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‘Jashn-e-Iqbal’ fest in Kolkata to boost ‘Aman ki Asha’

‘Jashn-e-Iqbal’ fest in Kolkata to boost ‘Aman ki Asha’

The West Bengal Urdu Academy will posthumously award Allama Iqbal the Tarana-e-Hind award that his grandson Waleed Iqbal is coming from Lahore to receive The West Bengal government in India hopes its...
The magic of Manto

The magic of Manto

Commemorating the 103rd birth anniversary of the great short story writer Sadat Hasan Manto in Kolkata with an evening of poetry, film and theatre Last week, intellectuals, activists and ordinary...
Playing music back and forth

Playing music back and forth

Rekha Bhardwaj, whom not many people knew about until they had watched Haider, is a serious singer trained in and passionate about classical music I was at Ville Parle railway station when I received...
BRIEFS: Today in Mumbai, Sabeen Mahmud, dosti and democracy

BRIEFS: Today in Mumbai, Sabeen Mahmud, dosti and democracy

EVENT TODAY: Friday, 15 May 2015 Time: 7:30 pm (Registration: 7:00 pm) With: Anand Patwardhan, documentary filmmaker Danish Husain, poet, actor and theatre director Munizae Jahangir, journalist and...
BRIEFS: #KhelneDo! Resumption of cricketing ties?

BRIEFS: #KhelneDo! Resumption of cricketing ties?

It is good news that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to break the ice with Pakistan through “cricket diplomacy”, as IANS reported recently. “We have taken the decision to start a...
Rahul Dravid bats for India-Pakistan series from cricketing angle

Rahul Dravid bats for India-Pakistan series from cricketing angle

Giving his support for the proposed revival of Indo-Pak cricket series, former skipper Rahul Dravid on Thursday said he welcomed it from a purely cricketing perspective, although there were many...
BOOKSHELF: Punjab ka Batwara

BOOKSHELF: Punjab ka Batwara

Translating this book on the partition of the Punjab into Urdu, Hindi and Gurmukhi is part of an ongoing attempt to enable people to heal and move on “Punjab Ka Batwara: 1947 Eik Almia Hazar...
Briefs: Commemorating Manto in Kolkata

Briefs: Commemorating Manto in Kolkata

Honouring the great short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto on his 103rd birth anniversary today: a free public event in Kolkata featuring poetry, theatre and film ‘Manto: A Retrospective’...
If cricket be the food of better ties, play on

If cricket be the food of better ties, play on

“Aman ki Asha, pyar ki bhasha!” shouts ‘Chacha Cricket’ in a new documentary on Indo-Pak cricket premiering on May 12 that examines the India-Pakistan relationship through the...
Salute to Sabeen from Delhi: love and hope

Salute to Sabeen from Delhi: love and hope

A May Day event at a bookstore-café in Delhi honours the inspiring Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud On May 1, 2015, the slain Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud was honoured at a bookstore-café in a...