'We will teach them about our idol Mohammad Sahab and all the great men of other religions as well -- about Shri Ram, Krishna, Yeshu, Bhagwan Mahavir.' 'We want children from the madrasas to become......
Top poets and writers including Javed Akhtar, Rahat Indori and Vishal Bhardwaj on Thursday described attempts to paint Faiz Ahmed Faiz's revolutionary Hum Dekhenge as anti-Hindu and pro-Islam,......
Renowned poet and lyricist Nida Fazli, who penned several soulful compositions like ‘Kabhi kisi ko mukamil jahan nahi milta’, passed away on Monday after he complained of......
Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the......
In four years, Rekhta has become the largest online repository for Urdu poetry and literature in the world, says Veenu Sandhu.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The lawns of the Indira......
Sukanya Verma lists her top 15 songs of the year. At the risk of sounding like one of those perennially discontent oldies frowning upon all things new, I will admit that the Hindi film music scene......
While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes......
'I had really loved that human very much. I had written nazms and shayaris for that man and he used those things to defame me. It’s like a second death when somebody does......
'Disney is presenting Black Panther as Manoj Muntashir's film.''Such a big studio, a billion dollar film is being released as Manoj Muntashir's film.''It is in the same space of Baahubali, which I......
'No matter how big the name, no one lives forever; like medicines, we come with an expiry date.''But, in the short time that we have, we try to make something that will stay on long after we are......
Badminton biggies P Kashyap and Ajay Jayaram have made a mark on the court with their stretches, lunges and smashes in some big wins for the country. With the nationwide lockdown in effect and no......