My love for Lucknow, four couplets:
yahaa.n hai Rumi dar* aur Gomti ka bhi kinaara hai
jise kahte hain jannat log, Lucknow ka nazaara hai
yaheen hai Mir ka madfan yahi Asraar ki dharti
na dekha shahar ye jisne usi ka phir khasaara* hai
#ShamsUrRehmanAlavi
*khasaara=loss
#Urdu
The most petty men who spread hate, the anchor and owners of
@IndiaToday
group and
@aajtak
news channel.
Hurting social fabric of India, demonizing and targeting minorities, inventing new terms on FASCIST lines to target Muslims, turn communities against each other.
Shameful.
@sofearozaidi_
This is the attitude needed while dealing with monster manipulators in media, as there is no other way.
They frame questions in a particular way to put guest in a corner & grill him as if he has been brought to be accused, blamed & condemned without letting him even speak up by
Election results of last 7 years. BJP performance. Is there any error in info below?
1- Punjab lost..2 times
2- Delhi lost...2 times
3- MP lost. Horsetrading!
4- Rajasthan lost.
5- Chhattisgarh lost.
6- K'taka lost, now again what!
7- Jharkhand lost
8- Tamil Nadu lost
9-
Dear
@RahulGandhi
ji, you have strong cadre in both these states. Can't the wings, activists, workers & office bearers stand with victims & protesters?
In Uttarakhand and Assam, let's see the spirit of
#BharatJodoYatra
and
@INCIndia
raising the issue.
In the name of encroachment they r targeting Muslims.
Speak Up,
Muslims of Assam & Haldwani Uttarakhand need Help
4500 families r on the verge of becoming homeless in Haldwani
4000 families have been evicted from their homes since 2021 in Assam.
Bulldozers r the new Court now
JUST NOW: Getting news that Bangle-seller Tasleem finally gets bail from the Indore court. He was beaten up brutally and later booked, arrested, was in judicial custody for months.
Thanks all who raised voice, took it up and helped family.
Today I'm trying to clarify this issue for the educated people as well as dishonest 'journos'. Just like Muslim population has grown in India, Hindu population has grown in Pakistan and Bangladesh too.
1. Hindu population in Pakistan has grown nearly 8 times since 1951. It was
1. Millions of Muslims who earlier watched news on TV, totally stopped watching news channels in India due to fake news, agenda based programmes, cheap anchors, planned discussions on controversial issues & polarization bid in panel discussions.
2. Millions of Hindus digusted
Good news. Finally, Siddiq Kappan gets bail from Supreme Court. All other journalists and activists who have been in prison for long, must also be released.
People will stand solidly with you
@RahulGandhi
, if you take firm stand against bulldozers. No community, no one's house should be razed without legal procedure, court order.
Why NSUI, YC, Minorities Morcha wings don't reach spot when bulldozers arrive. In Jehangirpuri, Vrinda
If News18, its language channels, continue to peddle content that is divisive & its anchors peddle communal filth, the people who don't like naturally get angry with the brand.
Even small steps like porting SIM, unsubscribing, distancing from all these, for sake of national
ROLE OF MEDIA: When an institution of learning and an old library with all its books, is burnt, what is the reaction of society?
How the media, papers carried the news. Any channel showed it prominently or reaction of writers, politicians, intellectuals, citizens, anywhere? Did
"Out of 2,316 patients in the state, 87 are jamatis, accounting for 3.75% of the total number. MP has less than 4 percent Jamatis in list of Coronavirus patients"
*Still, politicians in state indulge in blame game & local papers too bring link
@KashifKakvi
Kader Khan saw extreme poverty as a child. There were days when they had no 'aata' in the house. As a boy, he wanted to work but his mother knew if he'd earn a bit in a 'karkhana' but lose precious yrs. She told him to study.
He'd recall mother's hardships & sacrifice in later..
124A--Sedition
153 (A)--Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race..
295 (A)--malicious acts to outrage religious feelings..
505 (1)B--Cause fear or alarm to public where any person may be induced to commit offence against State or public tranquility..
Special Namaz seeking rain held in Bhopal today, as city desperately needs water. Interestingly, soon after Namaz began, clouds came & it rained. A while later kids were playing in water on the ground. Right now, hundreds of people sharing the pix-videos on SM. [Namaz-e-Istisqa]
When bulldozer reached Jahangirpuri in Delhi, Brinda Karat, 74, went & stood in front of it, stopped demolition.
Courage. She did it in 2022. Why can't
@yadavakhilesh
, SP cadre?
Or
@RahulGandhi
tell YC, NSUI to raise voice of people?
INC, SP can't be asked! One sided love.
I yesterday wrote & today, I repeat it for
@rahulgandhi
ji, other leaders.
@IYC
and
@NSUI
, Mahila Congress, Sewa Dal must do it:
1. Reaching spot, forming human chain when bulldozer reaches a locality without court order.
2. Coming to street, standing in front of rowdies,
NC Asthana's comments show the deep rot, prejudices, hate. It comes after a Retd IPS officer of DG ranks' comments in MP. IPS Association must take stand, condemn & see whats wrong with Academy, curriculum, training that such tendencies found in top bureaucrats.
@IPS_Association
@madhukishwar
*It's old tradition.
*It's lovely.
*Children have fun.
*Accident can happen anywhere.
Doesn't mean vehicles are banned or people stopped from coming to roads.
*Don't like? Avoid a few hours, don't go out, its just once a year. India has tradition. It'll continue.
#Holi2023
90 kg beef recovered from the accused. News you won't find on most TV channels or in newspapers. Anil Tande, Sher Singh and Jitendra Singh are the accused. Two out of three accused arrested.
Man appeals for Eid with simplicity, urges people to help the poor and needy, ensure social distancing & avoid going to markets.
So many people in personal capacity creating awareness, doing their bit, in different cities.
'Police surrenders the city to goons, gundas. The, one man, responsible did nothing. Call the police commissioner Amulya Patnaik, he is responsible, it was his job', says retired bureaucrat Arun Bhatia on the horrific killings in Delhi.
#DelhiViolence
#Delhi
Aakhri waqt hai aakhri saans hai, zindagi ki hai shaam aakhri aakhri..
Sang dil aa bhi jaa ab khuda ke liye, lab pe hai tera naam aakhri aakhri..
Elderly man sings with his heart into it. No fancy instrument, just voice & his daf..Shakil Badauni's lines
#Shair
#Urdu
#Music
Most powerful man born in Gujarat in a millennium. Aurangzeb was born in Dahod
Didn't have much an issue with Rajputs. Under him Hindus were maximum in numbers in admimistration, 32%. Also, spent decades fighting & destroying Muslim kingdoms of Deccan--Golconda, Bijapur.
1/n
1. Imam Husain was one of the most powerful men in his era on the planet. Entire Islamic world was aware of Husain's status.
2. In his childhood, he played in the lap of Prophet (PBUH) who doted on his grandsons. Husain had no want for political power. His single gesture or call
Angry over focus on non-issues, turning minor things into 'Hindu-Muslim', people set fire to copies of Dainik Bhaskar newspaper in Bhopal. Protesters said real issues ignored and reporting is unfair, biases.
#Media
#Journalism
In the wake of Siwan incident, apparent lack of sensitivity & little response from leadership of party over minor's detention despite thousands voicing concern & demanding release, there is perhaps a STRONG, bitter, much needed lesson for Muslims. Big letdown. RJD.
@yadavtejashwi
@parthpunter
I've seen that many people when they get such info from a source not only trust but feel pride in acquiring the knowledge, a sense of ownership, feel special as chosen ones, privy to 'lesser known' info, convinced, perhaps, a kick similar to journos when having an exclusive story
Delhi. This two year old photo reminds us of a lot of things. That guy who came with pistol in front of students & was released, students beaten in library, a lot.
We know stone pelting is lawlessness & told its serious crime, also idea was mooted to bring law against it in MP.
Shocking. The ABP news anchor falsely talking about green flag as foreign flag. It is simple crescent, green flag and has no other white strip.
#Solapur
Great freedom fighter who spent long years in jail, Bharat Ratna, Maulana Azad was India's first education minister.
Big role in ICCR, from setting up UGC, IIT to focus on primary & rural education, policies. Builder of modern India. We salute him. One of the makers of country.
Sanjay & Rafiqa were in a relationship, she'd asked him to marry. He killed her, drugged & murdered 9 people including Rafiqa's entire family.
It was ONE man's crime, he was jailed. MEDIA must not create false perception, divide & communalize society.
1/n
1. In 1990s, BJP created much outrage and communalized the issue of Al Kabeer, abattoir, but most people in the era, didn't know that owners of Al Kabeer were not Muslims but Sabharwals.
2. Photo of Murli Manohar Joshi and other BJP leaders courting arrest over the 'biggest
@davidrkadler
It is much needed to express the point of view of the people of Palestine and let them speak, because US leaders and media, doesn't even bother to speak about the reality of the occupation.
The job of media is to tell the truth and let the real Palestine story come.
#Palestine
Muslim world had saved Jews when they suffered in Europe for centuries. But when they got homeland, everything changed. How? Read on.
1. Over centuries, Jews were massacred, exiled, persecuted, during crusades brutally attacked and forced out of European countries.
2. They were
Journalist Pradeepika Rawat who was among ten people on a march for harmony in society, arrested and sent to jail in Ghazipur in UP. They were reportedly booked under section 151. Outrgeous.
Listen to what traders themselves say about Muslims & their purchasing power. The impact of Ramzan and Eid on economy. Just a part of the video to give you sense. Yes this year its unprecedented and it will be Eid with simplicity, also physical distancing too. So that's it.
Maulana Hifzur Rahman has the mike while Maulana Azad and the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru seen in this old photograph. Hifzur Rahman spent more than eight years in jail during the freedom movement and was a strong voice against communalism, after 1947 elected to Parliament.
RJD takes pride in Lalu Yadav's secular credentials. Rightly, he ensured there were no riots, stopped rath yatra.
But after Siwan incident, there is disappointment. People worried about minor's condition after arrest & let alone action, there is no response.
@TejashwiOffice
Do you remember, more than a year ago when people had put up a banner outside a town that 'Muslim traders' entry is banned'?
That was in Indore. Do you remember, last year when a Muslim woman was denied ration, man said it openly in Indore. Were cases registered? It's continuous
Today police entered, attacked the university that was built by freedom fighters & came up as a result of call to boycott govt (British) institutions. Students attacked in library, hostels, blood & gore all around. What we're witnessing in India. Think
#JamiaMilliaIslamia
#Jamia
Certainly Mr
@ShekharGupta
realises how data is selectively weaponised.
Once, UK had just 30,000 Hindus, today London alone has lakhs of Hindus. In '% rate', it's 3300% increase in UK since 1961.
Increase in small group always reflects high in % terms as its base is low 1/n
As usual anchor was hyper, excited, even sat inside the bulldozer. But the moment, a resident said 'Madam, we're Hindu and we Hindu-Muslim live together, our property being razed', she started blabbering & then 'yahan se chalna padega'. Didnt suit their narrative. Saw video.
Father had gone to someone's fields for work. His 12-year-old daughter came home, if there is one roti the siblings share but brother had eaten the roti. There was nothing else to eat in house. She set self afire. No money, brought back home from hospital 1/2
1. Dear
@RahulGandhi
ji, I hope that now govt would not let FIR on youths on the basis of mere rumour or dubious claim that a particular slogan was raised and register case without even basic probe.
2. Recently, it happened and bowed to vigilantes 'pressure'. How it happens? Why
Sahinur Haque, 19, allegedly shot dead by a BSF commander, just a few metres away from his house. Not even an FIR?
One officer pinned him down with a knee to his neck. Commander emptied bullets into youth's chest & waist. Sukanya Roy reports
An IAS officer wants Bajrang Dal & VHP to be officially given status and powers of 'moral policing'.
He feels only BD can save Indian culture and protect cattle. The officer had once authored book on 'discrimination with Muslims' in bureaucracy. IAS officer's name is Niyaz Khan.
@grafidon
यह तो सच है, चित्रा जैसों ने पत्रकारिता का जनाज़ा निकालने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी, सत्य की धज्जियां उड़ा दीं.
मूल्यों का अंतिम संस्कार किया, आदर्शों के बखिये उधेड़ दिए और ऐसा नुकसान पहुंचाया कि यह फील्ड तबाह ओ बर्बाद हुई. आने वाली नस्लों के लिए क्या बचा?
अर्नब, सुधीर, अंजना के
Has it been rebuilt? Just a few months ago, the Azizia library was burnt down im Bihar Sharif by a right-wing mob that set fire to the century old institution, in Bihar Sharif. Administration had promised restoration. Any idea about it?
Cc:
As per 1951 census figures, difference was already huge, Hindu community size was ahead of Muslims--the difference was 26 crore. By 2011 census, Hindus had got a lead of 80 crore over Muslims. And projections suggest that right now, Hindus are 90 crore more, compared to Muslims.
What else you can say! That's the sole agenda, this sort of obsession. What development, job, future, they are content and happy doing this. This society.
Humble request to
@Javedakhtarjadu
--Atheists shouldn't pose as Muslim.
Unfair to be 'cultural Muslim' one day, Qn & scold Muslims who face hate, food policing & lynchings next day, blame victims, get applause from right wing in public events, fake equivalence. Atheism aside..1/2
STORY OF HYDERABAD: How many of you know that Hyderabad was much bigger in size and population than Delhi before independence?
In 1941, it was in top 4 cities. Then partition took place. Operation Polo in 1948. Deccan, from Latur & Osmanabad up to Gulbarga, impacted after
Akhilesh Yadav says he would boycott NPR, won't fill form, taking cue from non-cooperation movement. "Neither me, nor any SP worker will fill it". Complete boycott.
We stopped again at his shop. This time we talked. He said his name is Ram Ghulam.
I said, 'nice name'. He said, 'Ek Maulana sahab ne rakha. He was my father's friend'.
"Jab bade hue kai rishtedaron ne kaha badal lo. Ham kyoon badlein apna naam'
Bypass chauraha, Shahjahanpur, UP
Indore has one of the highest cases in India, after two metros--well over 600. No Jamat link. Cases because 'international travellers hid the travel history & factors we all know'. Link to initial part is below. Complete story is not online yet on website
News 18: अनपढ़ या शातिर? ये मैथ नहीं जानते, छोटा ग्रुप या अल्पसंख्यक की तादाद में कम इज़ाफ़ा, परसेंट में ज़्यादा नज़र आता है, जैसे कोई 1 है और मिनिमम 1 बढ़ा तो दो हुआ, आप दुगना या 100% कह कर डराइए जबकी मेजोरिटी 100 से 130 हुई, डिफ़रेंस और बढ़ गया मगर परसेंट में 30 ही बढ़ा. 1/3
Dear
@RahulGandhi
,
Kindly raise them in Parliament & on streets:
1. Misuse of laws like UAPA
2. Demolition of houses
3. Lynchings
4. Food choice [Veg, non-veg]
5. Unemployment
6. Farmer suicides
7. People in jail sans trial
8. Hate crime
9. Education cost
10. Water--Future plan
1. Fortunate are those who saw Mohammed Azharuddin play in his prime, his wrists, the art of batting, fearlessly attacking bowlers and doing it artistically.
2. He gave tremendous joy to spectators. In 1985, it was the first week of February. Azharuddin hit three consecutive
*There is a FB group with 3.31 lakh members in it, mostly from Bhopal and nearby districts.
*Posts that give call to boycott minority business, even minority owned pharm companies.
*These posts are liked, supported by my childhood friends. I don't, at all, get angry or hurt now.
Saghir Ahmad Sattar, 53, who had come to India, as part of Tablighi Jamat, and was facing court case, for months, dies of cardiac arrest, says this report.
He hailed from Bangladesh. Just a day ago, court had acquitted him, the report further says. Who is responsible?
This photo was clicked in 2014, a year after
#Muzaffarnagar
riots, the victims were going from Palda relief camp, where they had been staying after violence, to Kutba, their hometown.
They reached the village, saw their abandoned homes, and came back to the relief camp after
MESSAGE: Next time you're beaten up or escape getting lynched, be thankful that you're alive, don't go to file FIR, silently go home.
They can claim that you were the most hardened criminal, assault was justified, use channels to defame. Then, get you booked under NSA or UAPA!
Tahri is a unique dish and highly underrated. Fact is that from Ghazipur to Gulbarga, it remains a favourite in lakhs of households.
There's slight variation in cooking but mostly eaten with dahi or raayta & dhania or pudina chutney. People in Deccan..
#Tahri
#Tehri
#Food
1/n
भास्कर की हेडलाइन देखिये, जैसे विरोध गलत है. स्कूल पढ़ाई के लिए बने हैं या यह सब थोपने के लिए. क्यूँ बार बार लाने की कोशिश की जा रही है. ऐक्टिविटी के नाम पर स्पोर्ट्स होते थे, पीटी होती थी, योग करवा लीजिये, जिसको करना है वॉलंट्री करे, नहीं करना, न करे. ज़बरदस्ती क्यों? ...
1/2
Where else, except Deccan! That's Yousufain in
Hyderabad. The calligraphy, the art, the place. Also, Jahaa.n Ustaad, legendary Urdu poet Daagh Dehlvi is also buried here.
#Hyderabad
#HyderabadTravelogues
Impact of partition on cities was such that Muslim population that was more urban saw big decline.
Gujarat, Deccan apart if we start from UP, Lucknow had Hindus 54%, Muslims 43%, rest 3% in 1941. Muslim population dropped by over 15% points by 1951. Agra saw worst drop.. 1/n
It's a million plus city now. So what if we don't have Census in 2021, but we know it. The town that reminds of the Nigaah-e-Nargis and tresses of Sumbul [Gesu-e-Sumbul].
@AnupamPKher
ऐसी ही सोच वाले होते हैं जो लड़की के साथ किसी रिश्तेदार के द्वारा शोषण पर कहते हैं कि 'समाज, घर की बात है, घर में रहने दो, चुप रहो'. 'जो हो रहा है, होने दो'. नेशनल क्राइम रिकार्ड ब्यूरो के आंकड़े देखिये.
I respect
@Jairam_Ramesh
sb, a lot. But AIMIM fought few seats & didn't harm Congress.
No party has right to all votes, many parties are needed. Sometime voter wants VOICE, ALLY, not win. NSUI, YC, didn't stand with us when bulldozers came. They dont stand in front of BD, VHP 1/n
वह तो इत्तफ़ाक़ है, बिज़नेसमैन या 'हमारा जैसा', पढ़ा लिखा, तो सब को लगने लगा 'गलत हुआ', वरना गरीब, आदिवासी, गाँव का आदमी या मुसलमान, कोई कम पढ़ा लिखा होता तो?
'साज़िश करने आये थे', 'भनक लगी', 'मौके पर पहुंचे', कार्रवाई की', सब मान लेते, सवाल ही नहीं उठता. कोई सोचता ही नहीं है.
People are uninformed & insensitive. If there is a colony of middle class or rich, despite all violations, it will never get shifted & will be regularised.
But if its lower middle class or poor, then anyone can claim that they are 'encroachers' even after fifty years. Actually..
@vinodkapri
@MMuffasir
Those who gave undertaking to SC that Babri Masjid won't be touched, themselves led the demolition.
They became MPs, CMs, Union Ministers, sat on all constitutional posts, yes, even Governors.
But they were all respectfully termed as LAWMAKERS & leaders, names taken with
Hakim Khan Sur, who was the general of Maharana Pratap, and fought against the Emperor's army led by Raja Man Singh.
A valiant commander, Hakim Khan belonged to Suri dynasty. He'd promised Rana Pratap that he won't leave sword and even after death, he was holding it so tightly,
A day in Lucknow. Advocate Kalim Shikoh remembers and recites the 'naat' written by Josh Malihabadi in presence of Ainul Haider sb alias Zia Miyan. It's a long one, just a small part is being shared here.
#Poetry
#Lucknow
#JoshMalihabadi
For the first time I see real understanding & anger among people about propaganda network ANI that distorts, deforms news.
Everyone talking aout Agenda News of India, ANI, how it selectively reports or avoids some facts. In crime names mentioned on basis of person's faith?
@ANI
*An IAS officer tests positive, is in hospital, an MLA had symptoms, CM in self quarantine but all these stories get buried.
*Little media coverage, silence. No channels reporting. Others blamed even if just tested & no report but termed 'Corona suspects'
Though media paints a different picture, the reality is that 100 crore people in India are non-vegetarians. Muslims are barely 25 crore.
Now all communities and castes are into the meat, mutton and chicken business. Earlier, certain castes dominated. Economy, Employment
No. Not part of history, though it can be an attempt to rewrite and distort history.
Rani Kamlapati, after her husband Nizam Shah's death, had sought help from Dost Mohammad Khan to fight enemies. He helped her, it's documented history.
#Bhopal
#History
रानी कमलापति की बुद्धिमत्ता,साहस और अद्वितीय शासकीय गुणों से हम सभी परिचित हैं। उन्होंने जल समाधि लेकर नारी सम्मान के साथ-साथ धर्म और संस्कृति की भी रक्षा की।
भोपाल रियासत का गौरव 'गोंड रानी कमलापतिःभोपाल की अन्तिम हिन्दू रानी' के विषय में मेरे विचार...
In SRK college in Firozabad, authorities ban burqa. Principal stands at gate, holding baton & targets girls wearing the veil, asking them to go back. Cops stand & ask girls to take off veil at the bus stand outside. 1/2
#UttarPradesh
@anjanaomkashyap
Good that now you speak. Have you said a word about Asif Sultan in the last 2-3 years?
Did you pay attention when Siddiq Kappan was in jail. What about TCN's Irfan and others who are/were in jails or booked.
*If there is an incident--discrimination or injustice, it is the job of the Opposition to take strong stand, fight legally and act
*Especially, in that state, particular town. UP has no less than 3 Opposition parties, in fact, more. But where is the will, aggression, response!
@timand2037
@rulajebreal
Barbaric. Disgusting. This cop needs to be in prison for at least 7-10 years and dismissed from service.
How is it that jury or judge treated him so leniently. Unbelievable that a country with such a good image has such judicial system
@irfhabib
It's sudden, spontaneous and when scores of louts gather, heckle, you expect person to say a particular and very politically correct line. She stayed strong and expressed resistance to bullying, said what she felt at the moment. 'God is Great', that's what she said. Well said.
@YRDeshmukh
One who does not get horrified by Babu Bajrangi's acts, nor disgusted by support for killers of Jammu girl, garlanding of rapists of Bilqis Bano, a terror suspect in election or killings over choice of food, lynchings, feel anything for innocent children, victims in Gaza?
The man who ruled millions of hearts in his lifetime and even after.
An exceptional person, one of the most celebrated artiste, yet, so down-to-earth and humane, didn't live long.
Born in Amritsar district in Punjab in 1924. He reigned over the world of music. Passed away in