Tune into this podcast to know how the culture of poetry and performance art is flourishing in Melbourne, with South Asian ...

Pakeezah (1972) is a nostalgic journey into a bygone India of thumris, shayari, and Nawabi grace. The film stars Meena Kumari ...

Rekha's crown jewel and Muzaffar Ali's elegiac masterpiece, Umrao Jaan (1981), returns to theatres on June 27, restored in 4K by NFAI and NFDC.

Gone are the days when people would send love letters to each other or serenade each other with poetry or shayari. With love stories blossoming on Whatsapp and Instagram, nobody has the time to write ...

A POET who rediscovered her passion after 20 years is set to release a book on her life in Kashmir and Yorkshire.

In his opinion Faiq’s verse is like a fresh and fragrant gust of wind in the realm of Urdu poetry that serves to distinguish him amongst his contemporaries. At the same time Rao Manzar Hayat ...

Alas, thou guesseth correctlyeth. I ain’t much when it comes to this poetry thing. I try, but I just don’t get it. Besides, I’ve seen yellow roses, and why would something called violet ...

Engaging and dramatic readings The idea is simple yet powerful—to bring people closer to the beauty of Urdu literature through engaging and dramatic readings of stories, essays and poetry. The ...

rests in a frame drained of color. he hangs on every courtroom wall.

Poetry | From Jamshedpur To Gaza Photo: Anupriya Yoga Sindoor (Jamshedpur riots, 1964) i didn’t know Mohit Chaudhuri was muslim till he got killed for being one as if being Babur’s child wasn ...

BJP leader Sunil Sharma’s demand of making the working knowledge of Urdu non-mandatory for the Naib Tehsildar examination in Jammu and Kashmir has raised concerns in the Valley, with both the ruling ...

The Urdu press weighed in on claims by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, also made in an op-ed in The Indian Express, that the Maharashtra Assembly election results were rigged ...