Prophet Muhammed's message is the best reply to RSS: Mahendra Kumar
Real Hindus will have problems with Sangh Parivar
Mangaluru, Feb 1: “Muslims who don’t understand the teachings of Quran, turn into terrorist after they are brain washed by the anti-social elements, similarly in Hindus, people who don’t know what actual Hinduism, hate people of other religion” Social activist Mahendra Kumar KR on Friday said while taking a dig at Sangh Parivar.
He was speaking at the townhall here at the valedictory function of the campaign themed ‘Understanding the Prophet of mankind’. The campaign was aimed at spreading the message of Prophet Muhammed, the last messenger of Islam between November 30, 2018 to February 1, 2019.
“Youth of the country has to stand up against these Fringe elements who are damaging the image of the country. The Sangh Parivar is openly endorsing and supporting the murderer of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. One can imagine the situation of the country where a organisation is misleading its youth by supporting the murderer of the biggest patriot”.
“The RSS has been inculcating the intoxication of religion and is playing with the minds of the youth of the country” Mahendra Kumar further said.
Mahendra Kumar further lauded the efforts of Muslim community in organising programmes to promote peace and harmony in the society while also adding that such programmes and campaigns are the answers to Sangh Parivar.
“They (Sangh Parivar) idolise Swami Vivekananda, but he never taught or asked people to hate other religion and its followers, he always advocated the mutual understanding among religions and stressed upon the fact that hatred will take people nowhere” Mahendra Kumar added.
Folk scholar KL Kundantaya said that Prophet Muhammed was the ‘link between the God and the mankind’. “Following the teachings of Prophet Muhammed is the need of the hour” Kundataya added.
Varthabharathi Editor-in-Chief Abdussalam Puthige who presided over the event, also spoke on the occasion. UNIWEF Karnataka president Rafiuddin Kudroli delivered valedictory address.
UNIWEF state secretary Khalid UK, members Atheeq, Syed, Thanvir and others were among present during the event.
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FIDE Women's World Cup final: Humpy draws with Divya in first game
Batumi (Georgia), Jul 26 (PTI): Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the FIDE Women's World Cup final, with both players having their share of opportunities to take the lead here on Saturday.
The draw with black means Humpy, the two-time World Rapid champion, holds a slight edge going in the second and final game under the classical chess rules in the two-game mini-match, and should the deadlock continue, games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner.
Humpy employed the Queen's gambit accepted as black and it turned out to be a pretty fascinating game right out of the opening as Divya, 19, came up with a piece sacrifice early to deny the black king the right to castle.
Humpy was the first to err and, according to computers, Divya had things under control on the 14th move. However in her bid to recover the extra material, the Nagpur girl, who has secured a place in the Candidates tournament with her sterling performance here, missed a promising continuation.
What followed the exchange of all minor pieces and the ensuing queen and rook endgame gave enough counter play to both players. The game was eventually drawn after Humpy sacrificed her rook to force perpetual checks.
"The game saw an extremely sharp battle with the game ending in a draw in 41 moves. On move 7, Divya made her aggressive intentions clear by offering another pawn,
which looked like home preparation. Humpy made a practical decision of refraining from taking the pawn and a balanced position was reached by move 10 by white," said Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay, an Arjuna awardee and the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster norm.
"However, instead of developing the undeveloped Knight, Humpy retreated the centralised Knight on move 10, giving huge positional advantage to Divya. Divya could have gained huge positional advantage on the 12th move by moving a rook. However, she chose to play for King side attack by sacrificing a piece instead.
"Humpy, too, erred at this stage and instead of moving the King to Queen side, moved it to the King side. Divya, on move 14, could have obtained a crushing attack by threatening a mate by developing her Queen. Instead she chose to exchange a pair of Bishops first, which enabled Humpy to defend her King by returning the piece," said Thipsay.
"Players thus reached a balanced Queen and two Rooks ending. Divya continued to play ambitiously and tried to attack Humpy’s King but the latter defended accurately and the game was drawn in 41 moves by perpetual check," he added.
In the play-off for the third place, Chinese players Zhongyi Tan, the former women's world champion and top seed Lei Tingjie also decided to split points out of a Queen’s gambit declined game.
The opening raised visions of a close contest between the two but having been knocked out of title race in the previous round, none of them wanted to take any huge risk. It was still a middle game when the players shook hands.
With the top two positions sealed for the Indians, the berth to the next Candidates is also assigned, while the player finishing third will also get an entry to the premier event scheduled for 2026.
Results: Divya Deshmukh (Ind) drew with Koneru Humpy (Ind); Zhongyi Tan (Chn) drew with Tingjie Lei (Chn).
