The Sacred Geography and Legends of Shahjahanabad

Mehmaan (Guests)
Professor Sami Rafiq: A versatile professor and global advocate for Urdu literature, she is the Founding Editor of Cloverleaf in Canada. Her recent works include a 2022 poetry collection on climate and a 2023 translation of "Farozaan" by Moin Ahsan Jazbi.
Dr. Hilal Ahmed: An associate professor at CSDS, he delves into political Islam and Indian democracy through books like "Muslim Political Discourse" (Routledge 2014) and "Siyasi Muslims" (Penguin-Random House, 2019), shedding light on contemporary Muslim political discourse in India.
Mezbaan (Host):
Dr. Maaz Bin Bilal: Delhi-based writer Dr. Maaz Bin Bilal is a Queen’s University Belfast PhD,explores multiculturalism and diversity in his creative and critical work. Currently writing "Heterodoxies of Friendship in E. M. Forster: Queer and Beyond.

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❤❤❤ Bahut umda program.. ilmi aur adabi aitbar se bahut ahem hai..❤❤❤

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1:14:10 the structure found during metro digging near old iron bridge was not identified as anything. No survey was conducted. There were photographs published in evening news. It was hypothised to be pre mugal era due to the construction material visible and the depth it was found. It is believed the yumuna river flowed there and the main road of Dariyagang could be the river bank.

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The panelists' performance today was a masterclass in taking offense and discourtesy, a performance so familiar to those of us from Professor Maaz's classroom (or if you are particularly unlucky, long hours in his office, oh the horror!) His teachings, often marred by a fragile ego, hypocrisy, and a thinly veiled disdain for women, have evidently left a mark. It’s no mystery why his work haunts my KZbin feed - it's like a bad penny. As for me, I'm still pondering why I sit through it. One particularly vivid memory was when, during a lecture, my sick grandmother's call interrupted us, prompting Maaz to suggest that if my boyfriend couldn't wait 90 minutes to speak to me, he was not boyfriend material. This wasn’t an isolated incident of unsolicited personal commentary. As a reserved 18-year-old, I endured much more than my share of such remarks, a reminder that young women in academia should never have to navigate such waters. Professor Maaz often pontificates on the virtues of liberal governance, yet in the halls of academia, he exemplified nothing short of authoritarianism. An apt metaphor, indeed, for those who preach water and drink wine.