Amir Nisha

When I was at AMU

2010-12-17T22:52:00.001-08:00

When I was at AMU, I never bothered to figure this out but once I was away from AMU after completing my education, I always looked out for Aligs. So, what are the traits that hint at the other person being be an aligarian, too. The question is: How do we search for an Aligarian when we are travelling, staying in a Hotel, visiting public places, and so on. In other words, what rings a bell...

Let me pen down the traits that I use to spot Aligarians in this crowded world.

I look for:

* Someone who carries an AMU tarana ringtone on the cellphone.
* Someone who speaks good Urdu.
* Someone who looks graceful in appearance.
* Someone who greets people with a loud "Salam Alaikum" without feeling shy about revealing his identity.
* Someone who eagerly responds to a "Salam alaikum" with a "Salam alaikum" and not an obvious "Walekum As-Salaam".
* Someone who respects seniors, older people irrespective of their economic status like waiters, rickshaw pullers, or porters.
* Someone who is young but wears Sherwani, maybe, without a cap :-) (Like our Aligarian student union leaders).
* Some who can crack the humorous one liners while watching a movie in a theatre.
* Someone who can talk about any topic under the sun with the same interest and intensity as for his hobby horse.
* Someone who uses words like jugaad, bhasad, intro, backing, lobby, dhaba, chay, +2, PUC, and mass bunk in his/her conversations.
* Someone who adresses other unknown people of his age with "partner" as in: Partner, ye bus kahan jaaegi..

Better Bathroom

2010-12-17T22:36:00.000-08:00

When my home is in the process of renovation, I started searching the internet for the best deals because through this i sves lots of money.

I found some really good items at www.betterbathrooms.com. Their inventory is out of this world and I loved what they had to offer for our period style home. The bath tub I just adore and worked so well in that home. Even though we wanted to keep things in that type of decor, I still love a great free standing shower. Have to be modern sometimes for a betterbathrooms!!

What else I loved about betterbathrooms.com is how they offer Bathroom Suites. Meaning, you can buy you shower, potty and sink all together and my goodness the prices are great!!

The tiles they are offering now are up to 50% off and I love the standard black and white floors. They have stone, travertine and porcelain tiles to choose from. Plus all the items you need to lay those tiles. I really love the under the floor heating in the bathroom. Keeps your feet nice and warm on those cold days.The website betterbathrooms.com have a lot of groups of bathroom furniture. You can discover a lot of groups of modern stage beds, sofas, chairs, vanity units, benches, computer tables, rugs and other more products. You can choose these finished the network through the Internet. They offered free delivery for their clients.

Xbox 360 From Shopwiki

2009-01-01T03:29:00.001-08:00

Shopwiki is a great website on the internet which provides shopping guide to their valuable visitor. With the help of this site the visitors can be able to find the best products for their use I personally think shopwiki is not only the site but it’s a huge virtual store for satisfying our wants.

In this website, we can also have the Xbox 360 as the present in a special day of our child's. This is a game console by which the children can play the favorite games of their own and then it means that this thing is the best choice to be given to them. There are so many various items in this website that are certainly available for the interested visitors such like the wireless controller that will allow the kids without having them confused about the wires use in the conventional controllers.

There are also various selections of the headset that will enable the users to listen to the sound of the game without making any noise so that they can still enjoy the game while there might be some crowded activities in the home. If you are looking for the gifts for their loved ones I think shopwiki is the best place for finding a good gift. So check it today!

Maulana Azad Library, Amu

2009-01-01T03:19:00.000-08:00

The Library complex of the University consists of a Central Library and over 80 college/departmental libraries. Libraries of the colleges, institutes and departments, cater to the needs of postgraduates and students of professional courses.

The University has established Book Banks for the benefit of students of certain professional courses. The Central Library was set up in 1875, when this institution was established as Madarsatul Uloom. In 1877, the Madarsa became Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College. Lord Lytton, the viceroy of India, laid the foundation stone, and the library was named after him as Lytton Library. Eminent scholars like Gardner Brown, Arnold, Releigh, Horowitz, Storey and Auchtelpone functioned as honorary librarians in addition to their teaching responsibilities.
In 1960, it was named as Maulana Azad Library when the first Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, inaugurated its present building. The Seven storied building is surrounded by 4.75 acres of land in the form of beautiful lawns and gardens. It is the most beautiful building of the University and one of the few very attractive libraries in the country. The Library has about 9,00,000 books

The collection consists of books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts, paintings and photographs. M.A. Library performs the functions of a National Library so far as its collection of Oriental manuscripts are concerned. It is because of these rich collections of immense research value that this Library is reckoned among major libraries of the world. The oldest manuscript owned by the library is more than fourteen hundred years old. It is a fragment of the Holy Quran transcribed by Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam and is written on parchment in Kufi script. Another rare collection is the Halnama of Beyazid Ansari, no copy of which is available anywhere else in the world

The Library has a sizeable collection of early printed books in various languages. The most outstanding among them is the Latin translation of the celebrated Arabic work on optics, opticam prafatis, by Ibn-al-Haitham (965-1039) published in 1572

There are several farmans (decrees) of the Mughal kings like Babur, Akbar, Shahjahan, Shah Alam, Shah Alamgir, Aurangzeb etc. Another prized possession of the library is a “Shirt” on which the whole Quran is inscribed in khafi script. This shirt is believed to have been worn by a warrior of Mughal army

Among the large collection of Mughal paintings is the painting of Red Blossom, which is magnum opus of Mansoor Naqqash, the celebrated court artist of Emperor Jahangir. Some valuable Sanskrit works translated into Persian have also been preserved in the library. Other possessions worth mentioning is the Ayurved in Telugu and the Bhasa’s in Malyalam script written on palm leaves. Abul Faiz Faizi, an eminent scholar of Akbar’s court translated several Sanskrit works into Persian, such as Maha Puran, Bhagvat Gita, Mahabharat and Lila Wati, these are also available.

More than 5,000 students, teachers and other members of the university daily visit the library and utilize its services. For further details visit Maulana Azad Library Website

Now M.A libaray gots new developments like centrally air-conditioned reading rooms, the new news paper & magazine reading area on the G.floor, online catalogue search for books from any place with in the library premises (we expect they come on the internet soon) & after all new parking space for cycles & bikes

Affordable Eyeglasses

2008-07-10T11:02:00.000-07:00

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The Famous Marris Road

2008-06-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

Marris Road is indeed one of the most important streets in Aligarh. The distnguished status of this street comes from the beautiful, large and palatial bungalows and Kothis situated on the both sides of this road. According to a very senior Aligarian in Hyderabad, there used to be days when Marris Road was called Paris Road because of the rich and elite who inhabited those bungalows. All of them were highly educated, cultured and sophisticated and had an exquisite taste of art and literature.

Coming to my time of Aligarh, most of these kothis and bungalows had lost their charm and grandeur but some of them simply couldn't resist telling the stories from their glorious past. With vicinity to city's railway station and the most happening commerical area - Centerpoint, most of these kothis are now being shrouded by shops and shopping complexes coming up on the roadsides and in some way, helping the majestic bungalows in hiding their pitiful state.

While, there is one reason which accounts for the loss of value of Marris Road, there is another gaining importance and momentum. The Women's college and Abdullah Hall (AMU Girls' Hostels) have their main gates on Marris Road. Most of new and happening Eating points and dating spots are like adding more taste to the relishing gravy.

So, the reasons may change but M for Marris Road remains the same - the place to be, that is.

Source: Aligarh Nama Blog

Inflatable Party Rentals

2008-05-03T00:22:00.001-07:00

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AMU Tarana

2008-05-03T00:01:00.000-07:00

Aligarh Tarana is to Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) what any college song is to a college. When Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru visited Aligarh Muslim University, he enquired the students and authorities about their college song or something like it. Having got no concrete answer, he expressed his surprise by saying, "It is very strange that a prestigious university as AMU doesn't have its own college song. " These remarks put a student to unrest and he spent a restless night on this idea. The very next morning, he was ready with a masterpiece which went on to be reckoned as AMU Tarana after being sung at the Strachey Hall for the first time. What a tribute from a disciple to his Alma Mater !!! What a face saving act !!! That great student was Majaz Lakhnawi - the poet.

The lyrics of Tarana are here for you to relish. The urdu is impeccable but when sung in chorus with all the vigour, it can move mountains and create waves in the most placid lakes.

3Gb- The Social Network Site

2008-04-19T06:49:00.000-07:00

What makes social network sites unique is not that they allow individuals to meet strangers, but rather that they enable users to articulate and make visible their social networks. This can result in connections between individuals that would not otherwise be made, but that is often not the goal, and these meetings are frequently between “latent ties” (Haythornthwaite, 2005) who share some offline connection. On many of the large SNSs, participants are not necessarily “networking” or looking to meet new people; instead, they are primarily communicating with people who are already a part of their extended social network. To emphasize this articulated social network as a critical organizing feature of these sites, we label them “social network sites.”

Just like in 3gb Communities, it is a social networking site wherein strangers, and people who are registered are liked according to their social status. This includes Like | Dislikes, interests, birthday, hobbies, favorites, and such the like matters. Plus the site includes and or allows users to share their personal interests like in music, pictures, and most of all chatting services which have been the heart of social networking.

So for a while, why can’t you just join 3gb community www.3gb.biz, I mean it’s somehow a better way to start off you social inter networking life across the whole universe. Right? Enjoy meeting new friends, and oh before I forgot, you may also start your DJ career since they’ve created or launch their shoutcast server.

About: Kennedy Hall

2008-04-19T06:23:00.000-07:00

Kennedy Hall is the Central Auditorium of AMU. Apart from screening the award winning movies during the Film Festival, it hosts a plethora of events. The events include Musical Nights, Plays, and interactive sessions with University guests, high-profile alumni and dignitaries visiting the campus.
Performing at Kennedy auditorium is a feat in itself for AMU students. Anyone who could repeatedly perform successfully on this stage would be good enough to face any kind of audience. It's a platform which brings out the best of talents in the country. For that matter, it is not only about Kennedy Auditorium. It could very well be Strachey Hall or any other Literary and Cultural event stage at AMU. AMU audience is ever ready with bouquets in one hand and brickbats in the other. I can go on to the extent of claiming that AMU also nurtures the best critics on acting, singing and oratorical skills. One who is carried on the shoulders for his outstanding talent at AMU has the potential to make it to one of the India's best talents.

My memories of Kennedy Hall include the Film Festivals where the students shouted their favourite movie dialogues in chorus even before the actor would deliver them in the movie scene. I also remember the occasion when the students coerced the Vice chancellor into wearing a cap while addressing the gathering as it was an age old AMU tradition.

SEO & Web Design

2008-04-16T02:33:00.000-07:00

Almost every business in the world now comes on the internet. And related to this many business goes online but you ever think that when your business goes online you can really earn a good profit? Yes this is an interesting question that every good business man thinks because built an website and goes online is not a big work now but providing full visibility to their business website around the internet is really a tough work so regarding this these days the new term comes which is popularly known as Online Marketing. Online marketing contains various steps for providing full visibility to their online business website in other word they use as to promote your website in such a manner that you have good traffic and quality targeted visitors. As I say above that online marketing having various steps and the major one is SEO which is knows as search engine optimization under this online marketing technique the seo company submit your business website on world major search engines with targeted keyword and also work to provide good ranking on the search engine, I personally think this is the most effective technique which is used now these days by the webmasters to provide quality traffic to the website. The other online marketing technique is web design. This is the basic technique and having a long term effect on your site traffic because search engine friendly web design is now these days very important to having a better ranking on search engine, unfortunately if you don’t having a search engine friendly web design your site contents is lately crawled on the search engine. In last, this is very important for any business firm that they having a good seo services and web design company for building their business website. So if you are worried about your site now and want a company for building your website and promote it through SEO, I recommend to check the site of nvisolutions.com.

Sweets n Namkeens of aligarh

2008-02-04T08:46:00.001-08:00

The another famous thing after the locks of aligarh is sweets and namkeens, there are several & delightful sweets as well as namkeens offers in wide categories from tasteful snacks and hot dishes such as ladoo, rasgulla, rasmalai, kesar barfi, son papdi, badam halwa, fruit cream, milk cake and kaju katli to moong ki dal, mathri gol and kaju masala, samosa etc. I think if you on trip of aligarh and dont taste the sweets as well as namkeens, the trip is not completed. Anyone who visits aligarh buys & taste thier untamed sweets n namkeens, At there you can find lots of shops of sweets and namkeens but who are specialize in it are Vikas Sweets at centre point market they offers a delightful array of tasteful snacks and hot dishes such as ladoo, rasgulla, rasmalai, kesar barfi, son papdi, badam halwa, fruit cream, milk cake and kaju katli. All the products are prepared by expert chefs in most hygienic conditions., The other one is Kunjilalal at centre point market where you can find stocks a large variety of crispy, tasty and tempting namkeens, sweets and other eatables. All the sweets are prepared using the traditional method with 100% pure desi ghee which gives the very best and exotic Indian taste. Some of the hot favorites offered are kaju, badam, dry fruits, samosa, moong ki dal, mathri gol and kaju masala, The other sweets amd namkeens shops are Taj Sweets at dodhpur, bobby shop at Amir nisha, Avon Namkeens at Railway Roads. You can find these shop very easily because they are very pouplar among the local peoples.

About : Our Lady of Fatima School

2008-02-04T08:41:00.000-08:00

It is a Catholic school affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education board. It is located at Ramghat road, Aligarh, India.

It was established in 1968 and was the only English medium school during that time in Aligarh. It is managed by Catholic missionary nuns, who are known for their simple life and selfless service to humanity. It has maintained a high standard in teaching and learning disciplines all these years.
It has produced many outstanding students who later received higher qualifications and excelled in their respective fields.

Curriculum

The academic curriculum includes Mathematics, English Language, History and Civics, Geography, Economics, Science, Art, Craft, Hindi, Urdu and Sanskrit (up to Class VIII), Health education, Computer Studies, Moral Science and Physical Health Education.

Class 10 students are prepared for the Central Board of Secondary Education. They sit for Pre-board examination before the CBSE conducted examinations. The books are published by National Council of Educational Research and Training.

Aligarh fort

2008-02-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

The Aligarh Fort, one of the strongest forts in India, is located in the city of Aligarh (The city was earlier named as Kol or Koil). It is also called "Aligarh qila". It is situated on the Grand Trunk road and consists of a regular polygon, surrounded by a very broad and deep ditch .

It was built during the time of Ibrahim Lodhi by Muhammad, son of Umar the governor of Kol, in 1524-25. Sabit khan who was the governor of this region during the time of Farrukh Siyar and Muhammad Shah, further rebuilt the fort.. It became a fortress of great importance under Madhavrao I Scindia in 1759, and was the depot where he drilled and organized his battalions in the European fashion with the aid of French soldier Benoît de Boigne. During the Battle of Ally Ghur, it was captured from the Marathas under the leadership of a French officer Perron by Lord Gerard Lake's British army, in September 1803, since which time it has been much strengthened and improved. In the rebellion of 1857 the troops stationed at Aligarh mutinied, but abstained from murdering their officers, who, with the other residents and ladies and children, succeeded in reaching Hathras .

Now aligarh fort is in the control of Aligarh Muslim University (amu) under the department of botany. Botany deptt uses the fort internal area for maintaining the botany gardens and other plantations. No one can enter in the fort without the permission of the administration of botany of deptt. If anyone want to take closer look of Aligarh fort taker prior permission with the botany deptt which is easily granted.

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan - A Legendry Personality

2008-02-04T08:24:00.001-08:00

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur,(also Sayyid Ahmad Khan)(Urdu: سید احمد خان بہا در; October 17, 1817 – March 27, 1898), commonly known as Sir Syed, was an Indian educator and politician, and an Islamic reformer and modernist^[1]^[2]. Sir Syed pioneered modern education for the Muslim community in India by founding the Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which later developed into the Aligarh Muslim University. His work gave rise to a new generation of Muslim intellectuals and politicians who composed the Aligarh movement to secure the political future of Muslims in India.

Born into Mughal nobility, Sir Syed earned a reputation as a distinguished scholar while working as a jurist for the British East India Company. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 he remained loyal to the British and was noted for his actions in saving European lives.^[3] After the rebellion he penned the booklet Asbab-e-Bhaghawath-e-Hind (The Causes of the Indian Mutiny) — a daring critique, at the time, of British policies that he blamed for causing the revolt. Believing that the future of Muslims was threatened by the rigidity of their orthodox outlook, Sir Syed began promoting Western-style scientific education by founding modern schools and journals and organising Muslim intellectuals. Towards this goal, Sir Syed founded the Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875 with the aim of promoting social and economic development of Indian Muslims.

One of the most influential Muslim politicians of his time, Sir Syed was suspicious of the Indian independence movement and called upon Muslims to loyally serve the British Raj. He denounced nationalist organisations such as the Indian National Congress, instead forming organisations to promote Muslim unity and pro-British attitudes and activities. Sir Syed promoted the adoption of Urdu as the lingua franca of all Indian Muslims, and mentored a rising generation of Muslim politicians and intellectuals. Although hailed as a great Muslim leader and social reformer, Sir Syed remains the subject of controversy for his views on Hindu-Muslim issues.

About: Aligarh Muslim University

2008-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:00

Aligarh Muslim University leaders, and was established by the Indian Muslims and the Act of Indian Parliament made it University. It is located in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Modelled on the University of Cambridge, it was among the first institutions of higher learning set up during British Occupation. Originally it was Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which was founded by a great Muslim social reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Many prominent MuslimUrdu writers and scholars of the subcontinent have graduated from the University. Aligarh Muslim University is a residential academic institution of International repute offering more than 250 Courses in traditional and modern branch of Education. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a great social reformer of his age felt the need for modern education and started a school in 1875 which later became the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College and finally Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. This is a premier Central University with several faculties and maintained institutions and draws students from all corners of the world, specially Africa, West Asia and South East Asia. In some courses, seats are reserved for students from SAARC and Commonwealth countries. The University is open to all irrespective of caste, creed, religion or sex. Aligarh is situated at a distance of 130 km, South-East of Delhi on Delhi-Calcutta Railway and Grand Trunk route

History

The University grew out of the work of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan who in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 felt that it was important for Muslims to gain modern education and become involved in the public life and Government Services in India at that time. Raja Jai Kishan helped Sir Syed a lot in establishing this university. The British decision to replace the use of the knowledge of Persian in the 1830s for Government employment and as the language of Courts of Law caused deep anxiety among Muslims of the sub-continent. Sir Syed then clearly foresaw the imperative need for the Muslims to acquire proficiency in the English language and "Western Sciences" if the community were to maintain its social and political clout, particularly in Northern India. He began to prepare the road map for the formation of a Muslim University by starting various schools. In 1864, the Scientific Society of Aligarh was set up to disseminate Western works into native languages as a prelude to prepare the community to accept "Western Education". Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah, The Aga Khan III has contributed greatly to Aligarh Muslim University in terms collecting funds and providing financial support.

In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh and patterned the college after Oxford and Cambridge universities that he had visited on a trip to England. His objective was to build a college in tune with the British education system but without compromising its Islamic values.

It was one of the first purely residential educational institution set up either by the Government or the public in India. Over the years it gave rise to a new educated class of Muslims who were active in the political system of the British Raj, and who would serve as a catalyst for change among not only the Muslim population of India, but of the entire subcontinent. When Viceroy to India, Lord Curzon visited the College in 1901, he praised the work which was carried on by the College and called it of "sovereign importance" ^[1].

The college was originally affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and was transferred to the Allahabad University in 1885. Near the turn of the century it began publishing its own magazine, and established a law school. It was also around this time that a movement began to have it develop into a university to stand on its own. To achieve this goal, many expansions were made with more and more programs added to the curriculum. A school for girls was established in 1907. By 1921(exact year 1920), the College was transformed into a university, and it was named Muslim University. Its growth continued. The first chancellor of the university was a female, Sultan Shah Jahan Begum. In 1927, a school for the blind was established, and the following year, a Medical School was attached to the university. By the end of the 1930s, the University had also developed its Engineering faculty.

Important places of Aligarh

2008-02-04T06:32:00.000-08:00

There are 2 popular landmarks in Aligarh. One is Aligarh fort and another is Sir Syed Masjid in Aligarh Muslim University's campus. Another old fort, the Dor fortress (1524), now in ruins, lies at the city's centre; its site located in the area now called Upper Kot, is occupied by an 18th-century mosque. The city also contains tombs of Muslim saints.

The city also has a few known markets - Railway Road market, Centre Point Market, Amir Nisha, Tasveer Mahal and Shamshad market. Amir Nisha market is a major shopping hub, a favorite for women as it has a variety of clothes, jewelery and cosmetics. Another popular market for students is Shamshad market and with many educational book shops.Tasveer Mahal is famous for Sherwani's shop. Center point market is known for its popular eating joints like Kwality, Mezbaan, Baskin Robbins and Wheelers and an ancient Lord Hanumaan temple named Tikaram Mandir. A huge rush can be seen in the temple on Tuesday and Saturday. And a Sai BaBa's Karuna Dham on Grand Trunk Road Sai Bhakts can be seen here throughout the week but specially on Thursday.

Aligarh has many movie theatres such as Grand Surjit,Vadra,Nandan,Lakshmi,Nishat and Tasveer Mahal. Grand Surjit is the latest Cineplex among them with the best facilities to offer.

Aligarh is also famous for its sweets and namkeens. Kunjilal, Khyaliram and Vikas ^[sweets are among the well known sweets shops, while Babboo and Dabboo lead the namkeen segment. The Annual Cultural Exhibition, popularly known as numaish, held at Exhibition ground is a very famous event and a huge affair in the month of January and February. The Aligarh is also famous for Sherwani's. The huge sherwani shop of M.Hasan Tailor.

Aligarh: A True Place

2008-02-04T05:56:00.000-08:00

Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़, Urdu: علی گڑھ) is a city in Aligarh District in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city is located about 90 miles south-east of New Delhi. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh District, and has a population of half a million. It is mostly known as a university town where the famous Aligarh Muslim University is located.

History

It is known till the 18th century by the earlier name of Kol. After the British occupation of Aligarh in September 1803, the present Aligarh district was formed in 1804 .

Both Akbar and Jahangir visited Kol on hunting expeditions. Jahangir clearly mentions the forest of Kol, where he killed wolves. From the study of the place-names of the district, it appears that the district was once fairly well covered by forest, thickets and grooves. The early history of the district, indeed down the 12th century AD is obscure.

Kol or Koil, was the earliest name of the city and Aligarh was the name of the fort nearby officers . Kol covered not only the city but the entire district, though its geographical limits kept changing from time to time. The origin of the name of Kol is obscure. In some ancient texts, Kol has been referred to in the sense of a tribe or Caste, name of a place or mountain and name of a sage or demon. During the time of Ibrahim Lodhi, when Muhammad, son of Umar was the governor of Kol, he built a fort at Kol and named the city after his own name as Muhammadgarh in 1524-25; and Sabit khan who was the governor of this region during the time of Farrukh Siyar and Muhammad Shah, rebuilt the fort and named the town after his own name Sabitgarh. After the occupation of Kol by the Jats in 1775, it was re-named Ramgarh and finally, when a Shia commander, Najaf khan, captures Kol, he gave it its present name of Aligarh. Aligarh Fort (also called Aligarh Qila), as it stands today, was built by French engineers under the control of FrenchBenoît de Boigne and Perron.

Establishment of Aligarh Muslim University (1875)

In 1875, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh and patterned the college after Oxford and Cambridge universities that he had visited on a trip to England. This later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.

Shaer-o-shayiri

2007-06-25T07:15:00.000-07:00

Abbu ki dua aur Ammi ka pyaar, lekar maen Aligarh aaya
Saturday ki thi woh raat, Jab ladkon mein naya josh paaya

Maine poocha " Bhai, aaj baat hai kya kuch khaas
Jo raat me kar rahe ho kapde wash

Mujhe dekha, muskuraye, aur kaha " Lagta hai naye ho,
shayad Abdullah nahi gaye ho"

Sunday hota hai outing ka din
tabhi to hath mein hai mangi hui shirt aur Rin

Hamari kya auqat hai
Wahan ke logon ki chandni raat hai

Maine kaha-Kya bhai, "S.N" apka nishana hai?
Wo bole- Tu kya pagal, sanki, diwana hai?
Bhala buzurgon se bhi koi ishq ladata hai
Apna dil to Abdullah ke naam par hilta hai

Sunday ko AmirNishan mein khilti hai rang birangi kaliyan
Hum hi ko dikhati hain, hum hi se nazar churati hain

Hamara Khushi se badh jata hai wazan
Jab woh muskura kar kehti hain, wo hai mera cousin

Din bhar ghoomti phirti hain, kharch karati hain pai pai
shaam ko kehti hain, Achcha, khudahafiz, Phir milenge bhai!

Courtesy-aligarhnama blog

Tasveer Mahal |TM|

2007-06-25T06:16:00.001-07:00

The another popular place of aligarh after amir nisha is "TM" i.e Tasveer mahal basically tasveer mahal is an theatre, Watching movies at Tasveer Mahal had always been fun and having food at Tasveer Mahal had been a luxury becoz the food here is very tatsy in taste, hygenic and they are cheap in comparison to service.
In Tasveer mahal theatre boyz generally don't bought Balcony Ticket coz it was considered foolish to buy a balcony ticket at Tasveer Mahal thats the main reason the theatre now fully in bankruptcy . Another special trait of Tasveer Mahal was that it was completely a Boy's Cinema theatre. Girls never stepped in without a bet.
Outside TM a Khandelwal's Tea shop there which are famous for its TEA specially,apart from special tea Khandelwal also offered wonderful Gulab Jamuns and hot Samosas, wen crossing from TM students never forget to take tea at khandelwal's

About "Amir Nisha"

2007-06-25T05:56:00.000-07:00

Asak, khwateino hazarato me iskabil to nhn ki amir nisha k barey me kuch bayan kar saku kiyuki mashallah app log mujhse zada iss janaat ko jantey aur samajhtey hain, issey pehley mein amir nisha ki chapp orkut par bhi lagakar aya hun jissey jo log aligarh se kisi zamaney me chorr chukey thae woh iss jannat se bandhey rahe aur apni amir nisha se mohabbat ko urooj pe leja sakein bus akhir me apni taraf se yahi kehna chahunga ki "yh wahi jagha hai jahan se roz sham me hujhum nikalta hai ek ronakh hoti hai har kisi k arman uski ankhon se bayan hotey hain manzar kuch jalsey ka sa hota hai aur josh me izzafa hi izzafa hota jata hai"