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Why is Fareed Zakaria happy that his father died 15 years ago?
It is not every day that veteran Indian-American journalist, author and political thinker Fareed Zakaria gives interviews. He hosts a widely watched show on CNN, writes books and columns that evoke debates…
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Newspapers are my addiction, my tonic to live
Dus baje raat mein so jate hain khabrein sunkar/Aankh khulti hai toh akhbar talab karte hain I cannot remember how many times my wife has threatened to cut down on my daily…
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Zafar Agha, from where shall we bring someone who could be said he is like you?
I first learned about Zafar Agha through his stories in India Today magazine in the 1990s. Since I had begun reading newspapers and periodicals voraciously, India Today too figured in the list…
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Khalid Ansari, ex-owner-editor of Inquilab and Mid Day returns to Mumbai for charity work
Over three decades ago, I knocked at the office door of Khalid Ansari’s son Tarique Ansari (Tarique Bhai) in Mumbai. Then Khalid Ansari Sahab was too big for a young Bihari boy…
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How does the minority character give AMU its unique identity?
The issue of Aligarh Muslim University’s minority character is currently being spiritedly fought in the Supreme Court. I am not a legal expert. I as an alumnus and beneficiary of the founder…
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A teacher par excellence
I was in grade 7 or 8 when Wasi Ahmed Shamsi sahab joined B D Y High School as an Urdu and Persian teacher. Tucked away on the bank of a pond…
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It is dogged persistence that pays off, writer tells young students
Journalists thrive on bad news. Like vultures, they feast on dead bones. However, journos too are humans. If they move around with a microscope looking for malfunctioning municipal facilities, they also celebrate…
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Of Hyderabad Hurricane, Iqbal’s poetry and biryani invitation
When I saw, heard of, and read about the exploits of Mohammed “Miya Magic” Siraj at a cricket stadium in Sri Lanka, I remembered a part in one of Iqbal’s famous couplets.…
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History repeats itself at K C College
My wife, daughter Sara and I braved the heavy downpour last week to reach Kishinchand Chellaram College, commonly known as K C College, at Churchgate, Mumbai. We were there for Sara’s admission…
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Of pains of losing a homeland and celebrations of human bond
When the Hindu Sindhis lost Sindh, their ancestral homeland, in the holocaust of partition (1947), they lost more than a piece of land. The sufferers were not just men and women butchered…
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Make excellence your habit
I can’t remember for how long I have been telling Muslims in India to avoid confrontation and focus on education. The results of this year’s Bihar 10th Board examination once again prove…
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Losing mother at the tender age of 10, undeterred Javed Akhtar is rocking Bollywood
Most of us cannot decide who between Gulzar and Javed Akhtar is a better poet-lyricist. So, when the two legends shared the stage at the launch of Jadunama: Javed Akhtar’s Journey, written…
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Award Bharat Ratna to Dilip Kumar posthumously
One afternoon in 1999, I called up thespian Dilip Kumar at his Bandra Bungalow landline. His PA picked up the phone and was about to hang up after saying “Sahab is resting”…
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When a wish gets fulfilled
A famous dialogue of Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan from the film Om Shanti Om goes: “Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dilse chaho toh puri kainaat usse tumse milane ki koshish…
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My father, my teacher, philosopher and guide
Your mother is your first school. Absolutely true. Your mother is one who braved the untold hardships ever since you were a mere bump in her belly. She is the one who…
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