NO matter how strange it may sound, the fact is though Urdu was born in North India, its earliest written literary pieces, whether in prose or poetry, were created in South India. The word ‘Deccan’ ...

THE history of Urdu prose in northern India begins with Karbal Katha. It was also known as Dah Majlis, a misnomer popularised by the fact that the book was read out during the congregations held in ...

Its an anthology that took 10 years to compile but thats not surprising given that it takes in 200 years of Indians writing prose and poetry in English and what emerges is a priceless collection of ...

“The prose poem has achieved an unprecedented level of popularity among American poets,” writes David Lehman, a poet and the series editor of the Best American Poetry series, published by Scribner. He ...