Rauf Mamoo – How to Make People Feel Special and Close
What a man he was! What a dashing personality! Close and dear to everyone around. In any gathering he would soon become the center of attention, with his pleasing and affectionate personality, anecdotes, humor and personal attention to every one. In 1999, at his soyem, there were so many people who were remembering him in small groups, each one trying to remember his association with him. Overcome with grief, I was trying to hide the tears from my eyes as I moved from one group to another, and then I noted some thing in such rememberances about Rauf Mamoo to which I had not paid attention in all the years as I was growing up and looking up to him as a role model. That most distinctive quality that emerged from these rememberances was that everyone was highlighting how his or her relationship with Rauf Mamoo was so special and so close. People were describing those special moments, anecdotes, events and situations which highlighted and demonstrated that Rauf Mamoo was closest to them individually! And, I thought (initially with a pang of jealousy) that I was the one who was closest to him! Rauf Mamoo had managed through his interactions with everyone who came in contact with him to give this special feeling of closeness. I was actually surprised to see even those who had not had a very comfortable relationship with him, describing trips and events where they were so close and so much loved by Rauf Mamoo.
[Remembering Maj (R) Shah M Ismail (1933-99) known fondly to people as Rauf]
Yes, I was describing that motor cycle journey with Rauf Mamoo to Tando Allahyar. The seat of the motorcycle had lost its foaminess a long time ago and was hard as a wooden log and the motorcycle cruising at a monotonous slow speed of just 35km/hr as there was some heating problem for which mamoo had taken along two plastic bottles with water to cool the engine off. We had to stop after every half an hour or so to cool the engine and later to get the bottles to be refilled from shanty hotels that were few and far between. It was late night by the time we eventually reached our destination, but memorable all the same.
PS-1:
Rauf Mamoo once told us of his experience at Chawinda battlefied in the 1965 India-Pakistan war, where he was an OP and had to be in the no-man’s land between the two armies for 2-3 days straight as the backups were unable to turn up to replace him as there was intense fighting going on and continuous heavy tank shelling or may be they were probably martyred. His job was to spot the enemy tanks and direct the fire of tanks and the air crafts to appropriate targets using the wireless codes. This he went on to do without any support continuously while hidden in the middle of the two warring tank armies in some bush/tree cover while the shells continued to fly over him to targets in one or the other army. Eventually, when there came a lull in the fighting and he was relieved after the grueling and taxing two-three days, and he finally got chance to retreat back to the camp and rest. He put on the mosquito nets and went to sleep besides some other army men. He was so tired that fell like a log and slept as if unconscious. He slept so soundly that even the resumption of artillery fire could not wake him. When he eventually woke up he found to his amazement and wonder that his net had been blown away by enemy fire, there was mud cover all over the place, the camp had been blown away, the soldiers sleeping along side him had been blown away, and miraculously he had not had even a single scratch. rahay naam Allah ka.
Biography
Civilian Experience
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Aug’94 May’95 Director. SOS Village, Karachi.
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May’89-Sep’93 Sores Officer, Fauji Sugar Mills and General Secretary, Board of Management, Model School, Fauji Foundation, Tando Mohd. Khan.
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Nov’83-May’89 Field Officer, Fauji Foundation Cottage Industries Training Centre, Hyderabad
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Jun’80-Oct’83 Managing Partner, Al-Hadeed Iron re-Rolling Mills, Hyderabad.
Pakistan Army Experience
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1979 80 Station Staff Officer, Station Headquarter, Hyderabad.
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!977 79 General Staff Officer, Women Guards and General Staff Officer -1, National Cadet Core.
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1974 77 Deputy Adjutant Assistant & Quarter Master General, H.Q Division Artillery.
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1972-73 Second-In-Command, Artillery Regiment.
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1969-72 President’s Portugal Cell, Provost Cover Officer, Officer Commanding, Military Police Unit.
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1964-69 Battery Commander, Artillery Regiment.
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Professional Achievements
A 1955 CV of Rauf Mamoo:
https://irfanhyder.com/2020/10/social-history-archival-project-of
APPLICATION FORM
1)
Name of the Applicant: Sayed
Shah Mohd Ismail Faridi Husami.
2)
Father’s Name: Sayed
Shah Mohd. Ibrahim Hasami (Late)
3)
Date of Birth: 6th
August 1933
4)
Place of Birth: Dharni.
(C.P.& Berar)
5)
Subject: Request
for employment as Assistant Master.
(1)
Qualifications:-
1)
Arts Graduate with Subjects: (1) English (2) Urdu (3) Economies (4)
Persian.
2)
Extra Qualification of C.D.G.I. i.e. Civil Defense General Instructor, qualified
as a Sind Govt’s nominee.
3)
Trained at Hyderabad (Dn.) as a Physical Instructor.
4)
A born and qualified scout.
(2) Experience:-
1)
Worked as Assistant Master in St: Bonaventure’s High School, which is a
Convent English School Estt. By Christian American Mission at Hyderabad.
2)
Worked in Memon Anjuman High School Hyderabad as Asst. Master.
3)
Has gained experience of K.G. Montessori and the Beacon as well as present
system of education’s experience very well.
(3) Hobbies:-
(1) Riding (2) Big game shooting (3)
Swimming
(4) Photography (5) Camping (6)
Writing.
(4) Other Activities of College Career:-
(a) Sports:
Participated in:
- High Jump
- Long Jump
- Hopp Step & Jump
- 800 mts. Race.
- 400 mts.race.
- Sack race.
(B) Games:
Hockey
1)
A constant member of college eleven.
2)
Constantly selected member of University Eleven
3)
Captained college Team for two years.
4)
Represented in District’s 1st Eleven.
5)
Color Holder of this game.
Foot Ball:
1)
Constantly selected member of College Eleven.
2)
Constantly selected member of University Eleven.
3)
Selected as District Eleven’s member.
4)
A color holder of this game.
Volley Ball:
1)
A constant member of the College Tea.
2)
A constant member of the University team.
3)
Captained University team in intervarsities.
4)
A color holder of this game.
Badminton:
1)
No.1 of the College.
2)
Prize winner in all Pakistan open tournaments at Hyderabad
Telecommunication Tournaments.
Cricket:-
1)
A member of the college eleven.
C. Debates and Dramas:-
1)
Selected to represent College in Urdu Debates.
2)
Selected as the Director of the Dramatic Board of College.
3)
Staged a Drama “Ladley Nawab” in Govt.High School, Hyderabad which was
highly appreciated by the Audience having presented new angles and highlights
of the present time.
(D) MANAGEMENT:
1)
Always selected as one of the Board of Manager for College Functions.
2)
Inter Dominion Music Conference arranged by the applicant.
See also:
- How was I guided: How to find a “buzurg” and “wali” of Allah–Rembering Ammi, Abba, Chacha and Phuppa
- How exploration of nature and role playing was encouraged: Of Jungles, Streams, Berries and Wild Pink Flowers — Fragrant Memories of Islamabad that Was
- How to Sprinkle Happiness Around You: Javed Bhai (Dr Zaeem Jafri) – A Jolly Good Fellow
- Ansari Sb: Khawajgan Chisht Ahle Bahisht
- Secret of Happiness: One Simple Rule: Remembering Ammi Jan
- Pursuit of Excellence vs Guzara: How to teach excellence through everyday examples taught by my father.
- Remembering Nani Jan: Of Achars, Chutneys and Halwas: A Lifestyle Getting Lost Through Branding and Mass Production
- How Language Acquisition is Made Difficult for Children: Eight Lessons from an Urdu Acquisition Case Study: Remembering Ammi’s readings
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