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I would say I am culturally European (with a large squeeze of desi thrown in for flavour) and religiously a Muslim.

I indulge in reading and writing and poetry to keep me sane. Otherwise, my state is summed up by Umar Khayyam`s words:

Na din u na duniya u na umid i behisht daaram...

Random Thoughts: My three main interests are Literature, Beauty, and Religion--a potent combination! I am a bit of a snob and an aesthete.....

Truth is Beauty--Beauty Truth (Keats)
Verily God is Beautiful and He loveth beauty (hadith)

To find out more email me....

The glare of Western sciences could not confuse my vision,
For the dust of Medinah and Najaf is the collyrium of my eyes.

Khaira na kar saka mujhe jalwa e danish e Farang
Surma hai meri aankh ka khaak e Madina o Najaf (Iqbal)

Favorite Reading: Hadaiq e Bakhshish, LOTR, Lolita, Spring Snow, Atomised...
Favorite Writers: Imam Ahmad Rida Khan, Rumi, Iqbal, Tolkien, Nabokov, Keats, Houellebecq

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Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb: Bad Ruler or Bad History?

By... Jul 24 2008
Aditya,
Thanks for this. It was superb. Really kept me... Jul 24 2008
The original line of the Farsi hemistich in the main... Jul 24 2008
BJ,
I think your comments are unfair vis-a-vis Iqbal. He... Jul 24 2008
It was a witty piece in places but, I must... Jul 20 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcrVfBfAAk... Mar 12 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuV2TNYe97c
... Sep 11 2007
The Baburnama online

for all proud Muslims! Oons... Sep 10 2007
... Sep 2 2007
inna lillaha wa inna ilayhi raj'iun.
The sad news reached... Sep 1 2007

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