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How a decline in vulture numbers led to a shift in centuries-old Parsi custom of treating the dead
Mumbai: Dwindling vulture populations have led to a major change in the way some progressive elements in the Parsi community treat their dead. This issue was in focus again on Tuesday after…
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Siasat Mizahia Mushaira: Deccani poetry of yore triggers laughter riot
Hyderabad: There is no way one can eliminate life’s challenges. But one can at least laugh away the blues temporarily. Hyderabadis did just that the other day. They took the humour route to…
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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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Mikhail S. Gorbachev 1931 – 2022, a tragic hero
Soviet Union collapsed under Gorbachev’s watch but he was not responsible for it. To blame him is like blaming a doctor because he could not save a terminally ill cancer patient when…
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Demand for statehood for J&K turned into a political movement
A political movement has been set in motion for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which since October 31, 2019, is reeling from its degraded status of Union Territory, following the split…
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Ghulam Rasool Khan: Nawab of Kurnool who fought against East India Company
Ghulam Rasool Khan, the Nawab of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, who created terror among the officials of the East India Company, came to power in 1823. Since his childhood, Ghulam Rasool Khan…
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Boris Johnson: 4 ways this controversial PM tested the British parliament to its limits
Manchester: Boris Johnson’s tenure as British prime minister is nearly over, ending a fractious period for parliament and the wider political system. His two and a half years in Downing Street have…
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Rishi Kapoor’s zest for life made him unforgettable film figure
Abhijit Sen Gupta Rishi Kapoor, one of the most talented and successful actors in Bollywood, would have celebrated his 70th birthday on Sep 4 had he been alive. Unfortunately he passed away…
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Time for introspection: How Prophet would have reacted towards his detractors?
Hyderabad: Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. That is exactly the case today. Not a day passes when we…
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Review: ‘Borderlands’ documents how fragile the idea of citizenship is
“Our lives, our stories, flowed into one another’s, were no longer our own, individual, discrete.”― Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown “Anything worth doing transcends borders.”― Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand The proof…
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Meet Haji Shariatullah who was source of inspiration for freedom fighters
Haji Shariatullah, who militantly led Farazi Movement that stood as a source of inspiration for several revolutionaries in the Indian Freedom Struggle, was born in 1780 in Bahadur / Banderlakola village, Faridpur…
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Azad’s September 4 tryst with J&K – a firm road ahead or beaten track
Ghulam Nabi Azad, hitherto known as the veteran leader of Congress for most of his 50-year-association with the grand old party of Indian politics, is attempting to redraw political map of the…
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Mikhail Gorbachev: A man of peace who fought battles on the board of chess
There are people who hail him as a saviour of humanity and there are those who hate him for destroying the former Soviet Union. But nobody can deny that Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader…
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Shailendra; the brightest star of Hindi cinema’s Golden Era
“Bhagat Singh is baar na lena kaya Bharatwasi ki,Desh Bhakti ki aaj bhi sazaa hai phansi ki.” This is the renowned Hindi poet, turned Hindi film lyricist Shailendra, whose simple, yet powerful,…
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Hyderabad of yesteryears: Recalling the guzra huva zamana
Hyderabad: The COVID scare over, they came out of the woodwork. All of them were in their twilight years. Some walked briskly, some with a little effort and a few used a…
