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Writings by Mahmood Farooqui

The Yoga Teacher from Tihar

By Mahmood Farooqui · Aug 25, 2021

From time to time Tihar produces inmates who use the educational opportunities there to transform their lives and go on to find work as Artists, Musicians and Teachers. This is the story of one such Tihar success story, but there are many.

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A Few Words About Dilip Kumar i.e. Dilip Kumar ke hawale se chand baatein

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jul 17, 2021

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Review: The Last Gathering by Munshi Faizuddin, translated by Ather Farouqui

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jul 02, 2021

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Review: Fractured Freedom - A Prison Memoir by Kobad Ghandy

By Mahmood Farooqui · Apr 16, 2021

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The last days of S. R. FARUQI

By Mahmood Farooqui · Apr 11, 2021

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Review: Enter Stage Right by Feisal Alkazi

By Mahmood Farooqui · Mar 12, 2021

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Essay: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi - drawing out the colossus

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jan 22, 2021

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Om Puri – A heartwarming story

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jan 07, 2021

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Shams-e Urdu : The Sun of the Urdu World – On The Life and Times of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jan 02, 2021

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Review: Inside the Tablighi Jamaat by Ziya Us Salam

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jul 20, 2020

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Ah Irrfan : ?? ???? ?? ?????

By Mahmood Farooqui · May 11, 2020

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Lockdown Diaries: Perfidy is still at play by Mahmood Farooqui

By Mahmood Farooqui · Apr 26, 2020

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Review: Begunah Qaidi by Abdul Wahid Sheikh

By Mahmood Farooqui · Aug 24, 2019

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Exploring love and desire in Jayasi’s Padmavat through a new book

By Mahmood Farooqui · Jun 27, 2018

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