Sheer nostalgia swept over the audience as they assembled to recite noted Indian poet and lyricist late Sahir Ludhianvi’s songs, ghazals and shayaris. The meet was organized by poet Tanha Nagpuri at ...

Old film tunes are often lifted, remixed and used without context in new releases. In the first quarter of this year, the movies OK Jaanu, Rangoon, Kaabil and Badrinath Ki Dulhania have deployed old ...

While Sahir Ludhianvi, the poet, was known for his poetry driven by pain, the lyricist Sahir has written romantic and fun songs that people sing even today Sahir Ludhianvi was known for his sad poetry ...

This volume of translations of Sahir Ludhianvi’s poems, nazms, ghazals and bhajans is a tribute to the lyricist-poet’s genius You can’t have enough of Sahir Ludhianvvi and even the millennial ...

While the country is gripped by Ram Mandir frenzy, Danish Husain -- without shouting from the rooftops -- silently staged his opinion with this play on one of India's best-known poets, observes Neeta ...

October 25 is the 30th death anniversary of Sahir Ludhianvi. Presented below is an exclusive extract from the book, ‘Sahir - A Literary Portrait’, by Surinder Deol. Sahir passed away nearly forty ...

Ghazal singer Mohammed Vakil will pay tribute to legendary poet and film lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi (1921-1980). Ludhianvi’s works will be celebrated through a presentation that associates a particular ...

When I think of lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi, who would have turned 99 on March 8, my thoughts invariably turn to composer Sachin Dev Burman. When I think of lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi, who would have ...

As the news came in of the death of innocent Indians in Iraq, one recalled Sahir Ludhianvi’s couplet, “Har Ek Daur Ka Mazhab Naya Khuda Laya, Karen To Hum Bhi Kis Khuda Ki Baat Karein” (Religion of ...