UAE Tulu community gears up for ‘Tuluvere Parba 2012'

June 3, 2012

Dubai, June 3: Nama Tuluveru UAE in association with many community organisations of Tulunadu in UAE, on the occasion of their fifth anniversary has announced to hold a grand ‘Nama Tuluvere Parba 2012’ in Dubai on October 5, 2012 which is said to be an ethnic event ever conducted in UAE.

Community leaders, presidents and office bearers including leaders and members of various communities of Tulu Nadu who gathered last Friday at Winny's Restaurant, Karama to view the presentation of the forth coming 'Tuluvere Parba 2012' showed their fullest support in making this event an event to be remembered.

Special guest Shridhar, a retired advocate from Bangalore who voluntarily wished to assist Kannadigas in UAE on any legal issues was introduced before the presentation. His daughter Preethi an architect was also present. James Mendonca, President of Mangalore Konkans along with Dayan D'Souza and Alwyn Pinto of Daiji Ranga Mandir, Harish Sherigar President of Devadigara Sangha, Satish Venkataramana, President of Ganigara Sangha, Satish Poojary, President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Bala Salian, Vice President of Mogaveers UAE, Rajendra Pejavar, President of Vishwakarma Seva Samithi, Ravi B. Shettigar, President of Padmashali UAE, Harish Kodi, President of Dakshina Kannada Kodagu Gowda Sangha, Sudhakar Alva of Bunts UAE, Geetha Nayak & Anjana Kamath lady representatives of UAE Amchigele Samaj, Narayana Seva Samithi, Nama Tuluveru Executive Members, Navin Sequeira, Purshottam Salian, Anand Bailoor, Sudhakar Poojary, Shubakar, Noel D'Almeida, Deepak S.P., Dinesh Sanil, Bala Shetty, Ganesh Urwa, D'Souza and many others were present during the meeting. Sundeep Rao, President of Ramakshatriya Sangha, Anand of Kannada Church, M.E. Moolur of Beary's Cultural Forum and many other leaders who were not able to attend because of their busy schedule called and confirmed their fullest support for the programme.

‘Tuluvere Parba 2012’ was briefed clearly by Shodhan with bit by bit of the slide and interestingly it was nice to see so many leaders in the early morning hours of Friday who assembled to discuss this Tulu programme contributing with their precious time. The charity based theme of Nama Tuluvere Parba 2012 is to showcase our heritage, tradition, ethnic food, ethnic folk, ethnic artifacts, ethnic sports and ethnic way of life. Tulu is not pertaining to certain community but is the property of all those who belong to Tulu Nadu irrespective of caste, creed or religion. Hence 'Nama Tuluvere Parba 2012' will be jointly shouldered and presented by all the Tuluva community organizations in UAE who will be supported by the specially arriving various talented teams from Tulu Nadu and neighboring gulf.

Famous Tulu drama of well-known organiser, Kishore D. Shetty's "Kateeldha Appe Ullalthi" comprising of 34 member senior artists, who have presented more than 100 shows, will be exclusively flown from India to present this drama during the concluding part of the day's event. Moreover a special needs children group of Mangalore who are talented in folklore will also be part of the show. There will be many more surprises of the event which will be announced in the later stage including Blood donation mobile campaign unit supporting Dubai Blood Bank.

A committee will be formed in the next meeting and there will be many meetings in the coming days as the preparation has already begun in full swing the updates of which will be continuously announced in the media.

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

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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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Dubai | NRI Entrepreneur, philanthropist Dewakara Alva no more

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August 6,2020

Dubai, Aug 6: Non-resident Indian entrepreneur and philanthropist Dewakara Alva passed away on Thursday August 6. He was 63.

Alva, who hailed from Mangaluru, was the director of Federal Insurance Brokers LLC, Dubai and was residing in Dubai for around four decades. He was reportedly suffering from health problems for last few months.

He was a patron of Tulu and Kannada language and culture in United Arab Emirates. He was a member of various NRI organizations including UAE Tulu Koota and UAE Bunts

Alva is survived by wife Saritha, daughter Powshali, and son Manal.

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Friday Forum Kuwait hosts inter-school Islamic elocution competition-2020

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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.