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Controversial Urdu poet Munawwar Rana dies at 71 after prolonged illness

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2024

It was alleged a few years ago that one of Rana's most highly-acclaimed poems was stolen from Hindi poet Alok Srivastava.

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Actor Rudranil Ghosh pens hard-hitting poem on the SSC recruitment scam saga under Mamata Banerjee’s rule

Dibakar Dutta - 25 July, 2022

At a time, when Mamata Banerjee wants journalists and the film industry to crawl, Rudranil Ghosh is standing up to the regime, one poem at a time.

Poet and lyricist Rahat Indori dies of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2020

Poet and lyricist Rahat Indori died of coronavirus today. He had been admitted to Aurobindo Hospital earlier today after testing positive for Chinese virus.

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Tamil poet Piraisoodan says A R Rahman’s mother had asked him to remove Tilak before entering their house

OpIndia Staff - 30 July, 2020

When poet Piraisoodan went to Rahman's house on invitation, Rahman’s mother asked him to remove his Vibuthi and Kumkum

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Did Munnawar Rana steal the lines of his famous poem ‘Maa’ from a couplet by poet Alok Srivastava? All you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

Recently, Munawwar Rana's controversial tweet alluding Hindus as animals had kicked up a storm in the social media.

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Poet Munawwar Rana displays Hinduphobia, says there are 100 crore ‘animals’ and 35 crore ‘humans’ in India

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Addressing BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, Munawwar Rana was criticising government of India's measures to combat coronavirus.

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‘We are Muslims first, then anything else, do not lose your identity to become secular’: Poet Munawwar Rana’s daughter Sumaiya Rana at AMU

OpIndia Staff - 10 February, 2020

While addressing an anti-CAA rally in Aligarh Muslim University, poet Munawwar Rana's daughter, Sumaiya Rana urged the protestors to not give up on their Muslim identity.