A seventh-century Arabic tale that narrates the love story of the poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and Layla bint Mahdi. Popularly compared to the tale of Romeo and Juliet, it has been a part of the literature of several cultures, including Persian and Turkish, most notably in the form of a narrative poem of the same name by twelfth-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.
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A philosophical concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, and a spiritual principle of cause and effect wherein the actions…
Established in 1952 and inaugurated in 1954, it is India’s National Academy of Letters, created for the promotion and preservation…
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Language of the Newar people, indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala. Newar is a Tibeto-Burman language from the Sino-Tibetan family. It…