Sayyid Ahmad exercised tremendous influence on both the style and content of Urdu literature. In fact, he ushered a dawn of new era in the history of Urdu literature. He extricated Urdu prose from the meshes of verbose and ornate literary style and insisted on simple, direct and clear exposition of ideas. He used the…
AMU faculty member addressing students at Kennedy House Lawns during Occupy UGC movement on privatisation of higher education . by M F Janawari Appreciate the University that has provisions for some architecture of student unions, in its infrastructure, to empower an elected student body who can exercise student rights seeking fulfillment of their genuine demands…
(मुहम्मद नवेद अशरफ़ी) महोदय, आज चौदह सितम्बर है, अर्थात हिन्दी दिवस. आपको एवम् समस्त अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्विद्यालय परिवार को हिन्दी दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ. मैं आपके विशेष प्रयासों की सराहना करता हूँ जो कि आपने अपने कार्यकाल में अमुवि परिसर में हिन्दी के प्रचार-प्रसार हेतु किये. आपके आगमन से पूर्व सांस्कृतिक शिक्षा केंद्र (सी.ई.सी.), अमुवि…
Aligarh Muslim University, a place that gives a number of stories to discuss over tea at some dhaba to its students is back with another story – AMUSU elections! Ever since I became a part of this prestigious institution, I had been active in observing the limits and heights of the democratic space on the campus….
by Snowy Rahi Today on 7th of September 2016, at 11:50 am the Aligarh Muslim University’s University Polytechnic Auditorium was packed with students , teachers and other people of mark. The occasion was a lecture by former Tehelka journalist Ms. Rana Ayyub on the topic “ Writing as a means of protest: Issues of freedom…
Recently, National Book Trust (NBT), India has decided to revoke the reprint of Hindi version of historian Bipan Chandra’s book Communalism: A Primer. Here is the official statement of Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (SAHMAT) on Trust’s move: SAHMAT Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust 29, Feroze Shah Road,New Delhi-110001 Telephone- 23381276/ 23070787 [email protected] sahmat.org Date 7.9.2016 Statement…
Caricatures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (Photo: DonkeyHotey/flickr/cc) The champions of the free market never miss an opportunity to extol its virtues: peace, prosperity, efficiency, integrity, a wide range of freedoms, and let’s not forget: lots and lots of choices. If you work hard and play by the rules, you too can get ahead….
By Mohammad Rafay Qadri Inspired by the character of Manisha Koirala in the Bollywood film Lajja, Rana Ayub decided to disguise as Maithili. Surname Tyagi was also added to give an insight of perplexing Brahmin identity. It was to hide various caste-based statuses in Hindu society and to do dubious proof investigation. For this reason, Maithili…
