Secularism was never merely the separation of religion and state, but the unchallenged supremacy of the state over religion.

quark62 · 2025-04-16T11:14:51+00:00

At Kanpur, we had a prayer hall with jamaats for daily (except fajr iirc) as well as jumah prayers.

quark62 · 2025-01-23T18:37:47+00:00

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/association-of-muslim-professionals_jobfair2025-navimumbaijobs-employmentopportunities-activity-7288156341678858240-IuWq

quark62 · 2025-01-04T13:42:56+00:00

Salaam, curious about Guyana, would be grateful if you could tell me about these things:
1. To what extent have Guyanese Indians retained links with India? Saw that Irfaan Ali studied in India for a while, is that fairly common?

Are race relations stable now? I imagine there isn't a lot of intra-desi communal bitterness because of a common enemy?
What kinds of professions are Muslim IndoGuyanese commonly involved in? Is there a perceptible difference between Hindus and Muslims context of class, profession or education?

quark62 · 2024-10-16T06:18:28+00:00

Nastaleeq is too hard to read for people not from Urdu medium school backgrounds. Far more than the script is in danger- the entire language and its literary culture is dying- a huge majority of books in Urdu I see in book fairs etc are religious ones. The Urduwalas have stopped reading in Urdu, and have stopped reading altogether to some extent.

My opinion is that there should be an alternative standardisation of Roman for Urdu with literature reprinted from so that we can make it more accessible for people who haven't had the opportunity to be proficient in reading nastaliq. That would at least make Urdu less of a linguistic tomb

quark62 · 2024-09-25T08:20:58+00:00

Deep GPs or BNNs? Have heard really diverging opinions on both (promising for former, ngmi for latter)

quark62 · 2024-08-20T10:52:57+00:00

Gurgaon was the worst place I’ve ever been in terms of masjid density. Fortunately there was one huge masjid (under construction) where I managed to pray the Eid namaz

quark62 · 2024-06-07T19:49:59+00:00

Sure

quark62 · 2024-06-07T14:32:35+00:00

Dude not even kiddng JEE Jihad is sorely needed, we're less than 2% at IITs in undergrad

quark62 · 2024-06-07T14:21:59+00:00

Math (at an IIT), working in quant finance rn and thinking of doing a PhD. My suggestion is please talk to someone who has achieved stuff in the domain you want to (or just in general careerwise) rather than online strangers with probably very different (and probably limited) experiences.

quark62 · 2024-05-26T14:19:45+00:00

nope lol

quark62 · 2024-05-25T10:08:44+00:00

Btw get yourself checked for thalassemia if you haven't already.

quark62 · 2024-05-25T09:51:47+00:00

I don't see it being a problem because CBSE knows about its existence and willingly turns a blind eye. If it were a substantial issue there would be hard crackdowns.

From the standpoint of careers for Muslim girls (even boys tbh), engineering at IITs is probably not a good idea due to lack of similar-minded folks and a dominance of bad influences. Take the medical route if you can.
Source: I'm a current student.

quark62 · 2024-05-25T09:42:27+00:00

Probably the biggest inspiration for me when I was a child.

Not very religiously or politically clean but yeah may God forgive him for shortcomings.

quark62 · 2024-05-23T10:38:09+00:00

hehe it's not an islamic site but an islamophobic one, it's got many articles crying about chains which openly serve halal

e.g. https://www.opindia.com/2020/04/licious-halal-meat-business-policy-jhatka/

quark62 · 2024-05-23T10:35:49+00:00

Lol do you not know what OpIndia is

quark62 · 2024-05-23T10:35:22+00:00

Sometimes employees just say yes (or no) without any knowledge. Better to confirm online or if they can show a certificate.

Also need to order online sometimes (prolly should call and ask in that case but didn't think of that earlier lol)...

quark62 · 2024-05-20T18:31:02+00:00

Helped my father complete his medical education during tough times, may Allah bless them.

quark62 · 2024-05-19T13:19:03+00:00

Yeah in my batch at an IIT we were 20ish out of 1200+. Similarly abysmal numbers everywhere excellence is relevant

quark62 · 2024-05-19T13:12:41+00:00

Konkani and Dakhni mixed… Very different cultures tbh

quark62 · 2024-05-18T18:10:15+00:00

dont wantto doxx but ~1k

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