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Mian Maqdoom Shah shrine, Mumbai’s Mahim Durgah & the December Urs

I saw quite a few processions going towards the Mahim dargah in Mumbai for the annual Urs celebration of the Muslim saint last evening. A lot of colour, not...

How Kashmiri youth is bringing Rabab music back to the valley

With support from Kashmir Tourism board, youngsters are bringing...

How my Nana read the Ramayana in Urdu

Editor and Publisher Yogesh Sharma writes about the fond...

Nazar Nasir: Breaking gender stereotypes in Kashmir through crochet

Nazar Nasir   Srinagar:- At the age of 19, Nazar Nasir...

The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the history of the silent

This is the second in the two-part series on...

Delaying Marriage By A Year Can Empower Women Against Domestic Violence

Representational Image  Mumbai: Delaying marriage by even one year could significantly...

Aruna Sairam, Don’t Lend Your Voice to Apartheid

Statement from artists and writersWe are writing to you...

After ABVP protests, Historian Ramachandra Guha to not teach at Ahmedabad Uni

On Thursday, Guha tweeted he will not be joining...

The soundtrack of the Sixties demanded respect, justice and equality

When Sly and the Family Stone released “Everyday People”...

‘His God is very different from mine’

Through a series of interconnected stories, within which the...

Clashes erupt between two groups in Adampur, Varanasi

It was said that the fight erupted when a...

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