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Roshan Abbas

@Roshan_Abbas_

8 months

My latest for the Caravan with @sanjanaesque

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The Third Chapter | New writing on twentieth-century Afro-Asian solidarity. Roshan Abbas and Sanjana Choudhary write:

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Roshan Abbas

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4 months

Mahmoud Darwish with the inaugural Lotus Prize in Poetry (1970), at New Delhi's GV Mavalankar Hall. 16 November 1970.

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Delhi Monsoon

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Amongst the finds within troves of papers, a badge, a familiar name and a rasidi ticket to nowhere.

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Chandini Chowk around the 1870s.

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More old Delhi around 1870s

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Delhi Summers

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Prof. Tanika Sarkar delivers the 4th Mushirul Hasan memorial lecture.

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Urdu Writers are a different subset

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That's the whole picture, can see we far as Nizamuddin on the left to Jor Bagh far up North.

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Samuel Bourne captured this while standing on the pulpits of Humayun's Tomb in 1864. Can see the Subz Burj, Isa Khan complex, as far as Safdarjung's Tomb and the Lodi Necropolis in Khayrpur.

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An advert of indo-pak Mushaira which was held in Sambhal in Feb 1978. Published in weekly Aaj ki Kasht, a tablue reminiscent of the last days of the Qasbati elite. Stars like Dilip Kumar, Om Prakash and Amjad Khan were in attendance.

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Roshan Abbas

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Nahi Nigah me Manzil to Justuju hi sahi. Aired on BBC'S Asia Service in November 1984, this proved to be Faiz Ahmed Faiz's last mushaira (ensemble). And what a way to sign off.

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Roshan Abbas

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Marg e Majnūñ pey Aql Gum hai Mīr Kya Dīwāne ne maut paī haī—

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Roshan Abbas

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Final day of college

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#UP

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Roshan Abbas

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Masjid i Jahan numa Samuel Bourne; 1864.

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Roshan Abbas

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Samuel Bourne captured this while standing on the pulpits of Humayun's Tomb in 1864. Can see the Subz Burj, Isa Khan complex, as far as Safdarjung's Tomb and the Lodi Necropolis in Khayrpur.

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Roshan Abbas

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The Tabarruk ki roti has its roots in the Ottoman ruled Lebanon. Due to Safavid-ottoman conflict Ashura processions had been banned by the second half of 17 century. Therefore the Lebanese Shias started to make these biscuits to commemorate the day, they were known as "roat".

Sadaf Hussain

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Tabarruk ki Roti is a semolina biscuit topped with poppy and fennel seeds, traditionally offered in Muharram & Rajab. Popular at Diamond Bakery in Old Delhi, with variations in Lucknow & Rampur.

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Roshan Abbas

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Used to be a 15th Century tomb, now it's a Temple.

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Lunch scenes with Father today

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Ruins of Firuz Shah Kotla 1864

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Nizamuddin Dargah circa 1870.

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Roshan Abbas

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For people saying that this picture is their school, or their Hostel, they are not wrong. However, when Jamia shifted to Okhla in the 1930s this was the first building which was designed by Karl Von Heinz, an architect who was a Nazi Dissident.

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Final day of college

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My most prized possession. A signed copy of Faiz's Mezaan from 1980's. From the early years of his exile in Beirut.

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Roshan Abbas

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@DalrympleWill William, the response to colonialism and occupation is struggle. Struggle cannot be categorised as an act of war crimes.

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One of the earliest photographs of Qutb Minar. Circa 1860s.

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Roshan Abbas

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Making some use of time spent traveling. Reading Syed Ahmed Khan's "A voyage to 'modernism' " Edited/translated by Late Mushirul Hasan Sahab and @zaidi11079

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Roshan Abbas

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#Archives

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Saturday ko bhi mazdoori

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March, Firoz Shah Kotla.

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First visit to Delhi December 1858.

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#Delhi

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Roshan Abbas

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Wrote this two years ago for @CNN with @AkankshaMSingh As things stand, when one billion voters of the Indian electorate vote in April and May. The collective destiny of Indian Muslims still hangs by a fast unwinding thread.

Opinion: In the world’s largest democracy, ‘looking Muslim’ could cost your life | CNN

When documentary photographer Roshan Abbas leaves his house for work in the morning, he thinks carefully about whether to wear clothes that might reveal he is Muslim. In India, roughly 200 million...

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Roshan Abbas

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11 months

@surajyengde Since you omitted out Ambedkar's support for Israel in this phyrric polemic here's one extract which might be of help: "We in Israel are still today proud of Dr. Ambedkar's support in our struggle for rebuilding our national (promised/neo-colonial) home in Israel."

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Roshan Abbas

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4 months

A year ago, on this day, I wrote an anecdote on the legend of Sultana Daku. Was he really what was perceived of him? To my Knowledge Sultana's story inspired Zafar Umar, who wrote Neeli chattri which had its dramatis personae in Bahram Daku.

The tale of ‘Daku’ Sultana and his unlikely friendship with a British police officer

‘Freddy’ Young of the special dacoit force spent months hunting Sultana through the Kumaon forests, only to petition the British to spare his life in the end.

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Roshan Abbas

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4 months

Reminds me of this, in a parallel afterthought.

Iqtibas اقتباس

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"ġhazālāñ tum to vāqif ho kaho majnūñ ke marne kī divāna mar gayā āḳhir ko vīrāne pe kyā guzrī" - Raja Ram Narain Mauzuu.n

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Roshan Abbas

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Nauhakhwaan Chamman Maa'rfi

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#Delhi

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Roshan Abbas

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To know more about the Lotus Prize, and as to why was Darwish in Delhi? Reading out a Poem to commemorate Gamal Abdel Nasser. Read:

New writing on twentieth-century Afro-Asian solidarity

Looking closely at the histories traced by these essay collections offers up a thorough and complex picture of Afro-Asian literary solidarity, as well as how it was built and, at times, fractured or...

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Roshan Abbas

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@pbmehta Bro, you were the ones banking on this name 10 years ago.

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Roshan Abbas

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Old Department library shenanigans.

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From Aug 7, 1966. 'Unlawful' Bill: The Deathknell of Democracy. Comments on UAPA.

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Roshan Abbas

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Delhi Rains

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"Garibi Hatao MY BARE FOOT!" Emergency chronicles. Blitz headlines the prelude to its arrival. July 1973.

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Ali Sardar Jafri ki handwriting mujhse bhi zyada kharab thi. Sar me dard hogya.

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Ajdaad ke sath Tasveer

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#Delhi

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Dargah Qadm Sharif

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Roshan Abbas

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If you are on Twitter and not following @iqtibaas88 what are you really doing?

Iqtibas اقتباس

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6 months

@Roshan_Abbas_ Some other famous disputes, collected in the 'Adabi Ma'raka' number of Nuqoosh Magazine:

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Roshan Abbas

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ZamZam Soda Shikanji

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Ubal jao aalu banjao, Dahi daal lo

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In @thecaravanindia 's January issue, @sanjanaesque and I trace the trajectory of of the literary Cold War. Espionage, assemblages, revolution (and counter revolution). Cont...

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Roshan Abbas

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@timnitGebru The concerned person is a fascist and actively advocates for genoc #de of muslims in India. She runs a radio Rwanda propaganda news website which is funded by the RSS a hindutva organisation which was inspired by SS and Italian Fascists. They are cheerleading Israel cont...

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Rah e yaar tuune qadam qadam ek yaadgar bana dia.

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I know a cat like this

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Karl Von Heinz's anti-imperialist rupture— the Jamia School (1935).

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Edward Said's visit to Jamia. One of us.

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Chashm e nam, Jaan e shoorida kaafi nahi Tohmat I Ishq poshidah kaafi nahin

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Roshan Abbas

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My sister sent this. I unlocked a memory I didn't have. And now I cannot help but reflect that my smile wasn't satanic or evil, It was indeed genuine, and I really seemed happy.

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Roshan Abbas

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In my latest for Frontline: As the East India Company solidified its dominion over the vast expanse of the Indian subcontinent during the early decades of the 19th century, it confronted a perplexing enigma it deemed an ancient creed of criminality.

Thuggee and the complex history of a mysterious criminal underworld

Thuggee and the complex history of a mysterious criminal underworld during British rule

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The adjacent Bazar

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Yaadgar e Zauq

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The fourth picture is with Pash!

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From Urdu Ghar Archives: Sajjad Zaheer, a key figure in India's independence movement and a prolific Urdu writer, passionately advocated for social justice and championed the working class. His literary works delve into human relationships, societal impact, and a fairer world.

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Karl Marx, the missionary at Leh, Ladakh. From the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part I, 1891.

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#400Paar

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@sanjayuvacha

New Parliament building seeks to legitimise Hindutva victory over India’s multicultural past

New Delhi’s current rulers would do well to remember that centuries before them, many have attempted to leave their mark on the city – and India.

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Roshan Abbas

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Delhi weather went from Tanduri chicken to steamed momos

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Bombay diaries with a special friend

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Sunset on the mighty Ganges

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Closer look.

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Guys, good morning

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Biggest victories in India; An unlikely Communist victory coming from Sikar, Rajasthan. Comrade Amra Ram registers a victory. And in what way!

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Red Salutes to INDIA Bloc-backed CPI(M) candidate, comrade Amra Ram for his glorious victory from SIkar by over 70,000 votes!

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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's reply to M.K. Janjua (Pakistan Socialist Group) on concerns with regards to human rights abuse under his rule. Today, 52 years later, his daughter was overthrown in a popular uprising for the same concerns... It took 52 years.

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Roshan Abbas

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Prashant Kishore 5 kilo Wale Tide ke packet ke sath dekhe Gaye. Surf bhi Mila to Narangi.

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Father was in town today.

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Achchi writing me likha karo, ke kal ka archivist aur researcher tumhari gandi handwriting ko padh kar apne sar me goli na maar le.

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At Humayun's Tomb

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Saptaparani bloom in Delhi #Delhi #withnothing

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Delhi metro reading scenes so down, that someone reading Murakami also seems like Andhoñ mei kaana raja

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Tanhai me aaah! Kaun howega Anīs Ham Howenge aur Qabr ka kona hoga!

Iqtibas اقتباس

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Some pictures of the relatives of the famous Urdu poet Mir Anis. At no. 2 is his grandfather Mir Ghulam Hasan, who wrote the very famous Urdu masnavi 'Sahr-ul Bayan' (the tale of Benazir & Badr-e Munir). He also wrote a famous Tazkira. At no. 3 is Mir Anis himself.

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Bombay.

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#Bijnor #Moharram

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@Mar_Musa @barbarikon This belongs to one of the ancestors of Dattia Sa'adat. They are Taqvis, and it's Taqvis's not (Taqavi)— Bukhari means an old association with the city of Bukhara. More often than not, it was several centuries ago.

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@amitjulka Here's one more; Pablo Neruda and Faiz, at Sochi beach.

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In a bad place (Noida), going to a bad place (West Delhi).

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Arab Spring 🤝 Bengali Monsoon

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50 degree me rapido par old Gurgaon road par Safar karne ka Durbhagya prapt hua.

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Still thinking about the DHA version of Iqbal

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Home

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May a father never face the day of burying his own children.

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@Aakar__Patel Da Jowarlal fault

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Similarly, in western Turkey, and Armenia, they ate Ashure a distant relative of the south Asian Haleem. A dish that they ate to mark the death of the deceased slowly became associated with the rituals of Ashura and Faqa Shikni.

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From Aug 7, 1966. 'Unlawful' Bill: The Deathknell of Democracy. Comments on UAPA. #ArundhatiRoy

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@Akshayamukul @mkhanpasha Another note of acknowledgement for all the archives that bear witness. To the CIA for "Sanitizing" their declassified espionage records off any sign of foul play like assassination plots etc, and to Wikileaks for the kind of access they have provided especially Kissinger cables.

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North campus on an extremely humid day

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@thaqafatalhind Sanjay Should disclose his associations with the ruling dispensation of the Modi Cartel, his brother is current serving Minister of External Affairs.

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My next read hopefully is @debhartha 's Twilight Prisoners