Njengoko ilizwe lethu liqhubela phambili ekukhuleni kwabantu ezidolophini kunye nokukhula koqoqosho, ukubuyisela kwimekobume ngokukhululekileyo kubaluleke ngokufanayo ukugcina ihlabathi elizinzileyo ukwenzela izizukulwana ezizayo.
SaalumaradaThimmaka, aI-105 leminyaka ubudala ingcali yokusingqongileyo yaseKarnataka, kuthiwa ityale ngaphezulu kwe-8,000 yemithi kwiminyaka engama-80. Yenawaziwa ngokukhula malunga nemithi ye-Banyan engama-400 kumgama oziikhilomitha ezine phakathi kwe-Hulikal ne-Kudur, kwaye uyikhulise njengomama.
Thimmakkaingqina ukuba ubudala ayisosithintelo sokunceda imekobume. Igama lothando elisetyenziswa kuye—iSaalumarada—lithetha udederhu lwemithi eKannada.
Wazalelwa kwintsapho engenamali, wayengakwazi ukuya esikolweni, ngoko ke uThimmakka waqala ukusebenza njengomsebenzi eneminyaka eyi-10. Kamva watshata noBekal Chikkayya, naye owayephuma kwimvelaphi ethobekileyo.
Esi sibini sajongana ne-jibes kunye namazwi angaqhelekanga ngokungakwazi ukuba nabantwana, kodwa umyeni wakhe wayemxhasa kakhulu. Ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi yeThimmakka Foundation, uThimmakka uthi ngenye imini yena nomyeni wakhe bacinga nje ukutyala imithi nokubanyamekela njengabantwana babo.
Ngo-1996 xa ibali likaThimmakka laphulwa yintatheli yendawo u-NV Negalur, owayeyi-PM ngoko, u-HD u-Deve Gowda waqaphela. Kungekudala, uThimmakka wazifumana ekuloliwe oya kude eNew Delhi, ekhatshwa luthotho lweemandarin. Kwikomkhulu laseIndiya, inkulumbuso yamnika iMbasa yeSizwe yaBemi, isiganeko esitshintshe ubomi bakhe ngonaphakade, wabhala. Uye waseka iSaalumarada Thimmakka Foundation emva koko, imisebenzi leyo ekhokelwa ngunyana wakhe owamkhulisayo, u-Umesh B. N.
Ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi ye-foundnation, Ukuphila ubomi obusebenzayo njengomntu onomdla wokusingqongileyo kunye nomthandi wanaphakade wendalo, uSaalumarada Thimmakka usalixabisa iphupha lokutyala imithi emininzi kwixesha elizayo. Ubukhulu benzondelelo nokuzithemba kwakhe kufuneka kuvunywe kwaye kuhlonitshwe.
UThimmakka ufumana iimbasa ezingaphezulu kwama-50 ngegalelo lakhe kokusingqongileyo kuquka iMbasa yeSizwe yaBemi (1996) kunye neMbasa kaGodfrey Phillips (2006).
Umfanekiso wekhredithi: Iwebhusayithi yeThimmakka Foundation
*** Eli nqaku lihlelwe lundwendwe ngabafundi uLavanya Negi, uIshra Kidwai, uShobhita Shenoy, uAnaya Hire, uRishit Gupta kunye noShounak Dutta weRyan International School.
Inqaku elikhethekileyo ngabahleli beendwendwe:
Ukuphaphela okusingqongileyo akuphelelanga nje kulutsha lwelizwe. I-Saalumarada Thimmakka luphawu oluhlala luluhlaza; ebesoloko ehambelana nokutyalwa kwemithi kumashumi eminyaka, ngoko ke wenza igalelo elikhulu kwintlalontle yesi sijikelezi-langa. Abaphengululi bendalo abaninzi abafana noThimmakka kufuneka babonelelwe ngeqonga lokuthetha esidlangalaleni malunga nokulondoloza okusingqongileyo kunye nokuthatha inyathelo lokuqala lohlaza lokusasaza ulwazi. I-Saalumarada Thimmakka ityale imithi kodwa izizukulwana ezineengcambu.
