One of the easiest ways to get kids hooked on reading is to get them into a great book series. All it takes is a captivating Book 1, and they're off and running. Fantasy, mystery, science fiction, ...

Marked by a novel approach and presentation, Anisur Rahman’s ‘Essential Ghalib’ features 200 of the great poet’s verses in ...

The physical and emotional changes that come with puberty can be challenging for tweens, but these books can help. From expert guides filled with biological facts to the funny Wimpy Kid installment in ...

Art historian and curator Seema Bhalla explores the journey of courtesans in India in this book of essays, dispelling myths ...

Extracted with permission from Akashvani: A Century of Stories from All India Radio, Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni, HarperCollins Publishers India.

The curious case of literary censorship in Urdu with special emphasis on the oeuvre of Mir Taqi Mir, one of the greatest ...

In celebration of Kuwait’s 64th National Day and 34th Liberation Day, Radio Kuwait Urdu Service hosted a special interview with internationally certified writer and record holder Mahammad Sami Shaik.

ON International Women’s Day, let us remember a woman writer of Urdu who could not even mention her real name in her writings. Very few knew that the real name of Mrs Abdul Qadir, once a well-known ...

Darul Musannefin, an institute established to propagate the rich cultural heritage of Urdu, Arabic and Persian texts through the institute’s publications and magazine, was established in 1914 ...

Each of the sites and apps below offer some sort of version of free comics and graphic novels you can read online. Weekly Shonen Jump was a trailblazer in the manga app game with their app ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...