A voluminous book on the lives and achievements of Maulana Muhammad Ali and Maulana Shaukat Ali Jauhar will be launched in January next under the auspices of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET).
This was stated by the Chancellor of SSUET Z.A. Nizami in a meeting with visiting writer and critic from London, Sayeed Hasan Khan, an official of the institution said here on Sunday. Nizami said that the launch of the book on January 4 would coincide with the `Jauhar Day' which the SSUET observes every year.
About 600-page book has been written by Khalid Alig, a prominent writer, journalist and a grand son of Jauhars, who resides in the US. He said no one else than Khalid Alig can throw light on the lives and achievements of Jauhar brothers in a more authentic way and its launch at a venue named after the great reformer and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan will be the most appropriate occasion.
Sayeed Hasan Khan, who is a close friend of Khalid Alig, has been living in London for the last 50 years and as a writer he has produced two books namely `No clear hands' and `Kurt Jacobsen-Parables of Permanent War'.
Nowadays he is writing a book based on his memoirs relating to the period of his migration from Barely (India), association with Muslim Students Federation in his teenage and the events which occurred before shifting to UK in 1961 and as a peace activist.