Prof.Paul Hockings writes :-
I am pleased to tell you that “So Long a Saga”, my latest book on the Badagas of South India, has just been published in New Delhi by Manohar.
We may or may not agree with the views of Prof.Paul Hockings about Badagas but I am sure that this book (pages 406 ,price Rs.1295/-) will add to our knowledge about our community.. – Wg Cdr JP
I have written about the Badagas who have made us all very proud with their achievements. Rajamma of Kethorai, a teacher par excellence, is among the top on the list. The constant flow of emails/comments we get from her students proves just one thing – that she is a great person and has had very positive effects on all those who had come across her. She has been an inspiration to many but modestly states ” I know my achievement are not really great, if I could inspire at least a few in my life, that would be my achievement”
Do not fail to watch 30 mts programme about her produced by MALA MANYAN a renowned documentary film producer on the tamil TV Channel “THANDHI” on 24th august at 4.30 pm.
Update : This interesting programme was aired on 24-8-2013
Rajma, we are really proud of you!
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Some time back, Ms.Shalini Nandakumar had suggested that we give the ‘good old Badaga lullabies, ballads etc’. She wrote “How about “ondhu ondhu avarai” and “oten tan toovay “….Sorry if I’m wrong with the spelling.
I would like to teach my daughter our Baduga rhymes, So pls kindly post Baduga rhymes also.And any baduga lullaby will be the best thing to know-“
Here is a ‘folk somg’ sent by Dr.Haldorai :
குணிக்கி
ஓ குணிக்கி ஓ மிணிக்கி
அக்கிலு காப்ப கூச அள்ள ஒத்தூண்0டு ஓத்து
நிந்ந அவ்வெ கள்ளெ0க ஏ0கிலெ கண்ண நீர ஆக்கிய
நிந்ந அப்ப கள்ளா0க ஏ0கிலெ குத்தண சீலெய முச்சிந
0த0புளு 0த0புளு தோட்ட சண்0டாமிளிய நோட்ட
ராணிய கூட்டீண்0டு ஓட்ட
Kuṇikki
ō kuṇikki ō miṇikki
akkilu kāppa kūsa haḷḷa oththūṇdu hōththu
ninna avve kaḷḷega ēgile kaṇṇa nīra hākkiya
ninna appa kaḷḷāga ēgile kuttaṇa seeleya muchchina
doubḷu doubḷu thōṭṭa sandāmaḷliya nōṭṭa
rāṇiya kūṭṭīṇdu ōṭṭa
The version we used to know :
Oh Chinnakki, Oh Ponnakki,
(Oh Chinnakki, Oh Ponnakki)
Hakkilu Kaapa Koosa, Halla eththindu hothu,
(The flood water [due to heavy rains] has taken away the boy who was keeping a watch on the birds [damaging the crops]
Thanna awwayya saare hegilay, mandaiya maara sachiya,
(When you tell his mother, she grieves by beating her head and chest)
Ammaiya saare hegilay, kanna neera haakkiya,
(When you tell his little sister, she keeps weeping)
Thanna appana saare hegilay, kutthana seelaiya arachina
(when you tell his father, he looks out for the bordered white sheet [typical Badaga shawl] used for covering the deceased)
Here is another ‘song – nursery rhyme’ –
Chappatay Chappatay saga maalay,
Kombu Koludha jen(u) hadadhe,
Erolu ethiba era mookki,
Kodalee ethiba kore mooki….
Kattu kuttu maadi kappalikke
[this is sung when feeding the baby and when the last line is finishing, the ‘food’ would be put in the child’s mouth]
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On 25th July,2013, I had written the following post expressing my anguish about the ‘happenings’ in the YBA. The DISUNITY among us was exposed by the factions ridden association who indulged in all sort of shameful acts and made Badagas a laughing stock. One faction went to the High Court.
Now we get the news that the HC has ruled that there will be elections supervised by two eminent Badagas before 15 Jan 2014 (see the report at the end)
JP wrote on 25-7-2013 :
YBA – the NOT so Young Badaga Association, is in the news for all the wrong reasons. News papers report about the factional fights, lodging FIRs after skirmishes between groups etc thus making us – ‘the silent majority of Badagas’, to hold our heads in shame.
The so called ‘present’ body or the managing committee is not an elected one of the recent past. Not aware how many years back, they got ‘elected’. For obvious and not so obvious reasons they do not want to ‘leave their chairs’. but have called for ‘elections’ on the 12th Aug 2013.. The other faction claims that the ‘elections are not going to be free and fair and manipulations to elect the ‘chosen’ few have been already done.
It appears that the association that is expected to be APOLITICAL is precisely divided on ‘party’ lines.
Why can’t we have a proper election in which EACH and EVERY Badaga- from both genders – vote to select a ‘team’ that can represent all Badagas from all the Seemays and wherever they stay at present [I am including all the Badagas from around the globe]. If required, they can pay a nominal fee and become members of YBA so that they are eligible to vote.
In the interim, non controversial persons like Sundradevan I.A.S, T.Gopal, Entrepreneur [Mel Bikkatty] or B.Balasubramaniam, author of ‘Paame’ can take control of the affairs of YBA and take necessary steps to ‘conduct’ a proper but a sort of grand GENERAL ELECTIONS to select a truely representative managing committee of all Badagas. There could be many eminent Badagas [who may not be known to me] but can be included in the ‘interim arrangement’. I must confess that I have not spoken to the above mentioned persons about this but they came to mind spontaneously.
URI[jealousy] is in our DNA but can we not try for SIRI[happiness]? Can’t Badagas be ever UNITED and speak in one voice??
N BELLIE (LIC) commented:
Yes, I agree this idea. As one of the Members of YBA since 1986, and as the Mekku Nadu Seeami member, I expressed this idea in a meeting arranged by the YBA exclusively for Mekku Nadu Seemai members.
I told that the YBA should take proper initiative to form Root level branches of YBA. What I told is that YBA Branches should be launched in each and every Ward of a Village Panchayat, Town Panchayat, and Municipalities etc. The President and Secretaries of these branches are to be considered as the Executive Committee Members. The Executive Committee Members of the each Branches are to be the General Council Members of YBA, and this General Council Members should elect the Office Bearers of YBA.
You should go see what they’re up to. Maybe you’ll like their blog as much as they liked yours!
Hello Bellie,
May be your views are worth considering. As an insider, what exactly are the problems at YBA? What is their blog URL?? – JP
The New Indian Express Monday, December 02, 2013 07:01 PM
A retired district judge and a former IAS officer from the Badaga community have been appointed as election commissioners to hold election to the executive committee of Young Badaga Association in the Nilgiris, in accordance with the TN Societies Registration Act, on or before January 15.
Disposing of a petition from the association by its secretary R Ravikumar, Justice KK Sasidharan appointed B Kali, District Judge, and Sundaradevan, IAS (both retired) as the election commissioners. Petitioner submitted that the association was formed for promoting development of members of Badaga community. The district, for purpose of local governance, was divided into four Seemals, namely, Purangadu, Thodanadu, Merkunadu and Kunda Seemal. The Seemals used to elect 5 executive members from each of the four Seemals, except Thodanadu Seemal, which will elect 6 members. The last election was held in 2008. Since there was no co-operation among the members, elections were not held thereafter. When two meetings were held in May 2013 to conduct the elections, the Nilgiris MLA Buddhichandran, claiming himself to be the president of the association, disrupted the meeting. Hence, the petitioner petition.
During the hearing the judge asked if it was possible to arrive at a consensus to conduct the elections, the MLA on October 9 appeared in person and expressed his readiness to conduct the election, headed by a member of the Badaga community. Accordingly, the duo was appointed to conduct the election, the judge said.
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Ari Jayaprakash is the great grandson of Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder and grandson of Mrs.Idyammal Bellie Gowder
Spatters of black ink across thick paper with charred edges and sepia tones unravel into a story. A story of a dysfunctional, morbid word plagued by death, disease, destruction, vices and suffering. Barriers crumble, beliefs disappear, insanity becomes a spectrum not a border, darkness is allowed to not just permeate but flourish. Nothing remains sacred or perhaps everything is.
But for artist and photographer, Ari Jayprakash who has created the Kuru Chronicles (which derives its name from a disease affecting cannibals when they consume human brain matter) in collaboration with writer Anisha Sridhar, this is nothing more than an artistic expression of an interesting form of spirituality, “We knew there was stuff here that may make people uncomfortable but we will stick to that,” he says, rather vehemently. “Freedom of thought and expression is an essential aspect of artistic evolution and we have restricted ourselves too long.” He believes however, that this is changing for the better, “People are beginning to push boundaries. I think India will produce a lot of interesting art, music, dance and theatre over the next few years,” he adds.
His own artwork (he refers to it as Kuru art) certainly not just pushes boundaries but tramples all over them, leaving the viewer too enthralled to even notice that they existed in the first place. “Kuru uses black ink done mainly with a calligraphy pen. At the end of the execution the pictures are burnt. The burning was done as an offering to the fire God and also because it gives it an old rustic sort of look and an interesting shading.”
Ari, a self-taught artist has dabbled in various forms of visual art as long as he remembers, “I have done different things in my career. I’ve done visual effects, worked as a concept artist and even an illustrator. I do a lot of photography and was a photographer for sometime in Boston and New York,” he says adding that his tryst with photography helped him in Kuru art. “A lot of the photographs got translated into drawing. I do a lot of digital manipulation; it gives photographs an abstract, surreal feel.”
Talking about the origin of Kuru, he says, “It all began December 2010. I was watching a documentary on Kuru on TV and met a few aghoris at the Ganga Sagar mela later that year and then I read Svobodha’s Aghora. One thing lead to another and what happened was the chapter names came up one night. I had no idea what were in the chapters and what it was going to be about. I didn’t know it would be called the Kuru chronicles. But obviously these things were at the back of my head subconsciously and seven drawings of abstract faces came out one night in Calcutta. I don’t know who they were but I know it had to fit into the story somewhere.”
It was a friend who ran a festival at Bombay who invited him to display his work there, “People liked what they saw and over time I developed more art work. Over a couple of years a substantial amount of work came out, around 800 pages — four books, 26 chapters.”
The story, which is set mostly in a dystopian version of Calcutta follows the lives of five characters —Dakini, Sen, Kala Hari, Shivali and Devika, “Kuru begins with the five of them and also kind of ends with them,” says Ari adding that Kuru spans a 17-year period. “They are all in their late teens when it begins. Dakini is the protagonist of the Kuru Chronicles and this is more or less her journey and evolution. There is complete disintegration all around her and she basically needs to keep it all together. ”
The book is certainly not for the faint-hearted however, “It is for a mature reader. All the philosophy is from the left hand path. It has a lot of tantric influences and magic. The Rig Veda was another big influence. A lot of dark themes are touched upon — cannibalism, rape, graphic sexuality, violence, modern-day issues like police brutality, attitudes and reflection on capitalism and communism,” says Ari, adding that, “Kuru is totally a work of fiction. It is dedicated to the Gods, the city of Calcutta, to Ma Durga — all of that. It takes from the scriptures and borrows from the Vedas but its modern day tale.”
In addition to the Vedas, “There is an Aghori influence and also influences from the Kalki Purana, Upanishads. I also read a book called Aghora: At the Left Hand of God by Robert E. Svoboda. I went out there; got to know more about the aghoris, spoke to some of them. There is also a lot of modern influence — varies from Pink Floyd to Michael Haneke to Lars von Trier and Takashi Miike, Japanese anime, heavy metal music,” he says.
The book, which is self-published, is slated to be released at the New York comicon later this year and Ari hopes to translate it into different languages and also attempt a psychedelic coloured Japanese version, “I have travelled to festivals all over the country with my art. I must say, people have been very supportive.”
He has recently come out with the Kuru circus — a haunting, ethereal track that seeks to explore the sound scape of the Kuru Chronicles and is also looking at a cinematic translation of Kuru.
It certainly seems that for Ari, there is no looking back. “Working on this project has over times changed my own ideas and Kuru is at some level definitely an expression of my own spiritual leanings. I am not the same person who I was when I started the book.”
Photos: Sreenivasa Murthy V.
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Ari, a self-taught artist has dabbled in various forms of visual art as long as he remembers, “I have done different things in my career. I’ve done visual effects, worked as a concept artist and even an illustrator. I do a lot of photography and was a photographer for sometime in Boston and New York,” he says adding that his tryst with photography helped him in Kuru art. “A lot of the photographs got translated into drawing. I do a lot of digital manipulation; it gives photographs an abstract, surreal feel.”
Talking about the origin of Kuru, he says, “It all began December 2010. I was watching a documentary on Kuru on TV and met a few aghoris at the Ganga Sagar mela later that year and then I read Svobodha’s Aghora . One thing lead to another and what happened was the chapter names came up one night. I had no idea what were in the chapters and what it was going to be about. I didn’t know it would be called the Kuru chronicles. But obviously these things were at the back of my head subconsciously and seven drawings of abstract faces came out one night in Calcutta. I don’t know who they were but I know it had to fit into the story somewhere.”
It was a friend who ran a festival at Bombay who invited him to display his work there, “People liked what they saw and over time I developed more art work. Over a couple of years a substantial amount of work came out, around 800 pages — four books, 26 chapters.”
The story, which is set mostly in a dystopian version of Calcutta follows the lives of five characters —Dakini, Sen, Kala Hari, Shivali and Devika, “Kuru begins with the five of them and also kind of ends with them,” says Ari adding that Kuru spans a 17-year period. “They are all in their late teens when it begins. Dakini is the protagonist of the Kuru Chronicles and this is more or less her journey and evolution. There is complete disintegration all around her and she basically needs to keep it all together. ”
The book is certainly not for the faint-hearted however, “It is for a mature reader. All the philosophy is from the left hand path. It has a lot of tantric influences and magic. The Rig Veda was another big influence. A lot of dark themes are touched upon — cannibalism, rape, graphic sexuality, violence, modern-day issues like police brutality, attitudes and reflection on capitalism and communism,” says Ari, adding that, “Kuru is totally a work of fiction. It is dedicated to the Gods, the city of Calcutta, to Ma Durga — all of that. It takes from the scriptures and borrows from the Vedas but its modern day tale.”
In addition to the Vedas, “There is an Aghori influence and also influences from the Kalki Purana, Upanishads. I also read a book called Aghora: At the Left Hand of God by Robert E. Svoboda. I went out there; got to know more about the aghoris, spoke to some of them. There is also a lot of modern influence — varies from Pink Floyd to Michael Haneke to Lars von Trier and Takashi Miike, Japanese anime, heavy metal music,” he says.
The book, which is self-published, is slated to be released at the New York comicon later this year and Ari hopes to translate it into different languages and also attempt a psychedelic coloured Japanese version, “I have travelled to festivals all over the country with my art. I must say, people have been very supportive.”
He has recently come out with the Kuru circus — a haunting, ethereal track that seeks to explore the sound scape of the Kuru Chronicles and is also looking at a cinematic translation of Kuru.
It certainly seems that for Ari, there is no looking back. “Working on this project has over times changed my own ideas and Kuru is at some level definitely an expression of my own spiritual leanings. I am not the same person who I was when I started the book.”
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Second Death Anniversary (13-7-2013)
Idyammal Bellie Gowder
You were everything for us in all those glorious 99 years and 10 months when you were ‘here’.
As we were preparing to celebrate the ‘century’, you chose to leave this earth just a couple of months earlier…two years ago.
How time flies!
Elle idhale’yu engava harachu
[Bless us all from where ever you are]
 Idyammal Bellie Gowder |
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| Born | September 02, 1912 Hubbathalai, The Nilgiris |
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| Died | July 13, 2011 (aged 99 years 10 months) |
| Parents | Rao Bahadue HJ Bellie Gowder and Nanji Hethe |
| Sister of | Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder |
| Spouse | B.K.Bellie Gowder [Bearhatti] |
[Autographed pencil sketch of Mom by JP in 1968 while she was reading an issue of Femina ]
“I know my mother looks much older than what she is but those wrinkles have the charm of their own. They indicate the signs of her great endurance; and the hard life she has to lead through to bring her children to lead a life that is respected and regarded by others” – JP 24-1-68
Dear Hands
[Grace Noll Crowell]
My mother’s hands were beautiful,
They are not always smooth and white
They were so busy making dull
And lusterless things clean and bright.
They reached so often to caress
A hurt child crying in the night
They moved as quick as fluttering birds
Among the cups and spoons at tea
They did a thousand lovely things
And did them all so graciously
There is no way to sum them up
The countless things she did for us.
[photo of Idy Hethe’s hand by her grandson Abhi Ari -2010]
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As a matter of principle, we do not endorse or give info about appeals for donations for the simple reason that we are not in a position to verify and check the genuineness or otherwise of these appeals.But, an exception is made in the appeal made by Hariharan Emerald Bhojan [though I have never met him] since I believe that he is doing something really good.I strongly believe that ‘education‘ can be a very effective panacea for all evils’Wg Cdr JP |
Dear Friends,
Here is an appeal…
Our recent trip to Mel Seemey on 9th & 10th Dec 2012 was very fruitful and was an occasion to introspect on the message of life. God has given everybody a job to fulfill before he takes us away. Some of us realise it, some of us don’t. But, it is never too late to question ourselves and our existence on earth.
At BMS, all our core members have joined together with a single agenda, an agenda to improve the lives of the most poorer and deserving section of our Community since we all are Hethappa Makka, the children of our Ayya & Hetthe. Helping our own people firstly gives us a sense of fulfillment and a purpose to live.
On those lines, we have identified 5 deserving candidates who come from varied backgrounds.
1) N.Sukanya, Female, 21, Married, 2 Children, Daily wages Labourer, Mel Seemey Hosahatty, completed +2 with 732 marks. She is interested in being a staff nurse.
2) N.Roja, Female, 19, Married, 1 Child, Daily wages Labourer, Mel Seemey Hosahatty, completed 10th with 397 marks. She is interested in pursuing a diploma in Engineering.
3) K.Vijayalakshmi, Female, 18 Yrs, single, working in a textile mill as a daily wages labourer, Mel Seemey Hosahatty, completed 10th with 326 marks. She is interested in joining +2 or pursue diploma in Engineering.
4) K.Nandagopal, Male, 19 Yrs, single, studying 2nd Yr B.Sc Comp.Sci at Stahyamangalam, Mel Seemey Hosahatty, sold his government given laptop to fund his 1st year fees. The 2nd year fees is in question, banks are unwilling to give loans due to agricultural defaults earlier, dad is planning to sell 1 acre of his land if he can’t get through any reliable source of funds.
5) A.Ashok, Male, 19 Yrs, single, working as a waiter in a restaurant, Punajanur Badaga Village in Karnataka, passed 10th std with 274 marks. He would like to join a course in catering.
BMS is determined to fund all their studies and bring a change in their lives. We have started a fund, details given below, for funding the same.
MEL SEEME GIRLS EDUCATION FUND
Bank: CORPORATION BANK, ERODE
A/c No: 005400101020463
IFSC: CORP0000054
SWIFT CODE: CORPINBB
We request all members to donate liberally for the well being of our own brothers and sisters at Mel Seemey.
Nanga Hetthappana punniya nanga ellagoo serali, aaru seemeyu singara hagali!
Team BMS.
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A century is always a time for celebration in any field, specially so when it relates to age.
Having lost my mother at the age of 99 years and 10 months, I know how it feels to have a dear and near one to reach that ‘land mark’.
Wishing a long life to B.Mani Hatti Sivama Hethai’, we bow our heads and seek her blessings,
“Hethey, Engava Harachu“
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You are already a blessed man JP anna. Im sure my Hethai’s blessings are with you, no doubt. She is the one who told me tales of your beloved uncle and the undisputed hero of Badugaru, H.B.Ari Gowder. Old is gold !
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I had heard from by late brother Nanja about 50 years back, about ‘ a group of Badagas living in Chamarajnagar in a few “hattis” around Hasanoor, my curiosity to learn more about them kept growing. He had mentioned about the the Badagas there selling their milk products through the bus drivers/conductors.
That is the time I realised the true meaning of the proverb ‘Hasanoor haala gudippadhuna, Neelagiria neera gudiipadhu mel – Better to drink the water in Nilgiris than the milk in Hasaroor’. [The different interpretations of this proverb will be discussed in a future post]
Since, we travel to Bangalore from Nilgiris quite often till a couple of years back, we decided that we must take the Sathyamangalam – Nanjangud – Mysore- Bangalore route just to visit Hasanoor to learn first hand about the Badagas of Hasanoor and other nearby villages- hattis. So we undertook the journey a few years back in my ‘ever faithful’ Maruti van but could not reach Hasanoor as the road was under major repairs and it was too risky in my 1986 model van.
However, we did meet one Dhona, a Badaga at the junction of Hasanoor junction and I had written a post on that.
Though there was bits and pieces of information about these Badagas, as part and at the same time different from the main stream ‘Badagas of the Blue Mountains – Nakku Betta, it was only after reading Emerald Bhojan Hari’s detailed narratives mainly in ‘Badaga Mahajan Sangha’ and other forums, I learnt a great deal about these ‘forgotten’ kith and kin of ours. The wealth of information about these ‘countrycousins’ in MEL SEEMAY posted in Badaga Mahajana Sangha FB page is quite a lot. There are plenty of beautiful pictures posted by Raghu Joghee and others.
BMS has not just stopped with sharing the information but have taken the initiative of educating some of those deserving girls and boys belonging to Mel Seemay hattis; Hari and his friends in BMS, have donated liberally and adopted these villages. The great strides taken by this bunch of youngsters and their truly laudable initiatives and efforts are indeed both motivating and ‘educative’.
BMS – Badaga Mahajana Sangha – has not stopped with mere words, but shown what true Badaga Hospitality really means.
For all those who form the backbone of BMS, we are proud of you.
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These Badagas are, an inspiration to all of us.
Lingan Krishnan [I have never met him so far] is one such person. I was quite surprised but very happy to see his email to me in which he had mentioned that he is a practising lawyer In the Bombay High Court. Wow, a Badaga high court lawyer in Mumbai, was my first thought. Surprise did not end there when I learnt that he is also an ex-fauji. He has started a Trust that can be of immense help to Badagas.
Thank you L. Krishna. You make us proud!
Email from Lingan Krishnan [lingan.krishnan@gmail.com], a Lawyer in Mumbai High Court
Hello Sir,
I belong to Adigaratty Village and was born on 10 May,1946. I do not recollect my father’s face since he breathed his last when I was 8 years old. My mother, a poor soul, brought us up (one elder brother and two younger sisters) and she too passed away this year ie on 26th April, 2012. Every year, Theer Festival used to be celebrated in our village in a grand way, which continues even today. My mother used to compel me to attend the same but never I was able to do so.
About 20 years back, one day while discussing about the festivals, Mom was bit up set for my not visiting the Hatty at least once a year, and requested me to at least contribute the Theer Festival expenses fixed by our village Gowdars every year.That particular day I decided to keep her wishes alive and promised her that I would contribute for the festival not only for one year but till my mother’s last breath.
As per my mother’s wishes, my little contribution towards the festival has been going on for the last twenty years and now. My Mom is no more now, hence I decided to continue my contribution till my death. While going through your web site I felt my mother was sitting with me and forcing me to do something for the common needy people.. Thanks for the unforgettable memories flashed back in my mind while going through the wonderful initiations and inspirations exposed vide your web site.
With regards to my education and experiences. have done M.A and LLB. Had put in 15 years service in the Army, In the Regiment of Artillery. Joined as Manager Administration in Lupin Laboratory and left Lupin after 13 Years of service to take up the responsibilities of a GM with Cybertech Systems and Software Ltd through which I could visit US for six times. I retired from Cybertech in the year 2007 after rendering 12 years of service and then started practicing Law.
In Bombay, we started Bombay Badaga Association in the year 1990 and I was the President for 7years. Under my command, we conducted quite a number of Tours and Picnics beside various programmes. We released a Souvenir in the year 1995, and the interesting things to be noted here is that, our Souvenir had the messages of celebrities of Politics, Cricket, Films, Police Big Vigs and even Gazal Singers.
This combination was my personal test and I had taken a month holiday from my job to meet all those famous people ultimately with the aim of releasing an excellent Souvenir. Subsequently, the Souvenir got appreciated by Badaga Associations of Chennai, Balgalore, Coimbatore, Erode an many more individual personalities of our Baduga community.
Some how due to various exigencies of services, my service to the community could not go further. Now, after 15 years of interval, my mind again started revolving round the Social Welfare Activities and as such I got a Trust named SENIOR CITIZEN WELFARE ASSOCIATION,THANE (WEST) registered, under which, I have plans to help the aged people in various grounds. Further details on this will follow.
Based on this NGO I want to do some favours to the Badagas staying abroad. Any thing required from Bombay like, transportation
facilities, escorting relatives, children and even sight seeing
arrangements can also be arranged by my NGO at Bombay. Any investment part in Moumbai or educational activities including placement etc can be arranged if any one needs it.The support extended from our N.G.O is listed below.We plan to assist seniors in the following areas:1. Supporting and escorting the seniors during exigency
2. Medical assistance through NGO doctors
3. Creating opportunities for the Seniors to engage themselves
4. Classes for Yoga and Meditation
5. Providing hygienic food at reasonable rates
6. Financial assistance to the seniors
7. Assisting in legal matters
8. Anything related to real estate
9. Arranging Mumbai Darshan/ Visit to Essel worldThe extension of our NGO is to support the needy youth (will be executed at the later stage)
1. Public speaking / Language classes
2. Hostel facility for working class (ladies and gents separately)
3. conducting coaching clases for appearing in the IAS/IPS/Service selection boards.I really need your suggestions and guidance in this regards.Regards
L.Krishnan
Dear Sir,
Greetings, I am glad to inform you that our NGO has done a year and is deeply penetrating into the hearts of people, this appreciation we could learn from our first anniversary celebration, an event conducted on the 14th June 2013 and also we could feel the love towards our NGO on this day when Mumbai was flooded with rain waters a lot of fellow citizens and bureaucrats turned out to the event and blessed the occasion.
I would like to share with you a few moments from the event, its limited due to gmail limitations, pretty soon we shall be ready with our website and facebook page, will be glad to share more pictures then.
Regards
Adv L.Krishnan
Dr ARK Pillai
Hearty congratulations to Adv Lingan Krishnan Ji. I came to know of your excellent services to people through Mdm Kethorai Rajma, who is also a renowned member of the Badaga community(President of India Awardee) I had the opportunity to visit Badaga villages, courtesy Mdm Rajma and our Foundation IDF could set up some IDF Bal Gurukuls and Women’s Empowerment Programmes in Hattis. I thank Badaga community members for their excellent hospitality and goodness. Details about our work can be had from Kethorai Rajma.
Hearty congratulations again to you, Sir,Dr ARK Pillai
Dear Raima and LK,
We are very proud of both of you.
Rajma, I am acutely aware that I must write a long email to you. I am forwarding the comments sent by Dr.Pillai
With warm regards,
JP
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What we know about Badaga, both language and people, is less than what we DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THEM
my mother, Mrs.Idyammal Bellie Gowder,
my uncle Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder and
my grand parents Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder and Nanji Ammal
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Tara's Creations
Namaskara – Greetings [Namasthe – Vanakkam],
Ollengay Iddhaya? – How are you?,
Ninna Hesaru A’ena? – What is your name?,
Maduvay aagi buttava? – Are you married?,
Nee a’ hattigha koodidhe? – You are married to [the boy/girl from] which village?,
Appara Santhosha – Thank you very much.
Aakkaday – That side,
Eekkaday – This side,
Horasu – Outside,
Baa – Come,
Bannay – [I] will come,
HOnay – Will go,
Hadadha’ya – Is it there?
KaaNay – Missing
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Aakkaday - That side, Eekkaday - This side, Horasu - Outside, Baa - Come, Bannay - [I] will come, HOnay - Will go, Hadadha'ya - Is it there? KaaNay - Missing
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Now you can access our website www.badaga.co on your smart phone.
Remember to access many multi media posts like Badaga Songs and Dance.
Enjoy! Your feedback is most welcome!!
In Badaga, MOON is ‘THINGUVA’, Full Moon is “HUNNAWAY” & New Moon is “MUTTU”☂ ☂☂☂☂☂ ☂
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Tiger is HULI in Badaga Lanuage
Here's a question that was posed to the Dalai Lama:
"What thing about humanity surprises you the most?"
His answer is : "MAN - Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present,
And as a result he doesn't live in the present or the future. And he lives as if he's never going to die and then he dies having never really lived".
Donate Your Eyes
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Mookuthi 
Chinna 
Badagas of the Blue Mountains 