Pamene dziko lathu likupita patsogolo ndi kukula kwa mizinda ndi kukula kwachuma, kubwezera chilengedwe mowolowa manja n'kofunikanso kuti dziko likhale lokhazikika kwa mibadwo yamtsogolo.
SaalumaradaTimaka, aKatswiri wazachilengedwe wazaka 105 waku Karnataka akuti wabzala mitengo yopitilira 8,000 pazaka zopitilira 80. Iyeamadziwika kuti adakula pafupifupi mitengo ya Banyan ya 400 pamtunda wa makilomita anayi pakati pa Hulikal ndi Kudur, ndikuwalera ngati mayi.
Timakkazimatsimikizira kuti zaka sizilepheretsa kuthandiza chilengedwe. Mawu akuti chikondi omwe anawagwiritsa ntchito kuti Saalumarada amatanthauza mizere yamitengo ku Kannada.
Anabadwira m'banja lopanda ndalama, sakanatha kupita kusukulu, choncho Thimmakka anayamba kugwira ntchito ngati wogwira ntchito ali ndi zaka 10. Pambuyo pake anakwatiwa ndi Bekal Chikkayya, yemwenso adachokera ku chikhalidwe chochepa.
Banjali lidakumana ndi zipsinjo komanso mawu osamveka chifukwa cholephera kukhala ndi ana, koma mwamuna wake adamuthandiza kwambiri. Malinga ndi tsamba la Thimmakka Foundation, Thimmakka akuti tsiku lina iye ndi mwamuna wake anangoganiza zobzala mitengo ndikuisamalira monga ana awo.
Mu 1996 pamene nkhani ya Thimmakka inasweka ndi mtolankhani wakomweko NV Negalur, yemwe anali PM panthawiyo, HD Deve Gowda adazindikira. Posakhalitsa, Thimmakka adapezeka ali m'sitima yopita kutali ku New Delhi, limodzi ndi gulu la mandarins. Ku likulu la India, Prime Minister adamupatsa Mphotho Yadziko Lonse, zomwe zidasintha moyo wake kosatha, adalemba. Adakhazikitsa Saalumarada Thimmakka Foundation pambuyo pake, maopareshoni omwe amatsogoleredwa ndi mwana wake womulera, Umesh B. N.
Malinga ndi tsamba la founnation, Pokhala ndi moyo wokangalika monga wokonda zachilengedwe komanso wokonda zachilengedwe kwamuyaya, Saalumarada Thimmakka akusangalalabe ndi maloto obzala mitengo yambiri mtsogolo. Kukula kwachangu ndi chidaliro chake ziyenera kuvomerezedwa ndi kulemekezedwa.
Thimmakka adalandira mphoto zoposa 50 chifukwa cha zomwe adathandizira pa chilengedwe kuphatikizapo National Citizens Award (1996) ndi Godfrey Phillips Award (2006).
Ngongole ya zithunzi: Tsamba la Thimmakka Foundation
*** Nkhaniyi yasinthidwa ndi ophunzira Lavanya Negi, Ishra Kidwai, Shobhita Shenoy, Anaya Hire, Rishit Gupta ndi Shounak Dutta a Ryan International School.
Chidziwitso chapadera cha okonza alendo:
Kusamala za chilengedwe si kwa achinyamata a m'dzikoli okha. Saalumarada Thimmakka ndi chithunzi chobiriwira nthawi zonse; wakhala akugwirizana ndi kubzala mitengo kwa zaka zambiri, motero akuthandizira kwambiri paubwino wa dziko lapansi. Anthu ambiri okonda zachilengedwe monga Thimmakka ayenera kupatsidwa malo oti alankhule poyera za kupulumutsa chilengedwe ndikuchitapo kanthu kuti afalitse chidziwitso. Saalumarada Thimmakka wabzala mitengo koma mibadwo mizu.
