By the 18th century, Urdu became a well-developed language with a body of literature that consisted mainly of poetry. Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms. The masnavi, for example, is a long ...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was renowned for his poetic exchanges in Parliament, notably with BJP leader Sushma ...

Published by HarperCollins India, 'The Essential Ghalib' will be released on 6 January on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar and singer Shilpa Rao paid tribute to the iconic Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib on his 227th birth anniversary ...