Inam’s Corner

Inam's Corner

After finishing my Master in Computer Applications in 1999, I started my career as a Visual Basic 4.0 programmer. My journey from software development to editing magazines saw me contribute more than 250 technology articles to ‘i.t.’ Magazine, Linux For You, infoStore, infoSecurity, and Gulf News, besides writing articles and blogs on topical subjects for publications including Hindustan Times, The Times of India, Foreign Policy Journal, Newslaundry and The Lucknow Tribune. I am currently managing a cloud services (SaaS, IaaS & Cyber Security) company in Dubai.

My interview with MJ Akbar (journalist, author and former Minister of State for External Affairs of India) in 2014 was the only one he posted on his official website, mjakbar.org, before he took the site down as he returned to active politics.

I also take a keen interest in the arts and how they can act as a bridge between communities. My debut book, ‘Making of a Qasba: The Story of Amroha,‘ is the first comprehensive English historical account of Amroha, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Currently, I’m documenting people from Amroha involved in arts and culture as part of my next book. You can explore my efforts on Amrohvi.

My family originally came from Naugaiyyan, Amroha, and migrated to Lucknow from Allahabad in 1979.

Best regards,
Inam Abidi Amrohvi

Articles Authored by Inam

Tech | Sports | Society | Arts

How Online Learning could be a Great Leveller | Tech

All that we need to offer digital education in rural India is a laptop with a scaled down version of an LMS, a solar charging unit and a tailor-made course curriculum...

Education Times, Times of India Supplement, India

A Green Car | Tech

Until a few years ago air conditioners were considered a luxury. With the strengthening of the economy many luxury items, ACs included, have grown in popularity. As much as these devices make our lives easier they threaten the environment no end with the amount of power they consume. Global warming has caught the attention of the world. The two big sources of greenhouse gases are electric power generation and transportation...

Gulf News, UAE

'It's Time for your Tablet' | Tech

With old age come several problems, the foremost being on the health front. Taking medicines and seeing doctors become routine...

Gulf News, UAE

Technology is all Around | Tech

Those who live in Jebel Ali must have seen these huge dishes installed on an elevated level of land. The UAE's satellite links are provided through the satellite earth stations located at Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and Ras Al Khaimah...

Gulf News, UAE

Ball Tracks | Tech

There was a time in cricket when players like Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin would walk off the field even if an umpire had erred in his decision. The player's gesture signified the gentleman spirit of the game and the umpire's decision came of his own understanding of the situation. Not all players are the same; bad umpiring decisions over the years have ruined whole series and created bad blood between players and umpires...

Gulf News, UAE

A Few Good Men in IT | Tech

The world of computers has changed a lot from the times of those heavy duty machines to the palmtops or laptops of today. The popularity of computers over the years has been greatly boosted by some rare individuals. And it was their vision that saw technology taking giant strides to make life easy for us...

Gulf News, UAE

The Evolution of Computer Viruses | Tech

If you own a PC or a laptop, chances are that you must have been the victim of a virus or a worm once. In 1995 when Microsoft offered a free anti-virus with its Windows 95 operating system, it was a sign of the times to come. You can't even imagine a computer system without an anti- virus software these days...

Gulf News, UAE

Keep your PC Error-free | Tech

Today's computers come with a whole lot of features to protect precious data and ensure the system doesn't malfunction. Most times we tend to forget that a computer is just a machine. It can do wonderful things for us as long as its current state of operation is not disturbed. Things can go wrong when, for example, a virus enters the system or when the hard disk runs low on space. It then shows either a malfunction or stops altogether....

Gulf News, UAE

Tracking Transience | Tech

An interesting piece of news caught my attention on the internet recently. It talks about a man whom the FBI mistakenly put on a terrorist watch list post 9/11...

Gulf News, UAE

Let's Clean our Inbox! | Tech

Junk emails or spam fill our inboxes more than ever before. A lot of precious time is wasted each day reading and deleting those unwanted messages. It's important today to understand spam and the ways to counter it...

Gulf News, UAE

The Rich Legacy of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan | Society

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in India for almost a century has been a beacon of hope to millions of Muslims seeking low-cost, quality education in India. The man behind it, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, thought of progressive Muslim education on a scale rarely attempted earlier and against formidable odds...

Gulf News, UAE

My father's legacy and the date palm tree | Society

The date palm tree is an integral part of Arabian heritage. Over 44 million date palm trees grow in the UAE alone. I, too, have a special connection to this unique tree.

It was probably 1986. I sat through my first art class, which I vividly remember. Our art teacher, Mr. Hussain, was a polished young man who effortlessly drew a landscape with white chalk on the classroom blackboard. It had a few elements: a river, mountains, a hut and a single date palm tree. That scenery and the solitary date palm tree with its fascinating leaves stayed with me for the rest of my life. Coincidentally, we had a date palm tree in my maternal grandfather’s garden that somebody brought from Iraq for him...

Amrohvi.in

An Interview with M.J. Akbar | Society

M.J. Akbar is a journalist, author and former Minister of State for External Affairs of India. This interview took place in 2014, where Akbar spoke on issues that plague the Indian Muslims.

Muslims Today, India

The Story behind AMU Tarana | Society

Millions of AMU students and alumni around the world sing the university tarana every year. It brings back so many Aligarh memories to me and countless others. The tarana itself is a fine piece of Urdu poetry and the story behind it is an interesting one.

One of AMU’s most famous student and an Urdu poet of the highest calibre, Asrar-ul-Haq Majaz, attended the university between 1930 and 1936. It was 1936 that he penned his famous poem Nazr-e-Aligarh. Majaz first recited it the same year in the Union Hall, in the presence of the Pro-Vice Chancellor (PVC) A.B. Ahmed Haleem...

Muslims Today, India
It was 1935. The union hall of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was brimming with excitement. A young man in sherwani stands up to recite a poem ‘Inquilab,’ in his inimitable style –

“KohsaaroN ki taraf se surkh aandhi aayegi
Ja-baja aabaadiyoN meiN aag si lag jaayegi
Aur is rang-e-shafaq meiN ba-hazaraaN aab-o taab
Jagmagaaega watan ki hurriyat ka aaftaab”...

Muslims Today, India

Islamic Calligraphy: In search of a Lifeline | Arts

The art of Islamic calligraphy finds its roots in early Islam. Part of its popularity lay in the way the Quran stresses the importance of the written word. In Surah 96 (verse 3 to 4), God is described as one Who “taught man with the pen”. The Surah 68 starts with the oath, “And by the Pen”. Several other Suras are talking about writing, viz., Surah 96 (verse 3 to 4), Surah 82 (verse 10), Surah 50 (verse 16). Naturally, the best style of writings was developed for God. As Arabic became the language of all Muslims in Arabia and elsewhere, it gave birth to beautiful new forms of Arabic script....

The India Observer, USA

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Madhubala A Bollywood legend whose tragic life mirrored Marilyn Monroe’s

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Her roles “embodied the optimism of a new generation which was rather consciously moving away from its colonial past"...

New York Times, USA