Khumar Barabankvi (1919-1999) was an Urdu poet and Bollywood lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He penned numerous ghazals and film songs sung by Mohammed Rafi, K. L. Saigal, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Lata Mangeshkar...
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, popularly called Akkitham is a Malayalam poet, writer, freedom fighter, social activist and social reformer. He is the recipient of India’s highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award in 2019. He got...
Benyamin is an award winning writer from the state of Kerala, best known for his fiction works. Many of his books are bestsellers and have been translated to English and other languages. His novel...
Naresh Kumar Shad was a great Urdu poet who lived in the 20th century (1927 – 1969). He authored several popular ghazals, other forms of poetry like Qat’aa and Rubai. Shad Namah, Lalkar, Dastak,...
Ali Sardar Jafri (1913 – 2000) was a great writer of Urdu language. Best known as an Urdu poet, he has also penned lyrics for a few Bollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s....
Shahid Kabir (1932 – 2001) was an Urdu poet and novelist from Maharashtra. Pehchaan and Charon Aour are his ghazal collections. Shahid’s ghazals reached millions of hearts after most of his works were rendered...
Pazhavila Rameshan (1936 – 2019) was a writer of Malayalam literature best known for his simple poems. Pazhavila Rameshante Kavithakal, Njan Ente Kadukalilekk, Mazhayude Jalakom etc are among his famous poetry anthologies. He has...
Anil Dharker is a veteran columnist and English writer who has been associated with different forms of journals as a freelancer columnist and editor. He has also given immense contribution in association with NFDC,...
Raghu Karnad is a journalist and author from Karnataka, and the son of celebrated playwright and cine personality, Girish Karnad. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War is his most celebrated...
Shiv K. Kumar (1921 – 2017) was an English writer, best known for poetry. He also published a few books in Urdu poetry. Apart from poetry, he also published novels, short stories, plays, literary...
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