Walk down the narrow paths, riddled with giant pot-holes, that wind through the sprawling slums of Rajendranagar and LR Nagar and you’ll discover a totally different world from the malls and fancy eateries just beyond. It is in this area that Swabhimaan, an NGO, headed by Venkatraman Iyer has been working for several years now,…
A scientist picks up shovel to breathe a new life into a river that lay dead for nearly two centuries in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The river is dead, but the spirit of its beneficiaries is alive. People whose ancestors lived and drew their sustenance from its basin are out…
There’s a band of wonderful people, I discovered recently, who are doing amazing work in trying to save urban wildlife – the Bangalore chapter of People for Animals (PFA). By Yoginder Sikand Some years ago, a majestic tree stood just outside our house, not far from the heart of Bangalore. It was home to a…
It does not matter how important your work or meeting may be, if you see a fellow creature, a bird or an animal, or even a tree, in distress, try to reach out to help! By Nigar It was one of those Monday mornings when, like many other people, I was looking forward to a week…
The RFID Model which is in the process of being patented, enables detection of human beings at a particular location. Ujire: An RFID model prepared by Syed Aurangzeb, a Pre University student at the Shree Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara PU College in Ujire in DK District of Karnataka has fetched Rs. 23 lakh for the youth by…
Gopalakrishnan is not a trained architect. He is not an artist. Yet he comes up with the most beautiful designs for mosques, so beautiful, his name has become synonymous with mosque buildings across Kerala. By Shafeeq Hudavi (TwoCircles.net) Govindan Gopalakrishnan, 78, a resident of Thiruvananthapuram, has been constructing mosques all his life. But he is…
Islam has attached much importance to the protection of environment asking its followers not to cut trees, pollute rivers or contaminate the atmosphere. By Aftab H. Kola The aim of both the conservation and development of the environment in Islam is for the universal good of all created beings. Ramadan offered a good chance to…
Perspectives from the Qur’an and the Sunnah Muslims can maintain the pristine purity of the environment if they make it their spiritual duty to actively protect the environment from all types of manmade ecological destruction. By Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu One of the ninety-nine Names of Allah is “Al-Quddus”. This particular attribute of Almighty…
The first Urdu Science Congress was hosted in Delhi to encourage scientists and researchers to work towards understanding scientific literature in Urdu. By Sameen Ahmed Khan New Delhi: The first National Urdu Science Congress, was organised by the Anjuman Farogh-e-Science (Organisation for Science Promotion, Delhi), at Zakir Husain Delhi College, on 20-21 March 2015. The…
Profile: Dr. Musa Kaiser of Bangalore Investors Club Bangalore Investors Club has been joined by 2,200 membership during the last ten years. By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj “It is perfectly legitimate for people to aspire for wealth, create wealth and enjoy wealth. Islam enjoins man to struggle for ample livelihood and spend by way of charity…
