Practice what you preach, Sahitya Akademi president tells writers while conferring awards
By Saket Suman
New Delhi--In what may lead to another controversy surrounding the Sahitya Akademi, an evening that was expected to be a celebration of...
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...
Mystic Sufi music awaits you at Samara
Mumbai- Practiced across different parts of the world, Sufi music that has an array of genres and is based on the common philosophy of...
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...
Shaam-e-Sher: Reinvigorating Urdu among youth
By Akanki Sharma
New Delhi-- In today's digital era where technology has almost swamped art in all its forms, has Urdu literature once famous for...
Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary wins Jnanpith Award
NEW DELHI-- Noted Gujarati writer Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the 51st Jnanpith award for his contribution to Indian literature, it was announced...
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 Hindi Comedy Plays and Local Poets, Writers and Theatre Personalities to Feature at...
CONCORD, MA— Hindi Manch Sahitya Vibhag, a division of Hindi Manch, will present two Hindi comedy plays and local poets, writers, and theatre personalities...
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...
