Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh is currently in the throes of infamy. With 15 “terrorists” picked up by various police of the country turning out to be from Azamgarh
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving — Othello
Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh is currently in the throes of infamy. With 15 “terrorists” picked up by various police of the country turning out to be from Azamgarh, the now-incarcerated gangster and long-time pin-up boy, Abu Salem, seems like a petty criminal and not worthy of it.
While sympathy and support for “the nursery for terrorists” are coming from various quarters, it is the cyber world that is buzzing with Azamgarhis-gone-global taking offence at their place of origin being branded so.
Social networking sites are flooded with scraps and messages from Azamgarhis across the world discussing possible ways to clear off their tarnished image. “The life of innocents is at stake…For the sake of fairness and honesty, we need to pursue these cases in their logical direction,” writes Asif Zafar, a resident of Abu Dhabi, venting out his anger in a popular social networking site.
“There are several engineering colleges back home. Though employment is a problem, youngsters pursuing higher education are academically sound,” said Asim Siddhiqui, a garment store owner in Wadala.
Azamgarhi bloggers are now IM-ing (of instant message type) to rectify their image and shake off the terror tag. Shaurya Jeet, a Dubai-based software developer, seems to have passed his judgment on the tag. Jeet writes, “There is a need to send learned people of Islam to madrasas to give our whole city a correct interpretation of Islam. And save our whole country”.
Rajveer, now a resident of Delhi, feels that there is an urgent need for economic development in Azamgarh which would “prevent the empty mind from wandering in the wrong direction”. Most bloggers feel their district can be saved the blues if only
industries — and food chains — are set up.
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