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13/02/2026

30/01/2026

The saint's body departed this world on 30th January 1948 but his ideas are much more present than they were when he was in this world.

गांधी मजबूरी नहीं मजबूती का नाम है।



Mukarram Husain

Gandhi Bhavan

24/01/2026

delivering message of

तुम मुझे खून दो मैं तुम्हें आजादी दूंगा



Mukarram Husain

23/01/2026

In 1943, deep inside the forests, I suddenly saw the barrel of a gun emerge from the bushes. Without thinking, I jumped in front of Netaji. Three bullets hit me. I fell unconscious… and when I opened my eyes, Netaji was standing beside me. Captain Lakshmi Sehgal had removed the bullets from my body.”

Moved by his extraordinary courage and loyalty, Netaji honored Nizamuddin with the title of ‘Colonel.’ From that day on, he was not just a soldier — he became Netaji’s driver, bodyguard, and a trusted aide who stayed by his side in the most dangerous times.

A silent hero.
A fearless protector.
A story of devotion written in bullets and bravery.

Copied from the wall of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre

14/01/2026

वो कारनामा जो इतिहास की किताबों में दबा रह गया…
जो काम रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद और भगत सिंह जैसे महान क्रांतिकारियों ने करने की योजना बनाई,

लेकिन परिस्थितियों के कारण पूरा न कर सके —
वही काम एक अकेले इंसान ने कर दिखाया।
ना कोई संगठन, ना कोई हथियारबंद दल… सिर्फ़ हौसला और जज़्बा।

उस शख़्स का नाम था — शेर अली अफरीदी।

इतिहास का वो पन्ना जिसे जानबूझकर हल्का कर दिया गया
ना स्कूल की किताबों में उनका ज़िक्र है,
ना उनकी जयंती या पुण्यतिथि मनाई जाती है,
यहाँ तक कि ज़्यादातर “क्रांतिकारियों की सूची” में भी उनका नाम नहीं मिलता।
लेकिन सच्चाई ये है कि —
उन्होंने ब्रिटिश हुकूमत के सबसे ताक़तवर प्रतीक को खत्म कर दिया।

कौन थे शेर अली अफरीदी?
शेर अली अफरीदी खैबर क्षेत्र के रहने वाले थे।
वे एक समय ब्रिटिश पुलिस में भी रहे।
एक पारिवारिक मामले में सज़ा मिलने के बाद उन्हें
‘काले पानी’ — अंडमान की जेल भेज दिया गया।
जेल की दीवारों के भीतर उन्होंने अंग्रेज़ी ज़ुल्म, नस्लीय भेदभाव
और सत्ता की क्रूरता को बेहद क़रीब से देखा।
यहीं उनके भीतर प्रतिरोध की आग और तेज़ हो गई।
वो शाम जिसने ब्रिटिश साम्राज्य को हिला दिया
8 फ़रवरी 1872 —

ब्रिटिश भारत का वायसराय लॉर्ड मेयो,
अंडमान की जेल का निरीक्षण कर लौट रहा था।
शाम का अंधेरा था, सुरक्षा कड़ी थी।
लेकिन उसी अंधेरे में

शेर अली अफरीदी चीते की तरह झपटे
और अपनी छुरी से वायसराय पर हमला कर दिया।
➡️ लॉर्ड मेयो मारा गया।
➡️ यह इतिहास में किसी वायसराय की एकमात्र सफल हत्या थी।

“मैंने इसे खुदा के हुक्म से मारा है”
गिरफ्तारी के बाद जब उनसे कारण पूछा गया,
तो उन्होंने बिना डर के कहा —
“मैंने इसे खुदा के हुक्म से किया।
ज़ालिम सत्ता के ख़िलाफ़।”
उन्हें मौत की सज़ा सुनाई गई।
लेकिन कहा जाता है कि

उन्होंने फाँसी के फंदे को मुस्कुराकर चूम लिया।
फिर सवाल उठता है — हम उन्हें क्यों याद रखें?

▪ क्योंकि उन्होंने साबित किया कि
कोई भी सत्ता इतनी बड़ी नहीं होती कि उसे चुनौती न दी जा सके।
▪ क्योंकि उन्होंने अकेले वो कर दिखाया
जो साम्राज्य को असंभव लगता था।
▪ क्योंकि अंडमान की धरती पर
उन्होंने शहादत का इतिहास लिखा।
▪ और क्योंकि इतिहास सिर्फ़ किताबों में नहीं,
सच और साहस में ज़िंदा रहता है।
आज ज़रूरत है गुमनाम नायकों को याद करने की
शेर अली अफरीदी

शायद किसी पाठ्यक्रम का हिस्सा न हों,
लेकिन उनका साहस, उनका प्रतिरोध
आज भी रोंगटे खड़े कर देता है।



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Mukarram Husain

13/01/2026

Nikkhil Advani direction of the series, adapted from the book of the same name written by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, brings certain characters into question. Although, the series fails to depict the nature of mass resistance towards British rule in India and the atrocities that occurred, such as the frequently occurring plague and issues affecting women. And also shies away from questioning the communal politics of the Mahasabha.

1. very convincingly portrayed , particularly his continuous struggle with cough. From 1937 onwards, or some years prior, Jinnah used disruptive strategies to create barriers for the Congress. He often utilized Liaqat Khan to incite violence, resulting in riots that affected both Hindus and Muslims, especially women. Liaqat obeyed Jinnah's orders religiously. Notably, Jinnah is shown consuming alcohol in several scenes.

2. beautifully portrayed , although Ben Kingsley's portrayal of Gandhi was incomparable. Gandhi wielded significant power in Congress's policy affairs over Nehru and Patel. Azad maintained a good relationship with Gandhi. While Patel viewed matters practically, Gandhi reminded him that their fight was for the country, not power.

3. effectively characterized , who admired Gandhi but became more assertive in his engagements with Jinnah in the mid-1940s. Nehru often shown helpless when it comes to dealing with Jinnah and often talks very loudly when meeting with him. Not to be forgotten how Nehru sabotaged the 1946 Cabinet Mission Plan, the last hope to keep a united India and then Jinnah pulls out league out of the CMP.

4. played , who respected Gandhi but did not admire him like Nehru and Azad did. Patel had practical perspectives but supported Nehru's views and occasionally acted as a father figure to him.

5. played , who remained largely silent throughout the series, except for the Jama Masjid Juma Khutba, a clarion call.



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31/10/2025

Sonam Wangchuk selected in TIME 100 Most Ifluential Climate Activist


In the high Himalayas in Ladakh, India, Sonam Wangchuk grew up hearing the stories of his ancestors “moving a mother and father glacier into a cave to make a baby glacier,” he says. Wangchuk went on to become an engineer, educator, and an activist leader, and was arrested in late September for protesting for greater autonomy in the region. But he has also spent the past decade introducing new science to the ancient cultural practice of grafting glaciers to grow new ice.

At 11,500 ft., where life depends on meltwater from quickly shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost, the method of storing ice in shaded areas to create artificial glaciers counters water scarcity and dates back to the 13th century. To modernize the practice, in 2015 Wangchuck ran a mile-long pipe from a glacier stream down into his village. During the winter, the water flows out and freezes into a six-story conical artificial glacier fountain—or an ice stupa, as he named it after the sacred Buddhist dome-shaped shrines.

“Scattered droplets in negative 20-degree air fell down like sand, freezing and naturally forming a cone,” says Wangchuk. As it melts, the ice stupa produces 264,000 gallons of water to support farmers facing climate-induced drought in the critical months of May and June. By 2017, his ice stupas held up to 3.2 million gallons each (measuring 12 stories high) and were being built in surrounding high-altitude desert villages and in Chile, Pakistan, and Nepal. Thanks to Wangchuk’s efforts, for example, climate refugees were able to return to their abandoned village of Kulum, Ladakh.

Freezing pipelines, however, have required villagers to manually unclog them in the bitter cold. To solve this, Wangchuk developed “smart stupas.” Deploying a system of motorized valves run by a central processing unit, and a new weather station, built by local college students, the stupas now automatically detect blockages and drain the pipes in cold temperatures. The affordable technology (built for $2,000 each), introduced this year, was just adopted by the Ladakh government and is now in the tendering process to be scaled and deployed across the region.

20/10/2025

Nehru stands tall enough to face every challenge thrown on.

18/10/2025

Famous historian Dr. Tara Chand in his famous book HISTORY OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA(2961) writes,
“The doubtful credit for twisting Sir Syed’s original policy and directing it into communalist channels must be given to Principal (Theodore) Beck and his English colleagues. They preached to their students day in and day out, hatred of the Hindus and loyalty to the British and they propagated fear and jealousy of the Hindu intellectuals and the Hindu majority. The Patriotic Association consisting of members of both communities inaugurated by Sir Syed was replaced by the Muhammadan Anglo-India Defence Association at the behest of Beck who became its first Secretary. Unfortunately, some writers both in India and Pakistan have spread the baseless calumny that Sir Syed was the father of the two nation theory.”


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