In the session on ‘What’s new in Urdu poetry’, fiction writer and critic Nasir Abbas Nayyar explained what was meant by new trends, saying that the newness meant negation of the old.

KARACHI: The afternoon session on the second day of the 3rd International Urdu Conference lived up to expectations as quality theses were presented on the topic of Urdu shaeri mein taza rujhanat ...

Urdu poetry today needs a reconciliation between thought and feeling by creating a new romanticism in which both poetry and philosophy can once again begin to inform one another. This is ...

That more than 300,000 people came to celebrate Urdu poetry during the three-day festival this month in New Delhi was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India.

Here's how a bunch of poetry collectives and new-age poets are keeping Urdu alive and relevant through ghazal writing workshops, mushairas and poetry slams The dim light of candles engulfs Andheri ...

So, when I recently picked up my second book of Urdu poems, after Hukm E Safar—Hitesh Gupta Aadil’s Humafar: The World Of Urdu Poetry (Fingerprint)—I knew how to proceed. I read the poems aloud.

Sana Farheen, IT professional & poet Urdu poetry readings and open-mic evenings are blossoming across Hyderabad — in cafés, public auditoriums, and heritage locations like the Qutb Shahi Tombs ...

Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms ... Novels and short stories became very popular in this period. The new poets started writing in blank verse and free verse in order to break away from the ...

With their works that both reflect and oppose, admire and critique the world around us, Urdu poets offer us more than one way of seeing the same thing, says the author May 30, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN ...

Hyderabad's youth are reviving Urdu through poetry readings and workshops in heritage sites. Platforms like Anjuman-e-Fannan and Heart for Art Hyderabad are fostering community and encouraging new ...