“I do not mix writing with my life,” novelist B.M. Suhara said at the fourth ‘My Writing, My Life’ programme organised by the Calicut Public Library to facilitate interaction of the public with Malayalam writers recently. “Life is enclosed by physical spaces, family and human relationships, but writing is my door to an outside world,”…
Mariam Rauf urges schools to include personal safety education in syllabus. As an impressionable child, Mariam Rauf, a 22-year-old life skills and English language educator from Kottayam, never knew what paedophilia was. It took her many more years to realise that she herself had been one of its victims. Abused on multiple occasions between the…
Srinagar: Sufyan Malik’s 45-second video finds receptive new audiences for the fading soul of the region’s folk music. A 19-year-old Srinagar boy, enabled by social media platforms, is infusing new life into what is considered the soul of Kashmir’s folk music “ the rabab, a long-necked lute. Sufyan Malik’s 45-second video, shot on a mobile…
By Shabina Akhtar Jaipur: Zahida Khan, a Meo-Muslim looks all set to create a record, if she manages to bag a ministerial post in the Ashok Gehlot led Congress government of Rajasthan. In 2008, when she contested the first time assembly polls from Kaman constituency, she won to become the first woman MLA from the Meo-Muslim…
Bareilly (UP): Deaf and mute by birth, Mehtab Hussain, in his 30s, is an athlete of international repute and has won a number of national and international tournaments, including Asia Pacific Deaf Games. Mehtab Hussain, a daily wager at a meat factory in Bareilly, is locally famous as ‘Bolt’” the last name of Jamaican sprinter…
Assistant Professor at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, Dr. Shahab Ahmad has been awarded with the ‘Oral Presentation Award’ at the International Winter School 2018 on Frontiers in Materials Science held during December 3-7, 2018 at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore-India. The International Winter School was organised by Prof.…
Kishenganj (Bihar): Maulana Asrarul Haq Qasimi, Member of Lok Sabha from Kishneganj and leading educational activist, died after a cardiac arrest on December 7. He was 76. He was twice elected MP from Kishenganj in eastern Bihar on the ticket of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the two Islamic scholars elected to…
Alina Anisimova, the 19-year-old Muslim student, is included on the list of 100 most influential and inspiring females of the world. And, the reason behind her inclusion in the coveted list is her dream project to train and send young girls from Kyrgyzstan to space. Alina Anisimova is a student programmer. Alina leads the Kyrgyz…
Renowned historian Mushirul Hasan, a former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, died recently. He was 71. He was also a former Director General of the National Archives of India. He served as Pro Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia between 1992 and 1996 and headed the institution between 2004 and 2009.
Raheem Khan, Congress MLA from Bidar is the new Muslim minister in the Karnataka cabinet. He was sworn in on December 22, 2018, along with seven other new ministers. Khan is the third time MLA from Bidar and has been running a few professional educational institutions in the northernmost town of the State. Aged around…
