Emerging from the shadows, with Lihaaf and Ismat Chughtai.
Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991), an Indian Urdu novelist, wrote extensively on sensitive themes like femininity and female sexuality.
Opinion
Munshi Premchand and Islam
Munshi Premchand, an Indian Hindu writer talks about equality in the Islamic faith in his article “Islamic Civilisation” published in 1925.
Queen Elizabeth, A Colonial Demise in the Decolonial Era
Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realm, passed away yesterday on the 8th of September 2022, at 18:30 BST.
Mahdawi Movement and its Development
The Mahdawi movement relates to the arrival of the Messiah or Mehdi. Several people claimed to be the Mehdi throughout Islamic history.
The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate
Gandhi and Ambedkar are India’s most popular thinkers, and also the most romanticised ones. While Gandhi is called the “father of India”, Ambedkar is called the father of the text that makes India a democracy (on paper), the Constitution. People often worship these figures, but usually do not read, thus begins the saga of romanticisation.
Sadequain and the Conundrum of Surah–E–Rahman: A Tribute to the Painter
Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi Amrohvi (1930-1987) left his indelible imprints in the sphere of art and literature. An incredibly celebrated painter and poet.
Tribute to Prof Mushirul Hasan
Prof Mushirul Hasan, one of the greatest historians of Modern India and an institution builder.
Mr. Syed Raza Imam: The Gentleman of Chapra
The life and works of Mr. Syed Raza Imam of Chapra. An active participant in the social and political movements of his time, he made effective contributions to them.
Remembering Syed Ahmad, eminent economist and Urdu lover
October 30 is the first death anniversary of noted economist, former head and chairman of the Department of Economics at McMaster University, Canada, Prof Syed Ahmad. An alumnus of Jamia Millia, Patna University, Aligarh Muslim University and London School of Economics, Ahmad taught at universities in Aligarh, Khartoum (Sudan), Kent (England) and McMaster (Canada), was visiting professor at many other institutions and has left a legion of students and admirers across the globe.
From the river to the sea, what will the future of HAMAS be?
The Palestine-Israeli conflict has long drawn the attention of the world. The conflict is rooted in banal partition plan of the state of Palestine dividing it into two distant parts and creating Israel in between. The recent fighting between Hamas and Israel started in the holy month of Ramazan as a result of Israeli encroachment in Sheikh Jarrah locality in West Bank.
Ancient Indian Tactics translated as Tactical Urbanism
Today, urban planners in Bengaluru are concerned with and are coming up with masterplans to absorb the “urban population” which will flow with CRS.
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi – T.S. Eliot of Urdu Literature
From deciphering the poetry of Ghalib to reviving the ancient art of Dastaangoi, the contributions of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi to Urdu literature are immeasurable.
A Defaced and Broken Grave of a National Hero Tells a Story of Our National Character
the broken epitaph of Brigadier Muhammad Usman.
Jawaharlal Nehru : A PM Who Called Communists anti-Indian & Terrorists
For an observer, who had studied Jawaharlal Nehru’s handling of communist movements, the 1958 article did not come as ‘a welcome departure’. Surely, not after listening to him calling communists ‘the stupidest party in the world’, terrorists, anti-Indian, anti-people or anti-country.
ROHINGYA CRISIS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Violence that followed forced 200,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh. Bangladesh denied Rohingya admission into her territory and blocked food rations leading to death of 12,000 of them.
