An IndianMuslim.com Archive: Articles on India and Indian Muslims

Following is the list of nearly 250 articles and posts which were published during the initial years of this blog---from 2005 to 2008--chronicling the major issues and views on contemporary issues:

* Indian Muslims' stand on Nuclear deal
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/07/indian-muslims-stand-on-nuclear-deal.html

*Indian candy-seller on cycle: The magic of the mithai-wala
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/06/candy-seller-on-cycle-is-back-magic-of.html

*The communal scrap-dealer
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/communal-scrap-dealer.html

Arresting innocent Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and framing them as terrorists
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/arresting-innocent-muslims-in-up.html

So-called Muslim leaders: Salman Khurshid, Mohsina, Ahmed Patel, Najma & others http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/of-our-so-called-muslim-leaders.html

When Burqa gets saffron band: Muslims and BJP
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/when-burqa-gets-saffron-band-bjp-and.html

Branding the Bangladeshi migrants as terrorists
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/05/branding-bangladeshi-migrants-as.html

After Cancer Hospital, Imran building university: What about Indian cricketers?http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/05/after-cancer-hospital-imran-building.html

Indian Muslim children: Playing marbels, catapult (gulail)http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/08/indian-kids-playing-marbles-catapult.html

Abusive messages, anti-Muslim comments and this blog
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/08/abusive-messages-anti-muslim-comments.html

A samosa seller's nap under the tree shade
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/05/samosa-sellers-nap-under-tree-shade.html

Road-roller, the raja of roads
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/07/roadroller-raja-of-roads.html

How government can stop and allow a communal riot
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/07/indore-riot-how-governments-can-stop.html

After Ahmedabad blasts, what India needs to do?http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/07/after-ahmedabad-blasts-what-india-needs.html

Will Azharuddin enter politics, join TRS?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/will-azharuddin-enter-politics-join-trs.html

Nehru's newspaper Qaumi Awaz shuts down after National Herald
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/nehrus-newspapers-qaumi-awaz-national.html

Haji Ishtiyaq's arrest and anger against Mayawati government
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/haji-ishtiyaqs-arrest-mayawati-govts.html

Dividing UP into Harit Pradesh, Poorvanchal and Bundelkhand, leaving Awadh
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/dividing-up-harit-pradesh-bundelkhand.html

Do we need Muslim MLAs?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/do-we-need-muslim-mlas-concerns-over.html

Majaz Lucknowi: Poet of romance and revolution
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/stamp-on-majaz-lakhnawi-poet-of-romance.html

After Ulema's anti-terrorism conference, it is the government's turn
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/02/ulema-have-done-their-job-now-its.html

Ram Vilas Paswan and Muslims
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/ram-vilas-paswan-and-muslims.html

Fifty years of Majlis: AIMIM celebrates as it turns 50
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/majlis-50-years-in-hyderabad-whither.html

Tea in Lucknow: Huzoor Chai pijiye!
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/tea-in-lucknow-huzoor-chaai-pijiye.html

Journeying with a jamaat in train
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/namaz-in-train-and-jamaat.html

Selection of great Urdu poets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/selection-of-great-urdu-couplets-i.html

Chacha's queema stuffed samosas
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/03/chachas-qeema-stuffed-samosas.html

Remembering PN Oak, the original Hindutva Historian
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/remembering-pn-oak-original-hindutva.html

Best wishes on Hindu New Year from an Indian Muslim
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/best-wishes-on-hindu-new-year.html

Arrogant Congress leaders paving the way for BJP's return
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/arrogant-congress-leaders-paving-way.html

Harassment of Muslims acquires a new dimension
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/04/harassment-of-muslims-acquires-new.html

Gujarat 'encounter cop' Vanzara beaten up in jail
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/05/vanzara-beaten-up-in-jail-by-sub.html

Reporting romance in Urdu papers
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/05/reporting-romance-in-urdu-papers.html

Faiz Ahmed Faiz's poetry: Selected best Urdu couplets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/06/faiz-ahmed-faiz-poetry-selected-urdu.html

Don't brand Muslims as terrorists: RSS and bomb blasts
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/06/dont-brand-muslims-as-terrorists-rss.html

*Hindu Household, Urdu nameplate
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/hindu-household-urdu-nameplate.html

*Selected couplets of Urdu poet Munawwar Rana
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/selected-couplets-of-urdu-poet-munawwar.html

*India must protest French ban on Sikh turban
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/india-must-take-up-ban-french-ban-on.html

* Shh..don't talk about holocaust: Arun Gandhi pays the price in America
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/shhhdont-talk-about-holocaust.html

*Hailing the Indian judiciary: Justice for Bilquees Bano
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/hailing-indian-judiciary-bilkis-bano.html

*Hindus and Imam Husain
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/hindus-and-husain.html

*UP police had arrested wrong 'Aaftab' for bomb blasts in courts
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/up-police-had-arrested-wrong-aftab-for.html

*Hindu family taking out Tazia for 130 years
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/hindu-family-taking-out-tazia-for-130.html

*Mayawati forgets Muslims: No place in 30% job quota
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2008/01/mayawati-forgets-muslims-no-place-in-30.html

*Famous and quotable Urdu couplets of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/selected-couplets-of-mirza-ghalib.html

*Azamgarh Ijtema: That's India's photo, not Bangladesh
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/azamgarh-ijtima-thats-photo-of-india.html

*Benazir Bhutto's assassination: Whither Pakistan, after Daughter of East's death?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/benazir-bhutto-assassinated-whither.html

*Zakir Naik's comments on battle of Karbala and Yazid
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/zakir-naiks-comments-on-battle-of.html

*Chandrashekhar Azad forgotten: Remains just a Jijhotia Brahmin hero? http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/on-100th-birth-anniversary.html

*Faiz' extraordinary verse 'Raqeeb Se': To Rival in Love http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/poem-for-raqeeb-rival-in-love-in-urdu.html

*Liars of first order, our Indian politicians
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/liars-of-first-order.html

*Apathy of Arabs towards plight of Palestinians
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/crisis-in-lebanon-arabs-condemn.html

*Delhi discovers poet Bedil's tomb during Tajik pres visit http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/tajik-prez-visit-mirza-bedils-tomb-in.html

*Why angry Sulabh sent email to Prez
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/why-angry-sulabh-sent-email-to.html

*Well known couplets, little known poets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/well-known-couplets-little-known-poets.html

*Bandit Salim Gujjar dies, was he Hindu or Muslim? http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/bandit-salim-gujjar-killed-he-was.html

*Major literary works of Indian Muslims
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/major-literary-works-of-indian-muslims.html

*From pro-Vande Mataram to anti-Vande Mataram http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/08/from-pro-vande-mataram-to-anti-vande.html

*Entire village has to remarry Fatwa frenzy
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/fatwa-frenzy-entire-muslim-village.html

*Thank God, Haj subsidy is gone
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/thank-god-haj-subsidy-is-gone.html

*From Mumbai to Malegaon: Skewed vision of Police http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/from-mumbai-to-malegaon-skewed-vision.html

*Desi Islamophobes hurt the most
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/desi-islamophobes-hurt-most.html

*Tales of two Malegaon, tension chowk etc
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/tale-of-two-towns-in-one-malegaon.html

*Poets flares up passions, gunshots over couplets http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/09/poetry-flares-up-passions-gunshots.html

*Among the Bengalis, In Kalibadi
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/10/among-bengalis.html

*Communal big bits Mangalore
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/10/communal-bug-bits-mangalore.html

*Iftaar beside Ganges, Muslims setting afire Ravana http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/10/iftar-beside-ganges-muslim-setting.html

*No Azan in Gujarat villages
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/11/no-azaan-in-gujarat-villages.html

*Civic elections in Kakori
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/11/civic-elections-in-kakori.html

*Muslims, Sikhs need not apply for job with Indian intelligence agencies http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/11/muslims-sikhs-need-not-apply-for-job.html

*What about ghettoes of Gujaratis...others
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/11/what-about-ghettoes-of-gujaratis.html

*Bayaan: A novel on Hindu Muslim relations and 1992 http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/11/bayaan-novel-on-hindu-muslim-relations.html

*Ruins in towns of North India
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/12/ruins-in-towns-of-northern-india.html

*ADGP's suspension and loose talk about madarsas http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/12/adgps-suspension-loose-talk-about.html

*One of the greatest novels Khuda Ki Basti http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/12/shaukat-siddiquis-khuda-ki-basti.html

*Saddam's execution: Tragedy for Asia, shame for Middle-east rules http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/12/tragedy-for-asia-shame-for-middle-east.html

*India erupts in fury after Saddam Hussein's hanging http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/12/tragedy-for-asia-shame-for-middle-east.html

*Saudi Arabia and Israel become friends to contain Iran http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/01/saudi-arabia-israel-becoming-friends.html

*Kamleshwar's death isn't news for Delhi newspapers! http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/01/kamleshwar-passes-away.html

*Shiv Sena's win in Mumbai elections and Muslims http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/02/shiv-senas-win-in-mumbai-bmc-elections.html

*Muharram Photos: Colours of pain and Tigers in processions http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/01/moharram-in-india-i.html

*Hindus observing Muharram in India
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/01/muharram-photos-ii.html

*Miyan Sahab saved Gorakhpur from burning http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/02/miyan-sahab-saved-gorakhpur-from.html

*Stamp on Bahadur Shah Zafar and how Savarjar hijacks the freedom strugge of 1857
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/02/miyan-sahab-saved-gorakhpur-from.html

*Police make dead man accused in Samjhauta Express blasts case http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/police-make-dead-muslim-accused-in.html

*Prez Kalam offers Namaz at Fatehpuri mosque http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/president-kalam-offers-namaz-at.html

*Ordinary Indian, price rise and politicians' fears: http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/ordinary-indians-price-rise-politicians.html

*Seminar on Iqbal's use of the word 'Kuchh' http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/seminar-on-iqbals-kuchh-in-bhopal-rss.html

*Shahrukh Khan, an ambassador of Islam! http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/shahrukh-i-am-ambassador-of-islam.html

*Ragini, the magical eyes are closed for ever
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/ragini-magical-eyes-are-closed-for-ever.html

*Why Indian Muslims are away from extremist influences http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/indian-muslims-are-away-from-extremist.html

*Who will rule Uttar Pradesh (UP) ?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/who-will-rule-uttar-pradesh.html

*Your honour, I am not a minority!
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/your-honour-i-am-not-minority.html

*The inflammatory anti-Muslim CD and BJP's lies http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/inflammatory-anti-muslim-cd-bjps-lies.html

*Hindu girls eloping with Muslim boys and vice versa http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/hindu-girls-running-with-muslim-boys-or.html

*A visit to Falaknuma Palace
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/visit-to-falaknuma-palace-in-hyderabad.html

*Another blasphemy, Khushi-Qadir and cross on coins controversy http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/another-blasphemy-cross-on-coins.html

*Don't make it a Hindu-Muslim issue, Sohrabuddin Vanzara episode http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/dont-make-it-hindu-muslim-issue-gujarat.html

*Halaku, if you visit Baghdad again....
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/halaku-if-you-visit-baghdad-again.html

*Owl's role in unearthing hidden treasure
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/owls-role-in-unearthing-hidden-treasure.html

*Fall of Congress in UP, Sonia Gandhi's Urdu letter to 15,000 Muslims http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/fall-of-congress-in-up-sonia-gandhis.html

*Muslims had helped Killer cop Vanzara in his childhood http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/muslims-had-helped-killer-cop-with.html

*Firing on Muslims: The ugly patters from Delhi to Hyderabad http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/firing-on-muslims-ugly-pattern-from.html

*Why exit polls failed and why most Muslim MLAs in UP elected but none from Congress
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/why-exit-polls-failed-most-muslim-mlas.html

*Is he a Hindu or Muslim?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/is-he-hindu-or-muslim.html

*Insha's poetry: Great Urdu poets' profile series http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/03/insha-great-urdu-poets-poetry-and.html

*Blasphemic couplets or lack of tolerance http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/blasphemic-couplets-or-lack-of.html

*Hyderabad, the last citadel of Urdu in India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/hyderabad-last-citadel-of-urdu-in-india.html

*Casteism among Indian Muslims
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/casteism-amongst-indian-muslims.html

*At last, a bank for Muslims of Juhapura
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/07/at-last-bank-for-juhapura.html

*Hats off to Hindu parents of Muslim girl
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/07/hats-off-to-hindu-parents-of-muslim.html

*Dalit Urdu writer's nazm against Manu
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/dalit-urdu-writer-jayant-parmars-poem.html

*Importance of knighthood and response of Muslim world http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/importane-of-knighthood.html

*Science to superstition: Prez Pratibha Patil's belief in aatma http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/science-to-superstion-pratibha-patil.html

*Powerless in UP: Hand-held pankhas and battery operated fans http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/power-less-in-uttar-pradesh-of-hand.html

*A unique book shop in Lucknow
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/unique-book-shop-in-lucknow.html

*Rahi Masoom Raza's Scene 75
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/07/rahi-masoom-razas-scene-75.html

*Fazal Tabish the maverick poet
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/04/fazal-tabish-maverick-poet.html

*Storm in Hindi blogosphere and Shah Alam camp stories http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/06/storm-in-hindi-blogosphere-shah-alam.html

*Great Urdu poets: Behzad Lakhnavi
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/05/great-urdu-poets-behzad-laknavi.html

*Confusion over couplets: Six Urdu ashaar
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/07/urdu-couplets.html

*The story of Adnan Mulla
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/story-of-adnan-mulla.html

*Five immortal couplets of a forgotten Urdu poet http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/five-immortals-couplets-of-forgotten.html

*Haroon Rashid Alig: Journalist par excellence http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/07/haroon-rasheed-alig-journalist-par.html

*Shouldn't Muslims visit Israel, talk to Jews
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/cant-muslims-visit-israel-talk-to-jews.html

*Abdul Moeed Khan's killing and anti-Muslim violence in Nepal http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/abdul-moeed-khans-killing-anti-muslim.html

*BJP leader calls for beheading Karunanidhi http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/former-bjp-mps-diktat-behead.html

*Rizwanur's death: A tragic Hindu-Muslim love story http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/rizwanurs-death-tragic-hindu-muslim.html

*American arrogance Vs Ahmedinejad's poise: Insulting Iran President http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/american-arrogance-vs-ahmedinejad.html

*Who are the killers, who are getting killed
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/who-are-killers-who-are-those-getting.html

*Qurratul Ain Hyder: A legend passes away http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/qurratul-ain-hyder-1926-2007-legend.html

*Attack on Ajmer shrine: Terror reaches Sufi shrine http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/10/attack-on-ajmer-terror-reaches-sufi.html

*Tehelka's landmark sting 'Operation Kalank' on state-sponsored genocide in Gujarat
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/10/tehelaks-landmark-sting-on-mass-murders.html

*Culture fest begins with Milad and Hari Katha: Remembering Tan Sen http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/culture-fest-begins-with-milad-hari.html

*The failure of Ulema and Muslim leaders
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/failure-of-ulema-and-muslim-leaders.html

*Islamic art at a rural fair
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/11/islamic-art-at-rural-fare.html

*Indian fair: Halwa, Halim, Biryani and Books http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/indian-fair-halwa-haleem-biryani-and.html

*Lucknow and imbibing secular values
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/11/lucknow-and-imbibing-secular-values.html

*The law of jungle in Gujarat
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/law-of-jungle.html

*Boy holds gun at RSS function: Who is he aiming at? http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/10/kid-holds-gun-at-rss-function.html

*Sher Ali, the great freedom fighter, who had killed British Viceroy http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/11/sher-ali-revolutionary-who-had-killed.html

*Hyderabad blasts and column on Rediff http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/hyderabad-blasts-bullshit-on-rediff.html

*Why terrorists target Hyderabad?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/08/why-terrorists-target-hyderabad.html

*Muslim boy celebrating Diwali
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/11/photo-muslim-boys-celebrating-diwali.html

*Campaign to replace doctor's Red Cross with Swastika http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/11/campaign-to-replace-doctors-red-cross.html

*Akhtar Shirani: The poet of Romance
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/akhtar-shirani-poet-of-romance.html

*Immortal couplets of Moin Ahsan Jazbi
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/12/immortal-couplets-of-moin-ahsan-jazbi.html

*The love story of Kanchana and Moideen: An epic Hindu-Muslim love tale http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/09/hindu-muslim-love-story-kanchana-and.html

*Defiled by Dalit's touch, Muslims perform Hindu man's last rites http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2007/10/defiled-by-dalits-touch-muslims-perform.html

*Only the Gujaratis have pride!
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/only-gujaratis-have-pride.html

*Hindu, Muslim conversion to Bahaism and marriage of orphan girl to a Bahai http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/hindu-muslim-conversion-to-bahai.html

*Angry cobbler wears stethoscope hurt at docs disdain for his job http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/angry-cobbler-wears-apron-stethoscope.html

*First openly gay Urdu poet Ifti and his couplets http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/seven-beautiful-couplets-of-urdus_28.html

*The colourful and daring Maulanas of past: Getting into girl's gharara, abusing the rulers http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/getting-into-girls-gharara.html

*We believe in Jesus, why can't you respect our Prophet http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/we-believe-in-jesus-why-cant-u-respect.html

*Against love: Hindu, Muslim right-wing groups agree on V-day http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/hindu-muslim-right-wing-agree-on.html

*51 girls who will never marry
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/51-girls-who-will-never-marryi.html

*Free speech advocates jail Irving for denyig Holocaust http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/free-speech-advocates-jail-irving-for.html

*Australian Muslims at the receiving end http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/australian-muslims-at-receiving-end.html

*Malik Shabazz alias Malcolm X
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/malik-shabazz-alias-malcolm-x-was-shot.html

*Indian minister's fatwa for cartoonist's head: Haji Yaqub would give away gold!http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/indian-ministers-fatwa-for-cartoonists.html

*Great poet Moin Ahsan Jazbi's demise and closure of Shabkhoon http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/urdu-2005-jazbi-umar-ansari-and.html

*Fatwa on Vande Mataram
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/fatwa-on-vande-mataram.html

*Temple razed in Lahore: Protests against the demolition
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/temple-razed-in-lahore.html

*India's caste composition, population and percentage http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/caste-composition-of-india.html

*Interesting and fascinating Urdu couplets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/few-interesting-classical-urdu.html

*Is Hindi literature less secular?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/is-hindi-literature-less-secular.html

*Popular couplets, unknown poets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/popular-couplets-unknown-poets-1.html

*It is not Bahadur Shah Zafar's ghazal but Muztar's http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/na-kisii-ke-dil-ke-nuur-huunnot.html

*Jain monk's death or suicide: The ancient practice of Sallekhana (Santhara) http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/monk-starves-to-death-is-it-suicide.html

*Poet Chakbast and his ghazals
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/monk-starves-to-death-is-it-suicide.html

*Jagannath Azad's verse Bharat ke Musalmaan in post 1947 era http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/jagannath-azads-verse-bharat-ke.html

*Irfan Siddiqui and his selected Urdu couplets http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/irfan-siddiqui-and-his-selected.html

*Post-Mumbai blasts: Role of citizens
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/mumbai-blasts-our-role.html

*Muslim husband puts wife at stake in gambling http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/husband-puts-wife-at-stake-in-gambling.html

*The last legend: Death of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/last-legend.html

*Hindu, Muslim weddings on jail premises http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/shervani-gharara-batua-paandaan-to.html

*Have we lost Chhattisgarh to Maoists
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/mumbai-blasts-maoists-thousands-living.html

*Zoroastrian poet's Urdu poetry
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/zoroastrian-poets-urdu-ghazal-on.html

*Professor Matuknath and Julie's love affair
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/saga-of-professor-matuknath-julie.html

*Sahara launches Urdu edition from Patna
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/sahara-launches-urdu-edition-from.html

*Seemab Akbarabadi's Urdu poetry
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/dil-ki-bisat-kya-thi-nigah-e-jamal-men.html

*Why Nepali migrant is welcome, Bangla migrant is unwelcome http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/bangla-migrant-vs-nepali-migrant.html

*Lessons for NRIs, Asians to learn from Dr Death row in Australia http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/branding-everyone-as-terrorist-and-dr.html

*Burqa (Veil) brings freedom for non-Muslim girls in conservative India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/burqaveil-is-freedom-for-non-muslims.html

*Shah Fahd's death fails to move Muslims across the world. http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/burqaveil-is-freedom-for-non-muslims.html

*Compensation to victims of Sikh riots and lesson for Muslims http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/08/sikh-riots-and-lessons-for-muslims.html

*Targeting Deoband and Muslim institutions, biased media coverage http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/08/deoband-and-newspapers.html

*When rapes are seen with communal angle
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/08/rape-of-minor-girl.html

*Hindu 'fatwa' bans Muslims from dance
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/10/hindu-fatwa-bans-muslims-from-dance.html

*Couplets on love for motherland, how can I leave my country? http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/remembering-couplets.html

*Christmas for a Muslim child in India, twenty years ago http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/christmas-for-muslim-child-in-india-20.html

*Love story of 105 year old Bagh Husain and his 90 yr old 'girl friend', Muslims great lovers http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/muslimsgreat-lovers.html

*Ten best couplets of Parvin Shakir
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/ten-best-urdu-couplets-of-parvin.html

*Iran, an enigma for outsiders
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/iran-enigma-for-outsiders.html

*Urdu newspapers in India and Etemaad's site http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/urdu-newspapers-in-india-etemaads.html

*Bhojhshala distpute at Dhar: Love story of Rani Roopmati-Baz Bahadur http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/bhojshala-at-dhar-and-roopmati-baz.html

*Dhar, Mandu, Raja Bhoj's 'conversion' to Islam http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/dhar-mandu-and-raja-bhojs-conversion.html

*Govt's Tazias, Savaaris and so many things:Muharram in India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/governments-tazias-tigers-sawaris.html

*First ever riots in Lucknow and Goa
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/03/first-ever-riots-in-lucknow-and-goa.html

*Indian Army's headcount: 3% Muslims in India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/03/indian-armys-muslim-headcount-3-or.html

*Who won't admire Mohammad Rafi?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/03/mohammad-rafi-who-wouldnt-admire-him.html

*BBC's Urdu channel and anti-Muslim Congress party http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/bbcs-urdu-channel-anti-muslim-congress.html

*Jawaharlal Nehru's Tribal wife!
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/jawaharlal-nehrus-tribal-wife.html

*Man who changed Indian politics for ever dies Shahbano's husband http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/man-who-changed-indian-politics.html

*Ancient Indian arts of self-defence
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/ancient-indian-arts-of-self-defence.html

*Urdu poetry, medieval era and homosexuality http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/urdu-poetry-homosexuality-and-medieval.html

*RSS chief's advice to Muslims on Krishna, Rama... http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/rss-chiefs-advice-to-muslims-about.html

*Nothing Shahi about Imam or his conduct http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/nothing-shahi-about-imam-or-his.html

*Now a Shia TV Channel
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/now-shia-tv-channel.html

*Hindu majority district in Pakistan
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/hindu-majority-district-in-pakistan.html

*Shankar Shaad Mushaira and overall decline in Mushaira standards http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/shankar-shaad-mushaira-overall-decline.html

*Christians protest Da Vanci code movie in India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/christians-protesting-da-vinci-code.html

*Doctors are no angles: Quota issue and their protest http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/doctors-are-no-angels.html

*Norway's national anthem in Urdu
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/translating-norways-anthem-in-urdu.html

*Failure of Indian Muslims in Imrana case
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/failure-of-muslims-in-imrana-case.html

*Why Nepali migrant is welcome, Bangla migrant is unwelcome http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/bangla-migrant-vs-nepali-migrant.html

*Lessons for NRIs, Asians to learn from Dr Death row in Australia http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/branding-everyone-as-terrorist-and-dr.html

*Burqa brings freedom for non-Muslim girls in conservative India http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/burqaveil-is-freedom-for-non-muslims.html

*Shah Fahd's death fails to move Muslims across the world. http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/07/burqaveil-is-freedom-for-non-muslims.html

*Compensation to victims of Sikh riots and lesson for Muslims http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/08/sikh-riots-and-lessons-for-muslims.html

*Targeting Deoband and Muslim institutions, biased media coverage http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/08/deoband-and-newspapers.html

*Hindu 'fatwa' bans Muslims from dance
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/10/hindu-fatwa-bans-muslims-from-dance.html

*Couplets on love for motherland, how can I leave my country? http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/remembering-couplets.html

*Christmas for a Muslim child in India, twenty years ago http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/christmas-for-muslim-child-in-india-20.html

*Love story of 105 year old Bagh Husain and his 90 yr old 'girl friend', Muslims great lovers http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/muslimsgreat-lovers.html

*Iran, an enigma for outsiders
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/iran-enigma-for-outsiders.html

*Urdu newspapers in India and Etemaad's site http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/01/urdu-newspapers-in-india-etemaads.html

*Bhojhshala distpute at Dhar: Love story of Rani Roopmati-Baz Bahadur http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/bhojshala-at-dhar-and-roopmati-baz.html

*Govt's Tazias, Savaaris and so many things http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/governments-tazias-tigers-sawaris.html

*Who won't admire Mohammad Rafi?
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/03/mohammad-rafi-who-wouldnt-admire-him.html

*Immortal couplet of Raja Ram Maunzoon Sirajuddaula's defeat in Plassey http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/immortal-couplet-of-raj-ram-mauzoon.html

*Now Christians also see Jewish hand (like Muslims) http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/now-indian-christians-also-see-jewish.html

*Urdu poetry, medieval era and homosexuality http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/urdu-poetry-homosexuality-and-medieval.html

*Now a Shia TV Channel
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/04/now-shia-tv-channel.html

*Shankar Shaad Mushaira and overall decline in Mushaira standards http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/shankar-shaad-mushaira-overall-decline.html

*Hindu, Muslim conversion to Bahai and marriag of orphan girl to a Bahai http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/hindu-muslim-conversion-to-bahai.html

*Angry cobbler wears stethoscope hurt at doctors' disdain for his job http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/angry-cobbler-wears-apron-stethoscope.html

*First openly gay Urdu poet Ifti and his couplets http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/05/seven-beautiful-couplets-of-urdus_28.html *

*Against love: Hindu, Muslim right-wing groups agree on V-day http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/hindu-muslim-right-wing-agree-on.html

*Free speech advocates jail Irving for denying Holocaust http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/free-speech-advocates-jail-irving-for.html

*Australian Muslims at the receiving end http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/australian-muslims-at-receiving-end.html

*Malik Shabazz alias Malcolm X
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/malik-shabazz-alias-malcolm-x-was-shot.html I

*Indian minister's fatwa for cartoonist's head, Gold weigh http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/02/indian-ministers-fatwa-for-cartoonists.html

*Great poet Moin Ahsan Jazbi's demise and closure of Shabkhoon http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2005/12/urdu-2005-jazbi-umar-ansari-and.html

*Fatwa on Vande Mataram
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/fatwa-on-vande-mataram.html

*Temple razed in Lahore
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/temple-razed-in-lahore.html

*India's caste composition, population and percentage http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/caste-composition-of-india.html

*Interesting and fascinating Urdu couplets
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/06/few-interesting-classical-urdu.html

*Jagannath Azad's verse Bharat ke Musalmaan in post 1947 era http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/jagannath-azads-verse-bharat-ke.html

*Irfan Siddiqui and his selected Urdu couplets http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/irfan-siddiqui-and-his-selected.html

*The last legend: Death of Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/last-legend.html

*Have we lost Chhattisgarh to Maoists
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/mumbai-blasts-maoists-thousands-living.html

*Zoroastrian poet's Urdu poetry
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/zoroastrian-poets-urdu-ghazal-on.html

*Matuknath Professor and Julie's love affair
http://www.anindianmuslim.com/2006/07/saga-of-professor-matuknath-julie.html