Dastangoi is the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Mahmood Farooqui and team are reviving it in modern times. https://t.co/o1vNHssPmB. RTs are not endorsements
Jul 7, 2021 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
The fount of Acting for all generations who came after him
The acme of grace, polish and sophistication
A reader and intellectual
The Social Activist, the anguished and vocal citizen, the relief worker
Aaj jo sarguzasht hai apni
Kal uski kahaniyan banengi
RIP #DilipKumar
As he had long promised Raj Kapur danced on his knees for his beloved 'Lalle's wedding. Friends since College, Raj Kapur would always be surrounded by girls and invite a very shy Dilip Kumar to join him, but when Raj Kapur had a heart attack, while receiving his Dada Phalke award
Sep 9, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"This did not mean that I loved black people; on the contrary, I despised them, possibly because they failed to produce Rembrandt."
The words are of #JamesBaldwin but they speak of the colonised people everywhere, even those who have risen to power in our world
In the autobiographical notes of Notes on a Native Son, #JamesBaldwin is frank to confess that, in growing into his version of manhood in Harlem, he discovered that, since his African heritage had been wiped out and was not accessible to him
