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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicUrdu poetry

Topic: urdu poetry

When Javed Akhtar met Faiz by pretending to be his friend. It was a close shave

Nasreen Munni Kabir -
In 'Talking Life' Javed Akhtar speaks to Nasreen Munni Kabir with refreshing honesty about the ups and downs of his extraordinary life.

Ali Sardar Jafri–the Urdu poet wrote anti-war poems, opposed the rise of communalism in India

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Jafri was among the most ardent supporters of pluralistic and egalitarian India. His poetry also had a place for Krishna, Buddha, Radha and the Vedas.

Famous poet Akbar Allahabadi is now Akbar Prayagraj, says UP higher education panel website

Kritika Sharma -
UP Higher Education Services Commission names Syed Akbar Hussain, popular as Akbar Allahabadi, as Akbar Prayagraj on website. Names of poets Rashid Allahabadi & Tegh Allahabadi changed too.

Allama Iqbal, his two-nation theory and the ideas in his poetry that were anti-national

Faiyaz Ahmad Fyzie -
Iqbal, much like Sir Syed, never considered the Muslims of Indian origin as true Muslims.

Sahir at 100: The ‘pal do pal ka shayar’ who doesn’t fade even 41 years after his death

Unnati Sharma -
Sahir Ludhianvi would’ve been 100 this March, and his lyrics and poetry still resonate for their philosophical tinge, symbolism & social consciousness.

No one bigger than Faruqi in Urdu literature, says Dastango Himanshu Bajpai 

Krishan Murari -
Faruqi, credited with restoring Dastangoi, the Urdu art of oral storytelling, passed away Thursday. He was 85.

Urdu poet Shamsur Rahman Faruqi passes away month after recovering from Covid

PTI -
The 85-year-old Padma Shri poet is credited to have revived 'Dastangoi', a 16th century Urdu oral storytelling art form.

Urdu lyricist-poet Rahat Indori passes away at 70

PTI -
Indori's career spanned over 50 years and was known for lyrics of songs in films including Munnabhai MBBS and Ishq. He was undergoing treatment for Covid but died due to a heart attack.

‘Dhoop aane do’, don’t lose hope & feed the strays: Gulzar’s lockdown message in poetry, prose

Gulzar -
Stay hopeful, and practise social distancing, says Gulzar in his new poem. Read the translation of the poem by Rakhshanda Jalil.

Verses in the time of virus: Poetry Live unites 71 quarantined poets on Instagram

Fiza Jha -
Indian Novels Collective and Mumbai bookstore Kitab Khana brought together renowned and new-generation poets together on Instagram via daily lockdown poetry sessions.
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Opinion

The math is clear — buying Russian oil is now a losing deal for India

Sanjay Kathuria -
India’s Russian oil purchases have effectively meant a transfer of gains from millions of workers in labour-intensive sectors to a few large refiners.

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

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Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Economy

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Defence

Doctor-led terror module behind Delhi blast was in phase 2 of ops, planned serial bombings in December

Snehesh Alex Philip -
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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