Qatar: Yakshagana Adds Flavour to Corporate Day Celebrations


Report & Pics: Sunil Cornelio
for Daijiworld Media Network – Doha  

Doha, Mar 13: From time immemorial discussions and debates have been raging on about employer-employee relationship. A lot has been said and experimented upon on how an employer can take care of his employees. Building a one-to-one relationship is a daunting task and considered to be just impossible in the present environment of a fast moving, highly competitive industrial world.  

A distinct concept of employer and employee relationship was witnessed in the premises of Indian Cultural Centre, Ashoka Hall at Doha recently. It was the celebration of the first annual day of Indian Managed Startup Company at Qatar marked by entertainment programmes for its employees significant to the land of their origin.  


The events commenced with the recalling of an evergreen quote of Oscar Wilde's -  'Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.' This was made by the chief executive officer of the company attired in line with the dress code applicable to organization employees. He thanked the Sheikh Salman Ahmed Al Thani and friends who had helped him while setting-up the company.  

Hit songs from Hindi cinema of yesteryears along with the latest songs of Bollywood were performed by Pakistani brothers Jamshed and Jawed. Nostalgic memories were recalled by Aun through the Kannada songs of Annavaru Dr Rajkumar. A total interaction of audience was ensured by the couple Arun and Milan by singing a few hit songs from Tamil films. The non-stop 90 minutes of musical entertainment programme was compeered by Milan Arun, a Qatar-based versatile singer hailing originally  from coastal Karnataka.  

The music programme was followed by a two-hour duration Yakshagana 'Dhaksha Yajna' by the employees of Advanced Technical Services, which was the highlight of the event. The performance of Satyanarayana Hegde as Bhagavatha, Vijaya Kumar Rai Puttur in the role of Shiva and Prashant Shetty Agari as Daksha were at par with professional artistes. The role of Parvathi by Thularachandra Rai Kadaba was truly commendable.  


 

The Yakshagana presentation at Qatar was made possible through sincere efforts of 'Guru,' veteran Yakshagana artiste Balakrishna Shetty Mundaje who had come all the way from Karnataka and within a span of one month trained amateur artistes for the event. All the props and artifacts used on stage for Yakshagana were also designed and fabricated in-house by the employees of ATS here.  

The cultural event was organized by "Advance Technical Services", a contracting and trading company based here in Doha. Ravi Shetty, the managing director of ATS was the prime mover of this event. Incidentally this is for the first time a Yakshagana play was staged in this part of the Arab land.  

This cultural event is a beacon in an alien land for encouraging and sustaining traditional arts of motherland by a Indian managed corporate company. The programme was compered by Sunil Cornelio, while Anthony Sojan proposed the vote of thanks.  

  

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  • Navin.B.B, Udupi/Dubai

    Fri, Mar 21 2008

    It is great to see the "pulse of Coastal Karnataka" the Yekshagana,in the Arab land.More such shows will keep up the cultural link for the next generation.Kudos to Daijiworld for publishing more and more such cultural news articles.

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  • RAJKUMAR M, PAIVALIKE KASARAGORGOD, NOW AT BANGALORE

    Fri, Mar 21 2008

    I am grateful to all the organizer for their performance at oil country. We can't imagine your effort and efficient in your grate work. Thanking for all members showing their grate effort in out of country. keep it and best of luck....

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  • Raj K M, Kasaragod / Bangalore

    Thu, Mar 20 2008

    Thaila doregala nadinalli chendeya dwani molagalu karanarada yellarigoo dhanyavadagalu.

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  • Narayana A, Kumble/University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    Wed, Mar 19 2008

    Great to know about this program. This is the kind of commitment and passion which would help preserve the great heritage of our region for the next generations. As a lover of Yakshagana, I very much appreciate the efforts of organisers and the participants.

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  • Divakar Poojary, President, Tulukoota Qatar, Padubidri / Doha, Qatar

    Wed, Mar 19 2008

    It was indeed a treat for all those who witnessed the event, where rich culture of Tulunaadu was highlighted. Modern generation which had no clue about Yakshagana was mesmerized to see the painstaking makeup, colorful costumes and the overall presentation. Let us all salute to Mr. MR Shetty and his team for making it happen in Qatar. May God Bless them and all.

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  • P.Ramachandra, Mangalore/ Ras Laffan, State of Qatar

    Sun, Mar 16 2008

    It is said “a long journey starts with first step”. The long journey of Yakshagana from Coastal Karnataka to Capital city Doha at State of Qatar was due to first significant step from corporate entity “Advanced Technical Services.” The portal Daijiworld deserves the credit of highlighting the first step which has culminated towards historic journey to Qatar.

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  • sandy, Puttur

    Sun, Mar 16 2008

    Wow!!!good to know that yakshagana reached Qatar also.Congratulations to Mr.Ravi Shetty for organizing such a wonderfull programme.Thanks to Daijiworld for wonderful coverage...

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