A condolence Meeting for Late Ameen Sayani radio presenter extraordinaire

Rajeel Sayani on Mic,Mohammad Wajhiuddin, Shehbaz Siddiqui, adv Zubair Azmi Director Urdu Markaz, Ambarish Mishra senior journalist presided over the condolence meeting held for Radio Presenter Ameen Sayani at the Press Club, Mumbai on 5th March 2024

A condolence meeting taazyat in memory of Late Ameen Sayani was held on 5.3.24 at Mumbai Press Club Azad Maidan C S T by Urdu Markaz. Present were Rajeel Sayani son of Ameen Sayani, his wife, Senior Journalist Ambarish Mishra, Mohammad Wajhiuddin,Times of India, Amin Patel MLA , Shehbaz Siddiqui, Rafiq Maniar Songs Collector from Kalyan. Rajeel Sayani told that soon an Autobiography in memory of Late Ameen Sayani will be released. Ambarish Mishra told that Sayani created a cultural revolution in India and Wednesday night entire India would come to a standstill. Wajhiuddin opined that a memorial should be built to honor his life work. Adv.Zubair Azmi promised that Urdu Markaz will organize a Amin Sayani Memorial Lecture for students of broadcasting and connoseurs of radio announcing. Azmi also shed light on the various facets of Sayani - as a music lover, spelling out his nuances of broadcasting and pronouncing that Ameen Sayani was an ardent protagonist of Hindustani zabaan, a Gandhian, and a true son of Ganga jamuna Tehzeeb. Amin Patel MLA mumbadevi assured the gathering that a chowk after Ameen Sayani will be named as per his family wishes. Also present were Shakil Belker of Right way Educational Society, M H Nazim, Tariq Khan, and several journalists from Marathi, Hindi and other language newspapers.

World Heritage property Afghan Church's facelift and reconsecration

The Church of St John the Evangelist, better known as the Afghan Church, is a church of Anglican heritage, that belongs to the Mumbai diocese of the Church of North India.[1] Located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, it was built by the British between 1847 and 1858 to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War and the disastrous 1842 retreat from Kabul.[2] Memorials at the rear of the nave also record casualties from the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The foundation stone was laid in 1847; it was consecrated in 1858, and work on the steeple finished in 1865.[3] The church is located in Navy Nagar in the Colaba area of South Mumbai. It was designed by Henry Conybeare; architect William Butterfield was responsible for reredos, tiles, pews and screen; and the stained glass was by William Wailes.[4] In 2018, it was reported there are some 64 historic stained glass panels in the church in urgent need of restoration So the past 15 odd months the church was being restored to its former glory. A look at the renewed and reconsecrated Afghan Church after it unerwent a Rs 14 crore facelift gifted by World Monument Fund.