The “Bearys Group” has bagged two prestigious awards from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) in the recently held Green Building Congress 2016, Mumbai. While the first IGBC Green Place of Worship Award (in the Platinum category) has been conferred on Badriya Jum’a Masjid, the World’s first Green Mosque in Kodi, Kundapur, the second award…
By Prof. Malik F. Ingalgi The New Hijri Year 1438 commenced with the sighting of crescent on the evening of October 2, 2016. The time difference between Sunset and Moonset on October 2 was 32 minutes. Hence the first day of Muharram fell on October 3, 2016. Based on the Astronomical data available for the…
Tailor who cycled 2700 km to meet Kalam narrates how the former President ignited his mind Chennai: Seventy-year-old S Nagoor Meraan is a tailor by day and a watchman by night. Meraan is one of those scores of people whom you wouldn’t bother giving a second glance unless you come across his photograph with former…
Use “disability” rather than “handicap” to refer to a person’s disability. Avoid referring to people with disabilities as “the disabled, the blind, the epileptics, the retarded, a quadriplegic,” etc. Descriptive terms should be used as adjectives, not as nouns. Avoid negative or sensational descriptions of a person’s disability. Don’t say “suffers from,” “a victim of,”…
Convocation Held for 15th Batch of Students By Nigar Srirangapatna: The Tipu Sultan Advanced Study and Research Centre (TSASRC) is a premier institution established by the “Sheriff Foundation” at Srirangapatna, near Mysore. Called Darul Umoor, its environmentally-friendly campus is surrounded by mango and coconut groves, with butterflies, birds and flowers adding to the tranquility. It…
Shazia Khan’s debut cookbook “What’s On the Menu,” reflects her passion for culinary experimentation and innovation. By A Staff Writer I admire people who have the patience to spend hours in the kitchen to cook for others. Not being a foodie myself (on the few occasions I’ve tried to make chappatis, they’ve turned out shaped…
The women in the Ganpati temple in Wadala who had gathered there to pray, prepared a make-shift delivery room with saris. Mumbai: A distressed Muslim woman in labour and her husband delivered their baby at a temple in Mumbai recently, with considerable help from locals. Ilyaz Shaikh, 27, and his 24-year-old wife Noor Jahan were…
A new mission undertaken by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), aims to inspire farmers to take up organic farming and cut down on the use of chemical products. With growing awareness about all the many chemicals that we consume along with our food, there’s a heartening movement back to eating healthy, organically-grown vegetables. In…
If the war ended tomorrow, how should Aleppo be rebuilt? The battle-torn city of Aleppo lies in ruins. Nonetheless, former residents of the city and experts located in Budapest are already working towards the reconstruction of the 5000 year old metropolis. Bombs are raining down on Aleppo, in Syria, while snow falls over Budapest, in…
Vijayawada: A Muslim man from Chennai has donated a refrigerator truck to the Tirupati temple for transporting vegetables. The vehicle, worth Rs. 35 lakh, was flagged off by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu recently. The truck, with a capacity of eight tonnes, was donated by Abdul Gani, and will be used for transporting vegetables to…
