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Javed Akhtar’s ‘Mamu’ & John Keats of Urdu poetry—Majaz Lakhnavi’s verses outlived him

Majaz Lakhnavi’s popularity at Aligarh Muslim University was such that female students kept his picture beneath their pillows and held lotteries to...

19.10.2026 10

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Shiv Kumar Batalvi had many female admirers. He was only looking for ‘A Girl Named Love’

It was in the family album that I saw for the first time a picture of a pretty girl, and Batalvi’s wife Aruna told me with half a smile, ‘She is...

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