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Noted poet Bashir Badr passes away 91

Noted poet Bashir Badr passes away 91

Published 67 days ago

Delhiwale: His poetic grace

Naseer Jhinjhanvi, a distinguished resident of the Walled City, died on Thursday after a prolonged illness, aged 63. (HT Photo)

Published 94 days ago

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)

Published 125 days ago

57th edition of Shankar-Shad Mushaira to host Javed Akhtar, Waseem Barelvi

57th edition of Shankar-Shad Mushaira to host Javed Akhtar, Waseem Barelvi

Published 132 days ago

Roundabout: A salute to ties between poetry & languages

Poet Chander Trikha, author Bhupinder Aziz Parihar and poet Krishan Adeeb. (HT Photo)

Published 232 days ago

Roundabout | Tricity flies high on wings of words & arts this autumn

Naseeruddin Shah enacting ‘Ismat Apa ki Kalam Se’.

Published 260 days ago

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)

Published 296 days ago

A man of letters, a bridge between East and West

Naim sahab’s personality was a beautiful amalgamation of the East and the West. He was a modest person but a straight shooter when he spoke. (The World of Girish Karnad on Facebook)

Published 381 days ago

Irshad Khan: ‘Sikandar’ of Hindustani prose, poetry and songs

Irshad Khan ‘Sikandar’ reciting his poetry at a mushaira hosted by the Sahitya Akademi (Instagram)

Published 437 days ago

Delhi-based poet-singer Minu Bakshi's Urdu verses vet Gen Z emotions

Poet Minu Bakshi talks about her latest collection of poems, Barish-e-Rahmat.

Updated 503 days ago

Review: The Essential Ghalib by Anisur Rahman

Mirza Ghalib (Wikimedia Commons)

Updated 507 days ago

Review: The Story of Eve by Zehra Nigah

MF Husain’s portrait of Zehra Nigah (Courtesy Rakshanda Jalil)

Published 556 days ago

Manmohan Singh, Sushma Swaraj's ‘shayari’ banters in Parliament | Video

PM Manmohan Singh quipped at the opposition leader and even at reporters with his Urdu poetry.

Updated 584 days ago

Why Papon believes in the timeless magic of Ghazals

Papon has revealed he is working on two ghazal albums

Published 592 days ago

Review: The Homeland’s an Ocean by Mir Taqi Mir, translated by Ranjit Hoskote

Asad ud Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in whose court Mir spent some of his last years. (Wikimedia Commons)

Published 640 days ago

Roundabout: A look back at tragic death of poet Majaz Lakhnavi

Poet-psychologist Salman Akhtar uncodes words of his worthy clan of verse-makers (HT Photo)

Updated 666 days ago

Bad Poetry Day: The evolution of slam poetry from streets to stages

The evolution of slam poetry, from Chicago's streets to global stages

Updated 715 days ago

The people’s poet who bridged divides through lyrical simplicity

Renowned lyricist and urdu poet Nida Fazli .

Published 722 days ago

Love has the inborn strength to weed out the seedlings of hatred

Rakhshanda Jalil signs the book ‘Love In The Times of Hate’. (HT photo)

Updated 778 days ago

Gita Govinda goes global, again

Gita Govinda Global Tour by Lucknow-born Kathak dancer Pali Chandra aims at highlighting the modern day relevance of the Sanskrit epic by the 12th century poet Jayadeva

Published 869 days ago

Just Like That | The intimate world of Hindustani culture

A classical music baithak in progress. (Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

Published 876 days ago

Growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, lovelorn like a Pankaj Udhas ghazal

Pankaj Udhas

Updated 888 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on December 8

Catch It Live on December 8

Published 970 days ago

Review: Fahmida Riaz: The Iconic Iconoclast by Subodh Lal

Urdu poet Fahmida Riaz in the 1980s. (HT Photo)

Published 977 days ago

Jammu and Kashmir's Karnah gears up for a Pahadi poetic symposium on Aug 24

Jammu and Kashmir's Karnah gears up for a Pahadi poetic symposium on Aug 24

Published 1080 days ago

Interview: Anisur Rehman “Today, the Urdu nazm is vibrant and secular”

Critic, translator and academic Anisur Rehman (Courtesy Ashoka University)

Updated 1144 days ago

Review: Daaera (The Circle) and Dhanak (The Rainbow) edited by Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi in a picture dated March 31, 2023. Their joint project, a box set comprising two trilingual anthologies, Dhanak (The Rainbow) by Jan Nisar Akhtar and Daaera (The Circle) by Kaifi Azmi, shows that sometimes celebrity pairings have great creative possibilities. (Vijay Bate/HT PHOTO)

Updated 1193 days ago

Kashmir rocks: Alif and the chorus from the valley

Musician Mohammad Muneem, founder and frontman of Alif, is an engineer and MBA who left his MNC job to pursue poetry and music.

Updated 1106 days ago

Mirza Ghalib 224th birth anniversary: 10 love couplets by legendary Urdu poet

Mirza Ghalib 224th birth anniversary: 10 love couplets by legendary Urdu poet

Updated 1680 days ago

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