As the year draws to a close, The News on Sunday invites writers and readers to share the books that captivated their hearts ...

I CONFESS I owe a great deal to Hegel, Goethe, Mirza Ghalib, Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil and Wordsworth. The first ...

The first two led me into the ‘inside’ of things; the third and fourth taught me how to remain oriental in spirit and expression after having assimilated foreign ideals of poetry, and the last ...

Waziri says her choice of Jafri's ‘Mera Safar’ not only aligned with this year’s theme ‘resurgence’, but also because it ...

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 ...

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s historic speech in the Rajya Sabha on demonetisation, two weeks after the then NDA government recalled high-value currency notes in November 2016, might not have ...

The second day of the Jashn-e-Urdu festival at the historic Gauhar Mahal celebrated Urdu literature and syncretic traditions through discussions, poetry, and an electrifying Qawwali performance on ...

Urdu language is filled with so many emotions and insights. Just like this couplet of Faiz Ahmed Faiz in which says Urdu Poetry Faiz. People like to read the poetry in Urdu image. You may find a long ...

Urdu language is filled with so many emotions and insights. Just like this couplet of Gulzar in which says Poetry in Urdu Gulzar. People like to read the poetry in Urdu image. You may find a long list ...

Akhil Katyal talks about ways of grieving, the tricks of translation, and the quest for possible worlds in his new volume of ...