That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...
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World Poetry Day: Why India has thousands of living poets, but the world only knows Rumi and Tagore
India publishes poetry in more than 24 recognised languages every single year. The Sahitya Akademi, the country's national academy of letters, gives out annual awards for poetry in languages ranging ...
BHOPAL: It is a day of profound silence for the world of Urdu literature, which has suddenly lost its most lyrical heartbeat. Bashir Badr, the legendary poet who spent decades capturing the complex ...
Noted poet Bashir Badr passed away at the age of 91 in Bhopal after a prolonged illness, a family member said on Thursday. Badr had been suffering from dementia for several years and died at his ...
MUMBAI – Literary traditions need to evolve to remain relevant, and the onus is on its paladins to ensure that they move in step with social norms and particularly, don’t miss out on technological ...
Several cultures postulate a cyclical construct of time, instead of linear. This may or may not be valid for history, but it manifests itself prominently in human culture. Literature, for one, given ...
Poets, writers and lovers of Urdu poetry across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh on Wednesday mourned the passing away of legendary Urdu poet Bashir Badr, recalling his unforgettable presence at ...
Can literary festivals save Urdu, or do Imambaras keep it alive? This essay explores Muharram, oral traditions, and linguistic heritage beyond elite spaces. Read more.
New Delhi, The English translation of the autobiography of celebrated Urdu poet and bureaucrat Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi 'Sahar' aims to introduce a new generation of readers to the life and times of ...
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali. Kabir Das (1440-1518) was a key figure in the Bhakti Movement, known for his Dohas. Harivansh Rai Bachchan ...
Immediately after Partition, Urdu came under attack. Religious and provincial prejudice regarded it merely as the language of Muslims. Hindi, in fact, was being forcibly imposed. Hindi was recognised ...
Mirza Ghalib, a renowned poet, cherished mangoes as a divine gift. His letters reveal an enthusiastic anticipation for the ...
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