Category: Society and Service
Food For Thought
Bangalore's Ashiana Food Bank, managed by Al-Aman Educational and Welfare Trust"Mohammed Farooq is its Founder Chairman and Amina the Trust's Secret [...]
New Hope for Children in Distress
About 30 kilometres from Hyderabad, in the sleeping suburb of Moinabad, US-based Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC) runs the Challenger Girls' [...]
Ashiana Old Age – Home Care with Dignity in Twilight Years
Farooq's Ashiana has become a hub of activity. Old Aged Homes were 'no go zone' for the community so far. But need is increasingly felt not to be dism [...]
Jahangir Shaikh: A Guardian of Unclaimed Dead Bodies
Jahangir has performed last rites of as many as 1,600 people. As he is used to giving gusl, he is also called by people for giving gusl to their rel [...]
Church Initiates Eye Bank Efforts to Rescue Pellet Victims in Kashmir
By Raqib Hameed Naik
Srinagar: In a significant move aimed at helping hundreds of youth who have been blinded by use of pellet guns in Kashmir, the C [...]
A Task “Well” Done!
An abandoned well in Kondhwa became a garbage dump yard. Saleem Mulla rejuvenated it with fresh water, and now it is benefiting thousands of people t [...]
Bouquets and Blood Donation
For Abbas, it has been a struggle to find blood with compatible blood groups, but he never gives up.
Abbas from Coimbatore has supplied about 1.5 la [...]
Bahrain PM Donates Funds to Manjhi
The Kingdom of Bahrain offered a red carpet welcome, and donated Rs 8.87 lakh to a Odisha tribal who was forced to carry his wife's body for nearly 12 [...]
Bappu Haji – An Octogenarian Who Lives Only to Serve Others
Haji dropped out of school after Class 4, but this never stopped him from helping others pursue their dreams. His charity work is beyond caste, creed [...]
A Heart-Warming Gesture
"The religion of a person should always be humanism. It is just a simple sacrifice for a fellow being," says Shamshad Begum.
By Faiz Siddiqui
Kan [...]