Benedictions of
the Garden City to Sri P.Divakaran..
Sri P Divakaran is a name that is familiar to the Malayalis
of Bangalore. He has made great contributions to the social, cultural and
political spheres of the Dooravaninagar. He has served the people in the area
for more than four and half decades now. His dearest friends and well wishers
have decided to felicitate him in a befitting manner.
The Sapathathi
Celebrations.
Sri P. Divakaran hails from a well known family in Vadakara.
The name of his ancestral house is ‘Puranthodathu’ situated in the verdant
village of Memunda. The area is of great historical importance as it gave rise
to the heroes of the erstwhile ‘Kadathanadu.’ It is the region that has gifted
to the world, the famous martial art form, ‘kalaripayattu.’.
Sri Divakaran completed his Secondary Education at Memunda
Govt High School and came to Bangalore hunting for job in the Indian Air force.
However he found his vocation at Indian
Telephone Industries where he joined as full term apprentice and completed the
course successfully. He was appointed as technician in 1975 and started his
professional career. He acquired a huge
number of friends through his dedicated services. He started his social service
activities through Dooravaninagar Kerala Samajam and displayed his talent in
organizing people for good and effective activities. He worked as the Zonal
Secretary, Vice President and President for Kerala Samajam and the Educational
institutions managed by Kerala Samajam.
He was elected as the
Secretary for the Malayalam section of ITI Fine Arts Society. He was extremely
active in the field of social service and became the President of Kalaranga,
and a member for the ‘Ashraya Scheme’ of Govt of Karnataka.This characteristic
of helping others had its origins in Sri Divakaran’s tenure as a member of the
‘Gandhi Squad’ at the Memunda High School, Vadakara.
He started his
association with the Drama troop of Kerala Samajam stage plays during 1977
enacting in a play Malayalam ‘Neerchuzhi’. He evolved into a great actor and
received many laurels and awards for his histrionic talents. Some of the plays
he acted in are ‘Vedanayude thazhvarayil’, Ezhu Rathrikal, Mukalillakasham thazhe
bhoomi’, ‘Kathirukanakkili’, ‘Jwalanam’, ‘Viswaroopam’, ‘Sannidhanam’, ‘Thulaseevanam’, and ‘Belakkinadige.’He
also acted in many Radio dramas, ‘Ana Avana,’ the Tamil Serial, ‘Chuvappu Nada’,
and ‘Noolpalam,’ Malayalam Serials,
‘ThirayumTheeravum,’ a Malayalam documentary film, ‘Balanavika’, and
Belakkinadige Kannada films etc. More than remaining a mere artist he liked to
be the organizer of various cultural programmes. He was also nominated by Government of Kerala
as the member for the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy.
Sri Divakaran entered
the political field in 1980. He was associated with KSU while studying in High
School. He started being involved in various activities of the Indian National
Congress. When the split happened in the Glass House meeting he stood with the
Indira group. When the Congress supported the CPM Candidate at Varthur
constituency, he boycotted the election campaign at Varthur and went to Shimoga
to work for the Late Bangarappa. This set the stage for his close relationship
with the leader.
Sri Divakaran Worked
as the Block Congress Committee member, District Congress Committee Member etc
and later became the member in the ‘Ashraya Scheme’ of the Karnataka
Government. He was a close associate of the Late A. Krishnappa, the former
Minister of Karnataka. Sri. BA Basavaraj, MLA, KR Puram has nominated him as
the Land Tribunal Member, Government of Karnataka. Sri Divakaran was fully
involved in the election campaign of Sri BA Basavaraj from the beginning. He
mobilized his friends and well wishers in support of Sri BA. Basvaraj MLA
during the elections.
Among his friends,
Sri Divakaran has many nicknames the most popular being ‘Paropakari’ as he has always
helped a friend in need. When his close friends shifted homes, he would be the
one to often carry things from one place to another for them. This earned him
the nickname ‘porter.’ None of these name or jokes aimed at him deterred him
from his strong social commitment.
Once
feeling pity on a child who had contracted rabies, with scant disregard for his own safety, he tried
calming the violent child by hugging the child. This he did in a selfless act
even as the child’s parents were reluctant to help. He had to take anti rabies
shots for a week as a precautionary measure.
On another occasion he along with his
friends Late T.Raveendran, TVC. Mohan,
Haridas and me went to Oothungara Dharmapuri to help the victims of the
Island Express tragedy. The group met all the victims in the hospital and
informed their relatives in Kerala, arranged to send the dead bodies to their
home in Kerala. There also identifying the dead bodies was a task. About 45
dead bodies were kept on a truck. Each and every dead body had to be taken out
and searched for identifying marks. It was a gruesome task but performed with
commitment. The entire police officials and Railway authorities appreciated the
help extended by Sri Divakaran and team. Even today he has kept that spirit
alive and is ready to help any bereaved families in extending his help round
the clock.
Even
while choosing his life partner, Sri Divakaran showed his sense of social
commitment by choosing to share his life with a person afflicted with polio.
Through his love and the treatment provided by the orthopedic surgeon of ITI
hospital, the late Dr. Cherian, she can toady walk without much difficulty. He
is blessed with one son, Mr. Kiran who also takes after his father in his
involvement in the political and social arena.
When
his friends approached him for celebrating his 75th birthday first
spoke about the memorable association of his colleagues who are no more today.
The people he remembers with great love and affection are Late M. Venugopala kurup
former President of Kerala Samajam and Trustee of KNE Trust Indiranagar, T.Ravindran
former General Secretary Kerala Samajam, KM. Ramachandran – President of Kerala
Samajam, Somashekaran Nambiar KK – the best actor and Director for Malayalam
Dramas, VR. Sudhakaran – a prominent stage actor and director, Ck Prabhakaran –
a blessed lyricist, KD. Idicheriya – the Best Comedian, K.Vijayaraghavan – an
organizer, Devaraj- Artist, C.Aswath– Kannada singer and Music composer, V.
Eswar – Stage Artist and organizer, and many
more.
Sri
Divakaran is so secular but a deep devotee of Lord Sree Ayyappa. He visits the
hill shrine of Sabarimala often and a large number of friends have accompanied
him on his journey. It is believed to be a great achievement to visit
Sabarimala eighteen times and Sri Divakaran has undertaken it more than sixty
times.
His contributions to
Kerala Samajam and the KNE Trust is highly admirable. He is the Zonal Chairman
– KR Puram. He has worked as the Trustee, Treasurer and President of Kairalee Nikethan
Education Trust under Kerala Samajam Bangalore. His association with Rejikumar
the General Secretary and Sri CP Radhakrishnan President Kerala Samajam has shown
the fruitfulness of getting 2 acres of land for Kerala Samajam in order to
establish the Kerala Bhavan in Bangalore. The effort made by Sri P Divakaran in
Coordinating our Honarable MLA Sri BA Basavaraj and Sri Sidharamaiah the then
Chief Minister of Karnataka is known to all.
It
is indeed a matter of great pride to celebrate the birthday of such a
personality and I on behalf of the felicitation
committee, express the deep sense of gratitude to you all for supporting us in
making this a memorable event.
SK
NAIR
CONVENOR
P.DIVAKARAN FELICITATION
COMMITTEE
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