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My grandfather passed away last year, leaving behind more than twenty volumes of journals, written half in Urdu and half in English, in which he recorded the entirety of his adult life: his years at AMU, his love for reading, his faith, his children, and the inevitability (1/12)
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The one thing they really don’t prepare you for in your 20’s is how good playing house feels with your romantic partners feels and how it’s VERY DANGEROUS
pathological liars lack so much self awareness like you know we know that you’re lying, right? there’s no way you think we’d fall for that,,, like girl????
i love pasta salads. what a scam concept. really, it’s just an excuse to shovel mayo and pasta into ur mouth while pretending to be healthy.
i love nothing more than making unsubstantiated claims in class and then finding out my bs answer actually has literature to support it, like damn i thought of the same thing as kant on my ownnnnn
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The Union government has told the Delhi High Court that the century-old Qadeemi Masjid, located within the Krishi Bhawan compound in New Delhi, must be removed to make way for the redevelopment of Common Central Secretariat (CCS) under the Central Vista project. The government argues that the Masjid is “impermissible and incompatible with the secular character of government property”.
The Modi government inaugurated the Central Vista project with a Bhoomi Pooja. Apparently, secularism is not offended by the use of one faith’s rituals for a public project, but is allergic to a masjid that has stood there even before 1912, long before Krishi Bhawan was even built.
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"Workers of the World, Unite!" - A portrait of Karl Marx, surrounded by verses from the Koran supporting the oppressed. Artist: Hassan Musa. Sudan, 2012.
I officially know I’m old because watching any children’s media makes me cry almost immediately because I so deeply miss the naïveté and freedom of being a child like wow i’m so obviously unc now.
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the trinity syndrome: a film trope where a female character spends her life mastering her skills, is portrayed as exceptionally capable, only for “the chosen one” to be some guy
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Sharjeel Imam’s argument is basically this: Indian Muslims don’t necessarily need a separate country, but they need a constitutional system that actually guarantees them political power, representation and equality.
He revisits Jinnah, but revisiting Jinnah doesn’t automatically mean demanding Pakistan. There’s a difference between asking for a separate country and asking for constitutional reforms within the country you already live in.
The real question he raises is: Does India’s current constitutional framework give Muslims genuine political representation and a fair share in power, or is secularism just a promise on paper?
You can disagree with his argument. But first, understand what he’s actually proposing instead of blindly equating every criticism of the Constitution with separatism.
coming back to delhi for a very very short time pls pls recommend some NEW restaurants with GOOD FOOD (not just ambience)
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Do read this achingly beautiful essay, a memoir of coming of age as a Muslim in a country that lost its way
I teared up often while reading of the daily humiliations that are now so routine
I hope one day we are able to rebuild an India that Asad deserves
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