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What Days They Were: Memoir sheds light on events before India’s partition and its aftermath

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Bayara Village (Basti District), UTTAR PRADESH :

Kazi Jalil Abbasi was a leader, freedom fighter and politician who witnessed key events of twentieth century–not just as an observer but as someone who took active part in public life, participated in movements and after independence went on to fight elections and become a legislator, minister and Parliamentarian.

When a large number of Muslims from Uttar Pradesh including elite and the community leaders, were leaving the country, he remained committed to his political ideology, kept opposing communalism and led from the front–fighting and raising his voice democratically in independent India.

Uttar Pradesh, the heartland and the most populous state in the country, had been the battleground for Congress and Muslim League before 1947. It had seen competitive communalism, inter-religious tensions and riots. On the ground, situation in UP was complex and different from other states.

Kazi Jalil Abbasi’s autobiography is insightful and reveals a lot about the period and the struggles. Abbasi was born in Bayara in Basti district in1912. He studied in different schools in Gonda, Unnao and Basti before he joined the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) from where he was expelled.

All these circumstances, his idealism, role in freedom struggle are part of the book. He was against the political stand of Muslim League. The books also provides information about Congress’ organisation and the politics in UP, its leaders. There are interesting anecdotes about top leaders, ranging from Rafi Ahmad Kidwai to Indira Gandhi. 

The autobiography titled ‘Kya Din The!’ was originally published in Urdu. 

Arif Ansari has now translated it in English. Ansari is settled in Washington DC. The book that runs into nearly 350 pages is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the era, important events and the post-partition situation in Uttar Pradesh.

Notionpress has published the book and it is available online. 

source: http://ww.newsbits.in / Newsbits.in / Home> Special / by Shams Ur Rehman Alavi, Bhopal / January 26th, 2021

Noted Translator-Engineer Dr Arif Ansari Feliciated at AMU

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Aligarh, UTTAR PRADESH:

Aligarh :

Very few people have the distinction of excelling in the field of literature, besides being an equally excellent scientist or technocrat, and this is the quality that distinguishes Dr Arif Ansari from his peers, who has earned name as an accomplished translator, while at the same time being an excellent engineer.

Dr Ansari, an alumnus of the Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology who graduated from AMU in 1984, was today felicitated at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University for his outstanding contributions in the field of Mobile Communication and Wireless Technologies and for his translations of Urdu books into English.

In his presidential remarks, Prof. M. Salim Beg, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, said that it is a moment of great pride for the Faculty of Engineering that one our distinguished alumni is among us who we can take pride on for several counts.

Prof Beg said that in addition to his work in translations, Dr Ansari has contributed immensely in the field of Telecommunication in general, and Mobile Communication in particular. He took a PhD degree from Southern Illinois University in 1993, after completing B.Sc. Electrical from AMU in 1984 and MS Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University in 1987.

He said that Dr Ansari, after starting his career in 1984, has served in various senior positions including as the Principal Technology Advisor, PDV Wireless, Chief Technology Officer, Reverb Inc., Practice Lead, InCode Consulting, Director, Network Design, Mobile Satellite Ventures, Hybrid Terrestrial Satellite Mobile Communications System, Senior Manager, Nextel Communications, Principal Engineer, Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications and Design/Senior/Principal Engineer, LCC International.

Earlier, welcoming the guests, Prof M.M. Sufiyan Beg, Principal, ZHCET said that dr Ansari’s translation of Anis Ashfaq’s novel Khwab Sarab (winner of 2022 Sahitya Akademi award in Urdu) and Kaali Maati of Ali Amjad have received acclaim from the academic world.

His other translations include “Transience of Life” Vol I and II by Ghaus Ansari; “What Days They Were” by Qazi Jalil Abbasi; “A Branch of the Sapling of Sorrow” by Ali Amjad; “The Khilafat Movement” by Qazi Mohammad Adeel Abbasi; and “The Complete Lectures of Sir Syed” Vol. I-III.

Dr Ansari, who is visiting his alma mater after 30 years, reminisced about his days on campus as a student and fondly remembered two of his teachers, Prof Muslim Taj and Prof Tariq Aziz, for their excellent teaching and shaping his career. He also presented a copy of all his publications to the Engineering College library.

source: http://www.amu.ac.in / Aligarh Muslim University – AMU / Home / by Public Relations Office (headline edited) / October 28th, 2024