In a state where there’s no dearth of candidates with a criminal case against them, Alambadi comes across as an exceptional politician. Three times winner from Nizamabad, 73 year old Alambadi travels through his constituency on foot from 9 to 5. His agenda for UP 2017 elections, is toilets for women and improved water availability in his area. This is the beauty of democracy. All you need is a will. Good luck sir!
India-Pakistan and the futility of wars
When Gurmehar Kaur said her father was killed not by Pakistanis but by war, she was implicating a bigger organised industry as responsible for the mayhem. To have such a perspective, demands quite a bit of understanding of world politics and arms manufacturing industry.
A friend of mine, who has knowledge on arms and ammunition, had once told me that each kalashnikov bullet costs four dollars. This he told me a decade before. The prices might have gone up now. Even if we ignore the cost of the guns, the cost of the bullets that are being used from training and drills to war and combing up operations alone cost thousands of dollars a day. Remember, bullets are the most cheapest ammunition available! Missiles, fighter jets, radars and other military hardware costs a lot more. There are several credible books available on how wars benefit companies. Continue reading “India-Pakistan and the futility of wars”
Muslim candidates facing each other in UP 2017
Following are the constituencies where two or more Muslim candidates (from the three main political parties) are pitted against each other:
- Agra South
- Aligarh
- Allahabad South
- Amroha
- Baheri
- Bareilly Cantt
- Barhapur
- Bhojipura
- Bulandshaher
- Chail
- Chamrua
- Chandpur
- Deoband
- Firozabad
- Jaunpur
- Kanpur Cantt (2)
- Kanth
- Loni
- Lucknow West
- Matera
- Mau
- Meerapur
- Meerut South (3)*
- Mohammadi
- Moradabad Nagar
- Najibabad
- Nanpara
- Noorpur
- Pilibhit
- Rampur
- Rudauli (3)*
- Sambhal
- Shahabad
- Shahjanpur
- Siwalkhas
- Syana
- Utraula
In an election as tight as this, this could make a difference in the final outcome.
* Candidates from SP, BSP & Congress are all in fray here.
Muslims in fray for the UP 2017 Elections – Part III
Contesting candidates on Congress’ ticket
- Nazir Ahmed, Agra South
- Nawab Mujahid Hassan Khan, Bareilly Cantt
- Haji Ehsaan Ali Ansari, Barhapur
- Anis Ahmad Khan, Bisalpur
- Talat Azim, Chail
- Nadeem Javed, Jaunpur
- Sohail Ansari, Kanpur Cantt
- Ch. Sher Nabi Chaman, Loni
- Ali Akbar, Mahasi
- Mohd Azad Saifi, Meerut South
- lmran Masood, Nakur
- Waris Ali, Nanpara
- Saif Ali Naqvi, Palia
- Talat Aziz, Paniyara
- Sayeed Khan, Rudauli
- Mohd Aarif Sayed Khan, Syana
- Samad Ansari, Varanasi North
Note: Data sourced from Elections.in & other sources
Muslims in fray for the UP 2017 Elections – Part II
Contesting candidates on BSP’s ticket
- Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutto, Agra South
- Muhammad Arif, Aligarh
- Mashooq Khan, Allahabad South
- Naushad Ali, Amroha
- Mohd Abdul Haseeb, Arya Nagar
- Aqeelur Rehman, Asmauli
- Ilyas Chaudhary, Atrauli
- Bazmi Siddiqui, Ayodhya
- Fahad Yazdani, Badhapur
- Hamid Ahmed, Bagpat
- Naseem Ahmad, Baheri
- Irshad Khan, Bangarmau
- Anis Ahmed, Bareilly City
- Muhammad Iqbal, Behat
- Mohd Aslam Raini, Bhinga
- Suleman Beg, Bhojipura
- Rashid Ahmed, Bijnor
- Ali Musharrat Ali Bittan, Bilsi
- Saiyyeda Begum, Budhana
- Muhammed Alim Khan, Bulandshaher
- Muhammad Asif Jafri, Chail
- Ali Yusuf Ali, Chamrua
- Muhammad Iqbal, Chandpur
- Noor Salim Rana, Charthawal
- Muhammad Saghir, Charra
- Tahir Hussain Siddiqui, Chibramau
- Rizwan Ali, Dadraul
- Mohammad Mubashir Khan, Dariyabad
- Majid Ali, Deoband
- Muhammad Ghazi, Dhampur
- Aslam Ali, Dholna
- Saiyyeda Khatoon, Domariyaganj
- Mohd Umar Khan, Farrukhabad
- Khalid Nasir, Firozabad
- Allauddin Khan, Gainsari
- Abdul Kalam Malik, Gaura
- Basim Iqbal, Ghosi
- Mohmmad Jalil Khan, Gonda
- Mohd Islam Khan, Gunnaur
- Mohammad Asif Shaikh, Husainganj
- Arshad Khurshid, Itwa
- Khalid Ahmed Khan, Kaiserganj
- Dr. Naseem Ahmad, Kanpur Cantt
- Mohammed Nasir, Kanth
- Masud Ahmed Khan, Katra Bazar
- Mashhoor Aalam Chaudhary, Khalilabad
- Parvez Akhtar Ansari, Kunda
- Haji Akbar Hussain, Kundarki
- Jasmir Ansari, Laharpur
- Haji Zakir Ali, Loni
- Armaan Khan, Lucknow West
- Sibghatullah Ansari, Mahmoodabad
- Sultan Ahmed Khan, Matera
- Mukhtar Ansari, Mau
- Nawazish Alam Khan, Meerapur
- Haji Muhammad Yaqub, Meerut South
- Arshad Ali Khan, Mehnaun
- Sultan Beg, Mirganj
- Muhammad Parvez Khan, Mirzapur
- Wahab Chaudhry, Modi Nagar
- Daud Ahmad, Mohammadi
- Atique Ahmed Saifi, Moradabad Nagar
- Shah Alam (Guddu Jamali), Mubarakpur
- Jamil Ahmed Ansari, Najibabad
- Abdul Waheed, Nanpara
- Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Nautanwa
- Gauhar Iqbal, Noorpur
- Javed Iqbal, Padrauna
- Mohammad Masrur, Phoolpur
- Abul Qais, Phoolpur-Pawai
- Arshad Khan, Pilibhit
- Aftab Alam, Pipraich
- Mohd Mujtaba Siddiqui, Pratap Pur
- Shahbaz Khan, Rae Barelli
- Hafiz Bharti, Ramnagar
- Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Rampur
- Shakil Ahmad, Rani Ganj
- Firoz Khan, Rudauli
- Rafatullah, Sambhal
- Hafiz Muhammad Imran, Sardhana
- Arshad Ali, Sahaswan
- Mohd Naseem, Sewta
- Asif Khan, Shahabad
- Mohd. Aslam Khan, Shahjahanpur
- Mohd Islam, Shamli
- Mohmmad Rijwan, Shekhpur
- Mohd Jamil Siddiqui, Shohratgarh
- Haji Imran, Sikandrabad
- Saeedur Rab, Sirathu
- Ashfaq Khan, Sitapur
- Nadeem Ahmed Khan, Siwalkhas
- Nawab Kazim Ali Khan, Suar
- Mujib Ahmed, Sultanpur
- Dilnawaz Khan, Syana
- Abdul Waris Khan, Thana Bhawan
- Mohd Saud Ahmed, Tiloi
- Mohd Parvez Ahmed, Utraula
- Muhammad Rizwan Ahmed, Varanasi Cantt
Note: Data sourced from Elections.in & other sources
Muslims in fray for the UP 2017 Elections – Part I
Contesting candidates on SP’s ticket
- Zafar Alam, Aligarh
- Haji Parvez, Allahabad South
- Himayat Ali, Anupshahr
- Mahboob Ali, Amroha
- Abid Raza, Badaun
- Ataur-Rehman, Baheri
- Rubab Sayeda, Bahraich
- Badlu Khan, Bangermau
- Jafar Beg, Bareilly Cantt.
- Sheikh Suleiman, Barhapur
- Mohammad Umar Khan, Behat
- Zahid Beg, Bhadohi
- Shahjil Islam, Bhojipura
- Arshad Jamal Siddiqui, Bhojpur
- Faheem Irfan, Bilari
- Afzal Kausar Ansari, Biswan
- Shujat Alam, Bulandshaher
- Nasir Ahmad, Chamraua
- Arshad Ansari, Chandpur
- Mabiya Ali, Deoband
- Adil Sheikh, Didarganj
- Azim Bhai, Firozabad
- Nafees Ahmad, Gopalpur
- Kamaal Akhtar, Hasanpur
- Abrar Ahmad, Isauli
- Mohd Nahid Hasan, Kairana
- Aneesur-Rehman, Kanth
- Isratullah Sekhani, Kasganj
- Shahid Manzoor, Kithaur
- Ajju Ishaq, Koil
- Mohd Rizwan, Kundarki
- Fareed Mehfooz Kidwai, Kursi
- Rashid Malik, Loni
- Mohammad Rehan, Lucknow West
- Yasir Shah, Matera
- Altaf Ansari, Mau
- Liyakat Ali, Meerapur
- Jahid Hasan Alies Guddu, Meerganj
- Rafik Ansari, Meerut
- Adil Choudhari, Meerut South
- Dr R R Usmani, Mohammadi
- Mohd Yusuf Ansari, Moradabad Nagar
- Haji Ikram Qureshi, Moradabad Rural
- Tasleem Ahmad, Najibabad
- Tabassum Hasan, Nakur
- Javed Abdi, Naugawan Sadat
- Alambadi, Nizamabad
- Naimul Hasan, Noorpur
- Shakir Ali, Pathardeva
- Ansar Ahmad, Phaphamau
- Mansoor Alam, Phoolpur
- Haji Riyaz Ahmad, Pilibhit
- Mohd Azam Khan, Rampur
- Gazala Lari, Rampur Karkhana
- Abbas Ali Zaidi, Rudauli
- Abdul Shahnawaz Khan, Saharanpur
- Nawab Ikbal, Sambhal
- Abdul Mannan, Sandila
- Sartaj Khan, Shahabad
- Tanvir Ahmad, Shahjahanpur
- Mohd Ramzan, Shrawasti
- Ziyauddin Rizvi, Sikandarpur
- Irfan Solanki, Sishamau
- Ghulam Mohammad, Siwalkhas
- Meera Bano, Sri Nagar (SC)
- Abddula Azam, Suar
- Azeemul Haq Pahelwan, Tanda
- Nawab Jaan Khan, Thakurdwara
- Abdul Kadir, Tilhar
- Mohd Mashood Khan, Tulsipur
- Arif Anwar Hashmi, Utraula
Note: Data sourced from Elections.in & other sources
Physics workshop brings more than 100 international participants to AMU
ALIGARH. “The results of Physics researches in the field of Neutrinos generate from the India based Neutrino Observatory would provide a significant impact in the sphere of the cutting edge scientific research”, according to Prof. Takaaki Kajita, Nobel laureate in Physics and a professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Prof. Kajita was delivering his inaugural lecture at a five-day International Workshop on “The Frontiers of Electroweak Interaction of Leptons and Hadrons” organized by the Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University.
In his lecture, Prof. Kajita emphasized the importance of Neutrinos in day to day life and underlined the need for its production and detection. He said that the Japanese Neutrino Physics community was “eagerly looking forward to Indo-Japanese collaboration project in which a number of scientists from the Aligarh Muslim University are also involved”. Continue reading “Physics workshop brings more than 100 international participants to AMU”
इत्तेहाद का नया दूत: प्रो. (डॉ.) तलत अहमद
नई दिल्ली. हाल ही में मुम्बई में सर सय्यद डे मनाया गया और इसके साथ ही अलिग बिरदारी का 5 साल पुराना बिखराव एकजुटता में बदल गया। ऐसा नहीं था की इन पांच सालों के दौरान मुम्बई के सभी ग्रुप को एकसाथ लाने की कोशिश नहीं हुई या हो रही थी लेकिन कामयाबी हर बार हाथ से फिसल जाया करती थी। मुम्बई में इसबार भी 2 सर सय्यद डे का आयोजन तय था लेकिन ऐन वक़्त पर ‘इत्तेहाद का सफ़ीर’ बन कर खड़े हो गए सीनियर अलिग, भारत के विख्यात भूगर्भ वैज्ञानिक, कश्मीर विश्वविदयालय के पूर्व और जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया दिल्ली के वर्तमान कुलपति प्रो.(डॉ.) तलत अहमद साहेब। मुम्बई में मुख्य अतिथि के तौर पर तलत अहमद साहेब का प्रोग्राम तय होने के बाद मुझसे बातचीत के दौरान उन्होंने अपना मुम्बई का प्रोग्रम बताया। मेरे लिए ये बहुत दुविधा की बात थी क्योंकि दूसरी जगह प्रोग्राम का आयोजन करने वाले मेरे ही साथी थे। जब तलत साहेब ने मुझसे कहा की तुम आओगे न तो मैंने कहा मैं कैसे आ सकूँगा? मैंने कहा एक ही दिन, एक ही समय पर एक ही शहर में 2 स्थानों पर प्रोग्राम है, मैं दूसरे प्रोग्राम के आयोजको में से हूँ। मैंने अपनी विवशता बताई। तलत साहेब ने उस समय कहा ‘विश्व, देश, समाज और अलिग बिरादरी को इत्तेहाद की ज़रुरत है। क्या तुम इसके दूत नहीं बनोगे ? और अगर तुम नहीं बनोगे तो कौन बनेगा ? क्या हम किसी और के आने का इंतज़ार करते रहेंगे और नस्ल-दर-नस्ल बंटकर अपनी क्षमता को नकारात्मक कार्यों में छिन-भिन्न करते रहेंगे। मेरा एक बड़े भाई, सीनियर होने के नाते तुम पर अधिकार है की ये ज़िम्मेदारी दूँ, तुमको कहूँ की मुम्बई का इत्तेहाद करना, कराना तुम्हारा और तुम्हारे साथियों की ज़िम्मेदारी है। सर सय्यद डे मुम्बई में एक ही होना चाहिए तनवीर, कैसे, तुम जानो।’ Continue reading “इत्तेहाद का नया दूत: प्रो. (डॉ.) तलत अहमद”
AMU condoles demise of Farzand Ahmad
ALIGARH. The Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah, expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief on the sad demise of noted journalist Farzan Ahmad. Ahmad breathed his last in Lucknow on the second of October after prolonged illness.
Lt. Gen. Shah said that Ahmad, who also served as State Information Commissioner, Bihar and Adviser to Department of Vocational Education, Uttar Pradesh Government, created a niche for himself in the field of journalism through his hard work and determination. He said that Mr. Ahmad’s death had left a huge void in the media world, which would be difficult to fill. He prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and solace to the bereaved family. Continue reading “AMU condoles demise of Farzand Ahmad”
Muqeem Ahmad: Restoring heritage with love
MUQEEM Ahmad comes across as a quiet man but is a mason par excellence. A resident of Amroha in UP, Muqeem singlehandedly renovated and at times recreated structures and floral designs on some old Imambadas and the Shia Jama Masjid in the town.
Born in 1956, Muqeem has been working for the last 45 years. He worked for a few months in Delhi and Punjab before moving to UP. For the last 25 years or so he has been mostly working on naqqashi or floral decoration. Continue reading “Muqeem Ahmad: Restoring heritage with love”