Category Poetry
By Firoz Bakht Ahmed* Hardly anyone had shown at the last rites, journey and burial of Asrar Jamayee (Abrar-ul-Haq) 83, Delhi-based eminent Urdu humorous and satire poet, the last of the series of the greatest mazahiya (humorous) poets, who breathed… Continue Reading →
We lived in a double track of online and offline time. Now, stopped in those tracks by a pandemic, with no one to find us but ourselves, can we ask how we plan to change? Paromita Vohra The meditative quiet… Continue Reading →
Abhay Xaxa’s most famous poem was: “I am not your data”, which opposed the government treating Adivasis as mere data. I am not your data, nor am I your vote bank, I am not your project, or any exotic museum… Continue Reading →
The video has been widely shared by critics of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act amid violence in Delhi over those for and against the law. Pink Floyd bass player Roger Waters recited the poem in London on Saturday.69New Delhi: Pink Floyd… Continue Reading →
The music performance will be held in Central Park, Jaipur, which offers free and open entry to all. “God Has No Religion.” – Mahatma Gandhi When asked if he was a Hindu, Gandhiji said, “Yes, I am. I am also… Continue Reading →
Mumbai: Popular lyricist Nusrat Badr, who wrote ‘Dola re’ and ‘Hum pe yeh kisne hara rang dala’ for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Devdas’, died after a long ailment on Thursday. He was the son of eminent Urdu poet Bashir Badr…. Continue Reading →
‘I WAS TOLD ‘ QAWWALI NAHI CHALEGI YAHAN’,ALLEGES DANSEUSE MANJARI CHATURVEDI. IT WAS STOPPED DUE TO TIME CRUNCH, COUNTER ORGANISERS A cultural evening organised by the Department of Culture, UP, in Lucknow on Wednesday turned into a controversial one when a… Continue Reading →
‘ANDOLAN’: Rap Song Blasts Regime Brutality “Haal to bure hain, phir bhi dil hai hindustani,” is a line that repeats multiple times in a rap song titled ANDOLAN, released on December 23, 2019. Written and performed by Delhi-based hip hop artist… Continue Reading →
Shobhan SaxenaJANUARY 11, 2020 21:34 In the past seven years, the number of homeless families has increased about 16 times Last Sunday, Carlos da Silva, a 39-year-old homeless man, was sleeping on a pad of flattened cardboard boxes at a… Continue Reading →
There can be no protest without music. Whenever people have been fed up about anything, they have sang. And sang. Protest music, for centuries, has been the refuge of the oppressed — a weapon against social and political unrest and… Continue Reading →