Abu Dhabi: Tradition, grandeur mark World Bunts Day

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May 3, 2014
Abu Dhabi, May 3: Hundreds of Bunts participated in the colourful World Bunts Day organized by UAE Bunts at the Armed Forces Club, Abu Dhabi on April 25.

The traditional festivities started at 10 am under the leadership of Sarvotham Shetty, president of UAE Bunts. All the VIPs and guests of the day were welcomed with traditional drum beats (chande) troupe, including men and women dressed in Indian traditional attires. A special attraction of the programme was that everybody was dressed in traditional Bunts attire, reflecting the rich culture of their homeland. A variety of colourful group dances were presented by children and adults.

The programme was presided over by Padmashree Dr B R Shetty, patron UAE Bunts, inaugurated by Sri Sri Sri Dr Vidyavachaspati Vishwa Santhosh Bharathi Sripadaru, Bhargava Beedu, Barkur Udupi district.

The prestigious 'Bunta Vibhushana' Award institutred by UAE Bunts was conferred on Vijayanath Vittal Shetty, well-known Indian entrepreneur and businessman and trustee of Bhoothanatheshwara Temple Mijar. He was felicitated with a shawl, Mysore Peta, memento and Sanmana Patra. After a brief introduction of organizers Manoj Shetty and Varna Shetty were felicitated. The felicitation programme was compered by Jyothika Shetty.

The programme continued with more dances by children, namely by Blues Diamond Abu Dhabi and freestyle Bollywood mix by Avirath and team, Dubai. Yakshagana Rupaka by Shashi Shetty and Guru Shetty was beautifully performed by the groups and received a huge applause from the audience.

The important session held on the occasion was group discussion about Bunts tradition, culture, 'Achara Vichara' and Tulu/Kannada language. During these discussions several members of the audience raised important questions. Appropriate and meaningful answers were given by guests who came from the different parts of world to attend the event which made atmosphere very homely.

A delicious mouth-watering buffet was arranged in an open skylight area of auditorium adding charm to the atmosphere. After the lunch five teams (Kithoora Rani Chennamma, Krishnadevaraya, Rani Abbakka, Onake Obavva and Sangoli Rayanna) participated in the group dance competition. The competition was mind blowing and a tough job for judges Vijay Kumar Shetty of Kala Jagathu, Mumbai, Ganesh Hegde, Bollywood choreographer, Mumbai and Vijayanatha Vittal Shetty, businessman from Mumbai to decide, as all the performances were praiseworthy and received a huge round of applause from the audiance. However, the judges had to make a decision and the final results were as follows: Ist prize – Sangolli Rayanna group, choereographed by Prasanna Shetty and Sachin Mada, Dubai, 2nd prize – Krishnadevaraya, choreographed by Jasmitha Vivek, Dubai, 3rd prize – Onake Obavva, choregraphed by Pawan, Abu Dhabi

The best choregrapher prize went to Prasanna Shetty and Sachin Mada. They were awarded with winning tropies and cash prizes.

The main sponsors of World Bunts Day were: NMC group and UAE Exchange - Dr B R Shetty, ULB - Pradeep Kumar, Bangalore , Northern Sky Properties, Dubai, Khain Properties, Dubai, Heat Sheild - Premnath Shetty,  Arab Udupi Group - S B Shetty, Base ID Décor - Chethan Shetty, Structcon - Ravi Shetty, Gantout Building Materials - Sujat Shetty, Ace Crane Systems - Gunsheel Shetty, Focus Direct - Umesh Shetty and Fortune Group of Hotel - Praveen Shetty.

Winner of Shaikh Hamdan Awardees, and throwball champions were felicitated on the occasion. The kids' dance group got presents for their performance.

Sudheer Kumar Shetty, COO UAE Exchange Global was felicitated on the auspicious occasion for his achievements and for receiving two international awards as NRI personality of the year recently.

The cultural programmes were compered by Mangala Shetty, Sampath Shetty, Jyothica Shetty and Reshma Alva.

'Bale Telipaale' the famous hilarious skits were enjoyed by the audience during three sessions of the programme. Towards the end, a raffle draw was held and prizes were distributed on the spot.

CA Shankar Shetty, president of Bunts Sangha, Mumbai made the concluding remarks and suggested how to take this "World Bunts Day" forward year after year with the help of worldwide Bunts Sanghas. He wholeheartedly praised the event organized by the UAE Bunts.

B R Shetty of NMC thanked Sarvotham Shetty for his hard work and dedication and for making this 40th get-together of UAE Bunts and World Bunts Day a most memorable one.

The entire programme captured the beauty of Bunt harmony and highlighted the tradition, culture and unity of Tulunadu.

UAE Bunts president Sarvotham Shetty coordinated the entire programme with the help of Vijay Kumar Shetty and organizing committee members of UAE Bunts.

A galaxy of dignitaries from across the world participated in the felicitation function including Sri Santhosh Guruji, Peetadhyaksharu, Sri Barkur Maha Samsthanam, Dr B R Shetty, Grand Patron, UAE Bunts, Ajith Kumar Maladi, president, Matru Buntara Sangha, Mangalore, CA Shankar Shetty, president, Bunts Sangha, Mumbai, Shyam Shetty, president, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Dr Satyaprakash Shetty, president, Mulund Bunts,  Bhaskar Shetty Santhoor, president, Belgaum Bunts Sangha, Vijayanath Vittal Shetty, president, Bunts Sangha, Bajpe, Shashidhar Shetty, president, Oman Bunts Sangha, Mahesh Hegde, president, Saudi Arabia Bunts Sangha, Neema Sharad Shetty, representing Australia Bunts, Sudhakar Shetty, ex-president, Kuwait Bunts, Tulu Koota and Kannada Sangha KWT, Satishchandra Shetty, ex-president, Kuwait Bunts, Tulu Koota and Kannada Sangha KWT, K.Vishwanatha Shetty, vice-president, Bunts Sangha, Mumbai, Chandrashekar Shetty, secretary, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Rathnakar Shetty, chairman, Mathrubhoomi, Mumbai, A Satish Shetty, treasurer, Bunts Sangha, Mumbai, A Surendra Shetty, treasurer, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Mohandas Shetty, joint secretary, Bunts Sangha, Mumbai, Suresh Shetty, trustee, Port Trust, Mangalore, Rajesh Shetty, president, Bahrain Kannada Sangha, Vijay Kumar Shetty, president, Kala Jagathu, Mumbai - Recipient of Rajyotsava Award, Nagriguthu Vivek Shetty, ex-president, Mulund Bunts, Raghuram Rai, president, Bunts Sangha, Belthangadi, Pravin Shetty, Jt.Treasurer, Bunts Sangha, Mumbai, Ganesh Hegde, cheoreographer, Bollywood, Mumbai, Gaokar, joint commissioner, sales tax, Mangalore, Gopal Y Shetty, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Gopal Y Shetty, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Adv Jayanth Shetty, Bunts Association, Mumbai, Harish Punja, high court lawyer, and Dr Shivsharan Shetty, Director, Namma TV.

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Media Release
July 6,2020

The Chairman of Intellectual Council Jeddah, Syed Nasir Khurshid, called for a Zoom meeting on 2nd July, 2020 to celebrate the oath taking ceremony of the D K Shiva Kumar who took over as the President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Mr Khurshid opened the meeting with a very enthusiastic and sincere note of congratulations to newly appointed president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, Mr. D.K.Shivakumar.

The chief speaker for the evening was Saleem Khaleefa, vice Chairman of the Council, he said, for more than 4 decades, he is monitoring the politics of the Karnataka state very closely and also monitoring the role of crises management DK Shiva Kumar in the last 2 years, whether it is Rajya Sabha election of Mr. Ahmed Patel or managing the MLAs of Madhya Pradesh. He said, he is one of the best leaders of the party and the best leaders use “their brain, their heart, their soul and their guts.” And his leadership is fit in the size of all these characters. Growth is a very powerful word and fundamentally, party growth is the responsibility of the President and he can take a holistic approach to close the gap between and among the party cadres. 

Every effort is to be made to preserve the sense of unity within the party. We need to unite party base while appealing to voters. He should identify on ground challenges and find the mechanism to address them. He further pointed out that a President’s chief responsibility is to bring all the party leaders and office bearers on the same page with a Mission to bring back the congress party into power in the next assembly election. His smart strategies, road map, mechanism, booth management, better connected with the party workers, taking everyone along with him, will be a direction for the presidents of the party in other states to take party into power.

He pronounced his leadership is totally remarkable and has a track record of his very sensible leadership and he also known for his collaborative and crises management leadership style. Engr. Nasir suggested that his first task is to address the formidable challenges faced by the party and bring the Congress members together, on a very single aspect how to win the election. The party backbone and strength is gross-root workers who can play a significant role to take the party in a very strong and popular position in public. He emphasized that unity is the main strategy and ingredient to win the election, because a party divided will hurt, cannot win the election. Planning is everything and a good planning goes a long way, helping to win the election.  

All the members of the Council expressed their views and everyone is very much hopeful that he is the right person to lead the party from top.He has commanded immense respect from party workers, office bearers, all communities, groups, including opposition parties. He is a very experienced, have immense experience and hard-work leader and he is a strategist and knows the art how to motivate the party workers and unite all in a single rope.

Engr. Amjad Ali said, we are very much confident that he will re-structure from bottom to top, panchyat, taluka and district committees will be re-structured and will induct caliber and talented leaders who can understand and realize their responsibilities and accountability as head of the party at their levels with only one point how to win the coming election with thumping majority.

One of key members of the Council, Sajid Shaikh expressed joyfully that every single member of the party have confidence on the leadership of Mr. D.K Shiva Kumar and his appointment to the top position says a lot of nice things about him.  He has shown his great leadership and expert in crises management on many occasion.  The party in Karnataka is in good hands and I am sure he will sort-out all the difference between and among the party leaders and cadres, which has hurt the party in the last election and will bring all on the same page. Congress party and its workers are lucky to have such a passionate and hardworking president who is ready to work day in and day out to bring party in power in 2023 assembly election.

Prominent members of the Council, Engr. Azher Parvaiz, Engr. Abdul Wahid, Hazrat Qadri, Engr. Abdul Ameed, Saleem Khan, and Rafiuddin Kharadi commented, we looking forward his dynamic and result oriented leadership in organizing and re-shaping the party in the state, he will hold all congressmen together with a noble purpose, motivate every party worker to work with dedication so that congress can come back to power with absolute majority and he can count on our absolute support in booth management as well  suggest a few points to be included in the manifestos, running a high  successful voltage campaign highlighting the failure of the BJP government at the Center and at the state, between and among in the NRIs community across the Gulf Countries, including Europe and America. Council will do the value-based politics and will present the image of the Congress party, as the rational political party, with secular and inclusive, where people of all religions, caste, race and gender, feel wanted in the party, as its main ideology.

Syed Nasir Khurshid thanked entire team for attending the meeting he expressed his gratitude towards Vice Chairman of the council Saleem Khaleefa for speaking as chief speaker and giving updates, he said, team members are excited to meet in person with Mr. D.K. Shiva Kumar, when members visit India during their vacation.

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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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Media Release
February 4,2020

On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF), Karnataka State organized a blood donation camp in Doha Qatar, in association with Hamad Medical Corporation on 31st January 2020, Friday.

At first, QISF Karnataka State Vice President, Ziaul Huq welcomed the guests, dignitaries and blood donors.

The Blood Donation Camp was inaugurated by ICC President Mr. Manikantan A P who was the Chief guest. In his inaugural speech, he emphasized that, Service to humanity is service to God. By donating the blood, not only we save the lives, but we get blessings also. He also said that punctuality is the key factor in these type of events and should be incorporated by all of us.

QISF Central Committee President, Sayeed Komachi highlighted the necessity and importance of donating the blood and assured QISF a socio cultural organization will always be ready for this noble cause.

Dr. Vishwantha Kini, a well known Radiologist in HMC motivated the donors.

The camp was started at    7.00 A M and ended at 5.30 PM in which 146 people donated the blood out of 185 people registered.

SKMWA President Abdul Majeed and Dr. Haroon from Asian Medical Centre, who were also the Guests in the programme praised the initiative and efforts of QISF. 

QISF Central Committee Vice President Salam Kunnamal, General Secretary Basheer Ahmed, Northern States President Fasiuddin, QISF State and Branch Committee members Lathif Madikeri, Zakariya Pandeshwar, Saleem Bangadi, Mujeebulla Khan, Nayeem Belapu, Ibrahim UB, Toufeeq, Anwar Angargundy, Rizwan Kalladka, Asif Bannur, Imtiyaz Karnad, Jaleel Kalladka, Haneef Montepadav, Rafiq Uppinangady and other members were present during the programme.

The program was presided and concluded by QISF Karnataka State President Nazeer Pasha.

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Fasi
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Thursday, 6 Feb 2020

Great job, this will save many lives. Hats off to QISF for this wonderful event on the occasion of Rebulic Day celebration. 

Zameer
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Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

Well done qisf...again u did a great work by collecting blood to serve humanity...qosf is a second word for humanity!!

Hassan
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Wednesday, 5 Feb 2020

 

Masha Allah. Good Job done by QISF

 

 

 

 

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