Urdu, a language woven into the fabric of India’s cultural and historical identity, faces growing challenges under the current Bharatiya Janata Party ...

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

A quarter of a century may have passed after his demise, but the memory of Majrooh Sultanpuri continues to pervade the Indian ...

Lucknow: The UP Sangeet Natak Akademi on Friday witnessed a mesmerising confluence of poetry, ghazal, and kathak during Bayan ...

Irshad Khan ‘Sikandar’, poet, lyricist, writer and playwright who enthralled both enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike, passed ...

(Web Desk) - Renowned Punjabi poet Tajammul Kaleem dies after a prolonged illness. He made his name among the finest ...

Vira Sathidar was an activist, actor, writer & political thinker. Pushpa booked under BNS sections including 152 (act ...

Prishita Tahilramani's fascination with storytelling, sparked by her grandfather's Partition tales, led her to Spoken Word ...

Urdu, a language that thrived across centuries in the past, spoken by millions in India, has experienced a steady yet undeniable fall in its usage over the years. The decline of Urdu in contemporary ...

New Delhi: Language is not religion and to consider Urdu as a language of Muslims is a "pitiable digression" from reality and unity in diversity, the Supreme Court has said while rejecting a ...

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M.

Apart from his share of highs and lows, Rajiv will also be remembered for lacing his press conferences with Urdu couplets to make his point. “Kar na sakein ikraar toh koi baat nahi, meri wafa ka ...