Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...

I moved to Mumbai. Saying that might be a stretch. No one thinks that Kalyan is Mumbai, except Kalyanwallahs. Prior to moving, I had lived in Delhi for about 21 years. I was used to what jumbo ...

A Persian inscription, engraved on stone, was found in a forest on the way to the Mallikarjuna temple of Srisailam in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district, officials of the Archaeological Survey of ...

In hand is a mint-fresh book picturing eminent poets of the Urdu language who made up an amazing family with talent aplenty.