Riyadh: KWAR food festival attracts many

November 10, 2014

Riyadh, Nov 10: The Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR), a well-known NRI social organization, which is famous for its charity activities, conducted its second food festival and cooking competition on November 7 at the capital city of Saudi Arabia.

The progamme commenced at 6:30pm with the traditional lighting of the Deepa by President Mr. Rajesh Kumar and the office bearers. All executive committee members and the Ladies Wing members were on the dias.

A total number of 9 well organized teams took part in the competition which was mainly based on Indian traditional dishes and cuisine.

The Grand Show was well organised and managed by KWAR President Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Vice President Mr. Santhosh Shetty and ably supported by all KWAR executive members as well as KWAR Ladies Wing.

Three experts in food industry who were given the task of judging the show began their evaluations based on Presentation, Taste, Ethnic Food, Hygiene and Variety and the overall best decorated stall.

All the dishes presented were home made preparations or on the spot preparations exclusive to KWAR members and their families. The Judges were really amazed by the Sheer variety of Indian dishes especially Karavali/Mangalorean.

Tongue twitching, Finger Licking Multi Cuisine and well prepared sweets.

It was a great task for the judges to judge over 100 different varieties and they did their task with great sense of responsibility which shows their passion for vast variety of Indian cuisine.

KWAR is indebted to them for their efforts and time.

All the Food Stalls were bearing Traditional names such as AKR Suvadh, Mrushtanna, Udipi Vihar, Dosa Corner, Aramane, Kadalda Ruchi, Shuchi Ruchi, Oorda Ruchi and Murudeshwar Special.

The judge’s reflection is that all were winners in their own right and it was an awesome task for them to judge so many dishes.

Winners at Karavali 2014 Grand Food festival & Cooking competition:

Best Hygienic Stall-AKR Suvadh (Allen Carol Dsouza & Team)

Best Decorated Stall & Best Dish - Kadalda Ruchi (Rajeshwari Yathiraj & Team)

Best Ethnic Food- Oorda Ruchi (Satish Amin & Team)

Best Food Presentation – Aramane (Anita Eric Dsa & Team)

Consolation Prize – Mrushtanna (Dr. Vanishree Santhosh & Team)

During the food festival, the massive crowd got their times worth with heart rendering dance performances from Children, Men and Women under the able guidance of our Cultural Secretary Bhaskar P.M. and Members of Ladies wing. The crowd were at their feet when Nagaraj Bajal presented his troupe with a unique theme “The Vegetable Rock Dance”, which was the real show of the day to entertain the crowd, gathered in the Open Auditorium.

Variety of Games and Spot Games for all were organised by the Ladies Wing Members Amitha Prabhu and Ritika Kamath and their team.

The winners of Food festival & cooking competition were Awarded with a number of gifts/trophies. All the participants were awarded Special Certificates in recognition of their hard work, dedication and participation.

KWAR is thankful to all our Sponsors, Specially Our Main Sponsors: Kevin Nazareth-Taj Mahal Hotel Buraidha & Ashok Shetty-Soft touch.

Co-Sponsors: Adma Shamran Spices, Al Kabeer Foods, Eastern Spices, Kairali Spices, Guttu Restaurant, Fun Time Toys, Namdhari Rice, BFSA Mazola, Rafa Beauty Parlour, Wide Angle Printing Press, Al Marai Juices and McDonalds, as well as Individual Sponsors, Bhaskar Kotian Karkala, Ramesh Shetty, Royston Prabhu, Suresh Suvarna, for their Generous Sponsorships.

KWAR president Rajesh Kumar thanked all the Karavali members, their families & Friends for their over whelming support and urged them to support KWARs Charity works and activities.

He also commended the Great Show of strength shown by all our Executive committee members as well as members of ladies Wing.

The show ended around mid-night in a cordial note after reciting the National Anthem.

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MAK champion trophy 2020: Volleyball and throwball tourney on Feb 25

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January 19,2020

Mogaveers Association Kuwait(MAK) Affiliated to Indian Embassy Kuwait, proudly announces ‘MAK Champion Trophy 2020’ a National Level Volley Ball (Men) & Throw Ball (Women) tournament on 25th Feb @American International School Maidan Hawally, Kuwait for all Indian Nationals.

MAK invites all Throw Ball & Volley Ball enthusiasts to this sport extravaganza. You are requested to register your Volley Ball & Throw Ball Team for this Mega event to make it a grand success. Team registration is open now & you can contact on the below number fo registration other details of the tournament The last date for registration is 10th February 2020. We value and appreciate your support and hope to bring to you an exciting and competitive tournament

Venue: American International School Maidan Hawally, Kuwait

Date 25th February 2020 Tuesday

For Registration & other details please contact below
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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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Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh holds blood donation camp

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January 27,2020

Riyadh: On the occasion of 71st Republic Day of India, Karavali Welfare Association Riyadh (KWAR) conducted BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN on the 17th Jan 2020 at KING SAUD Universities King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh.

This is one of KWARs Prestigious Humanitarian EVENT every year, as we are indebted to serve the society for a Great Cause.

The campaign began at 08:30 am with a theme of Republic Day Celebrations and went on till 3:30 pm. Irrespective of Friday being a weekend and holiday people came in good numbers to donate Blood. The Hospital Staff, The Doctors and the Blood Bank Technicians and others at King Khalid University Hospital were more than happy to serve all those who have participated in this campaign.

KWAR Thanks all the Hospital Staff especially Mr. Salman Baqsh for his introduction of KWAR to Blood Bank and all the arrangements for this campaign, without his support this could not been done. Dr. Zafar Mahmoud for his wonderful support during the campaign and Mr. Abdullah Al Saman for his outstanding Hospitality throughout the campaign. KWAR also thanks all the donors who came all the way voluntarily for this Great Humanitarian Cause. As a token of gesture KWAR awarded Certificate of Appreciation to all the participants.

And KWAR would like to thank specially Mr. Nasir, Representative of Blood Helpline Karnataka, who encouraged many donors and made them to actively participate and donate blood for this noble cause.

KWAR’s core activities was on display on the screen, with most of the Committee members were present at the venue to serve the donors. KWAR thanks all the members, the Executive committee and all those who took their valuable time to organize this event successfully and thank all our well-wishers who supported us for the BLOOD DONATION CAMPAIGN. We in KWAR wish every Donor and the participants a healthy life ahead, and we need everyone's active participation in all our Future events.