Editor honoured by NSUI

Residents Watch, your monthly neighbourhood magazine’s editor Zahid H Javali was honoured by the National Students Union of India on the late Dr Abdul Kalam’s 86th birth anniversary celebrations last month.

And the timing was just right. The magazine celebrates its 5th anniversary this month. It’s perhaps the only glossy magazine in India that is dedicated to just one neighbourhood. There are tabloids and newspapers ofcourse, but never has there been a magazine for one locality.

Zahid has been a journalist for the last 21 years. “I am honoured because Dr Kalam is someone I respect the most,” he says. “And I was doubly pleased that I had to deliver a quick pep talk to students… another segment of people closest to Dr Kalam.”

The others who were honoured on the occasion included environmentalist Yellappa Reddy, educationists Prof Amaravathi and Gopal Reddy and our indomitable resident activist of HSR, retired brigadier RS Murthy. Kudos to all of them!