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“The world is my runway..”: Tabassum Haq

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  It is often said luck favours the brave, something similar happened with Tabassum Haq, a former journalist and now a proud organizer of various beauty paegents under a broad spectrum of age groups, who has been invited by a Russian beauty paegent in South Korean to head a delegation. She is a grounded and a humble human in person.   Awaz   the   Voice   reached out to her for a tete-a-tete "Darling, I'll be heading the delegation to South Korea, here I am the National Director for Mrs Universe since 2017," was what Tabassum Haq, a Delhi-born new age enterpreneur told  Awaz   the   voice  over a telephonic interview. A lady of girt and enthusiasm, her story is indeed an inspiration for many alike. Coming from a humble background she says, “Many young moms who participated with their toddlers inspired me to start an event called Mrs Delhi-NCR.”  Today  Tabassum, a mother of two, is the Director of more than 14 beauty pageants under titles like Dazzle Miss and Mrs Asia, Da

Shahnawaz's social media videos make law look simpler to common man

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Guwahati-based advocate Sheikh Shahnawaz Mohammad is using social media to demystify the complex clauses of the law to make the common man understand it in the simplest possible terms. Shahnawaz addresses the common problem of the abject lack of knowledge of the law and different provisions among the litigants that at times lead to miscarriage or delayed justice and at times make them spend enormous sums on court cases. Speaking to Awaz-The Voice, Shahnawaz Mohammad said: "For many years, I have seen that many people get scared of small things related to law. They are afraid because they don't know the law. I thought I would make videos and tell people about things they don't know. I started making videos and posted on social media and then took a break." "It's nice to see that my videos are of help to the people as many benefitted from watching these. For instance, one day a policeman snatched the bike keys of one of my brothers for no reason. He had seen a

Viranwali: Woman who inspired Indian revolutionaries

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  “The sacrifice made by Viranwali of her life to wash out a national stigma has the power to invigorate the dispirited Indians and to infuse pluck and determination in their hearts,” wrote Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in  Kesari  on 26 November 1907.    Who is Viranwali? Public memory has its strange mechanism. As a nation, we have forgotten the name of a woman whose self-sacrifice awakened the nationalist zeal among Indians and kindled it in a way that a generation of revolutionaries rose in revolt against British rule. Her supreme sacrifice was a key factor in the formation of the Ghadar Party and the emergence of Bhagat Singh and revolutionary movements.   Viranwali was a gutsy woman challenging the patriarchal notions of her times. Education had started spreading in India and women were stepping out. She took the courage to travel by railways all alone. But, she did not realize that India was being ruled by the British people who treated Indian women as sex objects. The sexual at