Poet
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Opinion
Who Owns Urdu? Javed Akhtar, Religion, and the Fight for a Shared Language
“Bahut Samjhe the Hum Is Daur Ki Firqa Parasti Ko Zubaan Bhi Aaj Shaikh -o-Brahaman Hai Ham Nhi Samjhe” (Rashid…
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Bengal
Jamal Ahmed ‘Jamal’: A 98-Year-Old Poet Who Met Gandhi, Donated Land and Advocates for Unity
Jamal Ahmed 'Jamal', a 98-year-old hotelier and poet from Kolkata, is a philanthropist who donated land in Bihar for a…
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Inclusive India
Javed Akhtar Questions Owaisi, Debunks Myths and Calls for Reform in Kolkata
Kolkata: Renowned screen writer, lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar, known for his sharp intellect and reformist views, shared his candid…
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Audio/Video
Dr Makhmoor Kakorvi: On the mission to collect all the ‘chronograms’ on epitaphs
Lukhnow: One would be surprised to see the passion of poet Makhmoor Kakorvi, who has several books to his credit,…
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Freshly Brewed
Situation is frightening in our country: Poet and Satirist Sampat Saral
Jaipur/Kolkata: At a time when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has sent out a strong message against the voice of…
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Let There Be Light
An IPS officer, whose passion lies in Urdu poetry
Kolkata: He is just forty, and is the deputy commissioner of Kolkata’s Special Task Force. But that is not his…
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