SRINAGAR, (IANS) – Historically known as “Iran-e-Sagheer” (Small Iran), Kashmir has a glorious and yet forgotten history of being the center of Persian scholarship. During the reign of Sultan ...

Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi, Sanskrit scholar and ex-Vice Chancellor of the premier Central Sanskrit University in Delhi, ...

Befarmaid: Perso - Arabic Minstrelsy and Parnassus in the Indian Subcontinent’ by Dr. Shadab Ahmed is a meticulously researched exploration of India’s rich Persian and Urdu literary ...

A new mural at Jihad Square in Tehran was unveiled on Thursday, showing the great Persian poet Ferdowsi along with one of his most famous verses in the legendary Persian epic “Shahnameh” (Book of ...

While people in Ancient Athens had a remarkable work ethic, they placed equal value on leisure, seeing it as time for ...

Hindu-Muslim interaction in all areas of social life flowered particularly in mediaeval India, and continues even today, though in muted form in some places.

During the 60s and 70s, Iran experienced a cultural effervescence and women's voting rights despite the authoritarian regime ...

We need to be conscious that political democracy falters if the government and the people do not care about others, about their ill health and misery, or about the fact that a particular community is ...

The City of Kashmir is a highly readable, engaging new offering that recentres Srinagar away from the narrative of turmoil ...

Padmashri awardee Professor Shafi Shauq, a doyen of Kashmiri literature, has written books on diverse subjects, including on ...

On Friday, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, threatened to continue cracking down on protesters who have risen up against his regime, calling them “vandals” working for the Americans ...

The Valley: Persian Style's series premiere kicked off with some old friends — Mercedeh Javid, Golnesa Gharachedaghi, and Reza Farahan — explaining how they'd moved to a new zip code. In addition to ...