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Important Kokan Websites i-kokani: http://www.ikokani.com/ Konkan Community, Riyadh: http://www.riyadhkonkani.com Kokani Muslims—Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Konkani_Muslims People of the Konkan Division: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Konkan_Division Konkani Language: http://www.answers.com/topic/konkani-language Konkan Railway: the Net Resource Centre: http://www.geocities.com/ konkanrailfan/ Konkan Railway timetable website: http://www.geocities.com/ konkanrailfan/schnews.htm Kokan News ﻧـﻳـوز ﻛـوﻛـنKokan News Honorary Members: Dr. Abdulghani Dalvi Mr. Rafique Dalwai Mr. Nasir A. Khan Mr. Abdulkarim Kurawle Mr. Firoz Chougule Help a child by donating your Zakat to Washishti Welfare Society for the Disabled! Coming Soon: Kokani Muslims: Their Life and Culture By Dr. Siraj Mohammed Bijle FOREWORD Dear Brothers: Despite the delay caused by collecting and assembling materials fit for our first publication. I am proud to finally present to you the first issue of our newsletter “KOKAN NEWS”. This is a first step, a suitable platform to start disseminating information useful to us all. The need for a newsletter is quite obvious and necessary in order to exchange information, cultivate new ideas, relate inspiring experiences, and effectively announce important activities. Through this newsletter, we will be able to expand our reach in publicizing our activities and raising the level of awareness as to the importance of the role we play within the Kokani Community. Of course, this newsletter is not enough to guarantee the success of our activities. It is important that we all contribute to help our cause. Any contribution, no matter how small, can be significant. Any help that you can provide, any useful information that you are willing to share, can go a long way to help and improve the quality of life of the people in need in the Kokan region. Kokan News Volume 1, Issue 1 | August - September 2009 Editor: Dr. Siraj Mohammed Bijle ﻧــﻴــﻮز ﻛـــﻮﻛــﻦThe Official Newsletter of the Kokani Community The Washishti Welfare Society for the Disabled (WWSD) WWSD is a non-profit organization being established for disabled children upliftment in various domains of social, educational, scientific, cultural, economic and other endeavors. The society aims to provide assistance to families in four Talukas: 1) Chiplun, 2) Dapoli, 3) Guhaghar, and 4) Khed. Activities: 1. Counseling 2. Early Intervention 3. Adaptive Training 4. Living Skills Training 5. Vocational Training 6. Economic Rehabilitation 7. Social Integration/ Inclusion/Mainstreaming Founding Members: Dr. Abdulghani Dalvi Mr. Rafique Dalwai Mr. Nasir A. Khan Mr. Nasir Dalwai Mr. A. Kurawle Mr. Tahir Anware Mr. A. G. Nadkar Mr. Maqsud Ashtikar Mr. Abdulrauf Sable Dr. Siraj M. Bijle Aims and Objectives: Develop educational programs Develop employment programs Provide medical assistance Provide microfinancing programs for the disabled. Vision: To be recognized Society of excellence for helping the disabled and promoting Special Education in the Kokan Region. Mission: To improve the quality of disabled children’s life and education through collective efforts. Values: We believe in pursuing knowledge that benefits mankind. We believe in team- building and the sharing of knowledge and resources. We believe in a culture of integrity, professionalism and humanity. For more information about the Washishti Welfare Society for the Disabled, please contact: Dr. Siraj Mohammed Bijle Phone: +966-1-4885200 Mobile: +966-50627-4270 Email: [email protected]. IN THIS ISSUE Introducing WWSD 1 About Kokan 2 Icons 3 Personalities 4 Konkan Railway 4 New Books 5 Our visions 6 Urdu Poems 7 More than 250 Kokani’s from Riyadh, Dammam, and Jubail met on 24th April, 2009 and formed a Konkan Community to help their needy brothers in the Kingdom as well as the educational needs of the Kokani children back home in India. The following are the founding members of the Kokani Community in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Mr. Nasir A. Khan Dr. Abdulghani Dalvi Mr. Nasir Dalwai Mr. Rafique Dalwai Mr. Wasim Sarguroh Mr. Navshad A. Kadri Mr. Asgar A. Khan Mr. Amanullah Z. Kazi Mr. Hanif Khatib Mr. Shoyeb R. Dawai Mr. Ashfaq Desaia Mr. Omair Jeelani Konkan Community, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Koka

n N

ews وزـيـن نكــو ك

Koka

n N

ews

Hon

orar

y M

embe

rs:

D

r. Ab

dulg

hani

Dal

vi

Mr.

Rafiq

ue D

alw

ai

Mr.

Nas

ir A.

Kha

n M

r. Ab

dulk

arim

Kur

awle

M

r. Fi

roz

Chou

gule

Hel

p a

chi

ld b

y d

ona

tin

g y

our

Za

kat

to W

ash

isht

i Wel

fare

So

ciet

y fo

r th

e D

isa

bled

!

Com

ing

Soon

:

Koka

ni M

uslim

s: T

heir

Li

fe a

nd C

ultu

re

By D

r. Si

raj M

oham

med

Bijl

e

FORE

WO

RD

Dea

r Bro

ther

s: D

espi

te th

e de

lay

caus

ed b

y co

llect

ing

and

asse

mbl

ing

mat

eria

ls

fit fo

r our

firs

t pub

licat

ion.

I am

pro

ud

to fi

nally

pre

sent

to y

ou th

e fir

st is

sue

of o

ur n

ewsl

ette

r “KO

KAN

NEW

S”.

Th

is is

a fi

rst s

tep,

a s

uita

ble

plat

form

to

sta

rt d

isse

min

atin

g in

form

atio

n us

eful

to u

s al

l. Th

e ne

ed fo

r a n

ewsl

ette

r is

quite

ob

viou

s an

d ne

cess

ary

in o

rder

to

exch

ange

info

rmat

ion,

cul

tivat

e ne

w

idea

s, re

late

insp

iring

e

xper

ienc

es,

and

effe

ctiv

ely

anno

unce

impo

rtan

t ac

tiviti

es.

Thro

ugh

this

new

slet

ter,

we

will

be

able

to e

xpan

d ou

r rea

ch

in p

ublic

izin

g ou

r act

iviti

es a

nd

rais

ing

the

leve

l of a

war

enes

s as

to

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

role

we

play

w

ithin

the

Koka

ni C

omm

unity

. O

f cou

rse,

this

new

slet

ter i

s no

t en

ough

to g

uara

ntee

the

succ

ess

of

our a

ctiv

ities

. It

is im

port

ant t

hat w

e al

l con

trib

ute

to h

elp

our c

ause

. An

y co

ntrib

utio

n, n

o m

atte

r how

sm

all,

can

be s

igni

fican

t. A

ny h

elp

that

you

ca

n pr

ovid

e, a

ny u

sefu

l inf

orm

atio

n th

at y

ou a

re w

illin

g to

sha

re, c

an g

o a

long

way

to h

elp

and

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f life

of t

he p

eopl

e in

nee

d in

th

e Ko

kan

regi

on.

Kok

an N

ews

Volu

me

1, Is

sue

1 | A

ugus

t - S

epte

mbe

r 200

9 Ed

itor:

Dr.

Sira

j Moh

amm

ed B

ijle

وزيــ نــ

ـنوكـ

ـــ ك

Th

e O

ffic

ial

Ne

ws

lett

er

of

the

Ko

ka

ni

Co

mm

un

ity

Th

e W

ash

ish

ti W

elfa

re S

ocie

ty

for

the

Dis

able

d (

WW

SD)

WW

SD is

a n

on-p

rofit

org

aniz

atio

n be

ing

esta

blis

hed

for

di

sabl

ed c

hild

ren

uplif

tmen

t in

vario

us d

omai

ns o

f soc

ial,

educ

atio

nal,

scie

ntifi

c, c

ultu

ral,

econ

omic

and

oth

er

ende

avor

s. Th

e so

ciet

y ai

ms

to p

rovi

de a

ssis

tanc

e to

fa

mili

es in

four

Tal

ukas

: 1)

Chi

plun

, 2) D

apol

i, 3)

G

uhag

har,

and

4) K

hed.

Act

ivit

ies:

1.

Cou

nsel

ing

2. E

arly

Inte

rven

tion

3. A

dapt

ive

Trai

ning

4.

Liv

ing

Skill

s Tr

aini

ng

5. V

ocat

iona

l Tra

inin

g 6.

Eco

nom

ic R

ehab

ilita

tion

7. S

ocia

l Int

egra

tion/

Incl

usio

n/M

ains

trea

min

g Fo

undi

ng M

embe

rs:

Dr.

Abdu

lgha

ni D

alvi

M

r. Ra

fique

Dal

wai

M

r. N

asir

A. K

han

Mr.

Nas

ir D

alw

ai

Mr.

A. K

uraw

le

Mr.

Tahi

r Anw

are

Mr.

A. G

. Nad

kar

Mr.

Maq

sud

Asht

ikar

M

r. Ab

dulra

uf S

able

D

r. Si

raj M

. Bijl

e

Aim

s an

d O

bjec

tive

s:

• D

evel

op e

duca

tiona

l pr

ogra

ms

• D

evel

op e

mpl

oym

ent

prog

ram

s •

Prov

ide

med

ical

as

sist

ance

Prov

ide

mic

rofin

anci

ng

prog

ram

s fo

r the

di

sabl

ed.

Vis

ion:

To

be

reco

gniz

ed S

ocie

ty o

f ex

celle

nce

for h

elpi

ng th

e di

sabl

ed a

nd p

rom

otin

g Sp

ecia

l Edu

catio

n in

the

Koka

n Re

gion

. M

issi

on:

To im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of

disa

bled

chi

ldre

n’s

life

and

educ

atio

n th

roug

h co

llect

ive

effo

rts.

Val

ues:

We

belie

ve in

pur

suin

g kn

owle

dge

that

ben

efits

m

anki

nd.

• W

e be

lieve

in te

am-

build

ing

and

the

shar

ing

of k

now

ledg

e an

d re

sour

ces.

• W

e be

lieve

in a

cul

ture

of

inte

grity

, pr

ofes

sion

alis

m a

nd

hum

anity

. Fo

r mor

e in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he W

ashi

shti

Wel

fare

Soc

iety

for t

he

Dis

able

d, p

leas

e co

ntac

t: D

r. Si

raj M

oham

med

Bijl

e

Phon

e: +

966-

1-48

8520

0 M

obile

: +96

6-50

627-

4270

Em

ail:

smbi

jle@

yaho

o.co

.uk.

IN T

HIS

ISSU

E In

trod

uci

ng

WW

SD

1

Abo

ut

Kok

an

2

Icon

s 3

Per

son

alit

ies

4

Kon

kan

Rai

lway

4

New

Boo

ks

5

Ou

r vi

sion

s 6

Urd

u P

oem

s 7

Mor

e th

an 2

50 K

okan

i’s

from

Riy

adh,

Dam

mam

, an

d Ju

bail

met

on

24th

Ap

ril, 2

009

and

form

ed a

Ko

nkan

Com

mun

ity to

he

lp th

eir n

eedy

bro

ther

s in

the

King

dom

as

wel

l as

the

educ

atio

nal n

eeds

of

the

Koka

ni c

hild

ren

back

ho

me

in In

dia.

The

follo

win

g ar

e th

e fo

undi

ng m

embe

rs o

f the

Ko

kani

Com

mun

ity in

Ri

yadh

, Sau

di A

rabi

a:

Mr.

Nas

ir A.

Kha

n D

r. Ab

dulg

hani

Dal

vi

Mr.

Nas

ir D

alw

ai

Mr.

Rafiq

ue D

alw

ai

Mr.

Was

im S

argu

roh

Mr.

Nav

shad

A. K

adri

Mr.

Asga

r A. K

han

Mr.

Aman

ulla

h Z.

Kaz

i M

r. H

anif

Khat

ib

Mr.

Shoy

eb R

. Daw

ai

Mr.

Ashf

aq D

esai

a M

r. O

mai

r Jee

lani

Konk

an C

omm

unit

y, R

iyad

h, S

audi

Ara

bia

Abo

ut

Kok

an

The

Koka

n, a

lso

calle

d th

e Ko

nkan

Coa

st is

the

nam

e gi

ven

to a

str

etch

of

rugg

ed a

nd b

eaut

iful s

ectio

n of

the

wes

tern

coa

stlin

e of

Indi

a fr

om

Than

e D

istr

ict t

o G

oa. K

onka

n is

als

o on

e of

six

div

isio

ns o

f the

sta

te o

f M

ahar

asht

ra. T

he A

rabi

an S

ea is

the

mai

n ke

y ro

le p

laye

r in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

Kon

kan

regi

on.

Th

e Ko

nkan

div

isio

n of

Mah

aras

htra

com

pris

es th

e en

tire

coas

tal

regi

on o

f the

sta

te. T

he D

istr

icts

nam

es a

re: T

hane

, Mum

bai,

Mum

bai

Subu

rban

, Rai

garh

, Rat

nagi

ri an

d Si

ndhu

durg

. The

Lite

racy

is: 8

1.36

%.

The

Area

is: 3

0,74

6 km

² and

pop

ulat

ion

is (2

001

cens

us):

24,8

07,3

57.

M

ahar

asht

ra li

tera

lly m

eans

Gre

at N

atio

n is

Indi

a's

third

larg

est

stat

e in

term

s of

are

a an

d se

cond

larg

est i

n te

rms

of p

opul

atio

n af

ter

Utt

ar P

rade

sh. I

t is

bord

ered

by

the

stat

es o

f Guj

arat

, Mad

hya

Prad

esh,

Ch

hatt

isga

rh, A

ndhr

a Pr

ades

h, K

arna

taka

, Goa

and

the

Uni

on te

rrito

ry

of D

adra

and

Nag

ar H

avel

i. Th

e Ar

abia

n Se

a m

akes

up

the

stat

e's

wes

tern

coa

st. M

umba

i (Bo

mba

y), I

ndia

's la

rges

t city

, is

the

capi

tal o

f M

ahar

asht

ra.

----

Pi

ctur

ed a

bove

is th

e Ja

nijra

For

t vie

wed

from

the

mai

nlan

d. B

elow

is a

bird

seye

vi

ew o

f the

For

t.

Koka

n N

ews وزـيـن نكــو ك

The

For

t of

Ja

nji

ra o

n t

he

sea

is t

he o

nly

on

e of

its

kin

d. J

an

jira

Ja

l-d

urg

(sea

for

t) w

as

con

stru

cted

by

Ma

lik

Am

bar,

an

Abs

sin

ian

min

iste

r in

the

ser

vice

of

the

Sult

an

of

Ahm

edn

ag

ar,

who

belo

ng

ed t

o th

e fa

mou

s

Niz

am

sha

hi d

yna

sty.

The

for

t, b

uil

t a

t th

e en

d

of t

he 1

7th

Cen

tury

, is

alm

ost

enti

rely

inta

ct

even

tod

ay

, des

pit

e th

e

rava

ges

of

win

d a

nd

tid

e,

a t

esti

mon

y to

the

ma

rvel

s of

an

cien

t

eng

inee

rin

g.

Th

e B

an

dra

-Wo

rli

Se

ali

nk

Op

en

s Te

n ye

ars

and

$325

mill

ion

late

r, an

am

bitio

us s

ea b

ridge

aim

ed

at e

asin

g M

umba

i's n

otor

ious

tr

affic

jam

s op

ened

rece

ntly

, he

lpin

g re

side

nts

skip

nea

rly

two

doze

n tr

affic

ligh

ts a

nd c

ut

mor

e th

an h

alf a

n ho

ur in

the

com

mut

e to

the

busi

ness

hub

in

the

sout

h.

Page

2

Vol

ume

1, Is

sue

1 | A

ugus

t-Se

ptem

ber

2009

Urd

u Po

ems

on K

okan

Sour

ce: I

nqui

lab,

May

29,

200

8

Page

7

Ou

r V

isio

n f

or

the

Fu

ture

W

ash

ish

ti W

elf

are

So

cie

ty f

or

the

Dis

ab

led

1.

P

lan

for

Mob

ile

lau

nch

hos

pit

al in

Was

his

hti

an

d J

agbu

di R

iver

. 2.

Est

abli

sh E

mer

gen

cy C

lin

ics

in f

our

Tal

uka

s w

ith

wel

l equ

ipp

ed

ambu

lan

ces

and

fir

st a

id.

3. E

stab

lish

Sp

ecia

l Tra

inin

g Sc

hoo

ls f

or jo

b or

ien

ted

cou

rses

for

d

isab

led

ch

ild

ren

(gi

rls

and

boy

s) f

rom

age

14

an

d a

bove

. 4

. E

stab

lish

Old

age

d h

omes

in C

hip

lun

an

d K

hed

Tal

uka

.

Koka

n N

ews وزـيـن نكــو ك

For t

he v

isio

n to

be

a re

ality

, Was

hish

ti W

elfa

re S

ocie

ty fo

r the

Dis

able

d pl

ans

to

coor

dina

te th

e ef

fort

s of

four

abo

ve

men

tione

d Ta

luka

s in

the

first

pha

se to

ac

hiev

e th

e fo

llow

ing

com

mon

min

imum

ob

ject

ives

whi

ch th

e pa

rtne

rs/f

riend

s ha

ve a

gree

d to

wor

k fo

r.

I. To

tal l

itera

cy b

y 20

20 p

artic

ular

ly in

ta

rget

Tal

ukas

and

com

plet

e in

clus

ion

of th

e di

sabl

ed

com

mun

ity.

II.

M

obili

zing

the

daily

ear

ners

, wom

an

and

pove

rty

ridde

n di

sabl

ed in

the

targ

et T

aluk

as to

form

Sel

f Hel

p G

roup

s (S

HG

) and

tast

e th

e pr

ospe

rity

so e

arne

d.

III.

Intr

oduc

e Co

mm

unity

Cou

nsel

ing

Cent

ers.

IV

. Mob

ilize

and

org

aniz

e he

alth

car

avan

fo

r pop

ular

izin

g in

the

mas

ses

the

idea

of g

ood

heal

th a

nd m

akin

g th

em a

war

e of

the

need

s an

d si

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e of

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t hea

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e us

e of

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ose.

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6

Vol

ume

1, Is

sue

1 | A

ugus

t-Se

ptem

ber

2009

Ico

n o

f K

ok

an

: M

ak

hd

um

Ali

M

ah

imi

(13

72–

143

1)

Mak

hdum

Ali

Mah

imi (

1372

–143

1) w

as a

Suf

i Sai

nt fr

om th

e Ko

nkan

in In

dia,

w

idel

y ac

know

ledg

ed fo

r his

sch

olar

ly tr

eatis

es, l

iber

al v

iew

s an

d hu

man

ist i

deal

s. M

ahim

i was

bor

n in

to a

fam

ily o

f Ara

b tr

avel

ers

who

had

set

tled

dow

n on

the

isla

nd o

f Mah

im, o

ne o

f the

sev

en is

land

s th

at la

ter f

orm

ed th

e ci

ty o

f Bom

bay.

M

ahim

i was

the

first

Indi

an s

chol

ar to

writ

e an

exe

gesi

s on

the

Qur

'an,

whi

ch

gain

ed c

ritic

al a

cclim

atio

n fr

om n

umer

ous

Isla

mic

sch

olar

s in

clud

ing

Shah

W

aliu

llah.

Aut

horin

g a

tota

l of n

inet

een

book

s, he

was

giv

en th

e tit

le Q

utb-

e-Ko

kan

(Kok

an's

Pol

e St

ar).

Mah

imi i

s re

vere

d by

bot

h H

indu

s an

d M

uslim

s w

ith

high

est

eem

. Aft

er h

is d

eath

in 1

431,

he

was

bur

ied

in M

ahim

.

Mak

hdum

Ali

Mah

imi h

as le

ft a

lega

cy o

f rel

igio

us a

nd li

tera

ry w

orks

. The

M

ost d

istin

guis

hed

amon

gst t

hese

is h

is p

ione

erin

g co

mm

enta

ry o

n th

e Q

ur’a

n, A

l-T

afsi

r ar-

Rahm

ani w

ritte

n in

a s

impl

e st

yle.

It c

ompr

ehen

sive

ly e

xam

ines

the

subt

le li

nks

betw

een

the

diffe

rent

cha

pter

s in

the

Qur

’an

and

thei

r ver

ses.

Mos

que

in M

ahim

, Mum

bai

Isla

mic

Res

earc

h

Fou

nd

atio

n (

IRF

),

Mu

mba

i D

r. Z

akir

Nai

k, P

resi

dent

, IR

F, is

a m

edic

al d

octo

r by

prof

essi

onal

trai

ning

. H

e is

a

reno

wne

d an

d dy

nam

ic

inte

rnat

iona

l ora

tor o

n Is

lam

and

Com

para

tive

Relig

ion.

He

clar

ifies

Isla

mic

vi

ewpo

ints

and

cle

ars

mis

conc

eptio

ns a

bout

Is

lam

, usi

ng th

e Q

ur'a

n,

auth

entic

Had

ith, a

nd o

ther

Sc

riptu

res

as a

bas

is, i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith re

ason

, lo

gic,

and

sci

entif

ic fa

cts.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

visi

t ht

tp://

ww

w.ir

f.net

Is

lam

ic R

esea

rch

Foun

datio

n D

ongr

i, M

umba

i-40

0 00

9 In

dia

Ico

ns

of

IY C

oll

eg

e J

an

ab

A

. R

. A

ntu

lay

an

d D

r. R

afi

q Z

ak

ari

a

A

bdul

Reh

man

Ant

ulay

(lef

t), b

orn

Febr

uary

9, 1

929,

was

a u

nion

min

iste

r (M

inor

ity A

ffairs

) and

an

MP

in th

e 14

th

Lok

Sabh

a of

Indi

a. E

arlie

r he

had

been

th

e Ch

ief M

inis

ter o

f the

sta

te o

f M

ahar

asht

ra.

He

lost

the

2009

ele

ctio

ns,

repr

esen

ting

the

Raig

ad (L

ok S

abha

co

nstit

uenc

y) o

f Mah

aras

htra

.

Dr.

Raf

iq Z

akar

ia (r

ight

), bo

rn A

pril

5,

1920

, Nal

a So

para

— d

ied

July

9, 2

005,

M

umba

i, w

as a

pol

itici

an a

nd Is

lam

ic

scho

lar.

He

was

clo

sely

ass

ocia

ted

with

In

dia'

s fr

eedo

m m

ovem

ent a

nd th

e In

dian

Nat

iona

l Con

gres

s pa

rty.

Zak

aria

sp

ent o

ver 2

5 ye

ars

in p

ublic

ser

vice

, in

clud

ing

year

s as

a c

abin

et m

inis

ter i

n th

e un

ion

stat

e of

Mah

aras

htra

. A

utho

r of

mor

e th

an tw

o do

zen

book

s, he

fo

unde

d m

any

scho

ols

and

colle

ges

in

Mah

aras

htra

. He

repr

esen

ted

Indi

a in

the

UN

3 ti

mes

.

Page

3

Koka

n N

ews وزـيـن نكــو ك

Alm

as S

ayya

d t

ops

Mah

aras

htr

a H

SC B

oard

Al

mas

Naz

im S

ayya

d of

Nag

pur t

oppe

d th

e M

ahar

asht

ra H

SC

Boar

d ex

ams

scor

ing

98.5

0% m

arks

, Alm

as s

tood

firs

t in

the

list

of 1

0,59

,261

stu

dent

s w

ho h

ad b

een

give

n th

e ex

ams

in

Febr

uary

/Mar

ch 2

009.

With

an

exce

llent

98.

5% m

arks

in h

er H

SC e

xam

, Alm

as

Saye

d ha

s em

erge

d as

an

icon

esp

ecia

lly fo

r Mus

lim g

irls.

She

is

the

first

from

the

min

ority

com

mun

ities

to h

ave

hit t

his

mag

ic

figur

e.

G

ivin

g at

trib

utes

to h

er a

chie

vem

ent,

Anju

man

-e-I

slam

, the

or

gani

zatio

n w

hich

cal

led

the

mee

t, aw

arde

d he

r with

a 1

0-gr

am

gold

med

al, a

sha

wl a

nd a

bou

quet

. She

was

als

o gi

ven

a ch

eque

of

Rs5

0,00

0 un

der t

he S

eem

a Kh

atib

Sch

olar

ship

aw

ard.

Ko

nk

an

Ra

ilw

ay:

Ch

ug

gin

g

alo

ng

11

succ

ess

ful

yea

rs

It w

as o

n Ja

nuar

y 26

, 199

8 th

at tr

ains

dire

ctly

con

nect

ed

Mum

bai w

ith M

anga

lore

in s

hort

est p

ossi

ble

time,

redu

cing

th

e tr

avel

bet

wee

n th

ese

plac

es fr

om 3

6 to

16

hour

s.

Ef

fort

s ha

ve b

een

take

n to

incr

ease

saf

ety

on th

e ro

ute

by e

xecu

ting

mas

sive

ear

thw

orks

, wid

enin

g sl

opes

, pla

ntin

g gr

ass

to c

ontr

ol s

oil e

rosi

on, a

nd o

ther

geo

-tec

h w

orks

to

arre

st b

ould

er fa

lls a

nd s

oil s

lippa

ge d

urin

g m

onso

on. M

ajor

tr

affic

dis

rupt

ions

wer

e av

erte

d on

the

rout

e in

pas

t thr

ee

year

s.

Ko

nkan

Rai

lway

has

als

o m

ade

sign

ifica

nt s

trid

es in

trai

n op

erat

ions

and

inno

vatio

ns. T

he a

nti-c

ollis

ion

devi

ce (A

CD),

a pa

tent

ed te

chno

logy

of K

onka

n Ra

ilway

, is

bein

g im

plem

ente

d in

pha

ses

over

var

ious

zon

al ra

ilway

s in

Indi

a.

Succ

ess

Stor

y: K

hush

boo

Mirz

a (a

bove

), a

23 y

ear o

ld e

ngin

eer w

ith th

e In

dian

Spa

ce

Rese

arch

Org

anis

atio

n (IS

RO),

is th

e yo

unge

st m

embe

r of t

he te

am o

f 12

engi

neer

s of

the

Chec

k-O

ut D

ivis

ion

of

Indi

a’s

mai

den

moo

n m

issi

on, C

hand

raya

an-

I. C

heck

out

her

sto

ry a

t ht

tp://

ww

w.u

mm

id.c

om/c

aree

r/Kh

ushb

oo_m

irza_

from

_am

roha

_to_

moo

n.ht

m

“Giv

e C

hari

ty w

itho

ut

del

ay,

fo

r it

sta

nd

s in

the

wa

y of

ca

lam

ity”

Al-

Tir

mid

hi, H

ad

ith

589

Page

4

Vol

ume

1, Is

sue

1 | A

ugus

t-Se

ptem

ber

2009

Ne

w B

oo

k:

Mu

slim

Com

mu

nit

ies

in M

edie

val K

onka

n b

y M

omin

M

ohid

din

M

uslim

Com

mun

ities

in M

edie

val K

onka

n by

Mom

in p

rese

nts

a st

udy

of th

e M

uslim

com

mun

ities

in m

edie

val K

onka

n fr

om th

e ea

rlies

t kno

wn

arriv

als

of fo

reig

n M

uslim

s on

the

wes

tern

co

astla

nd o

f the

Kon

kan

litto

ral t

o th

e en

d of

the

19th

cen

tury

. It

seek

s to

iden

tify

the

soci

o-in

telle

ctua

l and

pol

itico

-rel

igio

us

role

s pl

ayed

by

Mus

lims

at th

is ti

me

and

to a

ppre

ciat

e th

eir

cont

ribut

ion

to v

ario

us o

ther

asp

ects

of c

ultu

re. T

he b

ook

shou

ld p

rove

of i

nter

est t

o hi

stor

ians

and

soc

iolo

gist

s, as

wel

l as

eco

nom

ists

and

oth

ers.

Sund

eep

Prak

asha

n, 2

002

ISBN

: 978

8175

7412

63

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orta

nt

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liog

rap

hy

abou

t K

okan

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ed, S

M.:

Indo

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b Re

latio

ns, 1

978.

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of th

e Ko

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