Shihab Thangal

You Turned Volcanoes to Springs

Mujeeb Jaihoon’s glowing tribute to the late visionary leader of Kerala Muslims, Shihab Thangal, fondly called, The Mahatma of Malabar.

Kerala mourns the Mahatma

Thangal always resisted pressures to take up plum postings in Muslim countries that had good relations with India and also preferred to keep away from the corridors of power.

Shihab Thangal – The Mahatma of Malabar

Shihab Thangal: The healer-in-chief, the supreme guide, the most reverent counselor, the wisest of men… In him merge the secrets of ancestry and the exigencies of realpolitik, the mandate of faith and the burden of power.

Democracy H2H

A chapter from Jaihoon’s travelogue, The Cool Breeze From Hind, about the experiences during the meeting with the Syed Shihab Thangal..

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