Pt Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar inaugurating a mushaira in Delhi One of the most awaited Mushairas is the annual poetic soiree held on the occasion of Republic Day in the historic Lal Qila. This year th...
1. Firstly, not a single person among Indias nearly 200 million Muslims had issued any threat in case Salman Rushdie arrived here but a section of media portrayed it as if Muslims were hounding him a...
Shujaa Khawar Shuja Khawar, who was probably the most distinct poetic voice in Urdu to have come up from Delhi in the post-independence era, bid final adieu to his admirers and poetry lovers. A maste...
Rediff article that links Deoband to Surya Namaskar fatwa It is perfectly understandable if a religious institution is criticised for issuing frivolous or controversial fatwas, just like a post writt...
Khilauna published foreign comic strips Despite fears about survival of Urdu in the decades after independence, the language continues to thrive in India, 64 years after independence. But its surpris...
An incident that largely went ignored in national media recently occurred in Jalna, which is located in Congress-ruled Maharashtra, and has lessons for Muslims. Upset over circulation of a distorted ...
Travelling around 15 kms on a stretch from Lucknow towards Hardoi, I had seen 70 banners and hoardings of Peace Party and it was then that I stopped counting. That was almost a year ago. Now the Asse...
SRK as G One: Indian movie Superhero I have just watched Shahrukh Khan’s ambitious movie Ra One. I am not going to say that either it’s a great movie or a bad one. But yes it’s entertaining. I do reg...
It was after a long time that I saw an advertisement in the newspaper about a circus in the town. For years I hadnt gone to a circus and I decided to watch it. The Crown Circus advertised itself...
Saba Anjum The story of Saba Anjum Karim, 26, is nothing short of a fairy tale. It has been a long and tough journey for the girl from Durg (Chhattisgarh) who has finally managed to turn her dream in...
Pind-daan: Hindu rituals for salvation performed in Gaya Just the other day, I read a news that the Pind-daan ceremony for the famous painter late MF Husain was performed at Gaya in Bihar. This was i...
By Mahtab Alam “Serial Bomb Blasts in Delhi. Where are you, Are you safe?” read a text message on my Mobile, by Sonali Garg, a friend of mine from Delhi. It was late in the evening of September 13th,...
Can just a hug do it? The hype surrounding Narendra Modis fast has once again generated speculations that Narendra Modi is the BJPs next Prime Ministerial candidate but can Modi ever become Indias Pr...
The Great Ganges at Kanpur I couldnt believe my eyes. The sight was breathtaking: Azure, green and the blue all around even as the train was approaching Kanpur. I had passed the dusty town innumerabl...
If a Muslim family gets a marriage invitation card published in Hindi, it may seem uncommon but not rare. However, Gulzars marriage invitation card exactly looked like a Hindu familys wedding card. I...
I dont consider myself an extra-intelligent person. I try to understand things and when I fail, I have no hesitation in discussing or asking others. Recently, court held two Sanatan Sanstha members g...
Activists selling Urdu paper to policeman Subash Chand It was heartening to see the recent campaign in Delhi that aimed at popularizing Urdu newspapers and urging readers to buy them. Almost 1,500-2,...
Sindhi daily Hindu edited by Harish Varyani I have a copy of Hindu, a Sindhi daily in my hands. Its after a long time that I am reading a Sindhi newspaper While its famous English namesake, The Hindu...
Exploring alleys in Cities and visiting old towns in the North Indian heartland has been a passion for me since my childhood. I visited Mohan [pronounced Mohaan], a prominent town of Awadh, which now...
Even those who believed in the concept of Muslim (political) leadership and thought that it exists in India should have realised that this is nothing less than a myth. Two recent incid...
The Chaubara structure in Bidar (Karnataka) Bidar is a historic town in Southern India and has a host of historical monuments. Though located in Karnataka, the district borders Andhra Prad...
Araria killings again show polices anti-poor mindset Once again the ugly face of police was revealed in Forbesganj in Bihars Araria district where policemen opened fire at villagers, killin...
Kashmiris treat us well. Do we return the gesture? If you are a Hindu going to Kashmir for Amarnath Yatra or a Muslim going to the place to visit Hazrat Bal or simply a tourist going to have fun, you...
Calcutta was capital till 1911& still is, in the Urdu primer Exactly hundred years after British shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi, another major change has taken place as the Left front...
Saharnuma A friend called up recently and said, Do you know, Ishrat Qadri sahab is ill, in fact critical. I felt terribly short of words. I didnt even know that he had suffered a brainstroke. More di...
The murderous attack on AIMIM second-in-command Akbaruddin Owaisi, the younger brother of MP Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi, gives a reflection of the murky real estate business that powers bot...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has given chance to a whole lot of youngsters to exhibit their talent and burst on the national sporting scene. This year IPL has already thrown up players like P...
Rashid Hussain Indias leading software company Infosys may be a an IT giant but its action against an employee on false terror charges has finally been questioned by the court also. Rashid Hussain wa...
A huge gathering of Bohras at Burhanpur recently in Madhya Pradesh The Bohra Muslims have successfully carved a distinct identity among Indian Muslims. For long considered a close-knit community...
Once again, so many all-India mushairas were held in Delhi recently, that it became difficult to keep track. Though a section rues decline in standards of poetry that is read from the stage, the fact...
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