Our Chandigarh had its share of poets and there had been lyrical poets of the fame of Shiv Kumar Batalvi writing in Punjabi and Prem Warbortoni penning ghazals in Urdu with aplomb, calling out to his ...

“Raised by Wolves: Fifty Poets on Fifty Poems” edited by Carmen Gimenez ... “Theophanies” by Sarah Ghazal Ali (Alice James Books). “Birthing Butterflies” by Claudia May (Finishing ...

Coming from a lineage of writers, Javed Akhtar—son of renowned Urdu poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar—released his first poetry book, Tarkash (Quiver), a collection of 52 ghazals and nazms, in 1995.

Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to ...

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The 7th Bhopal Literature Festival concluded with 20 dynamic sessions featuring over 30 speakers, leaving audiences enriched with insightful discussions, book launches, and cultural showcases. The ...

Translator Rakhshanda Jalil beautifully and intelligently lives up to Zehra Nigah’s personal philosophy of ‘saying more with ...

O P Sharma “Pala Sepoy Dogra Aa”This is a verse of the famous Dogri song which is considered symbolic of the Dogras’culture, ...

The Literature Festival was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Prof Milind Sudhakar Marathe, Chairman of National Book ... on English poetry by Dr Prantik Banerjee and on Urdu for Ghazal writing ...

a ghazal recital by Adnan Salem at 8 p.m., featuring the poetry of Khumar Barabankvi. Saturday, January 18, begins with the play Hashiye Zindagi Ke at 11 a.m., exploring the margins of life.

Lisken Van Pelt Dus sees things we probably never saw in quite the same way, and even as we may recognize these things in our ...

"Hazaron khwahishen aisi ki har khwahish pe dam nikle/Bahut nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle…” he narrated with a hint of melancholy in his voice. We ...