News: Jagannath Shetty Bala
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)

Mangalore, Nov 17: "The social service organizations should not confine their activities to their own castes, communities, groups etc. They should strive to wipe the tears from the eyes of the poor, destitute people. By educating and providing proper guidance to the children, they should develop into entities that encourage competitive mindset among them," exhorted M P, Nalin Kumar Kateel. He was speaking after accepting the felicitation offered to him by Suratkal Buntara Sangha, at a programme organized on Sunday November 15 at the Buntara Bhavan here.

The programme was organized to inaugurate a library at the Buntara Bhavan, besides felicitating the achievers and distributing tailoring machines and spectacles to the needy.

Minister Krishna Palemar said that there is a need to give a new lease of life to the traditions and systems the ancestors followed, in view of the fact that Tulu culture is being forgotten. The Bunt community, which has the potential to lead the others, should not forget its responsibilities, he opined.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and writer, Dr Yelattoorguttu Indira Hegde, were felicitated on this occasion. Tailoring machines and spectacles were handed over to the beneficiaries.

Suratkal Buntara Sangha president, M Devanand Shetty, presided. Deputy mayor, Rajani Dugganna, trainer for competitive examinations, Prakash Moodittaya, Suratkal Bunts women’s wing president, Pushpa B Shenava, general secretary, Ullas R Shetty and vice-president, M J Shetty, were present.

Sridhar Shetty Madhya and Sudharani Shetty read out the citations. Jyoti Shetty Kuttettur and Deepa Shetty Krishnapura compered the programme.