Six years ago, the nationwide lockdown gave us the rare gift of time in abundance. We employed this time towards building ...

With the passing of Dr Bashir Badr at 91, Indian literature loses one of the last towering figures of the modern Urdu ghazal ...

Celebrated Urdu poet Bashir Badr passed away at the age of 91 in Bhopal after a prolonged illness. Known for his timeless ...

Urdu is a hybrid language that is based on the spoken languages of Northern India with a generous overlay of Arabic and Persian words. ‘Urdu’ is a Turkish word, which means a camp. When Muslims from ...

This book attempts to determine the nature and meaning of the term ‘progressivism’ and assess its significance in the larger context of Urdu literature and, ultimately, South Asian literature. It ...

The Urdu scholar and translator discusses Ghalib, literary culture, declining Urdu literacy in Indian universities, and the ...

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 ...