Udupi: Challenges were similar but the dedication and urge to meet those challenges have turned two of the professors serving in Mangaluru University as a role model to the Koraga community. Dinker Kenjur and Sabitha Gudmi of Koraga Community tied the knot on the eve of Ambedkar Jayanthi as a mark of respect to Baba Saheb Ambedkar who had stood for the deprived of the society.
Dinker Kenjur resident of Kallugudde Koraga community is serving as the guest lecturer at the Mangaluru University from 2009. He is the son of Sukra Koraga and Late Shantha. Dinker has been physically challenged after he was affected with polio. His mother Shantha expired while he was studying in the 12th standard. The support from the Koraga Welfare Associations was an inspiration to him to continue his education.
After completing his education he worked in Kolar, Tumkur and later joined as guest faculty in Commerce department at Mangaluru University. His urge and dedication helped him to stand using stretchers and delivering lectures to students for 3 hours a day. He is now pursuing M Phil and has presented 15 papers on various issues.
Sabitha Gudmi resident of Sasthan is the daughter of Shiva and Kalavathi. Having grown up with poverty she was determined in continuing her education. She is now serving as Assistant Professor in Sociology department. She is the first woman in the Koraga Community to pass the National Entrance Test and State Entrance Test in the first attempt. She is pursuing phD and is associated in promoting welfare of the Koraga Community.
Dinker Kenjur speaking to Mangalorean.com said that we are determined to bring desirable changes in the society by promoting welfare of the Koraga community. Having understood each other well, we decided to get married. Our goals and objectives are similar, we have tied the knot on Ambedkar Jayanthi, this gives much happiness and satisfaction, he added.
Sabitha Gudmi sharing her thoughts said that, Dr Ambedkar has been an inspiration to both of us, so we got married on this day. We have known each other from the past 9 years and have similar goals.
Prof Jogan Shanker of Mangaluru University inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp. Journalist Balakrishna Shibarla, P Gokuldas honourary president of Koraga Okkuta Karnataka Kerala and other prominent Koraga community leaders witnessed the occasion.
Dear Dinker Sir/Sabitha Mdam,
Congratulations on your wedding, God bless you & wish you for many more laurels come to both of you.
Wishing the best of Luck for all your future endeavors, You people are the future of India
We all support you for dedications & hard work
Best Regards
Divakar Shetty
Koragas or any other community. They are all children of The Mother Earth and deserve as much respect and attention as any other community.
It is good to see that the koraga community is making good progress and forging ahead in different fields.
My good wishes and congratulations go to the newly married couple.
Really did not understand why their caste needed to be highlighted. Was it not enough to publish that these two respected lecturers got married on Ambedkar’s birthday?
They are individuals like all of us – why media needs to make a big news about their origin? They deserve all the respect as any other community people sans caste!
Dear readers,
It is good progress by the Koraga community once marked as the untouchable by their own caste.
The real success will be when they will be appointed as temple priests and marry ‘Brahmin’ girls.A Pejavar swamiji should have been main guest and blessed the happy couple.
Jai Hind
“The real success will be when…” goes our sharia Shaikh who was recently promoting pakistaan culture in India!! This is the same guy who recently attacked Indian military and praised those terrorists in Kashmeer.
Dear Shaikh,
Before lecturing other communities, you may want to ask your peaceful brothers to stop cutting each others heads off !! Do you know why your community is behind more than 75% of the violence committed today ? Also, do you know why everyone caught in mangaluru vimaana nildaana is from peaceful community ? Are you going to blame police and military for catching criminals ?
Two learned persons from the community of foremost settlers of the land who are the most downtrodden, tying knot on the birthday of the great man who fought for the cause is great news