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	Suraiya Haque \| Ashoka.org
		Suraiya believed that such a service should not be viewed as "just another project" but rather as an integral part of employment.
		Suraiya's work is targeted for low-income households as this group faces the greatest difficulty with respect to childcare.
		Suraiya was responsible for pushing through the proposal for a day care center at the Secretariat - the administrative headquarter of the government.
	www.ashoka.org /node/3541 (3505 words)

	Guardian \| Suraiya
		Though Suraiya was not trained in classical music, great Indian music directors like Naushad and SD Burman recognised her versatility, and worked with her to create songs that did not depend on the use of modern instruments.
		Indeed, Suraiya was happy to meet the Hollywood heartthrob himself in 1954, when he broke his journey at Bombay (now Mumbai) on his way to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the shooting of the film The Purple Plain.
		It all, though, ended sadly: Suraiya's family was Muslim, and her grandmother was said to have objected to the fact that Anand, who still acts in films, was a Hindu.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4871219-103684,00.html (567 words)

	Suraiya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (June 15, 1929 - January 31, 2004) was a singer and actress in Indian films, and was popularly known as Suraiya in the film industry.
		Suraiya was born as Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh on June 15, 1929 in Gujranwala, Punjab and was the only child of her parents.
		Suraiya was romantically involved with actor Dev Anand and the two of them did six films together between 1948 and 1951.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suraiya (563 words)

	Jug Suraiya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jug Suraiya is the Associate Editor of the Times of India, Delhi, an author besides being a columnist.
		Suraiya reflects on his personal reminiscences while drawing astounding parallels of some of the most famous personalities or gently touching at the absurdities, which have become part and parcel of our lives.
		Suraiya lives in Delhi with his wife Bunny and Brindle, who is, according to Suraiya, a stray dog who adopted the couple four years ago.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jug_Suraiya (374 words)

	singer-suraiya
		Suraiya was born in 1929 as Suraiya Jamal Shaikh in Lahore.
		Suraiya had to stand on a stool to reach the mike to croon Panchi ja, picturised on the much-older heroine, Mehtaab.
		The heartbroken Suraiya never married though many leading men of her time were interested in her.Surraiya's idol was Gregory Peck and he visited her by surprise during a night of 1954 while in transit at Mumbai on his way to Srilanka for shooting.
	www.hindilyrix.com /singers/singer-suraiya.html (812 words)

	Film \| Suraiya
		Though Suraiya was not trained in classical music, great Indian music directors like Naushad and SD Burman recognised her versatility, and worked with her to create songs that did not depend on the use of modern instruments.
		Indeed, Suraiya was happy to meet the Hollywood heartthrob himself in 1954, when he broke his journey at Bombay (now Mumbai) on his way to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) for the shooting of the film The Purple Plain.
		It all, though, ended sadly: Suraiya's family was Muslim, and her grandmother was said to have objected to the fact that Anand, who still acts in films, was a Hindu.
	film.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4871219-3156,00.html (567 words)

	OBITUARY: Actress Suraiya was a consummate star
		Born in pre-partition India at Lahore in 1929, Suraiya Jamal Sheikh made her acting debut as a child in ‘Taj Mahal’ in 1941.
		Legend has it that Suraiya was forced to fling a ring given to her by Dev Anand into the sea at the say-so of her disciplinarian grandmother.
		Unattached and reclusive, Suraiya was the eternal spinster.
	www.indianembassy.org /i_digest/2004/jan_31/suraiya_sheikh.htm (411 words)

	Shiva & Suraiya
		Both Suraiya and Shiva are representatives of the Middle-Eastern Dance Community in Sydney, Australia.
		Suraiya started dancing in the creative environs of Adelaide in 1999 and moved to Sydney by invitation to pursue her dancing career.
		Suraiya has the grace of a ballerina together with a fiery passion, fusing traditional Raks Shaki with Spanish, African and Gypsy influences from her Caribbean heritage.
	www.tribal-fusion.biz /shiva-suraiya.html (376 words)

	rediff.com, Movies: Suraiya: a success story
		Even after her strict grandmother, who kept suitors at bay and producers at arm's length, passed away, Suraiya continued to be inaccessible to the hoi polloi.
		Her decision to reside in an ivory tower has added to her mystique, while her resolve to shun character roles ensured that she is always remembered as a heroine.
		Suraiya had participated in a children's programme on All India Radio after friend Raj Kapoor and neighbour Madan Mohan had cajoled her.
	www.rediff.com /entertai/2002/apr/15dinesh.htm (694 words)

	Indian movie legend Suraiya dies -DAWN - Top Stories; 01 February, 2004
		Born in Lahore in 1929, as Suraiya Jamal Shaikh, she made her debut as a child star with Taj Mahal (1941).
		Naushad still recalls that as a teenage singer Suraiya had to stand on a stool to reach the mike.
		Suraiya was effectively launched as a singing star in Bombay Talkies' Hamari Baat (1943).
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/01/top11.htm (513 words)

	outlookindia.com
		Suraiya’s father died when she was only five but she had others to look up to.
		While Suraiya is credited with the single-handed revival of the Nizami-Persian fabrics of himroo, paithani and mashroo in Andhra Pradesh, she has also worked extensively in the village of Kanchanpalli, close to Warangal.
		In Warangal too, when Suraiya began her efforts to revive weavers and fast-vanishing forms of royal designs, there were just two such families.
	www.outlookindia.com /mad.asp?synopsis=&subsubsec=Hyderabad&personname=Suraiya&fodname=20051031&fname=Making (666 words)

	PD News - Legendary Singer Suraiya Passes Away
		Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also expressed his condolence over the death of the legend and said that Suraiya was one of the most popular singing superstars of the forties and fifties and she will remain in the hearts of millions of people for generations to come.
		Suraiya hit the tabloid headlines in the fifties after having a brief amorous relationship with the evergreen star Dev Anand with whom she acted in six films though she could not marry him due to pressure from the family.
		Suraiya was laid to rest at Chandanwadi burial ground in central Mumbai.
	www.patnadaily.com /news2004/020104/suraiya_dead.html (244 words)

	Suraiya, the tree of light glows on : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Septuagenarian Srinarayan Vijayvargiya, who grew up listening to Suraiya, presented a compilation of 23 songs for the number of years she took to travel from ‘Abla’ in 1941 to ‘Rustam Sohrab’ in 1963.
		Suraiya being one among few legendary cases of unsuccessful affairs in the industry had a life replete with touching incidences.
		Vijayvargiya could not touch upon many, but despite his shortcomings, he was successful in evoking the Suraiya who hums silently in the hearts of all the music lovers.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jul/18/5922_1433937,0015002100020005.htm (465 words)

	Suraiya
		Suraiya Jamaal Sheikh (1929 - January 31, 2004) was a singer and actress in Indian films, and was popularly known as Suraiya in the film industry.
		Suraiya was born in Lahore (now in Pakistan) and was the only child of her parents.
		Suraiya was romantically involved with actor Dev Anand and the two of them did six films together.
	www.ftppro.com /library/Suraiya (439 words)

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		Suraiya sang Yeh rail hamari ghar ki dekho bhaagi tez hawaa....
		Suraiya grew up to be a heroine and her maternal grandmother used to accompany her to the sets.
		Once when this friend visited Suraiya she found her in a coma; she had been lying in that state for two days.
	www.the-week.com /24feb15/cinema_home.html (479 words)

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		Suraiya's career spanned a period of 20 years and she acted and sang with almost every famous star of her time—from K.L. Saigal to Ashok Kumar to Motilal to Bharat Bhushan and from Mohammad Raft to Talat Mahmud and Mukesh.
		In fact, Suraiya was ranked after Noor Jehan who had created a sensation with her lively acting, tuneful singing and glamorous personality.
		S[U]raiya was the last one to play the dual role of a singing-star in cinema before the advent of playback singers in the late 1940s.
	www.lycos.com /info/suraiya--miscellaneous.html?page=3 (422 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Suraiya was admitted to Harkishandas Hospital in south Mumbai 15 days ago for various health problems, including loss of appetite, and general weakness.
		Suraiya quit films at her peak, when she was only 39.
		Suraiya had put on weight, she was always overdressed with lots of makeup and overloaded with jewellery.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040201/main5.htm (740 words)

	Kamala Suraiya and her Kavu – New Symbols of Kerala : Udayor Blog (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A plot of land with a Kavu, Sacred Grove, belonging to the Nalappat tharavadu in Punnayoorkulam is in the news.
		Presumably belonging to one individual, Kamala Suraiya alias Madhvaikutty of the family, what is not normally possible in Nair tharavadus where this remains common property of the family.
		Those who know the inner family history of Kamala Suraiya, also several Nair families in similar circumstances, must know the turmoil of the oppressive faith that the Nairs are carrying.
	www.nairs.org /blog/2006/06/kamala-suraiya-and-her-kavu-new.html (1944 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		Suraiya was introduced to the film industry as a child artiste.
		Suraiya considered the praise to be an award greater than an Oscar.
		Suraiya died a lonely woman — her mother and grandmother having died several years ago, and the rest of the family having migrated to Pakistan.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040208/spectrum/main4.htm (1515 words)

	The Hindu : Suraiya launches political party
		KOCHI, JULY 10 Dr. Kamala Suraiya (Madhavikkutty and Kamala Das in her pre-Islamic days) is at it again.
		Suraiya who lost her deposit when she contested for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat in 1984 (she secured around 1,700 votes), said she herself would be standing for election and also would be campaigning for her candidates.
		Suraiya pointed out that it was young people particularly college girls who had inspired her to launch the party.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/07/11/stories/0411211w.htm (541 words)

	rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/Kamala Suraiya
		Christened as the Lok Seva Party, the new political party, she says, emerged from her conviction that social change could be possible in India only through political power.
		But Suraiya, 68, and with near-blind eyes puts forward another reason that compelled her to embrace the political vocation -- Allah.
		In an exclusive interview with Senior Associate Editor George Iype, Suraiya, clad in a fl purdah and her hands adorned with colourful bangles, spells out how her conversion to Islam forced her to take the plunge into political life.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jul/19inter.htm (2065 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Aceh: A Victim of Tsunami & Occupation; Will the Indonesian Army Use the Tsunami As A Cover to ...
		Now activists fear the Indonesian military will use the disaster as a cover to further the killing of the Acehnese and that the Pentagon may use the disaster as an excuse to restore aid to the Indonesian military which was blocked after the military's massacre in East Timor in 1999.
		AMY GOODMAN: Final comment, Suraiya I.T., as we wrap up this discussion to leave with the people who are listening to and watching this broadcast about your people, the people of Aceh.
		SURAIYA I.T.: I think that to help the Acehnese people right now, we need support from international community, particularly to encourage Indonesian governments, to open more space for international aid and international journalists.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/12/29/161219 (2915 words)

	Suraiya: the reluctant goddess
		But Suraiya experienced the greatest thrill of her screen career when K L Saigal strayed onto the sets of Jayant Desai's Chandragupta, where she was rehearsing a song.
		Suraiya was completely besotted by Hollywood's heart throb Gregory Peck -- in 1954, she had a chance to meet him.
		Tremulous with emotion, Suraiya's voice was choked with emotion when she took her award.
	www.indianexpress.com /res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980130/03051004.html (716 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
		When Suraiya acted with Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor, she was bigger than all of them,” said film writer and critic Rauf Ahmed.
		Suraiya hit the big screen in a big way when singer-actor K.L. Saigal took a great liking to her voice and recommended her as a heroine in Tadbir (1945).
		Suraiya left when the era of singing stars was coming to an end and women’s playback singing was being dominated by voices like Lata Mangeshkar’s and Asha Bhonsle’s.
	telegraphindia.com /1040201/asp/nation/story_2847941.asp (620 words)

	Gushes and growls (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And, despite the initial euphoria with which Muslim social, cultural and political organisations greeted Suraiya, it was soon apparent to them that for Suraiya donning the burkha didn’t imply the surrender of her high spirited nature to be remoulded according to Islam’s moral tenets.
		Suraiya’s poems in which she revels in her passion for her lover-going to the extent of placing him a notch above God-also left the orthodox Islamic establishment fuming.
		Suraiya is all too aware of the criticism.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0900/109.html (992 words)

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		Suraiya who acted with Noor Jehan in Anmol Ghadi paid rich tributes to her ideal and role model.
		Talking to PTI here on Sunday, Suraiya said Noor Jehan was one of the greatest singer actresses the world has ever seen and the film industry has yet to produce another like her.
		It was a great experience with Noor Jehan as she was friendly, witty and used to crack jokes and also used to give me tips for make up, the yesteryears singer said.
	www.hindisong.com /News/NewsMain.ASP?AssociateID=0&Return=1&TitleID=3512 (219 words)

	The Hindu : Suraiya's party not to contest now
		Suraiya said her party members, all aged below 30 years, are now undergoing an "emotional training".
		Suraiya also suggested promoting political parties fielding youth, women and retired officials with good track records and also checking those with allegations of corruption against them from contesting.
		Suraiya, in true spirit of her party's avowed policies, also volunteered to lead a delegation of cultural personalities, legal experts and religious heads to work out the release of the cine actor, Mr.
	www.hindu.com /2000/08/22/stories/0422211t.htm (248 words)

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		Suraiya was in her late fifties, a widow.
		But everybody in their mother’s side of the family said that the wife was from the beshshapara of Old Dhaka and that she wasn’t his wife at all and that she’d died of some dirty disease and that Suraiya had better wash the sheets in her father in law’s room with hot water and soda.
		Suraiya made sure his sheets were washed separately from that of the rest of the family.
	members.lycos.co.uk /shahparselim/newpage1.html (1583 words)

	Singing queen Suraiya in critical condition - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Today, the 75-year-old actress Suraiya is battling for life in the intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU) of Harkisondas Hospital, none of her near and dear ones with her.
		Suraiya is suffering from hypoglacemia, ischemia and insulonoma.
		The actress, perhaps the last of the great singing stars and the highest-paid female star of her time, is suffering from a condition where the blood flow to her heart gets restricted and her blood sugar level drops dangerously.
	sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13375824 (517 words)

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