Lagta Nahin Hai Dil Meraby Bahadur Shah Zafar Lagtaa nahin hai dil meraa ujday dayaar mein  kis ki bani hai...

On his exile to Rangoon Bahadur Shah Zafar said : ham to chalte hain lo Khuda haafiz  but_kadaa kaa buto'n...

Bahadur Shah Zafar’s court was adorned, amongst others, by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Hakim Momin Khan Momin, Shaikh Ibrahim Zauq,...

As the saying in our family goes, the women of the house conspired to ensure that the children are their...

A Seth Fazlur Rahman, who was a rich businessman in Bareilly, UP owned a large piece of prime land in...

Chop onions (1) , few cloves of garlic, a 1/2 inch piece of ginger very fine In oil ( I...

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/7b8S9HevkB9Kxgk2kClc6H/Escape-of-the-Begum.html

Yezid’s army celebrated the beheading of Hussain. But was this their victory? Not as long as Zaynab was alive! https://newsd.in/zaynab-karbalas-braveheart/

http://thewire.in/72070/objectors-nawazuddins-participation-ram-leela-ignorant-indias-pluralistic-traditions/

This dish is a perennial favourite in our house and not a very popular dish outside UP Muslim homes. I...

Back in my ancestral village ( it is actually a qasba now a nagar panchayat ) after  38 years. Time...

भारत की पहली महिला शासक रज़िया सुल्तान के बारे में हेमा मालिनी का ख़्याल आए बिना सोचना बहुत मुश्किल है....

A walk through Firoz Shah Kotla and Jami Masjid lifts the veil off the area’s his­tor­i­cal and spir­i­tual her­itage Hindustan...

According to Syed Farid Nizami , the main sajjada nasheen of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah This was a pavilion made where...

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We booked into Sariska Palace and hoped to see all the historic and natural beauty around us. The first day...

Harshat Mata or Goddess of happiness is said to have spread happiness in the area leading to the city being...

Just 200 km from Delhi is one of the world's oldest stepwells. The Chand Baori is one of the most...

Various articles by me or with my quotes  

On occasion of Arbaeen a multi faith meeting was held in Sibtainabad Imambargah organised by Mohammed Haider its mutawalli

http://www.pressreader.com/   My article in Hindustan times on 15th feb 2014

Delhi slept on 10th May 1857, unaware of the momentous events in the nearby city of Meerut. That evening in...

http://thewire.in/64215/forgotten-hero-of-1857/ Appeared in the wire on Sept 16th 2016 Rana Safvi explores the life of Urdu journalist Maulavi Muhammad Baqar, who...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/dil-se-dilli-5-must-do-fun-things-you-can-do-only-in-the-capital/story-3w9AbihxnCv4IHrtnsfudI.html   Historian and author of Where Stones Speak, Rana Safvi says, “Delhi’s charm lies in the juxtaposition of the...

appeared in India Today's Woman Special on September 8, 2016 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/if-the-house-of-god-gives-women-equal-rights-and-status-how-can-a-mosque-stop-them/1/759723.html There is no gender difference in Sufism for as...

My new book Tales from Quran and Hadith published by Juggernaut books and to be read exclusively on their app...

Qiwam ki siwain is a must cook in traditional muslim houses for Eid...

Aurangzeb built the Shahi Eidgah or place to offer prayers on Eid on outskirts of Shahjahanabad. Today it's within the...

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A 14 th century Saint who had got buried in his khanqah which was in the middle of a jungle...