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Time of India
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Open letter to Mr. Raj Thackeray
Ambreen is a well-known journalist and blogger. She has won several awards for her work. She has also worked with UNICEF and NASSCOM Foundation. As an Army wife, Ambreen has been involved in the welfare of retired soldiers, war widows, orphans and disabled soldiers. Ambreen, is the founder of an organisation called The Changemakers where she and her team identifies, mentors and guides the ex-servicemen, war widows war orphans, till they are firmly placed and secure in the professions of their choice. LESS ... MORE Mr. Thackeray, I write this with a lump in my throat and pain in my heart, because while thousands of our soldiers stand guard at our borders, prepared to sacrifice their lives for this nation, I watch leaders like you, relentlessly wage war within it. Your repeated targeting of non-Marathi speaking Indians, especially those from North India, has long ceased to be political rhetoric. It has now become a regular assault on the soul of our country. You speak of Marathi pride, but the way it is being weaponised against fellow Indians is not pride it's prejudice. Worse still, it's dangerous. Have you ever stood in front of a coffin draped in the Tricolour? I have. As an army wife, I have stood beside mothers from Bihar, fathers from Uttar Pradesh, sisters from Rajasthan, and wives from Jharkhand all mourning men who died for Maharashtra just as much as they did for Manipur. None of them asked where their sons would be posted. None of them asked whether mother tongue would be spoken where their loved ones bled. Because for them, every corner of India is home. Every fellow Indian is family. When our soldiers don the olive green uniform and kiss their children goodbye, they do so, knowing that they may not return. They do it for all of us, regardless of our language, region or religion. But in your world, Mr. Thackeray, we are suddenly 'outsiders.' The ones who must be vilified, humiliated, beaten back. All because we dared to migrate in search of dignity, work, or opportunity. But tell me, is migration a crime? Or is it only criminal when it involves people from North India? I have travelled with my husband from Leh to Shillong, from Amritsar to Andaman. In every part of this country, I have seen a shared pride in being Indian. In army units, accents may differ, food may vary, but there's one unshakable bond patriotism. Yet when I hear your speeches, I realise that the real danger to this nation may not lie across our borders, but within them in hearts that no longer beat for unity. While a soldier lays down his life protecting every inch of our beautiful country, you seem to carve it apart with your words, your politics, and your prejudice. You have every right to preserve the Marathi language, culture, and ethos. India is strong because of its diversity, not in spite of it. But not at the cost of vilifying other Indians. Not by turning Maharashtra into a no-entry zone for people who speak Hindi, Bhojpuri, or any other tongue. While our valiant soldiers stand tall on the frontlines, you and those who echo your mindset stand as mere caricatures in front of them. It is my request to sit back and reflect, try to use your politics to build, not break. Inspire pride, don't incite prejudice. Maharashtra deserves leadership that reflects the courage of Shivaji Maharaj, not the bitterness of division. If our solders can serve without bias, then surely, you can lead without hatred. India needs healing. It does not need hate. Jai Hind. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
New York Post
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
2025 Full Flower Moon: Shocking truths bloom under the 'assassin's moon'
Step up and shout out, folks, the Full Flower Moon in Scorpio is upon us. The Full Flower Moon rises and shines on May 12, 2025, at 12:56 PM EST in intense AF Scorpio, the sign of death and rebirth, intimacy and underbellies, sex and power, control and release. Full Moon May 2025 6 The Full Flower Moon is peaking at 22 degrees of Scorpio. Ambreen – What makes this moon even more acute is that it is peaking at 22 degrees of Scorpio. This is known as the 'assassin's degree,' as the energy is critical — kill or be killed — and associated with karmic contracts and responsibilities. But what needs to be slain or consumed is not another person but another version of ourselves. Paired with Pluto, our planet of shadows, retrograding and revealing in Aquarius, this killer Scorpio moon is meant to provoke, to point to the areas in life where we are stuck or stagnant, and raise a sharpened claw towards the way out. Onward and through.. Remember my babies, that those born with Scorpio moons have the powerful ability to rengenerate, and the divine capacity to alchemize pain into purpose, and we are all gifted with that medicine during this lunation. What is a Flower Moon 6 The full moon in Scorpio will directly oppose Uranus, our planet of the outlandish and the unexpected. Papilouz Studio – The full moon in Scorpio will directly oppose Uranus in Taurus, a planet known as 'The Great Awakener' for its capacity to disrupt, destroy, liberate, and cast us out and anew. This Uranian influence could unceremoniously edge us to burn the boats of before, choose freedom over fear, and courage over comfort. 'I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.' Keith Haring Also, in the interest of public health and as the brilliant astrologer Evan Nathaniel Grim notes, this is the full moon when folks are most likely to catch an STI or an unwanted pregnancy. Look alive, wrap it up, and don't let your great awakening be a rash. Full Flower Moon 6 During the Full Moon, Mercury in Taurus will square Pluto in Aquarius. janez volmajer – During the full moon, Mercury in Taurus will form a tense square with Pluto. Mercury is the mind and its expressions, and Pluto is the buried, the exiled, and the subconscious, in kind and not so kind; this aspect gives rise to triggering conversations and erratic behaviors. If Taurus is the sun drunk surface, Scorpio is the truth that comes from the bottom up. Rest assured, though, whatever comes up (Pluto) and is let out (Mercury) is actually in service of improved stability and increased abundance (Taurus). 6 Artist Keith Haring paints a mural on the handball wall at Clarkson Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. Newsday RM via Getty Images Fall apart to come together, so to speak. Full moons are always about release and revelation, but as Taurus/Scorpio is the axis of the possessive/obsessive, and form(Taurus)/transform (Scorpio), there's added impetus to let go, break free, and let others be. If Taurus is the sun drunk surface, Scorpio is the truth that comes from the bottom up. Artist and activist Keith Haring, himself a Taurus sun with a Scorpio moon, embodies this axis with the belief: 'I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.' Here's to that ceaseless seeking. Flower Moon meaning 6 The Full Flower Moon gets his name from the blooms that flood the earth this time of year. jakkapan – As per the Farmer's Almanac, the Algonquin people called May's full moon the Flower Moon, a reference to the boom of blooms that carpeted North America in late spring. Other names for this moon include the Leaf Budding Moon, marking the awakening of flora and fauna as the weather warms, and the Planting Moon, denoting the time when seeds should be sown for the summer to come. The Cree called this month's moon the Egg Laying Moon and Frog Moon, while the Oglala knew it as Moon of the Shedding Ponies. From flowers to ponies, seeds to eggs, all names reflect the promise of vitality and the power of changing forms. In reference to the Flower Moon falling in the sign of rot and renewal, it becomes a symbol for what can flourish when we turn over the soil of ourselves. How will the full moon in Scorpio affect my zodiac sign? 6 The house within your birth chart ruled by Scorpio can tell you how this full moon will express itself in your life. Pamela Ranya – Because this full moon falls in a fixed axis, those with personal planets in the fixed signs: looking at you, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius, and specifically those with placements between 18 to 26 degrees, will feel the effects of this lunation most acutely. To determine how this full moon will express itself in your life, look to the house within your birth chart ruled by Scorpio. When is the next full moon? The next full moon will be the Full Strawberry Moon in Sagittarius, rising on Wednesday, June 11th, and peaking around 3:44 a.m. Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture, and personal experience. To book a reading, visit her website.
Express Tribune
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Journalist calls out Feroze Khan's unpunctuality
In a video clip shared by journalist Ambreen Fatima on Instagram on Monday, Feroze Khan was called out for arriving over two hours late to a press conference. Voicing her concerns directly to the star, Ambreen said, "We (the press) were repeatedly told to arrive by 3 PM, to not be late. In fact, we were told to arrive ahead of time." The journalist further pointed out that the mainstream media had left the venue after waiting for hours. "Who makes these people the stars that they become? The media does," she said, to which Feroze interjected by arguing that it's the fans who do so. "Both the fans and media make them stars," Ambreen admitted. As the dispute escalated, however, Feroze had more to say on the matter. "For the past few years, the media has been after me," he said, adding that the truest cause behind his success is Allah. "Indeed, Allah blesses us all with all we have," Ambreen agreed. "But the media supports you. The fans make you who you are. And yet you keep us waiting." Adding a new angle to the argument, Feroze said, "Actually, we didn't have hot water. No, I'm not joking. Ask anyone. I'm being completely serious." Despite the Khumar actor's insistence that he wasn't joking, the crowd roared with laughter. However, the journalist's stance remained firm, even as she took to Instagram to clarify her position. "I probably wouldn't have posted this. But Feroze Khan uploaded a short clip of this encounter on Instagram Stories in an attempt to mislead people," she wrote. "He made us wait at the event for over two hours. Even YouTuber Rahim Pardesi had been waiting since 3 PM. The mainstream media got fed up and left. Those who had been waiting this long had the right to question this," she wrote, stressing that a simple "sorry" wouldn't suffice and that these concerns shouldn't be brushed under the rug. While the discord divided netizens on who was in the wrong, Feroze's sister and actor Humaima Malik rushed to her brother's defence online. "Whether it's an actor, a star, a celebrity, a TikToker or a YouTuber, the media doesn't make us. Our fans do. Media is only a way for us to connect with people. Our fans make us who we are. Wouldn't you agree?" she posed in a video clip shared to Instagram. In response, some users pointed out that without the media, celebrities wouldn't have fans. Others believed that Feroze should have just offered a sincere apology and moved on. "The narrative about being unprofessionally late. That was the main issue. But it has shifted to whether or not the media makes stars," a user wrote.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Family jailed over abuse have convictions quashed
Members of a family who were jailed for allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer physical harm have had their convictions overturned at the Court of Appeal. Asgar Sheikh and his parents Khalid and Shabnam were jailed in February 2024 after they were convicted following a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Asgar's sister Shagufa was given a suspended sentence. The victim, Asgar's wife Ambreen, survives in a persistent vegetative state, the trial heard. However, an appeal hearing concluded the case against the defendants was "riddled with evidential difficulties". Barristers representing the four at the Court of Appeal hearing on 4 December argued the trial judge, Mrs Justice Lambert, "misconstrued" the relevant section of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act which the defendants were convicted under. This, they argued, "led her into error" in rejecting the defence barristers' argument there was no case to answer. It could also have led her to "fail to direct the jury appropriately as to its application to the facts", they added. The argument related to the administration of the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride to Ambreen which caused a catastrophic brain injury, and whether the family members should have foreseen it and acted to prevent it. The trial heard Ambreen had earlier suffered a severe burn to her lower back, but the prosecution could not prove who in the household had caused the injury. One of the factors required to prove someone is guilty of causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a vulnerable adult or child is that the unlawful act causing their death or serious injury occurred in circumstances that the defendant foresaw, or ought to have foreseen. The trial heard expert medical evidence that glimepiride was "very, very rarely" known to be used as a "weapon" to deliberately harm someone. However, the Court of Appeal judges said there was "nothing in the ruling which indicates that [Mrs Justice] Lambert had regard to [this] evidence". The judges reviewing the case said Mrs Justice Lambert should have "specifically addressed the question of intent in the administration of a noxious substance" in relation to the glimepiride. The Court of Appeal said there was not enough evidence for the jury to have reasonably concluded there was malicious intent in administering the drug, or that the earlier injury to Ambreen indicated its use had been intended to achieve the same aim of "humiliating" her. The Court of Appeal hearing concluded that the argument of "no case to answer" put forward by the defence at the original trial "should have succeeded". During the trial, jurors were told the victim only survived by being fed through a tube and would eventually die as a consequence of what happened to her. After the jury returned guilty verdicts Asgar, then 31, Khalid, then 55, and Shabnam, then 52, were jailed for seven years and nine months. They have now been released from prison, the Ministry of Justice confirmed. Shagufa, then 29, was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years. Asgar, Khalid, Shabnam and Shagufa did not appeal against their convictions for perverting the course of justice in relation to their delay in seeking medical assistance and concealing the circumstances of Ambreen's lapse into unconsciousness. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here. Police contact with abuse victim 'appropriate' Family members jailed after abusing son's wife HM Courts & Tribunals Service
BBC News
30-01-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Huddersfield family jailed over abuse have convictions quashed
Members of a family who were jailed for allowing a vulnerable adult to suffer physical harm have had their convictions overturned at the Court of Sheikh and his parents Khalid and Shabnam were jailed in February 2024 after they were convicted following a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Asgar's sister Shagufa was given a suspended victim, Asgar's wife Ambreen, survives in a persistent vegetative state, the trial an appeal hearing concluded the case against the defendants was "riddled with evidential difficulties". Barristers representing the four at the Court of Appeal hearing on 4 December argued the trial judge, Mrs Justice Lambert, "misconstrued" the relevant section of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act which the defendants were convicted they argued, "led her into error" in rejecting the defence barristers' argument there was no case to could also have led her to "fail to direct the jury appropriately as to its application to the facts", they added. 'Question of intent' The argument related to the administration of the anti-diabetes drug glimepiride to Ambreen which caused a catastrophic brain injury, and whether the family members should have foreseen it and acted to prevent trial heard Ambreen had earlier suffered a severe burn to her lower back, but the prosecution could not prove who in the household had caused the of the factors required to prove someone is guilty of causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a vulnerable adult or child is that the unlawful act causing their death or serious injury occurred in circumstances that the defendant foresaw, or ought to have trial heard expert medical evidence that glimepiride was "very, very rarely" known to be used as a "weapon" to deliberately harm the Court of Appeal judges said there was "nothing in the ruling which indicates that [Mrs Justice] Lambert had regard to [this] evidence".The judges reviewing the case said Mrs Justice Lambert should have "specifically addressed the question of intent in the administration of a noxious substance" in relation to the Court of Appeal said there was not enough evidence for the jury to have reasonably concluded there was malicious intent in administering the drug, or that the earlier injury to Ambreen indicated its use had been intended to achieve the same aim of "humiliating" Court of Appeal hearing concluded that the argument of "no case to answer" put forward by the defence at the original trial "should have succeeded". During the trial, jurors were told the victim only survived by being fed through a tube and would eventually die as a consequence of what happened to the jury returned guilty verdicts Asgar, then 31, Khalid, then 55, and Shabnam, then 52, were jailed for seven years and nine months. They have now been released from prison, the Ministry of Justice then 29, was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two Khalid, Shabnam and Shagufa did not appeal against their convictions for perverting the course of justice in relation to their delay in seeking medical assistance and concealing the circumstances of Ambreen's lapse into to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North or tell us a story you think we should be covering here.
