Hey KB; you are forever our baby
Mirza Khurram Baig s death came as a shock to the journalistic community
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Boss, friend, confidant and thorough gentleman were just some of the terms thrown around when talking of Mirza Khurram Baig. KB, as he was better known, was a man infamous for his temper, but equally famous for his kindness.
“Sheikh sahab”, he would call out when I entered the newsroom. It was the best part of my day. I would greet him back with the same phrase. It was our special greeting – one that only we shared. That was my Sheikh sahab, though. He had a special greeting for all he loved.
Remembering Abid Hasan Safrani, who coined Jai Hind slogan
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Netaji’s aide honoured posthumously
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Abid Hasan Safrani was instrumental in INA adopting the ‘Jai Hind’ salute
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Abid Hasan Safrani was instrumental in INA adopting the ‘Jai Hind’ salute
Nearly 67 years after she travelled with her uncle Abid Hasan Safrani to Bern to complete her education, Ismat Mehdi received the Netaji Award conferred on the latter by the Netaji Research Foundation.
“Netaji award 2021, posthumously offered by Netaji Research Bureau to Major Abid Hasan, Indian National Army, for his outstanding contribution to the freedom and unity of India under the leadership of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Jai Hind,” reads the citation which was handed over to Ms Mehdi on Saturday.
‘Jai Shri Ram’ At Netaji s Birth Anniversary Function: Mamata Banerjee’s Shout Of Silence
This round goes to Mamata Banerjee with her dignified refusal to deliver a speech to the chants of Jai Shri Ram at Netaji s birth anniversary function File Photo Anjana Basu 2021-01-25T13:28:21+05:30 ‘Jai Shri Ram’ At Netaji s Birth Anniversary Function: Mamata Banerjee’s Shout Of Silence outlookindia.com 2021-01-25T18:36:26+05:30
“Jai Shri Ram!” for a while that cry has been creeping into my consciousness beginning with when the first Hindu Rashtriya workers began materialising in the Lakes and teaching children to repeat the slogan. I heard it in a narrow lane early in the morning when a durwan (guard) greeted a Hindi-speaking friend and then again when the chant seemed to march outside my window down Gariahat with determined defiance only to slip into a more normal ‘Inquilab Zindabad!’ “Don’t worry about it,” a friend advis
Abid Hasan, aide to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the man who coined the slogan “Jai Hind”, was posthumously honoured at an event here on Saturday that resonated with messages of unity and secularism.
Hasan, who was a major in the Indian National Army (INA) and served the country as a diplomat after Independence, was conferred with the Netaji Award 2021 by the Netaji Research Bureau at Netaji Bhavan.
Bureau chairperson Sugata Bose, Netaji’s great-nephew and a Harvard history professor, delivered a speech on “Netaji, Abid Hasan and the Unity of India” that was peppered with anecdotes and highlighted the emphasis Netaji and his comrades laid on inclusiveness and secularism.
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