The New Mehak Cultural Forum in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, organised a mushiara at the ...

A one-day national seminar titled “The Linguistic Relationship Between Unani Medicine and Urdu” was organized by the All ...

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 ...

Ghalib, who began composing poetry at the age of 10, wrote more in Persian than Urdu and regarded his Persian poetry and ...

Our Chandigarh had its share of poets and there had been lyrical poets of the fame of Shiv Kumar Batalvi writing in Punjabi and Prem Warbortoni penning ghazals in Urdu with aplomb, calling out to his ...

Coming from a lineage of writers, Javed Akhtar—son of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar—released his first poetry book, Tarkash (Quiver ... including Awadhi and Kathaiwadi, not modern ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Teachers and parents slam the decision by the BJP-led government as an attack on their community’s cultural and linguistic heritage, calling for Hindi to be instead included as an optional subject.

Besides English, the awards are also being given to Hindi language books. The literature festival will be held in Varanasi between March 7 and March 9. The longlist features a collection of literary ...

The Banaras Lit Fest has announced the longlists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translation categories for its 2025 book awards. Besides English, the awards are also given to Hindi language books.

Teachers in Ajmer raised concerns over merging Urdu medium schools with Hindi ones just before Class 5 board exams, complicating students' exam preparations. The merger affects nearly 500 students ...

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan recently found himself in a terrifying situation when he was brutally attacked by a Burgler in his Bandra home. Amid the chaos, an auto driver drove him to the ...