New Delhi: The average temperature in the national capital increased by one degree Celsius, by 0.7 degree in Mumbai, 0.6 degree in Chennai and 1.2 degrees in Kolkata in over a century-and-a-half. These startling revelations by Britain-based CarbonBrief came when all eyes are on South Korea as scientists discuss stricter[Read More…]
New Delhi: A new biography of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat by Kingshuk Nag argues that the BJP coasted to power in 2014 only because of the RSS and if it does win in 2019, that too, will be because of the RSS. In “Mohan Bhagwat: Influencer-in-Chief”, biographer[Read More…]
Shahryar (1936-2012) was arguably one of the best Urdu poets in the post-Independence era. Emerging as a poet in the 1960s, when progressiveness was drawing to a close and modernism was sweeping the literary scene, he carved a niche for himself even as he refrained from identifying with either of[Read More…]
Ghalib is the most-loved, read and quoted poet of Urdu language in the world. His poetry (Shayari) is so widespread that people frequently quote them in their day-to-day lives.