By Sanjay Kumar
And I am sure the reigning Sultan of Hindustan wished to use demonetisation as a means for hallowed goals. The power of something new, unexpected, and secret, when they are unleashed upon the people, is a great spectacle to watch.
By Syed Mujtaba
The appointment of former Intelligence Bureau chief, Dineshwar Sharma, as New Delhi’s new interlocutor, is dubious and without any merit. Kashmir is not an administrative or a security problem that could be entrusted to an intelligence officer.
By Raziuddin Aquil
Returning to the discussion on the ideal conditions for ihtisab, apart from being aqil and baligh, the muhtasib should also be a believer, for ihtisab is a contribution to the cause of Allah and a non-believer is not expected to have any interest in the matter. Thus, a kafir or an idolater cannot be a muhtasib.
By Ananya S Guha
this small town lunging ahead
to the crisis of city
Even as the traffic in its mad rush
halts to let an old lady pass by
with a half smile
By Mohammed Heemaz
Considering the power of the social over the economic, Ambedkar engaged in social reformation. He realised that caste is a powerful weapon that prevented all reforms and the key to the reformation was the destruction of the caste system.
By Rimli Bhattacharya
Following this, Rudra started having problems with his pee. There were droplets but that too after lots of pressure. During those early mornings of auto erections due to full bladder, it was so painful that it used to break his sleep at around four in the morning.
By Sanjay Kumar
As rightly depicted in the movie, it is the power of Muslim women which is in the process of becoming a force multiplier. Three generations of women but all of them one way or the other resent the hold of patriarchy and associated claustrophobia.
By Goirick Brahmachari
Sleep and love, I lose both,
As I slowly cage,
Rage and memory, I learn to gulp
To return to my age.
By Raziuddin Aquil
Unlike Papiya Ghosh, no other historian of Islam and Muslims in the Hindu majority province of Bihar and its adjoining areas, including parts of eastern UP, has been able to come up with a more synthetic account of the murky history of the community, with all its social stratifications and religious diversities (ashraf/arzal, Shia/Sunni, etc.).
By Ameen Rather
In broad daylight, people intercepted a transgender near Tourist Reception Centre, thrashed and abused him. He had come to Srinagar to pray at the Makhdoom Sahib shrine. Rag pickers and beggars are ‘soft’ target of the ‘mob flap’. Their looks and apparel make them more susceptible.
By Sameer Rather
Every year 27th October is marked as a black day in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. On this particular day, Indian troops settled illegally for the very first time in 1947 and occupied the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
By Mosarrap H Khan
What were the alternatives to Progressivism in Urdu literature at a time when Progressivism was dominant? The first name that comes to mind is Muhammad Hasan Askari. Askari’s work intersects with such crucial issues, the role of Indian languages and literatures in the postcolonial era, the contexts in which identities meet culture, and the emergence of Urdu literature from the newly founded nation of Pakistan as ‘Pakistani literature.’
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