Category: Features
The Gaya Muslim Orphanage – A Lighthouse for Children
Set up by visionary Enayeth Khan in 1917, the Gaya Muslim Orphanage (GMO) has set an example of national integration. GMO is like a family for several [...]
NGO Sets up Napkin Unit
Benazeer Baig who has been running the Excellent School and the vocational training centre for over two decades, informed that the napkins would be [...]
Islami Baitul Mal Institutions – Carving a Future for Themselves
Consistent and steady effort has enabled a clutch of social activists in Bangarpet to set up several educational institutions.
By A Staff Wri [...]
Children’s Bookmaking Workshop – Publishing Comes to Chennai School
The books have been conceived, written, designed and illustrated by the children themselves. Ranging from ages 9 to 13 (grade 4 to 7), these children [...]
Unleashing a Saucy Spread
A Chennai couple rolls out a line of finger-licking food additives.
By Shazia Andaleeb
A brand one often comes across in Chennai grocery stores i [...]
A Sunny Afternoon With Two Brave Women
March 8 is celebrated as International Women's Day. This year, the theme for the Day is "Be Bold For Change." You might wonder about the hype th [...]
Tarjuman ul-Quran Published in English
Mysore historian Dr. Sheik Ali has rendered Maulana Azad's Urdu literary masterpiece into English.
By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj
The English translatio [...]
Islamiyah Matriculation Higher Secondary School – Harvesting Sweetness of Knowledge
A fish merchant thought of a school to remove illiteracy and poverty. It came up on sugarcane fields. Today the school has over 3,000 students.
By [...]
Learning Lessons From Hidaya Foundation – Holistic Planning: Key to Success!
The Foundation has helped the lowest of the low to rise from poverty, learn skills and be self reliant, besides providing them dignity of living in de [...]
Supper for the Soul
Swabhimaan's initiative of food and groceries distribution in the poorest of the poor slums in Bengaluru, gives food for thought, for individuals and [...]