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Prakash Amritraj – Following In His Father’s Footsteps

by Adnan Alavi

Prakash Amritraj, son of yesteryear’s Tennis hero Vijay Amritraj, helps India secure a Davis Cup spot.

Starving in Bundelkhand: The tragedy of rural India

by Adnan Alavi

In rural Bundelkhand poor are trying to survive on grass while urban India is busy with Sensex

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The magic of Urdu poetry: Republic Day Mushaira

by Adnan Alavi

The magic of urdu poetry lives through the Republic Day Mushaira

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On Anil Kumble on his 600 Wickets!

by Adnan Alavi

An ode to the under-celebrated Anil Kumble on his 600 Test cricket wickets.

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Muharram in India: The Paigis of Kanpur

by Adnan Alavi

Muharram commomeration by the Paigis of Kanpur who keep running for three days without resting.

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Govt plans to simplify Urdu, same needed for Hindi too

by Adnan Alavi

Why the government is right in taking the action and the need for the same for Hindi too

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Rushdie Arrives In Mumbai & Rabble-rousers Are At Work again

by Adnan Alavi

The opposition to Rushdie is just another page in the endless list to generate useless controversies

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Culture fest begins: Remembering Tansen, India’s great Musician

by Adnan Alavi

Legendary musician, Tansen, is considered the greatest singer-musician ever born in India.
One of the nau-ratnas (nine jewels) in the court of Emperor Akbar, Tansen was born around 1505 AD near Gwalior.
Though a Hindu by birth, the ‘Sangeet Samrat‘ was also a believer in Islam. He was a disciple of Sufi Saint Sheikh Muhammad Ghaus, and [...]

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Kolkata violence: Irresponsible Jamiat playing with fire

by Adnan Alavi

Kolkata was in flames on Wednesday. Mercifully the violence didn’t spill out of control. As TV channels started flashing the ‘alert’ about Army called in Kolkata and later the images of All India Muslim Forum activists, I really got worried.

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Barkatullah: PM Of Govt Of India-In-Exile And A Revolutionary

by Adnan Alavi

Professor Barkatullah, the first Prime Minister of the Government of India in-exile (Raja Mahendra Pratap was president) that was formed in 1915, was a great patriot and amongst the founders of Ghadar Party, who spent all his life to propagate revolutionary ideas for the overthrow of British rule in India, and ultimately passed away in [...]

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