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Ghazala Wahab on the Glorious Days of the Hindi Heartland
In the first part of this Book Baithak episode, journalist and author Ghazala Wahab speaks with our host, Gaurav Tiwari, about her latest book The Hindi Heartland. She explains...
Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies
Khan’s bookstore was a treasure trove of valuable Urdu literature that is greatly appreciated by lovers of Urdu language.
Har Shaks, Khuda Baksh: Campaign to protect iconic library gathers steam
Bihar Viplavi Parishad released a poster on social media, appealing to citizens to protest the Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation's suggestion to destroy a part of India’s heritage
Battleground Bengal: For the Matuas, This is Utsav time
If I can’t dance, I don’t want to part...
Restore Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy: Rahman Abbas’ appeal to CM Thackeray
One of India’s well-known fiction writers writes an open letter to the Maharashtra Chief Minister to request the resumption of the Urdu Academy free of any political or religious influence.
Festivals: Occasions for spreading communal harmony in India
India's Tryst With Destiny has been overwrought with the legacy of violent bloodshed and communal disharmony of Partition, leaving behind scars which we have neither been able to completely comprehend, nor heal, to this day.
Delhi’s pre-Mughal mosques wallow in neglect
Like the other structures, the mosques of the pre-Mughal era lie forlorn and in benign neglect with little to no upkeep
Hindi literature and journalism will always remember the rich contributions of Manglesh Dabral
A poet and editor who was the voice of the marginalised
The preservation of a pandemic: Art under quarantine
Museums, zoos and galleries around the world are calling on people to document their Covid-19 lockdown experience
Khan Saheb in Kashi
Ustad Bismillah Khan, 1916–2006. In the Ustad’s shehnai lies the note of reason
How ‘Bura na maano Holi hai’ has undermined the consent of women in India
From casually normalizing abuse to giving Holi a communal colour by targeting minority women, the festival has become more of a nightmare than a celebration
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