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21 August
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Ismat Chughtai was born.
Ismat Chughtai: The Corner Never Goes Back Down
In 1942, Ismat Chughtai published a short story in an Urdu literary journal about a woman whose husband ignores her while she finds warmth and companionship under a…
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Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: The Limit That Changed Stellar Physics
Dive into the dramatic Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar biography, the Indian genius whose discovery was suppressed for 50 years by his own mentor. Learn how he predicted Black Holes decades…
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Indian musician.
Ustad Bismillah Khan: How the Shehnai Became His Lifelong Prayer
Every morning for most of his ninety years, Ustad Bismillah Khan walked to the Vishwanath Temple on the banks of the Ganga in Varanasi and played his Shehnai…
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