By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
Thoughtfully titled, Zeyad Masroor Khan’s coming of age memoir ‘City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh’, the word fire in the title of the book captures the riot-prone history of Aligarh and the volatile nature of peace that exists in the town.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
Bilal’s translation is enriched by an extremely well-written and comprehensive introduction about the poem running into more than fifty pages.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
All through the book, Satpathy argues how the very idea of nationalism, which contains many contradictions, is not only a result of some controversies but it also leads to many fresh controversies.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
At a time when the University Grants Commission’s new curriculum of history is receiving a lot of flak for ignoring the contribution of Mughals to Indian society and culture, the value of this book certainly cannot be overestimated.
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