Writer and poet Saumya Kulshrestha launched Delhi’s Sufi Heritage Festival by reciting a verse from Amrita Pritam’s poignant ...

While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, ...

Ruskin Bond, an Indian author from 1930s Kasauli, is beloved for his stories featuring a red house atop a lush green hill—his ...

Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (1207–1273) was a poet, scholar, and dervish dedicated to Sufi mysticism. His wisdom, originally in Persian, has been translated into many languages, offering students comfort during ...

The Beloved is my eternal sun And I, the lover, like a planet run In orbit round him and when springtime comes And branches ...

By Mehleen Syed The story of women in Sufism is like a hidden tapestry—its threads often overlooked, yet essential to the ...

The poet Nezami Ganjavi, one of the giants of the Persian literary tradition, is the author of the melodic romantic and ...

From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, Careless People exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold.

Textually, Awrang based his work on the poetry of the legendary 13th century Persian poet Rumi. A detail from Alibaba ... He had a harrowing escape to a new life in CT. Now he created a ...