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Rakhshanda Jalil
Jalil is a Delhi-based author, translator and literary historian
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The life and legacy of Mirza Ghalib, a poet for all timesSubscriber Only
December 27,2023 14:33:30 PM
Living in Delhi, Ghalib saw madness and mayhem descend upon the streets of his beloved city and witnessed the siege and slaughter of an entire way of life.
Wed, Dec 27, 2023
Delhi University curriculum ‘rationalisation’: Why students’ need to study Pakistan’s national poet, Mohammad IqbalSubscriber Only
June 16,2023 16:38:41 PM
Rakhshanda Jalil writes: His articulation of Indian Muslims' disquiet must be seen in the context of his time – and ours
Sat, Jun 17, 2023
Iran to Udupi, a running thread: Let women chooseSubscriber Only
September 25,2022 04:15:26 AM
Rakhshanda Jalil writes: In India, one has been vehemently opposed to the state stepping in and telling women what they cannot wear and, in the instance of Karnataka, expressly forbidding girls from wearing hijab to school when they clearly wish to.
Sun, Sep 25, 2022
Nayyara Noor showed a generation of ghazal lovers the power of singing poetry adorned only with a beautiful voiceSubscriber Only
August 22,2022 17:24:43 PM
Rakhshanda Jalil writes: A far cry from the opulent diamond-dripping, sequin saree-clad begums who had hitherto ruled the ghazal circuit, she was starkly simple and bereft of the faintest whiff of 'ada', considered the hallmark of concert singers
Wed, Aug 24, 2022
Scholar and teacher Gopichand Narang believed in Urdu’s ability to build bridgesSubscriber Only
June 17,2022 03:50:22 AM
Rakshanda Jalil writes: While Gopichand Narang lived a rich life, amply studded with awards and encomiums, his real contribution lies in a life-long commitment to a scholarship that was dynamic, innovative and alive to changing social realities.
Fri, Jun 17, 2022
Sadia Dehlvi represented a city redolent of an old-world adab and tehzeebSubscriber Only
August 07,2020 03:10:39 AM
It is entirely appropriate that this bright sparkling woman, who revelled in her appropriation of Delhi in every conceivable way, should be laid to rest in the dust of her beloved city in her family graveyard at Shidipura near the Idgah.
Fri, Aug 07, 2020
RV Smith: ‘A chatty, prodigiously knowledgeable family elder’Subscriber Only
April 30,2020 22:06:03 PM
The Delhi he knew at first hand is all but gone, lost irretrievably and hence can never be accessed by the generation of writers who came after him.
Thu, Apr 30, 2020
Shaukat Azmi epitomised the finest qualities of progressive writers and artistsSubscriber Only
November 26,2019 00:35:02 AM
Shaukat’s first role was in Ismat Chughtai’s Dhani Bankein, a play on the Hindu-Muslim riots that were tearing the fabric of a newly-independent India. Soon, she got drawn into the country’s most vigorous cultural movement that had the likes of Zohra Sehgal, Uzra Butt, Bhisham Sahni and Prithviraj Kapoor among its stalwarts.
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
Iqbal wanted nothing short of an Islamic RenaissanceSubscriber Only
October 27,2019 01:26:19 AM
While in his early poetry Iqbal spoke of a united and free India where Hindus and Muslims could co-exist, this syncretism gave way to a somewhat woolly Unitarianism and Individualism.
Sun, Oct 27, 2019
The times that shaped Mirza Ghalib and his immortal poetrySubscriber Only
July 28,2019 05:00:13 AM
Even 150 years after his death, Mirza Ghalib remains one of the most quoted — or misquoted — poets in India. A look at the enduring relevance of his work.
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
Of Earth and FireSubscriber Only
November 04,2018 06:00:14 AM
Over the years, the resilience of Sita has been variously valorised in Urdu poetry. There are said to be over 300 versions of Ram kathan in Urdu in the Awadh region alone.
Sun, Nov 04, 2018
The Battle is Yours to LoseSubscriber Only
January 21,2018 00:05:55 AM
Malik Muhammad Jayasi’s Padmavat is not a story of religious war. It is a tale with a moral: earth is vanity, nothing lasts forever.
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
Nazm for the MessiahSubscriber Only
December 25,2017 01:06:00 AM
Urdu poetry is replete with references to Ibn-e Maryam, the son of Virgin Mary
Mon, Dec 25, 2017
Diwali 2017: A Festival of Many HistoriesSubscriber Only
October 19,2017 01:05:06 AM
Urdu poetry on Diwali is plush with the promise of light and peace
Thu, Oct 19, 2017
The Ballad of Ram-e-Hind: Revisiting the Urdu versions of Ramayana that once lit up the stageSubscriber Only
September 24,2017 02:08:48 AM
With Urdu gradually freeing itself from its “Muslim” tag and reclaiming its rightful place as a people’s language, perhaps, it is time to revisit these manzum Ramayanas and, perchance, stage a Ramlila on Ufuq’s Ram Natak.
Sun, Sep 24, 2017
Scent of OnenessSubscriber Only
August 15,2017 00:00:17 AM
What was a slogan at a labour rally, became India’s freedom cry. Remembering Maulana Hasrat Mohani, the creator of the slogan, ‘Inquilab Zindabad’, who was also a Krishna devotee
Tue, Aug 15, 2017
Looking past the stereotypes and accepting Urdu as the sum of its parts — its sounds and scriptSubscriber Only
January 08,2017 00:00:13 AM
It may have shrunk in importance but it’s still part of our daily lives. So, can we look past the stereotypes and accept Urdu as the sum of its parts: its poetry and politics, its sounds and script?
Mon, Jan 09, 2017
Nothing but the sea aheadSubscriber Only
February 03,2016 00:01:18 AM
Intizar Husain seemed as much a stranger in a strange land in Pakistan as he did on his frequent visits to India
Wed, Feb 03, 2016
The Begum’s Speech: Ismat Chughtai was not just a provocative writer who wrote about womenSubscriber Only
August 09,2015 06:00:52 AM
Ismat wrote as she spoke, and vice versa: in the style of women from sharif families in western Uttar Pradesh, a language now known as begumati zubaan.
Mon, Aug 10, 2015
France attack: Limits of solidaritéSubscriber Only
January 14,2015 00:37:13 AM
I am not ‘Charlie Hebdo’ and I am not a terrorist.
Wed, Jan 14, 2015A Ghazal for TelanganaSubscriber Only
August 11,2013 22:43:40 PM
Urdu poets had dreamt of the new state as long as 70 years ago
Sun, Aug 11, 2013The Beauty of the SkySubscriber Only
August 09,2013 17:50:01 PM
From its elusive moon to the festivities that follow,Eid has inspired many an Urdu poet
Fri, Aug 09, 2013His true notesSubscriber Only
June 14,2012 03:16:01 AM
Mehdi Hassan took Urdu poetry to the nooks and crannies of popular imagination
Thu, Jun 14, 2012One hundred years of MantoSubscriber Only
April 20,2012 03:03:51 AM
The progressives who marginalised him can now redress an old wrong
Fri, Apr 20, 2012Sultan of sleepSubscriber Only
February 15,2012 00:52:04 AM
Shahryar infused a new potency into time-honoured confines of Urdu nazm
Wed, Feb 15, 2012Journalism of Courage
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