Monday, June 27, 2011

Inquilab in Aligarh

Great irritation of modern civilization is when the newspaper boy thinks that he can sell your newspaper to whom so ever he wants for he can always through the Hindi paper Amar Ujala in your house. Then there is Sahafat which thinks that it can replace Urdu daily Roznama Rashtriya Sahara just like that. So this was one of those days when the boy changed the newspaper. It was Inquilab. After turning a few pages you realize that the also have Mumbai (Aligarh) in the top bar. Now Pakistan has an Aligarh but Mumbai? Futher investigations reveal that the fron page also has the announcement article-Arrival of Inquilab in the City of Knowledge and Intellect (Shahr-e-Ilm-o-Danish Main Inquilab ki Aamad). Now it makes sense. 72 years old legendary newspaper from Mumbai has started publication from Aligarh. No dak edition but actual publication. That too just a few days after beginning publication from several other cities. Today Meerut and Agra too are honoured with Aligarh. The introductory issue is full of congratulatory messages from every local member of every political party-small or big. Some local news is also covered. Of course Rashtriya Sahara covers more (and the Hindi dailies even more) as well as has a better get up and production. But one thing that the editor says raises hopes-he asserts that there will not be any emotional overplay in news presentation. This will be indeed very nice. News should be served as news and not as a conspiracy theory. Though other daily news papers are better than Urdu weekly Nai Duniya in news presentation but even then they leave a lot to be desired. So good luck to Inquilab. May Allah grant them progress.