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Guzaarish: Film on child adoption to release on Feb 14 in Hyderabad

Guzaarish, a short film based on the theme of child adoption, is slated to be screened on 14 February 2019 at Prasad Labs in Hyderabad. The 20-minute film is produced by city-based NGO Helping 2 Hands, The AR Foundation. The movie is directed by Rakesh Gondle. Speaking about the film, president of Helping 2 Hands […]

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Interviews

Interview: ‘TRS failed Youth and Muslims’, says Shujat Ali of TPCC

Shujat Ali ‘Sufi’, spokesperson of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), talks about youth, employment, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), the Modi-Shah-Yogi factor, and Muslim vote in Telangana during a telephonic conversation with Fasiullah SM, editor of Hyderabad Youth Mirror. Below are excerpts: Employment is critical to youth. Why Congress, like other parties, has not given enough […]

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#TelanganaElection: Interview with Karimnagar’s Muslim Candidate who gets First Party Ticket

Waseem Ahmed, a Muslim candidate contesting for Karimnagar Assembly seat, talks about his political journey, support from the community, controversy surrounding JIH, and his political heavyweight opponents during a conversation with Fasiullah SM, editor of Hyderabad Youth Mirror. Below are the excerpts: You were the first Muslim candidate to get a party ticket after announcement […]

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Education Events

UPSC Topper Anudeep Durishetty Symbolizes ‘The Great Middle Class Indian Dream’

A large chunk of India’s population is middle class. They dominate as the working class of the country. They derive the economy through their sheer strength and skills. What it likes to come from the middle class and achieve big? A dreamer and achiever from India’s middle class, Anudeep Durishetty opened up about his dream, […]

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Hyderabad Politics

Congress to contest all assembly seats in Telangana: TPCC Spokesperson

Congress is set to contest all assembly seats in Telangana State, the party spokesperson revealed in a major announcement much ahead of elections in the 29th Indian state. “The Congress party is going to contest from all assembly seats, including those that fall under Old City [of Hyderabad],” Shujat Ali “Sufi” told Hyderabad Youth Mirror […]

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Events Hyderabad

HLF: Confluence of arts, ideas and cultures

Gear up for a double dhamal! January 26 marks Republic Day in India. On the same day this year, Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) is scheduled to begin in the city of Nizams. The three day event will start on Friday, brining into focus Spain and Kannada. It will feature as many as 150 speakers from […]

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Interviews

Young generation is more creative: Interview with Tawseef Quazi

Young generation is more creative and good at presentation, says short-film maker and creative director Tawseef Quazi. In the interview with Fasiullah SM, he urged youth to try film making, a lucrative, creative and challenging career. Below are excerpts: What motivated you to choose film-making as a career? I started my career as an advertising […]

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Communal politics will not survive in Telangana: Interview with Shujat Ali

Communal politics will not survive in Telangana as Hindus and Muslims here have great understanding, says Shujat Ali ‘Sufi’, former joint director of Doordarshan, who recently joined Congress. In the interview with Fasiullah SM, he takes potshot at TRS for its ‘jhoot’ and talks about upcoming elections, among other things. Below are excerpts: Three variants […]

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Education Events Hyderabad

Focus on Public Interest Issues: Prof Acharyulu to Media Persons

Hyderabad: Journalists could use their editorial judgment to take up issues of public concern and not swayed by what is trending in social media, noted Prof. Madabushi Sridhar Acharyulu, the Commissioner of Central Information Commission. Delivering the key note address at the symposium on “Ethics of Electronic Media,” in Osmania University on Saturday, he observed […]

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MANUU to Emerge as Alternate Politics Hub

President of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) Students Union, Attaullah Niazi talks about change in student politics after Rohith Vemula suicide, attitude of BJP and HCU administration towards minorities, and campus politics in MANUU during an interview with Fasiullah SM. Below are excerpts: You have been in MANUU for over three years. What’s your […]