victorious. Humble origin and hailing from a small town of Karkala from Udupi district of Karnataka state has never deterred him from setting challenging goals. He belongs to a well-known Gouda Saraswat Brahmin family of K.V.Prabhu Coconut oil mill in Karkala. He is the eldest son of Late Rtn. Krishna Prabhu and Rtn. Bharati Prabhu.  His father and grandfather were freedom fighters who left a profound impression on him and their ideology “serving people is like worshiping God” (Jana seveye Janardhana seve) inspired and guided his life ever since. Prabhu has been a privilege member of ISC since 2003 and has been actively involved in ISC activities throughout. His relationship with ISC spans over 2 decades during which he has immensely contributed in many ways to ISC and the Indian community at large. A banker by profession, Yogish Prabhu is currently working as Vice President, Group Finance & Treasury, First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB).

With some new initiatives in his mind, Prabhu wants to creatively improve the quality of ISC’s services, its humanitarian impact as well as the diversity of its membership. His intentions are always to help everyone irrespective of caste, creed, religion, language or status. As a new elected President of ISC, Prabhu’s main objective is to strategically plan and implement his vision through his ABC 5 Year Plan i.e.,

A-    Accountability & Transparency,

B-    Build a Sound Financial Plan and

C-    Compassion & Affection for the needy

so that ISC is recognized not just in UAE, but worldwide as a mascot of the great Indian community.

Prabhu thinks “as individuals, we can do only so much but with the support of Elected ISC Committee members and all the ISC members together, there is no limit to what we can achieve, and in the process, we can truly transform the ISC”. He proudly says, “I have a strong treasury management experience in ISC as well as in the bank which we need now more than ever”.

With his dynamic leadership, sheer dedication and ambition, ISC will definitely be scaling new heights of glory and prestige in Abu Dhabi and beyond. His humble nature, leadership qualities coupled with his rich administrative experience will surely help boost ISC’s popularity and meet its challenging goals and can serve people in a better way and contribute to the Indian community at large.

Yogish Prabhu has been married for 28years. His wife Chethana Prabhu Kasaragod too has been equally active in ISC and continuously supporting and participating in various sports, entertainment and literary committees throughout these years. She became ISC Women’s Forum Convener in 2016-2017. Their daughter, Aarti Prabhu is an IT Engineer from NITK Suratkal, working in Bangalore. Son, Ajith Prabhu finished his Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Management in Industrial Design in Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK and at present doing his internship there. Both Aarti and Ajith are alumni of Abu Dhabi Indian School and both have represented National level CBSE Badminton meet. Also, Aarti was a Gold medalist in the school for scoring 100 in Mathematics in SSLC.

Following are few of his contributions and achievements:

•          Hon. Asst. Treasurer of ISC for consecutive years from 2005 till 2007

•          Hon. Treasurer of ISC in 2011.

•          Member of Finance Committee of ISC new infrastructure and premises from approval till completion.

•          In 2016, initiated the participation of ISC members as officials for International Yoga Day organized by Indian Embassy

•          In 2017, initiated the participation of children as officials to help the organizers so that children could learn their social responsibility and become good citizens.

•          In 2012, initiated ladies throw ball tournament in ISC and now it is extended to men too.

•          Member of IPEF since its inception in 2014. Also served as its Governing board member in the same year.

•          Founder member of ‘UAE GSB group’ since its formation in 2004

•          Committee member of ‘Gandhi Sahitya Vedi’ Abu Dhabi

•                    Treasurer of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha

•          Head of Finance and member of other committees of ‘World Tulu Convention’ held in Dubai - 2018

 

Election was held for other Posts too. The other office bearers elected to the present committee are:

Vice-President: George Varghese.

General Secretary: Jojo J Ambooken

Asst.Gen.Secretary: C. George Varghese

Treasurer: Shijil Kumar N K

Entertainment Secretary: Jayapradeep K P

Literary Secretary: Elias Padavetty

Sports Secretary: Freddi J. Fernandes

Secretary Southern Region: Raja Srinivasa Rao Aita

Auditor: G.N.Sasikumar

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January 28,2020

Riyadh, Jan 28: The celebration of the 71st Republic Day was held on January 26th by the Central Committee of the Indian Social Forum Riyadh at the Ramada Hotel Auditorium in Riyadh. People from different Indian states and different religious backgrounds were present during the event.

The program was inaugurated with the unity song, Saleem Moulavi– Regional committee member India Fraternity Forum/Riyadh inaugurated the program.

Social Forum Central Committee president Janab Harris Mangaluru chaired the program and welcomed the guests. In his presidential speech he described and uncovered stories of freedom struggle and participants of Indian Muslims for the freedom fight. He urged everyone to fight against unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Bill which passed by Centre government. He said that the We will continue its agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NRC and would not relent unless the Union government withdrew the Act.

Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Committee member Janab Mohammed Naveed delivered the Republic Day message. He said India was formed based on concept of ‘unity in diversity’ and it becomes every Indians’ responsibility to safeguard it. He expressed concern over CAA, NRC and NPR. Across India, students at other universities are against the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Centre government.  The law offers amnesty to undocumented migrants from three neighboring Muslim-majority countries but only if they are non-Muslim. Critics say that by excluding Muslims, the law establishes a religious test for Indian citizenship, in violation of the secularism enshrined in India's constitution. The Indians, irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region have firmly resolved to oppose the draconian laws and fascist moves to debar the poor. Constitution granted to every person and citizen of India who are not ready to put them on a test of ideology of RSS and programs of BJP to implement the Brahmanist mind-set. He said that the police atrocities against CAA/NRC/NPR protesters had increased only in BJP-ruled States and  there were several loose ends in the police story about the incidents leading to the firing.

Eng Shahul Hameed – Coordinator of Tamil Nadu Islamic Federation, Dr. Jahangeer Ahmed - Assistant professor/King Saud university, Mohammed Rafi – Gen Secretary of India Fraternity Forum Regional Committee, Mr. Abdul jaleel– Vice President of Indian Islahi Center, Mr. Basha –Member of IFT Executive Council , Mr. Ajmal Hussain – Member of Pravasi Forum central Committee, Younus Wallan – President Humanity Forum Riyadh. All delivered the message on the eve.

Basheer Karandur, General Secretary of Social Forum Central Committee, welcomed the gathering and Social Forum Riyadh Tamilnadu State Committee President Jabir presented the vote of thanks. Abdul Basheer was master of ceremony.

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