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  • Poet of the people: With his verses, Habib Jalib inspired Pakistanis to rise against dictatorship

    Poet of the people: With his verses, Habib Jalib inspired Pakistanis to rise against dictatorship

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    · Mar 16, 2018 · 12:30 pm
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    Harsimran Gill
    · Feb 11, 2018 · 08:45 am
  • Kerala: BJP files complaint against Malayalam poet Sreekumar for ‘speaking against Sangh Parivar’

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    · Feb 07, 2018 · 10:45 am
  • Watch: Tamil poet Vairamuthu explains his speech on Andal, ‘the liberated voice’ of women

    Watch: Tamil poet Vairamuthu explains his speech on Andal, ‘the liberated voice’ of women

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    · Jan 21, 2018 · 10:00 am
  • No offence in Tamil poet Vairamuthu’s comments against Andal, says Madras High Court

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    · Jan 19, 2018 · 04:12 pm
  • They don’t make poets, translators and performers like Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) anymore

    They don’t make poets, translators and performers like Anwar Jalalpuri (1947-2018) anymore

    Rakhshanda Jalil
    · Jan 04, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Centuries before weather satellites and crop science, farmers turned to a poet for sowing advice

    Centuries before weather satellites and crop science, farmers turned to a poet for sowing advice

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