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TopicAgha Shahid Ali

Topic: Agha Shahid Ali

Agha Shahid Ali was an inspiration to friends, a lover of people. His poems linked memory and history

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Agha Shahid Ali rejected minimalism and sought to broaden English through the expressiveness of Urdu, despite his immersion in American poetry.

Her lips painted red, ghazal queen Begum Akhtar sang with a ‘pain in her voice’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
She turned the break in her voice during high pitched notes into her virtue, for she knew how to mould it.

Dancing with Agha Shahid Ali: Why the poet will always be my muse

Kamla K Kapur -
Author and poet Kamla Kapur recounts growing up with Shahid, the Phoenix in a coffin of light.

On Camera

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Opinion

Vijay is winning nickname war in Tamil Nadu. He’s attacking Brand Stalin with ‘uncle’ taunt

Gautham PS -
If Stalin ignores the taunt, it spreads unchecked. If he responds, he legitimises Vijay. Either way, the Tamil Nadu politics binary bends.

I will keep attacking India even though my missiles reach nowhere: Pakistani General X

Give Trump a Nobel already. He has united Modi, Xi and Putin

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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