Dr. Hussain
Randathani

Dr. Hussain Randathani is a historian and author of historical works on Indian History. He hails from Malappuram, Kerala state of India. He has served as Professor of history in MES College, Mannarkkad and Kunhali Marakkar Centre, University of Calicut. He has been the Principal of M.E.S. Keveeyam College, Valanchery. He has been appointed as the Chairman of Mappila Kala Academy by the goverment of Kerala...

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I started my school life in June 1964. It was a rainy day. On the way to school there was a canal carrying the heavy rain water from the town. I moved to the school with my father through the rushing waters of the canal. Unlike the madrasa, school was quite big and I could see the newcomers crying and shouting and the parents and teachers consoling them. I entered the class and took a seat near a stranger who was also crying. I also began to weep when father left me and got relief only my elder sister Fathima who was in the third standard came to see me in the interval.

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