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The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA Mumbai) marked its 56th anniversary with a grand performance of 'Aakhri Shama,' a timeless play written by the legendary poet Kaifi Azmi, designed and ...

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Dr Zehra’s insight captures a generation estranged from its mother tongue — it listens with pleasure but no longer writes or inhabits Urdu, reflecting a deeper cultural and emotional disconnection.