When Wali Aurangbadi appeared in Delhi literary circles during Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s reign, he created a ripple and inspired other poets to switch over to Urdu from Persian Once the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda and the Adil Shahi Empire of Bijapur fell to the marching armies of Mughals,...

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Summer is the time when children consume dollops of ice cream and empty scores of squash bottles. The resultant rubbish is an irritant surely. As she looked at the heap of popsicle sticks and plastic bottles littering her home, an idea flashed in her mind. Why throw them away, why not recycle them?Sireesha...

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Tabai’s ‘Behram-o-Gul Andam’, considered a masterpiece, is undoubtedly the last of the great Masnavis.  He is the last of the great Qutb Shahi poets. But, for long this Koh-i-Noor of Deccani literature remained buried under the rubble of negligence and indifference in the mines of Golconda....

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They could barely hide their emotions. It was the moment they had waited for long. And they couldn't believe what was happening was for real as their books were unwrapped amidst flash of cameras and released to loud applause. The awesome threesome stood there, smiling and accepting greetings...

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Niloufer Elif Jah, the youngest daughter of Prince Mukarram Jah, has so far made two visits to Hyderabad. The youngest daughter of Prince Mukarram Jah is looking for the Blue Book, which contains information about the properties owned by her dad. On her second visit to Hyderabad in the...

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Mullah Nusrati, the Adil Shahi court poet who earned the title ‘Malik-us-Shora’, could write a romantic narrative and a war story with equal ease The Adil Shahi era was an era of creativity. Ingenuity marked every sphere of life. Be it architecture, calligraphy or literature, the stamp of...

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 Image Courtesy :Google Beware the ides of March. It's the time of the year when the nation is seized by a strange fever. No, it's not dengue, swine flu or malaria. It's much worse and affects teenagers mostly. You can know it from the symptoms - anxiety, irritation, forgetfulness and sleeplessness....

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An anthology of Urdu verses and proverbs, all on eyes, was launched recently Eyes are a mirror of the soul, it is said. Some eyes are sly and roguish, some serene and shining, a few, seductive and mysterious. Prod Dr Abdul Moiz Shams and he reels out details about a variety of eyes and their...

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   The 17th century bard Ibne Nishati’s Masnavi ‘Phoolban’ reminds one of the narrative style of the Arabian folklore ‘Alif Laila’  There was no let up in literary activity during Qutb Shahi rule. Poetic grandeur kept pace with the dynastic splendour. Among the scores of poets,...

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