In the modern era education has become an essential necessity for people to live prosperous lives and nations to progress.

Dr Muhammad Iqbal was a great thinker and poet who had presented the concept for creation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent which came to be known as Pakistan. An ever-gratef ...

Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said that there are efforts, backed by foreign funding, to weaken Pakistan in the same manner as Palestine, Iran, Iraq, and ...

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

The bard of Bhopal always warbled a new melody. He settled on the banks of Yamuna, but the Upper Lake always lingered in his ...

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

Despite being the most spoken language in Pakistan, Punjabi lacks official status, while Urdu and English dominate the legal ...

In India, Urdu remains an official language in several states and continues to thrive in cultural, literary, and cinematic ...

Pratapgarhi was a poet in both Urdu and Hindi—his ability to fuse verse with political critique is reminiscent of leaders like Abul Kalam Azad, who wielded poetry as both shield and sword in ...

“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 ...

While much of the discourse has focused on property rights and governance, the Bill also affects the administration of madrassas and the broader ecosystem of education of Muslims in India.

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social media, and how digital platforms have made Urdu poetry accessible to a ...