A turbulent political time had emerged by the middle of the 1920s within the Indian national movement and in Bengal. Poet, writer, and musician Kazi Nazrul Islam was pained at the time by the widening ...

For generations, Islamic-derived influences have informed and shaped Hindi cinema, leaving imprints on the language, poetry, music and ideas. Their origins, influence and legacy is explored in a new ...

Last year, renowned ghazal singer Talat Aziz celebrated four decades of his career. In these years, the maestro has had a great journey with multiple gazals and Bollywood songs. And so, when he tells ...