The Problem of Hindustani : Hindi and Urdu
(Following is the text of an address delivered by eminent historian Tara Chand […]
(Following is the text of an address delivered by eminent historian Tara Chand […]
(Following is the reproduction of an article published in ‘The Sentinel’, published from […]
In the times when journalists, reporters and writers have taken biased positions with […]
Mr. Chairman, may I exercise the privilege of the invalid and remain seated? My […]
INDIA’S Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, faces a grave challenge in the small […]
Imagine a mother of 12 children who feels agitated at the very sight […]
(Following is the text of a talk given to the Young Men’s Muslim […]
“In 1962-63, when I got the opportunity to read Ambedkar’s book, Annihilation of […]
People all over the world celebrate 10th February as “Teddy Day”. This day […]
However divided Hindus and Muslims may be, however bitter their relations with each other, they are still united in their demand for Swarajya, in their opposition to the Government, and in their hatred of the subjugation imposed upon them from without.
It will stand to the eternal credit of Mahatma Gandhi that he has brought politics home to the masses of India, that he has created a wonderful and never to be effaced awakening in them, and that he has produced a consciousness which marks the beginning of a real nationhood.
(Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969) got almost killed in August 1947 at Jalandhar — […]
Neelo was a popular film actress in Pakistan during the 1960s. Born into a Catholic family as Cynthia Alexander Fernandes, she adopted the screen name “Neelo” in 1956, and by 1965, she was the most popular actress in her country.
Rais Amrohvi (Syed Muhammad Mehedi), was a famous poet of Urdu language and […]
For this exercise, I have chosen three autobiographies;
Rajendra Prasad, Atmakatha, Sasta Sahitya Mandal, 1965
Premchand, Premchand ki atmakatha, edited by Madan Gopal, Prabhat Prakashan
Rasheed Ahmed Siddiqui, Ashufta bayani meri, Maktaba Jamia
The intricate dynamics of post-apartheid South Africa through the lens of cricket, the impact of reconciliation efforts, nationalism, and the controversial quota system. The challenges and progress in a nation grappling with its past, all within the context of sports, society, and political change.
In India, film songs are an indispensable part of everyday life. You can […]
The original Constitution of India is not a printed document but a handwritten […]
(Following is a reproduction of an article originally titled, ‘Of Caps and Beards […]
Hari Singh Hijacked a Plane to Protest Babri Mosque and Communal Violence
(The article was originally published in the ‘Quest’, a bimonthly journal published from […]
In the areas where war is waged or which the Japanese occupy or where they infiltrate, the foreigner’s civil rule will weaken or come to an end. In these areas we must establish a Swaraj Government. In the name of this Government we must appeal to retreating units of the Indian Army to stay behind and become the people’s army.
He stayed in America for nearly eight years and studied at five different Universities. He started as a student of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and then devoted years to the study of Biology, Psychology, Economics and Sociology. He had several times interrupted his studies in order to earn enough to carry on at his University for a term or two. He had worked as a farm labourer for ten hours a day, as a packer in a jam factory, as a mechanic in an iron concern, as a waiter in a restaurant. He had tried his hand as a salesman. When, therefore, he returned to India in 1929, it was not as a raw student looking forward to a comfortable life, but as one who had seen life at close quarters and was fully determined to devote himself to public life.
The machine (EVM) could also eliminate booth-capturing as it would become possible for the Election Commission to introduce mobile polling stations to take the machines to the doorsteps of the people, especially the weaker sections.
Akbar Allahabadi was senior to Iqbal and he wrote a reply to Sare Jahan Se Achcha in form of another poem.
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented. The reservation under article 341 defined only SC community and most of these Pasmanda castes don’t come under this identification.
“This is the Congress radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India,” spoke Usha Mehta after the Quit India Movement had been silenced by the Britishers.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in her movie Ae Watan Mere Watan.
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CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL – Doctor by Job, Freedom Fighter by Will
During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, the same year, O’Shaughnessy completed 21 miles of a telegraph line wrapped around trees and vast stretches which included a river crossing of 4 miles as an experiment.