What’s your love language? For young people in India today, it’s literally a language: Urdu. It’s been around for at least 800 years; the 2011 census shows that India has well over 67 million Urdu ...

The four designated stages inside the crowded stadium complex in the heart of the busy capital weren’t enough. So poetry lovers also took to the footpaths and the spaces in between, turning them into ...

A box set comprising two trilingual anthologies of the poetry of Jan Nisar Akhtar and Kaifi Azmi features works on everything from the human predicament to historical events One seldom comes across a ...

Urdu poetry, a mesmerising tapestry of intertwined and conflated emotions, leads into the captivating world of nonconformism, a rebellion that transcends the tantalising tale of unrequited love. Led ...

Born and brought up at Malerkotla in Punjab’s Sangrur district, lyricist Irshad Kamil holds a PhD in Urdu poetry. With a Filmfare award for Rockstar and recognition for films like Jab We Met, Love Aaj ...