I got recognized today at Harvard Square redline station, the guy knew my name and about my work for Indian Muslims. I was shocked, because I keep a very low profile here. Andrew, who are you and why have you read my work? the train was leaving so i didn't get the chance to talk

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Hopeless romantics have a place to go in Cambridge now. As for the rest of us, there is MBTA. cambridgeday.com/2024/09/10/har…

cult-based politics lasts for only two generations. build movements not leaders!

we take the kindest people in our lives for granted!

this is nuts!

Looking forward to doing this talk on 14 Sept at an important conference in Hyderabad. There are a few more: at #Hyderabad Central University on 17, Jamia Millia Islamia on 19 & Jawaharlal Nehru University in New #Delhi on 23. Decolonizing

I feel sad for people who don't know Urdu poetry. You are deprived of so much beauty!

the lines below >>>> kulliyat e Shakespeare and of course the classic: aarah hile, chhapra hile, baliya hile la... i am not going to post the second misra, you should all know it already.

Bhojouri is an international language, recognized as the official language of many countries and also multi-faith devotional songs written in this language, below is one such example. There are Bhojouri naats as well.

No One Needs Good Journalism In 2018, I left the comfort of Delhi to start Main Media / मैं मीडिया in one of India’s most backward regions, Seemanchal-Kosi in Bihar. Our mission has been simple yet powerful:

no surprises here but can someone do the same for the last 700 years? that should reveal some interesting insights.

12th c. Berber speakers called the watermelon "Palestine"; their Andalusi Arabic-speaking contemporaries called it "the Palestinian melon". journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publica…

I am sure Pakistan has some good quality non-literary Urdu magazines. can someone please give me some names?

i like this highlighted misra a lot. on par with Ghalib but the second misra is a huge let down. poet: Ahmed Mahfooz

Central to Harvard Station in August 2023 vs today. Thank you Phil Eng for restoring my faith in the Red Line MBTA

actually this is true but we called caramelized onions "Biryan" not Biryani... I don't think I had my first biryani till I moved to Lucknow when I was in 12th grade.