An eminent theatre director of yesteryears recently remembered his childhood days in a small town in Bihar in an interview. Within the many incidents he spoke about, he named Muslim households that…
About the speaker M R Shamshad is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. He has practiced in different Branches of Law. Initially, he appeared in Commercial law cases and Arbitration…
Aaghaz – e – Nau is a Poem dedicated to the times we are living in written by Tanzil Rahman. आग़ाज़-ए-नौ चलो ख़्वाबों की फिर से कश्तियाँ खोलेंचलो फिर बादबाँ खोलेंबहुत दिन…
About the Book But You don’t Look like a Muslim is a collection of essays by writer, critic and literary historian, Rakhshanda Jalil. Through these essays, Jalil interrogates religious identity and tries…
About the Books A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan and finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into the lives and troubles of the…
Voting for the first time, for sure, brings the exhilaration and enthusiasm within you. You wish for a change to take place in your constituency, your district, your state and your country.…
My father, Dr S. Fazaluddin (1942-2021), passed away earlier this month. After a brief battle fought in the wards and ICU of the hospital, he left for a life hereafter—the unseen yet…
The Break of Dawn (Penguin Random House, India, 2021), a recently published book, translated from Urdu by Ali Khan Mahmudabad is simple, sharp and an indispensable read. The original book Aghaaz-e-Sahar (1957)…
har ek baat pe kehte ho tum ke tu kya hai? (at every single utterance you say, “what are you”?!) A few days back Urvashi Butalia wrote an article in the Indian…
My father, Dr S. Fazaluddin (1942-2021), passed away earlier this month. After a brief battle fought in the wards and ICU of the hospital, he left for a life hereafter—the unseen yet…
While hearing an appeal by Uttarakhand resident Hitesh Verma, challenging the state High Court order rejecting his plea to quash the charge sheet and summoning orders, a bench of Justices L Nageswara…
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