Immigrants play a vital role in development of any country. Migration of people from one country to other or from smaller towns to cities within a country has its positive impact, said British journalist Ben Judah. Discussing his latest book ‘This is London: Life and Death in the World City’ at an event organized by […]
Author: SM Fasiullah
Islamic banking in India will attract huge investment and create more jobs, says research scholar S M Wasiullah, who specializes in Islamic banking and finance. In this interview, he recognizes the Modi government’s increased interest in introducing Islamic banking in the country. RBI is exploring to introduce Islamic banking in the country. What are the […]
Private schools fee regulation will bring quality in teaching, says Hyderabad School Parents Association (HSPA) vice president Seema Agarwal in an interview with Fasiullah SM. She talks about HSPA and its activities, while noting that multi-tasking is a woman’s forte. Below are excerpts: How HSPA came into existence? HSPA started in 2008 when there’s economic […]
Ever smile and laugh in life, and never let anyone know you are married. Thus started much-awaited annual laughter event ‘Zinda Dilan-e-Hyderabad’ at Numaish Grounds in Nampally yesterday. Introducing the All India Urdu Mushaira, its compere poet Feroz Rasheed reflected up on the pain of writing poetry as: Nahi hai asan gazal ka likhna, poocho […]
Demonetization of currency notes as a master stroke from Prime Minister Modi may have struck at the very heart of black money lying domestically in the form of cash, and certainly has disrupted the day-to-day life of common citizens across the country. In a conversation with Sriram Karri, author of ‘Autobiography of a Mad Nation’ […]
As Triple Talaq and Uniform Civil Code are being hotly debated across the nation, we have tried to understand both the issues. State Minorities Commission chairman Abid Rasool Khan terms the debate a political gimmick and asks Muslims to back All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on these issues, in a conversation with Fasiullah SM. Brief […]
Renowned media analyst Dr Sanjaya Baru said that there’s a possibility of revival of India’s grand old party, but no such likelihood of the famous Nehru family. “I see revival of Congress, but not the Nehru family,” Dr Baru revealed during the Hyderabad launch of his new book ‘1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History’. […]
India is not going to become a Hindu Rashtra in my lifetime, said noted historian Ramachandra Guha during a discussion organized by Manthan in Hyderabad yesterday. Speculations are rife following the BJP led government came to power at the Center that the country would become a Hindu Rashtra. An attendee asked the Delhi-based historian about […]
Veteran journalist, columnist and author of “Being the Other: The Muslim in India” Saeed Naqvi talks about ‘Being other’, Muslims as a cultural entity, Asaduddin Owaisi, and Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb in a conversation with Fasiullah SM in Hyderabad. Below is a brief transcript of the conversation. Being Other The feeling is a retrospective effect. I felt […]
Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Zafar Sareshwala talks about Muslim leadership, campus politics, New Education Policy, and initiatives to ameliorate brand-image of MANUU in a telephonic interview with Fasiullah SM. Below are the excerpts. 1. Independent India got its first Education Minister in Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Why more such persons did […]