On Vakkom Moulavi

K.M.Bashir

Mr. Bashir was was with the ILO for more than 18 years. During this period he was responsible for the development of international standards and recommendations for the statistical measurement of employment, unemployment, wages and salaries, hours of work, house hold income and expenditure, cost of living and informal sector statistics. Mr. Bashir was an internationally recognised expert on labour statistics and his services were utilised with advantage by many institutions and countries in different parts of the world. This is the speech delivered by Mr.K.M.Bashir, on June 21, 1987 at the inaugural meet of Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust.

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M.A.Shakoor

The author is a nephew of Vakkom Maulavi. He had served on the editorial staff of Dawn, Delhi (1942-44) under the editorship of Pothan Joseph. Later he was Assistant Editor, Morning News, Calcutta (1944-45) and Sub editor, The Statesman, Calcutta (1945-46); Chief Sub editor The Pakistan Times, Lahore (1947). Later, he served first as Chief Sub editor and then as seniormost Assistant Editor of Dawn, Karachi (1947-54). He also worked as the London Correspondent of the Pakistan Times (1955-59) until it was taken over by the Government.

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By B. Kalyani Amma
(Translated from Malayalam by Sabeen Eqbal)

Smt. B. Kalyani Amma is a writer and wife of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai. The Govt of Kerala returned the press to Moulavi’ s family in 1957. This article appeared in a Souvenir brought out during the occasion.

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Prof. K.M. Bahauddin (From the book `Kerala Muslims’ – the long struggle)

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The religious leaders in Kerala in the latter part of 19th century and early in this century were different from those of the previous periods. The emphasis in the ritualistic aspect of the religion and hatred of all that was western which was common during the 19th century made the Muslims an inward looking community. The effort to make the community outward looking came from the leadership of Sannaullah Makti Thangal (1847 1912) and Vakkom Abdul Khadir Moulavi (1873-1932).

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By K. Gomathy Amma From her book “Dhanyayayi njan” (Translated from Malayalam by Sabeen Eqbal)

Prof.Gomathi Amma is the daughter of Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai. The above text is extracted from her book `Danyayai Jnan’ in Malayalam. Translated by Sabin Eqbal

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