Naye Saal Ke Naam
Governments will come and go,
The nation will survive.
In solidarity with those protesting against the CAA and NRC laws.… Read More Naye Saal Ke Naam
Governments will come and go,
The nation will survive.
In solidarity with those protesting against the CAA and NRC laws.… Read More Naye Saal Ke Naam
तुम्हारे जाने के बाद कई दिनों तक तो दिल उदास रहा, और मुझे ये उम्मीद लगी रही कि शायद तुम वापस आओगी और सब कुछ पहले जैसा हो जाएगा।
I woke up to an empty bed,
No crumpled sheets, no strands of hair.
I wish I had just woken dead
And never known you won’t be there.… Read More To my Love who left me, without a Good-bye
A young man with a stubble ambled across the restaurant and sat opposite me. I was in the quaint little town of Surendranagar in Gujarat for a field visit during my internship with Pepsi. My visits involved going from restaurant to restaurant and understand their apprehensions about my employer. It was evening. I was at… Read More What’s in a Name
Gurgaon as a city scares me. It is considered unsafe for women because it sees a large number of incidents of assault or harassment of women. It is also a city that I consider unsafe for Muslims now. Just recently, two incidents occurred which made me feel this way — Muslims offering their Friday prayers in an… Read More Can we pray in peace?
What is a fatwa?… Read More The Fatwa Fallacy
31-08-2018, Mumbai, India: Sometimes I feel like rap music is almost the key to ending racism. – Eminem Good Morning Everyone. It’s the Friday Post on a balmy Friday morning. On the edge of Mumbai lies the suburb of Nala Sopara. It had a very glorious past, having served as a crucial port of the… Read More The Muslim Rap
24-08-2018, Mumbai, India: Men are respectable only as they respect. Good Morning Everyone. It’s The Friday Post on a sultry Friday morning. This week, we celebrated Eid-al-Azha, more popularly known as Bakreid. This is the second Eid and also its more controversial one. There is a general outcry against the sacrifice of animals carried out… Read More The Second Eid Post
How Indian Muslims celebrate the Independence Day… Read More The Independence Day Post
A description of the rituals and activities associated with death in Indian Muslim families.… Read More Let’s talk about Death