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Meet 21-Year-Old Asman Khan, One Of Jaipur’s Youngest Councillors

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Jaipur, RAJASTHAN :

Asman Khan, a 21-year-old female Congress candidate from Jaipur, recently became one of the city’s youngest councillors. Contesting from ward number 81 in Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corporation elections 2020, Khan won the seat in her first attempt .

Here are some things you must know about Asman Khan: 

• Coming from a middle-class family, Asman Khan is the middle child among six brothers and sisters. She says she has received immense support from her family. ” I was scared initially but my family supported me “

• Her father Salim Khan has been associated with the Congress party as a party worker for quite some time now. He even had plans to contest the municipal elections himself. However, their ward became reserved for women. Consequently, he convinced his daughter to contest elections.

•Khan is currently an undergraduate student a Muslim Girls Degree College, Jaipur, and will take her final year exams soon . She will devote her entire attention to her ward’s welfare only after taking her final exams.

• Asman Khan became one of the youngest councillors in her first attempt. Describing her decision to contest elections as a “sudden” one, she told Times of India , “I always wanted to serve the public and this election has given me an opportunity to do so.”

• Talking to News18, Khan said that although there were a lot of contenders for the post, she emerged as a favourite because she is a young student.

• Khan has mentioned that she received a lot of love from her ward’s members during her campaigning. She also ensured that the public voiced their plight to her.

• As per Asma Khan, the major everyday problems being faced by her ward include mismanagement of garbage, sewerage, and dysfunctional street lights. She also wants to ensure that Muslim girls in her ward receive adequate training and opportunities. Khan hopes to work extensively for the development of her council in the next five years.

• Asman Khan has plans to pursue a post-graduation degree in humanities. She also aims to further her political career and ambitions in the future. Picture Credits: Times of India

Tarini Gandhiok is an intern with SheThePeople.TV.

source: http://www.shethepeople.tv / She The People / Home / by Tarini Gandhok / November 04th, 2020

Jaipur: This Kayamkhani family is all IAS, IPS and RAS

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Jaipur, RAJASTHAN :

Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain

Jhunjhunu’s Nuan village can easily be dubbed nursery of civil servants. This village of Kayamkhani Muslims has three IAS, one IPS and five RAS from a single family. Former union minister and an army officer Captain Ayyub Khan also belongs to this village.

Recently, this tiny village got an IAS officer in Zakir Hussain whose elder brother, Ashfaq Hussain is already an IAS officer. Their elder brother Liaqat Ali Khan is retired IPS officer. The villagers erupted with joy when they got the news of Zakir’s success who is 10th civil servant in the family. He was officer of accounts service who has now been promoted to IAS. His wife Wasim Bano who had come to her parents home said, she was very happy after her husband’s promotion. Her father engineer, Akhtar Hussain said that everyone was happy and proud of his son- in- law.

This is perhaps the first instance in the state’s bureaucracy that two brothers are serving as IAS at the same time. Zakir’s brother, Ashfaq is also IAS and posted in the education department.

The extraordinary of this family begin with Hayat Muhammed Khan who served in the army. He ensured that his children get education and create a niche for themselves.

Three of his five sons are IAS and one is IPS. One is retired from the education department. Farah Khan, his granddaughter and daughter of IAS Ashfaq Hussain is officer of Indian Revenue Service (IRS); she recently got married to IAS Qamar-ul Zaman Choudhary, while Shaheen Ali Khan, the grandson of Hayat Khan and son of retired IG Liaqat Ali Khan is, RAS. Shaheen’s wife Monika is Dy. SP in the jail department.

Children of Hayat Khan’s daughter Salim and his wife are both RAS. Hayat Khan’s younger brother Abdul Samad’s son Zaki Ahmed Khan was colonel in the army and his children Shaqib and Ishrat are also colonel in the army.

Liaqat Ali Khan, retired IPS. He was also chairman of the Waqf board.

Ashfaq Hussain, promoted from RAS to IAS. He was Dausa collector and currently posted in education department.

Zakir Hussain, joint secretary in the accounts service promoted to IAS.

Farah Khan, IRS, daughter of IAS Ashfaq Khan

Shaheen Ali Khan RAS currently posted in EGS (NREGA) as additional director. He is son of retired IPS Liaqat Ali Khan. His wife Monika is Dy SP in jail department.

Salim Khan, RAS is secretary in Madrasa Board. He is son of Liaqat Ali’s sister Akhtar Bano. His wife Sana Siddiqi is assistant settlement officer in the secretariat.

Qamar Ul Zaman IAS is married to daughter of IAS Ashfaq Khan and his wife Farah is IRS.

Javed RAS belongs to Nuan and currently posted in Alwar and married to daughter of Liaqat Ali’s sister.

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The extraordinary feat of this family began with Hayat Muhammed Khan who served in the army. He ensured that his children get education and create a niche for themselves. Three of his five sons are IAS and one is IPS. One is retired from education department.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA – Daily News & Analysis / Home> India News> Jaipur News / by Sandip Khedia / November 14th, 2017

State Filmmakers make a mark

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JAMMU & KASHMIR :

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Tariq A. Rather

Goa:
The 44th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa has proved a wonderful platform for the Kashmiri filmmakers as the festival provided them opportunity to showcase their creative work not only to the domestic but also to the international audiences.
Three non-feature films by Kashmiri filmmakers were screened during the 11 day festival beginning on November 20. Another Kashmiri filmmaker having worked as an Associate Director for 90-Minute Afghan-Indo Film “A Man’s Desire For A Fifth Wife”—in Dari language, featured under ‘Cinema of the World’ section in the festival.
‘Shepherds of Paradise’ by Raja Shabir Khan, ‘23 Winters’ by Rajesh S Jala and ‘Sama: Muslim Mystic Music of India’ by Shazia Khan, are the three films which found place in the prestigious Indian Panorama-Non Feature (IP-NF) Section of IFFI-2013.
‘Shepherds of Paradise’
‘Shepherds of Paradise’, , in Gojri & Urdu is a 50 minute film which narrates the story of 75-year-old Gafoor, a shepherd (Gujjar–Bakerwal community), who travels on foot with his family and herd from the plains of Jammu to the mountains of Kashmir in summer, and reverses the trip in winter. The steep terrain, unpredictable weather and the onset of turbulent situation in Kashmir, makes it a hazardous journey. The film was screened twice during the festival.
The film has bagged the National Film Award Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 1.50 Lakh at the 60th National Film Awards ceremony held on May 3, 2013. The film has shared the Best Cinematography award with another Marathi film ‘Kaatal’.
Director Raja Shabir says that it was a very challenging task to film because of the tough terrain, rough weather, long journey and the limited resources. The film was shot by without any crew and I followed the shepherds on foot all along their traditional hilly tracks of about 300 km., he added.
After completing his studies in political science and history from Kashmir University, Raja Shabir Khan joined the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTII) in Kolkata in 2003 and later he relocated to Mumbai for a year. His first documentary film, ‘Angels of Troubled Paradise’, has won the special jury mention award at the 3rd Siliguri International Short and Documentary Film Festival.
‘23 Winters’:
‘23 Winters’, a 25 minute Kashmiri & Hindi film, screened twice at IFFI, is a fictional story of a schizophrenic Kashmiri Pandit’s journey to the Valley after living in Delhi for several years. A film set in reality, played by a real protagonist, Bota, who lives a surreal life. This film looks at his traumatic past which haunts his exiled present. Nonetheless, his hopes are unvanquished, the film explains.
Rajesh Jala says that he has been making films, primarily, documentaries, for 11 years and has been an enlightening journey through human emotions, social concerns and inner conflicts. He has directed and produced a number of documentary films and television series for leading international and Indian TV channels. His films have been selected at a number of international film festivals including Montreal, Puson, Amsterdam, IFFI, Warsaw, Leipzig, Munich, Rome, MIDD, Thessaloniki, MOMA, etc, he added.
‘Sama: Muslim Mystic Music of India’:
It is a 52 minute Hindi & English film screened once at IFFI explores the Muslim music tradition in India and portrays how the two have borrowed and taken inspiration from each other. The film attempts to discover that connection which allows the performer to become one with the Creator and experience the peace, calm, serenity and joy with the artist as he creates Sama. The film has cinematography by Salim Khan, Shazia Khan & Mohammad Yunus Zargar.
Neelofar Shama, from Baramulla, North Kashmir, has worked as an Associate Director for “A Man’s Desire For A Fifth Wife”, directed and written by its lead actor Mohammad Sediq Abedi who is having 19 years of professional experience in Afghanistan based Jihoon Film & Altin Film companies.
The story of the film reflects the thousand year old custom which occurs in a village at the North of Afghanistan and tells the story of violence against women. A man with old traditions wants to get married for the fifth time; despite of having 4 wives already and the story shows women weak and sufferer existing in a society. The story portrays all factors of the age old culture and traditional game Buzkashi or Oghlak with thousand horses.
During media interaction along with Tahmina Rajabova, Tajik actress playing role of 3rd wife in the film, at the IFFI, Neelofar Shama said that she has started her career as a freelance producer-director with Doordarshan and has directed more than 70 documentaries, 85 TV serials, 5 advertisement films, 5 telefilms and 5 short films & several talk shows. She says working on Afghan film was a mix of fear, enthusiasm & adventure.

source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com / Daily Excelsior / Home / by Tariq A Rather / Decemeber 08th, 2013