June 24, 2025 – "All this is bigger than ghazals, of course. Bigger than haiku. I’m saying we have to graduate from pastiche ...

A POET who rediscovered her passion after 20 years is set to release a book on her life in Kashmir and Yorkshire.

Eminent critic and writer Nasir Abbas Nayyar delivered a lecture at the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi on May 30, 2025, ...

As the Muslim month of Moharram begins this week (June 26 or 27, depending on the sighting of the new moon), the pulsating ...

Farooq Sheikh-starrer Umrao Jaan as it returns to the screen on June 27th, inviting both the old lovers and the curious new ...

In another first, Birla College, Kalyan, announced the start of the Mandarin language courses, recently in a glittering ...

Pratibha Singh Baghel is all set to bring Dastaan-E-Ghazal to Hyderabad on June 21 at Shilpakala Vedika, and she couldn’t be ...

lit, the loafer, affecting the exactitude of a pedagogue, places the burnt matchstick in the tea circle; and sees it rise: as ...

Pakeezah (1972) is a nostalgic journey into a bygone India of thumris, shayari, and Nawabi grace. The film stars Meena Kumari ...

Rekha’s Umrao Jaan remains unforgettable. Muzaffar Ali speaks on poetry, fashion, and how a film became a cultural landmark in Indian cinema. Trending. Life + Culture.

Kamala Das in Malayalam, Maha Shveta Devi in Bengali, Ismat Chughtai and Quratulain Hyder in Urdu, Krishna Sobti in Hindi and ...