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Upon being told that his hometown ‘Toba Tek Singh’ is in Pakistan, Bishan Singh refuses to go to the other side of the border.

Mirza Ghalib with his unique style, took Urdu & Persian poetry to new heights and led an eventful life.

In the light of Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre, this story talks about outcasts – a son of a prostitute and his sisters.

Seema is the only girl in college who rejects him.

Ashok feels guilty after his wife’s displeasure of blue films.

What was the reaction of Anandi when her brother in law decides to leave the house after she complains to her husband about him?

Based on the life of a prostitute Sultana, this short story sharply observes social interactions and examines power structures from the perspective of the marginalized, especially the sex worker.

Ishwar Singh admits that he was involved in the riots which broke in his village killing a family and attempting to rape a girl who was actually dead.

Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home after the Trojan War, he doesn’t realize this simple undertaking will become a perilous journey of 10 years. Beset at every turn, he encounters obstacles, detours, and temptations—both supernatural and human—while his wife Penelope fends off would-be suitors desperate to take the throne. 

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of listeners, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi more popular than ever. 

Kurukshetra is a Hindi classic. It gives an extraordinary account of the Kurukshetra war mentioned in the Mahabharata. It describes in vivid details the armed confrontation that took place between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. This bloody war lasted eighteen days. The author's own views on war are showcased in this work. He criticizes war but also admits that it is a necessary evil. It describes the demerits of war and the damage it does to mankind, through the medium of poetry.

This episode explores how Mir Taqi Mir, who is considered as KHuda-e-Sukhan(God of Urdu poetry), has unraveled the existential dilemmas, developed a form, evolved his diction, and brought it to perfection.

Dagh Dehlvi is playful with language, least Persianised in his diction, witty in turns of phrases, urbane in addressing, and full of gaiety and simplicity in his essential approach to his material.

Prominent poet and lyricist Gulzar talks about love, life and poetry.

Ahmad Faraz emerged as a ghazal poet with an individual signature of his own.

This short story depicts a gruesome picture of how we treat our elders.

A haunting tale revolving around rain, romance and a man who's made to feel dirty about his own feelings.

This story was part of the story collection which was banned by the British government.

These two chess players are so busy in their games that they do not even care about their family and political turmoil in the state.

Subedar Rab Nawaz understood the fact that they were fighting to win Kashmir.