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Shaheedon ki Yadgaar
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Malegaon:
The Malegaonians, the beleaguered people of Malegaon, are very vocal
in blaming the Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) for blatant
inaction. They also substantiate their claim by pointing towards the
ground realities. However at the end of the day when it actually
comes to asking serious questions to their representatives and the
local administration vis-à-vis their performance in the town, empty
promises, emotional issues, tokenism and few rounds of photographs
with Saheb are enough to pacify them. Having learnt a lesson
over the years, the Civic Body too has now mastered in fooling the
people. Hence it is not surprising to see the Civic Body resorting
to tokenism instead of addressing the real issues.
After the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, the Malegaon Municipal
Corporation (MMC) was quick in declaring to rename the road
originating from Bhikku Chowk, the unfortunate place that saw the
deadly terrorist strike on September 29, 2008 leaving several people
into pieces, after the slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare. Hemant
Karkare is the man credited for exposing and detaining the Hindu
Terrorists who allegedly planned and executed the blast in Malegaon
a day before Eid Al Fitr, the Muslim festival to celebrate the end
of the fasting month Ramadan. The high regards for the man was
palpable in Malegaon ever since he exposed the hitherto hidden face
of the Hindu Terrorism. To this date people fail to believe the man
could have been killed like this. On the expected lines, hence, the
decision began receiving unprecedented praise from the Malegaonians
the moment it appeared in the local media.
Recently the Malegaon Municipal Corporation (MMC) sprang a surprise
yet again. This time it is the decision to launch its website in
Urdu that is receiving the applause from every corner of the city.
“Malegaon is among the few places in India where Urdu is flourishing
with the speed as it was hundred years before. Having a website in
Urdu for the Corporation that represents a city that has a poet
almost in every street is really amazing”, says Aaftaab Siddiquee.
Aaftaab though works in a powerloom factory is himself a poet.
Malegaon Corporation had registered a domain
http://www.malegaoncorporation.com
in January this year. The erstwhile Municipal Commissioner with a
pace for which he was famous in the Corporation, began designing the
website initially in English and then produced its exact replica in
Urdu. Though the website was still under construction, he decided to
make online whatever pages were available with him.
“Raut is known for working with a speed which is rarely visible in
today’s bureaucracy. Immediately after we registered the domain, he
along with a couple of colleagues began vigorously working with us.
Once the layout was approved, he ordered to make online whatever
pages were ready”, says Razee Anwer, the Software Engineer who is
designing the website. “Sudhir Raut was so excited that he requested
us to design the Urdu replica of the site as soon as possible.
Though it was earlier planned that first the complete website would
be designed in English and then in other languages, looking at his
excitement, we produced few pages in Urdu that are the exact replica
of the English pages and made them online”, informs Razee.
Tokenism sans wholehearted Effort
Ironically the Malegan Municipal Corporation (MMC) that has now
become famous for leaving a project incomplete did the same once
again. The website that began with remarkable speed came to a halt
after Sudhir Raut was transferred from the town sometimes in March.
When ummid.com contacted the incumbent Commissioner Jeevan Sonawane to know the status of the
website he expressed ignorance saying he did not have any idea if
the Corporation had planned any website.
Interestingly Razee, the software engineer also received the similar
reply from the Municipal Commissioner. “To proceed we needed the
contents from the Corporation and after we failed in pursuing with
the officers who were working with us till now we directly contacted
the incumbent Commissioner but he said he did not have any idea
about the website”, Razee recalls before adding, “More than his
ignorance it was his inept attitude that shocked us the most.”
Since then
http://www.malegaoncorporation.com
which according to a senior correspondent with The Washington Post
resembles any American Corporation’s website and which is the only
website in the country for a government body that has been designed
in Urdu, in line with many other projects in the city, is gathering
the dust.
The half-hearted and lackluster attitude of the local administration
does not end here. Months after the decision to rename the road from
Bhikku Chowk after slain ATS Chief Hemant Karkare, it is still
waiting to this date for a proper declaration and a board or any
mark for a visitor.
On contacting Mayor Najmuddin said to ummid.com, “The decision to
rename the road after Hemant Karkare is final and had also been
approved in the general body meeting. The board could not be placed
because of the election code of conduct. But we would be doing it
now in a day or two.”
Same is their attitude in case of putting the names of the freedom
fighters over Shahidon ki Yadgaar, the memorial
reconstructed after spending lakhs of rupees to commemorate the
martyrs who had laid down their lives during the freedom struggle in
Malegaon. Despite persistent efforts by various political groups and
local NGOs the Civic Body, hands in glove with a bunch of people who
are opposing the project, refuses to complete Shahidon ki
Yadgaar. The matter is pending since so many years that
if we try to put questions, nobody in the civic body is ready to
even talk on the issue.
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Forgotten
Heroes: “I have always wondered how, the
Muslims and the Hindus together, had decided to set a Mandir on
fire”, said Dr. 
A Masjid,
A Mandir and Me: Malegaon, a town in India with more than 70%
Muslim population has always been considered as a communally sensitive
place....
India's
'renaissance man' Kalam honoured in UK:
'I see my role as offering the voices of the silenced majority of
Muslims in America and around the world',
Zafar Shaikh-
The
Men Inspired by Debacles:
Born
in UP, Educated in Arunachal, Cracked UPSC while doing Ph. D in
Delhi: 
Skilled
Hands converting couplets 
‘Advising
Restraint, work for the Revival of the Community’:
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