Sense and Sensibility
6 Feb 2025 10:56 PM ISTWhat is it about some lines of poetry that make them stick? And come to get often quoted, commanding a kind of guiding quality across cultures and for...
Remembering Ghalib: A tribute to the timeless legacy of Mirza Ghalib
13 Dec 2024 10:05 PM ISTSahitya Kala Parishad, Government of NCT, Delhi, in association with ‘Ghalib Memorial Movement’, is delighted to present a grand three-day event,...
‘Whatever I have to say I express through my poetry, music and films’
1 Sept 2024 1:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Expecting an artist to always stand up or speak out on issues is quite "naive", said actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who believes in expressing...
‘There remains every possibility of a poetic reflection in my work’
8 Feb 2024 9:49 PM ISTFilmmaker Bratya Basu talks about his superhit film ‘Hubba’
Reminiscing devotional poets
13 July 2013 1:43 AM ISTIn the memory of India’s greatest devotional poets, the Department of Art, Culture and Languages of Hindi Academy will showcase a four day long...
The poetess of love and mystery
18 July 2012 6:43 AM ISTSeven writers from across the globe. One book. Love and mystery, adventure and romance. And Haikus. You would expect Alka Narula to be a part of...
‘Playing’ a tribute
19 Jun 2012 9:32 AM ISTSome people are worth celebrating. Like noted poet and lyricist Gulzar who has penned innumerable immortal verses. To commemorate his works, a...
Lodhi Garden gets poetic
11 Jun 2012 8:24 AM ISTAgainst the backdrop of quiet monuments that stand mute witnesses to history, a unique poetry recitation programme was held in the sylvan surroundings...
Rhyming, the vernacular way
23 May 2012 8:01 AM ISTThe new vernacular poetry in India is moving away from the softer shades of nature and love — the genre made famous by poet Rabindranath Tagore — to...
Searching for Dara Shikoh in Delhi
19 May 2012 8:26 AM ISTI look for Dara Shikoh in that part of the city where streets are named after past emperors. Dara Sikoh - the scholar, the sufi, the prince who...
Talk about Tagore
8 May 2012 9:52 AM ISTRabindranath Tagore needs no introduction. He was a great visionary and polymath. He is idolised world over till date. Indian Habitat Centre on...
‘Faiz enjoyed the company of women’
5 May 2012 12:13 PM ISTFaiz Ahmed Faiz, the iconic Urdu poet, whose work has been read, loved and appreciated, is known for his contribution to the literature in the Asian...
