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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UMass Amherst Graduate Kritika Pandey Wins 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
AMHERST, Mass. – Kritika Pandey, a 2020 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s MFA for Poets and Writers, wins the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story...
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...
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...
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...
Mirza Ghalib still homeless in his birth place
AGRA-- Though Mirza Ghalib's contribution to 'Urdu Adab' is considered as significant as Shakespeare's to English, the mansion in Agra where he was born...