So also we come to India to play on our flutes our age-old songs, so that, hearing them, our Indian cousins may recognise us ...

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Urdu poet Bashir Badr died at his Bhopal home at 91 after years away from public life. His verses, quoted in films, Parliament and everyday speech, leave a lasting literary legacy.

Badr was a rising star on the literary scene and Bhardwaj just a student who had fallen in love with the poet's verses. Such was the impact of Badr's poetry that he still remember ...

Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar is the biggest success story of recent times. The film industry is an ever-fluctuating world - one day you are a superstar basking in praise after a blockbuster, and the ...

Adhika Skanda Sashti falls on May 21, and brings sweet thoughts of Murugan, meaning ‘the beautiful one’ in Tamil. The main ...

Urdu poet Bashir Badr died in Bhopal on Thursday at the age of 91. His couplet ‘Dushmani jamkar karo’ was quoted across party ...

He has received a literary award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta, and made a video for Sir Elton John. Now, Sufiyaan ...

Pakistan’s renowned journalist and intellectual, Altaf Hasan Qureshi, has also passed away. With his demise, a luminous era ...

The name Maqta carries a quiet declaration. In a ghazal, it is the final couplet where the poet signs himself into the poem.

It was clear to all the recruits that Labdhi was exceptionally bright. While we were operational by temperament, Labdhi was ...

On June 16 2023, the Dawood family boarded the Polar Prince in Newfoundland, Canada, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the chance to see the wreck of the Titanic. Christine Dawood and her ...