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By Anuradha Sengupta On a muggy August Sunday, a group of around 52 people took a walk around the old Kolkata neighbourhood of Zakaria Street, observing the decades-old ittar stores and trying out fragrances, noticing the shop’s charming architectural details, and having spontaneous chats with the area’s residents. The walk was part of an ongoing initiative between Kolkata’s Presidency University and …
By Shams Ur Rehman Alavi Hundreds of people who arrive from far-flung areas to the major hospitals in the city for their kin’s treatment, are provided food free of cost from this mosque in Aurangabad. Besides, the destitute and the needy have their meals inside the mosque too–free meals twice a day for anyone irrespective of their faith. This is …
A housing society in Malad comprising around 100 families, led by women, came forward to support a Muslim family after a six-year-old girl from the family came back home crying because a couple of kids refused to play with her as she was a Muslim. Last week, the children gathered in the play area at Royal Oasis society in Mumbai’s …
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By Express News Service The picture of the Tazia and the Gauri immersion processionists shaking hands across opposite sides of a street, that went viral earlier this week, was a scene from Silvassa, a town in the Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli in south Gujarat. The scene was captured by an onlooker from Shahid Chowk on September 10 when …
Two opposing faces of Godhra are now keepers of its peace Flipped Fortunes: Qutbuddin Ansari helps inaugurate Ashok Parmar’s new footwear store Ashok Parmar and Qutbuddin Ansari While Qutbuddin became the Muslim face of the riots, Parmar became the Hindu poster boy The two iconic photographs from the 2002 Godhra riots, which are considered as depicting the communal divide between Hindus …
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A street vendor selling garment on Kochi’s popular Broadway market, who emptied a big chunk of his warehouse to contribute towards flood relief in Kerala, is winning hearts all over the state. At a time when there are disconcerting campaigns in certain corners of the internet asking people not to contribute to government’s flood relief alleging it could go into …
New Delhi: Last week, hundreds of people from a set of lower Assam districts were sent notices by the National Register of Citizens (NRC) authorities to appear in its offices in upper Assam districts for the re-verification of their documents. The final NRC is set for publication by August 31, as per a Supreme Court order. With people, mostly belonging …
Thiruvananthapuram: The month of August started amidst immense uproar and tension as the Rajya Sabha and the President gave his nod to the abrogation of Article 370. With Jammu and Kashmir being split apart and to Ladakh being declared a Union Territory, this month has been full of ups and downs for India and its citizens. While on one side, …
