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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Revolutionary freedom fighter Sher Ali, who was hanged by the British in Andaman and Nicobar islands, was among the early revolutionaries in the country.  He was among the freedom fighters of the era soon after 1857. Later, on the same path Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan, Madanlal Dhingra and many others, walked. Though Sher Ali's sacrifice is well-known, but the need was felt for a long time to have a proper book on his life.  Dr Md Shahid Siddiqui Alig  has written the book on the revolutionary who was executed in Andaman and Nicobar.  Sher Ali was hanged as he had attacked and assassinated Lord Mayo. No other such high-ranking British official faced such an attack on Indian soil. Sher Ali's life and patriotism, how he turned into an anti-imperialist, in the company of other freedom fighters, is a long story. Sher Ali Afridi was born in Tirah valley. He had assassinated Lord Mayo when the latter made a visit to Andaman and...

Shams Ur Rehman Alavi While there is considerable interest regarding politics in the society, the lack of initiative towards entering political arena, is intriguing. This article deals with the issue of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh. Already, the community is facing a serious issue of poor representation in political sphere. Major parties are not giving tickets to Muslim candidates, as they feel polarization will affect their chance of victory. Every community needs a voice and its members must reach echelons of power--at all the three levels viz. civic body, state legislature and houses of parliament. Besides, there is also social, intellectual leadership that is needed, apart from electoral politics. What is surprising is that we don't have more people emerging as leaders in our centres. Cities like Lucknow need leaders, voices. It takes sometime before a person gets recognized in the society. This is through sustained efforts, speaking up, learning how to 'emerge' as leader i...