Media Release
Kuwait, Feb 14: “Tulu Siri” the first ever Tulu teaching classes here was inaugurated amidst great enthusiasm and excitement. Tulu Siri has been received with great pride, in the Tulu speaking community.
The word 'Siri' means 'sprouts' in Tulu and as the word goes the main purpose of the association is to instill Tulu speaking knowledge in our sprouts, in our children, so as to pass on our cultural heritage them. The committee members have worked very hard towards achieving their objective of promoting Tulu language and culture. Tharendra Shettigar will be incharge of the classes and Shalini Vijay will be the teacher assisted by Jaya V Karkal, Suresh Salian, Vanitha Dias and Mable Rosario.
The event held in the Indian Public School was hosted very efficiently by Suresh Salian. Baby Aishwarya K Bhat and IshanBhat beautifully welcomed the audience with a Welcome prayer. The chief guests for the event were Usha Shetty, the principle and owner of the Salmiya
Play School and Sister Lenitta Lobo from Carmel School, here. The chief guests along with the class teachers Shalini Vijay and Jaya V Karkal started the event with the lighting of the lamp.
Usha Shetty, in her speech said that Tulu is a very sweet language and it gives us great sense of satisfaction and bonding to speak to our children in our mother tongue. She also said that she felt proud to be inaugurating the Tulu teaching classes.
Sister Lenitta Lobo, spoke great words of inspiration. She said that it is our duty to let our children learn Tulu, as it is only Tulu language that unites all people of Tulu Nadu under one umbrella irrespective of our religion. She said that she felt great pride to be talking on the inaugural day and urged people to let this beautiful language build a bridge between us and not allow it to build a wall.
Tulu Koota Kuwait Advisors, Sudhakar Shetty, Vivek Rao and Satishchandra Shetty also spoke great words of encouragement. They believed that the Committee Members have indeed taken great initiative to carry forward our motto of “Unity through language”.
Ramesh Kidiyoor, the president of the association, elated with the beginning of the unique Tulu classes and appreciated the effort of committee members who worked for this. He thanked the parents for their interest and urged them for continuous support in this noble
venture. Tharendra Shettigar, the Vice President of the Association, in his speech exhibited faith that this sprout will one day nurture into a big tree.
The logo, designed by Manoj Kumar depicts the Siri and the book with Tulu Siri written giving out rays of knowledge. The Banner was printed by Adrian Pais and attractively decorated for the inauguration by Ronald D’Souza and Jaya V Karkal. White House Restaurant served a scrumptious breakfast for the invitees and children. Tulu Koota Kuwait also distributed inaugural gift bags to the children. The event came to an end with a Vote of thanks from the General Secretary, Sathyanarayana Salian.
For further information contact Ramesh Kidiyoor-97204716/99596457, Shalini Vijay – 66502369, Tharendra P Shettigar– 66757979, Jayalaxmi Karkal -66958848, Sathyanarayana Salian – 66585077, Vanitha Dias-94996459