Urdu belongs to no dogma—it’s a language of dissent.

And this is what makes the award of the Booker Prize last week to Banu Mushtaq so important. Her collection of short stories ...

Basharat Shameem It was in 1947 itself that Faiz Ahmad Faiz sensitized us about the coming dystopia that Pakistan was to be ...

There’s an old newsroom rule: if satire starts feeling like reportage, double-check the dateline. Today’s dateline reads ...

Banda Nawaz was engaged in a wide range of religious activities in Kalaburagi, often blending mainstream Islamic practices with those of spiritual practices.

The 77-year-old Indian activist is the first Kannada-language author to win the award, which also recognizes the work of ...

Born in Lucknow on December 2, 1982, Ashoka University's Ali Khan Mahmudabad is known for his scholarly work on nationalism, ...

Long before YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra's arrest for allegedly leaking military secrets to Pakistan, India had witnessed a ...

Jyoti Malhotra, who was recently arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan, is not the only one held for espionage. 15 years ...

Madhuri Gupta was caught in a honeytrap by a younger Pakistani agent who seduced her, gained her trust, and obtained ...

In 2010, Madhuri Gupta, an Indian diplomat serving in Pakistan at the time, was arrested for spying for Pakistan. The ...