Hindustan Times
Muslims face an urgent choice they must not sit over. They must decide between remaining cynical or overcoming cynicism. It is a critical choice and will determine how we see the world and would be seen by the rest of it. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, July 4, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Filed under India, Religion · Tagged All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Bihar, cynicism, education, employment, history, Islam, madrassas, Maulana Wali Rahmani, Muslims, Right to Education, Sachar Committee, skepticism
“Welcome to the school of terror. Let me show you our terrorists, 3,800 in all,” jokes 70-year-old public relations officer Adil Siddiqui, pointing to students milling around a notice board in the main courtyard of Darul-Uloom, Deoband.
Siddiqui’s humour borders on sarcasm: “Had it not been for bin Laden, you would not have come visiting us.” Read more
(7 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Filed under Religion · Tagged bin Laden, Darul-Uloom, Deoband, fatwa, General Knowledge, Geography, Hindi, history, Mathematics, Persian, Urdu
History is bu-ran-ji in Assamese, the only word from the now-extinct Tai tribal language of the Ahom people — who ruled Assam’s Brahmaputra valley between the 13th and 18th century — to have survived. Assamese replaced Tai in the early 19th century.
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(10 votes, average: 3.4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Filed under India · Tagged AASU, ahom, All Assam Students’ Union, Assam, assamese, Azaan Fakir, Bangladesh, Bhupen Hazarika, buranji, communal clash, communitarian harmony, history, immigrant Muslims, Nellie, Shankardev, Tai
Do what you will, this world’s a fiction and is made up of contradiction. William Blake, English Poet.
Great cities are invariably those that stand on ruins of history — like Delhi. A city without history may have opulence and glistening high-rises but will lack a soul. Read more
(21 votes, average: 4.24 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Zia Haq on Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Delhi, history, John Hickenlooper, multi-cultural life, Muslim-Hindu legacy, ruins, Tina Turner, William Blake
