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#Langar is a Persian origin word which means 'an almshouse' or 'a place for the poor and needy',

Practice and institution of Langar was first started by Baba Farid 12th century Punjabi Sufi mystic

The practice of Langar adopted by Sikhism inspired from this Sufi practice

@TimesNow @PadmajaJoshi

An old photo of great story teller Mir
Baqar Ali Dehalvi with title
Marhoom Mir Baqae Ali Dastango Dehalvi with foot note
Zamana bade shauq se sun raha tha. Hami so gaye dastan kahte kahte
Sale Rahlat ba Shehr Khamoshan c 1928
#Dastangoi

Via @tawairkh
#Urdu
#Delhi

#Muslin(Malmal)is cotton fabric of plain weave.
got its name from the city of Mosul,Iraq which the Europeans believed to be its place of origin
However,its origins were actually from #Dhaka

In 17th & 18th centuries,
#Mughal Bengal was the foremost muslin exporter in the world

Rashid ul Khairi at Indian Women Conference held in 1928. :
“I say it openly and plainly:
Let the Muslim men try to crush women to their hearts’ content, but the laws of nature lie beyond their control.
A backlash on the part of women is inevitable.
It will be a moment of crisis

Khairi was the founder of ISMAT (عصمت), a social and literary magazine for women, which served the cause of Muslim women education in India and fought for their legal rights
Khairi's work depicts the circumstances of women,
what they had to face during that time in British India

Begum Akhtar's heavenly rendition of this Shakil Badayuni ghazal
Music : Khayyam

A beautiful #Naat by Shamshad Begum from Movie "Maa Ke Aansu"(1959)

Main so jaaun ya Mustafa kahte kahte
Khule aankh Salle Ala kahte kahte

This Naat became very popular lately as sung by many famous Naat Singers of Pakistan like Owais Raza Qadri

#Muslim
#SufiMusic
#YaMustufa

Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was a freedom fighter and a noted Indian lawyer.
A prominent leader of Congress,who defended Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt as a lawyer, after they threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly

He became first Indian ambassador to USA in 1947

"Tabeeb"
("Tibb":Medicine)
&
"Chaarahgar"
("Chaarah":Treatment)
Two common words used for Doctor in #Urdu

"tadbīr mere ishq kī kyā fā.eda tabīb
ab jaan hī ke saath ye āzār https://t.co/SbjCM1d6vKā

#Mir

Daagh e Dil gar nazar nahi aata
Bu bhi aye charahgar nahi aati

#Ghalib