At 8.30PM on the sixth of May 2021, Shamim sahab’s family received a call from MD City Hospital, New Delhi, “We are going to give CPR to the patient as his heart is not responding. We have to incubate him. Could you please come soon?” Just an hour back doctors were hopeful about his condition.
With prayers in our heart, we rushed from Jasola to Model Town. That 40-minute drive was the longest I ever took. We reached hospital at 9.20PM and dashed towards the ICU ward, only to be stopped by the doctor outside the ward, “We tried our best but could not succeed, he is no more.“ Shamim Hanfi had left for his heavenly abode at 8.50 PM, to be united with his parents, brothers, his illustrious friends like Intezar Hussain, Balraj Menra, Zahid Dar, Shamsur Rahman Farooqui, Asif Farrukhi, Zubair Rizvi, Manglesh Dabral, Mohammad Alvi, Mohd Shahid and many others. He left behind a grieving wife and two daughters. Continue reading “Khuda Hafiz Shamim sahab”
We all are aware of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s mammoth efforts in shaping the educational landscape of Indian Sub continent in the 19th century by establishing the scientific society, Victoria College, Persian School in Moradabad and the establishment of Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh, which in 1920 became the Aligarh Muslim University. These establishments help Indians specially those who belong to marginalised section of the society to achieve great heights in their educational pursuit and also help them in becoming better human beings. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was a visionary whose foresightedness helped Indians in mastering English language and thus creating their niche in their own country where they were outclassed and outsmarted by colonial masters because of their proficiency in a universal language.