HOW intriguing that at a time when English, with its status as a global language, is swaying South Asian literary minds, one seasoned English fiction writer settled in London has taken a jump in the ...

WHEN the sun peeped out from behind the horizon on August 14, 1947, much to its surprise it was an altogether different landscape in the subcontinent, not only politically but also literarily and ...

KARACHI/ URDU LITERATURE: Urdu literature and history are integral parts of fiction writing, said speakers at the 'Fiction ke Baladtay Qalib' session on the third day of the ninth Aalmi Urdu ...

PATNA: Mohammad Absar did not use unfair means in his law examination. Nor did he leave his paper blank. Yet, Patna University has penalised him by awarding zero in a paper. His fault, according to ...

HYDERABAD: Urdu has been the heart of Hyderabad since time immemorial. While the number of writers, readers and enthusiasts has slowly come down, the city has a golden few of them doing their every ...

In 1857, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, better known by his last name, sought refuge in the art of letter-writing to express the pain and sorrow he had witnessed during the first War of Independence. A ...

After the Dadri lynching, the Urdu writing community has been quite unhappy. Therefore, I decided to return the award. There are some other Urdu writers who also want to join the protest. It is high ...

Google on Wednesday celebrated the 87th birthday of Urdu poet and author Abdul Qavo Desnavi with a doodle. Desnavi, a writer, linguist, and bibliographer was born in the Nalanda district of Bihar on ...

A decision by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the country's largest school board, to disallow students from writing board exams in any language other than Hindi and English has left ...