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Ateeya Parveen Bilgrami is a prolific fiction writer of Urdu. In preface to her short story collection ‘Ye Mera Zarf Dekh’, she writes: “Why do I write, it is a bit difficult to explain. My heart and pen motivate me to write. A motivation stirs within me, which is the cause of my creativity.” Ateeya…
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Nizami Badayuni was a polymath from Badayuni, a poet, journalist, printer, publisher and an author, writing and editing books on various subjects and topics. He was born in 1872 CE / 1288 in his ancestral home situated in Mohalla Sooth of Badayun, a legendary land were the genius personalities such as Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and…
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Siraj Sholapur, a eminent poet from Sholapur, in Maharashtra
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Safia Akhtar was a litterateur with a distinctive style in twentieth century. She was born in Rudauli. Rudauli is an ancient town with continuous history for about a millennium. Rudauli produced a number of Muslim dignitaries, one of which was the famous romantic poet. Asrarul Haq Majaz, four years senior to his sister. In 1943,…
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Faheem Amburi named Mohd Abdul Aziz (b. 1881, d. 1943 was born at Ambur. He was a poet of jolly nature and temperament. Urdu language was not his mother tongue. However, he chose this language to express his thoughts and feelings. He was also a powerful orator gaining the title ‘Fasihul Lisan’ because of his…
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Jahangir Nayab hailing from Kishanganj in Simanchal region of Bihar is a prominent contemporary poet, whose poetry collection “Hawa Ke Khilaf” ‘Facing Breezes’ has recently been published. Under “My Words” in the book, he starts speaking of himself with a couplet: The environment here is not cogent to me. It is only my ambition…
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Dargah Shahe Mardan is the oldest and holiest Shiite’s (Shia Asna Asha’ri) shrine in India. It is probably 700 years old ‘Dargah’, although the detail of its construction is unknown. It is located in Aliganj, currently known as B. K. Dutt Colony in South Delhi neighborhood of Jor Bagh, just two kilometers away from Prime Minister House. During…
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(Dr) Maulana Mohammad Farman Nadvi is a professor of language and literature at the University of Nadwatul Ulama in Lucknow. Hailing from the neighboring country Nepal, he is an alumnus of Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema. An expert in the language of Islam and Quran – Arabic and the language of Islamic history and heritage in…
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My name is Khalid Nadeem Budauni. My father was Abdul Majid Siddiqui. I was born in Mohalla Sahukara Gate, Budaun on 15th June, 1958. I was brought up and nurtured by my grandfather Late Abdul Hadi Siddiqui and Phuphi Shamim Bano. My father was Head Constable of Police, so he resided outside due to his…
