In the introduction to her new book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu, Rakhshanda Jalil writes ... Jalil’s labour of love consists of using shayari aphoristically, of taking ...

Indian writer, singer and poet Minu Bakshi, whose first language is Hindi and not Urdu, launched her ... “Minu Bakshi’s poetry is steeped in love and even more importantly in romance ...

Many of the modern, contemporary Urdu poets have written about love. Moving away from stylised depictions, love’s earthly and mystical depths have been explored. Nonetheless, love poems of a ...

Here, the willow tree symbolises despair, yet Ghalib tempers it with a sense of possibility, reflecting his nuanced approach to the interplay of love ... poetry, the classical writers of the Urdu ...

“Since it is happening for the first time after COVID, I had to attend it as I missed the festival so much during the pandemic. Once you fall in love with poetry and Urdu, there is no going back.” ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu ... poetry lovers also took to the footpaths and the spaces in between, turning them into impromptu open-mic platforms for India’s embattled language of love.

Urdu poetry, fuelled by love and longing, fired up by politics, amplified by Instagram and reimagined by indie bands, is finding new fans What’s your love language? For young people in India ...

Choosing seemingly crude words and images for his expression, Ahmed turns them into poetry. While the process may seem shocking to those who are accustomed to flowery language being used in Urdu ...

Kharel also loves basketball and Urdu poetry. Guided by his mentor Syed Akbar Hyder, an associate professor of Asian Studies and Islamic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, he is a fluent ...

Let children learn different languages and imbibe our multicultural ethos. Urdu is a language of love and poetry and it should be promoted at all levels," said Congress MLA Amin Patel. Patel added ...