The musical play Jo Dooba So Paar, directed by Ajitesh Gupta and Mohit Agarwal, blends storytelling and qawwali to explore Amir Khusrau’s life, his bond with Nizamuddin Auliya, and the spiritual origins of qawwali.
Ainnie Arif
About The Author
Ainnie Arif is a journalist covering diplomacy and international affairs with a South Asian lens. She focuses on how global events intersect with regional politics and local impact.
About The Author
Ainnie Arif is a journalist covering diplomacy and international affairs with a South Asian lens. She focuses on how global events intersect with regional politics and local impact.
Key schemes and institutions saw higher allocations, including Rs 23,100 crore for Saksham Anganwadi and POSHAN 2.0, Rs 28.44 crore for the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
BY Ainnie Arif 1 February 2026
The Government of India has rejected the Global Hunger Index as methodologically flawed, arguing that child-focused indicators cannot be extrapolated to measure overall hunger.
BY Ainnie Arif 30 January 2026
Remembering Lankesh is a call to defend free expression, demand accountability, and ensure that silencing one voice does not silence the truth.
BY Ainnie Arif 29 January 2026
A symbol of power, pragmatism and provocation, he played a key role across governments, navigating complex coalitions, driving infrastructure and irrigation projects, and an inside knowledge of bureaucracy.
BY Ainnie Arif 28 January 2026
The penguin’s origins lie in Werner Herzog’s 2007 documentary Encounters at the End of the World, which captured the animal’s inexplicable march towards the Antarctic interior — behaviour ecologists could not explain.
BY Ainnie Arif 27 January 2026
Contemporary political realities, including centralisation, the use of constitutional provisions, and debates over secularism, continue to test the promises of Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity embedded in the opening words: “We, the People of India.”
BY Ainnie Arif 26 January 2026
It may be the bone of contention between EU and the US, but Washington’s interest in Greenland dates back nearly two centuries and intensified during the Cold War, when it became central to NATO’s northern defence architecture.
BY Ainnie Arif 19 January 2026
Despite being nominated numerous times by lawmakers and foreign leaders for peace initiatives involving North Korea, West Asia, South Asia and other regions, Trump has never been awarded the prize.
BY Ainnie Arif 17 January 2026
Gig worker representatives say extreme delivery timelines fuel rash driving, accidents and algorithmic penalties
BY Ainnie Arif 14 January 2026
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