Abhimanyu Kumar

1 month ago | theprint.in | Aletta Andre |Abhimanyu Kumar

All her things—apparel, shoes, riding boots, saddle—were preserved by Sakina and Ali Raza after her death. Sakina kept a comb of her mother’s but never combed her hair again. The comb for us carries no meaning now also shun even glancing in the mirror. According to Sakina’s book, even Ali Raza did the same. After six months, the body was brought back inside and kept for seven days during which period meals were served with formal etiquette, she writes.

1 month ago | scroll.in | Aletta Andre |Abhimanyu Kumar

“Wajid Ali was weak and contemptible, the wedge of British treachery. But our ladies were always strong and perfect. Nobody could defy Oudh.”Begum Wilayat Mahal made this statement in an interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1985. It provides a telling insight into her thoughts on the 1857 Revolt, and why she mostly referred to Hazrat Mahal, rather than Wajid Ali Shah, as her ancestor.

Oct 29, 2024 | thewire.in | Abhimanyu Kumar

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Jul 19, 2024 | theprint.in | Abhimanyu Kumar

Our societal fixation on beauty, treated almost as a virtue, perpetuates such cycles of bullying and superficial judgments due to non-compliance to the arbitrary standards of beauty. This extends to public figures and everyday individuals too who face the inevitable effects of aging and other changes. As long as society celebrates superficial standards of beauty — a mere lottery of genetics — we perpetuate a cycle where achievements can be overshadowed by appearance.

Jul 4, 2024 | medium.com | Abhimanyu Kumar

In the ever-evolving landscape of web development, managing server state efficiently and effectively is a crucial part of creating robust applications. Traditionally, developers have used a combination of state management libraries like Redux and custom hooks to handle server data. However, a library called React Query has emerged as a powerful alternative, simplifying data fetching, caching, synchronization, and more.