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Editorial

Dear Readers,
Assalamo Alaikum.

The editorial team anticipates that this edition of “bakhabar” discovers you in finest of health and eimaan, Inshallah.

This April, a session of Indian academic boards will conclude, and again we mutely will spectate hundreds of thousands of students with stooping head, trotting on roads to nowhere.
These stars, which otherwise would shine brilliantly, will lose their glitter, just because of scanty resources and poor career counseling.

I personally, whenever counsel any suburban/rural guy, am deeply touched by their high aspirations, but left equally worried on the pitiable awareness of the pupil. This deeply engrosses me in an obvious doubt that, are they really a part of 21st century…? In an era of flourishing information technology, to observe the upcoming of an unaware generation is a matter of grave concern.

This ignorance prevails, even when media, either print or electronic, is easily accessible to almost all sections of society.
The role of media in majority of household is limited to quenching man’s primitive thirst for entertainment. Television, which otherwise would have played a imperative role in educating and elevating information base of the viewers, is nothing more than an epicenter of the whole family’s entertainment.
Reality shows, comedy series and other crap are fondly watched and appreciated. Even news channels, just for the sake of increasing and retaining their viewership, compromise with the mission of their existence.  Rather than being informative, they are acting more as spicing agencies.

I agree that entertainment and cultural activities are inseparable parts of a civilization. But, allowing it to be a functional element of our civilization will surely retard the pace of our growth.

A live example is the ongoing Cricket World Cup series that turned the whole nation cricket-maniac. It is acceptable to recreate through the means of sports, but to an extent that the whole country came to a halt is how much justified..?

We are supporting our cricket team so desperately, that to some extent, we forgot the very reason of the existence of that team i.e “our nation”.

It is an instance to stop for a while and think, which direction are we heading towards..?
How is our entertainment-bound attitude going to benefit our community in particular and the country in general.
The tribulations rusting our community since decades still exist, without hopes for its elimination in the coming decades.

I would bid adieu with these lines of Dr. Iqbal:

"na samjhoge to mit jaoge aey HINDUSTAN walo;  

   tumhari dastan tak na hogee DastanoN meN"

Wassalam,

Syed Shibli Manzoor                                                                

102 Years old Islamic Madrasa makes history with Bihar Anjuman’s first Industrial Technical Institute (ITI): Urgently needs Rs. 15 lakhs for installation of industrial equipment, to get final approval [http://iti.biharanjuman.org/]