A 400-page anthology of the poetry of Mir Taqi Mir, presented in Urdu, Hindi and English alongside an insightful commentary, makes the 18th century poet’s work more accessible to the contemporary Angl ...

Jameela Nishat gives us a profound gift – a set of poems that are evocative, poignant, provocative and insightful.

The Hyderabad Urdu Conference of 1944 was held on a grand scale. It was dominated by the Progressives, who were its driving ...

Padma Shri poet Shafi Shauq warns institutions—not people—threaten Kashmiri. He explains power, translation, and survival.

The roots of antisemitism in societies such as Pakistan are often traced by local clerics to a particular Qur’anic verse which they interpret as stating that “Jews and Christians are not your (Muslims ...

Whatsapp As younger generations shift to Urdu and English, Kashmiri faces social stigma, institutional neglect, and digital marginalisation, raising urgent questions about identity, heritage, and ...

In the vibrant city of Srinagar, the Kashmiri language, Koshur, is fading amidst the dominance of English and Urdu. While cafes buzz with discussions, the historic language is reduced to a whisper, ...

The Laureate Writers Series program for Tuesday, March 3, will feature Sarah Ghazal Ali, an American poet, essayist, and literary editor who currently is an assistant professor at Macalester College ...

It is only due to great merit accumulated from past lives that a poet occasionally finds such a knowledgeable critic who truly understands the labor involved in poetic composition—who carefully ...

This essay offers a sociological reading of three poems, framing silence as a form of resistance—against noise, injustice, and dehumanization.

UVA professor Oludamini Ogunnaike discusses his work and inspiration after reading at the Library of Congress.

As Hindi cinema, by and large, continues to fail to create films depicting the regular life of an Indian Muslim sans stereotyping, The Great Shamsuddin Family comes as a breath of fresh air ...