A 3rd Generation AMU Alumna Mourns Attack on Jinnah & Secularism
In 1976, when the Emergency rule was at its peak, I remember going to the Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) Students...
In 1976, when the Emergency rule was at its peak, I remember going to the Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) Students...
n the morning I woke up to messages of hope and happiness as is usual on India’s (71st) Independence Day....
In 1960, India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, told Taya Zinkin of The Guardian, “I could do something for Hindu...
Mera naam musalmano’n jaisa hai Mujhko qatl karo Aur mere ghar mein aag laga do Mere uss kamre ki Ismat...
Pic Credit: Prerna Jain In January, an eight-year-old girl from the nomadic Bakerwal tribe was kidnapped,...
Faiz Ahmed Faiz, one of the most celebrated Urdu poets, was born in 1911 in Sialkot in undivided India. As...
Picture Credit: HarperCollins India Emperor Humayun’s Tomb ‘As for the righteous, they will be in the...
The British Resident in Delhi, the Assistant Resident, and the Commandant of the Escort, escorting Mughal...
DVID I heard one of my friends Became a hero Because she went for a procedure That make her so I knew...
B.R. Ambedkar with Maulana Hasrat Mohani at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s reception in 1949. On our 72nd Independence day, let us...
Ambika, 11th century Jhansi Museum Abdul Aziz Rajput explains: In Jainism, Ambika is the Goddess-Mother and the Yakṣhi dedicated attendant...
Near Nai Sarak in ShahJahanabad I came upon this charming Shri ChitrGupt Mandir with a mix of Urdu, Farsi and...
Khabaram raseed imshab ki nigaar khwahi aamad Sar-e man fidaa-e raah-e ki sawaar khwahi aamad Tonight I received word that...
On Akbar’s birth anniversary on October 15, 2018, the CM of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, declared that the name of...
Sar zameen-e-Hind par aqwaam-e-aalam ke Firaq, Qaafile aate gaye, Hindustan banta gaya On the land of Hind, from the nations...
Harkî raft az dîdah dâghe bar dîl-e mâ tâzah kard dar zamîn-e narm naqsh pâ nomâyân meshawad The one who...
On May 11, 1857, Bahadur Shah Zafar, the nominal emperor of Hindustan, was approached by the Indian sepoys of the...
Kebabs have not only dominated the kitchens of nawabs and ordinary folk, over time, they also became a popular idiom...
"O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may...
So has the Red Fort really been passed off to a private body? In September 2017, the ministry of tourism,...
Poetry has been a powerful medium of expression, be it for conveying love or disappointment, for spreading general cheer, or...
There are so many discussions about growing up in new India amid widespread viciousness and hatred in the air. While...
Shah Jahan gave orders for building a fort in Delhi in 1639AD and entered the “Qila e Mubarak”, as it...
On Friday, the 13th of Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar) - which falls on March 31 this...
A baby was born in Sijistan (modern-day Sistan) in Iran around 536 AH or 1141/42 AD. His parents named him...
Not many of our history books describe the cities of Delhi. This, along with the fact that many of their...
It is a delicious coincidence that International Women’s day coincides with Sahir Ludhianvi’s birthday (March 8, 1921). Here was a...
Musical traditions in India are so varied that one keeps discovering new aspects to them every day. At the recently...
This is Shish Mahal in Katra Kushal Rai of ShahJahanabad. St Stephens school in 1853-54 and then St Stephens College...
Sab thaath pada rah jaayega Jab laad chalega banjara #DarwaazeofShahjahabad darvaaze chup saadhenge aahaT sii rah jaaegii Mughni Tabassum #DarwaazeOfShahjahabad...
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I have a masters in medieval history from the prestigious Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU. A firm believer in our Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb, I am passionate about gaining and sharing knowledge and these days I am doing it via the social media platform.
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© 2023 Rana Safvi - A blog Exploring Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb of India, website handcrafted by Abu Sufiyan.