BA Mohidin has universal personality: Prof KE Radhakrishna
Second edition of ‘Nannolagina Naanu’ book released in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, September 10: “BA Mohidin was a modern age Sufi saint. He was taking much effort to complete the work he accepted. Without confining his personality within himself, he has universal personality”, said educationist and writer Prof KE Radhakrishna.
Speaking at the release of the second edition of the ‘Nannolagina Naanu’, an autobiography of BA Mohindi, narrated by Muhammad Kulai and BA Muhammad Ali, at a programme organized by the Beary’s Welfare Association at a private hotel here on Monday, he said that the characters in the book would haunt the readers. One could observe the compassion in it. Communal harmony and brotherhood in the Dakshina Kannada district is visible in the book. Nowadays, the society is in glitter. But the society should emulate the ideology of BA Mohidin, he said.
Right from his young age, Mohidin was opposing the hatredness.”I have studied in Christian school. But they never called me for prayer. Instead, they asked us to do horticulture work. Both are same”, he said in his autobiography. He has rejected the power and arrogance, he said.
Journalist BM Hanief said that in coastal region, BM Idinabba and BA Mohidin were two great leaders. Mohidin has never declared that he has done good things or achieved a great thing. But he lived his life in a simple way and thus, he became a model to others, he said.
MLC BM Farooq presided over the programme in which, JDS national spokesperson Tanveer Ahmed, Mohidin’s younger son Mushtaq and others were present.
Communal harmony disturbed in DK
Dakshina Kannada district was known for communal harmony. But because of one person, the district was losing its credit, said Prof KE Radhakrishna.
“I could still remember the communal harmony I have seen during my childhood days. Mohidin has even shared those moments in the book. In any programmes at our home, the Beary family members used to come to our home and participate in all activities and celebrations. In the same way, we used to go to their programmes. But now, such a beautiful relationship and society is destroyed for the gains of a few”, he said.
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Odisha: Normalcy returns to violence-hit Malkangiri; internet services fully restored
Malkangiri (PTI): Normalcy returned to Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district on December 8 to curb the spread of rumours and misinformation following the clashes, were restored after the situation improved.
The suspension had been extended in phases till 12 noon on Monday.
The administration also withdrew prohibitory orders imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita within a 10-km radius of MV-26 village, where arson incidents were reported on December 7 and December 8.
Though the violence was confined to two villages, tension had gripped the entire district, as the incident took the form of a clash between local tribals and Bengali settlers following the recovery of a headless body of a woman on December 4, officials said.
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The violence broke out after residents of Rakhelguda village allegedly set ablaze several houses belonging to Bengali residents, forcing hundreds to flee. The headless body of Lake Podiami (51), a woman from the Koya tribe, was recovered from the banks of the Poteru river on December 4, while her head was found six days later at a location about 15 km away.
Officials said the district administration held several rounds of discussions with representatives of the tribal and Bengali communities, following which both sides agreed to maintain peace.
Relief and rehabilitation work has since been launched at MV-26 village, with preliminary assessment pegging property damage at around Rs 3.8 crore.
A two-member ministerial team headed by Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo visited the affected village, interacted with officials and locals, and submitted a report to the chief minister.
So far, 18 people have been arrested in connection with the violence, the officials said, adding that despite the withdrawal of prohibitory orders and restoration of internet services, security forces, including BSF and CRPF personnel, continue to be deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
On Sunday, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi visited MV-26 and neighbouring Rakhelguda villages, and held discussions with members of both communities as part of efforts to rebuild confidence and restore peace.
More than two lakh Bengali-speaking Bangladeshis were rehabilitated by the Centre in Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts in 1968, and they currently reside in 124 villages of Malkangiri.
