Tanveer Anjum’s poetry challenges the boundaries of form and language, offering a bold new feminist poetic praxis.

Marked by a novel approach and presentation, Anisur Rahman’s ‘Essential Ghalib’ features 200 of the great poet’s verses in ...

The curious case of literary censorship in Urdu with special emphasis on the oeuvre of Mir Taqi Mir, one of the greatest ...

Considered by some the most incomparable cultural icon of medieval Islamic India, Khusrau left such a deep imprint on Delhi’s ...

Here too, there was this volley of power changes where every new generation is, at once, an enemy and a friend to their ...

poetry readings and storytelling, the practice seems to have found a purple patch. Farooqui notes, “In such times, when you experiment, you experiment with the text, recitation and style.” ...

But, despite her growing repertoire in English, the love for Urdu-Hindustani poetry never left. “While I wrote professionally in English, I was always writing poetry in Hindustani for myself. Besides ...

Rahmat, poet-singer Minu Bakshi stirs emotions of love and longing. She tells HTCity how Urdu poetry is still relevant in Gen ...

Apart from his share of highs and lows, Rajiv will also be remembered for lacing his press conferences with Urdu couplets to make his point. “Kar na sakein ikraar toh koi baat nahi, meri wafa ka ...