Hyderabad Charminar in Bukhara
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Introducing Hyderabad Airlines (Omer Daraz KhaN) -
air-hostess: Ruksana Begum Aadaab.
Ye Hyderabad Airlines ki udaan Dilli ke liye ravana hongi.
Aaapke kaptan Chand Pasha hain . aur mai, Rukhsana Begum.
...
Ab ye jahaaz hai so udnewala hai.
Samjhe nai?
Sab jane beltaan baandleo.
Bacchon ku khamoosh? bithaleo.
Aur kalma padlete baitho, kaiku bole toh, hamare kaptan aajeech pilot bane, aur ye unki pehli udaan hai.
Magar fikar nakko karo, apan kaisa toh bhi Dilli pahunch jayinge
Jahaaz jab tak teda rahinga beltaan kholo nakko aur baitheso jage se ?utho nakko.
Aap gir-vir gaye toh bhot musibat hongi.
Agar raste mein oxygen ki kami ho gayi toh oopar chhat se ek pipe giringa.
Usku dekh ke daro? nakko.
Kahin 'Saanp, saanp!' bolke, jahilon ke vaisa chillao nakko.
Usko naak ke andar? ghusake saans lete raho.
Aur koi bhi pareshani hui toh aapke seat ke oopar ek button hai, dekho.
Magar usku dabao nakko.
Uthko yaan saamne aako jo bhi haiso merese pooch leo:
pani ka ghada kahaan hai,
chaddar-takiya kahaan hai,
chai-samose milinge kya .
kuchhki bhi pooch le sakte
A.C. toh vaiseechh bhi kaam nai karrae.
Magar bomdiyaan nakko maro.
Tumare ghar me?bhi AC nai hai.
Nai so adat kaiku daalna?
Baad mein pareshani hoti.
Agar toilet rukrae nai to rokne ki poori koshish karo.
Nikal gaya toh dusre musafiron ku pareshaani ho jati.
Chambu bazu wale seat ke ?neeche hai.
Comot pe saleeqe se baitho, jahilon ke jaisa ukdu mat baitho - ye qadamcha nai hai, samjhe nai?
Ab thhodi der mein tabarruk batinga:
baghara khana aur kaddu ka dalcha.
Sabku milta,? pukara nakko karo.
Jage pe baithke topiyon mein le lo.
Shukriya sab logon ka Hyderabad Airlines pe udhne ke liye.
Mera naam Ruksana Begum
source: Orkut
======= Hyderabad Airlines air-hostess:
Aadaab.
Ye Hyderabad Airlines ki udaan Dilli ke liye ravana hongi.
Aaapke kaptan Chand Pasha hain . aur mai, Rukhsana Begum.
...
Ab ye jahaaz hai so udnewala hai.
Samjhe nai?
Sab jane beltaan baandleo.
Bacchon ku khamoosh bithaleo.
Aur kalma padlete baitho, kaiku bole toh, hamare kaptan aajeech pilot bane, aur ye unki pehli udaan hai.
Magar fikar nakko karo, apan kaisa toh bhi Dilli pahunch jayinge
Jahaaz jab tak teda rahinga beltaan kholo nakko aur baithe jage se utho nakko.
Aap gir-vir gaye toh bhot musibat hongi.
Agar raste mein oxygen ki kami ho gayi toh oopar chhat se ek pipe giringa.
Usku dekh ke daro nakko.
Kahin 'Saanp, saanp!' bolke, jahilon ke vaisa chillao nakko.
Usko naak ke andar ghusake saans lete raho.
Aur koi bhi pareshani hui toh aapke seat ke oopar ek button hai, dekho.
Magar usku dabao nakko.
Uthke yaan saamne aake jo bhi haiso merese pooch leo:
pani ka ghada kahaan hai,
chaddar-takiya kahaan hai,
chai-samose milinge kya .
ab dekho mein bhi bewa hoon na tau mera number day ditiyoon hona tau
kuchhki bhi pooch le sakte
A.C. toh vaiseechh bhi kaam nai karrae.
Magar bomdiyaan nakko maro.
Tumare ghar me bhi AC nai hai.
Nai so adat kaiku daalna?
Baad mein pareshani hoti.
Agar toilet rukrae nai to rokne ki poori koshish karo.
Nikal gaya toh dusre musafiron ku pareshaani ho jati.
Chambu bazu wale seat ke neeche hai.
Comot pe saleeqe se baitho, jahilon ke jaisa ukdu mat baitho - ye qadamcha nai hai, samjhe nai?
Ab thhodi der mein tabarruk batinga:
baghara khana aur kaddu ka dalcha.
Sabku milta, pukara nakko karo.
Jaghe pe baithke topiyon mein le lo.
Chalo ab niklenge apan.
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Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organizing a three day national seminar on “Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: A Multifaceted Thinker” from November 19 to 21, 2012. Photo, courtesy, Siasat
MANUU is among six universities in the country where Maulana Azad chair is established to propagate the legacy and work of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, freedom fighter and India’s first education minister.
Prof. Suleman Siddiqui, Professor of the Chair and Former Vice Chancellor of Osmania University addressed a press conference at MANUU campus to inform about the event.
Siddiqui said the idea of conducting the seminars on Maulana Azad works is to identify those areas on which little or no work has been done on Azad’s disposition. He also said that this seminar will help the interested researchers to identify the libraries and private collection where new material on Azad is available.
The seminar is divided in three sessions; the first session will be on ‘Maulana Azad on politics, the second day’s session will be on ‘Maulana Azad on religion’ while the third day sessions would focus on ‘Maulana Azad on education and journalism.’
The seminar is divided in three sessions; the first session will be on ‘Maulana Azad on politics, the second day’s session will be on ‘Maulana Azad on religion’ while the third day sessions would focus on ‘Maulana Azad on education and journalism.’
Three day photo gallery and book exhibition exclusively on Maulana Azad at the Library Auditorium will be inaugurated. “An Evening with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Screening of the Play,” an Urdu solo by Tom Alter will be presented during the seminar evening.
Prof. Suleman Siddiqui also said that the main purpose of the seminar is to develop a high class, technology equipped research center at the Urdu University.
He also said Mualana Azad Chair at MANUU has already taken up the translation work of Maulana Azad’s literature, and has commissioned its first book ‘Maulana Azad’s Contribution to Education in General and Higher Education in Particular.’
Azad Chair is also maneuvering for the establishment of the Directorate of Translation at Urdu University.
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TNN Jun 28, 2012, THE TIMES OF INDIA
Extract:
HYDERABAD: There is hectic activity going on at the Mahtab Mahal of Chowmahalla Palace. Inside the freshly painted gigantic mahal, staffers are busy unloading an array of timeworn books from the huge wooden trunks of the Asaf Jahi period. These books, neglected for over four decades, were recently shifted from the Nazri Bagh and Chiran Palace to Chowmahalla, their new home. Palace officials said that in about two months Mahtab Mahal will transform into a library with a rare and valuable collection of books belonging to the Asaf Jahi Nizams who loved literature and were poets themselves. They said that research scholars will now be able to turn the pages of history, literally.
It had a dining hall, living room, an English and Indian darbar apart from a bedroom. "The mahal has been converted into a library. This royal library is coming up in the palace with rare books dating back to the 16th century. A web directory is also being created," said G Kishan Rao, director, Chowmahalla Palace. Research scholars can make use of the facility, he added...
...While there was a large collection of books at Falaknuma Palace as well, it has been converted into the Palace Library, a replica of the one at Windsor Castle, on the same premises.
Even this library at Falaknuma Palace is home to the rarest of manuscripts, books and one of the most acclaimed collections of the Quran in the country, all of which were selected by the Nizam himself.
Read more: Times of India or click here
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April 11, 2012, religiousindia.com
A social need and religious responsibility of all to prevent violence in all forms and strive for integration and harmony amongst all sections of society.
In response to the communal violence that took place in Hyderabad on Sunday after communal clashes broke out following the desecration of a place of worship at Madannapet, resulting in heavy stone-pelting and brick batting, a group of religious leaders (COVA = Confederation of Voluntary Associations) including Bro. Varghese SG of MSI came together for a Press Conference and issued a press statement that was reported in the papers.
... Religious Leaders of all Faiths to Jointly Cleanse / Repair Any Desecrated Places of Worship in AP continue reading
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The City Museum, an extension of the Nizam's Museum at Purani Haveli, was thrown open to the public on Monday offering a riveting slice of history to its visitors... More at the official Website http://www.hehnmh.com/city-museum - Hear Muffakham Jah, at this inauguration.
Hau (yes), nakko (no) and kaiku (why), are words still widely used by Hyderabadis. The words may sound like Bambaiyya Hindi but they are in fact Deccani Urdu. Not many locals will know the story of their own tongue. Deccani Urdu is a mix of Persian, Turkish Arabic, Khari Boli, Sanskrit and Punjabi, later influenced by Marathi. You would know this if you visited Hyderabad’s new City Museum.
It is an initiative of the Nizam’s Jubilee Pavilion Trust, a non-profit formed in 1957. “The Trust came up with the idea of a City Museum for tourists to acquaint themselves with the history and cultural heritage of the city,” says chairman (Prince) Muffakham Jah.
Documented history says a city first arose here when Golconda fort was built by the Kakatiya kings (11th-14th centuries CE). Modern Hyderabad began as a garden suburb outside Golconda, built by a Qutb Shahi sultan in 1591. A century later the Mughals took over, and after them the Asaf Jahs ruled Hyderabad until Independence. Under the Asaf Jahs the city grew rich trading diamonds, pearls and handicrafts.
But Hyderabad is much older than this history suggests. In 2004, ancient objects were dug up in the IT suburb of Gachibowli. “Few Hyderabadis may know that 4,000 years ago the entire area of the city was inhabited,” says Jah. Jah is the grandson of the last Nizam. “The Museum is all about the city, its people, their creations, achievements and lifestyle.”
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