Life’s Origins Rewritten: The Experiment That Changed EverythingIn early 2025, Christian Jenewein, Aurora Maíz‑Sicilia, Fernando Rull, Lorena González‑Souto, and Juan Manuel García‑Ruiz ran a modern…Aug 16Aug 16
When Words Have DNA: How Arabic Roots Connect to Urdu — and a Stroke That Revealed Their Place in…Two Ways to Build a WordAug 9Aug 9
Muztar KHairabadi’s Bahr-E-TaweelI was on Instagram, scrolling through my feed as one does, when a short reel of Javed Akhtar sahib caught my eye. He was reciting what…Nov 21, 2024A response icon5Nov 21, 2024A response icon5
Echoes of NirośTha: Merging Philosophy, Religion, Poetry and MusicMoreshwar Ramchandra Paradkar (मोरेश्वर रामजी पराडकर), also known as Moropant (मोरोपंत) ), crafted 108 versions of Ramayan in Marathi, each…Sep 19, 2023Sep 19, 2023
The humorous side of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan — Part 2Continuing the journey, this post is solely dedicated to one Ghazal — Adīb kī Mehbūbā!Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
The humorous side of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan — Part 1For most poetry, music, and Hindi film fanatics, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (1915(not 1928 as on many websites)-1966) is a well-known name…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Rules !— Relationship Between Tabla Compositions and Urdu GhazalsThe other day I was listening to an engaging conversation between Shri Amod Dandavate (NJ), Shri Debu Nayak (VA), and Shri Dibyarka…Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
Prosody in PoetryIn this blog, we will go step by step understanding various components that help analyze Poetry in English from a rhythmic or prosodic…May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
Analysis of Ghalib’s Ghazals using NLP and Machine LearningIntroductionApr 1, 2020A response icon3Apr 1, 2020A response icon3
Marching Band songs, Rythmic Meters and Hindi/Urdu Geet and GhazalsInteresting to note that from a poetry-prosody perspective, almost all marching band songs, etc. follow the rhythmic cycle ofMar 7, 2020Mar 7, 2020