And there is almost never a happy ending. “Often the beloved is often a total witch,” says Gwen Kirk, a University of Texas master’s candidate in the subject of Urdu poetry.

Given that poetry is about the nuts and bolts of writing as much as it about moonlight, romance and other matters of the heart, the Rekhta Foundation's Qaafiya (rhyming) Dictionary comes with the ...

It would not be an exaggeration to say that Ameer's poetry has gained a proverbial popularity as many of his couplets are often quoted and they really serve as Urdu's proverbs. Some of his well ...

The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta in New Delhi this month. Credit... Supported by By Mujib Mashal Photographs and Video by Saumya Khandelwal Mujib Mashal and Saumya ...