Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Mumbai Symposium Addresses Suicide, Foeticide, Drugs And Pollution
Wahdat-e-Islami Hind is planning a public meeting in Mumbai about four serious social problems.
These problems are suicide, the killing of unborn or newborn girls, drug abuse and pollution.
The meeting will take place on Saturday, August 29, at Islam Gymkhana in Marine Lines.
It is part of a 15-day campaign being held in many parts of India.
Different experts and community leaders will speak about these issues.
Sunita Aralikar will discuss protecting and empowering girls.
She became an activist after surviving a terrible incident when she was a baby.
The organisers want people to respond to these problems with compassion, responsibility and practical action.
Wahdat-e-Islami Hind will hold a symposium on suicide, female foeticide, drug abuse and environmental pollution in Mumbai on Saturday, August 29.
The event will run from 7 pm to 10 pm at Celebration Hall, Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines.
The programme is part of the organisation’s 15-day nationwide Paigham-e-Rahmat-e-Aalam social-awareness campaign.
Sunita Aralikar will speak about female infanticide, girl-child protection and empowerment, drawing on her personal experience of surviving an attempted killing as an infant.
Speakers will also address pollution, mental health, suicide and drug abuse, while the campaign targets issues identified across 17 states, including Maharashtra, Punjab and Haryana.
- Who
- Wahdat-e-Islami Hind is organising the symposium, with speakers including Sunita Aralikar, Mustaque Antulay, Dr Ali Akbar Ghabrani and Dr Aslam Khan.
- What
- A symposium will discuss suicide, female foeticide or infanticide, drug abuse and environmental pollution.
- When
- Saturday, August 29, from 7 pm to 10 pm; the wider campaign will continue for 15 days.
- Where
- Celebration Hall, Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines, Mumbai.
- Why
- The event aims to raise awareness of serious social problems and encourage humane, ethical, practical and collective responses.
- Organiser
- Wahdat-e-Islami Hind
- Campaign
- Paigham-e-Rahmat-e-Aalam
- Event location
- Celebration Hall, Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines, Mumbai
- Event time
- 7 pm–10 pm on Saturday, August 29
- Campaign reach
- 17 states, including 10 cities in Maharashtra
- Campaign duration
- 15 days
- Topic terminology
- The article initially refers to female foeticide, while the speaker section refers to female infanticide.