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Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘Champa’: A poem by Maaz Bin Bilal
‘Come, shade me / from the rain...’
Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘The Man of the House’(or, the life and death of Aanun): A short story by Maaz Bin Bilal
A story featuring ‘a Dilli-wallah to the core, claiming an ancestry of four hundred years in the city’.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘Tall Tales by a Small Dog’: A mongrel’s observations on small-town India are funny, witty, visceral
Omair Ahmad derives his sense of comic timing, droll characterisation, and the force of his satire, from the Urdu literary tradition of tanz-o-mazah, or satire.
Maaz Bin Bilal
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Spring settles here on the horizon of the heart’: Banaras through the eyes of Mirza Ghalib
Excerpts from ‘Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras’, by Mirza Ghalib, translated from the Persian by Maaz Bin Bilal.
Mirza Ghalib & Maaz Bin Bilal
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‘The Muslim Vanishes’: A play imagines the implications of a social and economic boycott of Muslims
Saeed Naqvi’s play takes a look at the implosive nature of the Hindu socialist utopia and how it undermines the very idea of India.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020): Why this death leaves a permanent patch of darkness in literature
The scholar, poet, novelist and translator, who wrote in Urdu and English, died on December 25, 2020 at the age of 85.
Maaz Bin Bilal
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Writing in the times of Covid-19: Can guilt and confessions really atone for not acting when needed?
‘Does the writer who feels bad for his inaction also feel shame or guilt?’
Maaz Bin Bilal
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Remembering beloved movie stars: Be kind and rewind, but be open-eyed too
Perhaps one should be able to speak of the ills or even just the shortcomings along with the good and the superlatives.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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The Art of Resistance: In a new poem, Maaz Bin Bilal declares his refusal to accept unjust laws
‘The mighty and many rule the weak and few.’
Maaz Bin Bilal
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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I’m an Indian Muslim and refuse to be certified as a citizen by this RSS-backed government
Like my forefathers protested against the British, this is my act of civil disobedience against a draconian law.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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Annie Zaidi’s novel paints a searing picture of how communal disharmony affects each of us
‘Prelude to a Riot’ graphically describes a situation where communal mobilisation in full swing in a south Indian town.
Maaz Bin Bilal
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History, myth, scholarship: This qissa-as-novel by Musharraf Ali Farooqi looks power in the eye
Farooqi’s qissa in English gives us the rich tapestry of a West Asian world with its flourishing knowledge systems that are often forgotten today.
Maaz Bin Bilal
The Field
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains