Delhi Tulu Siri organizes Get-Together; Bolsters struggle to include Tulu in Constitution

By Balakrishna Naik D
Bellevision Media Network

New Delhi, 30 April 2014: Delhi Tulu Siri, an organization of Delhi Tuluvas organized a get together of all Tuluvas in and around New Delhi on Sunday April 27 at Nehru Park in the precincts of foreign diplomatic offices in Chanakyapuri, here on on Sunday April 27.
 
Over 200 people from different walks of life congregated to celebrate the just begun New Year festival of Bisu Parba. The enthusiastic youth hailing from different parts of Tulu Nadu spread in coastal Karnataka, who are now living in New Delhi brought cheers and created vibrant and enthusiastic environment by organizing various games of fun and zeal. The kids had their own events which encouraged all the elders to take part in one or other event that was happening at the green grasses of Nehru Park, which makes a perfect venue for the get together. The fun and fervor was extended till evening with the participation of energetic people from Tulu Nadu engaged in different activities.
 
The Mangalorean recipe for the lunch not only surprised the unassuming participants but also made them to enjoy many varieties including the kori ajadina, a type of dry chicken item and mango rasayana.
 
During the event, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy member and Karnataka Sangha Delhi ® present Vasant Shetty Bellare emphasized on providing recognition to Tulu in Karnataka as well as inclusion of the language in the eighth schedule of Indian constitution. Vasant further said, ‘A conference of Tuluvas should be organized in Bangalore to convince the members of legislative assembly for considering Tulu as a recognized language in Karnataka. In this regard, all Tulu organizations must work and get involved,’ said Vasant.

 

 

 
The well known scholar Dr Purushothama Bilimale lamented that the world conference organized during February 2013 had not yielded much in inclusion of Tulu in the eighth schedule of Indian constitution. But the Delhi Tuluvas are putting effort to convince both the union and Karnataka state government since the past 2 decades, he said. Dr Bilimale hoped that the new government being formed at the Centre will look into inclusion of Tulu language in the Indian constitution and provide require recognition to the language spoken not only in the coastal region of Karnataka but also in many other parts of the world including Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Gujarat, Dubai, Kuwait and other places.

 
Delhi Tulu Siri general secretary Alok Rai assured the participants that the organization in Delhi will among other organizations take the lead in working for inclusion of Tulu language. He expressed gratitude to all participants who turned up in large numbers and enjoyed the event marked with lot of fun as well as stimulating discussion.