નારીશક્તિઃ ભારતમાં બીએસએફના વડા પદે અર્ચના રામસુંદરમ્ 17/02/2016 5:33 am Mukesh Patel ભારતમાં પહેલી વખત પેરા-મિલિટ્રી ફોર્સનું નેતૃત્વ એક મહિલાને સોંપવામાં આવ્યું છે. દેશના સૌથી મહત્ત્વના અર્ધલશ્કરી દળ બોર્ડર સિક્યુરિટી ફોર્સ (બીએસએફ)ના વડા તરીકેની પડકારજનક જવાબદારી અર્ચના રામાસુંદરમ સંભાળશે. તામિલનાડુ બેચનાં ઇન્ડિયન પોલીસ સર્વિસ (આઇપીએસ) ઓફિસર અર્ચના રામાસુંદરમે ગયા સપ્તાહે બીએસએફના હેડ ક્વાર્ટરમાં ખાખી યુનિફોર્મમાં ડિરેક્ટર જનરલ (ડીજી)ના હોદ્દાનો અખત્યાર સંભાળ્યો ત્યારે તેમને વિધિપૂર્વક ગાર્ડ ઓફ ઓનર આપવામાં આવ્યું હતું.
Ayisha Malik: The Muslim Bridget Jones 16/02/2016 11:09 am Sunetra Senior First-time novelist, Ayisha Malik, is expanding the literary landscape – and also the minds of the British public - with her spritely, new Romcom, ‘Sofia is Not Obliged’. The title perfectly captures the book’s unapologetic energy, wherein we are presented with a fresh and humorous perspective on the world of Muslim dating. We follow the turns and trials of Sofia, a thirty-something Hijabi woman, trying to balance her job in the publishing industry and the hard work of an errant love-life, while also doing her darnedest to maintain a sense of self. “That’s actually how my story differs from Fielding’s Bridget Jones” Malik told us, “though Bridget was truly wonderful in her time, and there are many parallels with Sofia e.g both characters are very loveable and relatable, my heroine is more contemporary. Today, we might feel slightly uncomfortable with the focus Fielding had on dating, and finding a boyfriend as an end in itself. Much of my book is based on the same theme of struggling against awkward social expectation, but does not show marriage for the sake of marriage; there’s more to it than that. It’s bigger.” Indeed, the most exciting element of Malik’s novel is what it says about the wider zeitgeist: “I wanted Sofia’s being a Muslim to come across very organically. It’s really showing the everyday life of a Muslim woman; how ultimately, her dating life is not that different to that in mainstream western culture”. Now available to buy on Amazon and from bookstores across the country, the gradual, emotional integration exhibited by Malik's main character in the narrative, at once reflects a more unified representation in society.
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