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Kannada Geleyara Balaga hosts 'Vana Bhojana 2013' in Dubai

[email protected] (Shodhan Prasad, Photos by Santosh Kumar Patel)
April 5, 2013
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Dubai, Apr 5: Kannada Geleyara Balaga, a newly formed association comprising of various like-minded Kannadigas residing in U.A.E. recently conducted their first programme 'Kalba Pravasa' and also conducted a blood donation camp at Sheikha Latifa Hospital where large number of Kannadigas came to donate their blood for a good cause.

After the success of these two programmes, Kannada Geleyara Balaga organised a ‘Vana Bhojana 2013’ last week at Zabeel Park, Dubai where several Kannadiga families participated in the function. Inspite of a busy weekend, nearly 250 Kannadigas assembled to participate in the activities conducted by the association.

Prashanth Raghavendra and Prema Negalur compered the programme while Satish Chakravarthy conducted the registration process. Main executive member Natarajaiah was present during the programme, which was inaugurated by chief convenor Prashanth Raghavendra with a welcome address.

As part of sports activities, dodge ball and other games were organised for men & women in four teams. The main attraction of the day was colouring competition for children in two separate categories where a lot of children enthusiastically participated in the competition. The competitions were conducted by Jyothirmayi and Prakash.

Members of the association Umesh Narayan, Sanjeeva, Denzil, Suresh, Suryanarayana, Ravi Kumar and Kiran conducted several games for couples. Many other games for men, women and children were conducted. Every sport had tough competition. Winners received prizes for each sporting activity.

The after-lunch session included 'Rasa Prashne' a quiz competition quizzing participants about Karnataka as a state. This was followed by Anthakshari singing programme while Smitha and Shwetha rendered melodious numbers which was greatly appreciated by the audience.

The 'logo' of the association was released by Tippu Sultan and Chandrashekar Sankole. The logo was designed by Srinivas Reddy who was honoured during the programme. President Iranna Mulimani spoke and distributed prizes to the winners of the day's activities.

The programme concluded with a vote of thanks.

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Shodhan Prasad
August 7,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: ‘Nama Tuluve’ Purushotham Salian, a staunch stalwart who always supported humanity and a strong pillar for Tuluvas in Dubai, passed away August, 4 at Al Tawam Hospital Al Ain. He was suffering from cancer and was admitted to Al Tawam Hospital Al Ain some time ago. He was on the last stage of illness which was not detected earlier.

His funeral last rites were conducted on Thursday August 7 at Jebel Ali cemetery in Hindu rites with a few of his family members present. Due to Covid pandemic, neither his body was able to be flown back to hometown nor could his two children come down to attend the funeral. However, it was said that his wish was to be cremated here in Dubai which unknowingly sometime back he whispered to one of his friends.

Purushotham had few years ago, survived a heart attack and fought back his life, though it had a minor paralytic effect on him. Even though, till recently he used to do his day-to-day work normally. He was a hard working personality and owned a readymade garment shop in Ajman and Dubai mostly taking care of clients with requirement of uniforms and coveralls. His dedication towards work was always appreciated by his clients who used to get their things delivered on time always.

He was never a publicity person and was helping the poor and needy in whatever ways he could silently. He strongly supported the community and was associated with Nama Tuluveru and Billawa community with commitment. He used to voluntarily come forward for the ground work of various functions of the community and used to be there until it was done perfectly.

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Media Release
April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern  as number of corona infected people and  deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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May 2,2020

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club (KSCC) organized Blood Donation Camp at Latifa Hospital, Oud Mehta Dubai on April 23rd, 2020 in association with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and with support from Community Development Authority (CDA) Government of Dubai.

Blood Donation Drive started in the morning at 7:30 am to 6:00 pm. Around 48 people participated in this drive and donated blood to support the Dubai Blood Bank.

A potential shortage of blood for transfusions has been occurred due to a significant reduction in voluntary blood donations during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The current pandemic, health services are now running with shortages of blood availability. To support the DHA Blood Bank KSCC taken initiative to ensure that blood donations continued and are safe for both the donor and the recipient.

After taking safety precaution and safe distance during the blood donation donors feeling happy and honored to participate and donate blood at this pandemic situation. Club Manager Mr. Mohammad Shafi was also present during this event.

KSCC appreciated all the blood donors and be grateful to Dubai Health Authority (DHA), Community Development Authority (CDA), and Government of Dubai for their association for this event. They also thanked the volunteers and supporters.

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