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Bulandshahr a Persian construct equivalent to Upper Kot was known as Baran presumably established by Raja Ahibaran in ancient times and the inhabitants of the city and the region proudly attach the word Barani to their names. Ziauddin Barani has brought name and fame to this area. Aziz Barani too deserves to be mentioned here.…
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Patta Patta Boota Boota Haal Hamara Jane Hai, this line is a part of a couplet composed by one of the genius poet of Urdu, Mir Taqi Mir Akbarabadi, Dehlavi summa Lakhnavi. पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है जाने न जाने गुल ही न जाने बाग़ तो सारा जाने है پتا پتا بوٹا…
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Muzaffarnagar city and district in Saharanpur Division is known for a number of reasons. Thana Bhawan once a part of Muzaffarnagar and now lying in Shamli district is the ancestral village of the Urdu humorist Shaukat Thanvi. Amir Alam former M.P. and Uttar Pradesh minister, chairman of Bharat groups of colleges is one of the…
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Ek Aarzu is a delightful poem from the pen of Allama Iqbal, whose introduction is not needed. First enjoy the poem without any aid from so called literary critics like Farooqui and others: दुनिया की महफ़िलों से उक्ता गया हूँ या रब क्या लुत्फ़ अंजुमन का जब दिल ही बुझ गया हो शोरिश से भागता…
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Methi is a familiar leafy green that is seen at the shop of every vegetable seller and carts in India. It is found in almost every household serving many needs of the people. Methi, Fenugreek by name in English speaking countries, has been baptized as Trigonella foenum-graecum in taxonomy. Fenugreek entered in English vocabulary from…
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Bazu-e-Qatil constitutes a part of the couplet that was on the lips of Ram Prasad Bismil when he was martyred by the brute colonialists from the west. सरफरोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है देखना है जोर कितना बाजु-ए-कातिल में है سرفروشی کی تمنا اب ہمارے دل میں ہے دیکھنا ہے زور کتنا بازوئے…
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Mumtaz Patel belongs to an active political family from Gujarat that constitutes her parents and sibling in active in the political arena. Ahmad Patel, his father and eight times MP from his native state, political secretary to Sonia Gandhi and treasurer of All India Congress Committee, was born in Bharuch on 21st of August, 1949…
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Abul Fazal Enclave is a remarkable area falling within Jamia Nagar Delhi – 25. Being the center of Muslim prominent personalities, many prominent Muslim organizations and establishments are situated here leading and misleading the Indian Muslims in their own ways. Though Abul Fazal Enclave has been an integral part of my perception honoring myself by…
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Tehai Madaripur aka Dharampur Narayan is my Dadiahal and about 10 km away Mauna Sharif is my Nanihal where I was born. Therefore, I have been commuting between these two hamlets via Rampur Hari with motorcycle, bicycle and four wheelers, though my late maternal grandfather Maulana Abu Zafar Siddiqui would visit his alone daughter, late…
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The Full Moon title has been given to a famous ghazal mooned by Ibn-e-Insha and occupies first slot of thirty ghazals listed by Rekha on their online portal that started for the service of Urdu language and literature and commercialized later on. However, I am so grateful to this forum which is my perennial destination.…
