By Jyoti Punwani, Mumbai Mirror | Feb 28, 2016, 12.00 AM IST
The Maharashtra government has no Muslim in its recent list of personalities whose anniversaries are worth commemorating. Ironically, journalist and retired Indian Oil trade unionist Feroze Ashraf has already found 22.
At the top of Ashraf's list is Amir Khusro, "the greatest Indian ever". "To call him a Muslim would be to lessen his personality. There hasn't been another poet who has written so lovingly about his country. And writing was just one of his many talents. Forget Maharashtra. The Government of India should honour him.''
At the top of Ashraf's list is Amir Khusro, "the greatest Indian ever". "To call him a Muslim would be to lessen his personality. There hasn't been another poet who has written so lovingly about his country. And writing was just one of his many talents. Forget Maharashtra. The Government of India should honour him.''
