nd Anniversary of Telangana State Formation Celebration on A Grand Scale By Telangana Chaitanya Sravanthi, Kuwait on 2nd June 2016

Telangana Chaitanya Sravanthi, TCS-Kuwait, celebrated the 2nd anniversary of Telangana State Formation Day on 2nd June, 2016 at Global Technology Company (GTC) air conditioned hall with active support and encouragement of the Government of Telangana, Mr. Harikrishna, Director, Language and Culture, and Mr. Deshapathi Srinvas, Officer on Special Duty to honorable Chief Minister of Telangana State, in a grand majestic style with a large presence of its members, families, friends along with the invited guests and the GTC staff. The Chief Guest of the Event, Mr. Ramadoss, Chief Executive Officer of the GTC along with Mr. Narsing Rao, Consultant, participated enthusiastically and shared the moments of joy along with the Telangana diaspora in Kuwait in the festivities of the evening.

The Telangana State was formed on 2nd June, 2014, after a prolonged great struggle of over five decades, through innumerable sacrifices of hundreds of youth who gave away their lives for the cause and unflinching fighting spirit of the movement’s architects like Late Prof. Jayashankarji, and honorable Chief Minister, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Raoji, and the entire population of Telangana from all walks of life. It was only be befitting that this day should not only be celebrated to commemorate those sacrifices but also joyously revel in the celebration of fantastic achievements in these two years that could only be possible through much needed self-governance, astutely executed by our honorable CM of the Telangana state. Within these two years, it has carved a niche for itself among the Indians as the most happening state and as the jewel in the crown of the Union of India, with innovative out of the box progressive thinking and people centered welfare policies.

The Chief Guest Mr. Ramadoss delivering his message

The Formation Day celebrations began with the lighting of the Bhadradeepam by the distinguished Chief Guest, Mr. Ramadoss, Mr. Narsing Rao, Mrs. Sudha Srinivas, Mrs. Padma Sreeram and Mr. Prem Kumar. The event commenced with a beautiful mellifluous rendition of the prayer invoking the blessings of almighty by Miss Arundhati. The young singer sang with great devotion, veneration and superb voice modulation of the Telangana song during which the audience stood up and resonated with the young singer. Entire audience was spell bound by her stupendous performance and blessed her with admiration, as they knew her only as the young little child.

Mr. Sreeram Taduri, the Vice President, welcomed the honorable Chief Guest, sponsors, other distinguished guests, members, their families and children and large diaspora invited persons. His welcome address encompassed some important safety aspects and Clean-Kuwait message besides covering all the achievements of Telangana State Government in the past two years in brief. Mr. Muralidhar Reddy, General Secretary, spoke about the history and culture of Telangana region and engaged the audience in knowing the erstwhile names of some of the major towns and cities. The Chief Guest, Mr. Ramadoss, gave an awe-inspiring speech in Telugu, Hindi/Urdu and English, seamlessly intermixing like a true Hyderabadi, by taking a leaf out of his own experiences in the Telangana region and recalling his association with the people of Telangana. His message was straight, simple and touched the hearts of every one present – Through hard work and sincere efforts, anything is possible and urged everyone to follow their dreams and aim for high.

TCS, Kuwait President, Mr. Srinivas Vaidyula delivering Presidential address

TCS President, Mr. Srinivas Vaidyula congratulated and greeted all the Telangana fraternity with best wishes on this Formation day by recalling his childhood memories of the Telangana struggle and the endless wait for seeing this day. He urged and reminded everyone that even though the Telangana Statehood has been achieved, it is not the time to rest and only regale. The people have yet to re-establish an irrevocable supreme suzerainty in all spheres of Telangana related affairs like Contracts, Business, Education, Politics, Industry, Media, Cinema, Arts, Sports etc., through fair open competitive means, which continue to be resting with other than the people of Telangana. He further elaborated on the aims and objectives of the organization that is solidly being built on its four core pillars of Strength – Happiness, Awareness, Training, and Cultural celebrations. He reminded all to keep the spirit of Telangana alive and urged all to remember for what the people fought for separate state formation. He elaborated on the arduous journey culminating to its present status of the Association and requested all the members to come more openly to support the Association and be an active member in all its tasks. He thanked Mr. Ramadoss for accepting their invitation to be part of these celebrations. He thanked Mr. Narsing Rao, for supporting in all stages of this event organization.

Telangana theme based Quiz conducted by Mrs. Anita Ashok

The Chief Guest of the Event, Mr. Ramadoss and elder member of TCS, Kuwait Mr. Narsing Rao were felicitated by the Advisors of the Association, Mr. Prem Kumar and Mr. Prabhakar, by draping them with Shawls. Miss Arundhati for her lovely singing performance and Miss Pratishta, who scored 10 out of 10 GPA in her class X CBSE exams were presented with a memento each.

A minute of silence was observed for the souls of all the persons who sacrificed their lives for the Telangana separate cause. After speeches, cultural events were organized. Sridhar Goud, Kancherla Anil, Sathaiah sang some inspiring Telangana theme based songs including the breathless composition encompassing the greatness of all the districts of Telangana state. Mr. Rakesh also sang a lovely song. In between the songs Mrs. Anita Ashok, conducted a very invigorative, inquisitive, interesting Telangana based Quiz completion, which was very informative and enjoyable. Spot prizes arranged by herself and Mr. Ashok Garlapati, were distributed to the winners. All appreciated the efforts of the quizmaster and the five singers, and congratulated them on their stellar performances.

Miss Arundhati Taduri singing Telangana Song

Mr. Prem Kumar, the Advisor to TCS, Kuwait proposed the vote of thanks. He thanked Mr. Ramadoss and Mr. Narsing Rao of Global Technology Company for making available their hall for this event. He thanked his Executive Body, Advisors, and Area Coordinators, and praised the efforts of the volunteers of this event Ashok Garlapati, Kondal Reddy, Janardhan, Srisailam, Gopal Rao, P. Sharma, Mahesh Goud etc. Logistics and Sound systems were looked after by both the Joint Secretaries Mr. Ramesh Gotla and Mr. Santhosh Reddy, together.

Breathless Telangana song by Mr. Sridhar, Mr. Anil and Mr. Sathaih

TCS, Kuwait is growing day by day with the full commitment and dedication of all the members and the Executive Body. This is the tenth event attended by a large gathering in less than a year of its formation, displaying abundance of energy and enthusiasm. The program was well compered by Mrs. Sujatha Laxma Reddy in her own touching style. The event ended with photo session followed by dinner and Swatcch Kuwait tasks. TCS is constantly striving for timely starting of their events and ending them with committed completion of Swatcch Kuwait tasks.