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The Far Pavillions author Kaye’s association with the fire-ravaged Secunderabad Club
Zeenath Khan The Secunderabad Club website boasts that M. M. Kaye, author of the acclaimed The Far Pavilions, painted the murals on the walls of its mixed lounge https://www.secunderabadclub.org/the-mixed-lounge-fresco/ Mary Margaret Kaye was born…
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Road to nowhere for Kashmiri Pandits -32 years after migration, why?
Arun Joshi January 19 is not just a date on the calendar for Kashmiri Pandits, it denotes their forced separation from their homes in darkness in the biting cold of the severest…
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Footballer Nadia Nadim, who fled Afghanistan, is now a doctor
Nadia Nadim, a refugee from Afghanistan, who is now a footballer, has qualified as a doctor. After five years of studying while playing football, 33-year-old Nadia Nadim, a prolific Danish international with…
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No enthusiasm in India for ‘World Hijab Day’
Syed Ali Mujtaba There is little enthusiasm in India to celebrate ‘World Hijab Day’ that falls on February 1, each year. Hijab is a headscarf that covers the hairs, neck, and upper…
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Gorakhpur ticket slashes Yogi’s hope of becoming a national Hindutva icon
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa In just one masterstroke the BJP national leadership has grounded Yogi Adityanath’s national political ambitions. By denying him the election ticket to contest from Ayodhya or Mathura…
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Cummins withholds champagne shower to accommodate Usman Khawaja; gesture appreciated widely
Abhijit Sen Gupta Even as the Australian cricket team jubilantly celebrated its win in the series against England, the captain Pat Cummins showed the presence of mind of a true leader. As…
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Secunderabad Club: Time to resurrect the phoenix
Sajjad Shahid The euphoria of Sankranti which had lingered on due to the weekend was rudely shattered with the sobering news of Hyderabad losing one of its iconic heritage structures to a…
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Opinion: Akhilesh Yadav emerges as main challenger to BJP in UP polls
Kalyani Shankar By Kalyani Shankar Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has emerged as the primary challenger to the BJP for the February Assembly polls now that…
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Vivekananda: Monk who highlighted Humanism of Hinduism
Swami Vivekananda’s teachings are in total contrast to the present scenario, where many saffron robed are promoting hate and inciting violence in the name of same religion. Vivekananda, the legend who conveyed…
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Secunderabad Club fire: By virtue of complacency, we are guilty of severe negligence
Zeenath Khan This morning, national news channels were ablaze with footage of the blaze that engulfed the Secunderabad Club. Overnight, a short circuit-induced fire destroyed most of the Club’s main building. By…
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Why very few Unicorns from Hyderabad?
M Somasekhar In 2021, India reportedly produced 40 plus Unicorns. But, hardly any from Hyderabad which boasts of one of the best ecosystems for start ups and entrepreneurship. Perhaps, a point to…
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Adieu Kamal, big thank you for keeping afloat the flag of professional, secular ethics
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Disbelief is a big hurdle in way of acceptance and that is why when you wish sabr or solace for the kin who have lost a dear…
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Khorana is ours too
Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy A DAWN article on Har Gobind Khorana (1922-2011) threw me back 50 years when I, along with 600 other students had packed 26-100 (MIT’s largest lecture hall) to hear…
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KCR’s Mission: BJP-mukt Bharat or Cong-mukt Bharat?
Hyderabad: After a gap of nearly three years, Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has resumed his mission to build up a third alternative political force at the…
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BJP’s pitch for renaming Hyderabad shows party has learnt no lessons from Bengal
Before the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal, most analysts gazing at the public mood perceived that Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress would be ousted at the hustings. They were quite sure of…
