An emeritus professor in the University of Chicago’s Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations (SALC), which he ...

Durga Puja is both worship and carnival. Religious rituals coexist with theatre, music, and culinary delights. Akbarabadi’s ...

The first one is a collection of poems by Sohrab Sepheri (1928-1980), the modern Persian poet, translator and painter. Selected and translated into Urdu by Moeen Nizami, it is titled Aaeenon Ki Jheel ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Jaipur, Jan 27 (IANS) Shiv Kishan Bissa, popularly known as Sheen Kaaf Nizam, a celebrated Urdu poet and literary scholar from Jodhpur, has been awarded the Padma Shri for his ...

The centuries-old legacy of Urdu poetry continues to flourish in Pakistan, India, and the Middle East through the mushaira, or gathering of poets and patrons. This event ' which will gather a host of ...

Noted educationist, poet and critic Dr. Shahid Ashraf has lately published an anthology of his critical essays titled ...

As we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, it is worth remembering that the deity was once invoked in Urdu couplets. Nazeer Akbarabadi’s ‘Stuti of Ganeshji’ stands out as a glowing example of syncretic culture ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in ...

Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), established in 1959 to promote Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the poetry collection Arzoo ka dia by Doha-based poet Samreen Nadeem Samar. This is her ...

Sandeep Gupte, growing up in multi-cultural Bhopal, fell in love with Urdu. He was just 16. The romance continues even after more than three decades and moving base to Mumbai has not affected that ...

PESHAWAR: A literary reference was arranged under the auspices of Halqa-i-Arbab Zauq to pay tributes to noted Urdu writer Prof Nazeer Tabassum, who died of cardiac arrest this month during a literary ...