Tag Archives: mughal

My Travels to Delhi

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Raza Rumi

Delhi’s present day chaos cannot belittle its grand past, which created a civilisation and shaped the contours of Indo-Muslim identity Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged delhi, Education, Ghalib Mazaar, hindus, India, Islam, Jamia Millia Islamia, media, Mirza-Ghalib, mughal, urdu | 1 Comment

Death Of A Patriot

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Rupa Abdi

In 1947 while other princes of Junagarh were opting for Pakistan, Imamuddin Khan Babi chose India. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged congress, Gujarat, India, mughal, muslim, Pakistan, partition, riots, urdu | 3 Comments

Holi’s Muslim History

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Yousuf Saeed

Though Holi may be a Hindu festival it has a Muslim history too. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged Akbar, Amir Khusro, delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, hindus, Hindvi, Holi, mughal | 21 Comments

Protests Against Jodhaa Akbar – History And Community Honor

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Ram Puniyani

What are the reasons behind recent protests against the movie Jodhaa Akbar? Continue reading →

Posted in Society | Tagged Akbar, Identity, Jodha Bai, Jodhaa Akbar, mughal, protest, Rajput, Syncretism | 21 Comments

Derasar And Dargah Coexist In Gandhi’s Gujarat

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Rupa Abdi

At the face of it Jainism and Islam seem to share hardly anything in common – but is it so? Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged Akbar, Angar Pir, Dargahs, Derasar, Gujarat, India, Jainism, Jains, mughal, muslim, Navayath, Sufism | Comments Off

India’s Muslim Kings Implemented Enlightened Sharia Laws

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Kaleem Kawaja

Muslim rulers of India took good care of cultural and religious practices of their non-Muslim subjects. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged Akbar, Babar, India, Jahangir, mughal, Mughals, muslim, Muslim Rulers, non-muslims | 31 Comments

The Problem of Caste among Indian Muslims

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Ayub Khan

The book explores the tradition of un-Islamic practice of caste in the Indian Muslim society Continue reading →

Posted in News & Analysis | Tagged delhi, discrimination, Education, madrasa, mughal | 17 Comments

India’s Islam

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Guest Post

India needs to reassert its Islamic heritage and reclaim the ownership of subcontinental Islam to solve the communal problem Continue reading →

Posted in India | Tagged Communalism, hindus, mughal, Pakistan, partition, secularism | 34 Comments

Laal Deewarein

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Sadia Raval

A poem inspired by Mughal Architecture in Delhi and Agra. Also a Photo Feature with 40 photographs of the various monuments are included as a slideshow down in this post Maazi ka madham taraana koi Bhoola bisra zamaana koi Kaheen … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage, Featured | Tagged Agra, Agra Fort, delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, mughal, Mughal architecture, Qutab Minar, Taj-Mahal | 2 Comments

Humayun’s Tomb

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Mirza Faisal

During a recent visit to Delhi I managed to find some time to visit Humayun’s Tomb. I had heard about the renovation work that had happened there and though during my earlier visits to Delhi I had visited most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture & Heritage | Tagged Architecture, delhi, Humayun's Tomb, mughal, Mughal architecture, Taj-Mahal | 2 Comments