In India, Urdu remains an official language in several states and continues to thrive in cultural, literary, and cinematic ...

The bard of Bhopal always warbled a new melody. He settled on the banks of Yamuna, but the Upper Lake always lingered in his ...

If the ideals of 'unity in diversity' have withstood the test of time in India, the overriding influence of Hindustani films ...

Adding further richness to the evening will be Ms Shabeena Adeeb, whose ghazals and nazms ... of hearts bound by the love of poetry. For those who hold Urdu Shayari close to their hearts, this ...

On Monday, April 21, his birth anniversary which is observed as 'Saadi Shirazi Day', the Iran Culture House, Mumbai, and Urdu ...

Celebrating two decades, fusion artiste Papon believes music is his identity, not business. Read the full interview here.

Adding further richness to the evening will be Ms Shabeena Adeeb, whose ghazals and nazms ... of hearts bound by the love of poetry. For those who hold Urdu Shayari close to their hearts, this ...

This poem embodies that sort of intense, fleeting crush you get on someone that feels as though you know them from a past life. You know nothing about them, only what you imagine them to be like.

“How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World” (Broadleaf Books, 2024) delivers a message of change, evolution, degradation, and cycles of regeneration in prose that borders ...

These films often put nawabi culture front and centre— mushairas, qawwalis, shararas, and courtly romance wrapped in poetic Urdu. But Dil Hi Toh ... not just shayari. It’s a shift from idealised love ...

Indian ghazal singer, composer and producer Nisschal Zaveri, whose upcoming show Andaaz is a deeply personal offering of ...