Conversations at canteen and tea joints is one of the essentials of campus life at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). AMU, though, is more famously known for evening sittings at roadside dhabas. But these days, university library canteen has emerged as a bustling rendezvous of studious students, who unwind after a lengthy reading session over a sip…
Yesterday, 23rd of June 2016, the people of Britain made a momentous decision. After 40 years as part of the European Union they voted to turn their backs on it. This decision has immense consequences for the future of Britain, Europe and the world. The referendum result was a crushing vote of no confidence in…
‘वैकल्पिक नोबल सम्मान’ देने वाली संस्था के डेलिगेशन में सदस्य के बतौर साल 2015 में मुझे सेंटर फॉर स्टडी ऑफ़ सोसाइटी एंड सेकुलरिज्म, मुंबई जाने का मौक़ा मिला. ये संस्था इस्लाम के मशहूर विद्वान डॉक्टर असग़र अली इंजीनियर ने क़ायम की थी। डेलिगेशन की एक महिला सदस्य जो स्वीडन से थीं, वह चाहती थी कि…
Jo Cox, fifth from left, with other MPs who joined “Labour Friends of Palestine” in 2015 | www.lfpme.org At lunchtime yesterday [June 16] Jo Cox, a young Labour MP, was standing outside a local library, as she did every week, meeting residents in her constituency. It was just an ordinary day in the small town of Birstall near…
Although I have no credential or qualification but would like to put my two cents opinion on the present status of Urdu into little perspective: Urdu language developed and thrived in Mughal Courts and was people’s common mode of communication in Mughal army. Hindi is one of the official languages recognized by the Constitution of…
Sher Muhammad Khan i.e. Ibn-e-Insha born on 15 June 1927 was a Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu. His poetry has a distinctive diction laced with language reminiscent of Amir Khusro in its use of words and construction that is usually heard…
खालिद बेवक़्त बेवकूफ़ी कर बैठा था। बेवक़्त इसलिए कि अभी तो ढंग से मूंछ के रोएँ तक ना आए थे उसके चेहरे पर और बेवकूफी यह कि उसे मुहब्बत हो गई थी। लड़की उसके क्लास की थी, ज़ीनत नाम था। दोनों मुहब्बत की गहराईयों से अनजान थे। कमबख्त, सागर को बारिश की बौछार समझ बैठे।…
گیارہ قسطوں پر مشتمل مضمون کی پہلی قسط ۔ تاریخی شعور “وجدانِ وقت ” کے سا ے ٴ میں پرورش پاتا ہے، اسی سے تاریخی زہن بنتا ہے اور اسی سے تاریخی تصویر کی آبیاری ہوتی ہے ۔ سیگفرید کرا کور نے ‘دی ہسٹری اینڈ کونسیپٹ آف ٹائم ‘ میں بڑی دیدہ وری سے احساس…
Junaid Ahmad who himself was not a research scholar was targeted, had a suspension letter been released on his name. His fault was that he was a part of a peaceful protest. Its seems very awful when we see the incident concomitantly with what Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice-President of India and proud alumnus of AMU,…
Every life is sacred. At least every life is sacred to someone. In other words as the life of a hunter who is born with a body which physically is called “human” among hunters, is sacred to the hunts-man society (who enjoy the flesh of an animal, and peel the skin of a cave dweller)….
