Veteran Urdu poet Bashir Badr once shared a "secret". He said: "I have one enemy -- his name is Jagjit. Whatever is mine (poetry), people think it is his (when he sings it). That is why I never introduced him to my wife." It was an oblique tribute to Jagjit Singh,...
In this day and age, where we find ourselves straying further away from books and getting closer to digital media, a book reading marathon was organised in Bihar's Gopalganj to increase people's interest in books, where more than 700 people sat together and read books...
Months after a near-lethal attack that left him debilitated and without vision in one eye, Sir Salman Rushdie says that he is "lucky" and has been told that he is "doing very well". But he still finds it difficult to type or write. London, Feb 7,2023: Months after a...
In a shocking incident, well known Pakhawaj player and UP Sangeet Natak Akademi (UPSNA) awardee Dinesh Prasad, 67, collapsed on stage during his performance at the Sanatkada Festival in Lucknow on Monday evening. Lucknow, Feb 7,2023: In a shocking incident, well known...
Syed Ali Mujtaba A fervent appeal is made by a rationalist advocate to stop the release of the Hindutva’s religious text “Manusmriti” in Telugu at the Telugu University Hyderabad on February 11, 2023. A press release by Dr. B Karthik Navayan, Advocate at Telangana...
An exploitative economy in all its ruthless facets was the hallmark of colonialism across the globe in the earlier centuries, and the same economics continues to rule in the mineral-rich mines of Jharkhand and Odisha, said renowned writer and Jnanpith Award winner...
An edition of the iconic Kolkata Book Fair will also be held in the national capital from next year onwards, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday while inaugurating the 46th edition of the fair here. Kolkata, Jan 31,2023: An edition of the iconic...
Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds includes eight writers from Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar Jan 28,2023: Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy recently announced the awards for the year 2019-21. The list of awaredds...
Syed Ali Mujtaba Debutant writer K.S. Komireddi's book “Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India” is a political commentary on Narendra Modi’s rule from 2014 till now. The author observes, India under Narendra Modi's rule cannot be understood without...
Supriya Saxena, who draws her inspiration from the Victorian era, penned this collection of poetry between 2019 and 2019 after extensively travelling through Rajasthtan and reading a lot about it, bringing forth nuances from the state that will give readers an...