Siasat Editor Zahid Ali Khan with the-Faiz e Aam teamForty years is not a long period in the life of an organisation. Nonetheless, it is an occasion to take stock and do course corrections, if necessary. For Faiz-e-Aam Trust (FAT) it is time to rededicate itself and reaffirm its resolve to the...

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 MANUU Vice Chancellor Syed Ainul Hasan strongly opposed the suggestion for adoption of Devnagari script for Urdu. A script is the essence of a language. “If you give up your script you give up your language”, he saidWhen it is an Urdu programme there is bound to be a lavish display of language,...

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 As the year long celebrations of Urdu journalism’s bicentenary draws to an end, Hyderabad’s oldest Urdu daily, Rahnuma-e-Deccan, gets a new makeover. Rahnuma-e-Deccan, which completed its centenary last year, has undergone extensive changes to meet the needs of readers. The new look of the newspaper will be unveiled at the Urdu Media Conclave 2022 scheduled at the Maulana Azad National...

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 Some shed silent tears; some broke down while a few wept openly. There were also signs of relief on their faces. Their ordeal had at last come to an end and they were happy about it. They are all victims of Avini, the tigress which struck terror in several villages of Yawatmal district in Maharashtra...

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 No first day blues .. First day at school is a bit scary. Most children cry and creep reluctantly towards the school, unwilling to let go their doting parents. Some have to be dragged and some literally pushed into the outstretched hands of school ayahs and teachers.It was a different scenario...

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 What’s funny about doctors? If you do a double take at this question, it’s understandable. Doctors are a dour bore lot. There is nothing funny about them, although they routinely prescribe laughter as the best medicine. But one thing is for sure. There is no dearth of amusing jokes about them....

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 Though he was 84 years old, age sat lightly on him as far as his passion for writing goes. A voracious reader, he authored more than 25 books on various aspects of Mughal administration, Qutb Shahi and Asif Jahi dynasties.The man who wrote history all his life became part of history himself. A...

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