Cultural extravaganza marks UAE Bunts anniversary

[email protected] (Ramesh S Bhandari)
May 13, 2012

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Dubai, May 13: It was the 38th anniversary of UAE Bunts, a strong long standing community organisation for Tulunada Bunts existing in the UAE with a great number of members collectively holding get together and celebrating from many years.

This year's celebration held on May 11 in JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai, was attended by a big record number of Bunt community members of more than 1400 numbers.

M.K. Lokesh, Ambassador of India in UAE was chief guest, while Kannada/Tulu film actor Shivdwaj Shetty was guest of honour. UAE Bunts patron, Padmashree Dr. B.R. Shetty along with wife Dr Chandrakumari B.R. Shetty were present throughout the function. Other guests include, Satishchandra Shetty, President Kuwait Bunts, Pradeep Shetty, President Bahrain Bunts & Mahesh Hegde, Vice President Saudi Bunts.

The programme started at around 11.00 am with golden voiced president Sarvotham Shetty opening up the event in his imitable style. The chief guests were called on to the stage and the show was inaugurated with the traditional lighting of the lamp. Soon after the inauguration was a Ganapathi Prayer by Aishwarya Ganesh Rai and Amrutha Vinaykumar Shetty.

Smitha Chowta presented the welcome speech and soon was welcome song by organisers from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Later was a welcome dance presented by Deepashri Jeevan Shetty and Divya from Abu Dhabi.

'Kannu Muchaale' a dance number by Rekha, Tanuja and Anita Jairam Shetty from Dubai Bunts was fabulous followed was another filmy dance number 'Chikni Chameli' by Surekha Jitu Shetty and Pawan Poojary. Also was "Suggi Kunitha' a folk dance with cute kids of Dubai was well presented by Usha V. Shetty and Praveen Shetty followed by Bollywood Dhamaka presented by Lakshmi R. Shetty and Nigel. A Kannada song 'Pankaja' was later rendered by Chetna, Babita & Prasanna from Dubai. All the dances were nicely performed by children and youth of Bunts.

Sarvotham Shetty then introduced the Bunts Committee and also introduced the new Committee for the coming year. Some of those whose wedding anniversary was on this particular day were also asked to come up on stage and exchange garlands with their spouse.

M.K. Lokesh, was felicitated by Dr. B.R. Shetty with shawl, flower bouquet, fruits and memento. Major sponsors of the event including Shekar B. Shetty of Arab Udupi Chain of Restaurants, Pravin Kumar Shetty of Fortune Group of Hotels, Sujath Shetty of Ghantoot Building Materials, Premnath Shetty of Heat Shield, Cine Actor Shivdwaj along with their wives plus Sudhir Kumar Shetty of UAE Exchange, Ganesh Rai and Sudhakar Alva were present on the stage during the ceremony. At the same time all the Sponsors were honoured with shawl and sweets.

H.E. Lokesh also released a 350 page UAE Bunts Directory 'Aisiri' which was later distributed to all the invitees and guests.

'Aisiri' beautifully designed attractive directory is being conceptualized by Creative Art Director, B.K. Ganesh Rai of GPR Advertising and Signage a sister concern of NMC Group. A committee was formed comprising of Sarvotham Shetty, Ganesh Rai, Sudhakar Alva, Ravindranath Shetty, Divesh Alva, Jayaram Rai, Uday Shetty, Satish Shetty, Anil Hegde, Nithyanand Shetty, Jayakar Rai, Sashikar Shetty, Satosh J. Shetty, Ravi Prasad Shetty, Vasu Kumar Shetty, Satish Shetty, Prashant Hegde, Jayananda Pakkala & Prabhakar Shetty who had worked day and night in compiling this great directory.

Followed was felicitation to guest of honour, cine actor Shivdwaj Shetty along with his wife and son. Mr Lokesh felicitated Shivdwaj with shawl, flower bouquet, fruit basket, memento and Ganesh Rai read out the felicitation letter and handed over the same to him.

Shivdwaj who recently was honoured with national award for his directorial venture Tulu Movie 'Gaggara' has also acted in another recently released Tulu Movie 'Bangarda Kural' and other Kannada movies. He was touched by the felicitation and thanked the organisation for the honours. He said I am proud to be a bunt and also shared his feelings later, while on the stage called for another event.

Mr Lokesh spoke few words in Kannada highlighting the contributions of Bunts Community to the world especially in the field of hospitality. He thanked the Bunts Community Organisation for serving the Indians in UAE for over 38 years contributing in various fields. His special mention is Padmashree Dr. B.R. Shetty whose enterprise have given shelter to so many Indians in UAE. He added, "wherever I go I see a Shetty in that organization, which means your community people are serving everywhere”

UAE Bunts also honoured the young and talented children of their community with 'Prathiba Puraskara' wherein Dr. B.R. Shetty along with his wife Dr. Chandrakumari B.R. Shetty presented the honours to various children who excelled in their academic studies with medals. Those children honoured were Shravya Suraj Shetty, Sanjana Ravi Shetty & Siddharth Satish Shetty.

In between the dance and singing Sarvotham Shetty conducted many spot games with fun and humour. This time giving much importance to Tulu Folk, Bunts conducted various competitions for both children and youth. Started with Folk Dance competition, various children participated in colourful folk and presented 'Koti Chennayya', 'Uttari Festival of Coorg', other combined folk dances comprising of Yakshagana, Bootha Aaradhane etc., and it was really nice to see sweet little children neatly dressed in traditional typical folk dress looking like miniatures.

Later with the Bunts talent was 'Mahishasura Mardhini' dance drama well presented by Vishwanath Shetty of Sharjah.

A wide spread buffet lunch was served to all the invitees with variety of salads, soups, main course including traditional Mangalorean curries and mix of desserts.

Soon after the lunch was 'Musical Orchestra by Kiran Shetty and Group well-presented and appreciated. The ladies throw ball team that achieved tremendous success all through the year in various occasions was also called upon on the stage and honoured.

UAE Bunts this time specially recognized and honoured few well known social workers for their exceptional dedicated humanitarian services and they were Shodhan Prasad, Sudhakar Alva and Balakrishna Salian who were invited on to the stage and felicitated with Mementos by Dr. B.R. Shetty in the presence of Actor Shivdwaj Shetty. Sarvotham Shetty read out some of those tragic events where these individuals shouldered their responsibilities including promotion of blood donation campaigns in UAE.

Continuing with the Talent competition was a skit by Neopharma Staff nicely presented by Santosh Shetty & Group followed by "Dashavatara" neatly presented by Soujanya & Group choreographed by Prasanna Poojary. Next was an emotional melo drama titled "Kargil Yodha" by Dubai Group choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar which deeply touched the heart of the audience who gave a standing ovation. Bunts from Abu Dhabi presented ladies dance by Smita Chowta & Group and was finely choreographed by Pawan Poojary. Before concluding was a Nrithya Roopaka 'Kaalinga Mardhana' well presented by Rajani Nagaraj Shetty of Al Ain. At the end Arun Alva presented a group dance called 'Patti Rap'.

The best talents were identified as follows

In children's category:

1st was 'Uttari Festival of Coorg' choreographed by Jasmitha Vivek Poojary

2nd was 'Abu Dhabi Dance Group' choreographed by Pawan Poojary

3rd was 'Koti Chennayya' choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar

In Bunts Talent Adult category:

1st won by 'Abu Dhabi Dance Group' Ladies choreographed by Pawan Poojary

2nd won by 'Dashavathara' by Soujanya & Group choreographed by Prasanna Poojary

3rd won by 'Kargil Yodha' by Dubai Group choreographed by Rajesh Kuthar

All the choreographers were called upon and honoured while the best choreography were won by Jasmitha Vivek Poojary & Pawan Poojary. Also, the judges of the talent competition were called upon and honoured with flower bouquet.

Concluding the event was Prize distribution followed by Raffle Draw. Sarvotham Shetty who compeered the daylong event along with Sampath Shetty, Mangala Shetty, Reshma Divesh Alva & Jyotika Shetty, also conveyed the vote of thanks.

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Media Release
February 7,2020

Global Toastmasters Club conducted Youth Leadership Program (GTC YLP– 2020), which  culminated with an extraordinary show at the Grand Finale in Puli Restaurant, Jubail, Saudi Arabia on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Toastmaster Mohammed Abul Khasim, who hails from Karnataka, Gulbarga was the Chief Coordinator for this Youth leadership program YLP, In this 10 weeks intensively focused program, the young future Leaders in the age group 13 to 15 were given quality coaching on Public Speaking, Listening, Writing, Evaluating and Life Skills, under the able guidance of Chief Coordinator.

The keynote speaker at the event was well-known veteran distinguish Toastmaster Dr R J George who motivated everyone to speak the language of love, removing all boundaries and barriers and invest on spending quality time together.

The performances of Youth Leaders were extraordinary and flawless and it was witness by top prominent figures of Jubail toastmaster fraternity likes of DTM Jamil Akhter,TM Nasiruddin Ansari, DTM Oomen Thomas, MTM Sair Oomen, DTM Hareesh, TM Amitab Serna, DTM Kotesh, MTM Shanti Rekha, DTM Suresh Kumar, TM Imtiyaz Khan, TM Asif Ali khan, MTM Farha Naved,TM Naved Hussain, Madam Sheeba, Dr Saleem Khan,TM Ashik Nazeer and TM Suhail Rais Khan. GTC YLP team thanks the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Majeed the Managing Director of Universal Inspection Company for sparing the valuable time as one of the sponsor of the event.

The Chief Guest at the Finale was Toastmasters District 79 Club Growth Director DTM Rami Jawad, laud the efforts of GTC for community service and urged all students to take full advantage of such chances as they present life changing opportunities, Division Direct ‘L” DTM Sadagopan address the audience and District PQD DTM Madhusha Grace the occasion. 

During the span of 10 weeks, more than 40 senior member of Jubail Toastmasters fraternity contributed to the success of this program as one to one mentors, Workshop Presenters and Assistant Coordinators. DTM Uzma Siddiqui, DTM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, DTM Safare Mohammed, DTM N V Arasu and DTM Jeyasankar and DTM Asif Ali Siddiqui, led the team of Toastmasters as overall Program Advisors, MTM Samina Mazher was chief judge for the event.

The grand finale saw four absorbing contests in Table Topics, Evaluation Speech, International Speech and Debate conducted by YL Ayesha Safare, YL Sai Pranav, YL Mohammed Saad and YL Fawaz Kannan respectively and YL Jaweriya conducted the banner parade.
Maliaka Maryam won the first prize in International Speech, while the second and third were earned by Mohammed Saad and Mohammed Umair. The Table topic contest was won by Ahmed Khan, where Jayveer Prajapati and Fawaz Kannan stood second and third respectively.

Sreena Nanda Kumar won evaluation Speech Contest, while Mohammed Sufyan and Sai Pranav stood second and third respectively. In Debate contest the team speaking against the topic represented by Hasib Javid, Muzaffer Shaik and Nabil Bin Tasnim stood first and runner team was represented by Sarah Nasir, Fathima Badruddin and Shanum Rabia . Hasib Javid was declared the best debate speaker.

The first term President Sarah Nasir and second term President Mohammed Ahmed Khan started the program with their presidential addresses after the Surah recitation by Nabil BinTasnim. YL Jumana Jaffer & YL Arman Raiq Siraj hosted the finale as Master of ceremonies. Immedate past Youth leaders and assistance Coordinators and workshop presenters Jaweriya Mariyam and Ayesha Safare conducted the award ceremony, while DTM Safare Mohammed handled contest operations.

Global Toastmasters President DTM Khalid Siddiqui and YLP Chief Coordinator TM Mohammed Abul Khasim thanked all Youth Leaders, Parents Sponsors and Toastmasters for their contribution in making the program successful. 

Past President of Global TMC, past Area63 Governor and first ever Joint Division E & L conference chairman Mangalorean DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli congratulated the Chief Coordinator Mohammed Abul Khasim for the effort and dedication to make the event a grand success and his journey to accomplish the DTM title soon.

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January 5,2020

Kuwait: Friday Forum Kuwait conducted its 12th inter-school Islamic Elocution Competition at Hotel Rajadhani Palace, Khaitan on 1st January 2020. 

The competition, which was held in the senior and junior categories had participation from 15 Indian Schools across Kuwait comprising of 43 students. In the senior category, Ayisha Wafiya of Indian Community School, Khaitan bagged the first prize and Efrem Joseph of Indian Community School, Amman won the second prize. 

In the junior category, Hima Jameela of Indian Community School, Khaitan bagged the first prize and Fadhel Kandapath of Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian School won the second prize. Nawaal Yaseen Ebrahim of Indian Community School (SR), Salmiya and Rhruthunanda of Indian Learners Own Academy, Abbasiya won the consolation prizes in senior and junior categories respectively.

This year, the event was fully conducted by the ladies wing of Friday Forum. Dr. Thasneem Amir, Ibtisam Basheer, Toast Masters Ola Rasheed, Fatma Abduhedeid, Shazia Thabassum and Marium Rangat were the judges for the competition in senior and junior categories. The event started with the Qira’at by Saneera Riyas, followed by welcome speech by Dr. Sajna Mohammed. 

The prizes were distributed to winners by Shahina Mansoor, Femitha Faseeh, Dr.Thasneem Amir, Dr. Sajna Mohammed, Zeenath Yacoub, Safna Sayam and Saneera Riyas. The Souvenir for the program - “INSPERIA 2020”- was released during the event by the chief editor Farha Abdul Rahman. The program was compered by Thanveera Noushad and the program convenor Subeana Shabeer conveyed the vote of thanks.

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May 20,2020

Jeddah: Indian Pilgrims Welfare Forum (IPWF) under the patronage of consulate General of India Jeddah related to welfare activities connected to Indian hajj pilgrims in particular and welfare functions of Indian community at large, organized Quran recitation competition for Indian students of age 10 to 14 residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Grand Finale was conducted Live online via Zoom virtual conference on Friday 15th May 2020 at 14:45 Hrs.

The Consul General Of India, Jeddah and Vice Patron IPWF, H.E.Mr. Md. Noor Rahman Shiekh graced the Grand Finale as honorable Chief Guest. The HOC, Consul Hajj and Director IPWF - Mr. Y Sabir attended as Guest of Honor, while the ever-exuberant President of the forum Mr. Ayyub Hakeem lead the event. A large number of Indian dignitaries and media personnel also joined this live event.

Judges panel included three experienced youths. First judge was the Prominent Hafiz and one of the best Qaris of his calibre, Hafiz Ismail Yahya Bilal, well educated in Qirat from Umm Al Qura University Makkah and currently persuing Masters. He also holds many honors and accolades from various international competitions and appreciations from Imaams of Haramain. The other judge, Hafiz Abdullah A.Mateen Usmani, first position winner, a record for being youngest Indian to win Jeddah Quran competition 2018 under patronage of Jeddah Governor.  Hafiz Farhan Abdur Rab, was the third judge, an Engineer by profession, as well as current Treasurer at IPWF.

Winners; Humeirah Masood Kazi and Furqan Mohammed Vasi Ahmed won Gold position. Maryam Jaffar and Adil Abdul Rasheed ranked Silver while Khatija Ehtesham Ali and Nadeem Noorisha ranked Bronze. Consolation prizes were given to Aamina Mustafa and Mohammed Ahsan Ali. The event was organized to encourage and boost the ambitions of young generation and inspring them to bring out their best in Quran Recitation

While speaking at the event Chief Guest H.E.Mr. Md.Noor Rahman Sheikh appreciated the social works of IPWF for Indian Community, praised the brilliant performance of students, He said it gives us great pleasure seeing that all participants, Judges and Jury members are Indians, he said the recitation of the children was fantabulous, and congratulated to the winners and participants. Chief Guest further said President Ayyub Hakeem and his IPWF Team deserves to be appreciated for their relentless efforts for this Noble cause, even in this period when the world is observing lockdown.

HOC, Consul Hajj Mr. Y Sabir appreciated IPWF team for organizing this virtual competition, he said it’s really amazing that 111 students registered to participate for the contest, he appreciated the hard work of children and efforts of parents for preparing their children.

Mr. Hakeem welcomed all and informed that this competition received overwhelming response from Indian community locally and internationally in short time since its launch was just couple of days earlier. Which compliments events Objective to encourage children “mainly Indians residing in Saudi Arabia” especially during the month of Quran “Ramadan” and lockdown period #COVID-19. 

40 contestants made it to the Semifinals, and 15 Students reached the Grand Finale, 2 young children were given consolation for their enthusiastic recitation. 

The President also appreciated his IPWF Team for unwavering support in preparation of this event.  He thanked the Chief Guest, HE Mr. Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh and Guest of Honor Mr. Y Sabir for gracing this glorious competition. He Thanked the audience and announced that all contestants will be awarded appreciation “digital certificate’

Syed Nasir Khursheed anchored the program, and entertained with beautiful Urdu couplets. Farhan Abdur Rab and Abdul Rahman Poyakkara conducted the contest flawlessly on time. Farhan, concluded the event with Vote of Thanks and soleful dua.

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