Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) students staged a protest against the recently enacted Waqf (Amendment) Act, which they termed “anti-Muslim” and “discriminatory.” The protest, ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social media, and how digital platforms have made Urdu poetry accessible to a ...

For professor Ali Ahmed Fatmi, vindication has come from the apex court of the country but the retired Urdu scholar from Allahabad University says it’s too little, too late. In the 2021 demolition ...

Danielle Hanson in 2016 left a thriving corporate communications job in Atlanta to devote her time to her first love — poetry. That departure kicked off a six-year period of serving as a ...

Tillotson was perhaps best known for the 1961 hit ‘Poetry In Motion’, as well as other hits like ‘Talk Back Trembling Lips’ and ‘It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’, the latter of which was ...

“The name of the band, Close Your Eyes, means that we will give people music that’s persuasive even when people listen to it with their eyes closed,” Jeon Min-wook told reporters during a showcase ...