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Dr. K.R. Baliga
654, Palisade Drive,
Mt. Pleasant,
SC.29864-812L
MESSAGE
Congratulations and Best Wishes from all of
us. I am very glad that the SGS Sabha is
opening an Old Age Home today.
I Remember the early years of the SGS Sabha
when great persons like V.N. Kudva, ICS, Dr.
Keshav Pai, OBE and Mizar Ananth Pai guided
its affairs. One of the first projects of
the Sabha was giving loan scholarships to
poor students who studied well in school but
could not pursue studies in Law, Medical and
Engineering, etc. for want of money. The
Sabha used to hold only one function at that
time and that was “Reception for the New
Graduates”.
J.S.Prabhu of Parry and Co. became Secretary
and collected money to purchase land and
built a hall which was originally meant for
Graduates’ Reception. Then it became a hall
for marriage ceremonies. Then followed the
dining hall and kitchen. This got the Sabha
good income and the Sabha later decided not
to recover the scholarships paid to
students. It was hoped that the students
when they got good employment would
contribute to the Sabha so that more
students could benefit in turn.
Looking back it seems to me that the SGS
Sabha has been such a wonderful support to
the community in all aspects. The children
had their day when the Annual Social was
celebrated on Pongal day: the educational
encouragement to the youth was by awarding
scholarships. The adults always had their
social get togethers and interactions at all
the festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi which
was performed on a fantastic scale getting
bigger and better every year. The religious
aspect was taken care of by having pujas,
festivals, upanayanams and weddings at the
hall. Now the evening stage of life is being
covered by the opening of this Old Age Home.
The Sabha has indeed come full circle in
satisfying the needs of all stages of life
of the community.
We all appreciate the hard work done by the
committee to carry on the mission of the SGS
Sabha and to keep on improving and making
things happen in a dynamic manner. We wish
all success to the Old Age Home being
inaugurated today and to all other
charitable projects which the Trust may
undertake in future.
I thank the Trust for giving me an
opportunity to be a part of this great
effort.
By E-mail received
on 11-04-2005 |
