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Poet Rahat Indori Dies At 70; Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Richa Chadha And Others Tweet Tributes
"Rahat Saheb's demise is an irreparable loss for contemporary Urdu poetry and our society at large," tweeted Javed Akhtar
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Urdu Poet Rahat Indori, Undergoing COVID Treatment, Dies Of Heart Attack
Famous Urdu poet Rahat Indori, whose powerful and lucid poetry filled halls and connected with the young and old alike, died of a heart attack at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Tuesday while being treated for COVID-19, his son said. He was 70.
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Rajnath Singh Takes On Rahul Gandhi In Poetry Slam Over China
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday responded to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's poetic jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah with an improvised version of an Urdu poet's creation.
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Finding Rhyme And Verse With Qaafiya Dictionary, First Online Urdu Poetry Tool
The dictionary, which is available on the official Rekhta website and went online in August, is the world's first online Urdu rhyming dictionary.
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Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: Long Speech, 4 Languages, Some Poetry
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her first Budget speech in parliament, one of the longest ever, occasionally switching to Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and even Sanskrit.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes Chanakya Neeti, Vivekananda In Budget Speech
Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget speech was sprinkled with references to and quotes from Swami Vivekananda, Chanakya, Lord Basaveshwara, a 12th century Kannada social reformer and philosopher, Urdu poetry and a Sangam-era Tamil poem
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"Yakeen ho toh..." Nirmala Sitharaman's Urdu Poetry In Budget Speech
India's GDP or gross domestic product growth slipped to 5.8 per cent in the March quarter - the slowest pace in 20 quarters. A primary focus in the Budget is widely expected to be on ways to boost economic growth
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On Gandhi Jayanti, A Message Of Brotherhood At Mushairas Across Country
The Minority Affairs Ministry will organise 'mushairas' (social gatherings at which Urdu poetry is read) across the country as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, the government announced on Sunday.
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Delhi Government Proposes Song And Dance To Raise Awareness On Diseases
In a bid to tackle vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, the Delhi government plans to ramp up awareness campaigns in the city with the help of folk music, poetry and street plays in six languages, including Urdu and Sanskrit.
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Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley's Shayari Cheered In House, Rahul Gandhi Wasn't Applauding
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's attempt at softening his budget speech with a dash of poetry was disparaged by Rahul Gandhi, who called it "shero-shayari ka budget".
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana to Meet PM Modi Soon Over Writers Returning Awards
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akademi award over growing intolerance in the country, would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.
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Opinion: Satya Nadella and Manjul Bhargava on a Coding Secret
The internet trinity of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all agree on a simple article of faith. Schoolchildren, college students and most everybody should learn to code because programming a computer "teaches you how to think".
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Urdu Has Received Massive Support from Bollywood: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today credited Bollywood for giving a new lease of life to Urdu language by popularizing it through films.
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Ghalib's Agra Forgets Him on 218th Birthday
Mirza Ghalib, whose contribution to Urdu literature was perhaps as significant as that of Shakespeare to English, was born here on this day over 200 years ago. The Taj city on Saturday not only forgot to celebrate his birthday but also does not have a decent memorial to the poet, activists said.
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Poetry in motion? PM targets BJP with Urdu verse, Sushma Swaraj replies with two
If an unusually aggressive Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had one Urdu couplet as he attacked the BJP in a long Vote of Thanks to the President's address in Parliament today, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj's succinct reply was in two Urdu verses, equally scathing.
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Poet Rahat Indori Dies At 70; Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Richa Chadha And Others Tweet Tributes
"Rahat Saheb's demise is an irreparable loss for contemporary Urdu poetry and our society at large," tweeted Javed Akhtar
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Urdu Poet Rahat Indori, Undergoing COVID Treatment, Dies Of Heart Attack
Famous Urdu poet Rahat Indori, whose powerful and lucid poetry filled halls and connected with the young and old alike, died of a heart attack at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Tuesday while being treated for COVID-19, his son said. He was 70.
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Rajnath Singh Takes On Rahul Gandhi In Poetry Slam Over China
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday responded to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's poetic jibe at Home Minister Amit Shah with an improvised version of an Urdu poet's creation.
-
Finding Rhyme And Verse With Qaafiya Dictionary, First Online Urdu Poetry Tool
The dictionary, which is available on the official Rekhta website and went online in August, is the world's first online Urdu rhyming dictionary.
-
Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget: Long Speech, 4 Languages, Some Poetry
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered her first Budget speech in parliament, one of the longest ever, occasionally switching to Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and even Sanskrit.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes Chanakya Neeti, Vivekananda In Budget Speech
Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget speech was sprinkled with references to and quotes from Swami Vivekananda, Chanakya, Lord Basaveshwara, a 12th century Kannada social reformer and philosopher, Urdu poetry and a Sangam-era Tamil poem
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"Yakeen ho toh..." Nirmala Sitharaman's Urdu Poetry In Budget Speech
India's GDP or gross domestic product growth slipped to 5.8 per cent in the March quarter - the slowest pace in 20 quarters. A primary focus in the Budget is widely expected to be on ways to boost economic growth
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On Gandhi Jayanti, A Message Of Brotherhood At Mushairas Across Country
The Minority Affairs Ministry will organise 'mushairas' (social gatherings at which Urdu poetry is read) across the country as part of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, the government announced on Sunday.
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Delhi Government Proposes Song And Dance To Raise Awareness On Diseases
In a bid to tackle vector-borne diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, the Delhi government plans to ramp up awareness campaigns in the city with the help of folk music, poetry and street plays in six languages, including Urdu and Sanskrit.
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Budget 2017: Arun Jaitley's Shayari Cheered In House, Rahul Gandhi Wasn't Applauding
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's attempt at softening his budget speech with a dash of poetry was disparaged by Rahul Gandhi, who called it "shero-shayari ka budget".
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Urdu Poet Munawwar Rana to Meet PM Modi Soon Over Writers Returning Awards
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana, who has returned his Sahitya Akademi award over growing intolerance in the country, would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon.
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Opinion: Satya Nadella and Manjul Bhargava on a Coding Secret
The internet trinity of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg all agree on a simple article of faith. Schoolchildren, college students and most everybody should learn to code because programming a computer "teaches you how to think".
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Urdu Has Received Massive Support from Bollywood: Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today credited Bollywood for giving a new lease of life to Urdu language by popularizing it through films.
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Ghalib's Agra Forgets Him on 218th Birthday
Mirza Ghalib, whose contribution to Urdu literature was perhaps as significant as that of Shakespeare to English, was born here on this day over 200 years ago. The Taj city on Saturday not only forgot to celebrate his birthday but also does not have a decent memorial to the poet, activists said.
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Poetry in motion? PM targets BJP with Urdu verse, Sushma Swaraj replies with two
If an unusually aggressive Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had one Urdu couplet as he attacked the BJP in a long Vote of Thanks to the President's address in Parliament today, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj's succinct reply was in two Urdu verses, equally scathing.
