Rahmat, poet-singer Minu Bakshi stirs emotions of love and longing. She tells HTCity how Urdu poetry is still relevant in Gen ...

The Hindi-Urdu controversy is not just about language. It reflects historical conflicts, colonial policies, and political struggles that continue today in India.

Tanveer Anjum’s poetry challenges the boundaries of form and language, offering a bold new feminist poetic praxis.

The author of ‘Kalkatta Chronicles’ and ‘Kolkata Classics’ gives insight into her debut foray into Hindustani poetry ...

Discover the life and poetry of Mirza Ghalib, a legendary poet whose legacy continues to captivate hearts today.

The curious case of literary censorship in Urdu with special emphasis on the oeuvre of Mir Taqi Mir, one of the greatest ...

It is impossible to identify a pure Hindi or Urdu speaker. The Urdu-Hindi controversy not merely survived but also ...

At a time when historical wounds remain etched in collective memory, PM Modi’s championing of Sufi traditions signals an ...

especially in poetry, cinema, and historical narratives X Islamophobia has one more target in contemporary India, the language of love and poets, Urdu. In the weaponising of Ideology, it is being ...

The Mumbai Press Club is exhibiting powerful photographs that documented the riots and bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai in ...

As students trickled into Punch’s Alley on the evening of Feb. 21, they were greeted by the wafting aroma of “Cha” and the ...

Dr Rakesh Verma Dogri is an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken in the Jammu region of northern India. It belongs to the ...