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Tulu Koota Kuwait holds family picnic

[email protected] (Moyhammed Iqbal Katipalla)
March 26, 2012

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Kuwait City, March 26: Yet another day filled with fun, frolic and entertainment was enjoyed as TuluKoota Kuwait presented a Family Picnic for all its members on March 23 at the Mishref Garden, Kuwait.

The Inauguration of the family picnic witnessed the hoisting of the TuluKoota Flag by the President Ramesh Kidiyoor. The flag hoisting was followed by march-past. The games were open by cutting of the ribbon and releasing the balloons into the dizzing heights of the sky by President and Sports Secretary. As a symbol of peace the advisory committee members and management committee members released doves on the occasion.

Toddlers were seen enjoying ‘passing the toy’ game, while children from 4-6 raced to clip the cloth and pick coin from the mud. Yet a little older children, aged 6-10 were seen racing to break balloons and racing to the finishing point with the Balloon between their legs. Boys aged 10-15 thoroughly enjoyed Lagori Solo and Kutti Donne, while girls of the same age played Lagori Solo and Tonka and Skipping race. Men were busy engrossed in Shot Put and TalembLadai-Pillow fight and Ladies spent their day with Sand Race and Pallya Tonka games. The team games of Kabbadi and Voleyball for men and Throwball for Women, gathered a large number of enthusiastic team participants.

The couple games Couple Cricket and Arbana race were the highlights of the day. While breaking the pot, open to all gathered a lot of interest among the crowds. It was a treat to watch the seniors actively participate in games specially tailored for them in Musical Chair and Passing the Tender Coconut.

Tasty breakfast was served by China Metro. Soft drinks were freely served throughout the event by Mr. Ibrahim Pinto. The lip smacking lunch was served by Oriental Restaurant, Salmiya. The picnic also witnessed refreshments and fresh snacks served by White Top Grocery and White House Restaurant. Sound system by Illuminations- Anand D’souza and Photography by Prashanth shetty.

Purander Manchi, Sushma Bangera, Shalini Vijay, Yadunath Alva, Harish Bhandary, Manoj Shetty, Tharendra Shettigar and Suresh Shyam Rao hosted the event. Picnic was well organized and coordinated by the Sports Secretary Mr. Faustine Pinto. The picnic was concluded with vote of thanks by the joint secretary Jayalaxmi Karkal.

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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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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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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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