Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to explore this poetic world, even the mention of classical poets like Mirza ...

ONE of Urdu criticism’s unwritten but time-honoured understandings is to keep on writing on life and works of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (Dec 27, 1797 - Feb 15, 1869), one of the greatest and most ...

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The first book in Arabic about the life and poetry of the great Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, titled Ghalib: A’zam Shu’ara’il-Hind ...

Javed Akhtar talks with Subhash K Jha about his father Jaan Nisar Akhtar, noted poet and lyricist for Hindi films on his ...

Subhash K Jha revisits Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf in this cool feature. As a bonus, we hear from star Priyanka Chopra ...

The night started with bright lights flashing quickly before settling into a soft spotlight on LA-based artist Zsela, who was ...

The latest translation of the Holy Quran into English was formally launched here on Saturday at the India Islamic Cultural ...

A literary treasure that is breathing since 250 years now, Rampur’s Raza library is indeed iconic in every sense. Notably, the Raza li..|News Track ...

National Book Foundation (NBF) under the auspices of the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training hosted the book launch of renowned writer and poet Dr Najeeba Arif's latest ...

Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems aren’t pictures, but sometimes they try to make us see, and to make us feel in ways we might associate ...