Delhi-based poet-singer Minu Bakshi's Urdu verses vet Gen Z emotions
Rahmat, poet-singer Minu Bakshi stirs emotions of love and longing. She tells HTCity how Urdu poetry is still relevant in Gen ...
Renowned Urdu poet Eshrat Rahmani remembered on his 33rd death anniversary
Today marks the 33rd death anniversary of Eshrat Rahmani, a celebrated Urdu poet known for his eloquent poetry and deep ...
Review: The Essential Ghalib by Anisur Rahman
Marked by a novel approach and presentation, Anisur Rahman’s ‘Essential Ghalib’ features 200 of the great poet’s verses in ...
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My Feminist ABCs: Speaking Tanveer Anjum’s rebellious language
Tanveer Anjum’s poetry challenges the boundaries of form and language, offering a bold new feminist poetic praxis.
Supriya Newar’s collection of Hindustani poetry, ‘Justaju’, reflects her own literary quest
The author of ‘Kalkatta Chronicles’ and ‘Kolkata Classics’ gives insight into her debut foray into Hindustani poetry ...
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The Stairway of Faiz’s Poetry
Faiz was a powerful binder of all revolutionary spirits, which is not rage but pain. His metaphors were the common product of ...
Ghalib lived the life of a poet, both a dream and a nightmare
Discover the life and poetry of Mirza Ghalib, a legendary poet whose legacy continues to captivate hearts today.
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Fragments from the body torn: Fahmida Riaz’s fearless legacy
The Urdu word ‘Rahzan,’ roughly translated as ‘thief,’ implies that when a woman decides to pursue something, she must endure ...
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Right-Wing is Wrong, Urdu Belongs to Hindustan
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 ...