Dr Faiyaz Ahmad Fyzie

In this era of uncertainty, practicing transparent, truthful, and impartial journalism is a challenge. Awaz-The Voice is doing it and doing it rather well.

As per its tagline Inclusive Narratives (Soch Hindustaniyat Ki), the portal neatly presents the journey of India's culture, heritage, and development to the readers. Most of the articles in Awaz-the Voice are based on the inclusive values ​​of the country rather than political polarization.

The portal gives ample space to government schemes, policies, analyses their implementation, and raises issues like the opposition should. It also gives ample spaces to the criticism and comments. keeping a balance is the hallmark of Awaz-the Voice.

Awaz not only gives a prominent place to the ideas, activities, events, and thoughts of intellectuals, but also focuses on India's most deprived groups like the Pasmanda. The portal has many articles on the Pasmanda movement; it also creates awareness asbout the realities of the indigenous Pasmanda society. This work is historically decisive and commendable.

It is well known that the indigenous Pasmanda movement was rejected by India's intellectuals, so-called secular, liberal communists, Ashraf, and mainstream media. Even in this odd and uncomfortable context, giving voice to the ideology of indigenous Pasmanda, Awaz-The Voice is really promoting Hindustaniyat.

A society opstracised by the mainstream remains deprived and evemntualy becomes an obstacle in the all-round development of the country. At Awaz, they understand this ratherit very well; the portal given voice to such groups.

On behalf of the entire indigenous Pasmanda community, and movement, and personally, I heartily congratulate Awaz-The Voice on the completion of three years.

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I hope and wish that in the times to come, this portal will continue to give space to the pain and suffering of the indigenous Pasmanda community so that the goal of social justice can be achieved not only in the Muslim society but also other isolated large communities which are away from the mainstream. This can also address and eventually remove communalism and acelerate the process of nation-building.

(Writer, translator, columnist, and media panelist, Pasmanda is a social worker and doctor by profession