My next aim is to win gold medal for my country in Olympics, Tajamul Islam said.
Tajamul Islam, 13, from Tarkpora in Bandipora defeated Argentina’s Lalina in the under-14 finals. Credit: Tajamul Islam
A teenage girl from a remote village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district recently scripted history by winning a second gold medal in World Kickboxing Championship held in Egypt’s Cairo on October 22.
Tajamul Islam, 13, from Tarkpora in Bandipora defeated Argentina’s Lalina in the under-14 finals. “I had represented India in Italy in 2016 too, in the under-9 category in which players from 90 other countries had participated. I won gold in that event also,” she told DH.
A class 7 student of Army Goodwill School in Bandipora, Tajamul won national recognition when she bagged the gold medal in the sub-junior category at the 2015 National Kickboxing Championship in New Delhi. Her achievement at the national level got her an entry to the World events.
A six-year-old Tajamul started her kickboxing journey in 2014 from a local martial arts academy for young boys and girls. “I was watching kickboxing on TV and decided that one day I too will do something big in this sport. And when I saw young boys and girls training, punching, I told my father that I want to join them,” she said.
But the initial journey was not so easy for the little girl. “I faced a lot of taunts from my relatives and neighbors initially when I started practicing the game. But my mom supported me and somehow persuaded my dad to allow me to continue my practice. Martial art was also the passion of my elder siblings and their support was crucial,” she said.
Daughter of a businessman based in Mumbai, the gold-medalist has a word of advice for parents and children. “Parents should understand that sports keep children away from negativity like drug addiction and other activities and allow them to participate. Kids should also not hide anything from parents and take their consent before choosing any game,” she said.
Asked how difficult her journey was being a girl, she replied, “Girls can do better than boys if they are given equal opportunities. My next aim is to win a gold medal for my country in the World Olympics.”
Tajamul is also a brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme. She also concentrates on her studies and wants to become an orthopedic surgeon. “I want to break as well as join the bones by becoming an orthopedic surgeon,” she said laughingly.
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> National> North and Central / by Zulfikar Majid, DHNS / November 01st, 2021
While the names of swimmer and activist Ali and Deshprabhu had been doing the rounds, the tennis icon was a surprise for most.
Mamata Banerjee with Leander Paes in Dona Paula, Goa / Telegraph picture
Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday inducted celebrities such as Leander Paes and Nafisa Ali and entrepreneur Mrinalini Deshprabhu into her party for its Goa foray, which she formally launched over the course of a busy day of political and PR exercises.
While the names of swimmer and activist Ali and Deshprabhu had been doing the rounds, tennis icon Paes was a surprise for most.
“When, at the age of 14, I went to play tennis for India, Didi (Mamata) was the (junior) Union sports minister. She used to always encourage, always support…. Now, after three decades of tennis, I would like to support the lady who has been going forward with immense courage. She is a real champion to me,” said Paes, 48, a Calcutta boy and now a resident of Goa.
Regarded as one of the greatest players in doubles, he won 18 Grand Slams in men’s and mixed doubles, and a bronze for India in men’s singles at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
“I would like to serve the people by means of politics. I would like to serve the youth of the nation. That is why I have joined Didi,” said Paes. “India is the world’s largest democracy. There cannot be division here on the basis of caste, creed, or religion,” he added.
Now 64, Ali was a Congress candidate against Mamata in Calcutta South in the 2004 Lok Sabha polls. She lost. Ali also had a brief stint with Samajwadi Party before returning to the Congress in 2009.
Mamata Banerjee with Nafisa Ali in Goa / Telegraph picture
“She (Mamata) is such a champion for the cause of protecting the inclusive ethos of India…. It is important, now more than ever, to close the ranks on forces that seek to divide this great nation,” said Ali, a Calcutta girl who was the national swimming champion in the early 1970s, was crowned Miss India in 1976, and went on to act in films.
Sources in Trinamul said Mamata was keen on engaging civil society members in politics in Goa, something she did successfully in Bengal.
The BJP’s Pramod Sawant-led government would seek re-election to the 40-seat Goa Assembly in February 2022.
The principal Opposition there is the Congress, with the AAP testing waters there for some time.
Last month, Mamata inducted Goa’s former chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, with four decades in the Congress. He is now a national vice-president of Trinamul, helping it not only in Goa but also in several states of the Northeast, which he handled organisationally for the Grand Old Party.
After Faleiro came a number of political leaders from Goa, from various parties there. From the civil society, Trinamul has already managed to get the likes of poet N. Shivdas, filmmaker Tony Dias, environmentalist Rajendra Shivaji Kakodkar, footballer Denzil Franco, and boxer Lenny Da Gama.
source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph Online / Home> West Bengal / by Meghdeep Bhattacharrya, Calcutta / October 30th, 2021
Mohammad Ali is an independent journalist based in New York.
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali was announced as the winner of this year’s Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia by the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) for his report on right-wing vigilantes’ radicalization of India’s Hindus. The past winners of the award include Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist Dexter Filkins and renowned investigative journalist Azmat Zahra.
New Delhi :
Independent journalist Mohammad Ali was last week announced as the winner of the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia 2021 by the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), a journalism organization based in the U.S. and Canada.
Ali was awarded for his investigative piece on the Hindu vigilante’s radicalization of India’s Hindu’s by “using a dangerous cocktail of social media and Hindutva.” The 10,000-word long piece titled ‘The Rise of a Hindu Vigilante in the Age of WhatsApp and Modi’ appeared in the American magazine WIRED, well known for its focus on “how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.” The piece appeared as a cover story in May 2020 of WIRED magazine.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Ali announced, “I am grateful to @sajahq for the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia 2021 for my profile of a Hindu vigilante in @WIRED. It was an investigation into the process of radicalization of India’s Hindus using a dangerous cocktail of social media & Hindutva.”
Picture: Mohammad Ali Twitter
The Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding Reporting on South Asia is awarded yearly by SAJA. Named after American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was killed in Pakistan in 2002, the past winners of the award include Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Dexter Filkins, and renowned investigative journalist Azmat Zahra.
Ali said that he is elated at the award. “Besides helping my career, the award will draw more attention to the rise of Hindu extremism in India,” Ali told TwoCircles.net.
Ali said the idea for the WIRED story on the rise of Hindu vigilante in India, especially after right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014, was spawned as he “didn’t like the liberal media coverage of Hindutva in India.”
Ali said for the story he spent a lot of time with the foot soldiers Hindutva, who would carry out the task of propaganda for “India’s slide towards right-wing Hindu extremism.”
“I didn’t want to demonize them (the workers of right-wing parties in India) but instead to humanize them and tell their story,” Ali said, adding, “With all being said, these workers and the work they do is historically significant as it is changing the course of India’s fate as a democracy.”
Ali’s has been reporting and writing on the rise of Hindu nationalism and violence against Muslims in India for over twelve years.
A post-graduate in literature, Ali started his journalism career with TwoCircles.net in 2008 before joining The Hindu in 2012.
“I belong to the generation of Indian Muslims who witnessed the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat and became conscious of the oppression against the community,” Ali said.
Ali said his foray into journalism came naturally as “becoming conscious of the issues facing Indian Muslims lead me to write about it.”
TwoCircles.net, Ali said, gave him a platform to write about these issues.
“At TCN, the reportage on Muslims was a priority. It was not done before in any other mainstream publication. Working at TCN provided me with a great experience in understanding the issues facing the Muslim community in India beyond what was being written about them in the mainstream press,” Ali said.
It was at TwoCircles.net, Ali said that he did his best stories. His series of stories on the wrongful incarceration of Mohammad Amir brought the focus on the impact of the war on terror on India’s marginalized Muslim community.
Mohammad Amir, a resident of Azad Market in Old Delhi, was falsely charged in 20 cases of bomb blasts in and around Delhi in 1998. He was finally released in January 2012, after 14 year long wrongful incarceration.
TwoCircles.net was the first news portal to break the sad story of Aamir.
“Aamir’s story is the defining story of my career. The story brought focus on him and he was eventually released. I still keep in touch with him,” Ali said.
Currently based in New York, Ali’s work has been featured in WIRED, Al Jazeera and The Hindu, among others.
Ali said that due to threats to his life in 2017 from extremist Hindu groups he had to move to the US in 2018 when Columbia Journalism School offered him a fellowship.
Ali has been interviewed by The NewYorker (in a piece on the lynching of Muslims in India), Al-Jazeera (The Listening Post episode on use of WhatsApp in spreading violence and propaganda in India), Harper’s Magazine (on the lynching of Muslims in India), Guardian, (on murders triggered by fake news on WhatsApp), and dozen other Indian publications.
His WIRED piece, which won him the Daniel Pearl Award, which was over a year-long investigation into the functioning of the foot soldiers of RSS, is a powerful account of “how Modi’s rise has unleashed an army of violent Hindu extremists on India’s minority communities pushing them to the possibility of second-class citizenship.”
To report for the story, Ali spent months with workers of Bajrang Dal which is part of a larger ideological fraternity patronized by BJP and Modi.
“The WIRED piece is one of the very few instances of reporting in American magazines on Bajrang Dal’s functioning on a day-to-day basis, and demonstrated how politics transforms a society, how hatred is created between communities in the name of ancient wounds and how it is deployed to control power in the present,” Ali said.
Ali said that his WIRED piece documents “how the most commonplace and most humane things like eating a meal or falling in love can be politicized and turned into sources of majoritarian rage and violence against minorities.”
Ali is currently working on a book on India.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / by Irfan Mehraj, TwoCirlces.net / October 29th, 2021
Wipro’s Azim Premji donated Rs 9,713 crore or Rs 27 crore a day to retain his top rank among Indian philanthropists in FY21.
Indian business tycoon Azim Premji (Photo | PTI)
Mumbai :
Software exporter Wipro’s Azim Premji donated Rs 9,713 crore or Rs 27 crore a day to retain his top rank among Indian philanthropists in FY21.
Premji, the founder chairman of the company, increased his donation by nearly a fourth during the pandemic year, as per the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021, which had HCL’s Shiv Nadar at second place with contributions of Rs 1,263 crore towards upliftment causes.
Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, India’s richest man by a distance, came third on the list with a Rs 577 crore contribution and was succeeded by Kumar Mangalam Birla with Rs 377 crore.
The second richest Indian Gautam Adani is eighth on the givers’ list with a donation of Rs 130 crore towards disaster relief.
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani’s ranking improved to fifth with a Rs 183 crore donation with “societal thinking” being identified as the primary cause.
“At present, most of the money is going to fundamental aspects like education and healthcare because of the requirements on the ground. Nilekani has indeed made interesting contributions, and in 10 years, we will have broader civil society issues feature as primary causes,” Hurun India’s managing director and chief researcher Anas Rahman Junaid said.
He said as the age profile of the givers shifts to those under-40, and many of them being self-made ones also presents a hopeful picture.
There are a few new entrants into the list, including the largest stocks investor Rakesh Jhunjunwala, who donated a fourth of his overall earnings or Rs 50 crore in FY21 with efforts on education.
hunjunwala, who recently had a private meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is among the backers of Ashoka University, as per a statement.
Brothers Nithin and Nikhil Kamath committed USD 100 million (Rs 750 crore) over the next few years to support individuals, organisations and companies working on solutions for climate change and are 35th on the list.
Former chairman of engineering major Larsen & Toubro, A M Naik, is 11th on the list with a donation of Rs 112 crore, it said, adding that he has pledged to give away 75 per cent of his income for charitable purposes.
Others in the top ten givers include the Hinduja Family, Bajaj Family, Anil Agarwal and the Burman family.
Nine women find their place in the list led by a Rs 69 crore donation by Rohini Nilekani of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and, followed by Leena Gandhi Tewari of USV who donated Rs 24 crore, and Anu Aga of Thermax donated Rs 20 crore.
Based on the place of residence, Mumbai led with 31 per cent of the list and was followed by New Delhi 17 per cent and Bengaluru 10 per cent.
The pharma industry has the largest number of philanthropists followed by automobile and auto components and software and services.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Business / by PTI / October 28th, 2021
Mysuru boy 14-year-old Mustafa Raja won the Under-16 4 star Tennis BC Tournament held at the Tennis BC Hub in Richmond, Vancouver.
Mustafa seeded third in the tournament overcame second seeded Owen in the semi finals. Mustafa fought back well from 3,6 and 3,5 down to win the match 3,6 7,5 and 6,1 in a well-contested two hour match.
In the finals, Mustafa defeated Joseph Shen with the score 6,1 and 6,2.
Mustafa trains at the Tennis Centre and attends Sullivan Heights Secondary. Mustafa trained at the Nagaraj Tennis Centre in Mysuru and is an alumnus of Excel Public School.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / October 26th, 2021
A screen grab of the online inauguration of English-speaking course at Jamea-tul-Hidaya, Jaipur.
Bhopal :
A Jaipur-based seminary, namely Jamea Tul Hidaya, will commence a one-year online English-Speaking Course from October 16.
The formal online inauguration of the Online course was held the other day wherein Islamic clerics from Canada and UK were also guest speakers.
The function was presided over by Maulana Syed Mohammed Rabey Hasani Nadvi, Chancellor Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow, and president of All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
It may be recalled here that Jamea Tul Hidaya recently has started an Online Ifta course and is now starting a one-year online English-Speaking Course.
Jamea Tul Hidaya is a seminary well-known worldwide for imparting theological and contemporary education to its students.
In his key-note address, Maulana Mohammad Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi, Chancellor Jamea Tul Hidaya, said: “Today is the golden day in the history of Jamea Tul Hidaya. Although the English language is included in the syllabus of the Jamea from primary classes to Aalim, yet feeling its significance, English Speaking Course is going to be started for the alumni of Madaris.
He also said: “Six schools are running under Maulana Abdul Rahim Educational Trust in Jaipur, and more are in the pipeline.
For civil services exams, Crescent Academy for civil services exams was established, where free coaching is being provided to the students. To get benefits from government schemes, and for the political and educational awareness, conferences and seminars were organized in the whole country.”
“In modern times, English has become an international language. Therefore, to ward off religious misunderstandings, it is becoming more and more important to learn this language for economic stability and trade and employment,” he further said.
Maulana (Dr.) Iqbal Masood Nadvi, who was Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh, and is presently living in Toronto (Canada), in his speech said: “Translation cannot be equal to the language from where it has been translated, so we should have the capacity to understand the text in its original language. He also said: “The person who learns the language of others defends himself from any cheating.”
Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Prof. of English and Director UGC Human Resource Development Centre, AMU, said: “Growing numbers of Madrasas are introducing English as a very good subject. But practically there are no trained English teachers as there is total lack of teachers training program, absence of syllabus and textbooks and no language labs”. But he said he has many hopes from this Course of Jamea Tul Hidaya.
He also advised to arrange a comprehensive program integrating all the four skills of the language LSRW, i.e., Learning, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. He assured of giving any support to this program from him and his colleagues.
In his presidential address, Maulana Syed Mohammed Rabey HasaniNadvi said: “It is a congregation of much importance. It is the high courage of Maulana Fazlur Rahim that he took this work on his shoulders. I hope it will encircle the whole world and benefit the alumni as well as the objective of the Madrasa.” Recalling his association with the founder of Jamea Tul Hidaya, the late Maulana Abdur Rahim, he acknowledged the works done by this institute. He appreciated the endeavours of Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi.
Abdul Kareem Gheewala, Islamic scholar and social activist from Leicester (UK), emphasized the importance and significance of the English language. It can help clarify the doubts and criticism about Islamic teachings and practices and propagate Islam’s right spirit and message to the world.
He congratulated Jamea and all those behind the program and appreciated the commitment and dedication shown by Maulana Fazlur Rahim. He was confident that it would become a top-rated course and benefit Islamic scholars in many ways.
Dr. Saud Alam Qasmi, Dean Faculty of Theology in Aligarh Muslim University. (AMU), said: “Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mujaddidi is not only the torch-bearer of Islam in India but has progressive thinking towards the issues related with Muslims. He has taken the initiative for so many things to uplift Muslim society, particularly the younger generation.
He said that the On-line programs, Ifta and English-Speaking Course, are marvellous and this program will help our younger generation acquire the current world knowledge and literature. He also called English the language of opportunities. He said Maulana Fazlur Rahim is a magnetic personality and congratulated him and his team on initiating this English Speaking online course.
Mohammad Iqbal Khan, Director of Crescent Academy for Civil Services Exams, New Delhi, and organizer of this one-year online English-speaking course, described the brief history of Jamea-tul- Hidaya and its founder. He addressed mainly to the students and shared his views on how to learn to speak English better.
The program concluded with Dua to Almighty Allah by Maulana Fazlur Rahim. At the outset, he rendered recitation of the Holy Quran in his melodious voice.
source: http://www.indiatomorrow.net / India Tomorrow / Home> Education / by Pervez Bari / October 10th, 2021
Webinar will focus on ‘Digital Revolution, Online Business and Entrepreneurhip’
Rasheed Hazari, is Chief Strategist at Dubai Economic Development Authority
Dubai:
The Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry, UAE (BCCI) is set to organize a webinar on ‘Digital Revolution, Online Business and Entrepreneurship’ on September 10.
The webinar will be organized with a view of facilitating entrepreneurs and professionals to adapt to the changing trends, a press statement from the organization stated.
Rasheed Hazari, Technical Specialist at the Dubai Economic Development Authority will be the resource person for the webinar. The press statement added that he will highlight the impact of technological advances in digital media on the business environment.
Rashid Hazari, as a Chief Strategist he is responsible for designing Future Economy Strategies, developing and recommending Eco –System Transformation Plans & Policy Initiatives for the Government of Dubai.
He conducts Strategic Future Foresight, analyses Emerging Technologies & Global Mega Trends including the Fourth Industrial revolution & its implications on the local economy.
Rashid has received recognitions from H.H.Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE, & Ruler of Dubai, as a Creative Govt. Employee (DGEP Category) and for his contributions to Business Excellence initiatives of Dubai Economy.
The BCCI, UAE has been actively involved for three years in bringing together the industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and other professionals through business networking to empower them to carry out their businesses and socially relevant activities, informed President of the Chambers UAE Chapter S M Basheer.
The press release stated that the webinar on Digital Revolution will be a matter of interest to the business community, especially the young entrepreneurs.
source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Gulf / by Vartha Bharati / September 05th, 2021
The World Youth Group has appointed Bahrain-based businessman Mohammed Mansoor as the Director of their Council.
Mansoor, Founder & CEO of Saara group heads a series of ventures and organisations spread across the domains of information technology, energy, oil & gas, sports, seed capital investments, and is a well-known social activist and philanthropist.
Founded in 2019, the World Youth Group, is a globally renowned team of elected young leaders, politicians, parliamentarians and diplomats. Their mission is to Educate, Encourage, and Engage global youth in social and political sectors within the UN realm by supporting the United Nations initiatives.
Apart from the UN and it’s Agencies, the entity to host highest number of elected representatives in the 76th UNGA. With 22 Members of Parliament, 6 Ministers and UN Permanent Representatives, representing over 25 countries, to participate in 5 Summits.
The founding organizations are Collegiate Congress Inc. (USA), All-Africa Students Union (AASU), European Students Union (ESU), Organization Continental Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Estudiantes (OCLAE), Young Democrats of America, and Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), and the founding members are then heads of the respective organizations.
Adding heft to the organisation is the Advisory Board which comprises of ten Permanent Representatives (Ambassadors) of UN Member States. Each Ambassador also acts as Chief Advisor for a Committee on SDG. With 108 national student unions, a dozen national youth political leadership, and over 45 Youngest Members of Parliament, they are to be the largest only elected youth leader’s consortium in the world.
Speaking about Mansoor’s appointment as Director – The Council, H.E. Ambassador Collen V.Kelapile, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the UN and President of UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) said, ” Mr Mansoor’s credentials as an entrepreneur and social activist speak for themselves and we, at the Advisory Board, are delighted to have him as our partner as we are confident that under Mr Mansoor’s able leadership the Council, which comprises of top experts in various fields and is the only non-parliamentary, non-diplomat team at the World Youth Group, will serve to further strengthen our group as we actively work towards United Nations Agenda 2030 – the Sustainable Development Goals and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development especially during these challenging times.”
Cristo Thomas, Chair, World Youth Group added, ” Mansoor’s association with us will add the much needed impetus to invigorate The Council, I am confident that we will grow by leaps and bounds and accelerate our progress towards our common goals.”
Abdul Subhan Saith, co-founder of Bengaluru based Upmyranks Pvt. Ltd. will be coferred Global Excellence and Leadership Award by the Global Business Federation in Dubai. Subhan will be awarded under the category of “Edtec Educational Excellence.
The award will be conferred during Business Conclave and Global Excellence and Leadership Awards ceremony on October 22 at The Oberai Hotel in Dubai.
He will also take part as a panelist at a panel discussion that will be held at the Indian Pavillion at Dubai Expo 2020 on October 23 as a part of the business conclave.
Abdul Subhan Sait is the son of senior Congress leader Abdul Mannan Sait.
source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Gulf / by Vartha Bharati / October 16th, 2021
A youth from Chennai has invented a flying car, while a schoolboy from Aurangabad has invented an e-Cycle
Chennai:
Indian Muslims are silently making their efforts for innovative development in the country. A youth from Chennai has invented a flying car, while a schoolboy from Aurangabad has invented an e-Cycle. Their achievements tell the story that Muslims are second to none in the innovative development of the country.
Muhammad Furkan Shoaib, an aeronautical engineer, has fulfilled the dream of million Indians of riding a flying car in the sky. He along with his technical team has innovated India’s first flying car. Furkan Shoaib is a certified UAV pilot and the Chief Technology Officer at VINITA – an Aero-mobility company in Chennai.
The model of this flying car was shown at the London Helitech Exposition on October 5, 2021. Many of India’s news channels showed the car launch in their news coverage. They gave credit for this innovation to the “Make in India” project and failed to mention the promising young engineer’s contribution to this innovation.
The gap was filled by a US website called ‘Future Flight’ that gave coverage to this innovation and also appreciated Muhammad Furqan’s abilities for his stellar contribution to the field of aviation.
Undoubtedly Muhammad Furqan has made the whole country proud. His innovation is a morale booster and inspiration for the youth, especially the Muslim youth, who too want to be on such work of innovation in the country.
Aurangabad :
“e-Cycle”
The second story is of a talented high-school boy Mohammad Faizan from Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Faizan is making waves in social media for his innovation of an e-bike that has made people rushing for a glimpse of him and his invention. Its video is available on YouTube.
Faizan, the tech-savvy student of 8th grade, has transformed a paddle bike into electric one. He actually has transformed the common paddle bike into a motorbike. Attached to the bike are a self-starter switch, accelerator, clutch, breaks, and other features.
The bike is powered by an electrical motor. Faizan has connected the motor with a rechargeable battery that takes two hours to get fully charged. A single charge lasts for about 50 kilometers and there is a digital indicator that displays remaining battery levels. The speedo-meter tells the speed of the bike. The innovator claims that the top speed of the bike is 30 kilometers per hour.
These two positive stories from the much-maligned Muslim community show mirror to those who accuse, the 14 percent Muslim minority community of a drag on 84 percent Hindu population.
The negative stereotyping of the Muslims likes “puncher chaap” or “love jihadi” are corona jihadi are dutifully circulated in the media, while the story of these two characters has never been told even though they inspire a whole generation of youth of the country.
[Syed Ali Mujtaba is a journalist based in Chennai. He can be contacted at syedalimujtaba2007@gmail.com.]
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Science & Technology / by Syed Ali Mujtaba / October 18th, 2021
