The HIF Qatar held its 8th Annual General Meeting at Maaza Restaurant on Friday, 3rd February 2023. The program began with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran by Master Moiz and Master Shafee. HIF Qatar Unit President Shafakath Hussain welcomed the gathering.
The meeting featured a presentation by Rizwan Ahmed on the overall activities of HIF and future objectives.
The chief guest of the event, Dr. Abdul Salem, founder of Ideal Indian School, addressed the gathering and appreciated the works of HIF. He emphasized the importance of implementing the five values – namely respect, responsibility, excellence, integrity and collaboration – in day-to-day life.
Prominent guests, including Abdul Razak, President of South Kanara Welfare Association; Fayaz Ahmed, President of Karnataka Muslim Cultural Association; Saqib Raza, President of Hidaya Foundation; Ayub Ullal, President of Qatar Indian Social forum; Mohammed Javed, President of Family Friend Circle; and Sheikh Usman, In-charge of Karnataka Unit-Indian Friend Circle, were in attendance at the meeting. They spoke about the importance of collaboration between organizations for the greater good of the community.
In the meeting, the members remembered the contributions of S.M. Basheer to the society who passed away recently.
Shahim, secretary of the HIF Qatar unit, gave the vote of thanks. Imran Mohammed was the master of ceremony.
The meeting was a successful demonstration of HIF’s commitment to community development and collaboration.
source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / VarthaBharati.in / Home> Gulf / by Vartha Bharati / February 05th, 2023
February 5, 1884. Does the date ring a bell? No prizes for guessing. It was this day 139 years ago that the Hyderabad State got its sixth ruler, Mir Mahboob Ali Khan. He was just 18 when he was invested with full administrative powers. British Viceroy, Lord Rippon, visited Hyderabad for the first time to place the young Nizam on the gaddi at Khilwat Mubarak in Chowmahalla Palace.
The palace was recently in the news when the body of Mukarram Jah Bahadur, the titular Nizam, was kept here for public display and a few days later, his son, Azmet Jah, was crowned as his successor.
This day is also significant as Mahboob Ali Khan was the first Nizam to be coroneted by the representative of Her Majesty, the Queen. Soon after the investiture ceremony he was conferred the title of Grand Commander of the Star of India.
Interestingly the 6th Nizam inherited the masnad at the age of two itself when his father, Nawab Afzal-ud-Daula, passed away. But a Council of Regency was put in place to look after the administration till he came of age. When he turned 16 years, he was initiated into the details of office work and the administration of the State by Nawab Salar Jung.
The first thing that Mahboob Ali Khan did after assuming power was to proclaim that nothing pleased him more than seeing people live in peace and prosperity. Subsequent years proved that he lived up to his words by undertaking administrative reforms that benefitted the people. Development of railways, revision of revenue settlements, setting up of cotton mills at Hyderabad, Aurangabad and Gulbarga are among his significant achievements. Besides this, education, irrigation, medicine also received top priority. The famous Chloroform Commission was held in Hyderabad all because of the scientific interest shown by the sixth Nizam.
Popularly known as Mahboob Ali Pasha, he is also responsible for the establishment of the Victoria Memorial Orphanage, Madrasa-i-Aliya, Asafia State Library and Dairatul Maarif. Old timers recall how the sixth Nizam ruled more with the heart than the head. One can’t forget the relief measures he took after the disastrous Musi floods of 1908.
Poet, marksman, administrator and lover of gems and jewellery, his was a multifaceted personality. Elegantly dressed, he had a fascination for expensive clothes and cars. His two-storey wardrobe at Purani Haveli, the longest one in the world, still has a huge collection of expensive clothes collected by him. He had the reputation of not wearing the same dress twice.
Similarly, his fondness for vintage cars is legendary. Some of the expensive cars like Napier, Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts, were made to order for the then wealthiest man in the world. They are still a big draw at the Chowmahalla Palace.
It was he who bought the famous Jacob Diamond, which forms the crowning glory of the Nizam’s jewels. The 6th Nizam, who was exposed to Western education, was fond of a lavish lifestyle and had a fascination for the good things in life. He breathed his last at Falaknuma Palace at the age of 45 following a paralytic attack. But as his name, Mahboob suggests, he remains a beloved ruler even to this day.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Featured News / by J S Ifthekhar / February 06th, 2023
Hereunder are a selection of newspaper clippings, mainly from the US Press, extracted from the well-researched book just released titled, “Sultan Variomkunnan” by young historian Ramees Mohammed on the Mappila Uprising. These clippings furnish further evidence that the Mappilas were fighting for India’s Freedom and were not Anti-Hindu.
The following statements by the correspondent of the Chicago Tribune are pertinent:
“Hindus Shared the Unrest and ‘Gandhi ki Jai’ was the Watchword” “The Moplahs Revere the Sultan Caliph and Loathe his Enemies”
The Mappila Uprising was to Destroy British Rule
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“Hindus Shared the Unrest and ‘Gandhi ki Jai’ was the Watchword” “The Moplahs Revere the Sultan Caliph and Loathe his Enemies”
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British Police and Intelligence responsible for forced conversions to discredit Mappilas
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source: http://www.turkvehind.org / Turkiye Ve Hindistan / by Noor Mohammed Khalid
Kalikavu Village, Nilambur, (Malappuram District), KERALA:
A real-life story of a Muslim couple from Kalikavu village of Nilambur, Malappuram district of North Kerala, who raised three children of their deceased Hindu housemaid along with her own three, is now a feature film in Malayalam language being shown across theaters and the OTT platforms.
The film, Ennu Swantham Sreedharan (With Love, Sreedharan’), was premiered at Edapally on January 9. Made by renowned filmmaker Siddik Paravoor, the film is being talked about and appreciated for the extraordinary strength and courage of conviction of Subaida.
It’s named after Sreedharan, the youngest of the children of Chakki, who worked as a housemaid with Subaida some 50 years ago. It was Sreedharan’s post on the Facebook after Subaida’s death in 2019 where he addressed her as Umma, a Kerala Muslim way of calling a mother that generated curiosity about this relationship and eventually it became public knowledge that a practicing Muslim couple had raised three Hindu children along with their biological children and never converted them.
Sreedharan, who at the time of his mother Umma’s death was working in the Gulf and couldn’t arrive for burial due to Covid restrictions, had posted a heartfelt note on his grief. Netizens asked him how come a Hindu addressed his mother the way Muslims do.
A poster of the film Ennu Swantham Sreedharan
His explanation revealed the story of extraordinary humans boned in love and not through religion.
According to The News Minute, it was 50 years ago that Chakki, a housemaid separated from her husband, died, and her three little children – the youngest one Sreedharan a toddler – were picked and brought to her home by a tearful Subaida.
Three of them were ushered into the house where three children were growing, the eldest one Shanavas, was 7 and he was told by his mother that the Chakki;’s children will stay at their house. Subaida informed her husband Aziz Haji about Chkki’s passing away and that she had brought her three children home.
Shanavas remembers his mother’s return from Chakki’s house with her youngest, baby Sreedharan, in her arms, and two young girls Ramani and Leela with her. That day Shanavas welcomed three new siblings into his life. He remmembers their father Aziz Haji being informed by their mother about three children joining their family.
Subaida passed away due to a kidney ailment in July 2019, and her husband Aziz Haji followed two years later. The family’s heartwarming story has now been adapted to screen.
Sreedharan said that Umma and Uppa (father) had three biological children of their own, including Joshina, who was born a few years after he and his sisters were never made to feel like outsiders there.” That is the only home I have known. I have heard that umma used to breastfeed me and Jafer together,” Sreedharan told the New Minute.
A scene from the movie: Umma Subaida with her children
As netizens made uncharitable comments about the “Hindu son of a Muslim mother” in response to his post, Sreedharan responded:
“This post is to clear your doubts about who I am. When I shared the news of my umma’s passing, some of you had doubts. Even when I posted a picture of me wearing a taqiyah (a Muslim way of trying lungi), there were doubts if a Muslim man could be named Sreedharan. My mother died when I was about a year old. I have two sisters. I had a father too. The very day my mother died, this umma and Uppa brought us to their house. They educated us, just like they did for their children. When my sisters reached a marriageable age, it was Uppa and Umma who married them off. Having kids of their own did not stop them from taking us in. They had three kids. Even though they adopted us at a young age, they did not try to convert us to their religion. People say that an adoptive mother can never match up with one’s biological mother. But she was never an ‘adoptive mother’ to us, she was truly our mother.”
His post was followed by people calling him. He told the News Minute: “Suddenly we were getting calls from activists and media persons to ordinary people, all of them wanting to know more about the story behind that post,” he says. “In today’s political climate, where religions are constantly pitched against each other, the fact that this family took us in and raised us to believe in god, believe in our faith, seemed almost unbelievable for some.”
Shanavas said all six siblings were surprised at the public reaction to their story. He says: “We grew up as brothers and sisters. We had never thought of our family as different from the others,” says Shanavas, the eldest of Subaida’s biological children.
“Of course, when umma first brought Ramani, Leela, and Sreedharan into our home, I had asked her what she was planning to do. She then told me that these children will now grow up in our house, and that was it. We never questioned it. Our father, who was in the Gulf at the time, was also equally supportive of Umma’s decision,” he says.
Sreedharan told the media that he once asked his Umma and Uppa why they didn’t convert them. “Their first response was a concern. They asked me if someone had said something bad to me. After I reassured them, they explained to me that we should not let religion define anyone. They said that all religions were essentially preaching the same thing — to love and help people and that it was human beings who were interpreting these teachings wrongly.”
Real Sreedharana with his Uppa Aziz Haji (Image courtesy: The New Minute)
He said his parents taught the children to have faith, no matter what the religion. “My sisters and I used to go to the temple, and walk around with sandal marks on our foreheads.”
He says their parents encouraged them to practice our religion. “All they expected from us was to ensure we don’t lie, steal, or hurt others. And we also took care to never do something that would hurt their reputation,” he told the News Minute.
Sreedharan says after he became the father of a son he realized the true depth of his parents’ love. He now appreciates all the more his parents’ efforts in bringing three of them. “I can only imagine how big of a task bringing up six children would have been.”
Director Siddik Paravoor, whose previous film Thahira had featured in the Indian Panorama Feature Film section of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, first heard of Subaida through a social worker and orator AP Ahamed.
“Presumably after Sreedharan’s Facebook post went viral, I read a note Ahamed master had written about Subaida and her life, which deeply affected me. I wanted to bring her story to more people’s attention. I wanted to let them know that there are people who live like this. People who put love and kindness over religion and prejudices,” he says.
When Siddik was researching for his project, he came across more stories of this extraordinary woman called Subaida from people in her village.
He told local media in interviews after the release of his film that everyone in the village Kalikavu loved Subaida. She is known to have spent all her ancestral money to help the poor. Subaida had donated all 12 acres of her land to the needy over the years. She even took loans to help others.
In Kalikavu after Subaida passed away, the nearby church rang the church bell, usually reserved only for the Christians, and held a prayer meeting for her.
Dancer Nirmala Kannan plays the role of Subaida, and journalist and writer Suresh Nellikode, also the producer of the film, plays her husband Aziz Haji. Actor Nilambur Ayisha and writer Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu also appear in prominent roles, alongside Sachin Roy, Vaibhav Amarnath, Harsha Arun, and Rajitha Santhosh.
Interestingly, the first shot of the movie was shot with the appearance of Aziz Haji in front of the camera. He died later due to the Covid-19. He and his children were all glad that more people would now come to know about their Subaida and the benevolent woman that she was.
The director says. “People are inherently good. But sometimes we need stories like these to remind them of that goodness. Subaida deserves to be remembered, and her story repeatedly told.”
The audience lapped up the movie.
Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor wrote about the movie on Twitter:
Ex-serviceman Col Reji Koduvath wrote from, Ontario, Canada: “Ennu Swantham Sreedharan (With Love, Sreedharan), is a must-watch movie in the present society where sectarian strife and conflict still exist.
It’s a great movie-watching experience – the best movie I watched in the past 12 months. While drawing the life of an unsung and unrecognised person or a family on screen, there is a tendency to go overboard and portray them as super-humans.
This movie effectively tackles that difficult task and brilliantly tells the story of a do-gooder – a true good neighbour – a great family. All are based on real-life, sincerely and honestly.
The story and situations in the movie brought back memories of my grandmother who too had a troop of oldies across castes, creeds, and religions. I used to enjoy them reminiscing about their good old days. When our grandmother came to live in our home which is about 12 km away from the ancestral one, these oldie troopers dropped in to spend time with her. What is depicted in the movie in the life of Amina Umma and Subaida is close to what I experienced in my childhood.”
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Story / by Aasha Khosa / February 07th, 2023
Abdul Ghafoor Parekh was a well-renowned Islamic scholar, educator, humanitarian and expert in the Quran and its translation. He was known for his vast knowledge of Islamic theology and his ability to convey complex concepts in a clear and accessible manner.
Early lLfe and Education
Abdul Ghafoor Parekh was born in 1948 in Nagpur, India. He completed his Post Graduation in Commerce from Nagpur University. He was fluent in several languages including English, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati (Kutchi-Memoni), and Arabic. He was raised in a devout Muslim family. His father, Padma Bhushan Maulana Abdul Karim Parekh, was a social worker, recipient of various national and international awards, and scholar, known for his translation of the Quran into the Urdu language. From a young age, he showed a deep interest in the Quran and its teachings. He was very well equipped with the book his father compiled, Lughatul Qur’an (Quranic Dictionary) which has been read widely throughout the globe and has been translated into several Indian Languages along with English, Turkish and Portuguese. Abdul Gafoor Parekh being the eldest son played a key role in continuing the mission and legacy of his father.
Personal Life
Parekh was a devout Muslim and was known for his deep commitment to his faith. He was a father to two sons and two daughters and was someone known to be deeply devoted to his wife and children. After his father’s demise in 2007, he continued with his work and legacy. He avoided publicity and mass lectures. He believed in shaping individuals personally within his reach and capacity.
Career
After completing his education, Parekh began his career as an educator, teaching at a number of universities and madrasas in India. He quickly gained a reputation as an expert in the Quran and its translation, and his classes were highly sought after by students.
He developed a unique and efficient method for teaching Arabic with 200 hours only. Many academic institutions and universities in India and abroad have adopted his system. Parekh’s expertise in the Quran and its translation led to many invitations to speak at conferences and seminars around the world. He was a much sought-after speaker and has traveled extensively, sharing his knowledge and insights with audiences in many countries.
In addition to his teaching and speaking engagements, Parekh has also designed several curriculums to teach Arabic. His lectures have been widely heard and highly praised for their scholarly rigor and excellence.
Parekh’s knowledge and understanding of the Quran and its teachings have made him a respected figure in the Muslim community. His work as an educator and author has helped to deepen people’s understanding and appreciation of the Quran, and his teachings continue to inspire and guide people of all ages and backgrounds.
“If people all over India understand Quranic Arabic in large numbers or even more, if people believe, it is possible to learn and understand the language, it is because of Ghafoor sir. He opened our minds and hearts to the word of God and made us believe that it reigns supreme. He leaves behind a literary legacy for teachers to emulate in India and abroad. He was a friend, philosopher and guide, a beacon for teachers and a proud mentor. He could cut you down to size with his words and yet praise you in the next sentence,” said Dr Kamran Khan, Surgical Oncologist, Saifee Hospital, Mumbai, with deep sorrow.
“It’s indeed a great loss. Like his father Janab Abdul Kareem Parekh, he worked very hard to spread the knowledge of Quran with understanding and left a legacy which is truly an inspiration for the generations to come,” said Haseeb Ahmad Khan, Manager, IT, MSEDCL. “His teaching style was so influencing that one cannot afford to miss a single class,” said Farheen Khan, a homemaker.
“One cannot forget his zeal, enthusiasm, and unique style of teaching the Qur’an. I attended some of the various teachers’ training classes a couple of times that he would conduct for teachers from Mumbai in the field of Islamic Sciences and Education. He pulled out references from Qur’an to explain how Qur’an was an excellent source of understanding the Seerah questioning the teachers on the chronology of the ayahs and nuances that usually goes unnoticed due to not understanding the beauty of Arabic grammar. I particularly remember his class in May 2013 when he announced that he wouldn’t be able to travel to Mumbai due to his deteriorating health marking that class as his last, which made all the teachers sigh in unison. He did come to Mumbai a couple of times after it. His unique advice to his students would leave a huge impact on them, his words still touch and shape me as a person, towards serving humanity and recognizing one’s true potential. He will by far be one of my most favourite teachers of all times, may Allah elevate his status and that of his father” said Zulekha Shakoor Rajani, an Islamic Educator and Counsellor.
Throughout his career, Parekh dedicated his life to spreading knowledge and understanding of the Quran, making it accessible to people from all walks of life. He would draw his living from the Timber business and travel to teach as much as he could. His work has had a profound impact on countless individuals, and his legacy as a leading expert in the field of Quran and its translation will continue to be remembered for many years to come.
On the eve of 24th January 2023, the cast and crew of the documentary All that Breathes was huddled in producer Aman Mann’s house to see the ceremony of the nominations for Oscar awards. Others involved in the film joined online. As soon as the list was announced, there was jubilation in the room.
All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen is among the shortlisted documentary feature films for the best in this category. From India, another film, The Elephant Whisperers by Kartiki Gonsalves is another documentary nominated for the coveted award in short category.
After Writing with Fire in 2022 this is the second time when Indian documentaries have made it to the Oscars. All that Breathes is a 90 minutes feature based on the story of brothers Nadeem Shehzad and Muhammad Saud who run the “Wildlife Rescue Centre” in North Delhi’s Wazirabad for treating owls and raptors (big kites).
The film has already been screened in Sundance Film festival, Cannes International Film Festival where it bagged the best documentary award. It has also been screened at Dharampura International Film Festival. It’ll be screened in Bangalore at a World Wildlife conference on 12th February then at the BAFTA followed by the Oscars ceremony in March.
As Awaz-the Voice visited their three-storey Home-cum-office-cum-hospitals in Wazirabad after the film made it to Oscar Nominations, brothers Nadeem and Saud spoke stoically about this event, for they were immersed in thoughts about where to raise funds from for their organisation and the mission.
They say that to run an NGO like theirs funds were a dire need and people weren’t that enthusiastic about helping out raptors like Kites, Vultures, Owls and other similar avians, “Some consider them a bad omen while others feel they aren’t endangered, it is easy to get funds for tigers, lions rabbits and elephants but not for carnivorous avians…they have zero cuteness factor”
Nadeem says, “We don’t have any recognition even now, it isn’t like after watching our film we were ushered with a lot of funds, our film producer did give us some, but it is strange as to how even after such a good film people are hesitant with the funds..” Nadeem jokingly chips in, “Many channels have released funds for doing a story on us but they cannot release funds to help our cause…”
Inside the building, the walls of the office have chipped sea green paint. Behind the reception counter are two chairs and a working computer. While Nadeem and Saud are seated, Salik is moving to and fro looking after the chores while an incumbent team member Sana is documenting the records on the word file.
Nadeem,42, and Saud,40, started the NGO in 1993. Salik joined the team later To solve the problem of constant lack of funds, the brothers have set up an organization in the USA because they find “It a bit easier to get funds in the US..” “We lack the running money for day-to-day basis—like salaries, transportation, bird food, medicines, and other expenses are always on the back of our mind; we always have what after two months, what after three months..”
On being asked as to why kites and other raptors were so important for the ecosystem they say that the Kites, Egyptian Vultures, Falcons and others help in clearing up the filth left by the slaughtering of animals, these big birds are nature’s scavengers, “India is the second largest exporter of meat after Australia..the waste from the slaughterhouses is normally dumped in Ghazipur, there one can see upto 7 thousand kites that eagerly wait for the dump…”, he adds.
He further adds that in Delhi open garbage system is a normalcy and then there is the tradition of feeding the eagles and the kites, “In Old Delhi and parts of Rajasthan people feed them, they consider them lucky, in a very dramatic manner the meat loaves are thrown in the air while the raptor scales down with its wings to savor upon the treat..”. This scene also serves as the opening for the trailer.
He adds that, “Rajasthanis often come and give us meat to feed the birds as they feel connected to their roots by following the tradition..”
Apart from treating Kites they also treat barn owls, sparrow hawks, harriers, falcons, migratory birds, egrets, storks, hornbill, “last year we had around 3100 birds, we are the largest care takers of the raptors in the world, this is because we have the highest population of kites and more than that we have manjha (glass powder covered kite flying threads that are suicidal for birds), thus we have means of hurting them as well with us..”
He adds that injuries due to manjha (flying kite thread coated with glass powder) are rampant in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, “we are continuously trying our best to augment the research around operating the birds injured due to manjha and we have presented the same techniques in the US conferences…”
He says that to their amazement the, “US wildlife centre likes our work and we discovered that even there this work hadn’t been done to retrieve a fully functional wing…” Nadeem and Saud told Awaz the Voice that their work falls under Wildlife Rehabilitation and they were a part of the community of rehabilitators, “US has the largest rehabilitator community and we often get sponsored trips to the US to take training and courses and incorporate them here..”
Nadeem says that their rehabilitators community is highly accepting and they don’t feel foreigners at all while on work trips, “We stay at other members homes thus fooding and lodging is expense free, I feel they are eager to share information which we as Indians lack a lot…the findings in the US are shared by one and all..the findings are shared annually worldwide through conferences…”
The rooftop hospital in Wazeerabad has three enclosures, the first one is an open on where healed birds are kept, it is designed in a manner that until the bird can fly 10 ft effortlessly, it won’t leave, whereas the rest of the healthy birds can come and go as and when pleased. Enclosure two holds surgery cases whose treatments are underway, whereas the the third Enclosure are reserved for birds under medication. Nadeem adds, “Since 2010 we get all the birds that are carnivorous, so in a way we are easing their work..”
The birds meanwhile cooed on top of their voice making the reporter realise their existence. While the rooftop was covered with black kites, Egyptia Vultures and falcons looked like foreigners. Nadeem continues, “We are a collection point for hospitals like Charity Jain hospital, Sanjay Gnadhi hospital, Menaka Gandhi Hospital, Animal care hospital, Karol Bagh jain hospital, we collaborate with them…” He says that their rescue rate differed according to seasons, during the bird’s nesting season they got maximum cases, “during this time we just need to feed them and give them water, we give them drips they are easy to maintain…”
“Second kind of cases are those due to the wounds by the Manjha, these are deep cut wounds in which even the bones are shattered…” He adds that in such kind of wounds the next part is to regain their functnality, “We may heal it and forget about wing functionality but then reconstructing is where the process lies. Here we need better understanding and better doctors. In humans we can achieve it through microsurgery but in birds they can lead to gangerine and then death…” He believes that even in birds also the wings can be fixed but then, “we do not have that kind of facilities. ..”
He adds with a shrug, “Animal hospitals abroad are better maintained than human hospitals here in India , cataract surgery for animals is available in abroad but in Indiat have Dr.Reena Dev who specialises in cataract surgery..” Talking about his favorite moments from the film he says he liked the end credits a lot, “When you see the movie you’ll see a lot of kites sitting on the trees and after color correction it looks like an oil painting, the shot gives the feel of a still shot until a bird flies far off then comes the names and it feels as if words are drooping down from the branches…it feels surreal…”
Talking his heart out about disappointments has eased Nadeem a little as he then reminisces his childhood days saying, “Bachpan se mai oscars zaroor dekhta tha..in fact DD Metro pe bhi Oscars aate the..(I always used to watch Oscars on DD Metro in my childhood) but after coming into this profession our lives are upended, we have no personal life whatsoever…”
The three years shooting gave them some special moments and for Nadeem the moment when they swam, across the river to rescue birds will always be special.
He says, “Our favorite ones are mostly deleted, out of the 500 hours of working footage only 90 minutes were in the Final Cut..still the camerawork and cinematography is beyond our imagination…”
Documentaries juxtapose real lives and thus a scene shows the duo (Nadeem and Saud) fighting over some trivia matter when asked they both reply instantly, “Asi ladaiyan toh roz hoti hain..(We fight like this on a daily basis)… See the work we are doing is very stressful and that too without money, there is a lot at stake and when workload increases our temperature also soars but then we are family so it is all in good faith..” “After 5 minutes we are like..what was it we were fighting about..we are best friends and brothers for life..so yea..this is normal..”, Saud adds.
Saud says that Shaunak took three months to make them feel at ease with the camera’s presence, “He started shooting us when we finally started yawning in front of the camera which was one of his idiosyncrasy, he used to say treat the camera as a fly on the wall..” Sharing his experience at various screenings Nadeem says, “at DIFF people were whistling on the scenes that they liked, they started clapping whenever they liked a shot whereas Cannes is very cosmopolitan..” He says that the close collar dress code at Cannes is a sign of respect for the artist, “we came across many great artists, the cameramen were running after them but we couldn’t recognise them, people were clicking selfies but then I didn’t knew them and then Shaunak was like Oh..Nadeem they are so and so of the Industry…”
Talks about Cannes has lightened the air and Saud seeems relaxed and hopefull than before yet he says, “Asli Khushi tab milegi jab Oscar milega..(we’ll be really happy after bagging the Oscars)” Salik chimes in saying, “It is a tough call but we are hopefull..” He adds, “We never thought that one day a documentary will be made on our efforts or that we will become world famous one day, it feels great…” Salik has a camera friendly face and when for the first time he saw his photo on the big screen he was excited. His favourite scene from the feature is the one where the kite takes his spectacles, “I just say arey chasma le gayi yeh mera(oh! She took my specs), it was as if they were aware of being documented…then there is a moment when I rescued a squirrel and it stays in my pocket, i had no idea that it was being shot but then it came out really well…” Salik feels that their social media presence has increased after the movie.
The ambience of the room feels lighter than before as the talks about the upcoming awards night are now the topic and who’s going to wear what becomes the major question now. Saud says, “There isn’t any prep for it as such, if there’ll be a photo shoot then we’ll prefer it in traditional Indian attire …”
Saud then smiles and tells Awaz the Voice, “In France people stopped us on the road and complimented us for our traditional wear..” Nadeem looked befuddled and happy for the first time when he says, “the women were wearing such long gowns that two to three men were carrying it yet our Indian attire outshone them.” Saud continues, “It was white linen Kurta with a closed collar and Jawahar cut jacket..” “We made sure to keep it as close to Indian traditions as possible..” Abdul Rehman of skylark tailors stitched our whole attire, Saud says, “When people asked is your tux from Paris, we replied “No, Chandini Chowk…the fabric was sourced from Katra Neel and Krishna Market in Old Delhi…”
They add, “We didn’t had much time, it was done at the last moment…” Even for Oscars Abdul Rehman will be stictching the attire for the brothers. One may find skylark tailors in Ballimaran near Rabia Girl School. Coming to footwear it was sourced from SreeLeathers and Ballimaran. Sharing their hopes and visions for the future the duo says that they want a hospital outside their home with proper operation theater, x-ray machines, blood testing laboratories, “someone gave us their lab equipment when they shut down theirs but we don’t have any money to hire a lab assistant…”
Meanwhile two boys rushed in with an injured kite to whom Nadeem attended like a professional healer. He felt for signs of injury through palpitations that were done manually and later placed it under observation after giving it first aid. He wishes people to be more sensitive and more aware of the surroundings like the movie which says “life is kinship and we are the community of air” thus “we must learn to share our surroundings with all the things alive around us. I am not asking everyone to open a hospital but we can still make time to help each other…”
On being asked what after Oscars and what if they win they say, “We’ll be back to work after the oscars..” They went on to add, “On 1st march there is a technical film festival and we are trying to reach them to learn how to document our work as many techniques that we know can be shared with the world…”
“We want to document our research in print and digital format now…We are working on orthopedic surgeries and very few know about it, especially the wounds by th kite flying thread, the surgeries require intricacies, for example if the bird is brought in late o the hospital then the technique to cure them is different..”
“The muscle moisture has evaporated, thus the method to cure them is different and difficult…we are currently researching the same…” Saud adds,“We don’t want our techniques to die with us,we wish them to be known to the world..” Nadeem winds up by saying, “Wildlife preservation conference see a huge footfall by the conservationists every year thus we wish to present it there…”
They again looked disappointed when they said, “It is tough to work with Indians, they have big egos, whereas people abroad are much more open to learning new techniques” “We have had hands on experience..through consultations with various vets we have developed these techniques, also we have had interaction with human doctors more thus we have tried to replicate the same in the birds..”
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Story / by Shaista Fatima / February 07th, 2023
OBE is one of the most prestigious honors awarded in the UK and is given to individuals who have made a significant impact in their respective fields.
Hyderabad-origin Dr Raghib Ali
Dr. Raghib Ali, a renowned physician in the UK, was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Prince William in a ceremony held at the historic Windsor Castle. The award, presented by the Prince of Wales, recognizes Dr. Ali’s contributions to the NHS and the COVID-19 response.
Dr. Ali’s achievements in the field of medicine are well-known and have earned him recognition both nationally and internationally. His dedication to his patients and his innovative approach to medicine have set him apart from his peers and earned him a reputation as one of the leading medical professionals in the UK.
Order of the British Empire
The OBE is one of the most prestigious honors awarded in the UK and is given to individuals who have made a significant impact in their respective fields. Dr. Ali’s award is a testament to his hard work and dedication, and it reflects the respect and admiration that he has earned from his colleagues, patients, and the wider
Dr. Raghib Ali is Our Future Health’s Chief Medical Officer, an Honorary Consultant in Acute Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Senior Clinical Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge and Director of the Public Health Research Center and Associate Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.
In March 2020, he took leave from his university work and volunteered to return, unpaid, to frontline NHS duties and worked on the frontline in all four waves of COVID-19.
In October 2020 he was appointed as an unpaid independent expert adviser on COVID-19 and ethnicity to the UK Government’s Race Disparity Unit and subsequently worked closely with Equalities Office, the NHS, the media, and community organizations to improve vaccine confidence and uptake.
Graduated from Cambridge University
Dr. Raghib Ali graduated from Cambridge University in 2000 and has been awarded postgraduate degrees in Epidemiology and Public Health from the Universities of London, Cambridge and Oxford and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2013.
He has been involved in health inequalities research since 2004 – as secretary of the UK Biobank ethnicity subgroup, Director of the INDOX Cancer Research Network and as Principal Investigator for the first study of cancer incidence by individual ethnic group in England.
He is also the Principal Investigator for the UAE Healthy Future Study investigating risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Raghib Ali’s has strong family ties to Hyderabad. His dad (late) Mir Irshad Ali attended Osmania University and migrated to the UK in 1963. He was well known in the immigrant community, and he combined his professional career as an accountant with a life-long commitment to community service in various towns and cities across the UK. Dr. Ali’spaternal grandfather (late) Mir Sajjad Ali was a Finance Secretary for the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Ali is married with three children, and he loves to visit Hyderabad whenever his busy schedule allows.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home / by Guest Contributor / posted by Sameer Khan / February 05th, 2023
The first Muslim judge of a high court in colonial times, Syed Mahmood’s professional conduct offers a counterpoint to the declining standards in Indian judiciary.
WHEN Justice Abdul Nazeer addressed the 16th national council meeting of the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad at Hyderabad last December, he said, “Great lawyers and judges are not born but made by proper education and great legal traditions, as were Manu, Kautilya, Katyayana, Brihaspati, Narada, Parashar, Yajnavalkya, and other legal giants of ancient India.” In the symposium on “Decolonisation of the Indian Legal System”, Justice Nazeer also said the “continued neglect of their great knowledge and adherence to the alien colonial legal system is detrimental to the goals of our Constitution and against our national interests…”.
Perhaps Justice Nazeer should have also recalled 19th-century jurist Justice Syed Mahmood (1850-1903). A pioneer in bold assertions against the colonial judiciary, he produced incisive legal commentaries that reflect an audacious dissenter’s point of view. Writing in an Urdu newspaper, his father, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, narrates Mahmood’s resignation from the Allahabad High Court in 1893 to “protect the self-respect of Indians against the racism of British judges”.
In that era, conceptions of nationhood were still evolving in India. Indian judges would not muster the courage to contest the racism of the imperial power or fellow European judges. But Mahmood did, in intrepid ways. Khan founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College at Aligarh in 1877 and figures prominently but contentiously, stereotyped as a British loyalist and separatist in debates on contemporary nationalism. Mahmood supported his father’s modern education project, but unfortunately, his contributions are largely ignored by historians and the legal fraternity.
By 1920, MAO College, now Aligarh Muslim University, was the most prominent residential university in the country. Its history department has been a premier centre for advanced studies for a half-century. In 1889, primarily on Syed Mahmood’s initiative and his gifts in terms of books, journals and cash, AMU established a law department. Yet, he was neglected in its research. Only in 1973, seven years after the centenary of the Allahabad High Court, the Aligarh Law Journal brought out Mahmood’s contributions, and legal scholars reflected on his high calibre as a lawyer and judge.
The good news is, in 2004, Alan M. Guenther did his doctoral thesis on Mahmood at McGill University, Canada, which is available online for the public to access. His meticulous and well-researched account touches almost every aspect of Mahmood’s public life. Guenther also published an extended essay in 2011on Mahmood’s views on English education in 19th-century India. (In 1895, Mahmood had written a book on the theme for his speeches at the Educational Conference.)
In 1965, Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee (1899-1981) complained, “Syed Mahmood’s contributions to the transformation of Muslim law in India have been largely neglected by historians and survive primarily as footnotes in legal texts on Muslim law.” Guenther, too, observes, “…overshadowed by the life and writings of his illustrious father, Ahmad Khan, his legacy has not received the attention it deserves. A large part of his father’s achievements in the reform of education, in fact, would not have been possible without the assistance of Syed Mahmood. But when he reached the age at which his father had made his most significant achievements, [Mahmood] had his life cut short.”
Mahmood had laid out his life plans clearly. S. Khalid Rashid, writing in 1973, reports that Mahmood decided early on that, like his ancestors, he would devote the first third of his life to educating himself, the second to earn a living, and the last to “retired study, authorship and devotion to matters of public utility”. But Guenther writes about how Mahmood’s health had deteriorated through alcohol abuse and disease. He died before he turned 53, broken by forced retirement, estranged from his father (who had died five years previously), stripped of responsibilities at the college he had helped found, separated from wife and son, and in poverty. He was selling personal items to repay debts. “His father’s numerous writings and letters are still republished, but Syed Mahmood’s contributions to Muslim thought are hidden in bound volumes of the Indian Law Reports and brittle files of government correspondence,” Guenther writes.
One aspect of Mahmood’s last years is captured by Prof. Iftikhar Alam Khan’s Urdu books, Sir Syed: Daroon-e-Khana (2006, 2020) and the recent Rufaqa-e-Sir Syed: Rafaqat, Raqabat wa Iqtidar Ki Kashmakash. These accounts expose the smear campaigns of the three companion successors of Sir Syed—Samiullah, Mohsin-ul-Mulk and Viqar-ul-Mulk—against Syed Mahmood as they vied for the secretary’s post at MAO College. Often European members of MAO College conspired with them. Exploiting his weaknesses and eccentricities, they ousted him to get a hold over college affairs, compounding his hurt during his tragic final years.
SYED MAHMOOD’S ROLE IN SIR SYED’S EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISE
Having returned to India in 1872 after studying in England, Mahmood took time out of his budding legal career to assist his father’s reform work, particularly setting up MAO College. He prepared a detailed plan along the lines of his experiences in Cambridge. His specific aim, explained in February 1872, was to produce future leaders of India through an educational institution whose residential nature would be “as indispensable an education as the course of study itself”. The aim was to create a society of students and teachers quite different from the rest of society.
He travelled with his father to Punjab in 1873 and spoke at a rally to promote the project. In 1889, Sir Syed introduced a motion to nominate Mahmood as joint secretary of the board of trustees of MAO College by highlighting his assistance despite the opposition he faced. In particular, he considered his son’s influence the primary factor that persuaded European professors to come to India and teach there.
European staff members confirmed this around six years later when there was renewed opposition to Mahmood continuing as joint secretary. The principal, Theodore Beck (1859-1899), testified, “Syed Ahmad….acknowledged his reliance on Syed Mahmood for advice in all matters, and his imprint could be noted in the correspondence relating to the school. He declared his firm conviction that Syed Mahmood was the one person who shared his vision for the college, and apart from him, no one would be able to administer the school in keeping with that vision.” However, Samiullah (1834-1908) disagreed with Sir Syed on this count. As a result, a tussle for power began in the college management. The power-play could explain why AMU felt inhibited in bringing out a biography of Mahmood, a research gap that Guenther’s doctoral thesis fills. He has extensively relied on important correspondences of Mahmood preserved in the London India Office (British) Library.
SYED MAHMOOD’S TRYST WITH MUSLIM LAW
Mahmood is a forgotten pioneer of the transformation of Muslim law in modern South Asia. In 1882, at just 32, he became the first Muslim judge of the high courts in British India. He delivered numerous landmark decisions that shaped Muslim law, the law in general, and its administration.
Earlier, he blazed a trail his younger contemporaries followed in their judicial roles in British India. He was one of the first Indian Muslims to study in England and train in the English system of jurisprudence, the first Indian to enrol as a barrister in the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in 1872, the first appointed as a district judge in the restructured judicial system of Awadh in 1879 and the first Indian assigned as a puisne judge to the High Court at Allahabad. He was the first Muslim in any High Court of India. He cleared a path for Indian Muslims to participate in administering justice in India. But his contribution is not limited to creamy career opportunities for Muslim youngsters. His lasting legacy is how Muslim law is perceived and administered in South Asia today.
CHAMPION OF ACCESSIBLE JUSTICE
An abiding concern of Mahmood was the cost of administration of justice. Court procedures were lengthy and expensive, and the “mass of law” was complicated. Distance from courts was another concern, for which he proposed a network of village courts for “on-the-spot” adjudication. He sought to make justice accessible through unpaid tribunals and honorary munsifs. He prepared a comprehensive draft for this, Guenther informs.
Furthermore, he attacked the [racial] mindset and court fees and stamp duties on legal documents. He ruled in August 1884 and February 1885 that “…if justice costs the same amount [to the] rich and poor, it follows that the rich man will be able to purchase it, whilst the poor man will not.” He declared, more than once, that British judges in India were too quick to find fraud.
In a speech at the Allahabad Bar in April 1885, Mahmood raised the language issue in judicial transactions, saying laws should be in languages intelligible to the masses. He insisted on the vernacular in arguments, pleadings and justice delivery and translated verdicts so that people unfamiliar with English could rest assured that judgments are reasoned. Of course, the issue of judicial language continues to be debated, and for this, acknowledgement is due to Mahmood.
AN INDIAN DISSENTER IN THE HIGH NOON OF BRITISH COLONIALISM
Mahmood is known most for outstanding dissenting judgements. In volume 2 of his 2021 book, Discordant Notes, Justice (retd.) Rohinton F. Nariman writes that Mahmood was known for detailed judgments, some of which stand out for thoroughness and fearless language. Mahmood would refer to the original Sanskrit versions when ruling on Hindu laws and the Arabic texts for Muslim laws, rather than using interpretations of the relevant texts.
From the 1860s to 1880s, during the codification of laws, he sought limits on importing British laws and protested that the local context was getting overlooked. His concern was not just the laws but their efficacy and adaptability within India’s cultural diversity.
Guenther observes, “…throughout his life, he identified himself as a Muslim as well as an Indian and a subject of the British crown, and that he was actively involved in the education and improvement of the Indian Muslim community. At the same time, Mahmood… [made] efforts to promote harmony between people of diverse backgrounds, and…[supported] initiatives that improved the situation of all Indians, regardless of religious affiliation…”
An anecdote from Altaf Hali’s Hayat-e-Javed (1901), cited by Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (2006), is worth sharing. “Contrary to the culture of sycophancy and genuflecting before the English colonial authority….Syed Ahmad Khan and his high-profile and brilliant son Syed Mahmud strived to conduct themselves as if they were equal to the English….Syed Ahmad Khan had stayed away from the [1867 Agra] Durbar because Indians had been given seats inferior to the English. A medal was to be conferred on Syed Ahmad Khan at that Durbar. Williams, the then Commissioner of Meerut, was later deputed to present the award to Syed Ahmad Khan at Aligarh railway station. Willams broke protocol and showed his anger at having to do the task under duress and said that government orders bound him, or he wouldn’t be presenting the medal to Syed Ahmad Khan. Syed Ahmad Khan accepted the medal, saying he wouldn’t have taken the award, except that he too was bound by government orders.”
Indian democracy is an outcome of anti-colonial nationalism, and dissent is its core component: Mahmood’s dissent contributed to nationalism in his time. In 2022, the V-Dem Institute described India as an electoral autocracy where dissent is being criminalised, and the judiciary is failing to contain the majoritarian upsurge. Mahmood’s professional conduct is an encouraging counterpoint to the degeneration in the Indian judiciary.
WHAT DID MAHMOOD THINK OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS?
According to Guenther, though Mahmood never joined the Congress, he was “equally aloof” from the anti-Congress propaganda his father indulged in. “…a rare catholicity characterised his views on most of the controversial questions,” he writes. He adds, “His acceptance among the Hindus [elites] generally was demonstrated by the fact that they tried to send him as their representative to the Imperial Legislative Council, though he never received that appointment.”
Nonetheless, like his father, Mahmood harboured class and regional prejudices. Guenther reveals an article Mahmood wrote in The Pioneer on 4 September 1875, suggesting the government must strive to with the sympathies of the “higher classes of natives”. When challenged to defend his position by “Another Native” in the same newspaper two weeks later, Mahmood responded that people in Punjab and the North-western Provinces [now Uttar Pradesh] were, historically speaking, of “much greater political significance” than those of Lower Bengal. Gunther cites his write-up: “…any educational system that succeeded in ‘attracting the Bengalee and fail(ed) to exercise any influence upon the higher classes of the Rajpoot, the Sikh, and the Mussulman’ must be regarded as a failure.”
Considering the socio-regional composition of top functionaries of AMU, even impartial insiders would testify that it still harbours regional and sub-regional prejudices. The Sir Syed Academy is releasing many publications during the ongoing centenary celebration of AMU. Publishing Guenther’s dissertation may be a fitting tribute to Mahmood, who must be regarded as a prominent co-founder of MAO College.
Mohammad Sajjad teaches modern and contemporary Indian History at Aligarh Muslim University. Md. Zeeshan Ahmad is a lawyer based in Delhi. The views are personal.
First published by Newsclick.
source: http://www.theleaflet.in / The Leaflet / Home> History / by Mohammad Sajjad and Zeeshan Ahmad / April 01st, 2022
Virinjipuram (Bilanjpur) North Arcot District, TAMIL NADU / Bengaluru, KARNATAKA:
A website documenting the life and works of the late Maulana Mufti Ashraf Ali Baqavi, former ‘Ameer-e-Shariat’ (Head of the Shariah) of Karnataka, was launched today in Bengaluru.
The website www.muftiashrafali.org, which is aimed at keeping the legacy of the late Islamic scholar alive was launched in the presence of the current Ameer-e-Shariat Maulana Sageer Ahmed, Dr Rahi Fidai, Maulana Dr Maqsood Imran and Hafiz L. Mohammed Yusuf, among others.
“The primary purpose behind creating this website was to introduce to the younger generation a scholar, a mentor, a social activist and a self-effacing person who made such a difference to the people who had the privilege to know him closely,” said writer and researcher Khalid Noor Mohammed, who is behind the launch of the online repository.
Maulana Mufti Ashraf Ali Baqavi
Mufti Ashraf Ali was born on February 26, 1940, at Virinjipuram (Bilanjpur) in the North Arcot district, in Tamil Nadu, India. After completing his Aalimiyat course at Madrasa Al-Baqiyath us Salihath, Vellore, he went on to complete his Fazilat and Ifta courses at the prestigious Darul Uloom, Deoband, UP, India, after which he was appointed the Shayk-ul-Hadith at the Darul-Uloom Sabeelur Rashaad, Bangalore, India.
Mufti Sab, as he was fondly called, took over the rectorship of Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashaad, while continuing to serve as Shaykh-ul-Hadith (Master teacher of Hadith), after the demise of his father, Maulana Abus Sauood Ahmed. Owing to his sagacity and learning, as well as his accommodating nature, he was unanimously elected Ameer-e-Shariat of Karnataka, a position he held until his passing away on 8th September 2017.
Mufti Ashraf Ali rose to eminent positions at both the national and international levels. He was a founding member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Vice-president of the All India Milli Council, an executive member of the prestigious Islamic Fiqh Academy; in addition to being an honorary member in numerous academic boards and governing councils of prestigious Islamic Institutions.
“Mufti Saheb was an embodiment of the lofty teachings of Islam and a great role model. Despite his teaching assignments, he would be at the forefront of social causes, never losing his calm and disarming smile,” said Khalid Noor Mohammed reminiscing his association with the late scholar.
Khalid hopes that the website will serve as a template for documenting the lives and works of other illustrious scholars and statesmen of the Muslim community. “Eventually, these collections of ‘stories’ will serve as an encyclopedia of the stalwarts who shaped the destiny of the community and left it richer and more dignified.”
source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / b y Shaik Zaker Hussain / September 20th, 2020
Malegaon Educational Forum has adopted under its “Main Banunga IAS Officer” campaign 20 students of Class 9 currently studying in various schools of the city.
Malegaon registered the city’s first entry into the coveted cadre of the highest ranking officials of India back in 2006 when Muhammed Qaiser Abdul Haque cracked the 2005 UPSC Civil Services exams becoming Malegaon’s first IAS officer.
Ten years later, Bhagyashree Dilip Vispute followed Muhammed Qaiser after she cracked the UPSC Civil Services Mains and then the Personal Interviews in 2016, becoming 2nd and the only female IAS officer from Malegaon.
Malegaon Educational Forum unleashed a determined and well planned program to increase this number. For this purpose, the forum conducted an Entrance Test in which more than 11,00 students appeared. Of them, some 680 were from Malegaon and the rest were from Bhiwandi.
From among those who appeared in the Entrance Test from Malegaon, the names of top 20 students were announced in an award ceremony held at Dr Manzoor Hasan Ayyubi Hall of Sardar Campus Sunday January 29, 2023.
“We have committed to ourselves to send at least 5 IAS officers from amongst these 20 toppers”, Dr Manzoor Hasan Ayyubi, President of Malegaon Educational Forum, said while addressing the award ceremony Sunday.
Dr Ayyubi also shared the details of the campaign and explained how the forum will train the selected students for the next 7-8 years so that they not only successfully crack the UPSC Civil Services exams but also become a good graduate and professional even before appearing for the important exam.
While addressing the students, Aniket Bharti, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Malegaon, said if coordinated effort is taken and these students are properly trained and given the necessary guidance then they will be unstoppable.
“I will always be available at the service of these students and the forum for the success of its campaign”, he said.
‘Mere adding numbers not enough’
In his speech, Aleem Faizee, Founder Editor of ummid.com, stressed on the need to increase the number of Muslims who are appearing in the UPSC and other government recruitment exams.
“The primary requirement to increase the representation of Muslim in ghe government sector is to make more and more students appear in the UPSC and other competitive exams conducted by the centre and various state governments.
[Mariya Sadaf of Malegaon High School who stood first in the Entrance Test being honoured at the function.]
But at the same time, Aleem Faizee, said mere increasing the number of Muslims in the government sector will not serve the desired purpose unless those who will be joining the civil services in future are committed, dedicated and courageous enough to take tough decisions at crucial time.
“Otherwise, we have seen during the Gujarat riots in 2002 when more than 100 Muslims were killed in Naroda Patiya just outside the SRPF Camp. This happened despite the fact that the incharge of the camp and the second in command both were Muslims”, Aleem Faizee said quoting from the book of R.B. Sreekumar, who was the Additional Director General of the Gujarat Police (ADGP), at that time.
Mukhtar Yusuf, one of the founders of Malegaon Educational Forum, explained the aims and objectives, Rizwan Rabbani, Feroz Husain Badshah, Maaz Dr Manzoor Ayyubi, Mohammed Arif, Principal of Mohammadia School Mansoora, Ejaz Siddiqui and Bushra Mam also encouraged the selected students.
Mohammed Arif Dular sir moderated the program and Ruqayya Ansari, retired Principal of Malegaon Girls’ High School and a member of Malegaon Educational Forum, delivered the vote of thanks.
Next target Bhiwandi
Malegaon Educational Forum has planned similar ceremony in Bhiwandi on February 05, 2023 where 20 students of the city’s various schools will be “adopted” under the campaign.
It can be recalled that Malegaon had ran a similar campaign ‘Har Ghar se aik civil servant’ in 2013.
Hammad Zafar of Maunath Bhanjan (Uttar Pradesh), Umme Fardina Adeel of Guwahati (Asam) and Shakeel Ansari of Nandurbar (Maharashtra) were invited for the launch function. The three had shared in depth their personal experience and challenges they had faced while preparing for the important exam.
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Education & Career / by ummid.com staff reporter / January 31st, 2023
