Farha emphasized on hard work, and smart work aimed at achieving goals with quality, to qualify competitions
Aligarh:
The popular myth that it takes a superior, distinctive and an elite school background and perfect coaching institutes with record selection percentage to crack competitive exams was broken by Farha Naaz Parveen.
Farha is a law student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Malappuram Centre. She has qualified the Uttar Pradesh Judicial Service Civil Judge [UP PCS (J)] 2018 exam without attending a coaching institute.
“I did not attend a regular coaching for my exam preparation,” said Farha adding that she comes from a UP Board schooling background during an interaction with students in Malappuram Centre where she was also felicitated.
Farha, who clawed her way to success with sheer dedication, die-hard determination, commitment and proper guidance from teachers, urged students to have self-study routines for qualifying competitive exams.
“One of the major advantages of self-study is that students can take control over their own learning. It can be hard to get into the self-study right routine, but with the right approach, anyone can set themselves up with an unbreakable study routine,” said Farha.
Farha emphasized on hard work, and smart work aimed at achieving goals with quality, to qualify competitions.
Giving the credit of her success to the teachers at the Department of Law, Malappuram Centre; Farha also shared tips for successful competitive exams preparation with the students.
Felicitating Farha for the success, Dr Faisal KP, Director, Malappuram Centre said that Farha’s success story has inspired and motivated students.
In the welcome address, Mr Ghalib Nashter, Co-ordinator, Department of Law said that Farha’s success is testimony to the quality education and student mentoring at the Malappuram Centre.
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Business & Economy / by ummid.com News Network / October 01st, 2019
Syed Mohammad Hadi was nicknamed Rainbow for his prowess in cricket, tennis, field hockey, football, table-tennis, chess, and polo.
Syed Mohammad Hadi scored 132 not out in his team’s score of 227, becoming the first ever centurion in Ranji Trophy cricket. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons.
One of the main issues under discussion during the July 1934 meeting of BCCI, held in Bombay, was a detailed discussion regarding the introduction of a nation-wide First-Class cricket competition, where teams representing the different local cricket associations of the nation would participate to ultimately determine the national champion. It was founded as “The Cricket Championship of India”. The tournament kicked off in 1934-35. The handsome trophy was donated by His Highness Sir Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala, in memory of Ranji to cricket lovers all over the world.
As all students of Indian First-Class cricket history are aware, the very first Ranji Trophy match of all, between Madras and Mysore at Madras on November 4, 1934 turned out to be a bit of a letdown, the whole match being completed in one day. It remains the first of only 2 First-Class matches played in India to be completed in a day till date (the second being Saurashtra vs Baroda at Rajkot on December 5, 1959).
This match will forever be remembered for the wonderful bowling performance that resulted in a match of such short duration, 6 for 19 (out of total of 48) and 5 for 16 (out of 59) by the doyen of Madras cricket at the time, the great left-handed all-rounder, AG Ram Singh, patriarch of the first family of contemporary Madras cricket.
Perhaps a little overshadowed by AG Ram Singh was a right arm medium-pace and off-break bowler from the Mysore team, appropriately named Mysore Vijayasarathi, who picked up 6 for 23 in the only Madras innings of 130. Vijayasarathi would later cause a flutter among lovers of cricket trivia by umpiring a Ranji Trophy match between Mysore and Andhra in Dec/1960 at Bangalore along with his son, MV Nagendra.
The sad but undeniable fact was that there were no outstanding batting performances in the first two Ranji Trophy matches played.
The third Ranji Trophy match of the inaugural season began on the Friday, November 23, at Secunderabad. Hosts Hyderabad, led by Syed Mohamad Hussain, were taking on the Madras team, led by M Venkataramanjulu.
The hosts won the toss and decided to take strike. They reached a competitive score of 256 in their 1st innings, captain SM Hussain top-scoring with 80 and F Toorkey, opening the innings, making 72 runs. As if it were pre-ordained, Ram Singh captured 5 for 88. The Madras 1st innings finished at 301, with only Ram Singh (74) and Cotar Ramaswami (61) reaching double figures.
The Hyderabad 2nd innings was in disarray when the 3rd wicket fell at the team score of 12. Syed Mohammad Hadi then arrived at the crease to take strike. He scored 132 not out in his team’s score of 227, becoming the first ever centurion in Ranji Trophy cricket. This match was his Ranji Trophy debut match as well, and this century his maiden First-Class century.
In a surprising turn of events, the visitors were dismissed for 169 in their 2nd innings. That man Ram Singh (70) scored another half-century and MJ Gopalan made 58. The man who wrecked the Madras 2nd innings was one Tata Rao (8 for 73), and Hyderabad won by 13 runs.
Born August 12, 1899 in India, Hadi was a right-hand batsman who has no record of ever bowling in this format of cricket. In a span of 1930-31 to 1940-41, SM Hadi played 24 First-Class matches aggregating 1,043 runs with a highest of 132 not out (as mentioned above) and an average of 32.59. He was to later score another century and 3 fifties, and to take 9 catches.
Hadi’s profile informs us that his father Captain Syed Mohammed, erstwhile officer in army of Hyderabad state, had passed away when Hadi was just about two years of age. Hadi’s subsequent upbringing was through the support and supervision of the family of Sir Asman Jah, former Prime Minister in the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
He was brought up alongside the son of Sir Jah, Nawab Moin-ud-Dowlah, after whom the famous cricket tournament was to be named and who would become a famous patron of the sports of the region. Hadi had the opportunity of learning horse riding as a youngster and was sufficiently good at soccer to play for Nizam College. In view of the boy’s obvious aptitude for a number of sports, the family of Sir Jah decided to send him over to England to continue his studies.
In the newsletter VARSITY, dated June 12, 2016 from Cambridge is an article by Matt Worth, in which he comments, “The wardrobe in his room at Peterhouse must have been bursting with light blue jackets, as he shone at polo, tennis, soccer, field hockey, cricket and table tennis. A particularly fine tennis player, it is at the racket game that his sporting career perhaps hit its greatest heights, as he played at Wimbledon five times, reaching the doubles quarter final in 1926. He also represented India at the 1924 summer Olympics and in the Davis Cups of 1925 and 1926. The run of representative appearances for his country must have more than made up for his frustration at being denied the Light Blues’ tennis captaincy on account of his nationality.” He had an MA from Cambridge and a Masters from the University of Pennsylvania.
Hadi made his First-Class debut for Hyderabad against Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram’s XI in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup semi-final of 1930-31, played at Secunderabad in 1930-31, under the leadership of wicketkeeper SM Hussain, who was also keeping wickets.
He was well past the age of 30 at that time, and scored 17 and 42 not out against a team captained by Jack Hobbs, and for whom Herbert Sutcliffe scored 165 in the side’s only innings of 329. Hyderabad managed totals of 265 and 194 in a drawn match that was awarded to the visiting team on the basis of their 1st-innings lead.
It may be mentioned here that Hyderabad batted against the bowling of the brothers CK and Cs Nayudu and Ghulam Mohammad, among others. An interesting sidelight of this match was the fact that while Naoomal Jaoomal kept wickets in the home team’s first innings, he not only bowled but took 2 for 7 from his 3 overs while one P Shankerdas, who was not in the playing eleven for the visiting team, was allowed to keep wickets as a substitute.
In the Ranji Trophy clash with Madras at Chepauk in December 1935, Hadi, captaining the Hyderabad team, scored 85 and 0 in a match that Madras won by 6 wickets, Ram Singh being the undisputed hero of the match, scoring 121 and 57, both not out, and taking 2 for 77 and 6 for 32.
It was at Chepauk in February 1936 that India took on an Australian team in an “unofficial Test”. The home team was led by Wazir Ali and included luminaries like Kartick Bose, Mushtaq Ali, Lala Amarnath, Amar Singh, Ram Singh, Hadi and Mohammad Nissar. The Australian team was led by the ageing Jack Ryder and included, among others, ‘Stork’ Hendry, ‘Hammy’ Love (though he did not keep wickets in this match), and the one and only ‘Governor-General’ — Charlie Macartney.
India batted first and put up 189, thanks to 45 by Amar Singh and 43 by Mushtaq Ali. Macartney took 3 for 52. The Australian 1st innings ended at 162, with a good 48 from Fred Mair. Nissar (5 for 61) and Amar Singh (5 for 54) shared the wickets.
India managed only 113 in their 2nd knock, the top-scorer being Hadi with 19 not out (he had also made 19 not out in the 1st innings). Once again, it was Macartney among the wickets with 6 for 41.
The Australian 2nd innings was an even feebler effort — 107, with the only worthwhile score being 41 by captain Jack Ryder. Nissar (6 for 36) and Amar Singh (2 for 54) ensured an Indian victory by 33 runs. It must be said, however, that for the visitors, Hendry, Ryder, Love, wicketkeeper John Ellis, Macartney, Joe Davis, and Harry Alexander were past their prime and playing their last First-Class match. For the home team, Wazir Ali completed 1,000 First-Class runs for the season, and Hadi completed 500 career First-Class runs.
It was against the old foes, Madras again, that Hadi scored his other First-Class century, in the Ranji Trophy match at Secunderabad in December 1939, with a score of 106 (his 100 coming in 120 minutes) in a total of 443. Hyderabad batted only once in a match and won by an innings and 2 runs. Ram Singh, however, had still not finished with them, capturing 5 for 136 and scoring a solid 44 in the Madras 1st innings of 262. When he had scored 81, in this match, Hadi completed 1,000 First-Class runs.
His final First-Class match, again against Madras, was at Chepauk in December 1940. As captain of Hyderabad, his contributions were 2 (out of 98) and 16 (out of 132). Ram Singh, perennial nemesis of the team, turned in another stellar performance with 27 and 53, and picked up 6 for 30 and 4 for 26, as Madras won by 254 runs.
Retirement from his active playing days did not diminish his interest in sports. Along with his step-brother, Col. Ali Raza and with Nawab Mahmood Yar Jung, SA Rahim and Ahmed Mohiuddin, Hadi founded the Hyderabad Cricket Association and Hyderabad Football Association in 1934, with himself as the first Secretary.
He became the Director of Physical Education in Hyderabad and later, Joint Secretary of Education of the Indian Government. He was National Commissioner of Boy Scouts of India and, when the All-India National Council of Sports was founded in 1959, he was the first Secretary. The runners-up trophy of the Mon-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup tournament is now called the SM Hadi Memorial Trophy.
This multidisciplinary sportsman died in his native Hyderabad on July 14, 1971 of lung cancer. For his extraordinary skill at the seven sports of cricket, tennis, field hockey, football, table-tennis, chess, and polo, SM Hadi is fondly remembered by all Indian lovers of sport as ‘Rainbow’ Hadi.
(Pradip Dhole is a retired medical doctor with a life-long interest in cricket history and statistics)
source: http://www.cricketcountry.com / Cricket Country / Home> English> Features> Moments in History / by Pradip Dhole / June 16th, 2016
Miskeen, who still practices as a chartered accountant in Thiruvarur, did his research on cheque fraud and fines concerning loan repayments.
SM Miskeen receiving PhD from the governor of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday (Photo|EPS)
Tiruchi :
With a doctorate at 91, he proved that age is just a number. Nonagenarian SM Miskeen from a village in Thiruvarur village, who earned his PhD on Tuesday, received the certificate from the governor of Tamil Nadu at Bharatidasan University.
Miskeen, who still practices as a chartered accountant in Thiruvarur, did his research on cheque fraud and fines concerning loan repayments.
A chartered accountant with an active clientele, a lifetime Lions Club member who started the first eye hospital in Thiruvarur through the organisation, and an educationalist who brought the first-ever women’s college – all of these show an eventful timeline Miskeen has crafted over the years.
Miskeen was born in the hamlet of Koothanallur in Thiruvarur district in 1928. After finishing primary schooling in his village, Miseek was moved to Madras for secondary schooling. “My father believed that education was very important and moved with me to Chennai where he set up shop,” said Miskeen.
Later he completed his college at Loyola in Chennai in 1950 with a B. Com. This was followed by a three-year stint handling his family business in Vietnam.
Miskeen said he did not want to continue in Vietnam and came back to India to pursue CA, which he completed in 3 years.
In 1960, Lion’s Club International had introduced a scheme to establish eye hospitals to eliminate reversible blindness. Miskeen, who joined the organisation in 1968, gradually became the club’s Multi Council Chairman of South India. He established an eye hospital in Thiruvarur and treated over 10 lakh persons with cataract free of cost. He founded RA College for Women in 1999. At present about 2000 girls, mostly from economically backward backgrounds, are studying in the college.
While speaking about the research, he said: “Many are unaware about the penalty in cheque dishonouring. This research analysis would create awareness about it and prevent such offences among individuals, small firms and even corporates as those involved in cheque bouncing cases may be awarded up to two years in jail and fined twice the amount involved.” He said such cases were in great numbers at many high courts and even the supreme court.
Miskeen studied over 400 check dishonouring cases across India for his analysis. He took up the research in 2014 under the guidance of Dr. Issac Francis Gnanasekar from St. Jospeh’s college.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Good News / by Express News Service / Ocotber 01st, 2019
Tanaz Mohammed was just seven when she fell in love with sports. Before choosing football, Tanaz initially dabbled with playing track and field and even hockey. Thus it is not a surprise that the multifaceted sportsperson is a national level hockey player and a district-level footballer.
Growing up in a middle-class Muslim family, Tanaz was still finding it hard to choose just one sport. Not knowing what the future might have in store for her, she even enrolled herself in Sports Management for post-graduation program. Finishing the course as a Gold Medallist from her batch really did the rest. A new chapter in her life began when she received an offer from the ISL Franchise, Mumbai City Football Club for an internship in 2017. She accepted the offer, and today Tanaz is a grassroots development officer with the club. The Mumbaikar also is a Premier Skills-qualified Level One coach and educator, who is an advocate of women and girls’ rights in the industry. Today Tanaz, 26, is breaking the barriers by teaching hockey and football to kids and also working as a basic fitness trainer for Under-6 children.
In a candid chat with SheThePeople.TV, she speaks about playing an important role in encouraging women and girls to participate in football , especially to those belonging from the Muslim community. Excerpts of the interview.
You are a hockey player and a football coach. When did you realise that you wanted to pursue a future in football?
I was a shy kid, only into books, and it was a surprise to me and my family to know that I have had these talents inside me hidden somewhere. Because of my performance in science, my mother always thought that I’ll become a doctor in future. That’s something we both laugh about till today. It was a sure thing that I was not going to mend any bones. Ultimately, I ended up breaking a few!
Tanaz Mohammed — a grassroots development officer with Mumbai City Football Club, a Premier Skills-qualified Level One coach and educator
My journey into sports started at the age of seven. Our school was conducting selection for interschool road races and to my own surprise, I decided to give it a try. I won and qualified for it too. My parents were a little shocked to see this change in me but they didn’t hesitate in letting me choose my own path. So I started as a track and field athlete and ended up playing in a hockey team for the school. I liked this sport instantly. Those initial months of hockey training made me realize that this was where I wanted to be. I gradually evolved from a shy, bookish and timid girl, to a confident and compact sporty one.
I went on to play hockey during my entire school and college life. I played at national level. I was also selected for a Pre Junior India Camp Training. I played international for a club called Friends United which was started by Mahindras. My own journey into sports made me realize that I was meant to be here, always!
Who is your biggest inspiration?
My inspiration is my mother!
She had to give up her profession for a while after my birth. But I saw her getting back to it with so much more power. She is a homemaker and a teacher. If she can handle it so well, why can’t I and that’s my driving force, my mother.
The amount of effort and sleepless nights that she has put in to help me achieve my dream is what inspires me to love both the sports. If she being a homemaker can do this and help me become what I am, I aim to do the same for the other kids and girls out there.
From hockey to football to becoming a trainer for children in hockey. Tell us in details about the journey. What inspired you to become a coach?
Till my graduation, I was completely into sports and also managing my studies. While I still love playing Football, Hockey remained my primary passion, a cocoon you can say.
Tanaz Mohammed in action
After completing my graduation I had to decide on a career. I tried multiple jobs, some not related to sports but I tried them anyway. Then, one day, I figured out about the sports management and without any second thought, I decided to jump headlong into it. It took me a while to explain and make my parents understand where I was heading to but then the road was way clearer.
I got myself into the management studies and along with it I continued playing hockey at the national level.
I always gave equal importance to sports and studies as I knew that I had to be dedicated to get through this journey and there is no alternative to hardwork.
I was the Gold Medalist and was also named as Student Of The Year at International Institute of Sports Management (2015-2016). I was then offered an internship at Mumbai City FC. I knew that I was shifting from hockey to football, but I also knew that if I work hard and commit myself to the fullest I will be able to bring in a change.
I went through a three-year commitment with Premier Skills which helped me become a coach first and then I successfully became a Head Coach Educator, where now I can train and certify other coaches into Community Coaching of Football.
My vision was clear: I wanted young girls to feel empowered so that they grow up to become strong women. And so I got into grassroots coaching in Football.
I can happily and proudly say that I gave exposure to around 500 girls from Muslim Community who belong to a traditional background. I made them and their parents realise that football can be played while wearing a Hijab too, all you need is your foot to play
Those girls are now into football . The schools in that locality have started their own girls’ football teams and they participate in various tournaments. As a result of this, their mothers are also feeling inspired and now they train beside their daughters. This, personally, has been a great achievement for me.
I decided to become a hockey coach as I wanted to give back to the game through which I got my own identity.
The career you have chosen leads you to many injuries and roadblocks. What inspires you every day?
I can say that playing sports is what I love and this is what I am. It took me sometime to realise it but now that I have I am passionately in love with it. All roadblocks and injuries seem small in front of my goal.
You are one of the few female footballers in India who made a career in the game. What does that feel like?
No doubt it’s a great feeling, but along with it comes big responsibilities. There are little girls and kids out there looking up to me and learning from me. I need to make sure every single day that my work and hard work are towards the development of sports and those kids.
How did your life change with sports?
My life has changed exceptionally. From a shy kid to a professional woman addressing a crowd of hundreds, sports has made me who I am today. I am confident and unstoppable.
What did you learn from it?
Sports taught me one important lesson: It’s okay to fail, it’s okay to keep trying, what is not okay, is to stop. We need to keep going on and listen to that little voice inside our head, that voice knows what’s best for us. People will criticise and say a lot of negative stuff, you need to do what you think is best for you to achieve that goal.
I have given exposure to around 1500 kids, and trained around 110 coaches. My aim is to work towards gender equality too, because I feel we need to start respecting each other not as women and men but as humans.
What are your biggest personal challenges?
I guess ego, I can feel that sometimes!
People look at me with a doubt that she’s a woman and how can she do it or they question my work. But all I do is smile and tell myself let your work talk and that’s what I have been doing and will continue to do so
How is the sports scene in India for women and girls? Why isn’t it popular among women here?
There are a lot of opportunities out there and women need to come out and make the most of it. The awareness among women is still developing. We now see so many women out on field organising leagues and tournaments, we see so many women winning medals and making us proud. Women often stop themselves from reaching high by self-made barriers, they need to take that one brave step and get rid of those cages.
As a woman, I completely understand that we do face a lot of roadblocks but again it depends on us, how much we let them affect us. Do we just stop or we dare?
Feature Image Credit: Tanaz Mohammed
source: http://www.shethepeople.tv / SheThePeople / Home / by Ria Das / September 26th, 2019
From its glorious status during the Nizami Deccan, Urdu has few takers today.
PU’s Urdu Dept. objects to being clubbed with foreign tongues
The Panjab University’s Urdu Department has objected to its proposed merger with other foreign tongues, asserting that Urdu is not a foreign language but an Indian one like Hindi and Punjabi.
The university recently proposed making the Urdu Department part of the School of Foreign Languages to be set up after merging departments of Russian, French, German, Chinese and Tibetan languages, said Urdu Department coordinator Ali Abbas on Saturday.
“Urdu was born, nurtured and cultured in India during the first two decades of the 13th century by Amir Khusrau. From that moment onward, Urdu and Hindi languages have not looked back. Not only this, even Punjabi language was put on the path of development by Baba Farid Ganj Shakar,” said Mr. Abbas in a letter to the PU’s Dean University Instructions (DUI). A “wrong impression” is being created by certain elements that Urdu is a foreign language”, said Mr. Abbas, asserting that “it is far from the truth”.
The Urdu script. The photo is for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: S. Harpal Singh
Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi are the three main languages of India which were later accorded the status of State language at different times, the letter stated.
The Urdu Department raised the objection after the PU authorities recently proposed to merge small departments with less than six faculty members with each other to form one single school or centre, as per new norms laid down by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
As per PU’s proposal, the merger is aimed at enhancing “academic performance by sharing infrastructure and human resources of various smaller departments”.
Mr. Abbas has, however, suggested bringing the departments of Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi under one umbrella of the department of Indian languages. “… or the Urdu Department may be allowed to function independently as per the present arrangements,” he wrote.
Final call tomorrow
Several other departments are also being merged. A 15-member panel will take a final call on the proposed mergers on September 30.
Before Partition, the Urdu Department was a major department of the then University of Punjab, Lahore, which was set up in 1882.
It was introduced in Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1976.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National / by PTI / Chandigarh – September 29th, 2019
Dr Safwan Ahmed, Best Post Graduate Resident in Neurology, with his mother and wife at the 24th convocation of Nimhans. dh photo
Every time his father and Safwan Ahmed passed by Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, his father would say that it was his dream to see his son study there some day. He was only a child back then. It was not too long after, that Ahmed’s father died of a heart attack. A student of class 11 then, he decided to live his father’s dream and graduated from there.
On Monday, he was among the 14 meritorious students who got recognised for their achievements at the 24th convocation of Nimhans.
He was awarded the Dr Anisya Vasanth Memorial Award for the best postgraduate resident in Neurology. “I dedicate this award to my mother. Every time I burnt the midnight oil, she was beside me. She would wake up along with me, even if it was 3 am and has been my strong support,” said Ahmed. He recollected that most of his education was in government school and college and that merits and scholarships have helped him adequately.
“I want to start a new sub-speciality centre in cognitive neurosciences in Father Muller College in Mangaluru, where I work at present,” he said, when asked about future plans.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / by Reshma Ravishanker / DH News Service / September 16th, 2019
The city has many structures built during the time of Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur
A kilometre away from Kalaburagi railway station is Aiwan-e-Shahi, a magnificent stone structure built in early 19th Century. For political leaders and bureaucrats visiting the city, it’s the most preferred accommodation.
Kalaburagi has several such architectural remnants of the times of the Nizam rule, uniquely Indo-Islamic in style, and still in use. Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur, the last monarch, who ruled the province between 1911 and 1948, stayed in Aiwan-e-Shahi when he visited the city and is today a government guest house. The Nizam used to travel in his own train from Hyderabad to reach the palace in Kalaburagi and a special railway track was laid up to the entrance of the complex for the purpose.
Like most buildings constructed during the Nizam’s rule, the Aiwan-e-Shahi portrays a rich and imposing architecture synthesising medieval and modern styles. It is constructed using local white stones, popularly known as Shahabad stones, abundantly available in the surrounding area. The front view of the palace was greatly inspired by Gothic style architecture.
Kalaburagi-based heritage collector and artiste Mohammed Ayazuddin Patel has copies of some rare photograph of Nizam. In one of them, he is the Nizam is seen playing tennis outside the Aiwan-e-Shahi palace complex. His train is also visible in the background. The picture was said to have been taken by Raja Deen Dayal, the official photographer at the Nizam’s court.
The Nizam, known as the architect of modern Hyderabad, left an impression on Kalaburagi too. The building now houses the tahsildar office, zilla panchayat and central library. The entrance arch gate of Vikas Bhavan, the mini Vidhana Soudha that has the district administrative complex and one of the entrances of Mahbub Gushan Garden in the heart of the city were built during his time. There are several private houses across the city that were built for the families of Deshpande, Deshmukh, Mali Patil, Police Patil, Jamadar, Mansafdar, Pattedar, Inamdar, Jagirdar, Kulkarni, Hawaldar – the official and administrative titles given by the Nizam.
“At least, the Aiwan-e-Shahi should be included in the protected monuments and converted into a museum to showcase the region’s cultural past,” says Rehaman Patel, Kalaburagi-based researcher and artiste. According to him, the Nizam had expanded public spaces such as parks, lakes, town hall, and gardens in the city engaging several engineers. Mahbub Sagar (now called Sharnbasweshwar lake) and Mahbub Gulshan Garden continued to be used by the public. The town hall is used by the Kalaburagi City Municipal Corporation as a conference hall.
The Filter Bed built for providing pure water to the residents continues to supply drinking water to parts of the city. The Mahbub Shahi Kapda Mill that produced high-quality cloth and supplied it not just to various cities across India, but to other countries as well, was in operation till the 1980s. The Nizam had also established Asif Gunj School and MPHS school, the oldest educational institutions of the city.
“In the early 1930s, he formed the Hyderabad Aero Club and built Begumpet Airport for his Deccan Airways, one of the earliest airlines in British India. He had the distinction of employing, perhaps, the world’s first woman commercial pilot, Captain Prema Mathur, during the late 1940s. The other airport built in Bidar in 1942 is now used by the Indian Air Force to train its pilots. The Nizam was also credited for renovating several monuments belong to Buddhists, Jains, Chalukyas, and Bahmanis. The renovation and excavation of the caves of Ajanta and Ellora was undertaken with the funds of the Nizam government and supervised by then archaeology director Ghulam Yazdani,” Mr. Rehaman said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by Kumar Buradikatti / Kalaburagi – September 16th, 2019
Nishat Fatima, who came to Ranchi’s Marwari College to take her degree in graduation ceremony could not get it in the ceremony
There are bizarre rules being made about clothes in colleges these days. Recently, a girls college in Hyderabad made a strange rule for wearing suits, now a case of a college in Jharkhand has come up in which a student was not given a degree as she was wearing a burqa.
As per reports, the over-all best graduate Nishat Fatima, who came to Ranchi’s Marwari College to take her degree in graduation ceremony could not get it in the ceremony on Sunday.
Nishat Fatima came wearing a burqa to attend the program. Her name was called for the gold medal at the ceremony as she had to take the medal first.
However, at the same time, it was announced that she was not in the dress code fixed by the college, due to which she could not be given a degree in the ceremony. After which the process of awarding medals and degrees to other toppers was started. Despite the dress code being fixed, Nishat’s father Muhammad Ikramul Haq said that the burqa is included in their tradition.
The dress code was decided by the college in which the male student had to come in a white colored kurta pajama and the female students in a salwar-suit, scarf or sari blouse. For this, the college had already issued a notice.
source: http://www.newsd.com / Newsd. / Home> Beyond Metros> Jharkhand / by Newsd / September 16th, 2019
Subia Parveen, a student of class 10th of Jamia Senior Secondary School has been selected for Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
She will be getting 28 thousand US Dollar scholarship to study for a 10-month duration programme in U.S. The programme will be held from August 2019 to June 2020.
Subia is the eldest child of Mr. Kalimuddin Ahmad, an electrician working in Jamia. She has been studying in Jamia from nursery class and is a very bright student. She appeared in class 10th board examination this year and is very hopeful that she will top the list. She had received several prizes in education and co-curricular activities in the school and outside too. Her aim is to become a scientist.
Registrar, JMI, Mr. A.P. Siddiqui (IPS) congratulated Subia on her achievement and said, “The selection process for this programme (YES schorarship) has been very competitive and its a proud moment for both Subia and Jamia”.
Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program was established in October, 2002. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, along with the U.S. exchange community, recognized the importance of youth exchange as a key component to building bridges between citizens of the U.S. and countries around the world, particularly those with significant Muslim populations.
source: http://www.milligazette.com / The Milli Gazette Online / Home> Online News> Community News / by Press Release , JMI / April 06th, 2019
Hyderabadi Takbir Fatima is an architect, engineer and educator who is always on the lookout for projects that challenge her.
As part of Hyderabad Design Week, Takbir Fatima from Designaware is doing a series of workshops and installations leading up to the event. She is in the city to conduct workshops on design. “We’re experimenting with crowdsourcing the design process to bring together many minds to create something collectively.
Under the theme of Humanizing Design for Hyderabad Design Week, we are crowdsourcing through multiple activations leading up to the event, involving students, young designers, architects and children in designing installations and public art for Hyderabad,” says Takbir, who has completed her BArch from CSIIT School of Architecture & Planning (JNAFAU), Hyderabad, and an MArch (Architecture + Urbanism) from the Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture in London.
Born in Hyderabad, Takbir was shuttling on and off between Saudi Arabia and Hyderabad. She was inspired by one of the greatest architect in Hyderabad sparking her interest in the profession.
Highly creative, she has handled some challenging projects at a very low cost. One such project was a hilltop school located in Golconda. She explains, “Bright Horizon Academy is a charity school. The challenge was the Golconda fort, which has an outer wall and inner wall, which is a part accessible to the public.
The outer wall has a very old settlement as old as the fort. All these houses share a common wall. Everything is on a hill, so for this particular site we had to completely sheer rock and boulders. Half of the site was on the upper part of the cliff and half made up the lower part. It was quite challenging to navigate the terrain.
And budget was an issue as it was a charity school. We designed a building which uses low energy as much as possible, and with lot of windows and natural light in the centre. There is sunlight and natural ventilation in every part of the building. It has been awarded the silver rating by the Indian Green Building Council in 2018.”
For most of her projects here, Takbir follows Vastu in residential and commercial properties. “If the client is not particular, we do recommend the vastu, as the property will have a resale value,” says Takbir who was given the Telangana Young Architect award by the Indian Institute of Architects in 2016 and was also recognised as Emerging Architect of the Year by NDTV Design & Architecture Awards 2016.
Takbir feels that now there is lot of opportunities for design aspirants and she aims to bring design to as many people as possible. She wants to do away with the misconception that design is not affordable and not for common people. Currently, her company is handling a few residential projects, restaurants, series of workshops, etc.
source: http://www.telanganatoday.com / Telangana Today / Home> Personalities / by Madhuri Dasagrandhi / September 11th, 2019
