THE standards of Urdu have suffered a tangible lapse and we have come to terms with the tragedy. But one’s heart sinks when one listens to some so-called professors of Urdu mispronounce shehr aashob, ...

His published books include Tarkash and Lava. Based in Pakistan, Tehzeeb Hafi is one of the young age leaders of Urdu poetry as a result of having digitally spread on social media through the ...

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M.

Today marks the 33rd death anniversary of Eshrat Rahmani, a celebrated Urdu poet known for his eloquent poetry and deep ...

Prof Mujtaba Husain was a Pakistani poet, critic, short story writer and academic. But it seemed that somehow he, like many other writers and poets of Urdu, was slipping from our collective memory.

While associated with Radio Pakistan, Nasir Kazmi wrote sketches of classical Urdu poets Mir Taqi Mir, Nazir, Wali, Insha and so on, which became very popular. His first poetry collection was ...