Touseful Islam

Airstrikes, retaliation and the TTP factor expose the collapse of a once-calculated relationship between Islamabad and the Taliban

At the heart of Steinbeck's literary oeuvre lies a profound empathy for the disenfranchised

Amid mango blossoms and mild breezes, Ekushey Boi Mela reaffirms the permanence of paper in an age of fleeting screens

The consequences were not merely political but metaphysical

Lily Collins to portray Hepburn in a film about the making of 'Breakfast at Tiffany’s', reopening a cultural conversation about Holly Golightly

Global consequences of a continental war

Understanding the power and reach of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel

How Hasrat Mohani gave the subcontinent its most enduring protest slogan, and also wrote one of the most tender ghazals

50 years on, the last among Satyajit Ray's Calcutta Trilogy remains relevant

Mani Shankar Mukherjee passes away

He elevated tailoring from manufacture to meaning

He made poetry a refuge for beauty and a weapon against tyranny

Penned by the melancholic genius Hasrat Mohani and immortalised by the soulful voice of Ghulam Ali it was a composition that captured the hearts of millions across the subcontinent especially with its picturisation in the 1982 film, Nikaah

In an age increasingly allergic to nuance, Khushwant Singh’s literary works remain instructive -- reminding that literature is not a decoration of society but its interrogation; that humour can coexist with grief