Farooque Sayyed, the founder of the children’s magazine Gul Bootey was in the city for a seminar on children’s literature. His Urdu magazine which recently completed 22 years is the product of his painstaking hard work despite financial hardships. Who doesn’t want to get lost in the world of...

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Food for thought SBM and Glowtide join hands to to feed the needy by arrangement  Rashida is both relieved and happy. The very thought that tonight her children can eat to their heart’s content lights up her face. As Rashida dons her burqa and sets out to the Safa centre nearby, she is...

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Selfie Obsession But first, let me take a selfie.This is what one says before the start and end of every affair.No marriage,conference or picnic is complete without a selfie. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bitten by the selfie bug. He prefers to wind up his high­ profile meetings with a...

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The initiative by Wakf Board to streamline Muslim marriages looks promising For the third time he checked the wedding card. He had made no mistake — the venue, date and time was correct. But there was no sign of the bridegroom yet although it was getting past 10 pm. Riyaz had come to the shadikhana...

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Kadir, who passed away recently, was a critic, playwright,  short story writer, translator, essayist and activist There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Every wound leaves a scar and every scar has an untold story of survival behind it. And Kadir Zaman loved to...

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