Syeda hameed biography

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed is.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (born 1943) is an Indian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of.
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed is an Indian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India.

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Syeda Hameed

Indian social activist

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed (born 1943) is an Indian social and women's rights activist, educationist, writer and a former member of the Planning Commission of India.^[1] She is the president of the National Federation of Indian Women and the founder trustee of the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia (WIPSA) and the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation.^[2] She was a member of the National Commission for Women (1997–2000).^[3] Hameed received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in 2007, for her contributions to Indian society.^[4]

She chaired the Steering Committee of the Commission on Health which reviewed the National Health Policy of 2002, till the dissolution of the body in 2015, to be replaced by NITI Aayog.^[5]

Syeda served the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) as its chancellor, prior to the accession of Zafar Sareshwala, the incumbent chancellor of the university on 2 January 2015.^[6]

Biography

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed was born in 1943

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Born to be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held the reins of the country from 1971 to 1977. He was overthrown in 1977 by his Chief of Army Staff, General Zia-ul-Haq, and executed in 1979. Zia-ul-Haq ruled over Pakistan for eleven years with an iron fist, curbing all dissent until he got blown up in an air crash in 1988. In almost three decades since, Pakistan's leadership has changed hands fifteen times. An extremely controversial and confrontational politics is associated with the era of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It is therefore not surprising that, considering his towering stature, not enough has been researched and written about the tumultuous years of his accession to power culminating in what today is best described as regicide. Syeda Hameed delves deep into the politics of Pakistan, meeting Bhutto's contemporaries, mining information from archives and letters to bring to the fore a rich yet disturbing life and times of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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It was not until many years later that I saw Jamia. As a child when I came with my parents for our weekly visits to Saliha’s house in Jamia, I realized the import of frugal living. While everything was neatly ordered in her home, there was a quiet air of restraint; even at meals we were careful to take small portions. That practice of restraint was familiar because we knew it in our own home in Lutyens Delhi. Father’s salary supported a large household plus there were family members in the staff quarters. Jamia’s privation, for us children, was stark since there was no running water, no electricity. Along the dirt road which led to staff houses there were bajri (red gravel) paths lined with kikar and bubool trees. Water was pulled from the hand pump in the inner courtyard, plus from a well in the backyard. At night there were oil lanterns for every use, eating, reading, toilet or just sitting around. Saliha hovered over her favourite brother and his wife, attending to their every comfort so they repeated their visit the following week!

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aliha, newly married, had just a