Category Archives: Women/Girls(since May26-2021)

National JMI School Teacher Dr Rakhshanda Roohi Mehdi Bags Prestigious Literary Award of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy

NEW DELHI:

Dr Rakhshanda Roohi Mehdi, prominent fiction writer and a teacher of Syed Abid Hussain Senior Secondary School, Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi has bagged the prestigious Hamid Saeed Khan Award of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy for her Urdu short story collection titled “Monsoon Store” and will receive Rs.51,000/- as award money.

This award recognizes the efforts of progressive women and the exceptional achievements of women who have broken barriers and demonstrated outstanding skills in their respective fields.

JMI Vice Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar congratulated Dr Rakshanda Roohi for her great achievements and wished her good luck for her future endeavours. 

Dr. Rakhshanda said, “I am deeply honored and grateful to have been selected for this award. I am passionate about my writing and this award truly reflects what I believe in – a woman’s courage and her strong role in improving lives. I am committed to continue my efforts and empower women in the society”. 

Apart from “Monsoon Store”, Rakhshanda has also penned another Urdu short story collection “Magar aik shaakh e nihaal e gham”. She has also written “Aik khwab jaagti ankhon ka”, a Hindi short story collection and one Book on Sufism named “Alakhdas.”

She has also translated two novels namely “Aakhri Swariyan” and a Pakistani novel titled “Naulakhi Kothi” in Hindi from Urdu. 

Earlier, DD Urdu has broadcasted a tele film “Chilman k paar” which was based on her story named “Bahut sambhala wafa ka paiman magar…”. 

A play “Kahan hai Manzil e Raah e tamanna” on her story has been staged in Ram Lal Bhawan New Delhi.  

In addition to this, she has authored many articles which have been published in renowned magazines and newspapers. She is a regular participant of talk shows and story narrations of All India Radio and DD Urdu. 

She has been honored with many other awards for her literary work.                                                         

source: http://www.ismatimes.com / Isma Times / Home> Country> National / by Afzal Shah Madudi (headline edited) /May 03rd, 2023

Bidar Government School Girl Farah Secured 6th rank in the State

Chitguppa (Bidar District), KARNATAKA:

Chitguppa:

Farah Mohammad Ayub, a student of Muttangi Government High School in the taluk, secured 620 out of 625 (99.2 per cent) marks in the current year’s SSLC examination and secured the 6th position in the state. She has achieved second place in the district.

She studied in a village’s government primary school till 6th standard, Jnanjyoti school from 7th to 8th, and Muttangi government high school from 9th to 10th, and she strongly desires to practice and write the UPSC exam after her graduation in science. Since she belongs to a poor family, it would be beneficial if the government subsidised her practice. Farah expressed her helplessness.

Farah has provided inspirational thought and demonstrated that talent is unaffected by the issue of poverty in villages, towns, and cities, achieving the top rank.

Her father, Mohammad Ayub, and mother, Begum, belong to a farming family. An older sister and two brothers are making a living by cultivating 2 acres of plain land.

 Farah’s father, Mohammad Ayub, expressed his happiness by conveying the message, ‘I am very happy that God gifted me Farah and has come to light the home. Further, he added, the government should support the practice of the daughter’s need for funding higher studies.

Her method of learning in the SSLC exam preparation was: ‘Watching YouTube lessons to understand clip lessons of science and mathematics subjects was very helpful. The teacher’s teaching in the school gives her a better understanding by listening with concentration. Work on writing answers to questions related to lessons at home right from the start. A student should have concentration and a precise aim to get good results. She used to practise the lessons daily for 7 hours. Solving math problems in the evening: Kannada, English, and science subjects.

source: http://www.thehindustangazette.com / The Hindustan Gazette / Home> National> Karnataka / posted by Shifa / May 10th, 2023

ICSE RESULT 2023: ICSE 2023 Class 10 toppers from West Bengal

WEST BENGAL:

Summary

This year the Class 10 or ICSE examinations began on 27 February 2023 and concluded on 29 March 2023

Applicants must also note that apart from the official website, the results can also be checked via SMS

ICSE Result 2023: 

According to the official notification by the authorities, the ICSE Class 10 is out today 14 May 2023 at 3 PM.

Students can view their ICSE 10th result 2023 at www.cisce.org, the board’s official website. The results for the ICSE, ISC board are also made available by SMS.

Here’s the list of ICSE 2023 Class 10 toppers from West Bengal

Calcutta Boys’ School

  • Rudraneel Shee, 99.20%
  • Rik Chakraborty, 99.00%
  • Subham Das, 98.60%

Loreto House

  • Arundhuti Dasgupta, 96.8%
  • Madhushruti Niyogi, 96.6%
  • Ayushi Agarwal, Hiranya Uppal and Jahnvi Birdika, 96.4%

Adamas International School

  • Aritro Ghosh, 99%
  • Autri Chatterjee, 98.80%
  • Kautsav Dey, 98.80%

Jewish Girls’ School

  • Kahkasha Tanwir, 96.4%
  • Somaiya Naaz, 94.4%

St. Augustine’s Day School, Shyamnagar

  • Anushka Choudhury, 99.0%
  • Addrija Kar, 98.40%
  • Sanjana Kumari Prasa, 98.20%

DPS New Town

  • Sayan Sen, Ahona Bandhopadhyay, Ankan Roy, Deeptanshu Ray, Dorithi Majumder: 99.4%
  • Srijata Biswas, Aryan Dass and Prajakta Maji: 99.2%
  • Arush Anand, Md Zubair Ali and Sankalp Prasad: 99.0%

DPS, Megacity

  • Shreeparna Mukherjee and Samridhi Todi, 99%
  • Srijata Kundu, Samriddhi Kar and Pratik Agarwal, 98.80%
  • Antara Biswas and Sohela Ghosh, 98.60%

M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth

  • Monu Kr Yadav, 99.20%
  • Hardik Heda, 98.80%
  • Arya Vardhan Pandey and Veni Tulsian, 98.60%

Salt Lake Point School

  • Sagar Narayan Shrestha and Sugato Ghosh, 97.2%
  • Reman Gupta, 97%
  • Ishita Chowdhury, 96.8%

Calcutta Public School Bidhan Park

  • Sayan Dhar, 99%

The Heritage School, Kolkata

  • Apratim Gangopadhyay, 99.4%
  • Divyansh Garg, 99.2%
  • Rajeswari Roy, 99%

Lions Calcutta Greater Vidya Mandir

  • Ayush Rai, 98.2%
  • Somsubhra Nath, 97.63%
  • Mainak Chakraborty, 97.2%

St. Augustine’s Day School, Barrackpore

  • Ankita Karmakar, 98.40%
  • Nabhodit Kumar Ghosh, 98%
  • Adrija Chowdhury, 97.80%

St. Xavier’s Institute, Panihati

  • Shinjini Mitra, 99.4%

Kalyani Public School, Barasat

  • Erfan Ali 98.2%
  • Aroni Saha. 98%
  • Suhana Parvin 96.8%

Julien Day School, Kalyani

  • Samyajyoti Biswas, 99.40%
  • Swapnil Datta, 99%
  • Kaustav Bhowal, 98%

Douglas Memorial Higher Secondary School

  • Pushkar Biswas, 98.2%
  • Harsh Kumar Mishra, 98%
  • Satakshi Bhunia, 97%

Vivekananda Mission School, Joka

  • Sabiquee Ibn Khan, 99.6%
  • Animikha Chowdhury and Hrittik Sarkar, 99.25%
  • Reeddhi Kundu, Parag Bose, Soham Das, Neelkanth Basu and Oishee Biswas scored 99%

St. Stephen’s School, Dum Dum

  • Subhrojit Paul, 99%
  • Ridhwita Bhattacharya, 98%
  • Dhurubajyoti Panja, 98%
  • Tiasha Ghosh, 98%

La Martiniere for Girls

  • Srotoshwini Aarushi Sanyal, 99.2%
  • Vania Bajaj, 99%
  • Divyanshi Bajaj, 98.8%

source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph Online / Home> Edugraph> News / by The Telegraph Correspondent / May 14th, 2023

Pro-hijab Kaneez Fathima keeps her seat of N. Gulbarga in Karnataka elections

Gulbarga, KARNATAKA:

Kaneez Fathima of Congress
Kaneez Fathima of Congress

Kaneez Fathima, who played an active role in anti-Hijab movement in Karnataka, has again won from North Gulbarga in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections, the outcome of which saw Congress winning comfortably in the southern state.

She has defeated Lingayat youth leader Chandrakant Patil of BJP in a close fight.

Fathima secured 80,973 votes with a vote share of 45.28 per cent, while Patil got 78,261 votes making it one of the closest contests in the state.

She told local media that “Congress government will reverse the ban on wearing of hijab in schools and colleges.”

Fatima, 63, entered public life a few months before the 2018 Assembly Elections and after the death of her husband Kamrul Islam, who was a six-time minister and MLA.

Fathima had won earlier election with 5,940 votes and this time, it was a tough contest. In 2018, she was also pitted against 9 Muslim rivals, including Nasir Hussain of JD(S). 

A Hijab wearing Kaneez Fathima had agitated against the Karnataka government’s ban on hijab inside the government institutions. The ban was upheld by the Supreme Court.

She was also at the forefront of the 2020 anti-CAA protests in Karnataka. 

During the Hijab movement, Kaneez Fatima said that “wearing Hijab was a basic right. “In independent India, we have got the freedom to live freely. We cannot ask anyone questions about clothes. Girls should not be stopped from attending colleges on this issue,” he said.

The Gulbarga North has 60 percent Muslim population.

From the outcome of the Assembly elections, it’s clear that the polarization along religious lines does not benefit only one party. Other parties have also gained from it.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has 224 seats. The BJP was accused of creating a Hindu-Muslim divide during the campaigning. However, the Congress that won the election, seems to have been benefitted most due to this.

 Interestingly, Karnataka’s education minister who was defending the move to ban hijab in colleges has lost the election. 

 In 1978, the maximum number of 16 Muslim candidates won the Karnataka assembly elections. After that this is the third time when a large number of Muslim candidates got victory in the elections.

Muslims constitute more than 13 percent of the total population in Karnataka. This time nine Muslims have been elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, two more than the previsious time.

 In 1978, there were 16 Muslim members in the Karnataka assembly.

Most Muslims who won elections are from the Congress party. The JD(S)’s 23 Muslim candidates lost their elections.

The Assaduddin Owaisi-led outfit AIMIM contested two seats and secured only 0.02 per cent of the votes and did not win.

There are at least 19 seats in Karnataka, where the Muslim vote is more than 30 percent.

The victorious Muslims are:

Asif (Raju) North Belgaum, he defeared BJP’s Ravi B Patil by 4231 votes.

Kaneez Fathima defeated BJP’s Chandrakant B Patil by 2712 votes. 

Rahim Khan (congress) defeated Suryakant Nagamarpalli of JD(S) by 10780 votes and won from Bidar  

Rizwan Arshad defeated BJP’s N Chandra by 23,194 votes From Shivajinagar

NA Haris defeated BJP’s K Shivakumar by 7125 votes from Shanti Nagar.

BAZ Jameer Ahmed Khan won Chamarajpet by defeating Bhaskar Rao of BJP by a margin of 53,953 votes.

HA Iqbal Hussain defeated Nikhil Kumaraswamy of JD(S) by 10715 votes From Ramanagaram

UT Khadar Fareed defeated BJP’s Satish Kumpala by 22790 votes  from Mangaluru

Tanveer defeated BJP’s Satish Sandesh Swamy by 31120 votes from Narasimharaja.

source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Story / by Malick Asghar Hashmi, New Delhi / May 14th, 2023

Meet Ariba Khan: A Young Municipal Councillor from Shaheen Bagh

NEW DELHI :

Ariba Khan. Picture: india.com

Ariba Khan from the Indian National Congress, and Municipal Councillor from Abul Fazal Enclave in Jamia Nagar, New Delhi, speaks to Aatika from TwoCircles on her political journey, challenges for minorities in India and the similarities between the politics of BJP and AAP.

Background & Political Journey

Ariba is the daughter of Asif Mohammed Khan, a former congress MLA from Jamia Nagar Okhla. However for Ariba electoral politics is a new terrain. She’s a graduate in English literature with a post-graduate diploma in guidance and counselling.

Ariba was pursuing her studies and was involved in social work when the opportunity to get into politics came along. Given her privileged background, Ariba admits that it’s beneficial to be familiar with the process, but it does not help one thrive in politics.

“If you are given an opportunity and you have a voice and resources to make a difference, then one should be up for it and that is what I did.”

View on AAP’s politics. 

“The past few years, since BJP has come into power, it’s been a disaster.” She says whether it is the economy or religion, BJP has continuously caused severe damage. Ariba laments that the economic situation is going to worsen, due to the recent Adani-Hindenburg scandal.

But being an emerging political leader from Delhi, she views AAP as her biggest challenge. She criticises the AAP government on various accounts, such as their insensitivity for the victims of the Delhi Pogrom of 2020, for the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s comments against the Markaz during Covid-19, for their lack of solidarity with the CAA-NRC protest, and the silence on Bilkis Bano case because of Gujarat elections.

“Kejriwal created a facade that they are saviours of Muslims. And he was able to persuade the innocent voters through the freebies,” says Ariba.

In reference to the North East riots, she also accuses AAP for showing double standards in their unabashed support for leaders like Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain despite corruption allegations against them, but not backing Tahir Hussain who was suspended from the party, even before he was proven guilty.

Ariba adds that the compensation amount announced for the victims has not been disbursed till date. “Although the electricity is free up to 200 units, the charges of 200 units are still Rs. 3.5 per unit as against Rs. 2.5 per unit during the Congress government in Delhi,” says Ariba highlighting another key concern.

For all these reasons, she believes that the Muslims have been dissuaded from AAP which has resulted in electoral gains for the Congress in the recently held MCD elections.

On her Constituency

According to Ariba, one of the biggest challenges is the issue of unauthorized colonies in her constituency of Abul Fazal Enclave. “Since these colonies do not contribute to tax revenue for the Municipal Council of Delhi, it becomes a challenge to procure funds for development works”, says Ariba.

Many issues of sanitation, garbage dumps resulting in road blockages, etc. continue to cause trouble to people residing in the area. She believes that her job as an MCD councillor should therefore be to ensure access to basic health and education by having more MCD schools, dispensaries, public toilets, etc.

Challenges as a Young Muslim Woman

On being asked about her experience as a young woman in politics, Ariba says “Mansplaining is a constant annoyance. A few people believe that a woman can’t handle things the way men do.”

So far, she’s happy with the respect she has received as a woman candidate but is also hopeful about the things to change for the better in the times to come.

Future of Congress and Bharat Jodo Yatra

Ariba thinks the four month long Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi in twelve states, will have a strong impact on the future political discourse of India. The Yatra passed from Badarpur which touches her constituency. Apart from logistical management, she had to coordinate with the faculty and students of Jamia University for their participation in the Yatra.

She reckons the Congress party is and will remain the true voice of the minorities in India. When being asked about political prisoners, she says “Those who are in jail including Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid, Shafa-ul-rahman and others, I stand with them, we raise our voice against this injustice under this dictatorial regime.”

She warns people to not view AAP as an alternative to BJP, as it was Priyanka Gandhi and leaders like Salman Khurshid, who led from the front during the protests of CAA-NRC and Violence in Jamia, but AAP shied away from taking any positions. “AAP has also compromised the status of 123 Waqf board properties by not putting up a resistance against the Centre”, says Ariba.

Minorities & Secularism

On being asked about Dalit Muslim unity against the BJP, Ariba believes that its only a small section that is with the BJP, as even Hindus are coming together to oppose this radicalisation, because it should not be about just one section as the entire population needs to stand up against the rising intolerance.

“We live in a country, where if we stop being secular, we won’t survive. It’s the essence of being an Indian,” says Ariba.

Aatika S is a fellow at the SEEDS-TCN mentorship program.

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCirlces.net / Home> India Politics / by Aatika S / May 12th, 2023

KARNATAKA: Nine Muslims elected to the House

Representation of Muslims in the Karnataka Assembly has marginally increased in this election compared to the last.

As many as nine candidates were declared elected on Saturday, compared to the seven in 2018. That was a steep fall from the 11 Muslim MLAs who were elected in 2013. All of them are from the Congress.

The JD(S) said 23 of its 211 candidates were Muslims, but none won.

BJP did not field any Muslims.

Those elected include:

-Rahim Khan from Bidar

-U.T. Khader from Mangaluru

-Tanveer Sait from Mysuru

-Asif (Raju) Sait from Belagavi north

-Rizwan Arshad from Shivaji Nagar

-B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan from Chamarajpet

-Kaneez Fatima from Gulbarga north

-Iqbal Hussein from Ramanagara

-N.A. Haris from Shanti Nagar.

All of them have been re-elected, except Asif (Raju) Sait and Iqbal Hussein, who are entering the Assembly for the first time.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Elections> by The Hindu Bureau (headline edited) / May 13th, 2023

Meet Iram Meher and Fatima Zahra, both of Telangana’s select Intermediate & First year Toppers

Hyderabad, TELANGANA:

Iram scored 100 percent marks in Mathematics and Physics.

Hyderabad: 

The Telangana State Board of Intermediate Education (TSBIE) on Tuesday announced the much-awaited inter 1st and 2nd year results on Tuesday.

Among the toppers of the intermediate exam, Iram Meher Khaja Sahkeeluddin, a student of St. Joseph’s Junior College in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki branch, has made her mark by scoring 992 out of 1000 marks. This incredible achievement has made her one of Telangana’s intermediate toppers.

This is not the first time that Iram has shone in her academic career. Last year too, she became one of the toppers of Telangana’s intermediate exam by scoring 467 out of 470 marks.

Iram scored 100 percent marks in Mathematics IA, IIA, IB, IIB, Physics (first and second year) and Chemistry (first year).

Apart from her, another candidate from the same college, Fatima Zahra, a BiPC student, scored 434 out of 440 marks and became one of the toppers of Telangana’s intermediate first-year exam.

According to the official data released by TSBIE, a total of 948153 students appeared for the examination at 1473 centers. Out of these students, 482675 were of the first year and 465478 were of the second year.

A total of 297741 candidates cleared the first-year exam, whereas 295550 students were successful in the second-year exam.

The incredible achievements of Iram Meher and Fatima Zahra, Telangana’s intermediate toppers, are an inspiration to all students.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> News> Hyderabad / posted Sameer Khan / (headline edited) / May 09th, 2023

Insta-grace meets wisdom: How Zeenat Aman candidly reimagines perennial questions on Instagram

Mumbai, MAHARASHTRA:

An epitome of beauty and style in the 70s and 80s, Zeenat Aman’s magnetic screen presence has arrested the hearts of millions. A pioneering fashion icon and trendsetter who broke away from stereotypes, she was bold enough to go for offbeat roles and carve her own niche in the film industry. The 71-year-old actor began her career as a model and made her debut in Bollywood opposite to Dev Anand in 1970. For the 1970s Bollywood, Zeenat Aman exuded modernity with confidence. With her free-spirited attitude, she ruled the industry and acted in almost seventy movies as the female lead, and has been a part of many hugely popular hit songs. She gained fame in India and around the world, starring in some major films such as Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973), Don (1978), and Qurbani (1980).

Recently, Zeenat Aman has been owning her narrative through her Instagram account. Her followers are treated to glimpses of her personal life, with backstories behind every picture to accompany them. With graceful photos that come dipped in a vat of nostalgia and glamour as well as the wisdom of a septuagenarian, her Instagram posts reflect upon what it feels like to be a camera subject back then as she looks back at some of these iconic photos on the internet, almost half a century later.

She has been sharing her recollections of the making of some of India’s most iconic movies. In one of her early posts, alongside a photo of her sitting in the comfort of her home, she recounts how the film and fashion industry was absolutely male-dominated in the 70s, and how she would often be the only woman on a set. “A woman’s gaze, though, is different,” she says. As an actor who has expressed her disturbance back then on how “ornamental” women characters were (in an interview given to Keith Adam of Australian Broadcasting Commission on the sets of Qurbani), now, in the process of being the photographic subject, she enjoys not being the spectacle and rather being in her element. Though she is very optimistic about the women working behind and in front of the camera, she is apprehensive of the gender pay gap which hasn’t changed much over time. She writes in her post, “The roles available to women are clearly not just ornamental anymore. What hasn’t changed though is the gender pay gap. In my time, I was lauded as the “highest-paid female actor”, but the disparity in the pay cheque between my male co-stars and myself was so vast it was laughable. The Zeenat you see in this clip was quite certain that half a century would be enough time to even the scales. So it disappoints me that even today women in the film industry don’t have wage parity. Women have consistently put in the work, and I really think that the onus is now on our men – actors, directors, producers – to ensure that their female coworkers (not just stars) are paid fairly. It seems such a simple and obvious thing, and yet it would be revolutionary if any man actually did this.” Zeenat Aman’s comments on gender pay inequality in the film industry highlight a larger issue of gender disparity that women face in various areas. Her call for men to be accountable in ensuring equal pay among their female colleagues is a reminder that gender justice requires collective effort.

Zeenat Aman’s Instagram account serves as both a means of self-expression and a testament to her legacy. In one of her posts, she shares a photograph of herself posing before heading to a birthday party. However, she acknowledges the potential invasion of privacy that public figures often face and responds preemptively to her followers’ curiosity by saying, “I know you may want to ask me which friend, so I will give you an answer about privacy. I think there’s a fine line between a healthy interest in a public figure or a person you admire, and an entitlement or desire to know every detail of their lives.” She continues with a touch of humour, “the world is so spectacularly diverse and rich, I promise you there are more interesting things to learn than which celebrity met whom and where.” In this post, Zeenat Aman addresses the importance of boundaries when it comes to a public figure’s personal life, and encourages her followers to focus on more meaningful things that matter to them. She also expresses gratitude towards her fans who respected her choice of not posing for a photograph with them. She says, “I was sorry to disappoint these lovely fans, but there are boundaries that I find important to draw for myself. I am happy that they respected my response, as it’s not always the case.”

On the yesteryear actor Parveen Babi’s birth anniversary, she penned a heartfelt note which celebrated Parveen for the spirit that she embodied and ruminated on how the actor deserved to be remembered. She complimented her and remembered her as the glamorous and talented actor that she was. She recollected how society tries to pit women against each other: “Back in the 70s, we wore our hair in a similar manner and enjoyed Western fashion. Though neither of us saw it, we were told we had an uncanny resemblance. It must have been true because, as recently as last year, I was approached in Dubai as ‘Parveen ma’am’. Naturally, the media at the time spun tales of competition and rivalry between us, but in reality, we were always warm towards each other.” She writes, “Parveen’s struggle with mental illness came at a time when the country was still so insensitive and ignorant on these matters. After her death, I often ruminated on how she was remembered. The tabloids focused on her romantic relationships and ‘episodes’, but Parveen was much more than who she dated or what she said when she was unwell. I feel she never truly got the chance to say her piece. She was intelligent, hardworking, and creative…She achieved incredible success as an actor, even featuring on the cover of Time magazine.” The words were carefully chosen to convey not only her admiration for Parveen but also a deep human understanding of the issues her colleague faced. She questions the lack of sensitivity with which the tabloids handled the situation and forces us to think if there has been any significant change in recent times.

She is not afraid to call out how most celebrity accounts are “more akin to advertising billboards than blogs.” She emphasizes how it has helped her decide her own approach to the app. She is insistent on the word “purpose”—the purpose of her being on the gram, the purpose of the one reading it, and so on. In another thought-provoking post of hers, she remembers how “we see very few older women in the public eye. It’s not something I thought about when I was young, but now that I myself am silver-haired, I feel their absence.” She is concerned about how the absence of older women in the public eye reinforces negative stereotypes about aging and contributes to the erasure of their experiences and wisdom, reminding us of the power and importance of intergenerational relationships.

She questions how “(as) women, we are told that our social worth lies in youth and physical beauty. If not explicitly, then in a thousand subliminal ways. This is especially true for the entertainment industry… I was initially reluctant to stop dyeing my hair, and was strongly advised against it.” She emphasizes how we have minimal agency when it comes to presenting our bodies to others. She contemplates that “Being young is wonderful, but so is being old. It thrills me to see more and more silver-haired women (of all ages) challenge the status quo.” By celebrating her natural self and thereby refusing to conform to societal norms, she is a testament to the growing number of women who are rejecting the notion that youth equals beauty.

While the reflections and musings go in one hand, some serious fun goes on in the other. In one of her posts, she also talks about discovering some of the Zeenat Aman memes on Instagram. She shares them and even calls that version of her ‘Meme-at Aman.’ She also expresses her joy at learning what a ‘thirst trap’ means. In the rapidly changing media landscape, leveraging online platforms to shape and maintain a public persona is quite common among public figures and artists to stay relevant. By artfully curating her online presence, Zeenat Aman crafts and controls the narrative surrounding her career, image, and legacy with great care and self-awareness.

source: http://www.maktoobmedia.com / Maktoob / Home> Film and TV> Latest Opinion / by Ashikha N / March 2023

‘Green Valley’ students glitter once again with 100% First Classes

Karavali, KARNATAKA:

ICSE EXAMS 2018 

Udupi : 

Green Valley National School and PU College, Shiroor has scored 100% result for the 11th consecutive year in ICSE Grade X Exams with an outstanding performance taking the school performance to a higher level.

Out of 63 students all the students have registered good results 100% pass and first class in all subjects. 20 students have secured High Distinction and 43 students have secured High first Classes.

MARIAM INAYATULLAH is a topper scoring 472 (94.4%). SOHAIL AHAMED ANWAR scored 470 (94%) and come second. MOHAMMED SAOUD secured the third position with 466 (93.2%).

While continuing the tradition of excellence and 100% results, students have secured an all-time record in high first class.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / Vartha Bharati / May 15th, 2018

Nazira girl Sheikh Raisha Tabassum appointed as State Secretary of BJP’s youth wing (BJYM), Delhi Pradesh

Nazira (Sivasagar District), ASSAM :

Sheikh Raisha Tabassum from Nazira in Sivasagar district has been appointed as the youngest State Secretary of BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Delhi Pradesh.

Sheikh Raisha Tabassum

Sivasagar :

Sheikh Raisha Tabassum from Nazira in Sivasagar district has been appointed as the youngest State Secretary of BJP’s youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Delhi Pradesh.

A graduate with honours in Political Science honours from Hindu College, University of Delhi, 20-year-old Sheikh Raisha is also the founder of ‘El Jeffa Foundation’ — a national NGO working with the United Nations in various parts of India.

Previously, Sheikh Raisha was also the State Secretary of the ABVP Delhi’s North East Cell, in-charge of the ‘Slum School Project’ under ‘Students For Seva’, ABVP where she focused on educating 300+ Muslim underprivileged children in Delhi.

The BJP has given her the responsibility to work for the welfare of the minority community with focus on the youth of the north-eastern region.

Sheikh Raisha is also a recipient of the prestigious SKOCH Yuva award. She was also nominated for the ‘Karmaveer Chakra Awards’ constituted by confederation of Indian NGOs & UN.

Sheikh Raisha is the daughter of Hamida Rahman, a teacher by profession of Nazira Na-mati.

source: http://www.sentinelassam.com / The Sentinel / Home> NE News> Assam News / by Sentinel Digital Desk / September 06th, 2021