An Instagram reel of a woman reciting a sharp Urdu couplet went viral with 28 million views, until viewers discovered she was ...

The eighth of February, which is known as Propose Day, represents the most daring section of Valentine Week. The day begins with silent activities, which then lead to people expressing their emotions ...

Lucknow isn’t just a city of kebabs and monuments, nor is it limited to its mehmaan-nawazi and Urdu adab. Like every evolving city, it now has a far more layere ...

On a fog-laden Delhi morning, the staff of a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) school begins lining up students for assembly. The primary school is tucked into the by-lanes of Old Delhi, the ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other. By Gregory Cowles Gregory Cowles is senior editor of ...

Afterburn by Blake Morrison; Into the Hush by Arthur Sze; Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf; Only Sing by John Berryman; Lamping Wild Rabbits by Simon Maddrell; Dream Latitudes by Alia Kobuszko Afterburn ...

A viral AI-generated video, featuring a woman reciting a couplet, managed to fool millions of people.

Was born on October 11, 1933, in Lahore and made Dharamsala his permanent home after retiring from state Tourism Department.

The artists struggling to survive the fall of Glasgow's CCA Literature festival returning for 20th year New poet laureate 'proud' to represent the city Heart and Soul. From American Pastor to Whirling ...

I did not learn Urdu as a political act. I learned it as a way of being. Before language hardened into identity, before accents were weaponised and scripts scrutinised, before words were asked to ...

He became interested in poetry as a teenager, hooked first on Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, and started writing in his 20s. He writes “only three or four” poems a year, but when he is writing he is ...

Today, we celebrate the first day of Valentine’s Week as Rose Day 2026 on February 7. This day is celebrated across the world and gives people a perfect chance to share their true feelings with ...