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Allama Iqbal, Marxism & Islamic Renaissance: A Discussion

  • Post Author By Maimuna Siddiqui
  • Post Date November 27, 2024
Iqbal drew significant inspiration from the Bolshevik Revolution and Marxism, admiring the revolution’s egalitarian ethos, but remaining firmly rooted in …Read more  »
Estimated read time 11 min read

Emerging from the shadows, with Lihaaf and Ismat Chughtai.

  • Post Author By Kasturi Ghosh
  • Post Date October 21, 2022
Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991), an Indian Urdu novelist, wrote extensively on sensitive themes like femininity and female sexuality.
An image of Ismat Chughtai
Estimated read time 3 min read

Munshi Premchand and Islam

  • Post Author By M S Siddiqui
  • Post Date September 16, 2022
Munshi Premchand, an Indian Hindu writer talks about equality in the Islamic faith in his article "Islamic Civilisation" published in …Read more  »
Below are rare postcard from my collection, issued by Postal Department of India on Munshi Premchand.
Estimated read time 3 min read

Queen Elizabeth, A Colonial Demise in the Decolonial Era

  • Post Author By Khadiza Naufa Fatin
  • Post Date September 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realm, passed away yesterday on the 8th of …Read more  »
Photograph by: Cecil Beaton; 1953. Official portrait of the royal coronation
Estimated read time 3 min read

Mahdawi Movement and its Development

  • Post Author By Syed Rishaid Ali Jaffery
  • Post Date February 28, 2022
The Mahdawi movement relates to the arrival of the Messiah or Mehdi. Several people claimed to be the Mehdi throughout …Read more  »
Mahdawi Movement and its Development
Estimated read time 5 min read

The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate

  • Post Author By Pranav Kishore Saxena
  • Post Date February 12, 2022
Gandhi and Ambedkar are India’s most popular thinkers, and also the most romanticised ones. While Gandhi is called the “father …Read more  »
The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate
Estimated read time 11 min read

Sadequain and the Conundrum of Surah–E–Rahman: A Tribute to the Painter

  • Post Author By Syed Faizan Raza
  • Post Date February 9, 2022
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi Amrohvi (1930-1987) left his indelible imprints in the sphere of art and literature. An incredibly celebrated …Read more  »
Forged Surah–E–Rahman (published in The Legend of Sadequain)
Estimated read time 10 min read

Tribute to Prof Mushirul Hasan

  • Post Author By Syed Ali Kazim
  • Post Date December 10, 2021
Prof Mushirul Hasan, one of the greatest historians of Modern India and an institution builder.
Estimated read time 3 min read

Mr. Syed Raza Imam: The Gentleman of Chapra

  • Post Author By Syed Faizan Raza
  • Post Date December 5, 2021
The life and works of Mr. Syed Raza Imam of Chapra. An active participant in the social and political movements …Read more  »
Mr. Syed Raza Imam: The Gentleman of Chapra
Estimated read time 2 min read

Remembering Syed Ahmad, eminent economist and Urdu lover

  • Post Author By Mohammed Wajihuddin
  • Post Date November 3, 2021
October 30 is the first death anniversary of noted economist, former head and chairman of the Department of Economics at …Read more  »
Syed Ahmad, eminent economist and Urdu lover
Estimated read time 5 min read

From the river to the sea, what will the future of HAMAS be?

  • Post Author By Shahnawaz Mughal
  • Post Date June 15, 2021
The Palestine-Israeli conflict has long drawn the attention of the world. The conflict is rooted in banal partition plan of the …Read more  »
Palestine-Israeli conflict
Estimated read time 4 min read

Ancient Indian Tactics translated as Tactical Urbanism

  • Post Author By Shikha Patel
  • Post Date May 12, 2021
Today, urban planners in Bengaluru are concerned with and are coming up with masterplans to absorb the “urban population” which …Read more  »
Ancient Indian Tactics translated as Tactical Urbanism
Estimated read time 6 min read

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi – T.S. Eliot of Urdu Literature

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date January 1, 2021
From deciphering the poetry of Ghalib to reviving the ancient art of Dastaangoi, the contributions of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi to …Read more  »
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Estimated read time 9 min read

A Defaced and Broken Grave of a National Hero Tells a Story of Our National Character

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date December 26, 2020
the broken epitaph of Brigadier Muhammad Usman.
A Defaced and Broken Grave of a National Hero Tells a Story of Our National Character
Estimated read time 2 min read

Jawaharlal Nehru : A PM Who Called Communists anti-Indian & Terrorists

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date September 26, 2020
For an observer, who had studied Jawaharlal Nehru’s handling of communist movements, the 1958 article did not come as ‘a …Read more  »
Jawaharlal Nehru : A PM Who Called Communists anti-Indian & Terrorists
Estimated read time 6 min read

Gandhian Philosophy and its Relevance in the Modern Day India: As a means of Coping with the Evils of an Unexpected Pandemic.

  • Post Author By Asad Ur Rahman
  • Post Date June 1, 2020
This brings us to the concept of “Sarvodaya” which means “Progress of All”. If truth and non-violence are the basic …Read more  »
Estimated read time 7 min read

When Jaun Elia Asked Writers and Journalists To Speak Up Against The Tyranny

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date March 2, 2020
Estimated read time 5 min read

Assam Problem : Who is the Citizen of India ? Who is an intruder? (An article from 1980)

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date February 28, 2020
Estimated read time 6 min read

ROHINGYA CRISIS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

  • Post Author By Saquib Salim
  • Post Date September 20, 2019
Violence that followed forced 200,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Bangladesh denied Rohingya admission into her territory and blocked food …Read more  »
ROHINGYA CRISIS
Estimated read time 6 min read

SHAH WALIULLAH AND FAZL-E-HAQ KHAIRABADI :: TRIBUTE TO LOST HEROES OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date August 20, 2018
Muztar Khairabadi, the GRANDFATHER OF JAVED AKHTAR, was Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi's grandson. Muztar Sahab was the son of HIMANI KHAIRABADI, A …Read more  »
Interaction between a Christian missionary and Shah Abd al Aziz of Delhi:
Estimated read time 3 min read

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