Instead, he encountered a resolute cold shoulder. Friends and fellow writers refused to meet him, mourning his silence during ...

In the age of algorithms, Faiz risks being admired for his surface while being evacuated of the political discomfort his poetry was meant to produce.

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan loves to share his thoughts on his blog. And recently, he did again, as he posted a deeply ...

Amitabh Bachchan shared a late-night reflective note on life and struggle, recalling words of wisdom from his father ...

Sharing that it was nearly 4 am on February 3 as he penned the post, Big B spoke about the power of silence in the stillness ...

Famous and emerging poets gather for a night of verse, pride, and cross-cultural harmony Dubai: UAE’s South Asian community came together for a mesmerising celebration of language and culture at the ...

When Shakeel Badayuni wrote the song Jab pyaar kiya toh darna kya for Mughal-e-Azam, director K Asif made him rewrite it nearly a hundred times until each word shone like a gem. “We hum these songs ...

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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 ...