Noted columnist on issues of history Akhilesh Mithal who was known for his secular values, passed away on November 21 at Delhi. He was a close friend of personalities like Majaz, Firaq, Faiz, Faraz, Anita Desai among many such literary luminaries. Similarly, he had many other friends like Firoz Gandhi and I. K. Gujral. Gen.…
Islamic scholar and former P r e s i d e n t ( A m e e r ) of Jamaat e Islami Hind, Prof. Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari, died of cardiac arrest on October 3 at his residence in Aligarh. He was 81. An Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) alumnus (Ph.D. in Philosophy in…
Mr. L. K. Atheeq, IAS officer s e r v i n g as joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office has been appointed as senior advisor to the executive director at World Bank, Washington DC. He will be joining the office in the first week of November. Mr. Atheeq who hails from Akkirampur village…
Jawed Habib, President of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, and editor once popular Urdu weekly Hujoom died at the age of 64 on October 11. Long known as youth leader, Jawed Habib stewarded the Babri Masjid movement for several years. The Committee later split and the splinter was led by Syed Shahabuddin MP. Jawed Habib…
With an experience of nearly 20 years, Mumtaz Kazi is now serving the most crowded railways in the world, the Mumbai Local India’s pride and all along a supportive daughter, sister, wife and a caring mother”¦this is Mumtaz Kazi, the first woman diesel engine driver in Asia. Limca Book of Records, in its 1995 edition, has acknowledged her success. Adding another feather…
Adhik has dedicated his life towards providing homes to Kashmir’s children of conflict. He has even braved “fatwas” issued against him by local clerics, because he was a Hindu trying to serve Muslim orphans. Both security forces and militants in Srinagar have picked him up on suspicion. He has also braved ‘fatwas’ from clerics. Yet he continues his spiritual journey undeterred in…
Meher Tabassum is a Scientist working at the Division of Remote Handling and Robotics, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. She is a Government of India employee, with an official status of Class I Gazetted Officer. In an interview with TwoCircles.Net, she shares her aspirations and the importance of education for young Muslims today. “I was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, to a highly educated Sunni Muslim family. Since my…
