Sezvo nyika yedu inofambira mberi nekukura kwemaguta uye kukura kwehupfumi, kudzorera kune zvakatipoteredza zvakanyanya kwakakosha zvakaenzana kuchengetedza nyika yakagadzikana yezvizvarwa zvinotevera.
SaalumaradaTimaka, a105 ane makore ekuzvarwa anoongorora zvakatipoteredza kubva kuKarnataka, anonzi akadyara pamusoro pe8,000 miti mumakore anopfuura makumi masere. Iyeinozivikanwa nekukura inosvika mazana mana emiti yeBanyan pamakiromita mana akatambanudzwa pakati peHulikal neKudur, nekuvarera saamai.
Thimmakkarinoratidza kuti zera haridzivisi kubetsera mhoteredzo. Shoko rerudo rinoshandiswa kwaari—Saalumarada—rinoreva mitsara yemiti muKannada.
Akazvarwa kumhuri isina nzira, aisakwanisa kuenda kuchikoro, saka Thimmakka akatanga kushanda semushandi pazera remakore 10. Akazoroorwa naBekal Chikkayya, uyowo akarumbidza kubva mumamiriro ezvinhu ane mwero.
Vaviri ava vakatarisana nemajee nematauriro asinganzwisisike ekutadza kuita vana, asi murume wake aimutsigira zvakanyanya. Maererano nedandemutande reThimmakka Foundation, Thimmakka anoti rimwe zuva iye nemurume wake vakangofunga zvekusima miti nekuichengeta sevana vavo.
Muna 1996 pakatyorwa nyaya yaThimmakka nemutori wenhau wepanzvimbo NV Negalur, aimbova PM, HD Deve Gowda akacherechedza. Nenguva isipi, Thimmakka akazviwana ari muchitima kuenda kure kuNew Delhi, achiperekedzwa nerumwe rudzi rwemamandarin. Muguta guru reIndia, mutungamiriri wehurumende akamutambidza Mubairo weNational Citizens, chiitiko chakachinja hupenyu hwake zvachose, akanyora. Akamisa Saalumarada Thimmakka Foundation mushure meizvozvo, mashandiro ayo anotungamirwa nemwanakomana wake wekurera, Umesh B. N.
Zvinoenderana newebhusaiti yefoudnation, Kuve nekurarama hupenyu hunoshanda seanoshuvira zvakatipoteredza uye anoda zvechisikigo asingagumi, Saalumarada Thimmakka achiri kukoshesa chiroto chekudyara miti yakawanda mune ramangwana. Hukuru hwekushingaira kwake nechivimbo hunofanira kubvumwa uye kuremekedzwa.
Thimmakka anogashira mibairo inodarika makumi mashanu nekuda kwezvipo zvake kune zvakatipoteredza zvinosanganisira National Citizens Award (1996) uye Godfrey Phillips Award (2006).
Mufananidzo wechikwereti: Thimmakka Foundation webhusaiti
*** Chinyorwa ichi chakapepetwa nevadzidzi Lavanya Negi, Ishra Kidwai, Shobhita Shenoy, Anaya Hire, Rishit Gupta naShounak Dutta veRyan International School.
Chinyorwa chakakosha nevagadziri vevaenzi:
Kuziva nezvezvakatipoteredza hakusi kwevechidiki vemunyika chete. Saalumarada Thimmakka is an evergreen icon; anga achienderana nekudyara miti kwemakumi emakore, nekudaro achipa mupiro wakakura kune hutano hwepasi. Vazhinji vezvezvakatipoteredza vakaita saThimmakka vanofanira kupihwa chikuva chekutaura pachena nezvekuchengetedza nharaunda uye kutora danho rakasvibirira rekuparadzira ruzivo. Saalumarada Thimmakka akadyara miti asi midzi ine midzi.
