Progressive poet and lyricist Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914-1976), father of Javed, was one of those who explored love, loss, identity,…
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Author of a poetry collection ‘Anjaan Kaa’inat Jee’ari Aa’ (The Universe is Still Alive), Saabhiyan Sangi says she doesn’t want…
Read More »Ghalib stayed in Kolkata for eighteen months. Kolkata’s cultural vibrancy, literary sensibility and cosmic vision had cast a spell on…
Read More »Long ignored, we look at how Zatalli was a pioneer in creating a small but effective oeuvre of Urdu poetry…
Read More »The book follows in Ghalib’s footsteps and while familiarizing the reader with his forever implicit questioning leaves the reader to…
Read More »Remembering one of the best known Urdu poets of all times Ghalib was born on 27th Dec 1797 and passed…
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