The tale, published in 1960 by Naya Idara, is set against the backdrop of India’s Partition in August 1947. read more

To bring an Urdu text into an English literature classroom, even though in translation, is a task that is at once delightful, difficult and always threatening to burst into the territory of the disastrous. read more

Poets will explore the concept of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb through their works. read more

Private capital: The Delhi you never see | One evening, we meet poet Akhil Katyal at his apartment in south Delhi’s Jangpura. He takes us through Delhi in one of his poems. read more

‘Dear Heart’ is a dramatised reading of the exchange of letters by Faiz from jail to his wife Alys read more

Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the celebrated Urdu writer and poet, is the subject of a play at a two-day poetry festival in Delhi. read more

On Hindi Diwas, we meet Manish Gupta, who runs a YouTube channel that introduces youngsters to the romance of Hindi poetry read more

Quintessential Dilli, and yet a Dilli that can slip under the radar of popular interest. The Brunch team discovers a slice of their beloved city that’s not often served to those who do not seek! read more

He made the Bollywood classic, Umrao Jaan (1981), then disappeared from filmmaking for two decades, and ventured into fashion instead, creating the elegant couture label Kotwara. But now, Muzaffar Ali, master of many crafts is back with a new movie,... read more

This weekend, at the festival of Indian classical music,cultural enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to hear him sing classical thumris. read more

In its journey from page to screen, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is able to capture the several schisms that define our social and political lives, writes Mira Nair. read more

When we talk of contemporary Urdu poetry, a few names come to mind, who by virtue of their direct and unwavering expression have made a lasting contribution to the language. After Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Sahir Ludhianvi and Ali Sardar Jafery, Ahmed Faraz was... read more

In my humble opinion, the best translations of Urdu poetry into English were done by Victor Kiernan of the works of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Khushwant Singh writes. read more

Theirs is an unshakeable nostalgia of the present. Sachal Studios of Lahore, the world’s only Pathan-suited orchestra to record jazz standards, usually plays old tunes with an old-worldly orchestration of sitar, tabla and violins. read more

Works of noted subcontinental Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, globally recognised as one who believed in social reform and devoted his poetry to the uplift of humanity, has now been translated into German. read more