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Majid Maqbool

S Irfan Habib: ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad espoused composite nationalism all his life’

An interview with the author of ‘Maulana Azad: A Life’.

Majid Maqbool
· Mar 26, 2023 · 07:30 am
How this bookshop in Srinagar used discounts and delivery innovations to survive Covid-19

Despite being faced with two consecutive lockdowns, Sani Yasnain Chiloo’s Bestseller bookstore in Kashmir continues to serve its customers.

Majid Maqbool
· Jan 16, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Amidst the pandemic, a school dropout in Kashmir waits for the library he started to reopen

The shutdown on August 5, 2019, followed by the lockdown in 2020, has forced Muhammad Latif Oata, who cannot read, to close his labour of love.

Majid Maqbool
· Dec 12, 2020 · 08:30 am

Between strife and the pandemic: How has Kashmir been writing and publishing books?

Writing is often clandestine, and internet shutdowns are making printing of books difficult.

Shivangi Mariam Raj
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Majid Maqbool
· Aug 29, 2020 · 05:30 pm