South Asia has lost a great crusader of peace
Nirmila Deshpande is dead. She will be remembered for her invaluable services for peace in the region. This statement from the Asian Human Rights…
Islamic poster art in India – and South Asia
This piece entitled, My Name is Green, published in the weekly Outlook India traces how “forged in the cultural ferment of a century ago,…
A R Rahman’s devotion to Khawaja Muinuddin Chishty
Music and Love share a primordial bond. None other than the legendary and a genius of our times Allah Rakah Rahman, better known to…
Why Jodhaa Akbar is a disappointment?
The challenge of translating a historical era into a cinematic endeavour is daunting, especially when it concerns historically contested subjects such as the fabled…
Indo-Pak Sindhi writers meet in New Delhi
By Prem Chand Sahajwala SINDHI IS one of the many Indic languages and it has gone through many phases of ups and downs in…
Akbar’s enlightenment mind
Thanks to Khaled Ahmed, we get to hear about new books on a variety of subjects. He has reviewed a new book: “Hindu Myth,…
Raza Rumi was in Delhi
A budding writer from Lahore visits the city of his beloved author. I was [pleasantly -why lie] surprised this morning to discover a story…
Samjhutta Express blast victims buried in an unkempt graveyard
This story was pretty sad: Panipat (Haryana), Feb 18 (ANI): The graveyard in Panipat, Haryana, where 29 Pakistani victims of the Samjhauta Express train…
Direct flight from Delhi to Islamabad
Times of India 16 Feb 2008, NEW DELHI: Four years after the peace process started between India and Pakistan, the two countries are set…
Delhi workers top in non-work surfing!
Found this here India Inc may soon have to check Internet usage during working hours, with an average five hours a week spent on…
M.F. Husain, Tyeb Mehta are stars at Christies
Saw this story here a while ago Christie’s South Asian modern and contemporary art sale here March 20 will feature works of leading 20th…
A voice for peace from the other side
My friend Sidhusaaheb across the border wrote these poignant lines some months ago – just discovered these musings in my files: A little less…
“Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”
Titled “Partition: Surgery without Anaesthesia”, the book, a compilation of 31 individual accounts including from noted writer and columnist Khushwant Singh and artist Satish…
The Indic civilisation
By Ishtiaq Ahmed Today’s article coincides with India’s declaration as a republic in 1950. The civilisational roots of modern India are always worth discussing,…
Journeying into Mysticism
Indian Muslims blog has posted my travel piece on Delhi. “…, I tell my workmate of the 22 khawajas buried under Delhi’s soil and…
How I met Dr. Shreekant Gupta
That the conservative and often skin-deep Economist published the story – “The world’s most dangerous place” – was not surprising. The publication sings an…
Meeting Sidhu Saheb in Delhi
Before I could write about meeting a fellow blogger in Delhi, Sidhu posted this account of our meeting. It was amazing to meet a…
Loving or Hating Arundhati Roy?
Cross-posted from drunkonink blog. Soniah Kamal’s thoughtful write-up is worth sharing here: Saba Bhaumik’s opinion piece in Outlook India once again attempts to explain…
Journeying into mysticism (noted as one the best articles of 2007)
Indian Muslims Blog is now two years old. The IM team have compiled the best articles published at the blog in 2007. Shameless as…
The Other Half – divided hearts meet in Kashmir
Thanks to Beena Sarwar’s updates, I read this moving account, THE OTHER HALF – in ‘Srinagar diary’ by Kalpana Sharma. … the Indo-Pak peace…