Firoz Bakht Ahmed

Bishan Singh Bedi was a player, motivator and philosopher!

October 24, 2023

The great magician of spin delivering his unplayable balls and the former captain of the Indian cricket team, Bishan Singh Bedi, at 77, couldn’t deceive the hammer of death the same way, as he mesmerized the famous batsmen of his era, including Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Greig Chappell (Australia), Alvin...

Is Gandhi today meant for tokenism only?

October 2, 2023

Ludicrous scenes of multi-hued political parties’ leaders with brooms in their hands, are being seen doing rounds on television commemorating him regarding “swachhta” (cleanliness)! This won’t do unless there’s cleansing of heart followed by the cleanliness of the poor voters’ stinking areas! Tragedy with Mahatama Gandhi is that he is...

Why kite-flying on August 15?

August 15, 2023

Chali Chali re patang meri chali re! Payam (lover’s message) for the beloved! A kite, largely known as an aerial toy, covered with paper or fabric supported on bamboo strips and flown with a cord, has been capturing the imagination of one and all for centuries. Why kites on 15...

‘HERITAGE MAN’ VIJAY GOEL GIFTS MUGHAL-STYLE HERITAGE PARK TO DELHIITES

April 15, 2022

Grandiose in conception, rugged and massive in outline and opulent in detail, the moment one enters the 9,000 meters odd, Charti Lal Heritage Park between the Red Fort and Jama Masjid, gives one the feeling of being inside the Diwan-e-Aam of a Mughal Emperor. With rich carvings in red stones,...

Focus on rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits

April 9, 2022

It is sad the way Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mocked the “Kashmir Files”, a film that exposed the horrifying struggles of Kashmiri Pandits during the late 1980s and especially on the fateful night of January 19, 1990, when a diktat was announced for them to leave the Valley, leaving...

GHALIB: THE POET OF POETS

December 27, 2021

If 27 December 2021, the fag end of the year is Ghalib’s 225th birth anniversary, it is also the Silver Jubilee of the restoration of Ghalib’s haveli by me through the Delhi High Court PIL in December 1996, where a landmark judgment was given by Justice C.M. Naiyar that Ghalib...

Chetan was a reliable player both in cricket as well as politics

August 18, 2020

Chetan Chauhan Singh — the stylish, wristy and nudgy opening batsman of the Indian cricket team, and the popular BJP leader based in Uttar Pradesh as the Yogi government minister, has become another victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was my childhood hero along with Sunil Gavaskar, Farokh Engineer, Eknath...

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