“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 ...

PREMIUM The bias against Urdu showed its face during the framing ... whole world is our India), had lamented it in some of his poems of the late 1930s. It showed its face again during the framing ...

“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 ...

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging the use of Urdu signboards in the Patur Municipal Council of Akola in ...

Javed Akhtar, whose participation delighted the audience, said, “Poetry is not about big words or difficult ideas. It’s about saying something simple that touches people deeply. Tonight ...

The judge ordered him to pay a $30,000 fine, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. “I am sorry to my wife, our family. This is embarrassing. But I am asking for consideration ...

Founded in 1997, The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College has a core mission to bring poets of national and international stature to campus to inspire students and the Smith community. All ...

"I know we already spoke and are good friends bro but again I just wanted to express not only to J but to his family as well how deeply sorry I am," Simpson wrote on X." I would never purposely do ...

An inquest into the care of a 76-year-old man who died from sepsis, days after being discharged from University Hospital Limerick, has returned a verdict of medical misadventure. Staff at UHL and ...

A changing global order can affect domestic politics in one of three ways. Governments can be thrown out as voters are drawn to new parties and leaders more in tune with the times. Or people can ...