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KALEIDOSCOPE: FREEZIES AND THE FIGHT FOR FRIENDSHIP

Farrukh Dhondy’s latest novel makes young readers think about big issues—refugees, prejudice, and the power of com...

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MOVIES: WHY THIS ADVENTURE FAILS

A scathing critique of Sonar Kellay Jawker Dhan by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, exploring how lack of imagination, poor ex...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES DIVIDE, YET ALSO UNITE

In a media landscape divided by class and culture, two Indian shows—The Royals and Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar—reveal ho...

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BETTER ROSES FOR A WARMING WORLD AND OTHER GARDEN ADVENTURES

Manipur is burning and its despair all around. But here’s an extract from the book ‘Roses in the Fire of Spring’, which will ...

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WILL WE TRUST EACH OTHER AFTER THE WAR?

This week Humra  Quraishi looks back at her conversations with well-known sociologist Professor Imtiaz Ahmad, who passed ...

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People Of Aligarh

Although the word ‘Aligarh’ shoots up images of only the University, there is more to that town, writes Humra Quraishi Read More

Speak, for your lips are still free…

As Eid-ul-Fitr is to  be  observed next week, let me write about one of my earlier meetings with the late Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami, w...

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Mein hoon PIO!

Farrukh Dhondy observes Indian media in foreign countries and the hype it creates over events there, however, concluding that ...

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Signs of the time: About Indian Muslims

It’s about time we look into our backyards! And not ignore the murky events taking place there and along the by-lanes of our mohallas and...

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Sign of the times: The sun shines on everybody

“Why don’t the people of today take lessons from our history, literature and poetry”, asks Humra Quraishi Read More