Muhammed Shiyad Chathoth, a 17-year-old Kerala resident studying computer science in class 12, has created a functional robot to assist his struggling mother with some household chores.
When Chathoth and his family were being served by a simple humanoid robot in a Kannur eatery, that is when Chathoth first thought of the concept, when he overheard his mother saying, If only she had a robot that could assist her with chores around the house.
Chathoth enquired about the robot at the same restaurant and was told that it cost Rs 3-4 lakh, and they did not have any technical details about the robot system.
Buying the expensive robot was out of the question he researched and came up with cost-effective ways to build such a system.
He said, “There is no direct information available on the Internet about putting together a robot. But I noticed that the machine in the restaurant was following a fixed path. My research led me to find many videos that explained this tech.”
He build it in about 10,000 rupees and named his robot named Android Pathooty, after a Malayalam film named Android Kunjappan.
Within a year, Shiyad created a simple design by mounting a plastic stool on top of an aluminium base supported by four tyres. A female mannequin that can turn 180 degrees makes up the robot’s top half. But the system is entirely automated.
All that is required is to put a tray of food onto Android Pathooty, and it will proceed to the table along a predetermined course that has been indicated with black tape. The movement is powered by a gear and motor that ran on 12 volts and is controlled by an ultrasonic sensor. The distance between the kitchen and dining area is long, now Pathooty carries the food from the kitchen to the table.
Additionally, a mobile application has been developed through the MIT app and Admega MicroController. It can work both manually and automatically as well as carry a load of up to 6 kg.
Chathoth has big dreams, as he hopes to launch a robot startup in the future.
Source: First Post
source: http://www.thehindustangazette.com / The Hindustan Gazette / Home> National> Kerala / by The Hindustan Gazette / October 26th, 2022
Iqrar Ahmed, a tailor from Uttar Pradesh who has been stitching clothes for over two decades, derives satisfaction from the love, affection, trust and respect he has earned across communites.
Iqrar was only ten years old when he came to Delhi in 1986 to make a living. It took him a lot of hard work and perseverance to be able to buy a tiny shop in South Delhi’s Niti Bagh market.
In his late forties now, Iqrar still remembers the stiff resistance he faced from neighbouring shopkeepers when he bought a 36 sq ft shop in the small DDA market in 2008. Were it not for the support of his friend, Giri Raj Giri, a RSS karyakarta who has an electrician’s shop there, Iqrar would not have been able to fulfill his dream of being self-reliant.
Giriraj and Iqrar are like brothers and share an exemplary bond.
Giriraj brings sweets for Iqrar every Diwali and Iqrar treats him to seviyan (an India desert) on Eid. This Diwali, Iqrar carefully chose the best available fabric from his shop for Giriraj and stitched a pink silk Kurta for him. Iqrar wrapped the Kurta nicely and carried the present to his shop. Giriraj was touched by his gesture and wore the kurta on Diwali; Iqrar celebrated their friendship by making his friend’s picture in the kurta, as his WhatsApp DP (display picture) during the festival.
Giriraj acknowledged the Kurta stitched by his time-tested friend by wearing it on Diwali
Iqrar is one of the most sought-after tailors in South Delhi. He explains that he learnt social graces in the company of elderly people and good clients. Iqrar who went for Haj with his mother in 2019, cannot thank Allah enough for helping him meet benevolent people. “Hamari zero qualification hai. Khuda me mujhe lajawaab logon se milwaya. Humne kabhi tasavvur nahi kiya tha ki aisa hoga.’’ (I have no educational qualification. God connected me to wonderful people. I had never imagined that my life will shape up like this.)
Born in Sitapur’s Bilwa Bahadurpur village blessed with an abundance of mango trees, Iqrar saw his family battle financial hardships at a very early age. The fourth among eight siblings, he is the only one who could not even go to a Madarsa. “I was only 20 when I lost my father. My family really had to struggle for survival. In my village, I would long to go to school like other children and even went to see the village school but did not muster courage to step in.’’ he recalls.
Iqrar is beholden to his elder sister Shehnaz who persuaded him to come to Delhi. “Both my sister and brother-in-law made me feel very comfortable in their home in Jamia Nagar but I really missed home. I would hide and cry thinking of my mother back home. Shehnaz Appi loved me a lot but I could not bear separation from my mother. I would request people to write postcards to my mother. My sister had five children. All of them went to school.
“I really loved them and was happy offering to take care of them. I too felt like going to school but reminded myself of my family circumstances. Going home to my village was a luxury and I could afford to meet my mother only once in two years.”
Iqrar Ahmed at his shop
Iqrar stayed with his sister for six years till 1992. During this period, he learnt stitching from his brother-in-law, Mehboob Ali. Later, he worked in a boutique in Defence Colony. After four years, Iqrar was designing clothes in a boutique in South Delhi. “For five years, I worked with a boutique owner in Gulmohar Park. Her husband, Mahesh Aggarwal, was a lawyer and liked my work so much that he allowed me to use his shop here free of cost. ‘’
It was at that time that Iqrar got to know Giriraj Giri who persuaded him to buy the shop. Iqrar considers Giriraj as his elder brother and cannot thank him enough for giving him the clarity on making the right investment and standing by his side. “Giriraj is always ready to help people -irrespective of what religion they follow. He volunteered all the cable work in my shop when I bought it and refused to take even a penny.’’
Iqrar considers himself lucky to have always lived close to a mosque and woken up with the Azan every morning. He offers namaz five times a day. What gives him enormous satisfaction is that he took his mother for Haj for 46 days in 2019. “Wahan jaakar ruhaniyatr milti hai aur lagta hai jaise dusre jahan me aa gaye hon.( One experiences spirituality there and feels transported to another world.)
Iqrar with his mother at Mecca for the Haj pilgrimage
Iqrar has two sons, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Afsaar Ahmed and a daughter but he has chosen to name his boutique AD (Aafreen Design )Indian Outfit after his 20 year old daughter Aafreen. “ Like our Prophet loved his daughters a lot, I too really love my daughter.’’
Sarfaraz is a graduate, Aafreen is in the final year of post-graduation and Afsaar is preparing for his MBA.
This soft-spoken tailor also finds time to run an NGO called AUN Human Welfare Society. AUN is involved in distributing blankets to the poor every winter and notebooks to school children. “Mera maksad insaanon se hai naa ki musalmaan ya kisi aur mazhab se.’’ (My intention is to help fellow human-beings not just Muslims or people from any particular religion).
Even though his income fluctuates every month, Iqrar has amazing clarity is his approach to work. “On an average, we stitch three suits a day as we focus on quality work.’ He goes on to explain, “Agar Kaam zyada hoga to kaam kharab hoga aur agar kaam kharab hoga to naam kharab hoga. (Excessive work will impact quality which in turn may affect our credibility.’’
He commands an impressive clientele of celebrities including ministers, actors and journalists. Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and his wife depend on Iqrar’s tailoring. Over the years, former Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Congress leader, Tariq Anwar, politician Akbar Ahmed Dumpy, former Home Secretary V.K. Duggal, TV hostess Mandira Bedi’s family, the late journalist Khushwant Singh’s daughters in law, former cricketer Mohd. Azharduddin and Ashish Nehra’s family have also been his clients.
Iqrar Ahmed’s staff: Saajid, Salman and Nafees
Veteran journalist Shubha Singh has been going to Iqrar for almost four years to get her clothes tailored. “His work is very neat and he is always ready with patterns. Every time I wear the clothes designed by Iqrar, people ask me who has stitched them and I am happy to refer them to him,’’ she says.
Likewise, Iqrar’s neighbour Vijay Khanduja who owns a stationery shop says, “ My wife gets salwar kameez stitched from him and is very satisfied with his work.’’
Over the years, many shops have closed down in the DDA market. Clearly, Iqrar has proved that the fittest survive.
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Story / by Tripti Nath / posted by tripnathnepal@gmail.com / January 23rd, 2023
A constable working with the Telangana police’s intelligence department died in a road accident at Chandanagar on Monday morning.
Shaik Mufeed, who was working as an Assistant Analytical Officer, Intelligence department (was working in Cyberabad) was going on a motorcycle when a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus hit his vehicle.
“Mufeed had fallen down from the motorcycle and sustained injuries. He died on the spot. The accident happened around 9.30 a.m,” said SHO Chandanagar, K Kastro.
On receiving information of the accident, the Chandanagar police rushed to the spot and shifted his body to the Gandhi Hospital mortuary in Secunderabad. An autopsy was performed and the body was later handed over to the family members.
The Chandanagar police registered a case against the driver of the bus and took him into custody. The vehicle was seized.
source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> Hyderabad / by Mir Alamgir / January 30th, 2023
It’s January; there’s a nip in the air and the humidity is low. It’s a great time to explore Hyderabad on foot. Whether you’re traveling to a new destination or want to pull back the curtain on your city, these walking tours are the best way to rediscover the streets of Hyderabad. Mohammed Sibghatullah Khan co-author of Hyderabad Deccan, an architectural and visual designer by profession and a history enthusiast, offers theme walks centered around food, architecture, cultural history, and more.
Did you know that eminent Bollywood personalities like Kaifi Azmi, actor Tabbu, Nigar Sultana all of these had once lived at Malepally one of the oldest localities of Hyderabad during the time of Nizams? Mallepally was built by the fifth Asafjahi ruler-Afzal Ud Daula next to the Afzal Sagar tank which was one of the largest tanks. Also, did you know that Charminar, one of the most charming landmarks of Hyderabad, is the finest example of Qutub Shahi architecture? To know more take a walk with Mohammed Sibghatullah Khan to explore Hyderabad’s varied architectural styles from Gothic and Indo-Saracenic; to Neoclassical and Art Deco.
He organizes experiential walks in collaboration with local businesses concluding these with food, snacks, and drinks steeped in history.
Ratna G. Chotrani spoke with Mohammed Sibghatullah about heritage walks he conducts across Hyderabad city, the need for heritage conservation, and why archiving is important for the future. Excerpts from the interview:
Please tell me about your background and how you developed a career in the heritage sector.
I was born and raised in Hyderabad. I was always fascinated by the old structures and monuments of the city. My love for buildings grew more when I took up architecture as a profession. As part of academic research on the architectural evolution in Hyderabad city, I started reading more and more on the built heritage of the city which was vanishing at an alarming rate. With The Deccan Archive, I started to curate heritage walks and workshops in and around the city to connect to and educate people about the cultural significance of the city they call home. I have been involved in several documentation and heritage conservation efforts in and out of academia. After three years of research on monuments, I have co–authored an illustrated guidebook that talks about the built heritage of Hyderabad city.
After scraping through the limited resources available on the internet, I realized that there wasn’t enough compiled data on the city on digital platforms. This started shaping my idea of The Deccan Archive as a platform that would shed light on the fascinating and often overlooked history of, not only Hyderabad but also the entire Deccan; and would hopefully try to bring this information into public knowledge and ignite a sense of pride and responsibility in the people, so they come forward and help preserve our shared heritage.
Why did you think of these heritage walks?
I used to post details of Hyderabad’s architecture on social media and got a lot of following. To get a real deep-dive into the city’s heritage and culture to know more about its sprawling gardens and parks or to meander around Tank Bund or stroll through Paigah palace to learn of its historic past when people commuted on horseback and danced in the ballrooms of British Residency what better way than do a heritage walk. I mooted the idea and then a few people showed interest and soon it became a caravan of people with a common interest.
How many such walks have you held, so far?
We, from Deccan Archives, have organized 70 to 80 walks since 2018. Every Sunday we meet in the early hours and move to the main topic of the walk. It could be Uncovering Hyderabad or Hyderabad’s eclectic architecture, uncovering stories of Hyderabad Deccan, and even discovering the food of Hyderabad.
You founded the Deccan Archives with a common concern for preserving the unique tangible and intangible heritage of the Deccan. How would you rate the success of your idea and venture?
The Deccan Archive initially started in November 2018 as an anonymous blog that covered the chronological history of the Deccan in chapters. For an entire year since its inception, the blog was operated solely by me. I would spend days at the State Central Library and the Salar Jung Museum Library, reading about the birth of this fortunate city and the men who shaped it. One year later, I brought together my friends from college to form a team of designers, photographers, and artists to work on this project. The group traveled to the old city of Hyderabad in search of lost and forgotten monuments, following the extensive work of Dr. Omar Khalidi as a reference for our quest. A typical outing for the group would consist of documenting buildings and damage to them, identifying their architectural styles and materials, digging out histories associated with them, and trying to preserve them digitally
Now let’s talk about food. Why should a resident need to walk with you to know his food?
We look at monuments, places, restaurants, local communities, and everything that we are surrounded with. We take our walkers to places that are not accessible to them for instance we went to Khursheed Jah Devdi, a European-styled architectural palace located in Hyderabad. … It was built by the Ancestors of Paigah noble Khursheed Jah Bahadur, Then we went to Paigah Palace near Begumpet even the Rashtrapathi Nilayam which is otherwise not accessible to the common man.
Do you think it helps and has it received its purpose?
Initially, only 30 people came but it went on increasing in numbers. The motive is to reach out to people and try to connect people with history and their roots. When a lot of locals come to our walk they do not know there is so much architecture, and history in a building. We try to bring that awareness about our very own Hyderabad its tangible or intangible assets. For instance, during one of our walks, we took them to the Zinda Tilismath factory which has a medicinal history in the city. Zinda Tilismath was formulated in 1920 by Hakim Hakeem Mohammed Moizuddin the very first Herbal medicine which was named “Zinda Tilismath” (an Urdu word for living magic). Many Hyderabadis and others who romanticize Unani medicine in India and around the globe pledge that this potion has a magical cure for all ailments.
Tell us about your Food Walks.
Food walks are organized to create awareness about the local cuisine. Even as people go about their weekday routine we during the walks listen to the maitre d’share lyrical stories about dishes during Nizam’s era. We then make our walkers get to taste that very particular cuisine. We have a curated menu for instance We begin at Hotel Nayaab at Naypul to get the taste of Malai paya – creamy lamb trotters followed by Chattha Bazar where a small local vendor sells the best Shammi Kebabs. We then head to Sheh ran near Machlikaman Charmina where we relish the succulent fish fry and the melt-in-the-mouth Shammi Kebabs made by combining minced lamb, mutton, with split chickpeas, onions, chilis, ginger, garlic, and various herbs and spices such as cumin, red chili flakes, garam masala, and mint leaves.
Honestly, we were pleasantly surprised by the positive reception we received. The crowds on our walks get larger every week, people give us access to their private collections of old and rare photographs or share interesting tidbits about their family history, and enthusiastically show us the artifacts or medals from the Nizam era.
source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home / by Ratna Chotrani / January 30th, 2023
The Board of Governors of the London American University College (LAUC), Republic of Zambia has appointed Prof. Dr. Kaup Mohamed as the Vice Chancellor. The London American University College is the degree granting institution fully accredited by the Higher Education Authority and Ministry of Education of the Republic of Zambia. The London American University College is located in Capital city of Lusaka offering Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Business Information System and Diploma in Business Administration. The London American University College will be processing for international accreditation as well. The LAUC will be catering to the student communities of various African countries.
Prof. Dr. Kaup Mohamed is also the Dean & MD of London American City College and Adjunct Professor of Madonna University, Michigan, USA having 27 years of experience in academics, teaching, training & research, holds Doctorates in Business Administration, Education and Management from USA, Europe, and India respectively and is a PhD. Examiner and Guide for American, European and Indian Universities. Dr. Kaup has received more than 50 awards and recognitions from various National and International Bodies including Award from California Legislative Assembly, USA in 2011, Pin Award from the Madonna University’s President’s Cabinet and Distinguished Leadership and Outstanding Achievement Award from Madonna University and Administrative Council in Michigan State, USA in Jan 2010, and April 2010 in recognition for his contribution to international education.
Dr. Kaup is also a recipient of Entrepreneurship certification from Harvard University, USA. Dr. Kaup is a UK CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Certified Professional (2021) for maintaining student mobility standards. Dr. Kaup is also an Associate Fellow Member of All India Management Council (1997) and an Advisor to various Universities around the world. Dr. Kaup is also an Adjunct Professor at the Euro College, Macedonia, University of Business and International Studies (UBIS), Switzerland and International University of Moscow and City of London College, UK. Dr. Kaup is a Ph.D. Research Guide for 2 UGC approved Indian Universities namely Pacific University and JJTU and US Based Apollos University. Dr. Kaup has been the external examiner of Ph.D. program including MIM Institute of Management and Maharishi Markandeshwar University, India.
Dr. Kaup has served as the Deputy Director, Head of Department and Program Leader at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, UK and National American University, USA. Dr. Kaup has been the Faculty for the American Hotel & Motel Association, Michigan State, USA for its programs in the UAE. Dr. Kaup has been the Professor at the Bowie State University, USA, Canadian College of Business & Computing, Canada and Southeastern University, USA. Dr. Kaup has travelled widely to more than 80 countries and has delivered more than 350 Seminar talks, conducted workshops and colloquiums, published 50 research papers in international Journals and Reviews, magazines and guided more than 800 research projects. Dr. Kaup is in the Editorial and Advisory Board of International Journals, an expert in Accreditation and his area of research is Business Management, Operations, Marketing and Education.
Dr. Kaup has also been presented with two prestigious international awards namely the ‘2012 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century Award’ and ‘the Medal of Honor’ from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England for his outstanding contribution in the field of higher education especially in Strategic Management, Operations and Business areas. Dr. Kaup has been conferred with the “World Leader and Excellence in Business Leadership Award” in September 2013 by the World Confederation of Businesses, USA. Dr. Kaup was also conferred with International Excellence Academic Award 2017 by the Bearys Cultural Forum Trust, India.
Dr. Kaup has also been the recipient of certifications from ASIC (Accreditation Services for International Schools, Colleges and Universities), England, ECBE (European Council for Business Education), Belgium, and IACBE (International Accreditation Commission for Business Education), USA for his contribution in the concerned research conferences, workshops, and seminars.
He is very well known for educational social work for the last 25 years as Hon. General Secretary at Bearys Cultural Forum Trust in India and Vice President at Karnataka NRI Forum, UAE constituted by the Government of Karnataka.
Bouncing back from adversity with indomitable resilience and willpower, Asif Iqbal helps others with disabilities as he pushes the limits. Ejaz Kaiser shares his story.
Since 2021, Iqbal has run 10 km each on 12 different races.
Chhattisgarh:
A life well lived is a life worth talking about. With complete vision loss, Mohammed Asif Iqbal’s life can force anyone to rethink disability.
A Kolkata resident, who had a successful stint in Central government’s smart city projects for digital inclusion initiative at Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Iqbal (46) had partial vision loss since birth due to a genetic disorder called retinal degeneration. By the time he turned 16, he had turned completely blind.
He moved to the United States and managed complete his high school and partial college education in Oregon, USA. Iqbal returned to India in 1995 to later become the first visually challenged commerce graduate of St Xavier’s College Kolkata and got his MBA in human resources from Symbiosis Institute, Pune.
Around six years back, he was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Having given a choice to either change his lifestyle or be on medicines all his life, Iqbal decided to lead a life worth living. “I thought my health shouldn’t be a hurdle towards my contribution to nation-building. Just the thought of doing something to ensure I remain healthy. I was overweight. I began visiting the playground and park with the help of friends. It was there the idea clicked to participate in marathons and began preparing for the race to build my confidence”, Iqbal said.
Running became a routine; starting from 100 metre, he increased the length slowly to 300 and later to a few kilometres with the support of volunteers. Gradually, he learnt navigation on his own.
“I was competing with myself to enhance my performance”, he added. Since 2021, Iqbal has run 10 km each on 12 different races and has also been recognised by former Indian cricket skipper master blaster Sachin Tendulkar for his brave initiative.
But his biggest moment came on December 18, 2022 when he accomplished TSK-25 km (15.53 miles) marathon run in Kolkata only through voice guidance. He was blind-folded and had zero physical touch or physical assistance from anyone. He set a record and entered into Asian Book of Records, as the first Indian Asian blind runner to complete a marathon in 3:32 hours with voice navigation support from Dibyendu Mondel and Prakash Singh who piloted his run.
“While I run on voice guidance (talking GPS) issued by fellow buddy runners who run at the same speed, the mission of 25km marathon in Kolkata was well achieved,” Iqbal said. He is also the recipient of a national award, West Bengal state role model award and the extraordinary citizen of Kolkata award among others.
During his career spanning over 15 years, he has designed and implemented social inclusion strategy for AADHAR enrollment, accessible income tax, and accessible telecom under Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) among others.
He is presently an associate director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India Ltd. In 2000, he filed a public interest litigation (PIL) for implementation of reservation quota in government-run universities including the IIMs and IITs.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / New Indian Express / Home> Good News / by Ejaz Kaiser, Express News Service / January 29th, 2023
The Yenepoya School (TYS) is extremely proud of Mohammed Shamil, who has only bettered himself after each performance in skating.
Mohammed Shamil of grade X earned a silver at the CBSE national level skating championship held at Shalom Hills International School, Gurgaon, Haryana from January 9 to 11.
He won the 300 mtr TT rink race under the age group of 16 years boys inline category.
The school congratulated him for his outstanding achievement.
source: http://www.daijiworld.com / Daijiworld.com / Home> Campus Beat / by Media Release / January 13th, 2023
An armyman Mohammad Khan receiving his Arjuna award from the then President S D Sharma (Twitter Kayamkhani samaj),
Chhoti Beri of Nagaur in Rajasthan was dotted with shanties till a few years back. Today, the village scene has changed: big and palatial houses with modern amenities inside have sprung up. People no longer wear only coarse clothes; they are donning colorful clothes made of attractive fabric.
The village is home to some 400 Kayamkhani caste people; 95 percent of them Muslims, who have preserved their traditions.
Former Sarpanch Captain Kasim Khan said that no villager drinks alcohol nor do they accept interest on money as both are considered against the tenets of Islam.
The Kayamkhani caste has a history: Kayam Singh, the son of the Chauhan king of Daderwa, was converted to Islam during the time of Emperor Firoz Shah Tughlaq in Delhi. However, while he became a Muslim, the progeny of his brothers remained Hindus with Chauhan Rajput as their caste.
Even after becoming Muslims, the Rajput culture remained intact with the family of Kayam Singh, whose successors are called Kayamkhanis.
Beri’s Kayamkhanis say that five generations ago, there was a tradition of social relations including marriages with (Hindu) Rajputs. Now the cultural ties with the Rajputs have been severed.
Milestone of Village Chooti Beri
The house of Kayamkhani in the village was called Kotdi. Like Rajputs, the celebrations of weddings will see an animal sacrifice.
A huge mosque on the west side of the village built at the cost of Rs 30 lakh has become the focal point of Chhoti Beri.
Many Kayamkhanis of the village has performed Hajj.Beri does have a fort as it came under the rulers of Fatehpur and Jhunjhunu. At the time of King Sawai Jaisingh of Jaipur, Shiv Singh Shekhawat of Sikar, Sadul Singh of Jhunjhunu abolished the Nawabi of Fatehpur, and Jhunjhunu and established their rule. In this way, the Nawabiyat of Kayamkhanis in Fatehpur, Jhunjhunu ended 300 years ago but the Beri faction is still intact.
Beri had a population of 1,223 in 1961. At that time these villagers were poor. Now this village is seeing progress and modern houses and relative affluence because of the remittances coming from the Arab countries.
The kayamkhani women still do not go out to work. They hand paint designs on fabric and it has become a household industry.
An NGO Sujangarh Ladnun Didwana Losal supplies the fabric to women for boondi design. Not a single woman in the village sits idle. The girls have started studying and going to the school that was set up with Rs 1000 donated by each Kayamkhani family. Women wear expensive salvar-kameez, ditching the traditional Rajputi dress of ghagra choli.
The Kayamkhanis are warrior people. The preferred job for most is joining the Indian Army. During the partition of India, most of the Kayamkhani families remained in India.
Each Kayamkhani family has someone in the Army. Captain Kasim Khan, Captain Faizu Khan, Captain Asghar Khan, Captain Bhanwaru Khan, Captain Taju Khan, Captain Asta Ali Khan, Captain Faiz Mohammad Khan and more than 200 soldiers are retired soldiers of the Indian army.
People remember the son of the soil Ibrahim Khan of the India Army who fought valiantly against Pakistan in the war and lost his life. His family was given a petrol pump in Moradabad, UP. Kalu Khan of Chhoti Beri was also honored by the government. Hussain Khan Captain has won the award in Moscow Olympics in Equestrian. Many people of Beri village in the 61st Cavalry have earned a name in horse riding.
Ayub Khan of Beri is pursuing medical education. Nek Mohammad here is a police inspector in Jodhpur. Aladdin Khan is a retired RI and Ghafoor Khan is a retired police station.
The community is running hostels in Jodhpur and Didwana for the student of the community studying there.
We are told that there are no quarrels and disputes among the villagers. Generally, people come across as polite and peace-loving persons.
Some families have settled in Jodhpur, Jaipur. Earlier the village used to have 500 camel carts which have been sold over a period.
(The Author is Chairman of MSO and a Community Leader)
source: http://www.awaazthevoice.in / Awaaz, The Voice / Home> India / by Shujaat Ali Quadri / by awaazthevoice.in / January 19th, 2023
Ever since its release over a decade ago, Instagram has become a major part of the social media networks that almost all youngsters use every day. It’s a social media platform where people have either become overnight celebrities or outright brands thanks to their ever-growing following. Being an influencer on social networking sites has gone on to become a trend and one of the most desired leagues among the newer generations and has its own set of significance.
Fatima Abdulla is one such influencer and digital creator who has carved a name for herself while writing and vlogging about Lifestyles, Beauty, and Travel.
Based in UAE, Fatima hails from Mangaluru and was brought up in Qatar for a major part of her younger years. She is the daughter of Abdulla Moidin, (fondly known as Abdulla Monu) a businessman from Mangaluru and a community activist who has been residing in Doha, Qatar for over four decades now.
Before turning into an influencer, Fatima worked as an HR Supervisor for Qatar Airways for 10 years and quit working after she moved to Dubai with her husband Abdul Farveez, an IT Engineer in Dubai.
Fatima, who has over 70,000 followers on Instagram was awarded Hospitality Blogger of the Year 2021 UAE and was listed among the Top 100 Influencers in 2022 at the World live Streamers Conference. She was also nominated for the Hospitality Blogger of the Year Award for four consecutive years in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Although Fatima says she has not undertaken any professional course or has never considered Influencing as a career, her collaboration with over 2000 restaurants and brands for lifestyle home, and beauty products speak for the influence she has over her followers.
“I never took any professional course or took influencing or blogging as my career, but I always shared about the places I eat locally or when I travel to other countries and whenever I shared my experience My audience loved and adored and valued my content and they highly engaged and I believed that my content always resonated well with my followers,” Fatima says.
“Eventually, I started enjoying sharing about the places that I visit with my kids, especially the experiences that are available like kid’s activities and other places and landmarks that I visit in the UAE. Then there was no looking back. I have collaborated with about 2000+ restaurants and 2000+ brands for lifestyle home, and beauty products.” She adds.
“I always loved food, exploring, and different, cuisines. I have traveled to 27 countries in Europe & Asia In every country, we make sure to try the local food and explore more about their cuisine, the taste & the ingredients. I also love traveling to places of history, the countryside. I love snow, so I make sure that every December I travel to a place where it snows.” She further adds.
Among the major brands she has collaborated includes Pond’s, Pears, Garnier, The Body Shop, Huda Beauty, Bioderma, Nivea, Johnson’s Baby, Maybelline, Vatika, Swiss Arabian, Emaar, Dubai Economy and Tourism, The Dubai Mall, Air Arabia, Ferrari World, IKEA, Panasonic, and others.
source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / by Vartha Bharati / January 17th, 2023
Hassan Imam plans to bring about a change through public awareness.
Kozhikode (Kerala) :
A Bihar native is running his wheelchair journey from Kanyakumari to Siachen in Ladakh to implement accessibility for the differently-abled in public places in the country.
Hassan Imam, a 25-year-old man in a wheelchair, has named his journey the ‘Accessible World Campaign’.
Hassan plans to bring about a change through public awareness.
Speaking to ANI, he said, “People should know that our population is 1 million.” Notably, Hassan is a graduate in Russian from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Hassan has reached Kozhikode from Kanyakumari in his wheelchair crossing approximately 500 km.
He also urged the world to have wheelchair ramps where there are stairs.
He said, “It’s very bad that a differently-abled person has to sit at home only because there are no ramps in any programme.”
“Many malls, theatres, public places, government offices, etc., are still not differently-abled friendly. Be it Kerala or any other state, public transport is not accessible to people like us,” he added.
Hassan further mentioned that it was only Chennai’s Marina Beach where he had seen a ramp.
“No beach in India has a ramp. By catering to our needs a ‘New India’ can be formed,” Hassan said.
source: http://www.tribuneindia.com / The Tribune / Home> Nation / by ANI / January 08th, 2023
