Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for when you feel like laughing.

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

Aurangzeb: Aurangzeb killed his brothers and imprisoned his father for power. Imposed Jaziya on Hindus, destroyed temples, tortured saints. Kept daughter Zebunnisa in captivity for 20 years, where she ...

Italy is often thought of as a political laboratory, anticipating events in other countries: fascism in the 1920s; the showman-businessman turned politician in the 1990s; populism in the 2010s. Great ...