What happens when Mirza Ghalib, the towering Urdu and Persian poet, and William Shakespeare, arguably the most influential ...

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A case has been registered against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convenor Abhijeet Dipke and others in Latur for allegedly ...

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Jan Nisar Akhtar wrote protest anthem ‘Awaaz Do Hum Ek Hain’ and hits like ‘Aankhon Hi Aankhon Mein’. He made sure his late ...

On the evening of August 15, the sky of Purani Dilli tells its own story. Kites dart across the fading blue as flyers battle to cut one another loose, while fam ...

Several Congress leaders mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the colour sequence of his pocket square, claiming it resembled the flag of Ireland. It sparked a debate on social media.

India's Gen Z protests are the latest in a series of youth-led movements that have shaken governments across South Asia. But despite facing many of the same pressures, Pakistan has remained ...

There was something instinctive about it, like a current pulling me back towards the language of my parents and grandparents As someone who speaks in English, thinks in English and has published two ...

Editor and translator Rakhshanda Jalil's new anthology begins with a story by one of the four pillars of the modern Urdu short story: Krishan Chander (right). (Images courtesy Rakhshanda Jalil and via ...

Once the lingua franca of North India, spoken in marketplaces, courts, and homes across caste and creed, Urdu today is too often boxed into a single identity — the language of Indian Muslims. But ...

For centuries, Urdu has been part of a shared cultural space, shaped by people from diverse communities and traditions. Yet this fact is often forgotten or pushed aside. That’s why the new anthology ...