All India Muslim Personal Law Board has convened a two-day meet at Indore from June 3.
The meeting has been called to elect a new president following the death of incumbent president Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadvi.
The election of the two vice-presidents of the AIMPLB will also be held during the
Casteism Among Indian Muslims M Ghazali Khan 17 Mar 2021
Creating new mischiefs appears to be a favourite pastime for some lot. And the most unfortunate aspect of this is that innocent minds fall prey to the mischiefs of these mischief mongers. At a time when Muslims are passing through the worst period of history, in India and elsewhere, some opportunists are busy fanning and reviving an old curse and are trying to turn it into a big issue. They call it an
Arzal ( degraded ) versus Pasmaanda (backward) Muslims.
There is no denying the existence of the curse of casteism among Indian Muslims. But let it be said that, except in some parts of Bihar where this is a serious problem, it has never been anything more than a hurdle or a barrier in marriages between the so-called
Saeed Naqvi | Is Naseer right? That Hyderabad more ‘cultured’ than Lucknow?
Published Dec 11, 2020, 10:10 am IST
Updated Dec 11, 2020, 10:10 am IST
Both cities were around, their culture intact, till 1947
Charminar in Old City of Hyderabad (DC photo)
I don’t know when the interview was done but I saw it on YouTube last week. Naseeruddin Shah dismissed Lucknow as a centre of culture and praised Hyderabad sky-high by comparison. Naseer’s right but there’s a reason why Lucknow lost out in the culture stakes with both Hyderabad and Lahore. Both cities were around, their “culture” intact, till 1947. Lucknow had begun to “die” in 1857, after the British exiled Nawab Wajid Ali Shah to Metiabruz near Kolkata in late 1856, triggering 1857’s Great Uprising.