NO matter how strange it may sound, the fact is though Urdu was born in North India, its earliest written literary pieces, whether in prose or poetry, were created in South India. The word ‘Deccan’ ...

THE history of Urdu prose in northern India begins with Karbal Katha. It was also known as Dah Majlis, a misnomer popularised by the fact that the book was read out during the congregations held in ...

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IN all study of English literature, if there be any one axiom which may be accepted without question, it is that the ultimate standard of English prose style is set by the King James version of the ...

Its an anthology that took 10 years to compile but thats not surprising given that it takes in 200 years of Indians writing prose and poetry in English and what emerges is a priceless collection of ...