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Aamir Siddiqui (Mohammad) is an iconic student having a taste of tech. His taste of tech began asserting itself when he was barely in his lower teens. I know this guy ever since he ascended from heaven to the earth and I have witnessed him growing up. Now anyone may be curious how I have…
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Masoom Muradabadi is a senior Urdu journalist and author. He is the editor of the Urdu news portal ‘Jadeed Khabar’ and the fortnightly newspaper ‘Khabardar’. He has worked in the field of Urdu journalism for the past 35 years. Apart from writing weekly columns in major newspapers of the nation, his articles too, are a…
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Iqra Chaudhary belongs to a prominent political family from Kairana in Western Uttar Pradesh. She has won the parliamentary election on the ticket of Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav in 2024 Parliamentary Election, whose votes were counted on 04th June, 2024. This election has proved to be very significant in a number of ways…
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Sarkar-e-Bansa Abdul Razzaq Banswi alias Syed Sahab, was born in 1630s. He was a born Wali (Mystic, Friend of GOD) during the reign of the emperor Shahjahan. His ancestors, during the reign of Babar, migrated from Badakshan Valley to Delhi via Multan. He followed the Spiritual Chain of Qadriyah in his lifetime. But he also…
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Miya Muslims are presumably seen as those Muslims who have migrated from East Pakistan now Bangladesh to Assam and speak Bengali Language widely adopting Assamese Language, Culture and Identity as Neo Assamese. Now CAA has been notified on 11th March, 2024, concerns are being raised what would happen to those persons adhering to Islam, who…
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Syed Hasan Badayuni is revelry addressed as Hazrat Sultanul Aarifeen Syed Hasan Sheikh Shahi. His name was Syed Hasan and epithet Sheikh Shahi Raushan Zameer Mue Taab. He was a Husaini Syed. His father migrated from Yemen to Badayun during the reign of Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish. Some historians say he had three brothers and others…
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Munni Bai Hijab is an integral part of the life and work of Mirza Dagh Dehlavi, one of the best poets of Urdu language, who was the teacher and mentor of a host of poets including Allama Iqbal and Nuh Narvi. Many courtesans have been associated with Mirza Dagh Dehlavi but Munni Bai Hijab had…
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Rehana Nawab is a contemporary port of Urdu, popular in the poetry symposium.
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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…
