In a surprising twist, West Bengal's Inspector General of Police, Murlidhar Sharma, has penned the lyrics for a Hindi item ...

Murlidhar Sharma, inspector general in West Bengal, has written the track Shor Machaa, sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Rana ...

Hallaj’s mystical utterance to Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s revolutionary verse, South Asia’s poetic traditions have long intertwined ...

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 ...

Rekhta Foundation was recognised at the Junoon Awards 2024 for revolutionising Urdu preservation through digital innovation ...

The Writers’ Forum Kuwait, after concluding a recent successful event of poetry at Avanti Palace, held another successful and enriching meeting on May 2 at the residence of poet Aamir Diwan.The ...

Irshad Khan Sikandar (42), a well-known name in Urdu literature, suffered a heart attack around 6 pm on May 18 ...

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 ...

President Droupadi Murmu awarded the 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 to poet-lyricist Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya for their exceptional literary contributions.