MUKA celebrates Easter 2013

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April 4, 2013
Nottingham, Apr 4: Mangalorean United Konkani Association, Nottingham (MUKA) celebrated Easter 2013 with pomp and religious fervour at Bramcote Hall Nottingham. They are joined in the celebration by KCA Manchester, UK Konkans and Mangaloreans from London, Wembley, Bristol, and Leicester.

The Mass to commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was offered by Rev Fr. Richard Rego SJ. The MUKA choir group conducted by Deepak Alvares and his team did a wonderful Job and involved the full participation of the congregation. He was ably supported on keyboard by Jesvita, Averil and John.  The offertory collection was donated to Poor Children’s Education Fund run by Christian Brothers, Mangalore.  After the Eucharistic celebration, gathered members shared Easter joy by wishing each other prosperity. The occasion was enriched with cakes and soft drinks.

The Cultural activities began with MUKA President Mr Stany Sequeira welcoming the gathering. He introduced MUKA and its objective as a community establishment, its ideals, values and the necessity to keep our Mangalorean traditions alive. The gathering was welcomed with a spectacular traditional Bharatanatyam dance by Monica, Bharathi and Angelina from Leicester followed by a fusion dance by the little angels Erica, Alrica, Jennifer, Averil, Hailey, and Jesvita to the tune of “Heyo Heyo”   a Konkani song by Kevin Misquith.

The comedy skit performed by, Pius Rasquinha, Jeevan, Anitha Menezes and Anitha Alvares which made the crowd burst into laughter. A traditional delicious Mangalorean style meal was served, cooked by Conrad Aranha, Anitha Alvares, Irene Rasquinha, Nympha Alvares, Anitha Menezes, Flossy Sequeira and Anitha Sequeira. A host of dances, skits and other entertainment shows followed. The Baila dance at the end was enjoyed by all those who could not go up to the stage and do the steps.

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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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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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May 20,2020

Dubai, May 20: Dubai-based Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club’s humanitarian services in charge Naseer Karaje team have appreciated the efforts of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Mangaluru Airport director, NGOs of Mangaluru, and MLA for extending a royal welcome to second batch of repatriates from Dubai that landed at Mangaluru Airport on May 18.

There was so much of confusions when 1st batch of repatriation flight landed in Mangaluru airport on 12th May due to lack of proper arrangements and co ordination.

This time due to proper arrangements and special supervision by the DC everything was driven smoothly. It has given a confidence to all the Manglurean expats of Dubai in returning to their native places, the KSCC said.

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