Remembering Dr. Hamida Saiduzzafar: A birdwatcher par excellence
During my childhood days I used to sometimes encounter a slightly hunch backed, gentle looking elderly lady with short hair, dressed in a saree,…
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, The Aligarh Magazine, and all that!
During my student days in Aligarh, I was smitten by the writing bug. I used to write for a Times of India publication called…
Campus politics of the 1980’s: Spotlight on Aligarh
Politics is integral to our existence and students have always taken interest in it. One need only to remember the large scale protests against…
Courting the Muse in Aligarh: Glimpses of campus literary activities in the 1980
Aligarh Muslim University had always been a magnet for Urdu writers and poets. The list of litterateurs who had either studied at Aligarh or…
Depicting interfaith relationships and romances in Hindi films of yester years
Since religion is so central in the lives of all Indians—the country was partitioned on its basis- how did Hindi films of yester years…