In the grand tapestry of the Indian subcontinent’s history, there is a persistent tension between the “history of the sword” and the “history of the
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Category: Consciousness
Journey to Jerusalem: Through the Sufi Path
I have written quite a lot about the rather messed-up human history. To this end, I have written extensively about the often-bad role of medieval
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A Tale of a Thousand Years
This is the best of the times, this is the worst of the times. Isn’t it? Indeed, it is. We have never lived in such
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One Hundred Years of Turpitude
The reign of the Banu Umayya is rarely discussed in Muslim gatherings. Sunni lecturers can give a passing reference to this era that spanned almost
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Journey to Jerusalem: Conquest Upon Conquest
My last Journey to Jerusalem article was partly focused on reflecting on events surrounding the year 712 AD and the conquest of SIndh by the
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Journey to Jerusalem: From Indus or Nile
I have written a bunch of articles on this theme about journey to Jerusalem by now. Sometimes I think that Jerusalem is the center of
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Journey to Jerusalem: A Muslim Mistake
I have watched the Schindler’s list twice in my life. When I watched it for the first time, it was more than twenty years ago.
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Journey to Jerusalem: The Misplaced Dome
War in the Middle East, Gaza, is not coming to an end. A few months ago, I wrote a couple of articles about the history
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A Questionnaire for a Turing Test
I came across a questionnaire by the legendary Professor John McCarthy about artificial intelligence. It is called What is Artificial Intelligence. We were reading it
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The Most Hypnotic Chants
In recent years, I began listening to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (NFAK) quite a lot. I remember that during the Christmas of 2018, I
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