Chopra Lake
Did you know that the renowned filmmaker Yash Chopra had shot in Switzerland so many times that a lake in …
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Kaifiyat Express
Did you know that there is a train called Kaifiyat Express operating services between Azamgarh and Delhi stations. Azamgarh is …
Kaifi Azmi As An Actor
Did you know that renowned poet Kaifi Azmi appeared as a grandfather in a film called Naseem (1995). This was …
Kaifi Azmi’s scarlet letter to Shaukat
Did You Know – the renowned Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi once wrote a letter dipped in his blood, to his …
Kaifi Azmi – A Child Prodigy
Did you know that renowned poet Kaifi Azmi (1919 –2002) wrote his first ghazal at the age of eleven. His ghazal …
Javed Akhtar’s Poetic Lineage
Did you know? Javed Akhtar’s father, Jan Nisar Akhtar was an important 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms. He …
Ek Do Teen in Urdu
Did You Know – While the Urdu script is written from right to left, numbers in Urdu are written and …
Munshi Premchand by Gulzar
Did you know that Gulzar directed a televison serial for Prasar Bharati- Doordarshan on Munshi Premchand’s works Titled “Tehreer – …
Writer Rashid Jahan – A Gynaecologist
Did you know woman writer Rashid Jahan who is best remembered for her contribution in the book Angare (Burning Coals) …
Aag ka Dariya (River of Fire)
Did you know that woman writer Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider’s book ‘Aag ka Dariya’ (River of Fire) has been compared to One hundred …
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