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Roundabout | No room for hate in Sufiana music

Podcaster Mohsin Raza Khan looks at two versions of a qawwali.
chandigarh news
Published on May 17, 2026 06:09 pm IST

Sahir Ludhianvi memorial project set to take shape in Ludhiana

The event was inaugurated by Ludhiana MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi, while Ludhiana mayor principal Inderjit Kaur presided over a free homeopathic medical camp organised on the occasion. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Apr 01, 2026 03:56 am IST

In her own write: A Women’s Day Wknd tribute to Amrita Pritam

PREMIUM
Pritam was only 28 when she wrote her most famous poem, Aaj aakhan Waris Shah nu. (HT Archives)
art culture
Updated on Mar 01, 2026 08:59 am IST

Sahir Ludhianvi's journey, iconic songs brought alive in theatrical tribute

Rupali Chandra, Sudharshan Mani, Aftab Alam and Chandra Shekhar Varma in role of Amrita Pritam, Sahir Ludhianvi, Javed Akhtar and narrator during the play Sahir: Har Ik Pal Ka Shayar staged at UP Sangeet Natak Academy in Lucknow
lucknow news
Updated on Jan 18, 2026 05:32 pm IST

Weekend events you can’t miss in Lucknow (Jan 16-18)

Watch Sanam Puri (lead vocals, guitar), Venkat Subramaniam (bass guitar) and Keshav Dhanraj (drums) come together. (Sanam Puri Instagram page)
lucknow news
Updated on Jan 16, 2026 06:46 am IST

Sukhwinder Singh, Javed Akhtar to perform at Jashn-e-Rekhta this year

Entry will be ticketed, with single-day and multi-day passes available online.  (HT Archive)
delhi news
Published on Oct 12, 2025 03:20 am IST

World Piano Day 2025: Delhi-based maestro Brian Silas and his life in notes

Delhi-based artiste Brian Silas is renowned for his style and rendition of Bollywood compositions on the piano.
htcity delhi junction
Updated on Mar 29, 2025 07:24 am IST

‘Ek Sham Sahir Ke Naam’: Ludhiana to celebrate Ludhianvi’s birth anniversary today

Members of Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust addressing media in Ludhiana on Friday. (Manish/HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 06:24 am IST

Urdu book fair sees less footfalls due to location in BKC

Urdu book fair sees less footfalls due to location in BKC
mumbai news
Updated on Jan 09, 2024 08:20 am IST

Starry, starry knight: The Wknd Dev Anand tribute

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(HT Illustration: Mohit Suneja)
art culture
Updated on Sept 29, 2023 09:49 pm IST

Ludhiana: Dastan-e-Sahir leaves audience regaled at SCD Govt College

Storytellers performing during the Dastan-e-Sahir event in Ludhiana on Saturday. (Manish/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 10:52 pm IST

Humour: Bold, sharp or blunt?

In this age of the virtual keypad and voice notes, it helps to have a favourite pen or pencil
brunch
Published on Dec 13, 2020 07:50 am IST

Roundabout: Pyaasa revisited on Sahir Ludhianvi’s death anniversary in his Centenary year

A still from Pyaasa with Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman.
chandigarh news
Published on Oct 24, 2020 10:30 pm IST

Random Forays: Philosophical ruminations on a monsoon afternoon

Rain does not just cool the parched earth, it stills the mind too.
chandigarh news
Published on Jul 18, 2020 11:06 pm IST

Review: Sahir – A Literary Portrait by Surinder Deol

A lyrical conversation: Sahir Ludhianvi and Shakeel Badayuni.
books
Updated on May 25, 2020 03:31 pm IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 5 PM: COVID-19 epicentre Wuhan out of ‘dark moment’, experts say and all the latest news at this hour

Medical personnel attend to a patient in critical condition at a hospital designated for coronavirus patients in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.
india news
Updated on Mar 08, 2020 05:09 pm IST

On Sahir Ludhianvi’s 99th birth anniversary, here’s a list of some of his most loved songs

Sahir Ludhianvi was among the most celebrated poet-lyricist to have worked in Bollywood.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 08, 2020 02:18 pm IST

Sahir Ludhianvi death anniversary: Top 10 Bollywood songs penned down by the rebel poet

Sahir Ludhianvi died 39 years ago on October 25, 1980.
bollywood
Published on Oct 25, 2019 04:58 pm IST

Book extract: Time hasn’t diminished Sahir Ludhianvi’s appeal

What is that unstoppable magic that draws us time and again to Sahir’s poems and melodies?
art culture
Updated on Oct 25, 2019 04:28 pm IST

Malavika’s Column: Autographs, Lost and Found

Javed Akhtar
mumbai news
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 01:18 am IST

Sahir Ludhianvi’s handwritten notes, poems found at Mumbai scrap shop

A Mumbai-based NGO bought the collection for just ₹3,000. It now plans to preserve and exhibit it.
delhi news
Updated on Sept 09, 2019 12:49 am IST

Javed Akhtar says no one knows Sahir Ludhianvi better than him; he should write the biopic

Poet, lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar at the launch of Sonal Sonkavde's book So What in Mumbai.
bollywood
Updated on Jul 24, 2019 02:30 pm IST

Aishwarya Rai’s rep responds to rumours of actor’s pregnancy after pic from Goa holiday goes viral

Actor Abhishek Bachchan and his wife and actor Aishwarya Rai and their daughter Aaradhya.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 24, 2019 04:58 pm IST

Sahir Ludhianvi-Amrita Pritam love story: One that played out through letters, silences and pain

Sahir Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam love story is one that deserves an epic narration on the big screen.
music
Updated on Mar 08, 2019 05:37 pm IST

Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan to star in Sahir Ludhianvi biopic?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with husband-actor Abhishek Bachchan.
bollywood
Updated on Mar 04, 2019 04:15 pm IST

Roundabout: Legend of Sahir Ludhianvi, lore of Pyaasa

A rare photograph of Sahir Ludhianvi from the Sajjad Zaheer estate.
others
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 08:59 am IST

‘See you again’: Kasauli lit fest draws to a close on a poetic note

Actress Divya Dutta on the last day of the Khushwant Singh Literature Festival in Kasauli on Sunday.
india news
Updated on Oct 15, 2018 05:21 pm IST

Remembering Amrita Pritam on the poet’s 99th birth anniversary

‘Pinjar’ (The Cage, written in 1950) was Amrita Pritam’s most famous novel. It was adapted into a movie in 2003.
books
Updated on Aug 31, 2018 08:55 am IST

Ludhiana college named after alumnus strikes a nostalgic note

Noted lyricist and poet Sahir Ludhianvi began his affair with the pen at Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, Ludhiana.
others
Published on Jun 04, 2018 11:02 am IST

Gender Benders: A few of India’s first women achievers

A 1969 photo of India’s first and as yet only, woman Prime Minister, India Gandhi.
india news
Updated on Mar 07, 2018 08:10 pm IST
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