While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, ...

Sharjeel Imam, a PhD scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), completed five years behind bars. Meanwhile, his bail plea in the Delhi Riots (larger conspiracy) case has been pending in the ...

He was a poet who wrote under the pen name Shaheen. He even brought out a book — a compilation of four Persian ghazals, 30 Urdu ghazals, etc. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

A study published a few years ago in the Indian Express mentioned that the poetry ... jis ko ishq khalal hai dimagh ka Here is Rahman’s explanation of the verse: “Bulbul and blossom have been ...