Hindi Manch Presents “Kuch Tum Kaho, Kuch Hum Sunein”: A Music and Poetry Session...
LEXINGTON, MA—Hindi Manch, a non-profit organization that produces engaging and entertaining programs to pass on the heritage of Hindi and related languages to the...
Ghalib’s work could only have found meaning in India: Javed Akhtar
Mumbai--Veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar says legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib's work could only have found meaning in India.
"Ghalib was possible only in India. His...
Urdu Poetry Mesmerizes People at Aligarh Alumni Washington Mushaira
By Zafar Iqbal
“Urdu is a language that binds people of the Subcontinent encompassing all religions and culture”, said Sanjiv Saraf while addressing the 44th Annual...
Hindi Manch to Host 3-Day National Hindi Convention in Boston, Celebrate its 10th Anniversary
By Yogita Miharia
BOSTON—Hindi Manch, a Boston-based non-profit organization with the mission of bringing together people who know Hindi or who want to know Hindi...
Depicting various hues of life with Urdu poetry: A dying art
By Vikas Datta
"Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur" ("Whatever is said in Latin seems profound"), they say, and the language's sonorous tones aren't confined...
Alienation proves fertile state of mind for Lauren Groff
Fiction writer and 2018-19 Radcliffe fellow on the dread, glory, and urgency behind ‘Florida’
By Colleen Walsh
Harvard Staff Writer
Fiction writer Lauren Groff will work on her fourth novel...
Two Gujrati Poets Bring an Entertaining Evening “Mehfil” to Burlington, MA
BURLINGTON, MA—After performing at two sold-out shows in Washington, DC and San Francisco, two Gujarati poets—one of them a Bostonian—are brining their entertaining evening...
Boston Sargam and Milan Present Three Indian Poets at Hasya Kavi Sammelan on July...
SHREWSBURY, MA—Boston Sargam and Milan are organizing Hasya Kavi Sammelan on July 21 in Shrewsbury, MA, and presenting three Indian poets who are currently...
Ghalib ka hai andaz-e-bayan aur’: Mirza Ghalib and his immortal shers
By Vikas Datta
His white-bearded and tall fur hat sporting visage is among the those of a handful of global wordsmiths familiar by their very...
Hindi Poets Surendra Sharma, Sampat Saral and Sita Sagar Charm Bostonians
BURLINGTON, MA—Renowned for their humor and minute observations of daily life in the hustles and bustles of India, India’s three Hindi poets charmed the...