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  • Britain is far from perfect -- as the current discrimination case filed by Deputy Commissioner Tariq Ghafoor suggests -- but many Hindu policemen, especially in Gujarat and the suburbs of Mumbai, would benefit immeasurably by spending a few days in a Muslim mohalla.

    Shashi Tharoor: Muslims and the Indian Police 2009

  • He was still in the hope that some girl would come for him despite the fact that he has no property except his labor, no social status except his caste, no relatives (all have ditched them in his childhood and took away whatever he had) except his too many 'maaliks' and 'malkinis' (Yes, every higher caste person in the mohalla was either his 'maalik' or 'malkini'), no youth except his romantic feelings.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Abhay N 2006

  • The two motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit them at Kashi-bazaar mohalla under Bhagwan Bazaar police station.

    Analysis 2010

  • The mohalla has all kinds of characters living together - barber, tailor, copier clerk, munshi, drunkard, a constable along with the powerful ones.

    IndiaPRwire - Press/News Releases 2010

  • The two motorcyclists were killed when a truck hit them at Kashi-bazaar mohalla under Bhagwan Bazaar police station.

    Analysis 2010

  • But not long after the whole mohalla came to know of the incident, with Ameena being beaten up by her mother and

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • But, behind this seemingly liveliness of the mohalla, lies a tragic tale of the 'Doobi Ladki'.

    IndiaPRwire - Press/News Releases 2010

  • It reveals itself when a mother and a daughter (Gul) enters the mohalla, with the intention to live there.

    IndiaPRwire - Press/News Releases 2010

  • Set in Betab Nagar mohalla (society) in Bihar, the play is a simple love tale albeit portrayed in a multi-dimensional setting of supernatural and magical world of human complexities.

    IndiaPRwire - Press/News Releases 2010

  • The time-tested marriage brokers, like barbers and mohalla aunties, became somewhat redundant with the advent of online matrimonial agencies.

    Analysis 2010

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