My previous post on “Café culture at AMU” definitely points to one common trait of aligarians, that is, most of them are addicted to Tea. Before and after every important activity, they would prefer having a cup of Tea. For Aligarians, Tea is the drink of all moments and times. If they want to celebrate, they have Tea. If they are unhappy about something, they have Tea. If they want to tell you something, it will be over a cup [...]
In the good old days of AMU, students didn’t have too many options for a place to have some good tea, with some snacks and plenty of discussions. But I heard from my seniors that there were few spots which were treated as special by the students. These spots did exist in my time as well i.e. till 1999 but they had lost their charm by that time. To avoid any further mystery-making, I must disclose that I am [...]
Aligarh LocksThere are a couple of more things that have the name of Aligarh associated with them. To begin with, Aligarh is famous for locks. The lock industry is one of the major sources of employment for the economically weaker sections of people, in and around Aligarh. Aligarh Locks are very famous all around the country or wherever in the world, there are some aligarians. Aligarh PyjamasAligarh pyjamas are also very special in their own way. They reflect the perfect [...]
AMU, being a residential university, has a set of rules and etiquette for daily life, also referred to as “traditions of AMU“. These rules have been there ever since AMU came into existence. No single person can claim its ownership. It must have grown over the years, a new rule must have been added as and when our very old students of AMU felt its need. The primary need for such traditions was discipline, of course. Apart from practicing [...]
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 [...]
One of the Famous ‘M’s stand for “Muslim University“. Obviously, it refers to Aligarh Muslim University and it is Aligarh city’s primary attraction. When in Aligarh, i used to say that Aligarh minus AMU is a village and it wasn’t much exaggeration. If you happen to visit the old city of Aligarh which is called sheher (Ironic ! Isn’t it?) by people living near the university campus, you can know it yourself that bad state and poor maintenance [...]
You surely must be thinking that i had something wrong in my nursery school education. No it isn’t. I know that the word “Aligarh” starts with Alphabet ‘A’ but the most popular things Aligarh (to be more precise – AMU) was associated with, have thier names starting with the Alphabet ‘M’. In my times, I was told that there are 5 ‘M’s in Aligarh which are very famous. Later in my life, when I met a very senior and impressive [...]
This Blog is dedicated to the educational institution which was started by Sir Sayyad Ahmed Khan as a college called Muhammadan Anglo Oriental (M.A.O.) College. This college which was started in 1885 went to become a University in 1920. Since then, it is known as “Aligarh Muslim University“. This university is also known as “Chaman-e Sir Sayyad” since he was the one who sowed the seeds and watered the plants of this chaman (garden). ~ Qais
