Personalities
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Mirza Ghalib’s birthday – Pakistani Stories
Today, 27th December, is the birthday of the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, whom I regard one of the greatest…
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Emperor Akbar :The Real Father of the Indian Nation
‘ Mahatma ‘ Gandhi is called the father of the Indian nation. But , as I have pointed out in…
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Reply to Gen D.S.Hooda – Justice Markandey Katju
In his article ‘ AFSPA : Action must now shift from the Supreme Court to Parliament ‘ published in theprint.in,…
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Pakistaniyon, hum bilkul tum jaise nikle
The famous Pakistani progressive poet and human rights activist Fahmida Riaz who died recently wrote a poem titled ‘ Tum…
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Whom do you prefer, Faiz or Dinkar ? – Justice Markandey Katju
I have often said that Urdu poetry has much more ‘dum’ in it than Hindi poetry. Hindi votaries are often…
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Who was right, Gandhi or Bhagat Singh ?
Irfan Habib’s book on the great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh recently is ‘ Inquilab ‘ and ‘ To Make The Deaf…
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Eid Milad-un-Nabi – Justice Markandey Katju
Today, 21st November is Eid Milad-un-Nabi ( also called Barah Wafaat ), the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, and celebrations…
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Pakistan’s ‘liberals’ – Justice Katju
Tariq_Bashir’s article in DailyO.in ‘ Being Pakistani : Raza Rumi’s new book and his never ending teenage angst ‘ reveals…
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The truth about Tipu Sultan
The initial Muslim invaders who came into India no doubt broke a lot of Hindu temples, like for instance,…
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Why and How I converted one month visas to Pakistanis to 5 year visas : Justice (r) Markandey Katju
It is difficult for Pakistanis to get visas to visit India, and even when granted are of very short durations,…
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