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PM offers 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday offered a chadar at the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti on the occasion of the 801st Urs. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office V......

Sonia Gandhi offers 'chadar' at Ajmer Sharif

All India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi on Monday offered a chadar at the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti on the occasion of the 801st Urs. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot......

Pak advises its citizens against travelling to Ajmer

Pakistan on Friday advised its nationals not to participate in the annual 'urs' at the Sufi shrine in Ajmer after India said it could not ensure their safety and security. Deputy High Commissioner......

Pak: Sufi shrine bomber sentenced to death

A Pakistani court has given the death sentence to the mastermind of a 2010 terror attack on a Sufi shrine in Punjab province that killed over 50 people. An anti-terrorism court in Dera Ghazi Khan......

Pakistan PM in India on March 9 to offer prayers

Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday to offer prayers at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer though no official meetings have been lined up so......

Vote! Bollywood's best sufi songs

In the earliest Bollywood movies, Sufism was represented in the form of qawwali which in turn made its way from dargahs (shrines). Mixing it with pop influences, Hindi movies began using......

Photo: Amitabh visits Ajmer Sharif

Amitabh Bachchan visited the holy Sufi shrine in Ajmer Sharif on Monday when one of his wishes had been 'fulfilled.' Bachchan tweeted that he had visited the shrine 40 years ago. He untied a dhaga,......

The birth of a Sufi singer

Sandip Roy tells the story of Shye Ben-Tzur, an Israeli musician who found his calling in Sufi music."I am not a Hebrew qawaal," says Shye Ben-Tzur. "I've never been one and never will be." But......

Kavita Seth: Wake Up Sid changed my life

Singer Kavita Seth shot to fame with her chart-topping Sufi rendition of Gunja Sa Koi Iktara from the film Wake Up Sid. Today, just a year later, she finds herself one of the......

Bringing Sufi Paranja Katha to life

Prakash Bare is perhaps living his dream. But his journey from a cozy life as a techie to movies has been an eventful one. His maiden Malayalam venture as a producer, Sufi Paranja Katha directed......

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Q. RECENTLY NCP OF SHARAD PAWAR IN A MEETING OF MUSLIMS PRAISED AURANGZEB AND TERMED HIM AS GREAT SUFI SAINT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR PEOPLE AND WHY WE ARE GOING SO LOW, AS AURANGZEB WAS RESPONSIBLE OF GENOCIDE OF HINDUS ON LARGE SCALE?
Ramesh Agarwal: A. more

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Q. Sufism-Why Thursday night is specially sacred to the sufi when all days are His creation ?
Vishwabandhubajpai: A. how does it matter if the praise is going to fetch some votes more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/sufism-why-thursday-night-is-specially-sacred-to-the-sufi-wh/25328217/answers/25570807

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Dance of the Mystics

Sufi dancer Zia Nath whirls for spirituality and healing with reader and Kathak dancer Prajakta Sathe. When 30-year-old Mirror reader Prajakta... ...

http://www.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/art-and-culture/dance-of-the-mystics-78505.html

Gulzar, Indian cinema's most versatile wordsman

From lyrical love ballads to Sufi poetry with a twist, folksy numbers with naughty innuendos, Gulzar painted a landscape of emotions with masterful... ...

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/bollywood-roots/gulzar-indian-cinema-s-most-versatile-wordsman/275696?trendingnow

The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Aurangzeb and The Great Gatsby

The Reluctant FundamentalistCast: Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer SutherlandDirection: Mira NairRating: A... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-reviewthe-reluctant-fundamentalist/1/271674.html

Ajmer Sharif Urs concludes with a message of communal harmony

Urs at the Dargah or tomb of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer was observed with great fervor. The festival had commenced with the... ...

http://www.merinews.com/article/ajmer-sharif-urs-concludes-with-a-message-of-communal-harmony/15885733.shtml

The Luxury Circle

Mustafa's Crystal Computers, which stocks mobile phones, portable devices and accessories, was one of the first retail establishments to open in... ...

http://www.smartinvestor.in/market/Features-176680-Featuresdet-The_Luxury_Circle.htm

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