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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Aug 4: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy on Tuesday, August 4 announced the winners of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy Honorary Awards for the year 2019 and 2020.
Addressing the media here on August 4, Academy president Rahim Ucchil informed that Basheer Ahmed Kinya (Beary literature), Veena Mangaluru (Beary cinema, drama and art) and Siddique Manjeshwara (Beary organisation and social service) will be conferred "Gaurava Prasasthi", while Dr Ismail (medicine), T A Mohammed Asif (education), Iliyas Mangaluru (social service), Rash Byari (Beary organisation) and Safwan Shah Bahrain (Beary young achiever) will be conferred "Gaurava Puraskara" for the year 2020.
Abdul Rehman Kutthethur (Beary literature), Ismail Tannirbhavi (Beary art) and M Ahmed Bava Mohiudeen (Beary organisation and social service) will be conferred with "Gaurava Prashasti", while Abdul Razaq Ananthady (Beary education), T S Hussain (Beary literature), Abdul Majeed Suralpady (general), Asif Karnad (social service) and Ali Kunjhi Paare (Beary organisation) will be conferred with "Gaurava Puraskara" for the year 2019, informed Rahim Ucchil.
While "Gaurava Prashasti consists of Rs 50,000 cash prize, shawl, garland and citation, "Gaurava Puraskara" carries Rs 10,000 cash prize, shawl, garland and citation.
"Even though the winners of the year 2018 were announced, the awards were presented. Hence along with 2019 and 2020 awardees, awards will also be presented to the 2018 awardees. Once the coronavirus situation gets better, we will discuss the dates with the chief minister and hold the award programme," said Rahim Ucchil.
Beary Academy registrar Poornima and member Shamsheer Budoli were also present.
About the winners:
Abdul Rahiman Kuthethur: He was the co-editor or Beary Kannada - English dictionary and editor of the first-ever Beary grammar book released in 2019. He also is a member of the experts' committee on the Beary language textbook. He has translated Panchatantra stories, Sarvajna Vachanas etc into Beary language and published collection of poems.
Ismail Tannirbavi: A veteran theatre actor of Beary language, Ismail began to act when he was 17. He has acted in over 300 plays including Beary, Tulu and Kannada. He has been in the theatre since the last 55 year and his plays have been presented in countries like Muscat and Kuwait. Terrorist Birinder, Kinao Kanombu, and Chirikali are some of the Beary plays in which he has acted.
Ahmed Bawa Moidin: He is a social worker and member of the Beary Study chair. He also is the life member of Beary Sahitya Parishad and member of Human Ethical Committee of Mangalore University. He was the founder vice president of Mangalore Merchant Associate and member of divisional railway users consultative/committee. He has donated blood 53 times. He had played a stellar role in getting Beary Academy sanctioned by the government.
Basheer Ahmed Kiny: He has been involved with the Beary music sector since the last 21 years in the form of singer, and poet. He has provided lyrics for over 150 Beary audio cassettes and also sang them. His first audio cassette, Maskattoru Kallas' had created a record by getting sold out within four to five days. He has also created several non-stop cassettes and Duf songs. He also has created Kannada Duf songs and Malpila songs. On an experimental basis, he has created and sung a cassette relating to Kannangar Uroos. He also has authored several works in Beary language.
Veena Mangaluru: Veena acted in the first Beary cinema, first play in that language and took part in the first Beary cassette. Even before Beary Academy came into being, and when Beary women were hesitating to act in cinema, she accepted the challenge to act. She has acted in over a thousand plays and also Beary cinema, 'Mami Marmolu', Kurfat Katte/Amadakaro Chiri, and Shamimarabal.
Siddique Manjeshwar: Siddique is identified with the social service sector. He inspired others by participating in blood donation in 2010. He created a Whatsapp group of blood donors and created a 'Blood Donate Mangaluru' group to help the needy. At the rate of 200 per group, there are over 10,000 members in his 54 groups. Blood Donate Mangaluru has been able to collect over 26,000 units of blood and conducting over 250 blood donation camps. He was honoured with a special award of the chief minister in Kasargod district. He has been the president of the blood donation group. He has helped illiterate people of Kodagu and Beltangady. He also distributed food kits and medicines during the lockdown and helped many patients and flood affected people.
Abdul Razack Ananantady: He is a PU college lecturer by profession. He has conducted over 500 pre-exam training camps and functioned as a resource person in leadership and personality development training. He has been conducting training and lectures for students and their parents on learning nutrition, and life values. His addresses on education and cultural aspects have been aired by Akashvani.
T S Hussain: Hussain is a veteran Beary writer who has defied blindness. He faced many difficulties and challenges in life and also met with an accident in 2008. Because of this accident, his eyesight had become very weak. He continued with the creation of works with determination in spite of failing eyesight with help from friends. He has authored two works and was appreciated for their content. Thereafter, he authored two more works. In 2018, he wrote another work.
Sooralpady Abdul Majeed: Abdul Majeed, identified in social service, education and religious sector, was born in Sooralpady and got attracted towards politics when he was a student. He has served in various organizations and served Sooralpady government higher primary school as president for 21 years. He also served as the president of the educational committee of South Karnataka Sunni Centre's Al Ihsan English Medium School and got government recognition for the school. He set up PU college for girls and laid two-way road at Kaikamba besides bus shelter, toilet, drinking water system and building for police check post.
Asif Apatbandhava: He has been serving as an ambulance driver for the last ten years. He readily carries dead bodies and performs funeral. and done so for over a thousand bodies so far. Whenever he comes across mentally unsound people on the road, he gives them a wash and admits them to Ashrams. He has also been maintaining Maimoon Foundation Apatbhandhava Sycho Rehabilitation Centre.
Alikunji Pare: He is the founder president and honorary president of 'Melthene', a union of Beary writers and artists. He has strived for Beary language through Beary movement and literacy programmes. He has also served social, literary, organizational and religious sectors. He has been identified with several organizations including Mangaluru taluk Yuvajana Okkota and Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district Muslim Central Committee.
Dr Muhammed Ismail: Dr Muhammed Ismail completed his medical education in 1989 and has been serving different hospitals since the last 30 years being a highly respected doctor. He also is an honorary medical officer of the Wenlock Hospital Mangaluru. He has served as an office-bearer of Indian Medical Association, Karnataka Medico-legal Society etc.
T A Mohammed Asif: He has been providing education to over 360 students from LKG to the eighth standard through Adarsh Group of educational institutions. He is also active in the social sector and has distributed school bags and books to poor students. During the lockdown, he distributed free food items worth about Rs 10 lac.
Ilyas Mangaluru: He had fought against the menace of dowry. He has got over 500 girls married through an organization, 'Dowry Free Nikah'. He has also created an app, Free Nikah, which helps boys and girls to find suitable matches.
Rash Beary: He has been helping people to perform marriages without difficulty through his 'Beary Nikah Helpline'. He gifts marriage clothes at the marriages and provides free counselling services to couples from all religions. He also provides clothes, food etc for inpatients in a government hospital and destitute at roadside and railway stations. He has brought together writers and thinkers.
Safwan Shah Bahrain: Safwan is a Beary singer. He has sung many songs in Beary language and won awards. Since the last eight years, he has been organizing various Beary programmes in Bahrain. He had undertaken the adventure of jumping from the air from a height of 13,000 feet with the Indian flag in hand. He has participated in poets conferences and organized quiz competitions, cricket tournaments etc in Bahrain.