Col. MA Kaleem, a veteran motorcyclist, young at 68 years, begins a solo ride around India, riding a total distance of 35,000 km. He is attempting to break the existing world record for longest distance traveled within a country without retracting on same route. He’ll be travelling to all the states in the country touching their capital cities. Some of the cities he will be visiting are Chennai, Trivandrum, Kochi, Mangalore, Panaji, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Agra, Gwalior, Siliguri, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Guwahati. He intends to travel this Distance in a time of 90 days.
He has done innumerable solo rides in India and is affectionately called Moonchwala in Biker circles. He was part of the Hyderabad – Kashmir – Hyderabad ride done last year. He was flagged off in Hyderabad By the Joint Transport Commisioner and Secretary, RTA, HYDERABAD Mr T. Raghunath.
Mr. Kaleem Planted a tree at the RTA Khairatabad in Hyderabad to commemorate the occasion. Speaking on the occasion he thanked his Sponsors HP for the Petrol, CEAT Tires for 2 Sets of Brand new tires, ViaTerra for the Claw and GT customized luggage systems, HV Kumar & Forum for Live Online Support, Xbhp members for support and MapMyIndia for the GPS Device. He also mentioned that he is dedicated to protect environment and plants trees whenever he sets out for a ride. He wanted everyone in the society to pledge for their own as well as others safety while on the road.
Mr.T. Raghunath explained all the innovative ways they are using to make life of citizens on the roads in Hyderabad better. The safety measures and implementations of different policies were explained to the gathering.
Members from the online community will also be greeting and supporting him at every major town. We wish the young-at-heart colonel all the best in his record attempt.
source: http://www.motoroids.com / Motoroids.com / Home> Features / 2014
The eye camp is organised by the Quresh Welfare Society.
Photo: Siraj Qureshi
The Quresh Welfare Society organised the 35th Free Eye Camp in Agra today, which was inaugurated by the Chief Medical Officer of Agra, Dr M K Vats, while the ceremony was presided over by former SN Medical College Principal Dr G U Qureshi.
The chief guest was Dr S K Satsangi, former Head of Department, Opthalmology, SN Medical College, Agra.
Talking to India Today, Dr Himanshu Yadav, current Head of Department, Opthalmology, SN Medical College, Agra said that it was a very impressive feat to be organising such a charitable eye camp for 35 years in a row, and the medical fraternity was proud to be associated with such events where the health services were being made available for the poor as charity.
Society Secretary Mohd Arif Advocate informed that the society had been running this charitable eye camp for 35 years now, without taking any monetary aid from the government.
This eye camp is organised in the areas inhabited by the poor, who are then helped without discriminating them on the basis of caste or religion.
source: http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in / IndiaToday.in / Home> News> Lifestyle> People / by Siraj Qureshi / December 22nd, 2017
Dr Asad Ullah Khan, Professor in Biotechnology Unit, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), has been elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. The designation FRSC is given to a group of elected Fellows of the society who have made major contributions to chemistry and other interface disciplines such as biological chemistry. The names of Fellows are published each year in The Times (London).
The contribution of Prof Asad in the field of drug designing against antibiotic resistant bacteria gained this recognition to his credit. He has been working for a decade on antibiotic resistance in bacteria and trying to develop way to get rid of this global problem. He has discovered many molecules and experimentally proved them as drug candidates against resistant bacteria for future antibiotic development.
His work has been recognized by national and international scientific societies.
He is also recipient of prestigious National Biosciences award 2012, given by Science and Technology, Government of India.
source: http://www.myamu.in / My AMU / Home> News / November 16th, 2017
Kerala woke up today to hear of the sad demise of one of its most respected humanitarians, Mohammed Mon Haji. Haji, who was well known across the state and other parts of the country for his commitment to take care of orphans, breathed his last at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He had been undergoing treatment for the past few days after he suffered renal disease. He was 75 years old.
Known for his dedication and boldness in ensuring rights for minorities and working for orphans, Haji was active in running the orphanage based in Mukkam, “He was bold and unflinching when it came to ensuring a better life for orphans. He got engaged in battles for rights of minorities. Whenever I called him, I heard Haji saying he was either in Delhi or Lucknow or Thiruvananthapuram, where he was visiting for community matters. For sure, his demise marks the demise of a generation, which dedicated to the community,” said Mohammed Ali Shihab an IAS officer who is now serving as Kiphire district collector in Nagaland. Shihab was brought up by Mukkam orphanage. Like him, hundreds of orphans here will miss their beloved Haji.
“He was not just a functionary of the orphanage. He was a parent, who accompanied orphanage inmates when they went to distant places for higher studies. He signed for them in columns of parents,” Shihab said.
After the demise of his elder brother Moideen Koya Haji, Mohammed Mon Haji selected Mukkam orphanage as his working filed. Since 1983, Haji was active in various roles. He was vice president of the orphanage. After completing his graduation, Haji pursued his studies in Islamic Studies at Baqiyat Salihath Arabic College in Vellore.
“Haji passed away at the same place where he spent years in taking religious education,” one of his friends Salam Faizy Mukkam said in a note.
A state executive member of IUML, Haji was elected as the member of Kozhikode district panchayat and discharged his duty well in developing Mukkam into a middle town after he was elected as panchayat president.
“The orator could draw an audience and keep better relations even with his political opponents. He played a crucial role in the growth of IUML in Kozhikode district,” commemorated IUML leader C P Cheriya Mohammed.
Apart from IUML, he also worked for feeder organisations of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulema.
Haji, according to Shihab, will be remembered for his charity activities. He was careful in ensuring financial assistance of global agencies for students and underprivileged persons in Mukkam and its surrounding areas.
“He was a nodal agency of all charity initiatives like Red Crescent and Indian Muslim Relief and Charities(IMRC),” he said.
IMRC distributed food kits for 1,000 underprivileged families here in Ramadan in 2017 while food kits were distributed to 600 families in 2015 and 2016. Haji was leading all these activities. Besides, he organised Iftar parties at mosques in Mukkam, Chennamangaloor, Manassery and Pathanapuram after receiving fund from IMRC.
In addition to inmates at Mukkam orphanage, Haji extended a helping hand for more than 1,000 families at Mukkam, Koodaranji, Kodiyathur, Pathanapuram, Karassery, Nellikkapparamba, Malamkunnu, Aanayamkunnu, Chathoth, Koolimadu and Chennamangaloor.
“We lost a great personality, a person with so much passion for the orphans. They were like his children.This is a great loss to our community. Last year he participated in the graduation ceremony as a couple of his students’ completed engineering from Jahangirabad Institute of Technology,” said IMRC president Maqsood Quadri.
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Indian Muslim> Lead Story / by Shafeeq Alingal, TwoCircles.net / December 22nd, 2017
For Mohammad Abdul Lateef Khan, 45, the low literacy rate among the Muslim community has been always a cause for concern. Born and raised up in the Mehdipatnam area of Hyderabad, Lateef often witnessed Muslim children dropping out of school at a very early age. And the ones who did manage to go to school could not maintain a balance between religious and modern education.
He was on the verge of dropping out while studying in the first standard when his father, a soldier in the Army, died in an accident. Despite all the odds and the meagre income of his mother earned from stitching clothes, Lateef completed his primary education from a local school, then finished his intermediate studies from Anwarul- Uloom and later enrolled himself into Electrical engineering course of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering And Technology.
While enrolled in his first semester of engineering, Lateef then 19, thought of working on his concerns and come out with something concrete to address the issue of dropouts and help disadvantaged students take bigger and more confident strides in the field of education. To elevate the educational standard of the community, he opened MS Education Centre in Masab Tank locality of Hyderabad in a small two-room premise to provide coaching to students appearing in SSC, intermediate and Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) exams.
“When I took admission in the first semester of the engineering course, I remember how me and my friend sat in front of a mosque after finishing prayers to give a thought about the less fortunate people who couldn’t get admission in such colleges, we got,” recalls Mohammad Abdul Lateef Khan, now the chairman and Managing Director of MS Education Academy.
The initiative was taken by 35 students along with Lateef, who later went to their respective careers after graduating from the college. In the very first year, three students from the centre made their way into medicine.
“In 1993, despite financial challenges and limited resources, we rented more space in Masab Tank and paid more emphasis on academic performance,” he said.
The number of students from MS Educational Academy who made their way among toppers in every field either SSC, Intermediate or EAMCET exams rose every year. In 2000, MS Education Academy took another leap by starting MS Creative school at Humayun Nagar for the playgroup to grade one age group in order to improve learning skills from the beginning of a student’s career. A year after, the Academy established MS Junior college with a vision to produce Muslim toppers.
“We introduced Islamic studies in the curriculum of the college to guide the students in their daily lives for the success hereafter,” Lateef informed.
In 2004, the Academy established MS Junior college for girls at Moghlapura to provide a safe, secure and competitive environment for Muslim girls to succeed and also established MS Educational centre near Charminar to provide easy access to quality education for the underprivileged section of the community.
“In the very first year of establishing the girl’s college, the first time in the history of Andhra Pradesh, a Muslim girl from Hyderabad secured state first rank. She had scored 985/1000 marks in 12th board exams and then CM, Late Dr YSR Reddy visited the college and announced 4.5% reservation for Muslim community from the dais of college.”
Started from a two-room rented accommodation in 1991, the MS Educational Academy went on to establish 72 branches from playgroup and KG (Kindergarten) to UG (Undergraduate), spread across four states; Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Now, t has more than 20,000 students on its rolls, 2,500 staff and an alumni network of more than 50,000 people.
The orphans and students who have received their education from Islamic seminaries and want to go for modern education are given a fee waiver of 50% in MS schools and colleges.
“MS works on the grass-root level to provide well-balanced modern and Islamic Education while creating opportunities and imbibing values. It propels Muslim students ahead in the competition making them all, as leaders and achievers,” he explained in a conversation with TwoCircles.net.
Apart from opening schools and colleges, Lateef also established the MS Research Foundation (MSRF) in 2011 to Islamise the modern syllabus and customise it as per the Islamic point of view.
The MSRF comprises of a team of research scholars from education, history, Islamic studies, child psychology and other subjects. These scholars perform active research on set objectives and the result of these researches culminates in the form of value-based curriculum with the integration of modern and Islamic education in every sphere, textbooks and teaching methodology. It also works on the planning of academics including the methodology, assessment, behavioural monitoring.
To let more Muslim students crack the prestigious IIT exam especially the ones who couldn’t do so due to financial constraints, in 2012 MS Rahmani 30 was started in Hyderabad taking a cue from popular Rahmani 30 coaching programme.
“The sole purpose of taking this initiative was to bring out the hidden talent of the poor Muslim students and help them achieve bigger goals in life- to propel them into IITs. The students are given everything for free with a Rs 1,000 stipend per month,” Lateef informed.
Earlier this year in March, MS took another initiative of starting a free IAS Residential Coaching Academy to mentor and train the Muslim youths for the prestigious examination.
“The picture of Muslims in government related employment is quite grim. The numbers are too low especially when it comes to IAS, IFS and IPS. If we want to become a part of the mainstream and become an asset of the country, we need to start contributing and representing in every sphere. We have to sharpen our axe to carve a niche for ourselves,” Khan added.
Confident about bringing a complete transformation, Lateef has launched a campaign “Learn for India” in 2016 to achieve 100% literacy in the community by 2036. The free IAS Academy is also the part of this campaign. Besides, Khan has also introduced the concept of “Each one Teach one”.
“To remove illiteracy from the society, we have started this concept. Under this program if one person will teach one illiterate person in one year, then we can easily make one billion people literate in 20 years,” he said.
He further added, “we will focus on three broad terms viz, Must, Master and Magic, which means Muslims as assets, Muslims as contributors and Muslims as global citizens respectively and inshallah we are sure that we will be able to achieve the target.”
source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCirlces.net / Home> Lead Story> TCN Positive / by Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net / August 04th, 2017
Gundappa Viswanath’s masterful stroke of 137 on debut against Bill Lawry’s Australia persuaded Irfan Sait to choose cricket over football.
Irfan Sait, Director of Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIOC) Photo Courtesy: Irfan Sait Instagram Account
This is not the tale of a cricketer who rose through struggles to make it big for India. This is about a man who took an unthinkable path in his life, coaching, unearthing the best talents. This is about Irfan Sait, a coach who has been thanked endlessly by several cricketers.
Who is Irfan Sait? Without Irfan, cricket would not have a Mayank Agarwal piling on centuries in Ranji Trophy and sitting atop of the leading run-scorers list; or Manish Pandey, first Indian to score an IPL century; or Robin Uthappa, second Indian to win an IPL Orange Cap (after Sachin Tendulkar), and more.
It was Irfan who had once cajoled the father of Nooshin Al Khadeer to switch her daughter from hockey to cricket. It was Irfan who persuaded Swami-ji to permit Karu Jain to play cricket. It was Irfan who assured a 12-year old Veda Krishnamurthy’s parents to send her from Kadur to Bengaluru. It was Irfan who ensured Vanitha VR shifted her focus from academics to cricket.
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But years before that, Irfan was awestruck by Gundappa Viswanath, whose masterful 137 on debut against Bill Lawry’s Australia that rung the bells of cricket in his mind. Even then, the transition from a football-playing boy to Director of Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIOC) has not been an easy one.
With a unique distinction of completing the Levels I, II and III coaching courses from India, Australia and England, Irfan throws light on his passion for cricket, on discovering talents like Manish and Mayank, and women’s cricket in an exclusive interview with CricketCountry:
CricketCountry (CC): What drove your interest towards cricket despite you being a football addict?
Irfan Sait (IS): It was Gundappa Viswanath. His century on his debut created an impact on me. I was 8 years of age when my teacher announced about his century. Actually it made no sense [to me] as I knew nothing about cricket. But I was aware it was a huge event, which was my first inspiration. From thereon, like most of us in India, I treated cricket as important as water.
CC: When in college and playing cricket at Chennai, you were not selected for the Tamil Nadu Colts team. Could you narrate that incident?
IS: I was playing for a club in Chennai. I had done very well in the league stage. When I went for the selection, they said I was not a domicile of Madras. I did not take it personally. Since they did not want me, I backed off.
Swastic Union Cricket Club (1), winners of the KSCA Group I–I / Image Deccan Chronicle
CC: Tell us more about Swastic Union Cricket Club (SUCC), where you were first a captain and are now the coach. What has been the journey like?
IS: I must thank Mr YB Patel, former Karnataka captain, my godfather in Karnataka cricket and was the secretary of SUCC. He was the one who pushed me. He encouraged me a lot and provided me all the support I was seeking.
There were times when the club played without a proper XI. Only 7-8 players were present. I took charge and signed up some young boys, captaining them. Then, we were at the sixth division. Today we have reached the first division. I am happy we are doing extremely well.
CC: You also formed the Banni-Mantap Cricket Club in Mysuru…
IS: I started with a set of my childhood friends along with whom I used to play cricket. Although it was not an official club, we participated in various competitions and did very well. Some played at university level and some played zonal cricket in Mysore. Those were the most difficult days when nobody had the provisions to buy anything. We bought one kit that was used by everyone. We also did not have a proper pitch in place. But the cricket was great.
CC: With little experience of running local cricket clubs and teams, what led to the launch of KIOC?
IS: Had there been no difficulties, we would not have enjoyed this journey. We went through those times, which is why it looks so flowery today. I started off with the blessings of my mother and a few cricketers. Some, like the coaches and ground-staff, are still with me. The people who had restricted me from offering the ground for the academy then, support me today.
There have been times where I had no money to pay the coaches. I had to borrow, sometimes on interests, in order to pay the coaches. Since cricket was my pleasure and passion, I had to drain off my retail outlet which was a fashion garment store called Fashion Street.
There was trouble from both ends. My focus and attention was on cricket, so my business was drowning. Many a time were the funds of the business used for the academy. That was when I had to make a choice and I went with my passion — cricket. Although it was a risky proposition, cricket is something I love and enjoy.
CC: Manish Pandey has been mentored by you for 20 years. How did you spot him?
IS: There was a time when I had announced discounted price for children from the army. The word spread across like wildfire. Manish Pandey’s father, an army man, brought his 8-year-old kid along to the academy. From the very first year we knew Manish was very special. The thing I really pride over is that in the very first function that we had, we chose Manish as the most promising cricketer. He used to enjoy his batting and I remember he never used to get out at all in the Under-8 and Under-10 matches. He is god-gifted and also had the knack of taking singles.
One day, I was umpiring the U-8 match where Manish was batting. He took a run off every delivery and won the game with ease. During a seniors match when the rest of batsmen were struggling, Manish went on to score an unbeaten 155 to make our Jawans Cricket Club win. These are fond memories that I have shared with Manish.
Irfan Sait with Karnataka’s leading run-scorer in ongoing Ranji season – Mayank Agarwal Photo Courtesy: Irfan Sait
CC: How did Mayank Agarwal’s journey begin in KIOC?
IS: In KIOC, Mayank came in as a 15-year old. He used to devote several hours to net practice. There was a time when he ran into an electric pole during a training session and sustained a deep cut under his eye. An important league match was to take place a week after. I suggested him to take rest but he was determined to continue playing. His right eye had stitches but he went on to score a hundred. This boy was different. He was hungry to get runs.
The Nivarana Cup is an inter-academy tournament in Bengaluru. In that, he scored a double-hundred in a T20 game. Like always, I sent out a press note and mentioned about the double-hundred. That was something they could not believe. A senior journalist told me, ‘it could have been a 30-yard ground.’ I wrote back to him saying, ‘This was the semi-final; 12 teams had played, which meant 144 players participated in the tournament. Nobody has scored a hundred on the same ground and this boy scored a double-century. Please give some credit.’ This was noticed by everyone.
Unfortunately for him, during the U-19 days, Mayank worked hard but could not score as heavily as anticipated. There were times he came back depressed on not getting runs. Luckily, I had an international coach with me during that phase. Ross Edwards helped him with the training. Even Mohammad Azharuddin had asked to tell the boys to enjoy their batting. When I conveyed that piece of advice to Mayank, it turned around his fortunes. He was then selected for the India A team that travelled to Australia. That was when he got 161 on his debut.
CC: Mayank has piled on runs for Karnataka in the ongoing Ranji season. Do you see him in the Indian squad soon?
IS: I felt Mayank should have been part of the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka. This was the right moment. Considering his red-hot form, he is doing what no one else has ever done. Unfortunately the selectors showed a blind eye. I was told that the selectors emphasised on his India A performance. His performance has not been so good in India A games. Now when he is doing so well, Mayank should have been there.
Of course, all others are also doing well. I think this would have been the right time for him to get a break. I pray hard that he gets it very soon. As a cricket coach and as someone who follows cricket intensely, it is not the just the number of runs but the way he is going about. His performance has been magnificent and nobody has done such thing in the past. I do not see anyone even coming close to this.
CC: In an interview with CricketCountry, Mamatha Maben had mentioned there were times you have shelled out money from your own pocket to organise women’s matches. Could you take us through that phase?
IS: There were times when women cricketers needed mutual and logistics support. I happily extended help from my end. For a long time women’s cricket has been treated very shabbily, but I knew these cricketers had the capacity in them to represent the country and get glory. They did very well. In 2005, they reached the final of the World Cup. And when I sit back and think about these moments, I feel I had done the right thing.
There was a time when women’s cricket had not merged with BCCI. Mamatha and Pramila Bhatt, who was the captain then, wanted to practice in the men’s stadium. There was a coterie opposing them. That was a very tough time. Somehow, I got the support of C Nagaraj, who knew this behaviour was against the state and the country.
CC: Veda Krishnamurthy and Vanitha VR have mentioned how you have pushed their families to allow them participate in cricket. They have credited you during their interviews with CricketCountry. How do you feel on them achieving greater heights today?
IS: Well, that is a feeling that I cannot describe in words. This is the happiness, satisfaction and pleasure that I get which no money can buy. At the same time, anytime they face any problem or a setback, we as coaches die a thousand deaths. We have developed so much of attachment that we are living a life through them. To sit back and think there are five international women cricketers from KIOC is a wonderful feeling. They in turn value the kind of support they received from KIOC.
Irfan Sait assured Veda’s parents to send her to Bengaluru from Kadur Photo Courtesy: Irfan Sait’s Twitter Account
CC: Veda is playing in WBBL for the first time. Is there a special message you would like to convey to her?
IS: I want to tell her that we are living our life through her and enjoying her game more through her successes. She has already given us so much pleasure and happiness. Now I wish her the very best and I am sure she will come back with flying colours. She has been in touch and I know she is the one who carries women’s cricket on her shoulders. She is bringing a lot of glory not only to women’s cricket but to Karnataka and India.
CC: Tell us more about Sindhu Ashok and her journey from India Women to USA Women.
IS: She started off her cricketing career as a 10-year-old with us. She got very few chances initially. I had to work really hard to keep her interest in the game. She was also a very bright student. So she would indulge into education as well.
I realised that Sidhu was very strong-minded. She was mentally strong and had a good cricketing mind. Her education background also helped. She was playing for juniors and was leading Karnataka. That was when we built a good rapport. She knew what I was expecting from her.
Since then I backed her constantly not only for the junior tournament but the rest of her playing days in India. She set a record to her name getting six victims behind the stumps during the tournament. Thanks to her ’keeping and the support she extended from behind the stumps, the bowlers got more and more confident.
Then I realised that she could be instrumental in building the career of so many bowlers. There was this match during the U-19 days. Mumbai were dismissed for a paltry 55. Sindhu once again had 6 victims and fast bowlers Pooja Shah and Anuradha took 4 wickets each, courtesy Sindhu.
She was equally good at studies, which handed her a job in USA. Eventually she got married. She struggled for her visa initially, but her cricketing abilities handed her a Green Card. For me it was a very proud moment. At the age of 10 I realised she had the potential in her and she proved me right. Now that she will be leading USA in the World Cup qualifiers, it means a lot.
CC: BCCI have come up with an A team to boost the confidence of the budding women cricketers. Do you feel there should be more of such competitions in the future?
IS: Where women cricketers are concerned, the shelf life is small. Most of them do not consider it as a full-time profession. They quit the sport either to get married or to pursue academics. It is definitely good to have India A team system. It actually helps to keep women’s cricket alive.
If we can have fun tournaments (like Australia and England have Milo Cup and Quick Cricket respectively), there will more girls participating. One should also introduce inter-school competitions. Nevertheless, India are catching up on women’s cricket. Thanks to World Cup, there is so much enthusiasm. We have never seen so many girls register in our academy.
In terms of IPL, why not? Provided there is proper system in place. IPL has its downside as well. Everyone wants to be play only for the slam-bang game. We need to have these A tours and junior competitions to help women’s cricket get recognised more. There should be more awareness of the girls doing the right job by opting to play cricket.
CC: How does a day at KIOC begin? What are the special sessions that you provide to the youngsters?
IS: The day begins much before sunrise. I arrive at the academy before 6. There have been times when Manish has laughed at me and said, ‘Sir, main aapse pehele aaya. (Sir, I came before you).’ There are others as well who come in the dark and do some running. The first session begins at 6.30. We have a motivational chat for 2-3 minutes. Then we have a group session that ends at 8.30. We have breakfast before starting on one-on-one coaching from 9.30. It goes on till lunch.
We now have a full day program where we have boys from all over the country. They undergo fitness programmes from 9.30 to 10.30. From 10.40 to noon they have fielding sessions and from 12.30 to 3 they have net sessions.
After tea, we have a massive group session from 4 to 6. It is attended by almost 500-600 kids every evening. After sunset, every Monday to Thursday, we have one-on-one coaching from 6.30 to 9.
On Friday and Saturday nights we have gatherings of young boys who undergo weekend sessions. On Saturdays and Sundays we have 6 sessions in a day. Every session has about 250-300 kids turning up from morning to night. This is how our week runs. We work 365 days. We have not taken a break in 21 years.
CC: How do you spot upcoming talents?
IS: Our USP lies in giving the boys plenty of match practices. We now enrol boys and girls from the age of 5. Earlier, we started enrolling kids from the age of 7. Now we realise that young kids want to be part of this sport.
For the kids ranging from age group of 5 to 8, we focus on fun and enjoyment. We ask them to understand the process. The only sign we look for is whether the kids enjoy themselves. We just want them to be happy and have some fun and go back.
From age 8, we start conducting U-10 tournaments within our academy. Since we have many kids, we organise our own tournaments. These kids start performing and playing from that age. Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and all were spotted at a very young age. Ganesh Satish from Vidarbha as well was very talented at the age of 8. Robin Uthappa was special right since the age of 10. When we see kids enjoying, we encourage them. When they perform well, we give them more opportunities. Our entire staff and admin talk to the kids with a smile and encourage them. We make them believe that we are doing something different.
CC: Is coaching more challenging than playing cricket?
IS: The most challenging aspect is to retain the interest of the kids, especially when they are not doing well. To make them believe they can is the biggest challenge. Sometimes it hurts when our trainee works hard but does not do well. When you have a great bonding with the trainee and they come back teary-eyed, it is a horrendous feeling. The challenge is to ensure they are happy and enjoying the process.
Shruti Hariharan, a singer, loves music, food, cricket and writes about the game. She can be followed on Twitter at @Shruti_2890
source: http://www.cricketcountry.com / CricketCountry.com / Home> Features> Interview / by Shruti Hariharan / December 21st, 2017
It was perhaps for the first time that a lady of the Meo Muslim community from here was elected to Rajasthan assembly.
Gurgaon :
It was perhaps for the first time that a lady of the Meo Muslim community from here was elected to Rajasthan assembly.
Zahida (40) from Gurgaon who contested the assembly polls on a Congress ticket from Kaman constituency is the sole representative of her community to win in the recent Rajasthan elections.
She defeated her nearest rival by 8000 votes.
Kaman constituency was won twice by her father Tayyab Hussain in 1993 and 1998. Zahida was fielded by Congress from this seat as Hussain died before the polls in October.
Popular as “choudhry” in the Meo Muslim community, Hussain was also an elected Member of Parliament for two times, Zahida said while narrating her background.
She said her entire family was active in politics.
Her father was the only person in the country to become a minister in three states of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, she said proudly adding that once celebrity Amitabh Bachchan in his famous programme `Kaun Banega Crorepati` asked a question
about her father.
She said her grandfather Mohd Yasin Khan became an MLA in the first elections held in British-India in 1926 and remained a member of Punjab Assembly till 1946 and then from 1952 to 1962.
One of her brothers Fazal Hussain also contested the Rajasthan assembly elections on BSP ticket but he lost it.
Another brother Zakir Hussian, a former minister in Haryana has been the district president of Congress party in Mewat. He recently joined BSP and has been announced BSP`s candidate for Lok Sabha from Gurgaon constituency.
Zahida said that her family has been spreading awareness about education as it is the only means for the development of Meos, who are considered most backward in the Muslim
community.
The family also established educational institutions and fought against communal forces in Mewat region, which is spread across six districts of Haryana and Rajasthan, Zahida
said adding that she was proud and lucky to be born in such a progressive family.
In the wake of country`s partition, Mahatma Gandhi also visited Mewat in 1947 and persuaded the Meo community not to leave India. Zahida claims that her family`s role was critical at that time in convincing the Meos to stay back.
She asserted that she would continue to motivate her community and educate their girls so that they rise in the society.
After her schooling from prestigious institutions, Zahida studied LLB from Delhi University and married an engineer Jalish Khan.
Zahida was not new to Kaman constituency as she was elected a Chairman of Panchayat Samiti Kaman for 2000-2005 period.
Bureau Report
source: http://www.zeenews.india.com / Zee News / Home> News> States / December 16th, 2008
Former Rajasthan Minister Choudhary Tayyab Husain died in Gurgaon on Tuesday morning. He was 72.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons, including Zakir Husain, former Haryana MLA.
According to family sources Mr. Tayyab Husain, who had arrived in Gurgaon from Bharatpur the previous day, was admitted to a hospital after complaining of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing. The end came around 5-30 a.m. on Tuesday.
During his lifetime Mr. Husain held sway among the Meo Muslims who inhabit Haryana, east Rajasthan and adjoining districts in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. He also had the rare distinction of serving as Minister in the undivided Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana. He was the Minister for Agriculture in the previous Congress Government in Rajasthan.
Born on April 5, 1936, at Rehan in Haryana in the family of Choudhary Yaseen Husain — who was also a political leader — Tayyab Husain graduated in law from the Aligarh Muslim University. He represented Haryana’s Faridabad constituency twice in the Lok Sabha. In Rajasthan, he represented Kaman constituency in Bharatpur district twice.
The last rites will be performed at around 2 p.m. at Nuh in Haryana on Wednesday.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Other States / October 08th, 2008
In a glittering ceremony, two books on the Muslim community’s contribution to the Indian freedom movement were launched in Patna last week. The function was presided over by Harsh Mander, former IAS officer and human rights activist.
The books ‘Muslim Freedom Fighters: Contribution of Indian Muslims in the Independence Movement’ and its Urdu version ‘Muslim Mujahideen-e-Azadi aur Tehrik-e-Azadi Mein Unki Khidmat’ have been authored by well-known Delhi based author and journalist Syed Ubaidur Rahman.
The two books try to fight the oft-repeated allegations that Muslims are anti-national and have not contributed for the freedom of the nation. The books nail the lie and prove that Muslims not just participated in the freedom movement, they went on to lead the freedom struggle for a long time. The first war of Independence or Mutiny of 1857 was led by Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in Delhi and Begum Hazrat Mahal in Lucknow.
The Independence Movement in the first two decades of the twentieth century was led by Mahmud Hasan and ulama of Deoband and they had respect and support of everyone including Hindus and Muslims.
If anyone has any doubt about the Muslim contribution in the freedom movement, the fact that the Indian National Congress had as many as nine Muslims as its president till the year 1947 will remove such doubts.
While speaking on the occasion, Harsh Mander said that the divisive forces in the country are trying to divide the nation on the basis of religion and faith. He said that the danger from such forces for the national fabric and its unity has become grave.
Mander added that the threat to the communal amity in the country was never so high as is today as divisive forces are doing every thing to pit one community against the other and create a fear psychosis among the majority community prompting it to turn it against minorities.
Khursheed Mallick, a Chicago based urologist, philanthropist and director of IMEFNA said that the book is a timely reminder to the nation that Muslims and Hindus both sacrificed for the nation and this fact must be clearly told to our young generation. He said Muslims sacrificed heavily for the cause of the freedom of the nation and efforts must be made to tell the history.
Syed Ubaidur Rahman, the author of the two books, while speaking on the occasion said Muslims have been rather loath to write about the sacrifices they have made for the cause of the Independence and freedom. He said Muslims suffered badly throughout the freedom movement. They were the worst suffers in the wake of the mutiny of 1857 and its aftermath when Muslims were hounded across North India and beyond. Tens of thousands of Muslims lost their lives for the freedom.
Syed added that ulama of Deoband played a stellar role in the freedom movement. Unlike the common perception, they were secular to the core and when they established a government in exile in Kabul in 1915, they appointed Raja Mahendra Pratap as its President and Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali as its Prime Minister.
The book documents the lives of forty renowned Muslim freedom fighters including, Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud al-Hasan, Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali, Hakim Ajmal Khan, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, Ashfaqulla Khan, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari, Asaf Ali, Husain Ahmad Madani, Aruna Asaf Ali (Kulsum Zamani), Peer Ali Khan, Saifuddin Kitchlew, Mohammed Abdur Rahiman, Captain Abbas Ali, Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, Prof. Abdul Bari, Moulvi Abdul Rasul, Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur, Rahimtulla Mahomed Sayani, Syed Hasan Imam, Sir Syed Ali Imam, M.C. Chagla, Yusuf Meherally, Justice Fazal Ali, General Shah Nawaz Khan, Allama Fazle Haq Khairabadi, Maulana Shaukat Ali, Syed Mahmud, Maulana Mazharul Haque, Badruddin Tyabji, Col Mehboob Ahmed, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Maulana Shafi Daudi, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri, Batak Mian .
The book launch function was organized at Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu and was presided over by Abdul Qaiyum Ansari, chairman of Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu Bihar.
Syed Ubaidur Rahman is a New Delhi based writer and commentator. He has written several books on Muslims and Islam in India including Understanding Muslim Leadership in India.
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