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March 19, 2008
Scooter journey for a noble cause
GULBARGA: “The Common man is not communal. It is the creation of politicians who seek vote banks,” says journalist and social activist Anwar Ali Khan from Maharashtra after interacting with people from 1.76 lakh villages across the country.
Khan is a resident of Parbhani village in Marathwada district of Maharashtra.
He set out on a ‘Scooter Yatra’ on March 13, 1995 and has travelled 2.27 lakh km visiting 1.76 lakh villages, including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nepal and Bhutan to spread the message of national integration, communal harmony, environmental protection and population control.
He has traversed some 8000 villages in Karnataka alone. He has covered all the districts and major cities of the country in 14 years, except Raichur district in Hyderabad Karnataka region.
His arduous journey will end on August 15 at Delhi, where the President Pratibha Patil will release his book “India through his Eyes”, with his varied and rich experiences.
Posted by Frank at March 19, 2008 8:26 PM
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