Kashmir’s fiction guild is a parallel universe frequented by a bunch of wordsmiths lacking good publishers and wide readership. But that doesn’t stop them for meeting and fuelling the literary mood in the valley
The marsiya stands as a monument of cultural and historical significance. One can certainly not become an Iqbal or Faiz by skirting this intellectual continuity.
An erudite scholar, Maulana Mustafa Hussain Ansari would always stress the importance of rational thought in removing cobwebs of ignorance and modernising Muslim society.
“If our youngsters cannot understand the words of these memorable poets because they don’t know Urdu, why not bring the words to them in the language that they do understand?
Commemorative services remind the faithful of the core message behind Imam Husayn’s martyrdom: establishing justice and fighting injustice. Arbaeen also marks an important turning point in the movement of Karbala. This day the Ahlul Bayt reached the land of Karbala after the end of their captivity in Umayad prisons and visited the graves of their beloved. […]
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