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Bogey of blasphemy must not be allowed to unleash mindless violence, says Sir Syed
Sir Syed (1817-1898) was rarely recognized beyond being the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University. It is hardly known that his narrative of reason, set about more than 150 years ago, can…
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Unravelling language created dystopia
The irresistible articulation of the human mind-language – converts the past, present, and future into an eternal presence that creates a sense of cohesion in a chaotic, hostile, and almost monstrous world…
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Does Writing draw on the wisdom of Uncertainty?
Writing expresses or conceals; it liberates or incarcerates; it is an escape from reality or a dive into the truth. These are the unceasing questions that writing, the constitutive trait of the…
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The creative intermingling of words and visuals
The tantalizing uncertainty of life, the unpredictable and intriguing experience of desire, and an intense way of perceiving external reality can hardly be communicated through words. This puzzling and less-recognized human folly…
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Urdu beyond rhetorics: Publication of Zikre Meer marks tri-century of God of Poetry
Ramshackle buildings in the narrow lanes of the downtowns, moth-eaten inestimable books, treasured yet tattered manuscripts stacked in rickety almirahs, withering sales of books, publishing journals and books faltering on academic rigour…
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Truth lies in the eyes of beholder–Post-truth, Pre-truth, Self-deception and Public domain
At a time when people cherish being lied to and self-deception started alluring people individually and collectively, how does truth hold the reins? Does truth resemble beauty, proverbially lying in the eyes…
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Dilip Kumar, sometimes, made silence speak more effectively than words
Unlike other art forms, cinema hardly counts on silence, as movie-goers do not expect a lull. They always look for thrill-filled actions, strong emotion-evoking words, action, to get aesthetic pleasure. The actors,…
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Upending Male Gaze: Sir Syed
Notwithstanding the widespread admiration for propagating modern education among Muslims and bringing about fundamental and multiple reforms and occasional renunciation for siding with the British too often, Sir Syed(1817-1897) projected as the…
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Indian literature in the post-print era
In an era of post-print and post-truth, the elemental human longing for creative connection fills the ever-expanding digital world with emotional volatility masquerading as the literary pursuit. The valorization of emotions and…
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Resisting Cultural Amnesia
Since the world is ever expanding site of unexplained miseries and deep-seated agony, the highest virtue is not to look for divine solace but to document its soul-stirring and multilayered repercussions candidly.…
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Sultan aur Sulaiman is new book by Manjari Shukla; it offers action, magic and human concerns
It looks incredible that at a time when citizens across the globe have turned netizens and reading has become skimpy, one comes across dog-eared books stained through rereading. It is the world…
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Hafiz Karnatki plays important role in expanding repository of Children’s Literature
Despite the unprecedented popularity of J.K. Rowling’s fantasy novel series, “Harry Potter’ and Jeffry Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, it is widely believed that the book faces an existential crisis as the dazzling visual culture…
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Zakia Mashhadi: Bulha Keh Jana Main Kaun
The tantalizing wrack up of the globalization-induced digital age turns in a swift waning of religious, cultural and ethnic identity and sets forth a new narrative of interfaith intimacy and multicultural proximity.…
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Irtiza Kareem maps out entire creative terrain of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
It is perplexing to learn that an author whose creative dexterity permeates through various literary genres, films and print media is hardly recognized beyond being the one who gave a break to…
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Urdu Journalism beyond rhetorical flourish
Much admired peace hardly goes well with the elemental human psyche, and violence, animosity, discord, and conflict get approval instantly; hence Media cannot knock over it swiftly. In a fact-free world that…
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