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Karat writes to PM over journalist Kazmi's arrest

Communist Party of India - Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene in the case of senior Urdu journalist Syed Mohd Ahmad Kazmi, who has been......

The lone MP who stood by the cartoons in Parliament

Educationalists and eminent cartoonists described the day as a sad day for the Indian democracy. It was the day when members of Lok Sabha flashed photocopies of a cartoon from Class XI textbooks,......

Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

The Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with United States Ambassador......

Don't give Bharat Ratna to Sachin: Katju

Cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar should not be honoured with the Bharat Ratna as the demand to give the award to filmstars and cricket players spoke of 'the low cultural level', Press Council of......

Prasoon Joshi: Manto's impact is imprinted on me forever

On Saadat Hasan Manto's 100th birth anniversary, National Award-winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi talks about the writer who he first couldn't fathom and was prohibited from reading and yet went on to......

'We were forced by directors to plagiarise songs'

Music composer brothers Anand-Milind gave Bollywood a string of music blockbusters before fading out six years ago.� From their first hit in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) to Raja Babu, Coolie No......

Govindaaya Namaha song goes viral online

Pyarge Aagbittaithe..., a Kannada-Urdu song in Komal's latest film, Govindaaya Namaha, went viral on the internet, clocking more than one million hits, even before the film was released. With the......

When Salman Khan greeted bigger heroes

The Taj Land's End in Bandra, Mumbai, saw an amazing display of grit and talent on March 20, when the television channel IBN 7 held its Super Idols of the Nation Awards 2012, recognising the......

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

The legendary composer Ravi passed into the ages on Wednesday, March 7, aged 86. We salute Ravi's brilliant musical scores, with this interview he granted Rediff.com's Patcy N in 2006. Whether......

Here's why Byari won the National Award for Best Film

Elated at his debut film Byari getting a National Award for Best Film, director K P Suveeran said the movie was about the conditioning of women in the Byari Muslim community based on sexuality.......

Tiger Pataudi, a truly heroic cricketer!

Only a fool or cricketing ignoramus, says Haresh Pandya, would judge Tiger on the basis of his figures of 2,793 runs at 34.91 in 83 innings of 46 Tests. The truism 'like father, like son'......

Bangladesh banter: Diary of an Indian on tour

Where football is in coma Till a few years back football was a passion in Bangladesh.- Complete coverageThe national team was the south Asian champions as recently as 2003 and even the......

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Q. If english represent British then Urdu represent what ?
Rakhee: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/if-english-represent-british-then-urdu-represent-what-/22870341/answers/

Q. who wrote Chaya baadi kavita in Hindi literature?
Amitava Duttamajumdar: A. URDU IS MIXTURE OF HINDI PERSIAN AND ARABIC..........IT IS INDIAN LANGUAGE. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-wrote-chaya-baadi-kavita-in-hindi-literature/22850418/answers/22870395

Q. Some one says " Chashmaa"..means fountain...is it true ?
Anil Khare: A. The Hindi text (of selections) of an essay by the contemporary critic Namwar Singh is available as a PDF as are the texts of the two poems, Vishva...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/some-one-says--chashmaa..means-fountain...is-it-true-/22835027/answers/22850477

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Mushaira

LAHORE - Punjab University Department of Urdu, Oriental College will organise an “All Pakistan Mushaira” on Thursday April 12 (today)... ...

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More than 120 Pakistani soldiers lie dead in the snow for nothing | Mohammed Hanif

India and Pakistan insist on sending young men to a frontline where there is no war, where there is nothing to fight overTwo months before... ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/11/120-pakistani-soldiers-dead-snow

Mumbai ATS chief reaches out to minorities with Urdu lessons

In a bid to reduce the gap between the minority community and the police, Rakesh Maria has decided to learn Urdu. ...

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_mumbai-ats-chief-reaches-out-to-minorities-with-urdu-lessons_1674286

Sufi literature fosters spirit of humanity

KARACHI – The Sufi literature fosters the spirit of humanity, brotherhood as well as peace in the society.This was pointed out by the... ...

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Rediscovering the nonconformist

Urdu poetry graduated from matters of the heart, or rather unrequited love, to contemporary social and political issues with Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911... ...

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Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Don't give Bharat Ratna to Sachin: Katju

Prasoon Joshi: Manto's impact is imprinted on me forever

'We were forced by directors to plagiarise songs'

Govindaaya Namaha song goes viral online

When Salman Khan greeted bigger heroes

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

Here's why Byari won the National Award for Best Film

Tiger Pataudi, a truly heroic cricketer!

Bangladesh banter: Diary of an Indian on tour

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Karat writes to PM over journalist Kazmi's arrest

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Saeed serves legal notices on journos; seeks Rs 10 crore

Don't give Bharat Ratna to Sachin: Katju

Prasoon Joshi: Manto's impact is imprinted on me forever

'We were forced by directors to plagiarise songs'

Govindaaya Namaha song goes viral online

When Salman Khan greeted bigger heroes

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

Here's why Byari won the National Award for Best Film

Tiger Pataudi, a truly heroic cricketer!

Bangladesh banter: Diary of an Indian on tour

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