ALLAMA Iqbal’s first poetic collection in Urdu, Baang-i-Dara, was first published in 1924. But before Iqbal could bring out ...

These factors combine to paint a picture where poetry is on its deathbed and struggling for breath. As a young person in ...

NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking ...

"Urdu is the finest specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb, or Hindustani tehzeeb," observed the Supreme Court. In today's ...

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

His life has been full of details that border on the unbelievable. Throughout his life, he has not held any significant ...

Once the language of poets, revolutionaries, and common folk, Urdu remains a symbol of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb — a syncretic ...

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, ...

Kab mili thi, kahaan bichhdi thi, humein yaad nahin... zindagi roz naye rang badalti kyun hai? (When did we meet, where did ...

Her marathon 2-hour-18-minute speech was shorter than the combined duration of the previous two Union Budget speeches ... and accompanied by a flourish of Urdu couplets by Ghalib and Bashir ...

Javed Akhtar, whose participation delighted the audience, said, “Poetry is not about big words or difficult ideas. It’s about saying something simple that touches people deeply. Tonight ...