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Saadat Bano was more than the wife of Saifuddin Kitchlew

Saquib Salim

Qudsia Bano once remarked that in a family led by a towering personality, the other members will always remain dwarfs. She failed to add that if the other family ...

21 May 2023

2 min read

Who was Nishat un Nisa Begum who discarded purdah during freedom movement

Saquib Salim

“I appeal to the youth of this country that they sit at the feet of this goddess (Nishat un Nisa Begum) to learn the lessons of independence and perseveranc...

14 May 2023

4 min read

Why demolition of 15th-century building in Delhi should perturb us?

Saquib Salim

“History is a necessity. Individuals, communities, and societies could scarcely exist if all knowledge of the past was wiped out. As memory is to the indivi...

28 Apr 2023

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Ramazan traditions: Cannonball firing to wake up Muslims is alive in the heart of India

New Delhi

If you happen to be in the city of Raisen in Madhya Pradesh during Ramazan, you can hear a boom close to sunset, and see the sky will be lit up. The same sc...

17 Apr 2023

2 min read

Incredible India: Jalaluddin is the priest of Durga temple in Jodhpur village

Ghaus Sivani/New Delhi

A 600-year-old temple of Goddess Durga located in a far-off hillock in a Rajasthan village is served by Jalaluddin Khan, who is the designated caretaker...

15 Apr 2023

1 min read

Shaukat of INA liberated Manipur on 14 April, 1944

Saquib Salim

“The Indian National Army (INA) has now crossed the Indo-Burmese border and in the course of the struggle for the liberation of the people of India from the...

14 Apr 2023

3 min read

Srinagar Eidgah revamping and naming it after Shah-e Hamadan sends cheers in Valley

Ehsan Fazili/Srinagar

The proposals of Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson, J&K Waqf Board, to name Eidgah after Shah-e-Hamadan, the Iranian missionary who introduced Islam to...

12 Apr 2023

4 min read

Why number 108 is auspicious in Tibetan Buddhism and Indic religions

Amir Khan

Next time you have the choice to decide your Car Number or you want to buy a lucky pendant, try number 108.

Here is why the n...

11 Apr 2023

1 min read

India-China relations: Khotan as a Sanskritic outpost

Amir Khan

Khotan, an ancient kingdom located in what is now the Hotan prefecture of China's Xinjiang region, was once an important outpost of Indian culture.This small but...

07 Apr 2023

4 min read

Begum Hazrat Mahal wanted to end caste inequalities

Saquib Salim

Begum Hazrat Mahal, warrior queen from Lucknow, in a proclamation to Zamindars of Awadh blamed the English rulers for creating caste inequalities among the Indians. Under the seal of her minor son Brijis Qadr, Begum poin...

06 Apr 2023

3 min read

Dr Nurima Yasmin Shastri says knowing Sanskrit makes learning languages easy

Munni Begum/ Guwahati

A Muslim woman from Assam has broken the stereotype of a Sanskrit scholar. Instead of learning Arabic, Persian, and Urdu Dr. Nurima Yasmin has studied Sa...

01 Apr 2023

2 min read

Most of India's 3 lakh mosques reflect syncretism, traditions of India

Maheep and Hafeezur Rahman

Receiving a considerable influx of tourists each year, India’s religious and cultural riches highlight the remarkable contribution that differ...

24 Mar 2023

4 min read

Jamiat-i-Ulema responded to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose before Congress

Saquib Salim

"The goal of Jamiat-e-Ulema has ever been complete independence, and it regards this as its religious, political, and moral right. And anything which stands ...

23 Mar 2023

3 min read

When British soldiers raped women of a town to suppress Indian nationalism

Sauib Salim

"The (White English) soldiers haunted young women from place to place and outraged (raped) them even in the bylanes. No woman was safe. Even pregnant women, w...

11 Mar 2023

5 min read

The Indian touch to the festival of Shab-e-barat

Shagufta Nemat

In Islam, there are only two main festivals of Muslims. Eid and Bakrid. However, Indian Muslims celebrate many other festivals that do not have importance in th...

08 Mar 2023

5 min read