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I have been orphaned again April 23, 2021, 10:37 AM IST
A senior assistant editor with the Times of India, Mohammed Wajihuddin writes about Muslims, their issues, hopes and aspirations. Committed to upholding inclusiveness, communal amity and freedom to dissent and debate, he endeavours to promote peaceful existence. A passionate reader of Islam, he endeavours to save the faith from the clutches of the jihadists. An ardent lover of Urdu poetry, he believes words are the best weapons to fight jingoism. LESS. MORE
It was June 1994. Braving the scorching sun, I walked down from the bus stand near Nizamuddin police station to a beautiful white bungalow at a clean lane in Nizamuddin West, New Delhi. Clutching a folder that contained my CV and a bunch of letters to the editors published in national dailies, mostly in The Times of India, Patna edition, I walked up the marble stairs to reach the bungalow’s first floor office of Nation &The World fortnightly.