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

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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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Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.