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Vinay Verma

Remembering People’s Poet: A romanticist, revolutionary, philosopher and humanist

After that there was no looking back for Neeraj. That perhaps was the Golden Period of Romantic stories in Hindi films.

26 Jul 2018 1:06 AM

Kabul kids prefer Mozart to polishing shoes

Short and upright in his grey suit, Wahidullah enchants his audience as his fingers dance over the piano keys.

01 Oct 2016 7:28 AM

An archaeologist works at the French Archaeological Delegation to Afghanistan office in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Archaeologists map Afghanistan’s cultural heritage

(AFP) For archaeologists Afghanistan, rich in ancient treasures and once a key stop on the legendary silk road, is an “open-air museum”, albeit one ravaged by war and plagued by looters.

15 Sep 2016 4:05 AM

Lion of Panjshir’s son ready to take up his Afghan destiny

Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the largely revered late military and political Afghan leader also known as ‘Lion of Panjshir’ gestures as he speaks during an interview at the Jangalak village of Bazarak District in Panjshir Province.(Photo: AFP)

02 Sep 2016 12:27 AM

Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim poet Rumi

Who can lay claim to Rumi, the Sufi mystic who is one of the world’s most beloved poets A bid by Iran and Turkey to do so has exasperated Afghanistan, country of his birth eight centuries ago.

01 Jul 2016 7:22 AM