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.

Mirza Ghalib, born in Agra, spent his life in Delhi but never wrote about the Taj Mahal. His tomb is near Chausath Khamba, a notable yet overlooked marble monument.

Ahead of her performance this evening at the Royal Opera House, Mumbai, where she presents ‘Ibaadat – Songs of the Sacred: An Evening of Soulful Sufi Music’, Kalra reflects on the journey of The Sufi ...

A BJP MP has demanded that New Delhi be named Indraprastha. But how did Indraprastha, associated with the Pandavas of Mahabharata, get the name Delhi? The etymological roots can be traced back to over ...

Languages, like people, carry memory. They hold within them the sound of lullabies, the rhythm of protest, the ache of love letters, and the pulse of poetry.

The star behind the hit ‘Pasoori’ on self-expression in Pakistan, the country’s relations with India — and the ‘Muslim ...

There are 385 poems in John Berryman’s Dream Songs, one of the great books of 20th-century poetry. They follow an American everyman, Henry – not identical with his poet, but not entirely distinct – as ...