Khayaal means thought, a fleeting whisper of the mind, soft as mist, yet powerful enough to stir oceans within. It is where ...

Indian ghazal singer, composer and producer Nisschal Zaveri, whose upcoming show Andaaz is a deeply personal offering of ...

These factors combine to paint a picture where poetry is on its deathbed and struggling for breath. As a young person in ...

PREMIUM The bias against Urdu showed its face during the framing of a Constitution for independent India, but the noble ...

If the ideals of 'unity in diversity' have withstood the test of time in India, the overriding influence of Hindustani films ...

Despite being the most spoken language in Pakistan, Punjabi lacks official status, while Urdu and English dominate the legal ...

Olympic Theatre Arts’ fledgling Reader’s Theatre Club will perform two matinee shows of the children’s poetry book turned play “I Smile ... retained her sense of childlike wonder through life from the ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

In jail, Gulfisha began writing poems. “For the history exam/ everything I would learn by heart/ but would always forget/the dates/I forget now almost-everything/I remember/only the dates ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is, for the second time, Randle Chowning, who lives in Springfield, Missouri. He was born in Howell County, Missouri and spent the first 10 years of ...

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