The world of arts in South Asia was just coming to terms with the loss of one-half of the Bollywood music duo Wajid Khan to COVID-19 on May 31, and preparing to remember Pakistan’s great writer and intellectual Dr. Enver Sajjad on his first death anniversary on June 6, when I read the news of […]
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) website confused Eid ul Azha with Muharram as an Islamic festival in an obituary for actor Irrfan Khan. It is a factual error where they mentioned Irrfan Khan’s debacle with the Indian Government: “He also upset Muslim leaders by criticising animal sacrifice during the Shia religious festival, Muharram.” Animal sacrifice ritual […]