Persian prose meets pulp fiction: How an 18th-century fairy tale became a multilingual phenomenon

Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammed Abdul Aleem

· Aug 04, 2024 · 11:30 am

Clean chit, taluka, zilla: How Persian lingers on in India’s legal and revenue language

Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammad Dawood

· Dec 31, 2022 · 08:30 am

How an unusual Persian ghazal links the music of Kundan Lal Saigal, Iqbal Bano and Coke Studio

Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammad Dawood

· Dec 25, 2022 · 08:30 am

How the modern Persian qawwali canon emerged from an Uttarakhand shrine 90 years ago

Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammad Dawood

· Dec 11, 2022 · 08:30 am

How Indo-Persian, the language of cosmopolitan India for six centuries, fell into decline

Adhiraj Parthasarathy Mohammad Dawood

· Dec 04, 2022 · 08:30 am

In illustrations: The stories that are common to the Qurʼan and the Bible

Ursula Sims-Williams

· Aug 13, 2022 · 01:30 pm

This Sanskrit epic, derived from a Persian work, brings together figures from many religions

AND Haksar

· Apr 01, 2019 · 06:30 pm

Why is Persian dying out in India, despite its deep roots? An Iranian finds the answer in Kolkata

Maryam Papi

· Sep 07, 2017 · 11:30 am

Dr SM Yunus Jaffery (1930-2016): The teacher of Persian

Margrit Pernau

· Aug 30, 2016 · 10:15 am

Delhi's great Persian scholar has died – and with him, an entire line of learning

William Dalrymple

· Aug 30, 2016 · 08:30 am

Furballs and snobbery: The odd and delightful world of an Indian cat show

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· May 03, 2016 · 11:45 am