Articles with tag: Wali

Clarity

Raj Mor Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 7

“Arunivas! Arunivas! Make sure you get me a gold set! Last Diwali you forgot completely that I am allergic to non-gold. How can you forget such important things?”

150 Years: Recounting Untold History

M B Qasmi Apr 27, 2007 interacts: 56

This May of year 2007 is making 150 years of those untold stories of the heroes of the India’s war of freedom.

Dnyandeep (Lantern of Knowledge)

Hemant Vinze Oct 20, 2006 interacts: 7

I pass my heritage unto you,
It’s up to you now,
To keep the candle kindling--

Khan Abdul Wali Khan: His Fathers Shadow?

H P Jan 25, 2006 interacts: 204

Wali Khan had embarked on a slippery slope. He made compromises with the army, left his Baloch friends, refused to allow the liberals to join his political party, and finally declared “Islam humara deen” in his manifesto

Diya JalaiN: Light the Lamp

Temporal Oct 25, 2003 interacts: 15

Who’s afraid of (a) little more happiness, little less hatred?
In diversity is hope: in hope, light. let’s light that lamp and nurse its flickers ..

Diwali...Then

P Venkatraman Nov 22, 2001 interacts: 35

A humourous and nostagiac look at Diwali preparations in middle class Bombay 30 years back.

When the Lights Hurt the Eyes

Farzana Versey Nov 14, 2001 interacts: 384

Our superstitions are world-renowned. We feed the poor in designated months...

New Yaark New Yaark

City Girl Nov 19, 2000 interacts: 18

2 a.m.: Rekha, cigarette in one hand, a drink in the other is on the dance floor

Seasonal Swings

Neelofar Farooq Nov 9, 1998 interacts: 3

The city’s notorious matchmakers get down to business and tie up the loose ends...