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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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On 26.06.2023 corresponding 08th Zulhijjah 1444, the last month of the Islamic calendar at about 7:00 pm I was in a motel beside GT road at Bhoor Chauraha, Bulandshahr, UP, Delhi, NCR, to take evening tea with some snacks. I opened my WhatsApp screen to check message updates of my professional contacts and that of…
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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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Sheen Muzaffarpuri, real name Wali-ur-Rahman, name de plume ‘Shaida’ was a prominent fiction writer, who was born in 1920 in a village Baath Asli, a small hamlet in Nanpur subdivision Sitamarhi in the then district of Muzaffarpur in north Bihar. He experimented with a host of literary genres. He published about 10 collections of short…
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Ramazan is a holy month in Islam, in which the persons adhering to Islam perform a special duty of fasting from dawn to sunset. Ramazan is meant to discipline a person in certain vital qualities required to face the harsh realities of human existence, refraining from eating, smoking, drinking and from other pleasurable activities. It…
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Darul Uloom Gulshan-e-Madina Jamia Nooria is a prominent Islamic educational institution called Madrasa, which is situated in the village Mauna Post Walipur, Via Rampur Hari, District Sitamarhi, the Mithila region in northern Bihar, India. The Muslim populated hamlet Mauna can be reached from Muzaffarpur via NH 77 going to Sitamarhi turning from Khanua or Kuahi,…
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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…
