Abu Dhabi : Beary Forum Urges K'taka Govt to Ease Eligibility Norms for NRI Students
by Shodhan Prasad
Daijiworld Media Network - UAE
Abu Dhabi, Apr 6: Bearys Welfare Forum Abu Dhabi hosted a grand reception for the visiting dignitaries of Karnataka who arrived recently to take part in the ‘World Beary Convention & Chammana 2010’ hosted by BCF Dubai.
The programme was held at Grand Continental Hotel, Abu Dhabi at around 8 pm and was attended by number of invitees from UAE and rest of the world along with families of members of BWF Abu Dhabi. It started with reciting of Quran and briefing by Abdul Rauof and Mohamed Rafeek Krishnapura.
Abdulla Madumoole, General Secretary of BWF opened up the programme and conducted the complete programme.
Bearys Welfare Forum, Abu Dhabi handed over an appeal to the Chief Minister of Karnataka through Al Haj Qushro Qureshi which pleads requesting the Government for easing the eligibility for Government Seats in Professional Colleges for NRI students of Beary Community.
This appeal is being made due to the current difficulties faced by the NRI’s for their wards. The Chairman of Minority Commission accepted the appeal and promised that he will not only deliver this to the Chief Minister but also will fight for this cause. He gave a stunning speech covering the problems faced by him in solving many issues of the minorities in his short term in power. The one sentence in Kannada he said ‘naavu yella devara makkalu, yaake nammologe vyathyasa’ touched the audience hearts. Otherwise his speech was in pure Urdu being a native of Andhra Pradesh.
Presided by Mohd Ali Uchil, President of BWF, the Chief Guests were Sudhir Kumar Shetty, COO of UAE Exchange Centre, Dr. B.K. Yousuf, Director of Mepha Pharma and President of BCF Dubai, Leo Rodrigues, MD of Al Mazroui Auto and ex-President of KCO and Sarvotham Shetty, President of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha.
Guest of honour included Al Haji Qushro Qureshi, Chairman, Karnataka State Minority Commission, Al Haji B.A. Moideen, Former Education Minister of Karnataka, Basheer Ahmed, President, Zeenath Baksh Yatheem Khana, Mangalore, B. Ibrahim, Ex-M.P. & Director of Vijaya Bank, Moideen Bawa, President, D.K. Congress, Minority Cell, Mangalore, G.A. Bawa, Retired BCP, Bangalore & President BWA Bangalore, B.M. Farooque, Chairman, FIZA Group of Companies, Mumtaz Ali, Director of FIZA Group, Raheem Uchil, Member Beary Acadamy, A.S. Puthige, Editor, Vaarthabhaarati, Mangalore, Moideen Kutty Kakinje, President, DKSC, Umar U.H., Founder of Career Guidance and Information Centre, Mangalore, T.M. Shaheed, Member Coir Board of India & Founder, Tekkil Foundation and Abdul Hamed, Wenz. There were few other members who shared the dais.
BWF honoured the guests with flowers and bouquet including the media personalities.
All the guests spoke with the given short time and it covered mainly issues relating to NRI Cell, spread the importance and need of education, educate the poor in the community specially the females, build community schools and institutions, arrange, support and conduct mass marriage for the poor in the community, arrange to conduct mass marriages jointly with the support of all the associations, avoid communal clashes, build harmony among communities with dialogues and meetings, do not tag the community on terrorism instead tag the person by name irrespective of his faith, build a strong bond between faiths & finally keep up our nations flag high up in the air. The one strong dialogue in common needs.
Bearys Welfare Forum Abu dhabi started in the year 2005 and have so far conducted 32 mass marriages for the poor back home, provided 15 wheel chairs for the needy back home irrespective of caste, creed or religion and helped many in the field of education both in UAE and back home. A great work indeed by an association which started not long back. They also announced the next mass marriage function scheduled for January 2011 at Milagres School, Mangalore.
The programme concluded with vote of thanks and a sumptuous buffet dinner at around 11.30 pm