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Barkatullah: PM Of Govt Of India-In-Exile And A Revolutionary
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...
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Kolkata violence: Irresponsible Jamiat playing with fire
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...
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Culture fest begins: Remembering Tansen, India’s great Musician
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...
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Rushdie Arrives In Mumbai & Rabble-rousers Are At Work again
Salman Rushdie is in India and the rabble-rousers are again whipping up sentiments of Muslims against the writer. The furore over Taslima Nasreen’s stay in India has barely died down. And now we have...
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Govt plans to simplify Urdu, same needed for Hindi too
The government has asked the NCERT to consider revising the Urdu syllabus and replace tough Urdu words with simple ones. The report says that words like aala-e-paimaaish-e-haraarat (thermometer)...
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Muharram in India: The Paigis of Kanpur
Holding swords they run around barefoot for days ahead of the Yaum-e-Ashura, to commemorate the martyrdom of the Prophet’s grandson at the battle of Karbala. The Paigis had played vital role in...
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On Anil Kumble on his 600 Wickets!
For our generation that grew up in 80s, the great era of spin magic was a distant past. We had heard about Bedi, Chandra and Prasanna, who together took over 600 wickets and cast a spell on the...
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The magic of Urdu poetry: Republic Day Mushaira
Nowhere in the world, poetry has such importance in society as in the Indian sub-continent. After all, where would thousands sit till midnight and after to listen to the poets! There is definitely...
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Starving in Bundelkhand: The tragedy of rural India
Just when urban India skips a beat over a plunge in Sensex, hundreds of families on verge of starvation are stepping out of their ancestral villages in Bundelkhand, leaving their homes and fields. And...
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Prakash Amritraj – Following In His Father’s Footsteps
When Prakash Amritraj won the match against Farrukh Dustov and helped India clinch the Davis cup tie of the Asia-Oceania group, it brought both joy and deja vu for millions of sports lovers. The young...
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