Expats have decisive role to play in the future of India: A Saeed

April 25, 2014

Jeddah, Apr 25: Indian community employed in the Gulf countries have a larger and decisive role to play in shaping the future of India, said A Saeed, National President of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).

He was speaking during an impressive reception given to the national leaders of SDPI on their short visit to the Kingdom. In the presence of a packed audience, he also dedicated the social welfare organization, Indian Social Forum (ISF) to the service of the entire Indian expatriate community. Foreign remittance of the overseas Indian community to India is the backbone of our economy and their contribution is invaluable in achieving the present development of the country. He also added that the expatriates should be aware of the situation of our beloved nation and should have their say in the political process as it is very relevant because maintaining apolitical stand is now misunderstood as good quality of a responsible citizen. He further added that in India Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has a “Pravasi Forum” in India for the welfare of the returning NRIs.

Moulana Uthman Beig, member of national working committee of SDPI, said that the political ideology of the party has been remarkably attracting the Indian community and the election of SDPI representatives to local bodies and municipal corporationsof many Indian states is a good example of the recognition and acceptance. For the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the party has set its manifesto raising the basic issues of the common people of the country, free from fear and free from starvation.

Moideen Kutty Faizy, the national secretariat member of SDPI, urged the Indians to cast their votes understanding the present situation of the minority and backward communities, who were not able to enjoy the benefits of freedom and democracy. These sidelined communities should continue their agitation to achieve their rights as guaranteed in the constitution. Blame game and Modi scare are used to mobilize the decisive minority votes and the national and regional parties do not have any policy or programme to improve the lots of the poor. Here is the relevance of SDPI in this loksabha election, Faizy added.

Dr. Aleek Khan Falaky, S.R. Shareef, Adv. Muneer, Dr. CK Abdullah felicitated on the occasion and the programme was also attended by leaders of various socio-cultural organisations of Jeddah and regional committee members of ISF of different regions of Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Ashraf Morayur (Pr, Indian Social Forum adhoc committee) presided and Mohammed Iqbal (Secy. Indian Social Forum adhoc committee) welcomed the guests and the gathering which included hundreds of families as well. Reception began with the recitation from noble Quraan by Master HudhaifyFarooqui and Mohammed Sajid (ad-hoc committee, member) conveyed the vote of thanks and Abdul Azeez and Hasan and Abdul Ghani anchored the function in different Indian vernaculars.

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Suresh Neramballi - an unsung Mangalurean hero in Kuwait

Sushma Bangera

June 4,2020

Kuwait: The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed the whole world into a difficult situation and the situation of Indians in Kuwait is not any different. Many people have lost their jobs, have no salary, are deprived of food and are not able to pay rent. The appalling conditions of labourers, domestic workers, taxi drivers and low waged earners don’t seem to end in Kuwait.

At this trying situation when many people were even afraid of leaving their houses because of coronavirus, Suresh S. Rao Neramballi, volunteer of the Food Kit Distribution at the ICSG (Indian Community Support Group) has helped many tremendously. He was ready to go around delivering food kits at any time possible by his car. However, after Kuwait imposed a full curfew from 11th May 2020, no one could take out their vehicles unless they had a curfew pass.

This did not stop Mr. Suresh Neramballi, who then borrowed a bicycle from a friend and ended up going around in the cycle delivering the food kits in curfew break time (4:30pm to 6:30pm) to all those who registered in the ICSG website. This selfless service surely commands appreciation and applause. Mr. Suresh Neramballi has been a light for many families and bachelors in Kuwait and will surely garner the blessings of them who have been able to eat at this time.

He was also the one who could deliver the food kits to many Indian Muslim maids, bachelors, laborers and families previous day and right on the day of EID, as they were not able to go shopping for their groceries for EID, due to the curfew. They blessed him in EID dua.

Mr. Suresh Neramballi hails from Mangaluru, India and is an Engineer in the Oil sector company in Kuwait. He has been dedicated to social service, achieved 'Aryabhata International Award' for his Kannada Service and Social service, served in many Associations and Distributor of Kannada and Tulu Movies in Kuwait. He wholeheartedly thanks the people and government of Kuwait for his bread and butter.

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May Almighty Allah shower His mescifull blessing on you and your family... Your selfless service will always be remembered,,,

God bless you and your family

God bless you brother and keep you healthy plus happy always. You will be in the prayers of those who receivec your timely regardles they are hindu or muslim or christian. This is a slap on the face of hate mongers who are always trying to divide the socieity in the name of religion. Such people are burden to this world and society. We should clean our society from such dirt and bad people. Well done brother. May God bless you.

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Indian Social Forum helps perform last rites of TN expat who died in Qatar

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July 6,2020

Doha: Selvam aged 46 son of Subramanian hailing from Panakulam Village, Alangudi, Pudukkottai District in Tamilnadu province who worked as a technician, died in Qatar on April 24.

Due to challenging situation prevailing in both India & Qatar for body repatriation services, especially in Covid-19 atmosphere, Family is unable to progress further for past 2 months. At his stage Family of the deceased met Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Pudukkottai office bearers and requested to intervene and help out, and also agreed to bury the body in Qatar itself.

Hence, SDPI delegates communicated with well-known Indian Expatriate welfare Organization - Qatar Indian Social Forum (QISF). QISF General Secretary Basheer Ahamed, Secretary Abdullatheef Madikeri and team collected the required documents from the family of the deceased and managed to clear all the necessary formalities from the police department, Health Department, Embassy of India and Hamad Medical Corporation within a short period of time and arranged for a peaceful burial of Mr. Selvam in Dukhan cemetery.

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ISF, Humanity Forum help cardiac patient from DK to fly back from Saudi Arabia amid lockdown

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: An elderly cardiac patient from Dakshina Kannada, who was stranded in Saudi Arabia due to covid-19 lock-down, has finally reached his homeland thanks to the timely intervention by Humanity Forum Jubail and Indian Social Forum.

The elderly man hailing from Kadaba area of Dakshina Kannada was admitted to a hospital in Madinah. However, his condition continued to worsen due to lack of proper treatment. The efforts by his family members to bring him back home had not yielded results.

Meanwhile, one of the relatives of the patient, Ansari Suratkal, who happens to be a DKSC activist, brought the issue to the notice of the Karnataka unit of the Indian Social Forum in Dammam. ISF contacted Humanity Forum president Zakariya Jokatte, who helped the patient to speak directly union minister D V Sadananda Gowda in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com.

Humanity Forum also persuaded the Indian Embassy to allow the stranded cardiac patient to fly back to India through Dammam-Bengaluru repatriation flight on May 20.

However, it was not easy for the patient to travel from Madinah to Dammam International Airport due to lock-down and curfew. ISF not only obtained travel permission for him but also arranged vehicle. Jeddah and Riyadh units of ISF helped in obtaining permission letter in their respective places in spite of travel ban imposed by the police. Madinah unit of ISF arranged vehicle for transportation. Zakariya Jokatte bore the air ticket and other expenses of the patient.

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