Bahadur Shah Zafar, also known as Bahadur Shah II, was the last Mughal emperor of India who reigned from 1837 to 1857 for a period of 20 years. Bahadur Shah, with the full name Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar, was born on October 24, 1775, as one of[Read More…]
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Rabindranath Tagore had deep connections with US, know why?
Tagore – a Bengali writer and poet, educator, musician and visionary was a big time traveller and his visits to the United States always raised a question about his relations with States. Between 1912 and 1930, Tagore visited the United States five times, travelling from coast to coast and receiving[Read More…]
Noted poet and writer Vijay Nambisan dies at the age of 54
Noted poet and writer, Vijay Nambisan, who became the first all India poetry champion in 1988, died on Thursday. Nambisan co-authored Gemini, a poetry book, with Jeet Thayil and Dom Moraes. He was 54-year-old. Nambisan was also a supporter of ethical use of language. He made an appeal to readers,[Read More…]
Ghalib’s Urdu songs reinvented in Bengal
Remembering Sahir Ludhianvi through his 10 best songs
Sahir Ludhianvi, the name that every poetry lover swears by, was one of the finest poets-lyricists ever born. Born by the name of Abdul Hayee on March 8, 1921, he breathed his last on October 25, 1980. His genius was both for him, a blessing and a curse as his[Read More…]