Toastmaster’s farewell to DTM Vijaya Monteiro

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May 6, 2015

Doha: ICC one, ICC Advanced and ICC Eves Toastmaster clubs jointly organized a farewell party for DTM Vijaya Monteiro. The nostalgic event called ‘TEARS & CHEERS’ was graced by senior Toastmasters, Division & Area Officials and Club members.

The Presidents of the 3 ICC clubs, TM Venkat Sriram, TM  Asha Shiju & TM Abhijit Kuwalekar declared the meeting open. The Toastmasters of the day TM Latha Ramakrishnan & TM Abhijit Kuwalekar exuberantly anchored the day’s proceedings. The theme of the day as ‘TEARS & CHEERS’ truly reflected the mixed emotions of the day as a blend of the tears at the end of a journey and the cheers for the future. Timer TM Girija Chari & Media Representative TM Muneer Sheikh ably manned their duties.

The highlight of the meeting was the soul stirring farewell speeches of the dignitaries and club representatives. LGM DTM Saquib Raza Khan, representing the ICC ONE club, described DTM Vijaya as ‘the strongest personality he has ever come across’. He said that she was his personal mentor and was often called ‘Miss Perfect’ and ‘the Club Wikipedia’. TM Mou Bera, representing the ICC EVES club, described DTM Vijaya as a passionate and dedicated leader who had been a motivating force to many Toastmasters. DTM Malini, representing the ICC Advanced Club, described DTM Vijaya as a compassionate person and said that her best trait was her ‘never say die’ attitude. DTM Sonny Varghese, Founder member of Toastmasters Qatar fraternity, praised DTM Vijaya’s devotion and commitment and said that she would leave a vacuum that would be acutely felt by all. Finally, DTM M.I Farid, Founder of ICC Toastmaster clubs, depicted DTM Vijaya as a person with a ‘heart of gold’ and said that what he liked best was the awesome carry home messages in her speeches.  Members of the audience were invited to speak impromptu wherein TM Philip Cherian spoke of DTM Vijaya as an inspiration whose speeches always set the stage on fire and TM Shainy Kabeer described DTM Vijaya as a loyal club Mentor who had nurtured ICC EVES club as her own baby.

In her reply speech, DTM Vijaya thanked everyone for being a family to her. She said that though Qatar is a small place in the map, it will always have a big place in her heart because of all the love and support that Toastmasters has given her. Her husband Mr Baptiste also expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

DTM Vijaya, a post graduate in Sociology & Psychology and a B.Ed. in Special Education, has been actively involved in the Toastmasters movement since 2005. She achieved the coveted ‘Distinguished Toastmaster’ title in less than 3 years. She has adorned many leadership roles - Founder president of ICC EVES club and of ICC ADVANCED and President of FILCOM club. She was Area Governor of Area 43 in yr 2007-2008 and was voted the Best Area Governor in District 79. She has conducted numerous Speechcrafts, Youth Leadership programs, Judging and other educational programs. She represented Qatar in District International Speech Contest 2006.

Mother of a special needs child Vanessa, DTM Vijaya is currently building ‘PHULPAKHARU’ – a residential care facility for children with special needs in Mumbai which will facilitate the care of 225 children on completion. The first phase of the project is due for completion in April 2015. The project is funded by ‘The Tithlee Foundation’, a trust envisioned and initiated by the Monteiro Family. http://www.tithleefoundation.com/index.htm The ICC family of clubs contributed Indian Rupees ONE LAKH towards the Tithlee Foundation as a gesture of support to her humanitarian venture.

TM Mythili, Padmini and Viji presented a fusion of Classical and Bollywood songs which had the audience clapping and joining in with fervour. TM Kumar Naidu strummed his guitar and sang a beautiful farewell song. The last item was a beautiful keyboard recital by Gavelier Avinash Naidu.

The meeting ended with a cake cutting ceremony where everyone gathered to get a slice of a huge homemade cake personally baked by DTM Vijaya and was followed by a sumptuous dinner.

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May 25,2020

Dubai: Karnataka Sports & Cultural Club (KSCC) distributed Eid Kit across the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah to the ) needy people on Eid al Fitr.

KSCC President Mr. Mohammed Ismail Said: “Eid is a Symbol of Gratitude and Unity. As the last few weeks have been hard for each one of us, we wanted to stand in solidarity to celebrate Eid, by helping labours and needy people. He also said that “We are together to be part of UAE. Serving these meals is our core social responsibility."

KSCC recently conducted humanitarian services during COVID-19 pandemic in 2 phases and conducted Blood Donation Drive. They have also planned to conduct next Blood Donation Drive on 25th May, 2020.

The KSCC main objective is to develop the expatriate community into a well-nourished section of society in the areas of social, sports and cultural activities.

On behalf of KSCC, and the entire executive council Mr. Mohammed Ismail, President of Club, extended a very heartly thanks and gratitude to the Main sponsor of the event M/s. EMSQUARE, Engineering Consultant, and Tawakkal Overseas Dubai.

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January 28,2020

Riyadh, Jan 28: The celebration of the 71st Republic Day was held on January 26th by the Central Committee of the Indian Social Forum Riyadh at the Ramada Hotel Auditorium in Riyadh. People from different Indian states and different religious backgrounds were present during the event.

The program was inaugurated with the unity song, Saleem Moulavi– Regional committee member India Fraternity Forum/Riyadh inaugurated the program.

Social Forum Central Committee president Janab Harris Mangaluru chaired the program and welcomed the guests. In his presidential speech he described and uncovered stories of freedom struggle and participants of Indian Muslims for the freedom fight. He urged everyone to fight against unconstitutional Citizenship Amendment Bill which passed by Centre government. He said that the We will continue its agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the NRC and would not relent unless the Union government withdrew the Act.

Indian Social Forum Karnataka State Committee member Janab Mohammed Naveed delivered the Republic Day message. He said India was formed based on concept of ‘unity in diversity’ and it becomes every Indians’ responsibility to safeguard it. He expressed concern over CAA, NRC and NPR. Across India, students at other universities are against the Citizenship Amendment Act passed by Centre government.  The law offers amnesty to undocumented migrants from three neighboring Muslim-majority countries but only if they are non-Muslim. Critics say that by excluding Muslims, the law establishes a religious test for Indian citizenship, in violation of the secularism enshrined in India's constitution. The Indians, irrespective of caste, creed, religion and region have firmly resolved to oppose the draconian laws and fascist moves to debar the poor. Constitution granted to every person and citizen of India who are not ready to put them on a test of ideology of RSS and programs of BJP to implement the Brahmanist mind-set. He said that the police atrocities against CAA/NRC/NPR protesters had increased only in BJP-ruled States and  there were several loose ends in the police story about the incidents leading to the firing.

Eng Shahul Hameed – Coordinator of Tamil Nadu Islamic Federation, Dr. Jahangeer Ahmed - Assistant professor/King Saud university, Mohammed Rafi – Gen Secretary of India Fraternity Forum Regional Committee, Mr. Abdul jaleel– Vice President of Indian Islahi Center, Mr. Basha –Member of IFT Executive Council , Mr. Ajmal Hussain – Member of Pravasi Forum central Committee, Younus Wallan – President Humanity Forum Riyadh. All delivered the message on the eve.

Basheer Karandur, General Secretary of Social Forum Central Committee, welcomed the gathering and Social Forum Riyadh Tamilnadu State Committee President Jabir presented the vote of thanks. Abdul Basheer was master of ceremony.

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February 7,2020

Global Toastmasters Club conducted Youth Leadership Program (GTC YLP– 2020), which  culminated with an extraordinary show at the Grand Finale in Puli Restaurant, Jubail, Saudi Arabia on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Toastmaster Mohammed Abul Khasim, who hails from Karnataka, Gulbarga was the Chief Coordinator for this Youth leadership program YLP, In this 10 weeks intensively focused program, the young future Leaders in the age group 13 to 15 were given quality coaching on Public Speaking, Listening, Writing, Evaluating and Life Skills, under the able guidance of Chief Coordinator.

The keynote speaker at the event was well-known veteran distinguish Toastmaster Dr R J George who motivated everyone to speak the language of love, removing all boundaries and barriers and invest on spending quality time together.

The performances of Youth Leaders were extraordinary and flawless and it was witness by top prominent figures of Jubail toastmaster fraternity likes of DTM Jamil Akhter,TM Nasiruddin Ansari, DTM Oomen Thomas, MTM Sair Oomen, DTM Hareesh, TM Amitab Serna, DTM Kotesh, MTM Shanti Rekha, DTM Suresh Kumar, TM Imtiyaz Khan, TM Asif Ali khan, MTM Farha Naved,TM Naved Hussain, Madam Sheeba, Dr Saleem Khan,TM Ashik Nazeer and TM Suhail Rais Khan. GTC YLP team thanks the Guest of Honor Mr. Abdul Majeed the Managing Director of Universal Inspection Company for sparing the valuable time as one of the sponsor of the event.

The Chief Guest at the Finale was Toastmasters District 79 Club Growth Director DTM Rami Jawad, laud the efforts of GTC for community service and urged all students to take full advantage of such chances as they present life changing opportunities, Division Direct ‘L” DTM Sadagopan address the audience and District PQD DTM Madhusha Grace the occasion. 

During the span of 10 weeks, more than 40 senior member of Jubail Toastmasters fraternity contributed to the success of this program as one to one mentors, Workshop Presenters and Assistant Coordinators. DTM Uzma Siddiqui, DTM Aziz Ahmed Siddiqui, DTM Safare Mohammed, DTM N V Arasu and DTM Jeyasankar and DTM Asif Ali Siddiqui, led the team of Toastmasters as overall Program Advisors, MTM Samina Mazher was chief judge for the event.

The grand finale saw four absorbing contests in Table Topics, Evaluation Speech, International Speech and Debate conducted by YL Ayesha Safare, YL Sai Pranav, YL Mohammed Saad and YL Fawaz Kannan respectively and YL Jaweriya conducted the banner parade.
Maliaka Maryam won the first prize in International Speech, while the second and third were earned by Mohammed Saad and Mohammed Umair. The Table topic contest was won by Ahmed Khan, where Jayveer Prajapati and Fawaz Kannan stood second and third respectively.

Sreena Nanda Kumar won evaluation Speech Contest, while Mohammed Sufyan and Sai Pranav stood second and third respectively. In Debate contest the team speaking against the topic represented by Hasib Javid, Muzaffer Shaik and Nabil Bin Tasnim stood first and runner team was represented by Sarah Nasir, Fathima Badruddin and Shanum Rabia . Hasib Javid was declared the best debate speaker.

The first term President Sarah Nasir and second term President Mohammed Ahmed Khan started the program with their presidential addresses after the Surah recitation by Nabil BinTasnim. YL Jumana Jaffer & YL Arman Raiq Siraj hosted the finale as Master of ceremonies. Immedate past Youth leaders and assistance Coordinators and workshop presenters Jaweriya Mariyam and Ayesha Safare conducted the award ceremony, while DTM Safare Mohammed handled contest operations.

Global Toastmasters President DTM Khalid Siddiqui and YLP Chief Coordinator TM Mohammed Abul Khasim thanked all Youth Leaders, Parents Sponsors and Toastmasters for their contribution in making the program successful. 

Past President of Global TMC, past Area63 Governor and first ever Joint Division E & L conference chairman Mangalorean DTM Shameer Ahmed Kudroli congratulated the Chief Coordinator Mohammed Abul Khasim for the effort and dedication to make the event a grand success and his journey to accomplish the DTM title soon.

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