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Aftab Husain Kola
Aftab Husain Kola

Aftab Husain Kola is an India journalist and writer who has worked with Times of Oman, Muscat, for 12 years. He has contributed to prominent newspapers like Arab News, Saudi Gazette, Deccan Herald, Indian Express, and Brunei Times. Kola regularly writes for the Muslim World League Journal, Makkah, and has also authored two books.

Flavors of Arabia hit Indian palate, Yemeni mandi a big hit

Arabic food is turning out to be a hot trend in India these days due to obvious connection. GCC is home to around 7 million expatriate Indians. So their obsession with the Middle Eastern food comes as...

 The book that retraces Arab traveler Ibn Battuta’s tryst with India

A visit in February 2018 to India’s Kozhikode (Calicut) – an important town in the itinerary of celebrity traveler Ibn Battuta – inspired American historian Ross Dunn to look back on...

 Arwi, the Arabic-influenced dialect of Tamil, struggles for survival in India

Apart from harboring 780 languages, India is also home to a large number of scripts which have been lost while some are on the brink of extinction. One of the many almost forgotten ones is called...

 Once great legacy of Arabs, India reviving ancient underground water channels

One of the great legacies of Arabs and Persians to the world, the Qanat (Arabic for conduit) or Karez (Persian for smaller channels) system of irrigation – which made agriculture and town life...

 PHOTOS: Open-air museum of restored traditional mansions wow visitors in India

Phased wiping of traditional localities including its homes and vernacular architecture in cities and towns almost everywhere is going on at large scale. Once the lifeline of community bonding, these...

 Indian with biggest collection of stamps featuring mosques to break own record

Y. Abdul Rasul, an IT person from Indian city of Chennai, earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for his collection of stamps on mosques. Till the year 2016, when he won the recognition, Rasul...

 Indian varsity’s Applied Islamics course to offer inter-disciplinary perspective

A first-of-its-kind Post Graduate Diploma course in Applied Islamics has been launched in India offering students Islamic Knowledge integrated with knowledge of English, computer sciences and current...

 In India, 1,000 Tipu Sultan-era ancient rockets to be showcased in museum

More than 1,000 unused rockets of India’s freedom fighter Tipu Sultan’s era found toward the end of July this year, will now be showcased at a newly created rocket gallery at the museum...