Six daughters and all of them doctors: A heart-warming story from Kerala's Kozhikode

Six daughters and all of them doctors: A heart-warming story from Kerala's Kozhikode

Interestingly, the spouses of Fathima, Hajra, Ayesha, and Faiza are also doctors. Kumhamed Kutty and his wife were also against dowry

Published: 20th October 2021 06:12 PM 

Zaina (third from right) flanked by her doctor family. (Photo | Special Arrangement)

By Gladwin Emmanuel

Online Desk

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. This is true in the case of Ahamed Kunhamed Kutty and his wife Zaina Ahmed of Nadapuram in Kozhikode district of Kerala.

When Zaina Ahamed gave birth to six daughters, Ahamed and his wife didn't despair. Rather they were happy. Ahamed was a progressive thinker. He envisioned a life for his daughters in which they would serve society better and be role models for others.

His wish did not take long to turn into reality. All the six daughters of the couple did well in their studies and would go on to be doctors. Wait, we are getting ahead of ourselves.

Four daughters namely, Fathima Ahamed 39, Hajra Ahamed 33, Ayesha Ahamed 30, and Faiza Ahamed are already practicing doctors. Raihana Ahamed 23 is doing her final year MBBS in Chennai while the youngest Ameera Ahamed is in the first year of her MBBS course in Mangalore.

Interestingly, the spouses of Fathima, Hajra, Ayesha, and Faiza, namely, Dr Rishad Rasheed, Dr Ajnas Mohammed Ali, Dr Abdurahman Padiyath Manapat, and Dr Ajas Haroon respectively are also doctors.

Zaina was only 12 years old when she was married off to her cousin Ahamed. At the time, he was running a business in Chennai. After the birth of their first daughter, Ahamed went to Qatar with his wife and daughter where he was employed in a refinery.

Hajra, who did a BDS course while all the others opted for MBBS, recalls the evenings in Qatar when their parents used to infuse them with the importance of doing well in their studies and serving society.

Once they returned from school, there used to be a family gathering when their parents chatted with their daughters about several things, particularly their studies and future.

Ahamed Kunhamed Kutty and his wife Zaina Ahmed

"My Uppa liked medicine. When he couldn't become a doctor he dreamt of making his brother a doctor. But his brother went on to become a teacher and he's known as Soofi teacher in our place," Hajra said.

So, naturally, Ahamed wished that one of his daughters would fulfill his dreams. Fathima opted for MBBS and she took to the course like a duck to water. The positive feedback from Fathima inspired her other sisters also to go in for medicine. Behind it, all was the advice of their parents.

In fact, one of the sisters, Ayesha was interested in doing law. But her parents told her she can pursue it after completing her MBBS course.

Similarly, when it came to the marriage of their daughters, Ahamed and his wife were specific that their daughters should marry someone from the same profession so that it would help the young couple understand each other better. They were also against the practice of dowry. They didn't want to "sell off" their daughters but marry them off to a person who understood and loved them.

After working in Qatar for nearly 35 years, the couple with their daughters returned to Kerala. About two years later, Ahamed suffered chest pain and passed away. At the time, only two of the daughters were married off. Thereafter, Zaina encouraged and inspired her daughters to pursue their courses and married off two other daughters.

Fathima is presently working in a military hospital in Abu Dhabi. Hajra said she had returned from abroad and is planning to do her PG course.

Ayesha is serving in a hospital in Kodungallur while Faiza and her husband work in Kochi.

This story would read like a dream. But, as they say, Rome was not built in a day. The six women doctors and their mother would testify.

The sisters don't have a photograph taken together with their Uppa. They carry an image of him in their hearts.

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HC asks Muslim man to give maintenance to divorced wife

HC asks Muslim man to give maintenance to divorced wife

Vasantha.Kumar@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru:12.10.2021

“A Muslim marriage is not a sacrament, (and) does not repel certain rights and obligations arising from its dissolution,” the Karnataka high court has said, rejecting a man’s plea and coming to the rescue of his ex-wife, who has been battling for enforcement of the trial court’s maintenance decree for the past decade.

Contracting another marriage after pronouncing talaq upon his first wife, a Muslim man cannot say he has to maintain the new wife and their child, and cite the same as a ground for not discharging maintenance, Justice Krishna S Dixit said.

The petitioner, Ezazur Rehman, had pleaded that he could not pay maintenance to his ex-wife, Saira Banu, as he had remarried and had to provide for his wife and their child. The judge, in his order, said Rehman ought to have known his responsibility towards his ex-wife, who does not have anything to fall back on. The responsibility of paying maintenance arises from his own act of talaq, and prior to marrying another woman, the court said.

Quoting the Quran and Hadith, the judge said the right of a divorced woman for maintenance is conditioned on three cumulative factors — insignificant mehr amount, inability of the woman to sustain herself, and if she does not remarry. A Muslim marriage “dissolved by divorce, per se does not annihilate all the duties and obligations of parties by lock, stock and barrel”, the judge noted in the order passed on October 7.

The judge also said Rehman’s contention is repugnant to law, morality and ethics and that if such a contention is countenanced, it would only encourage talaq which the law shuns.

Citing various conventions on human and particularly women’s rights, the judge pointed out that divorce brings hardship to women, and more so to divorced Muslim women. Divorced women’s tears are “hidden in their veils”, he noted, and it is not that unscrupulous men do not know this. Justice Dixit imposed Rs 25,000 cost on Rehman and requested the trial court judge to execute the same on a war footing and report compliance to the registrar general of the HC within three months.

The responsibility of paying maintenance arises from his own act of talaq, and prior to marrying another woman, the court said

‘Superior court can set aside bail if key factors ignored’

‘Superior court can set aside bail if key factors ignored’

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:12.10.2021

The Supreme Court has reiterated that if all relevant factors were not taken into consideration while granting bail then the superior court can set it aside.

“Where a court considering an application for bail fails to consider relevant factors, an appellate court may justifiably set aside the order granting bail. An appellate court is thus required to consider whether the order granting bail suffers from a non-application of mind or is not borne out from a prima facie view of the evidence on record. It is thus necessary for this Court to assess whether, on the basis of the evidentiary record, there existed a prima facie or reasonable ground to believe that the accused had committed the crime, also taking into account the seriousness of the crime and the severity of the punishment…” a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said while quoting apex court judgement passed in 2020 in Mahipal v. Rajesh Kumar.

It passed the order while quashing anticipatory bail granted to an accused. “The court has to determine whether on the basis of the material available at this stage, the High Court has applied the correct principles in allowing the applications for anticipatory bail.

The offence is of a serious nature in which Vikas Singh was murdered.

The FIR and the statements under Sections 161 and 164 of the CrPC indicate a specific role to Jogendra Singh and Suryabhan Singh in the crime. The order granting anticipatory bail has ignored material aspects, including the nature and gravity of the offence, and the specific allegations against Jogendra Singh and Suryabhan Singh. Hence, a sufficient case has been made out for cancelling the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court,” it said.

The court has to determine whether on the basis of the material available at this stage, the High Court has applied the correct principles in allowing the applications for anticipatory bail

MU gets A++ rating till 2028

MU gets A++ rating till 2028

Mumbai:12.10.2021

Mumbai University’s rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) will be valid for seven years — as opposed to five — till 2028. High-performing institutions are given an extension by the council based on scores. MU recently bagged A++, with a score of 3.65 CGPA (cumulative grade point average), and became one of the highest rated public universities in the state, so far. As per the New Education Policy, MU will also be recognised as a research university. TNN

Airline industry goes private but ‘VIP culture’ seems set to stay

Airline industry goes private but ‘VIP culture’ seems set to stay

Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com

New Delhi:12.10.2021

India has moved on to an era of private airlines (except for Alliance Air, which will also be sold off soon) and an increasing number of airports under the private-public partnership model, but ‘VIP culture’ seems set to remain firmly in place.

A letter from the Union aviation ministry on September 21 (before Air India was taken over by the Tatas) asked all airlines, airport operators and the aviation security regulator to ensure compliance with the “protocol/courtesy/ support to members of Parliament at airports”. Pointing out that these instructions had been issued from time to time, it said “some issues of negligence... have come to the notice of this ministry”. It requested “all concerned... to comply with the same in letter and spirit”.

While the letter listed the protocol that Air India had to follow and did not specifically name private airlines, the directive is applicable to them too. Among other things, the protocol said the duty manager, senior staff should facilitate MPs in completion of check-in formalities, make efforts to reserve seats in the front row for them; airport operators should provide MPs access to reserved lounges along with free tea, coffee or water.

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Guv’s tips for good NAAC grade to univ

 Guv’s tips for good NAAC grade to univ

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Lucknow:12.10.2021

Governor Anandiben Patel directed officials of Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) to take students’ views before deciding the curriculum.

She gave suggestions on what the university should do to get a good grade from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) while viewing the university’s presentation of the self-assessment report for NAAC evaluation at Raj Bhavan on Monday.

The governor, also the chancellor of all state universities, advised university officials that to get a good NAAC grade, it was necessary to analyze the progress of the arrangements and discuss the same with the committees formed for NAAC. Work progress should be reviewed by dividing the tasks among responsible committees so that the work can be completed at a faster pace.

During the presentation, the governor also suggested that improving the facilities of the university according to NAAC standards is essential.

The university must have sports facilities for the differently-abled, she said.