I don't quite remember when I first met Shrilal Shukla. But I remember that I had been a bit jealous of him for many days...

BY Ashok Vajpeyi 28 October 2011

Ghalib's way of life endures in the everyday bustle of Nizamuddin resonating with both its joys and elation and its despair and desolation. Life never gives up.

BY Ashok Vajpeyi 27 April 2006

Celebrating 80 years of the creator of <i>Raag Darbari</i> turned out to be as musical as the author who's always considered literature to be beyond ideology.

BY Ashok Vajpeyi 12 January 2006