These days I increasingly find tendency among people to write communal and casteist comments on websites, especially, Facebook. What was once discussed in a hush hush manner is now being openly poste...
Dr BR Ambedkar It is easy to dismiss the objection to the cartoon published in the NCERT text books by terming those who opposed it as non-liberals. But did we try to understand why the cartoon was c...
Whichever language you want the kids to learn, first get attractive, colorful books Summer vacations have just begun and its a wonderful opportunity for you to teach your kids an extra language. If t...
A board that instructs how to say Salaam correctly Passing by one of the lanes in the old part of town I spotted this board. The hoarding installed in front of one of the oldest talkies in the city, ...
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh is quite a big state--just a bit smaller than West Bengal and more than twice the size of Kerala. Still, how little we know about this state that borders China. Ho...
Rajendra Prasad Jyotsana Srivastavas victory from a constituency in Varanasi in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh (UP) election may not seem significant to you unless you are a Kayastha. After all...
Sometime back I went to a friends place and saw a calendar on the wall. The friend saw me looking at it and sheepishly said that someone in his family had brought it. "You know I dont have a Sang...
It is one of the most amazing real life stories. The story of five-year-old Sheru, who had got lost after his elder brothers death, ended in an orphanage in Kolkata, from where he got adopted by an A...
Babar, the founder of Mughal dynasty, had arrived in India in 1526, a period when Muslims were already settled in India for centuries [more than 700 years* before his arrival]. And the Sultanate in D...
Ever since 2005, I have been writing consistently on this blog and though the bygone year was least productive in terms of the number of posts which I churned up, still, it was a satisfying year for ...
Congress has suffered a jolt with Samajwadi Partys landslide victory in UP elections. The drubbing is not just because of consolidation of Muslims voters but also other sections, however, the fa...
They didnt vote for us : Why should they? BSP has lost power in UP and its leader terms loss of Muslim vote to the party as one of the main reasons. More than others, she has to reflect over it. But ...
Akhilesh Yadav: Thank you UP! The results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election have thrown a surprise. Though everybody expected Samajwadi Party to do well, the landslide majority has astonished even t...
RB Sreekumar If ten years after Gujarat riots, the issue continues to be at the centre stage of Indian politics and the judicial process is moving forward, even if slowly, credit is due to Indian soc...
Mass Hysteria Was Seen IN Gujarat During The RIOTS Gujarat riots, often termed as post-Godhra killings or the Gujarat Genocide, evoke extreme reactions. Ten years have now elapsed since the unprecede...
First a great news for Urdu lovers, as also for those who love cartoons. A website that features cartoon strips in Urdu, Urdu Cartoon Kids, has been launched. To give a sense to reader why it is so i...
A NEW LOOK SP CAMPAIGN Most of the political parties are wooing Muslims, who constitute 20% of the electorate in the state. It is not that other caste groups are not being wooed. But as Muslims are a...
Urdu verses on Karbala on a hoarding at a haveli in Old Lucknow Recently I had a chance to spent sometime in Shia dominated localities in Lucknow during a short trip. Though Shias form a sizeable chu...
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,...
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