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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‘Nama Tuluveru’ Purushotham Salian passes away in UAE

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

Agencies

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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KSCC launches humanitarian services amid covid-19 lockdown

Media Release

May 14,2020

Dubai: A non-profitable social organization, KSCC is delivering a great service to the community during this pandemic situation.

Karnataka Sports and Cultural Club is a civil organization registered under Community Development Authority (CDA) involved in implementing various UAE government initiatives, blood donation drives, health campaigns, sport events, charity works, awareness programs and much more.

KSCC is currently actively liaising with Dubai government authorities in discharging the needs and requirements of the people in these challenging covid-19 pandemic times. It is also involved the activities such as logistics, coordinating stores, mobilizing isolation centers, equipping quarantine facilities and volunteering services.

During these testing times, KSCC is also facilitating the Guidance to the general public, follow-up up to 122 covid positive cases, counselling the affected, assisting the references and providing the ever-necessary emotional support by setting up a team of 24 reserved persons for call center helplines.

As per the request from DHA (Dubai Health Authority) KSCC has successfully organized the blood donation drive and donated upto 141 units of blood with the help of KSCC members & supporters.

Apart from above, KSCC is also engaged in serving needy by distributing the food provisional kit (Yestahloon) from the very 1st day of lockdown till day by their special task force team under guidelines of CDA, and also taking into consideration the month of Ramadan, team is successfully distributing Iftar food & provision kit with the help of donors.

In the 1st Phase, KSCC covered 2421 beneficiaries by providing 440 provisional food kits, 435 food pack and 529 Iftar kits.

As per the CDA guidelines, club is also engaged in following up the health condition of senior citizens living in UAE.

KSCC special team is also engaged in clearing documentation and formalities related to dead body repatriation until its final procedures and handing over to relatives with help of UAE governments authorities. Total 5 dead bodies are repatriated in their 1st phase of service.

KSCC is also having a center controlled special task team to assist all above activities during the covid-19 pandemic to continue the services to general public.

KSCC thanks all Government authorities, Members in different task team, supporters and Sponsors company MAERSK, MALABAR GOLD & DIAMOND and TAMIL ENTREPRENEUR for their support and also request extend their support to consolidate the above demanding service and deliver our best possible assistance not only because it is the month of Ramadan, but also our responsibility to reach out to the poor and needy, during this fight against Covid-19.