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Book review: Quran and Modernity written by Ishrat Aziz
The book, Quran and Modernity by a former Indian ambassador to several countries is spread over 16 chapters. Every chapter deals with one of the most debated subjects. Ishrat Aziz is an…
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Act fast, save lives: Experts urge public awareness on strokes, their consequences
Hyderabad: On World Stroke Day, October 29, experts in neurology made an urgent appeal to create public awareness about strokes. The strokes are life-threatening, specialists in the field said. Speaking at a…
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Prince Mukarram Jah’s son Alexander Azam Jah demands a share of the enormous wealth left behind by his father
The House of Asaf Jahs is in trouble one more time. This time the mess is greater than all the previous ones. The second son of Mukarram Jah who passed away in…
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Nizam’s Hyderabad State was merged with India, neither liberated nor annexed
The discussion on the Police Action (Operation Polo) against the Hyderabad State of the erstwhile Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan has begun to pick up speed, thanks to the polarization policy of…
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Irrepressible Noorani: He loved Hyderabad, its culture and food
As I sat at Four Seasons, Tolichowki, Hyderabad, with Abdul Ghafoor Noorani or in short A G Noorani somewhere in 2013 I unsure what he would ask. Hyderabad’s Member of Parliament Asaduddin…
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History behind the Indian national flag as told by writer-teacher-intellectual Ismat Mahdi
Hyderabad: Do you know that Mahatma Gandhi’s Young India was edited by a Hyderabadi? Maybe not.Yes. It was edited by Badrul Hasan for some time. This is an episode from the little-known…
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Telangana government should wake up to public grievances; case in point is sub-registrar offices
Hyderabad: How much time should it take to register a rental agreement with the sub-registrar? Thirty minutes; one hour; two hours or even more? As I understand, looking at the Karnataka model,…
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Journey to Mina begins as part of the 5-day Hajj pilgrimage
Khaled Al Maeena “Today, Friday, I am on my way to Mina to perform the Hajj. I am doing this on behalf of my late mother who died 4 months ago and…
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Mystery shrouds possible Muslim name in the would be cabinet of Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: Congress is a divided house. There have been more aspirants for the throne of chief minister than the mobilisers of people on the ground. Sample this. Besides A Revanth Reddy who…
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Karvaan kyun rukaa chalte chalte, kya koi luta raaste mein, asks Anwar Moazzam in a poem
Anwar Moazzam, professor of Islamic Studies at Osmania University and a public intellectual, passed away on November 25 leaving a void in the Indian sub-continent that cannot be filled in a long…
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Opinion: People have to rise to end Israeli acts of extreme barbarism
Where you are Arab heads of State and Government? In deep slumber while the Palestinian children, women and men are being bombarded, maimed and massacred in Gaza? Where is the Arab League?…
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Sir Syed demanded Muslims move forward with times
I wrote the following passages in 2015. This was discovered by a friend in her files. She sent it to me on the condition that I will not be naming her if…
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Here and Now
Say it Maulana before it is too late Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Chairman of the All India Muslim Personal Board, has spoken to a senior journalist recently. I found some confusion in…
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Grandson of the Nizam Shahamat Jah passes away; he was a lonely poet
Hyderabad: Prince Shahamat Jah, the grandson of the last Nizam of Hyderabad State Mir Osman Ali Khan, passed away at a hospital on Sunday (July 30). He was about 70 years old.…
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Unending story of Prince Mukarram Jah; could he have been the Caliph of Muslim world?
Hyderabad: Like the famous Thousand and One Night (Alf Laila wa Laila) unending episodes, stories from the enigmatic treasure trough of Prince Mukarram Jah keep tumbling out. One is more intriguing than the previous…
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