Oral historian Sohail Hashmi into a new wave of dissent in Urdu poetry at a Delhi workshop earlier this month. ‘It’s asking important questions, raising serious issues.’
Published by Penguin India, 'A Brief History of the Present' by Hilal Ahmed, will be released on 29th July on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.
The incident of a saffron-clad Hindu Mahasabha leader shooting at Gandhi's effigy is only the latest in a city systematically polarised over the last few years.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
I wish Zohran Mamdani would read this. It’s clear as day that his understanding of the issues raised by Mr. Ibn Khaldun Bharati is appalling. People of his upbringing and others of that ilk can always get away with their failure to get to grips with them—the issues so pertinent to any politician in his position—thanks to the fact that they live in places like New York, London etc. By the way, I didn’t know that he is a Shia and comes from Ismaili sub-sect to boot. I cannot recall a single piece by Mr. Ibn Khaldun Bharati that hasn’t taught me something new.
What Mayor Zohran Mamdani is telling New Yorkers is, Let us work together to fix the things that matter to you – housing, transport, childcare, cost of living. It really does not matter where I pray.
I wish Zohran Mamdani would read this. It’s clear as day that his understanding of the issues raised by Mr. Ibn Khaldun Bharati is appalling. People of his upbringing and others of that ilk can always get away with their failure to get to grips with them—the issues so pertinent to any politician in his position—thanks to the fact that they live in places like New York, London etc. By the way, I didn’t know that he is a Shia and comes from Ismaili sub-sect to boot. I cannot recall a single piece by Mr. Ibn Khaldun Bharati that hasn’t taught me something new.
What Mayor Zohran Mamdani is telling New Yorkers is, Let us work together to fix the things that matter to you – housing, transport, childcare, cost of living. It really does not matter where I pray.