DELHI :
The alternative historiography and discovery of real heroes of the society is always important in any age or any society.
The compilation and publication of “Maulana Abdul Waheed Siddiqui: Mujahide-Azadi Aur Meyma’re-Sahafat” is the result of this realisation.
The book and authors have tried to explore his personality and achievements in the broader context of history and developments of his times.
The contents of the book are documentary in nature.
The commentaries of Maulana Imdad Sabri are the personal observations and experiences of an eminent scholar and historian of Urdu journalism.
Similarly, the articles by Maulana Anzar Shah Kashmiri of Daryl Ulum Deoband, Mr. Parwana Rudaulavi , a senior journalist, Maulana S M Wali Rahmani, Dr. Khalique Anjum, Mr. G D Chandan, Mr. Shariful Hasan Naqvi, Sardar Rachpal Singh, Maulana A M Siddiqui Rahi, Ms. Surayya Siddiqui and Mr. Shahid Siddiqui are observations and experiences of those who saw and experienced him closely. These are also opinions of eminent critics and experts of language, literature, journalism, politics and history.
History and biographies open the windows of experiences and observations to human beings, and gives them the ability to discover themselves, understand their surroundings, see the impact of situations and events, look inside them and build future paths. History is the name of the waves and splashes of water in the river of time from which people emerge and nations are formed.
Maulana Abdul Waheed Siddiqui, the journalist and freedom fighter is a milestone, a bridge and a delicate and difficult chapter of modern Indian history, which holds many lessons, for present and future generations.
Maulana was a visionary, a man with deep roots in Muslim culture and religious ethos but with a very modern and enlightened outlook.
He laid the foundations of free press in post independence India. He gave the confidence to Indian Muslims to stand up and fight for their rights under the Constitution and not.
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