Saaneha means tragedy, a moment that splits time into before and after. It arrives uninvited, heavy and abrupt, leaving ...

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

She worked meticulously on her Urdu, its intonation, breath, and poetry. Urdu is not an easy language if it isn't your own, but she grasped its emotional cadence beautifully. Poetry, when spoken ...

When Mahi (Minisha Lamba) in the 2008 film Bachna Ae Haseeno sang ‘Pyaar maanga tha maine rab se/ Wo rehata tha yahin pe/ ...

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

On March 31, 1985, at 6 am, Khyber went up in flames. The restaurant was gutted, as the owners stood there and watched, ...

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

There cannot be another Rekha but Alia and Kareena are magical as actors, says the veteran filmmaker as he revists his 1981 ...

Grand celebrations There are moments in life when grandeur meets genuine triumph, and Gautam Singhania orchestrated just such ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many poets evoke the mystique of China in their work. In the vast universe of ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) raved over Hazlewood’s piece of magic in a clip unravelling the perfection of the ball to Stubbs and called it “Poetry in Motion." It was as delightful a ...

PRATIKSHA APURV portrays Krishna s Raas Leela in a colourful painting where the gopis and their beloved Gopala are dancing in gay abandonAmong all the gods and goddesses in ancient scriptures Krishna ...