11-year-old Bijapur girl earns Karate Black Belt
Says every girl must learn martial arts for self defence
Bijapur: A majority of Muslim families think twice and sometimes thrice before sending their daughters to enhance their skills other than academics. The trend subjected more in suburban areas where the parents like their daughters to stay at home after their regular school classes. Breaking the stereotype is a Bijapur family whose belief in their daughter has seen their 11-year-old daughter earn the Karate Black Belt.
Nadira Rozindar is a young 11-year-old daughter of Hayat Rozindar and now wears the Black Belt over her Karate gear with pride and a bright smile on her face. Nadira is also extremely passionate about the martial art that has given her a reckoning at a young age. She works hard and with a dedication to work on enhancing her skills in the martial arts.
Nadira started learning Karate when she was studying in Class 3, the biggest encouragement to her, came from her father, Hayat Rozindar who vehemently believes that children, mainly girls must learn self defence techniques.
“In the current scenario, it is important for the girls to learn self defence techniques which gives them emotional strength to fight during any adversaries. I believe every family must send their children, especially daughters to learn some kind of martial art” Hayat says.
With this clear objective, he admitted his daughter to a local Karate institute where she has been undergoing training for about three years now.
Karate training has a total of nine belts. It starts with a white belt and ends with a black belt while each belt carries different sets of rules and techniques. Only after passing those techniques, the students get a chance to earn a new belt.
Meanwhile, Naadira said that she could have completed the black belt a little earlier itself, but because of the COVID pandemic, the classes stopped and the exams were postponed.
“I recently completed the exam where trainers of Hubballi had come as supervisors. Since I completed all techniques, I was given a black belt”, she said with pride.
She now wants to continue Karate and wishes to complete different levels.
While Nadira wishes to continue her training, the father wants her to open a separate Karate coaching center in the coming days that will only train girls.
“I want my daughter to become an instructor of Karate by opening a separate school only for girls where she should be training and encouraging girls to undergo martial art training for their self defence. Hopefully, in a few years, she will start the center, and I will do whatever is required for that”, Hayat said.
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LoP Ashoka targets CM govt over corruption, says being 'shameless' in public life not forgivable
Bengaluru (PTI): Targeting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government in Karnataka on corruption, BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday said, being foolish was forgivable, but being "shameless" in public life was not.
The Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly claimed that in just 30 months of its tenure, the Congress administration has broken every previous record on corruption-related controversies.
He was responding to Siddaramaiah's post on 'X' on Thursday hitting back at the BJP, stating that Upa Lokayukta Justice Veerappa's claims of "63 per cent corruption" were based on his report in November 2019, when BJP's B S Yediyurappa was the CM.
"But Ashoka, without understanding the Upa Lokayukta's statement properly, has ended up tying the BJP's own bells of sins onto our heads and has effectively shot himself in the foot," the CM had said, as he accused Ashoka of foolishness for trying to twist Veerappa's statement to target the current government.
Responding, Ashoka said, "it is one thing to be called foolish in politics, that can be forgiven."
"But in public life, especially in the Chief Minister's chair, one must never become shameless," Ashoka posted on 'X' on Friday addressing Siddaramaiah.
Noting that the CM himself had admitted on the floor of the Assembly that a Rs 87 crore scam took place in the Valmiki Development Corporation, he said that when a CM acknowledges such a massive irregularity inside the floor of the House, the natural expectation is immediate action and accountability.
"But instead of taking responsibility, you continue in office as if nothing has happened. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," he asked.
Pointing out that the CM's Economic Advisor and senior Congress MLA Basavaraja Rayareddy had publicly stated that under Congress rule, Karnataka has become No.1 in corruption, Ashoka said, "Yet, you still cling to the Chief Minister's chair without a moment of introspection. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness."
Senior Congress MLA C R Patil had exposed the "money for House" racket in the Housing Department and even warned that the government would collapse if the details he has were made public, Ashoka said.
"Despite such serious allegations from within your own party (Congress), you neither initiated an inquiry nor acted against the concerned minister. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," Ashoka asked the CM.
Highlighting the "40 percent commission" allegation Congress made against the previous BJP government, the opposition leader said, the commission that the Siddaramaiah government appointed concluded that the accusation was baseless.
"After your own panel demolished your own claim, what moral right do you have to continue repeating that allegation. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," he asked.
For the last two and a half years, Karnataka has been 'drowning' in corruption, scandals, irregularities and allegations across departments. Ashoka said, "If I begin listing every case that emerged under your government, even 24 hours would not be enough."
"And the most tragic aspect of your administration is this: the unbearable pressure, corruption demands and administrative harassment under your government pushed several officers and contractors into extreme distress - including the suicide of Chandrasekharan which exposed the Valmiki Development Corporation scam - a sign of how deeply broken the system has become under your watch," he said.
Instead of fixing this hopeless environment, the government has tried to bury every complaint and silence every voice, he charged.
"Being foolish is forgivable, but being shameless in public life is definitely not."
"When your own ministers admit scams, when your own advisors certify Karnataka as No.1 in corruption, and when your own MLAs expose rackets inside your departments - clinging to power without accountability is not leadership. It is shamelessness in its purest form." PTI KSU
Earlier on Thursday Ashoka had demanded that the corruption case and allegations in the state against the Congress government be handed over to a CBI investigation, citing a reported statement by Upalokaykta Justice Veerappa alleging "63 per cent corruption", following which Siddaramaiah hit back at the BJP leader.
