#WebQoof | A part of #UddhavThackeray's speech was given a spin to mislead that he called Aurangzeb, the Mughal emperor, a martyr who died for the country. However, he was talking about an Indian soldier. Read our fact-check here.
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"Bombay Bakery was founded by a man named Kumar Thadani, who was a well-known philanthropist, socialised selectively and remained unmarried until his death in 2010. Yet, he left many to mourn his passing."
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ik lafz-e-mohabbat kā adnā ye fasānā hai
simTe to dil-e-āshiq phaile to zamānā hai
-Jigar Muradabadi
Visted the final resting place of the great UrduPoet Syed Ali Sikandar Zigar Muradabadi at Topkhana ,Gonda.Zigar,born in Muradabad died in the city of his teacher Asghar Gondvi
@irfhabib@Pawankhera@dhume His jail notes are eye opening. I cannot comprehend how a 21 year old could think like that. Challenging Capitalism, Gods , and Brits at that age. He was a century ahead of his time. If he had lived, we'd have a very different story as a country
@irfhabib@dhume When Sadat Hasan Manto decided to leave India because of growing communal violence, his friend Shyam Chadda picks up bottle of beer from his table & asks him
"Saale waise bhi tum konse bade musalmaan ho, Jo tum Pakistan ja rahe ho"
"Itna toh hun ki maara ja sakun" Manto replied
This is what Bhagat Singh wrote about the press in 1928, and he was just 21 years old. He was also a student leader besides being an iconic revolutionary. @dhume
A Beauty in a Garden Setting,
by Muhammad Ali
watercolour, ink& gold on paper
mounted as an album page
Mughal, Agra,
c.1625
Edwin Binney 3rd Collection
"The gentle mood& subtle tonalities of this tinted drawing are in keeping with the tastes of Jahangir"
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