Md A Basith
[ 7 Sep, 2006 0217hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: In a volte face that will help reduce communal tension, the All India Sunni Ulema Board on Wednesday issued a fatwa saying that Muslims can sing Vande Mataram but only its first two stanzas.
Earlier in June last, the Board had issued a fatwa by which Muslims were asked not to sing Vande Mataram .
Acting suo motu on the issue, four muftis of the Sunni Ulema Board's Dar-ul-Ifta on Wednesday issued the diktat asking Muslims to sing the first two stanzas of the national song.
"Singing the entire Vande Mataram is a Shirk (unIslamic) because some of the stanzas make you believe in 'Ghairullah' (other than Allah). But the first two stanzas are just praise and respect for the land which will make you bow towards it with respect," the fatwa said.
"If you bow at the feet of your mother with respect, it is not 'shirk' but only respect," said Board president Moulana Mufti Syed Shah Badruddin Qadri Aljeelani and other muftis Naseem Ahmed Ashrafi, Hasnuddin and Sajid Hussain.
The muftis asked politicians to prefer practices which bring people of all religions closer. But insisting on something that hurts the sentiments of one religion is not proper.
"The national song should unite people and should not separate them," Aljeelani told TOI. The All India Sunni Ulema Board claims itself to be a national body.
This body formed 10 years back follows the teachings of Jamia Nizamia, the city-based religious university and they follow the Ahl-e-Sunnatul Jamaat school of thought.
The Board with head office in Andhra Pradesh has branches in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. But several religious scholars believe that the Board is a local organisation and does not have much followers in other states.
While this is so, with school education department issuing circular for compulsory singing of Vande Mataram in all the schools on Thursday and the government being firm on this issue, some Muslims have decided not to send their children to schools on Thursday.
Religious scholars gave a call to Muslim parents not to send their children to schools where children would be forced to sing Vande Mataram .
"If the government is so adamant on forcing students to commit a sin of 'shirk' then there is a need for the parents to counter it in a fitting way," said Moulana Hafez P Shabbir Ahmed, Jamiat Ulama Hind state president.
Jamaat Islami Hind state president Abdul Basith Anwaar said the country got independence long ago and now everyone should think of development rather than indulging in useless controversies.
"I don't see any controversy in not singing Vande Mataram and do not understand what our leaders want to achieve by resorting to unconstitutional practice of forcing Muslims to sing a national song," Anwaar said.
Moulana M A Raheem Qureshi of All India Muslim Personal Law Board also gave a call to Muslims not to send their children to school on Thursday.
But MBT leader Amjadullah Khan said students must go to schools and strongly oppose if they were asked to sing the "objectionable song".
Showing posts with label Andhra Pradesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andhra Pradesh. Show all posts
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Hyderabad: Ganesha laddu fetches Rs 9.01 lac
[ 7 Sep, 2006 0224hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: A Ganesha laddu at Tummuluru village in the "happening" Maheshwaram mandal was reportedly bought for a record Rs 9.01 lakh in an auction on Wednesday.
Most of those who bought the laddus for huge amounts are real estate dealers and farmers who made it big by selling their land after prices hit the roof when several projects landed in Ranga Reddy district.
There are reports that in Maheshwaram another laddu was auctioned for Rs 7.22 lakh while at other places in the mandal also laddus were sold for lakhs of rupees.
The Ganesha laddu auction at Badangpeta at Saroornagar on the city outskirts also fetched a whopping Rs 6.25 lakh. In all this is hidden the tale of prosperity of people on the city outskirts, thanks to the fast-paced development there.
With projects such as the outer ring road, Shamshabad airport and Fab City coming up, real estate prices have rocketed skywards turning landowners into crorepatis overnight.
In the last several years, the only talked about laddu has been the Balapur laddu, the auction of which is watched keenly. The main Ganesha nimmajan day starts at Balapur beyond the Old City every year.
Even this year, the Balapur laddu weighing 21 kilos fetched a record price of Rs 3 lakh. But this paled in comparison to the price laddus fetched at Ganesha pandals on the city periphery.
It's believed that these laddus bought in auctions from Ganesha pandals can bring good fortune to the family, village and even improve the fertility of farmland.
The weight of laddus vary from pandal to pandal but the price is not fixed according to the weight. A laddu weighing 111 kilos could fetch only Rs 25,000 in an auction at Secunderabad.
One had never heard so much of the auction at Saroornagar before but this time, a laddu fetched Rs 6.25 lakh.
In the auction in which 12 people participated, the winner was Peddabavi Parvathamma, whose family reportedly owns considerable land in Badangpeta village.
The auction was organised by the Veeranjaneya Bhaktha Samajam. Last year, the laddu was sold for Rs 1.5 lakh. While at the auction at Nammeta in Chevella in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, the laddu fetched Rs 5.11 lakh.
In another auction at Maheshwaram, which is near the proposed Fab City, the laddu fetched Rs 4 lakh. The auction of laddus on the city periphery began only in recent times after the attention the Balapur auction got.
When it was conducted for the first time in 1994, the Balapur laddu fetched Rs 8,000. In 2003, it got as much as Rs 1.55 lakh and in 2004, it fetched Rs 2.01 lakh.
In 2005, the laddu was sold for Rs 2.08 lakh to the village sarpanch Ibrahim Sekhar. This year the laddu weighing 21 kg was bought by Chiruginti Tirupati Reddy for Rs 3 lakh.
Reddy, who is a farmer and real-estate dealer said he bought the laddu because money was not an issue for him. "Moreover, the sprinkling of the laddu in the fields results in a good yield," he claimed.
HYDERABAD: A Ganesha laddu at Tummuluru village in the "happening" Maheshwaram mandal was reportedly bought for a record Rs 9.01 lakh in an auction on Wednesday.
Most of those who bought the laddus for huge amounts are real estate dealers and farmers who made it big by selling their land after prices hit the roof when several projects landed in Ranga Reddy district.
There are reports that in Maheshwaram another laddu was auctioned for Rs 7.22 lakh while at other places in the mandal also laddus were sold for lakhs of rupees.
The Ganesha laddu auction at Badangpeta at Saroornagar on the city outskirts also fetched a whopping Rs 6.25 lakh. In all this is hidden the tale of prosperity of people on the city outskirts, thanks to the fast-paced development there.
With projects such as the outer ring road, Shamshabad airport and Fab City coming up, real estate prices have rocketed skywards turning landowners into crorepatis overnight.
In the last several years, the only talked about laddu has been the Balapur laddu, the auction of which is watched keenly. The main Ganesha nimmajan day starts at Balapur beyond the Old City every year.
Even this year, the Balapur laddu weighing 21 kilos fetched a record price of Rs 3 lakh. But this paled in comparison to the price laddus fetched at Ganesha pandals on the city periphery.
It's believed that these laddus bought in auctions from Ganesha pandals can bring good fortune to the family, village and even improve the fertility of farmland.
The weight of laddus vary from pandal to pandal but the price is not fixed according to the weight. A laddu weighing 111 kilos could fetch only Rs 25,000 in an auction at Secunderabad.
One had never heard so much of the auction at Saroornagar before but this time, a laddu fetched Rs 6.25 lakh.
In the auction in which 12 people participated, the winner was Peddabavi Parvathamma, whose family reportedly owns considerable land in Badangpeta village.
The auction was organised by the Veeranjaneya Bhaktha Samajam. Last year, the laddu was sold for Rs 1.5 lakh. While at the auction at Nammeta in Chevella in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district, the laddu fetched Rs 5.11 lakh.
In another auction at Maheshwaram, which is near the proposed Fab City, the laddu fetched Rs 4 lakh. The auction of laddus on the city periphery began only in recent times after the attention the Balapur auction got.
When it was conducted for the first time in 1994, the Balapur laddu fetched Rs 8,000. In 2003, it got as much as Rs 1.55 lakh and in 2004, it fetched Rs 2.01 lakh.
In 2005, the laddu was sold for Rs 2.08 lakh to the village sarpanch Ibrahim Sekhar. This year the laddu weighing 21 kg was bought by Chiruginti Tirupati Reddy for Rs 3 lakh.
Reddy, who is a farmer and real-estate dealer said he bought the laddu because money was not an issue for him. "Moreover, the sprinkling of the laddu in the fields results in a good yield," he claimed.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Hyderabad: Maid for each other?
Chandreyee Ghose
[ 3 Sep, 2006 0310hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: Padma (25) shifted uncomfortably inside a packed bus taking her all the way from her village in Ranga Reddy to the posh house in Banjara Hills where she works as a domestic help.
Leaving her two helpless kids to the care of a drunk abusive unemployed husband was not easy initially, but then someone had to keep the hearth burning.
Only, if she had as much money as her employers she could also get a life ...Swamy (13) also wants a life. A bright kid who dreamt of being Amitabh Bachchan one day found himself in the big bad city of Hyderabad after the crops failed in his village and there was nothing to eat. Now Swamy swabs, sweeps and cleans utensils in a household where the employer's son of his age plays computer games and goes to school. Swamy feels angry and frustrated but then he has to send money back home .
There are several such Padmas and Swamis working as domestics in the city. Many work for families with double-earning members, who have little time to spare at home and all the money to splurge.
As the family's dependency on the servant grows, the latter too gets tempted to lead the life of his/her employers. The easiest way is to fleece them of a hundred or two when they are not looking.
Sometimes things get worse, especially when the employer oblivious to the fact that the servants are stealing would even cough up the legitimate dues of the latter. A frustrated servant can rob or even murder.
In fact, the bad news is that crimes by servants are on the rise in the twin cities. It is not just in prosperous Banjara Hills or Jubilee Hills but even the middle-class Secunderabad that is seeing explosion of such crimes.
But Nikita Ahuja of Banjara Hills and her husband both of whom work in the BPO sector and have little time for housework, couldn't care less about this rising trend of servant crimes.
Not only do they leave the home to the care of their servants, they are not too careful about their belongings either.
"I know my maid steals from my wallet when I am not around. I have lost count how much cash I have lost this way. But then with both of us working we can't afford to lose this maid. So we just overlook such petty thefts on her part,"said a somewhat apologetic Nikita.
[ 3 Sep, 2006 0310hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: Padma (25) shifted uncomfortably inside a packed bus taking her all the way from her village in Ranga Reddy to the posh house in Banjara Hills where she works as a domestic help.
Leaving her two helpless kids to the care of a drunk abusive unemployed husband was not easy initially, but then someone had to keep the hearth burning.
Only, if she had as much money as her employers she could also get a life ...Swamy (13) also wants a life. A bright kid who dreamt of being Amitabh Bachchan one day found himself in the big bad city of Hyderabad after the crops failed in his village and there was nothing to eat. Now Swamy swabs, sweeps and cleans utensils in a household where the employer's son of his age plays computer games and goes to school. Swamy feels angry and frustrated but then he has to send money back home .
There are several such Padmas and Swamis working as domestics in the city. Many work for families with double-earning members, who have little time to spare at home and all the money to splurge.
As the family's dependency on the servant grows, the latter too gets tempted to lead the life of his/her employers. The easiest way is to fleece them of a hundred or two when they are not looking.
Sometimes things get worse, especially when the employer oblivious to the fact that the servants are stealing would even cough up the legitimate dues of the latter. A frustrated servant can rob or even murder.
In fact, the bad news is that crimes by servants are on the rise in the twin cities. It is not just in prosperous Banjara Hills or Jubilee Hills but even the middle-class Secunderabad that is seeing explosion of such crimes.
But Nikita Ahuja of Banjara Hills and her husband both of whom work in the BPO sector and have little time for housework, couldn't care less about this rising trend of servant crimes.
Not only do they leave the home to the care of their servants, they are not too careful about their belongings either.
"I know my maid steals from my wallet when I am not around. I have lost count how much cash I have lost this way. But then with both of us working we can't afford to lose this maid. So we just overlook such petty thefts on her part,"said a somewhat apologetic Nikita.
Hyderabad: Immersion takes life of 14-yr-old
[ 6 Sep, 2006 0300hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: A 14-year-old boy met with watery grave when he went to immerse a Ganesha idol in a tank at Nadergul village on the city outskirts.
The boy, A Arvind, was a resident of Pragathi Nagar, Meerpet, and a student of the government-run social welfare school at Nadergul, according to the police.
The students of the school installed a pandal on the school premises. On Monday, the students took out a procession from the school to the tank to immerse the idol, the police added.
After reaching the tank, the school watchman asked five students, who can swim, to enter the tank for the immersion of the idol. However, Arvind, who doesn't know swimming, went to immerse it.
In the process, he slipped and fell into the waters and could not come out of it as it was filled with plaster of paris. The four others and the watchman swam to the shore safely. Police fished out the body late on Monday night.
Hyderabad: Helmet fails to save rider's life
[ 6 Sep, 2006 0300hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old person was crushed to death by an RTC bus at Nalgonda crossroads on Tuesday morning. The victim was wearing a helmet but it could not save his life as he came under the rear wheels of the bus.
M Kumara Swamy, who was a purchase manager with a software company at Banjara Hills, left his house at Gautham Nagar in Dilsukhnagar at around 9 am for his office. As he reached Nalgonda crossroads, an RTC bus coming from the rear knocked him down.
The bus (AP 28 U 6599), belonging to Hayathnagar depot, was proceeding towards Koti. Kumara Swamy died on the spot. Kumara Swamy got married to Hima Bindu one-and-a-half years back. Hima Bindu is reportedly pregnant.
In another incident, a cameraman of a film production company, died on Tuesday after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Begumpet. P Shankar Rao, 25, was crossing the road near Begumpet when a vehicle hit him and fled away.
Shankar Rao died instantly. The deceased was a resident of Shyamlal Buildings. A heavy vehicle crushed to death a motorist at Sanathnagar late on Monday night.
M Keshavulu, 25, a stone-cutter was travelling on a scooter along with his friend, Tirupati, when a trolley coming from the opposite direction hit their vehicle.
The trolley driver lost control over the vehicle after overtaking a lorry, police said. Keshavulu died on the spot, while Tirupati was undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old person was crushed to death by an RTC bus at Nalgonda crossroads on Tuesday morning. The victim was wearing a helmet but it could not save his life as he came under the rear wheels of the bus.
M Kumara Swamy, who was a purchase manager with a software company at Banjara Hills, left his house at Gautham Nagar in Dilsukhnagar at around 9 am for his office. As he reached Nalgonda crossroads, an RTC bus coming from the rear knocked him down.
The bus (AP 28 U 6599), belonging to Hayathnagar depot, was proceeding towards Koti. Kumara Swamy died on the spot. Kumara Swamy got married to Hima Bindu one-and-a-half years back. Hima Bindu is reportedly pregnant.
In another incident, a cameraman of a film production company, died on Tuesday after being hit by an unidentified vehicle near Begumpet. P Shankar Rao, 25, was crossing the road near Begumpet when a vehicle hit him and fled away.
Shankar Rao died instantly. The deceased was a resident of Shyamlal Buildings. A heavy vehicle crushed to death a motorist at Sanathnagar late on Monday night.
M Keshavulu, 25, a stone-cutter was travelling on a scooter along with his friend, Tirupati, when a trolley coming from the opposite direction hit their vehicle.
The trolley driver lost control over the vehicle after overtaking a lorry, police said. Keshavulu died on the spot, while Tirupati was undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
