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    Articles by Shafey Kidwai

    Review: Bismillah and Other Stories by Manto, translated by Rakshanda Jalil

    Author Saadat Hasan Manto (Courtesy Aleph)
    books
    Updated on Jun 12, 2026 23:24 IST

    Review: The Essential Mir by Anisur Rahman

    A portrait of Mir Taqi Mir circa 1786. (Wikimedia Commons)
    books
    Updated on Feb 27, 2026 22:22 IST

    On the unexpected resurgence of Urdu in India

    Visitors at the Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival in New Delhi in 2022. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)
    books
    Updated on Dec 19, 2025 14:48 IST

    Indian Literature: Of oral lore and beyond

    Women singing folk songs at a ceremony in Rajasthan. (Shutterstock)
    books
    Updated on Nov 27, 2025 12:41 IST

    Review: Muslim Identity in Hindi Cinema by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui

    Ranveer Singh as Khilji in Padmavat. “An unprecedented surge in structuring films on themes related to Muslim rulers reveals a sense of naivety on the part of the directors, who seem to believe that retelling the past or the imagined past settles the question of cultural identity.” (Film still)
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    Updated on Jul 23, 2025 16:48 IST

    Discovering a calligraphic beauty

    A 282-page manuscript compiled in 1817, that covers a variety of medieval monuments, was recently discovered in the British Museum, London.
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    Updated on Aug 22, 2024 15:36 IST

    Review: Making the ‘Woman’ by Sutapa Dutta and Shivangini Tandon

    Tawaifs or courtesans upended gender norms. (Wikimedia Commons/Frederic Courtland Penfield: East of Suez. Ceylon, India, China and Japan. New York: The Century Co. 1907.)
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    Updated on Jul 25, 2024 17:16 IST

    Review: AgniKaal by Yugal Joshi

    Jim Sarbh as Malik Kafur in Padmaavat (2018). (Film still)
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    Updated on May 3, 2024 15:49 IST

    Review: Mikhail Bakhtin; A Critical Introduction by EV Ramakrishnan

    Mikhail Bakhtin, philosopher and literary theorist (Wikimedia Commons)
    books
    Updated on Feb 15, 2024 09:34 IST

    Review: Fahmida Riaz: The Iconic Iconoclast by Subodh Lal

    Urdu poet Fahmida Riaz in the 1980s. (HT Photo)
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    Updated on Nov 30, 2023 13:14 IST

    Review: Allah Mian Ka Karkhana by Mohsin Khan

    Mohsin Khan, author, Allah Mian Ka Karkhana, being awarded the Bank of Baroda Rashtrabhasha Samman, 2023, by Geetanjali Shree. (Bank of Baroda)
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    Updated on Jul 2, 2023 05:08 IST

    Review: Hazaar Rang Shaairi, selected, edited and translated by Anisur Rahman

    While the popularity of the ghazal has persisted with the form being feted at events like the annual Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival, the nazm too is enduring. (Sonu Mehta/HT PHOTO)
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    Updated on Feb 2, 2023 02:16 IST

    Review: My Life in Indian Politics by Mohsina Kidwai

    Mohsina Kidwai with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi on 15 May 1978. (Virendra Prabhakar/HT Photo)
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    Updated on Dec 9, 2022 12:39 IST

    Essay: Food, death and the state of the nation in Khalid Jawed’s novels

    Author Khalid Jawed (Courtesy Shafey Kidwai)
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    Updated on Nov 3, 2022 14:45 IST

    Review: Unparenting by Reema Ahmad

    Parenting is not the simple act of raising a child. (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 19, 2022 18:17 IST

    Review: Joginder Paul; The Writerly Writer edited by Chandana Dutta

    Joginder Paul (second from left) with Rajinder Singh Bedi (second from right) and Jainendra Kumar (extreme right) at a Writers Seminar at Ghalib Academy, New Delhi. (HT Photo)
    books
    Updated on Aug 10, 2022 19:10 IST

    Obituary: Gopi Chand Narang, Urdu scholar and critic

    Gopi Chand Narang (Courtesy the author)
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    Updated on Jun 29, 2022 07:23 IST

    Review: Syed Mahmood; Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge by Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmad

    Allahabad High Court where Syed Mahmood served between 1887 and 1893 (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on May 18, 2022 15:49 IST

    Essay: On Rekhti and Mir Yar Ali Khan Jan Sahib’s The Incomparable Festival edited and translated by Razak Khan and Shad Naved

    A scene in contemporary Rampur in Utter Pradesh. Mir Yar Ali Khan Jan Sahib’s long poem Musaddas Tahniyat-e- Jashne-Benazir vividly portrays a festival fair held in Rampur in 1867-68. (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)
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    Updated on Feb 18, 2022 06:41 IST

    Review: The Making of The Modern Indian Muslim; Aligarh Muslim University by Mohammed Wajihuddin

    The library at AMU. (HT Photo)
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    Updated on Jan 27, 2022 16:31 IST

    Review: Literary Criticism in India edited by EV Ramakrishnan

    Bhasha: India’s linguistic wealth (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Oct 6, 2021 17:55 IST

    Review: Shahryar by Asim Siddiqui

    Urdu poet and lyricist Akhlaq Mohammed Khan 'Shahryar'. (HT Archive)
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    Updated on Jun 17, 2021 09:49 IST

    Obituary: Shamim Hanafi, Urdu scholar and critic

    Urdu author, critic, dramatist and poet Shamim Hanafi (Courtesy Shafey Kidwai)
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    Updated on May 12, 2021 08:53 IST

    Review: The Hidden Garden - Mir Taqi Mir by Gopi Chand Narang

    An illustration published in the Journal Universel, Paris, 1857, of the Rumi Darwaza gateway in Lucknow, the city where Mir spent his last years. (Shutterstock)
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    Updated on Apr 30, 2021 11:07 IST

    The right-wing assessment of AMU founder SA Khan is way off the mark

    Former President Pranab Mukherjee at Syed Ahmad Khan’s 200th birth anniversary celebrations, Aligarh Muslim University, October 17, 2017
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 17, 2017 08:09 IST
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