Mangaluru’s ‘Shanthi Prakashana’ shines at Sharjah Book Fair

November 7, 2016

Sharja: In what could be termed as a proud moment for Kannadigas in United Arab Emirates, Karnataka’s publication house ‘Shanthi Prakashana’ is taking part in 35th Sharjah International Book Fair from November 2 to 12.

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Every year international book fair will be held in Sharjah in the month of November. Sheikh Sultan III bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, the ruler of Sharjah is a motivation force behind this book fair. Started in 1982, today it’s the fourth largest book fair in the world.

Shanthi Prakashana publishes books on different areas of human society including religion and culture. Till date it has brought out more than 270 titles. It also has three mobile literature vans roaming all over Karnataka to spread out human values and establish atmosphere of brotherhood.

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Shanthi book stall, Sarvotthama Shetty, president of Abu Dhabi Kannada Sangha, said that Shanthi Prakashana is a value based publication house. “It should grow and spread the message of peace and humanity,” he added.

On the same occasion, Dr Muhammad Abdul Khair, CEO of Propharma group of companies, released Kannada translation of the volume 6 of ‘Thafheem-ul-Quran’.

Mallikarjuna Gowda, former president of Dubai Kannada Sangha, launched ‘Shanthi Prakashana Mobile App’. Uma Vidyadar, president of Dubai Kannada Sangha released newly published book of Hadeeth ‘Prakasha Bindugalu’.

Muhammad Kunhi, Manager of Shanthi Prakashana said, “There are no fables in Shanthi’s books. You can find only truth and message of peace and humanity.”

He said that mutual understanding between religions will eradicate disbeliefs and promotes space for human values. “This is the goal of Shanthi Prakashana,” he said.

National President of Islamic Cultural Center UAE, Mr. Arief Shareef, ICC Sharja President Abdul Qadeer, SQR Ilyas, Akthar Hussain Bhatkal, Noor Ashfak Karkala, Convener of Shanthi book stall Abdul Salam Deralakatte, V.K Rashid, Hafeez Kudroli, Ashraf Hasan Ullal, Mariyam Shaheera, Ashraf Madi were present.

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Dear Readers,

Please be aware that Shanti Prakashana still publishing books written by Maududi, the one who led many innocent Muslim youths to terrorism. I request sharjah authority to ban books written by Maududi and sayed qutub.

Good achievement by Shanthi Prakashana, Mangalore. Also need your book stall in other GCC country, during book exhibition. So, it can help to \Kannadigas\"."

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ISF urges Indian govt to address the woes of Indian expats in Saudi Arabia

Media Release

April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern as number of corona infected people and deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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