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Ushas (Vedic Sanskrit: उषस्, IAST: Uṣás, nominative singular उषाः IAST: Uṣāḥ) is a Vedic goddess of dawn in Hinduism. [2] [3] She repeatedly appears in the Rigvedic hymns, states David Kinsley, where she is "consistently identified with dawn, revealing herself with the daily coming of light to the world, driving away oppressive darkness, chasing away evil demons ...
81-216-0125-8. Followed by. Madhubala. Madhushala (Hindi: मधुशाला) (The Tavern/The House of Wine) is a book of 135 " quatrains ": verses of four lines (Ruba'i) by Hindi poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003). The highly metaphorical work is still celebrated for its deeply Vedantic and Sufi incantations and ...
Contents. Mahadevi Varma. Mahadevi Verma born (26 March 1906 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [ a ] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [ 1 ] She has been also addressed as the Modern ...
Rekhta (website) Rekhta is an Indiamerary web portal started by Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu literature. [4] The Rekhta Library Project, its books preservation initiative, has successfully digitized approximately 200,000 books over a span of ten years. [5]
Chhayavad (Hindi: छायावाद) (approximated in English as "Romanticism", literally "Shaded") refers to the era of Neo-romanticism in Hindi literature, particularly Hindi poetry, 1922–1938, [1] and was marked by an increase of romantic and humanist content. Chhayavad was marked by a renewed sense of the self and personal expression ...
Headquarters. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. ISSN. 1563-9444. Website. dawn.com. Dawn is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ]Dawn is the flagship publication ...
During this time Hindustani was the language of both Hindus and Muslims. The non-communal nature of the language lasted until the British Raj in India, when in 1837 Hindustani in the Persian script (i.e. Urdu) replaced Persian as the official language and was made co-official along with English.
A tawaif was a highly successful courtesan singer ‚ dancer ‚ and poet who catered to the nobility of the Indian subcontinent, particularly during the Mughal era. Many tawaifs (nautch girls to the British) were forced to go into prostitution due to a lack of opportunities by the time of the British Raj. [1][page needed]