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Lucknow

A Great Step Towards Shia-Sunni Unity

by Zartab Haider

Overcoming years of mistrust, Shia and Sunni communities are reaching out to each other in a novel way.

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Invitation: Performance Traditions Among The Indian Muslims

by Yousuf Saeed

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Cordially invites you to an eight day event

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Raza Rumi – A Pakistani About Town

by Mayank Austen Soofi

A budding writer from Lahore visits the city of his beloved author.

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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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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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Karbala: The True Symbol Of Jihad

by Rupa Abdi

Observation of Muharram in a Shia locality in Lucknow and the Story of Karbala.

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Maulana Tariq Rashid Firangi Mahali on Madarsa Reforms

by Yoginder Sikand

Interview on madarsa syllabus reforms and the institution of Firangi Mahal.

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Afroz Jahan: A fighting spirit

by Rupa Abdi

I read about her in a small article in the ‘Times of India’ and deicide to visit her during my recent trip to Lucknow. I met her at her home in Choudhary Tola – a non-descript locality of Ali Ganj. Afroz Jahan does not come across as some fire brand activist or a high society [...]

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An Eid without my A.N. Singh Uncle

by Inam Abidi Amrohvi

It was 1979. Due to family reasons my father got a job transfer from Allahabad to Lucknow. I was a small kid then. All my dad’s friends were in Allahabad, so it must have been a hard decision for him to make.
For me and my younger brother, Lucknow was certainly more fun. And why not, [...]

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Absentee parliamentarian

by Kashif

A Member of Parliament is elected by popular vote of adult Indians to represent them in Lok Sabha. He or she is there to make sure that aspiration and wishes of his constituency are well represented when important issues and legislations are discussed in the legislative body.
 
How should a constituency of more than 500,000 adult [...]

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